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visual studio .net general : how to get .net runtime to install automatically when installing a


Martin
2/7/2005 4:39:04 PM
I've written a C# .NET application. Actually it is a class library that is
wrapped as a COM component and is called from VBA running as part of an Excel
add-in.

Anyway I've used Visual Studio .NET to create a set-up project and created
an installer.

When the installer runs on a computer without the .NET runtime installed, it
asks the user to install .NET.

OK so the user can go to www.windowsupdate.com and easily get .NET, but I
want things to be more seemless.

Is they are way to include the dot net installer with the setup package or
automatically start the dot net download and installation without writing
Grant
2/7/2005 9:07:02 PM
Have a look at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/vsredistdeploy.asp.

The bootstrapper app should solve your problem.

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Grant
MCSD for .NET

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