How to make .NET distrubutable install from my project setup location?

Question

Hi,

I am trying to create in install project that wil include the 3.5 SP distribution file.

Currently when I run the install it tries to access the internet and download the setup.

I have the full distribution file but I dont know what to do so it is included in the build and the installation points to it.

Cheers in advance,

Kevin.

PS. I need to do the same with SQL Express and windows installer 3.1 :-) 

Answer 1

I got the SQL Express and windows installer 3.1 working using the prerequisits but using the same process .NET 3.5 SP1 doesn't seem to be included in the installation package. In other words the folders where created for the other two but none for .net.

I did get a number of errors all saying something like:

Error 3 The install location for prerequisites has not been set to 'component vendor's web site' and the file 'DotNetFX35SP1\dotNetFX20\aspnet.msp' in item '.NET Framework 3.5 SP1' can not be located on disk. See Help for more information. C:\Work\CDEvolution\CDEvolution Client\CDEvolution\Install\Install\Install.vdproj Install

What am I doing wrong?

Kevin.

Answer 2

Hello,

_read_ the error message ...

"Error 3 The install location for prerequisites has not been set to 'component vendor's web site' and the file 'DotNetFX35SP1\dotNetFX20\aspnet.msp' in item '.NET Framework 3.5 SP1' can not be located on disk. See Help for more information. C:\Work\CDEvolution\CDEvolution Client\CDEvolution\Install\Install\Install.vdproj Install"

... seems to be clear, that you need to alter your project.

In order to get proper installation files you need to follow these steps.

Download: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/0/e/20e90413-712f-438c-988e-fdaa79a8ac3d/dotnetfx35.exe
Extract: dotnetfx35.exe /X:"."

You need to use wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetFx35setup.exe to deploy .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.

In wcu\dotNetFramework\dotNetFX20 you will find ASPNET.msp ....

This is a known bug if I recall correctly.

Please let me know if it helps.

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cheers -f Martina http://www.ahk-software.de/

Answer 3

Hi Kevin,

You did nothing wrong.

There are just a few steps you need to do so the requirement can be met.

Please refer to this article How to Include .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 with Your Installer by Mary Lee. This article states the problem you've met and explains how to fix it:

How do you include the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1? You can download the full .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installer and extract the necessary files to the Visual Studio bootstrapper directory. After you modify the product.xml file and update the PublicKey value, the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 will appear in the Prerequisites Dialog Box. You can find the full instructions in the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Readme in section 2.3.1.1 Enable Samesite for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 bootstrapper package.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Jie

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Answer 4

pingback from http://www.ahk-software.de/index.php/topic,24.0.html

Thanks

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cheers -f Martina http://www.ahk-software.de/

Answer 5

Link worked great and took me through step by step

Cheers,
Kevin.