[RESOLVED] [1.0/1.1] Packaging the Framework when creating a Setup File

[drattansingh]

Hi. I'm creating a setup file and I originally thought that the framework was packaged when creating the setup file. But I found out that the framework is not packaged and if you try to install your application on a computer that does not have the framework, a prompt is given to the user to install the framework and the installation quits. The installation will not continue.

My question is, is there any way I could package the framework in the setup file when creating a setup for a c sharp application? I want to know this since I'm thinking if a user does not have the framework installed on their machine it could somehow be contained in the setup file that will install the framework. Could this be done?

Jennifer

[Hack]

From Microsoft

[drattansingh]

Thank you

[jmcilhinney]

I couldn't see a direct link on the page Hack linked to so I've provided one to the VS.NET 2003 bootstrapper plug-in. Install that and your setup projects will bootstrap the Framework by default.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...3-72f9c370bd19

[Wen Lie]

Hello...

I understand that this is a resolved topic. But I need to ask something related with C# packaging file installer...

I've download and installed the bootstrapper on my system, but it seems nothing change on my .NET studio, or even on my START menu. Where do the bootstrapper put its menu ?
And I also have no idea how to use the bootstrapper....

I'm using Studio .NET 2005. Do I still need the bootstrapper ?
Can't I use the "Publish" menu ?

Regards,
~WJ~

[jmcilhinney]

Hello...

I understand that this is a resolved topic. But I need to ask something related with C# packaging file installer...

I've download and installed the bootstrapper on my system, but it seems nothing change on my .NET studio, or even on my START menu. Where do the bootstrapper put its menu ?
And I also have no idea how to use the bootstrapper....

I'm using Studio .NET 2005. Do I still need the bootstrapper ?
Can't I use the "Publish" menu ?

Regards,
~WJ~

That plug-in is for VS.NET 2003/.NET 1.1, as it says repeatedly on that download page. VS 2005 already has the bootstrapper built in. By default a VS 2005 installer, whether MSI or ClickOnce, will only download the Framework if and when it's needed, i.e. when the user tries to install on a system that doesn't already have it. If you want to distribute the Framework with your installer then you do that from the Prerequisites dialogue, which is accessible from the Publish tab of the project properties.

[Wen Lie]

Thanks...
I'll give it a try...

But, do you mean that I should put the Framework Installer when I create the "Publish" project ?

Regards,
~WJ~