VB.NET app deployment

[Richie]

I have to deploy my VB.NET app to end users. But then I understand that the
..NET framework is required at the user's machine. Is there any option while
creating the setup, so that it checks if the machine already has .NET
framework....if not, it installs framework first, without user intervention
??

 

[Peter van der Goes]

I have to deploy my VB.NET app to end users. But then I understand that the
.NET framework is required at the user's machine. Is there any option while
creating the setup, so that it checks if the machine already has .NET
framework....if not, it installs framework first, without user intervention
??

Yes, there are facilities to do exactly that.
Read here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/tools/bootstrapper/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/technologyinfo/infrastructure/deployment/default.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818016

There are many more articles on MSDN on this topic as well.
Hope this helps.