Project Release Installer

[Ruku]

I was wondering, how can I design my own project installer... if a machine does not have the common .net files installed...

I need to know if I can import theses files into a .net project somehow... sounds odd and impossible...

if not, then I might just have to do a batch file to install these or something...

Any ideas or alternative to DESIGN a professional installer WITHOUT resolving to the .net package installer?

[SirPsycho]

Do you mean trying to install a VB.NET application onto a computer without the .NET framework installed?

[jmcilhinney]

Go to MSDN and search for the VS.NET Bootstrapper plug-in. It will include the .NET Framework as part of your setup by default.

[Ruku]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

If anyone was interested...

I'll download and look it up... thanks jmcilhinney

[Ruku]

I've downloaded and installed it, but I don't quite understand how to use it...

Do I import it? or... how does the .net plugins work anyway?

[jmcilhinney]

It does its magic automatically. Just create and build a setup project and you'll find dotnetfx.exe (the .NET Framework redistributable) ends up in the output folder. You need to deploy it with all the other setup files. You can run the MSI directly to bypass the Framework installation, or you can run Setup.exe and it will check for the presence of the Framework and install it if required. There is a usage example on MSDN too.