Detecting .NET Framework

[Brad Allison]

This is another form of a question I posed last night.

I know how to detect the .NET Framework using the installer bootstrap, but
what if the user wants to not install the program, but run it from the CD?
How would the program then detect for .NET or would this be an outside
script that has to be written? If so, any suggestions?

Thanks for the information

Brad

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Brad Allison" <ba******@ukcdogs.com> scripsit:

I know how to detect the .NET Framework using the installer bootstrap, but
what if the user wants to not install the program, but run it from the CD?
How would the program then detect for .NET or would this be an outside
script that has to be written? If so, any suggestions?

The application cannot do that because it will only run if the .NET
framework is installed on the machine. You will have to write a
script/application (for example in C) which checks if the framework is
installed and launches the application.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Herfried,

Is this the same answer as this one?

Can God make a stone which he cannot raise himself?

(From an old Jidish Witz)

:-))

Cor

[Brad Allison]

I was sure that would be the answer, but what do I need to do to detect the
dependancy? I am not very experience at writing scripts.

Thanks for any information, articles or site that you can direct me to. You
are always very helpful.

And Cor, God can do all things if that answers your question :-).

Brad
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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* "Brad Allison" <ba******@ukcdogs.com> scripsit:

I know how to detect the .NET Framework using the installer bootstrap, but what if the user wants to not install the program, but run it from the CD? How would the program then detect for .NET or would this be an outside
script that has to be written? If so, any suggestions?

The application cannot do that because it will only run if the .NET
framework is installed on the machine. You will have to write a
script/application (for example in C) which checks if the framework is
installed and launches the application.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Brad Allison" <ba******@ukcdogs.com> scripsit:

I was sure that would be the answer, but what do I need to do to detect the
dependancy? I am not very experience at writing scripts.
Some hints:

<URL:http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=boqh6s%241fci7b%241%40ID-208219.news.uni-berlin.de>
And Cor, God can do all things if that answers your question :-).

:-)

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Cor Ligthert" <no**********@planet.nl> scripsit:

Is this the same answer as this one?

Can God make a stone which he cannot raise himself?

(From an old Jidish Witz)

"Witz"? "Joke"?

:-)))

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Brad,

The complete Witz (Joke) is

The rabeh says to little Moos
God can do all things

And than little Moos ask the rabeh
Can God make a stone, which he cannot raise himself?

Cor