Creating an installation for my VB.NET Application

[Allen]

Please direct me to the correct newsgroup forum if this is not the correct
one.

I'm having difficulty creating a seamless installation for my VB.NET
application. When the target computer does not have the framework, I can't
get it to install properly.

We need to somehow include the redistributable .NET framework in our
application. I've tried following the instructions on MSDN for creating an
installation and including dotnetfx.exe. I've also played around with their
setup.exe bootstrapper example but still have not yet been able to run a
..NET application on a computer that doesn't already have the framework
installed.

There is confusing and conflicting documentation regarding this. Can
someone please assist?

Kind Regards,

Allen Segall
(Softinterface, Inc.)

 

[Suzanne]

Gary,

Thanks for the response. We are trying to avoid huge file sizes for our
distributions, as people would be downloading a trial from our web site.
Anything of 10MB would cause massive headaches for both our server, and our
potential customers. IS there a way for us to create an installation, that
would be relatively small in footprint (file size), yet be able to hold the
end user by the hand to install the necessary files?

Thanks.

Allen,

If you download and install the .NET Framework bootstrapper (this is

different to the setup bootstrapper), it will include the complete .NET
Framework in your setup. You will need to select the bootstrapper option
from the setup project properties to ensure it gets included when you build
your setup. You can download the .NET Framework bootstrapper from here...

 

[Ayaz Ahmed]

Hello,

Just install "Install Shield Developer 8 version" , it is supported Dot
net as well as visual studio.

Try this

Thanks,


Warm Regards,

Ayaz Ahmed
Software Engineer & Web Developer
Creative Chaos (Pvt.) Ltd.
"Managing Your Digital Risk"
http://www.csquareonline.com
Karachi, Pakistan
Mobile +92 300 2280950
Office +92 21 455 2414

 

[Allen]

Hello Ayaz,

Whats the smallest size of your installations? That is how many megabytes are the files you must distribute?

Thanks,

Allen
Hello,

Just install "Install Shield Developer 8 version" , it is supported Dot
net as well as visual studio.

Try this

Thanks,


Warm Regards,

Ayaz Ahmed
Software Engineer & Web Developer
Creative Chaos (Pvt.) Ltd.
"Managing Your Digital Risk"
http://www.csquareonline.com
Karachi, Pakistan
Mobile +92 300 2280950
Office +92 21 455 2414