"headware" <david.k.land@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150991824.416273.163500@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Well the app isn't dependent on the .NET framework. It's all done in
> Win32 API. So is there a way to change that MSI version requirement in
> the file?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> Phil Wilson wrote:
>> MSI 2.0 provides support for installing .NET things like assemblies.
>> --
>> Phil Wilson
>> [Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
>> Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
>> http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280
>>
>> "headware" <david.k.land@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1150907341.112051.87090@r2g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> > Phil,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the help. You're right, I am using the bootstrapper.
>> >
>> > I didn't realize the Windows Installer 2.0 requirement was a setting in
>> > the MSI file. Ideally, I would like to support Windows ME without
>> > requiring the user to download anything. Is there a reason the MSI file
>> > is set to require Windows Installer 2.0 or above? I ask because that
>> > precludes it from working with Windows ME as it comes out of the box.
>> > Is there a way (and is it a good idea) to lower the version requirement
>> > to 1.2 or does it have to be 2.0?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Dave
>> >
>> > Phil Wilson wrote:
>> >> You must be using the bootstrapper, right? MSI files have a built-in
>> >> check
>> >> (in the summary information of the MSI file, the schema level) that in
>> >> the
>> >> case of VS 2005 setups is already set to require MSI 2.0. If it's not
>> >> on
>> >> the
>> >> system Windows will tell you it can't launch the MSI file. So the
>> >> built-in
>> >> Windows prerequisite is already there, and you just need to turn off
>> >> the
>> >> one
>> >> you're seeing, which might be from the bootstrapper prerequisite
>> >> settings
>> >> in
>> >> your setup project, the exe.
>> >> --
>> >> Phil Wilson
>> >> [Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
>> >> Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
>> >> http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280
>> >>
>> >> "headware" <david.k.land@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1150839935.841092.107180@b68g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> >> > I'm using Visual Studio 2005. Is it possible to set up a
>> >> > prerequisite
>> >> > (for Windows Installer 2.0) so that it doesn't download and/or try
>> >> > to
>> >> > install the item, but rather simply outputs a message stating that
>> >> > it
>> >> > needs to be done?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > Dave
>> >> >
>> >
>