How to force .Net 3.5 SP1 as a prereq in my ClickOnce dependencies?

Question

I am trying to generate a ClickOnce application manifest and want to have .Net 3.5 SP1 as a prereq in my ClickOnce application manifest. Any ideas on how to approach this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

See the MSDN article How to: Target a Specific .NET Framework. Upshot is to use a 3.5 SP1 ClickOnce feature (desktop shortcut, suite name, etc.) or explicitly add a reference to System.Data.Entity.dll.

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-- Mike

Answer 2

If you are trying to generate the manifests w/o using Visual Studio, generate one with the prerequisite and take a look at it and see what it adds. To do this, go into the Publish tab and go to the Prerequisites dialog and check .Net 3.5 SP-1 and publish it. That's one way to find out how to put it in the manifest(s).

RobinDotNet

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Answer 3

Following dependencies are added to the manifest by VS whether .NET 3.5 or .NET 3.5 SP1 is set as prerequisite. This will ensure only 3.5 not 3.5 SP1. Do we have to add any other dependency manually to the manifest to ensure 3.5 SP1 exists on the target machine?

  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly dependencyType="preRequisite" allowDelayedBinding="true">
      <assemblyIdentity name="System.Core" version="3.5.0.0" publicKeyToken="b77a5c561934e089" language="neutral" processorArchitecture="msil" />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>

  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly dependencyType="preRequisite" allowDelayedBinding="true">
      <assemblyIdentity name="WindowsBase" version="3.0.0.0" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" processorArchitecture="msil" />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>