where can i download "Visual Studio .NET Installer" ?

[k3pos]

where can i download "Visual Studio .NET Installer" ?
i searched in microsoft.com and i didnt find the download and i searched in google too, does anyone use it ?

[kleinma]

what do you mean by installer?

if you are looking to install visual studio .NET, then you either need to have the dvds, or you need to have an MSDN subscription, and then you can download the software.

There are free versions of visual studio .NET available if you can not afford to buy the full version. These are called express editions, and a quick search will find you that.

[jmcilhinney]

This is your third thread on this same topic. Please don't create more than one thread for each topic. If you post in the wrong forum please ask a moderator to move your thread.

Also, please give a bit of background to your question. There's no such thing as "Visual Studio .NET Installer". Given that you've already asked several .NET-related questions I assume that you now want to install an application that you have created. Any tools available to install .NET applications you already have. There are no separate downloads. If you have VB Express then your only option is to publish your app to create a ClickOnce installer. You can read all about ClickOnce deployment at MSDN. If you have bought a version of Visual Studio then you can use ClickOnce or you can create a Setup project that compiles to a Windows Installer package. You can also use any third-party installer you like, such as Inno or NSIS that are free or a commercial package like InstallShield.

[k3pos]

i created this topic becuase i was said so

Try posting in the .NET forum...

the topic

and yes i really did mean that you said,,


i used Inno but it didnt work i dont know why..
i will try ClickOnce

and is ther any suggestion about the better install maker ?

[techgnome]

Here's the fine print on One Click that no one ever seems to mention. The website that you publish to MUST have FrontPage Server Extensions. Sucks, it really does.

-tg

[k3pos]

Here's the fine print on One Click that no one ever seems to mention. The website that you publish to MUST have FrontPage Server Extensions. Sucks, it really does.

-tg

and why is that ??
and must servers have that have they ?

[techgnome]

Because it uses the publishing same as pushing a website from VisWebDev.

It has to have a way to communicate with the webserver. For what ever reason it doesn't use normal FTP. Go figure.

Never mind.... it seems I've been smoking something.... I'd swear I had seen someething in the IDE that stated the webserver needs to have FPSE installed.... but now I can't find it, which tells me that I probably misunderstood something.

-tg

[jmcilhinney]

i created this topic becuase i was said so

the topic

and yes i really did mean that you said,,


i used Inno but it didnt work i dont know why..
i will try ClickOnce

and is ther any suggestion about the better install maker ?

I know, you'd already posted this question twice in Deployment and someone said you should post it here. It's not really a VB.NET question so Deployment is the most appropriate place for it, but most people who deploy VB.NET apps will look at this forum and and not that so you're more likely to get an answer here. As I said, if you post in the wrong place then ask a moderator to move your thread rather than posting again. Otherwise you may end up with people posting the same advice to both threads, in which case you're wasting at least one person's time.

Inno is not specific to .NET deployment and people who use Inno are likely to use the Deployment forum. As always, if you have an issue the thing to do is to ask a question about it in the most appropriate forum. You should always post all the relevant information, i.e. this is what I wanted to happen, this is what I did and this what did happen.

[RobDog888]

You can only install/download windows installer version 3.1 for XP SP-2 and earlier OS'.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


For installer 4 (latest version) you must be running Vista as its not a redistributable or download.

[kleinma]

I am currently working on a nice example INNO script that is for installing .NET 2.0 apps.

It does things like ONLY installs on operating systems that will support the .NET framework 2.0 (ie windows 2000 sp3, xp sp2, etc...)

it also makes it optional to include/exclude the .net redistributable package when you comple the setup.exe, so you can offer the installer with and without the 20+MB installer.

Stay tuned, I should have it finished pretty soon. Its actually done, but written for a production installer I have. I just need to comment it, and make it generic.

[k3pos]

You can only install/download windows installer version 3.1 for XP SP-2 and earlier OS'.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


For installer 4 (latest version) you must be running Vista as its not a redistributable or download.

when i get to add\remove proggrams in control panel i see that i have that one but i dont know how to use it ,,

[k3pos]

i have installed sql server 2005 from the start not i need the program \ thing that will help me do databases \ tables and more..

something like the program picture in this picture

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/3287/sqlxr3.jpg

i downloaded this one for sqlserver2005:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

what i need is "MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 2005 MANAGEMENT STUDIO EXPRESS" right?

[RobDog888]

You can do just about everything in the .NET IDE. You dont need to use MSE but you can if you want.

Registration page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...r/default.aspx

Direct download:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/