If I move a form with VSTA code-behind into Visual Studio, will end users require the VSTO runtime?

Question

I have an existing InfoPath 2007 form that has some code-behind developed with VSTA. It has been deployed to SharePoint as an administrator-approved form but is not browser based - the InfoPath client opens when users fill in a new form.

I'd now like to follow How to: Migrate a Project Created in Visual Studio Tools for Applications to Visual Studio and move this code into Visual Studio so it's easier to manage and integrated with source control.

Will migrating the form to Visual Studio introduce a dependency on the VSTO runtime so that end users will need to have it deployed to their machines for the form to run?

Answer 1

Moving it from InfoPath 2007 to Visual Studio will not introduce any new runtime dependencies. I have done this in the past. All you're doing is wrapping it up in a nice csproj/vbproj and solution.