if i have an application that requires .net 3.0, what is the proper way to make an install file out of it, that will install the application and then install (activate) the .net 3.0? i tried publishing my project through visual studio 2008 (c#) which created the installer and the .net activator, but it didn't work properly on computers other than my own, when the .net 3.0 was not present.
i though i could bundle http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=10CC340B-F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043&displaylang=en with the application, which would download and install .net 3.0 if needed. this could work ok on non-vista systems, but on vista, the redist package reports an error: you must use turn windows features on or off in the control panel to install or configure microsoft .net framework 3.0
The key is to install the .net framework if it is not there - regardless of the OS. Also, just go ahead and install the .Net 3.5 framework if you are going to install one of them.
Anyway, if you are using the built in installer that comes with Visual Studio, this is a real pain in the butt. You would be better off, and saner if you went with a different installer package. Install Shield, Wise, InstallAware will all do it for you. I believe you can also find better guidance on how to do this with Wix and NullSoft Installer.
http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/06/10/creating-a-dotnet-bootstrapped-installer-using-nsis
How can I detect .NET 3.5 in WiX?
Windows Vista has already .NET Framework 3.0 installed.
Now if you wanted for example to have .NET Framework 3.5 installed you could create a Setup Project and then right click and go to View->Launch Conditions. There will be a .NET Framework launch condition where you can specify the required version of the framework and an URL to download from.
Here's a post about Launch Conditions in a Setup Project.
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I've developed an application in .NET 5.0, also, I've a Setup Project to install this application in my clients.
My steps are:
1.- Publish the .NET 5.0 Application.
2.- Compile the Setup project.
3.- Install the setup.exe generated in "2" in the client.
But when I try to install the program in my client, windows says "This installation requires the 5.0.0(x64) version of .NET Desktop Runtime... So I've to download and install the SDK in every client.
My question is: There is some way to avoid this SDK installation? Can I embeed the .NET Desktop Runtime in the .NET 5.0 App or in the Setup Project?
Thanks in advance.
See .NET application publishing overview, specifically publishing a self-contained application. That way all necessary framework files will be included in your application, and you will not the framework to be installed. This will increase the disk requirement a bit if .Net 5 is already installed, since some files will be duplicated.
The alternative is to bundle the the .Net framework installer in your installation script. This will cause the setup-file to be quite a bit larger, unless the script downloads the framework on demand. But it may save some disk space in case there are multiple applications that use .Net 5.
Go on projet Menu/ projetct properties / publish / require components / uncheck you frameWork .
I have one question regarding activeX control.
We have developed an application in VC++. In that we have dialog as a container and we are hosting in it, the ActiveX control developed in C# and .net framework 3.5. I want to know that is it required to include .net framework 3.5 in the install build that we will create?
Any help is appreciated.
This is really not related to Install Shield. If your application requires .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed, you need to install it by installer if it is not installed.
You can't guarantee it will be installed beforehand on end user's machine - this is the reason.
I have a WiX installer containing C# based custom actions.
Does this installer need any .NET Framework installed on host machine in order to execute these C# custom action embed in installer?
Yes. Unlike Java, .NET needs to be installed prior to use, rather than simply copied and used. You need to install the version of the .NET framework the C# library was built for or one it is compatible with—e.g., Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or 4.0 Microsoft .NET Framework Full Profile.
Since version 3.6, WiX, in addition to providing tools to author and build Windows Installer packages (and other related files), now provides a bootstrapper/downloader/chainer/bundler with reboot handling capability and package manager for coordinated uninstalls, called Burn.
You can use such a bootstrapper to install both the .NET 4.0 framework and then your installer. See this article in addition to the documentation. In Visual Studio, the "WiX Bootstrapper" template creates a Burn project.
I want to make an application (windows application) using C# and .NET Framework 3.5.
I want to make the install the application. I want the installation to determine - whether the user has the framework in the system. If the user does not have a framework - I want to install it.
How to create an installation of application with NET Framework 3.5?
If you use something like ClickOnce to install your application this will happen automatically. When you set it up it determines which version of .NET is required for your application. It doesn't include the required version in the installer - so your installer says the same size regardless - but puts in code that will install the correct version from Microsoft as required.
You could also use the Windows Installer XML toolkit, which contains ways to determine whether the required .NET version is installed. Also, you get an MSI installer.
Another way would be to use InnoSetup. You can write code using the integrated Pascal script interpreter which checks for the installed framework version.
The Installer project type that comes with "higher" versions of Visual Studio also contains ways to make the .NET Framework a requirement.
I've worked with all three of them and can tell you: it works. There may be other ways, like NSIS, but I haven't used them.
I am using the Setup Wizard to package my windows form app however when installing I get prompted to install the .NET 3.5 framework even though my app is built on 2.0 and the 3.5 framework is not ticked in the prereqs section of the setup project.
Why is it asking for .NET 3.5?
Solved: I have manually changed the framework version under Launch Conditions.