deploying MDAC_typ.exe and dotnetfx.exe with an app

[ray well]

hi,

i need to deploy MDAC_typ.exe and dotnetfx.exe with an app.

i do NOT want the user to have to exit the app's setup and have to run these
2 programs on their own.

i would like to have my deployment (using the deployment package that comes
with net 2003) to
figure out during its normal run, if it needs to install MDAC_typ.exe and/or
dotnetfx.exe and if so install them
and then move on to installing itself.

can this be done with the deployment package that comes with net 2003?

if it can be done, how would i accomlish that?

i tried looking at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/vsredistdeploy1_1.asp,
but
i'm not sure that i can patch both MDAC_typ.exe and dotnetfx.exe in at the
same time?

i also don't understand how to implement it, i don't understand the creation
and relationship of setup.exe, setup.ini,
and MyApps.msi enough to play around with them.

i would appreciate any help with this,

thanks,

ray

please respond to the list

i can for the life of me understand why the deployment package can't figure
out its dependencies on
MDAC_typ.exe and dotnetfx.exe, and just install them if needed. why do we
have waste time on something
so routine?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

i need to deploy MDAC_typ.exe and dotnetfx.exe with an app.

i do NOT want the user to have to exit the app's setup and have to run these
2 programs on their own.

i would like to have my deployment (using the deployment package that comes
with net 2003) to
figure out during its normal run, if it needs to install MDAC_typ.exe and/or
dotnetfx.exe and if so install them
and then move on to installing itself.

can this be done with the deployment package that comes with net 2003?

if it can be done, how would i accomlish that?

There is no easy way. I would suggest to read the chapters in the msdn
even if it may be time-consuming.

Framework 1.0:

..NET Framework Deployment Guide
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepguid.asp>

Using Visual Studio .NET to Redistribute the .NET Framework
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/vsredistdeploy.asp>

Framework 1.1:

Redistributing the .NET Framework 1.1
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/redistdeploy1_1.asp>

..NET Framework 1.1 Deployment Guide
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepguid1_1.asp>

..NET Framework 1.1 Redistributable Prerequisites
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/NETFx1Redistreq1_1.asp>

..NET Framework Redistributable Package 1.1 Technical Reference
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetfxref1_1.asp>

Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Redistribute the .NET Framework
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/vsredistdeploy1_1.asp>