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Installer - how to configure setup project to automatically install the .NET runtime?


Hiya,
Just a quick question for you - if I create a Setup project for my VB.NET
application, is it possible to configure the setup project to automatically
install the .NET runtime if it isn't present on the target machine? I don't
want to have to "launch" another installer from within my application
installer - I'd rather they were "integrated " into a single installation.

Any ideas?
Cheers

Rob
Nov 20 '05 #1
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Hi,

Using Visual Studio .NET to Redistribute the .NET Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...distdeploy.asp

Ken
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"Robin Tucker" <id************ *************@r eallyidont.com> wrote in
message news:bn******** ***********@new s.demon.co.uk.. .

Hiya,
Just a quick question for you - if I create a Setup project for my VB.NET
application, is it possible to configure the setup project to automatically install the .NET runtime if it isn't present on the target machine? I don't want to have to "launch" another installer from within my application
installer - I'd rather they were "integrated " into a single installation.

Any ideas?
Cheers

Rob

Nov 20 '05 #2
Hi Robin,

This is not possible and I suppose is even prohibited by Microsoft. You
should launch the .NET Framework installation as a separate installation.

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Test Studio
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua/teststudio.aspx
Bring the power of unit testing to VS .NET IDE

"Robin Tucker" <id************ *************@r eallyidont.com> wrote in
message news:bn******** ***********@new s.demon.co.uk.. .

Hiya,
Just a quick question for you - if I create a Setup project for my VB.NET
application, is it possible to configure the setup project to automatically install the .NET runtime if it isn't present on the target machine? I don't want to have to "launch" another installer from within my application
installer - I'd rather they were "integrated " into a single installation.

Any ideas?
Cheers

Rob


Nov 20 '05 #3
* "Robin Tucker" <id************ *************@r eallyidont.com> scripsit:
Just a quick question for you - if I create a Setup project for my VB.NET
application, is it possible to configure the setup project to automatically
install the .NET runtime if it isn't present on the target machine? I don't
want to have to "launch" another installer from within my application
installer - I'd rather they were "integrated " into a single installation.


Framework 1.0:

..NET Framework Deployment Guide
<http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepg uid.asp>

Using Visual Studio .NET to Redistribute the .NET Framework
<http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/vsredistdeploy. asp>

Framework 1.1:

Redistributing the .NET Framework 1.1
<http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/redistdeploy1_1 .asp>

..NET Framework 1.1 Deployment Guide
<http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepg uid1_1.asp>

..NET Framework 1.1 Redistributable Prerequisites
<http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/NETFx1Redistreq 1_1.asp>

..NET Framework Redistributable Package 1.1 Technical Reference
<http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetfxref1_1. asp>

Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Redistribute the .NET Framework
<http://msdn.microsoft. com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/vsredistdeploy1 _1.asp>

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>
Nov 20 '05 #4

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