distributing .Net 2.0 framework along with my installer

[vidishasharma]

Hi,

I want to distribute .Net 2.0 framework along with my msi. How can I
do that. I know there are prerequiste conditions for the installer
however I do not want to download it but bundle it with my installer.

any hints will be great.

 

[John Bundy]

If you load the redistributable framework on your disk, then in the publish
section where you set the pre-requisites, change the selection from download
choose to download pre-requisites from the same location as my application.
Doing this though will require you to include ALL of the rerequisites. Your
mileage may vary but this worked successfully for me yesterday.

 

[vidishasharma]

Yes, I agree to that however my msi installer should detect the .Net
2.0 framework and if it is not present on cline t machine then it
should automatically install the framework.

How did you achieve that.

 

[John Bundy]

There is a selection called
download pre-requisites from the same location as my application
It will automatically search for the pre-req, but the default is set to
download from then internet, you have to change this to load from the same
location

 

[vidishasharma]

Hi,

Yes this option does place the .Net framework on the same location
where my installer is located. however when I try to install it on the
machine which does not have .Net framework it says .Net 2.0 framework
required and I have to manually install .net 2.0 framework from same
location.

I want all this to be done automatically and there should be no manual
intervention.