dotnet framework - redistributable

[Srinivas Kotipalli]

when I created a deployment package with Beta2, I was able to include dotnet
framework redistributable with the package. But with the release vesion when
I include dotnet redistributable it is giving me an error. Am I missing
something here? or it has changed and we are supposed take dotnet
redistributable only from microsoft website.

Please help!

[Brian Bischof]

Steps to have your Setup Project check for, and install, the .NET Framework

Step 1: Download Dotnetfx.exe. You can find it here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/.../sample.asp?ur
l=/msdn-files/027/001/829/msdncompositedoc.xml

Step 2: Download the Bootstrapper Sample files. Go to the following link and
dowload the "Compiled Sample"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/.../sample.asp?ur
l=/msdn-files/027/001/830/msdncompositedoc.xml

Step 3: Modify the Bootstrapper Sample to also install your application.
This is detailed at the following link, but I copied the important parts
here.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/dnnetdep/ht
ml/vsredistdeploy.asp

Step 3 Important parts:
To modify a deployment project for use with the Setup.exe Bootstrapper
sample
1.. In Solution Explorer, select the deployment project.
2.. On the Project menu, click Properties.
3.. In the Property Pages dialog box, select the Bootstrapper property and
set it to None.
The next step is to build the deployment project and copy the resulting .msi
file to a deployment location-for example, a directory on a CD-ROM or a
network share. The Setup.exe Bootstrapper sample and the settings file also
need to be copied to a deployment location, and the settings file must be
modified to reflect the deployment locations.

To edit the settings file to reflect deployment locations

1.. Open the file settings.ini in a text editor such as Notepad.
2.. Find the Msi=mySetup.msi entry and replace the default path with the
path to your .msi file. For example, if mySetup.msi is located on the local
computer in the same folder as Setup.exe, the path will be Msi=mySetup.msi.
If mySetup.msi is located on a network share in a folder named
myProjectFolder, an example of the path is
Msi=\\myNetworkShare\myProjectFolder\mySetup.msi. If mySetup.msi is located
in a folder named myInstallerFiles, on the same CD as Setup.exe, an example
path is Msi=myInstallerFiles/mySetup.msi.
3.. Find the FxInstallerPath=c: entry and replace the default path with
the correct path to the .NET Framework redistributable package,
Dotnetfx.exe. For example, if Dotnetfx.exe is located on the local computer
in a folder named myProjectFolder, the path will be
FxInstallerPath=c:\myProjectFolder\. If Dotnetfx.exe is located on a network
share in a folder named myProjectFolder, an example of the path might be
FxInstallerPath=\\myNetworkShare\myProjectFolder\. If Dotnetfx.exe is
located in a folder named myExecutables, on the same CD as Setup.exe, an
example path is FxInstallerPath=myExecutables/.
4.. Save the settings.ini file.
Good Luck!!!
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"Srinivas Kotipalli" <srinivask@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:3cc76478@10.1.10.29...
> when I created a deployment package with Beta2, I was able to include
dotnet
> framework redistributable with the package. But with the release vesion
when
> I include dotnet redistributable it is giving me an error. Am I missing
> something here? or it has changed and we are supposed take dotnet
> redistributable only from microsoft website.
>
> Please help!
>
>

[Srinivas Kotipalli]

Thank You Brian!
"Brian Bischof" <brian@NoSpam.BischofSystems.com> wrote in message
news:3cc79638@10.1.10.29...
> Steps to have your Setup Project check for, and install, the .NET
Framework
>
> Step 1: Download Dotnetfx.exe. You can find it here:
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/.../sample.asp?ur
> l=/msdn-files/027/001/829/msdncompositedoc.xml
>
> Step 2: Download the Bootstrapper Sample files. Go to the following link
and
> dowload the "Compiled Sample"
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/.../sample.asp?ur
> l=/msdn-files/027/001/830/msdncompositedoc.xml
>
> Step 3: Modify the Bootstrapper Sample to also install your application.
> This is detailed at the following link, but I copied the important parts
> here.
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/dnnetdep/ht
> ml/vsredistdeploy.asp
>
> Step 3 Important parts:
> To modify a deployment project for use with the Setup.exe Bootstrapper
> sample
> 1.. In Solution Explorer, select the deployment project.
> 2.. On the Project menu, click Properties.
> 3.. In the Property Pages dialog box, select the Bootstrapper property
and
> set it to None.
> The next step is to build the deployment project and copy the resulting
..msi
> file to a deployment location-for example, a directory on a CD-ROM or a
> network share. The Setup.exe Bootstrapper sample and the settings file
also
> need to be copied to a deployment location, and the settings file must be
> modified to reflect the deployment locations.
>
> To edit the settings file to reflect deployment locations
>
> 1.. Open the file settings.ini in a text editor such as Notepad.
> 2.. Find the Msi=mySetup.msi entry and replace the default path with the
> path to your .msi file. For example, if mySetup.msi is located on the
local
> computer in the same folder as Setup.exe, the path will be
Msi=mySetup.msi.
> If mySetup.msi is located on a network share in a folder named
> myProjectFolder, an example of the path is
> Msi=\\myNetworkShare\myProjectFolder\mySetup.msi. If mySetup.msi is
located
> in a folder named myInstallerFiles, on the same CD as Setup.exe, an
example
> path is Msi=myInstallerFiles/mySetup.msi.
> 3.. Find the FxInstallerPath=c: entry and replace the default path with
> the correct path to the .NET Framework redistributable package,
> Dotnetfx.exe. For example, if Dotnetfx.exe is located on the local
computer
> in a folder named myProjectFolder, the path will be
> FxInstallerPath=c:\myProjectFolder\. If Dotnetfx.exe is located on a
network
> share in a folder named myProjectFolder, an example of the path might be
> FxInstallerPath=\\myNetworkShare\myProjectFolder\. If Dotnetfx.exe is
> located in a folder named myExecutables, on the same CD as Setup.exe, an
> example path is FxInstallerPath=myExecutables/.
> 4.. Save the settings.ini file.
> Good Luck!!!
> --
> Moving from VB6 to VB.NET? It just got easier...
> "The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide"
> www.bischofsystems.com/devxc.asp
>
>
>
> "Srinivas Kotipalli" <srinivask@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:3cc76478@10.1.10.29...
> > when I created a deployment package with Beta2, I was able to include
> dotnet
> > framework redistributable with the package. But with the release vesion
> when
> > I include dotnet redistributable it is giving me an error. Am I missing
> > something here? or it has changed and we are supposed take dotnet
> > redistributable only from microsoft website.
> >
> > Please help!
> >
> >
>
>