My ClickOnce application uses a third party tool that requires the Visual C++ 2005 redistributable. The third party tool will not work if only the VC++ 2008 redistributable is installed. However, in Visual Studio 2008, the ClickOnce prerequisites do not allow a version to be specified for the VC++ redistributable; it will add a VC++ 2008...
Hi, Iam having a small problem regarding pre-requisites and launch condition for setup. Example, my setup is having one launch condition for "Software1" and one pre-requisite for "Software2". So, if a system is not having both Softwares "Software1" and "Software2", on installing the setup, 1. Is it shows the pre requiste dialog for "So...
I have a few component msi packages that need to installed together to form the end application. The problem is: the components that make up the package can be updated and the component relaunched on the http file server.What approach should i take? The installer that i am writing is the 'master' installer. Which needs to be able to r...
I have created a setup project in VS2008. My WinForms app uses .NET 2.0, so I chose .NET 2.0 Prerequisity and built the setup project. When I run my Setup.msi on a clean PC, it correctly detects that the .NET is missing and asks if it should be installed. After a successful installation of the .NET, the installer simply exits and doesn'...
How can I have my Wix package to download the required .NET Framework when it's not yet installed in the client's machine? I already have the condition to check for the installed .NET version but I'm not sure how to have it downloaded and installed when not found. ClickOnce does this automatically by checking the pre-requisites in the p...
Hi guys, How can I add into Setup & Deployment project that I want to the client has more components, like: Microsoft Chart Controls Microsoft SQL 2008 Express Edition (not 2005) etc... This options are not in VS 2008, and in the window (image above) it only has a link to "Check Microsoft Update for more Redistributable components...
I have an InstallShield installation that uses custom actions that depends on the Visual C++ Runtime 8.0 sp1. In the past, I was able to install the runtime using the merge module provided by Microsoft with Visual Studio. Based on the way the Visual C++ Runtime 8.0 sp1 side-by-side installation works on Vista, the runtime cannot be used ...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 doesn't provide any language pack prerequisite for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. My research results are: it should be easy to create a custom bootstrapper package that installs a language pack. I've downloaded the Bootstrapper Manifest Generator. It's really a nice tool to create custom packages, but I don't know w...
I'm working on a project deployed with clickonce, and i'm running through several issues. There are 2 components in my software solution : a desktop client which needs .Net framework 3.5 to run, and a server (asp.net application) which lists available documents and provides a way to install the desktop client with clickonce. My first p...
What is the best way to ensure that a user who wants to install my application has .Net 2.0 installed on their computer? I don't really want to use a normal setup project created using Visual Studio, because my application is a portable application and does not use the registry or need an Add and Remove Programs entry. It needs to be a...
Im going to do a course on program analyis (dataflow analysis, abstract interpretation etc). What mathematics textbook will cover all the prerequisite math for this topic? ...
Hello. I'm having problems installing SQL Server as prerequisite on my Visual Studio Setup application on Windows Vista. I' able to install it if I install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) and then run the setup, but that's not what I need because I need that the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable P...
I have a ClickOnce application that won't run unless the client machine has .NET 3.5 SP1. When Stop() gets called on the Storyboard I'm running it crashes. After I installed SP1 on my client virtual machine everything works perfectly. My problem is I'm deploying with ClickOnce, and I've made .NET 3.5 a prerequisite, but I don't know h...
Is there a way to install silently (/s) an InstallShield (non-MSI) installer that requires its own prerequisites? In my case the prerequisite is Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable. Its UI popping once the parent installer runs. ...
When I make a setup project in VS 2008, and select <Setup Project>, Properties, PreRequisites then i can select SqlExpress2005 to be automatically included. What I am looking for is a walkthrough of how to get SqlExpress2008 included in the same manner. Second choice would be how to get (or make) a MergeModule (MSM) file to do the sa...
I'm looking to have a release layout with multiple installers but with a single source for prerequisites, in the following structure: \Product1\setup.exe \Product2\setup.exe \Product3\setup.exe \Redist The goal is to launch each prerequisite from the master location instead of duplicating each prerequisite to the its product folder. I...
Currently my InstallShield project uses a custom prerequiste to install Adobe Reader on the target machine if it is not already installed. The prerequisite executable (Adobe Reader SetUp) is installed locally and so it is packaged into the SetUp.exe by InstallShield. Everything works as desired with the Adobe Reader setup completed pri...
Hi all, I have a win form application that is deployed through a web site using the one click. In the publish tab of the properties of the project, i click the Prerequisites button to add .Net 2.0 and Installer 3.1 and nothing else. I publish my app. When clients go to run the app from the web site using the launch (as the run doesn't...
Well, im not good in algebra and trig, could that be a problem when i get into higher years? But i do have the determination to study java programming. at this particular moment I'm only a first year IT student ...
Hi, I have created a Word Addin and created the MSI package to distribute it. Using the information found in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc563937.aspx ... I have tested the Setup.exe and the Addin installs correctly. The issue is when deploying the Addin over our network our system admin needs the file in an MSI rather th...