ClickOnce Prerequisites - How to manage install order of Prerequisites?

Question

Hello,

I am using VS 2010. My app is ClickOnce deployed. My three Prerequisites are CR 2010 and both the .NET 4.0's.

When i run the ClickOnce the CR 2010 prerequisites runs first, but it requires .NET to be on the machine to be successful. I need this ClickOnce to first install .NET 4.0 THEN CR 2010. Seems like a simply proposition, but one that i cant seem to get answered?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Jim

Answer 1

The bootstrapper packages are usually defined here... C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages

Under each package it a product.xml file. I think this may be what you need to edit. For example, looking at that file for the F# redist I can see...

<RelatedProducts>
  <EitherProducts>
      <DependsOnProduct Code="Microsoft.Windows.Installer.3.1" />
      <DependsOnProduct Code="Microsoft.Windows.Installer.4.5" />
  </EitherProducts>
  <EitherProducts>
      <DependsOnProduct Code=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0" />
      <DependsOnProduct Code=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client" />
  </EitherProducts>
</RelatedProducts>

Seems like you may just need to edit this file for your Crystal Reports product file and add some dependencies. I haven't tried this out, just suggesting a place to start looking.