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Bootstrapper Manifest Generator for Visual Studio 2008 is Released
Bootstrapper Manifest Generator for Visual Studio 2008 is Released
Nov 17th, 2008 - Bootstrapper Manifest Generator for Visual Studio 2008 Released
BMG for VS 2008 has just been released.
In addition to bug fixes and updates required to run correctly on VS 2008, several new features have been added:- A new downloader in the MSBuild projects that makes it easy to download any missing redist files that have a Homesite link. This will work especially well for people who have downloaded the Visual Studio Express products.
- (New since the Beta) The new downloader is also capable of handling .NET Frameworks 3.5 and .NET Frameworks 3.5 SP1, extracting the downloaded files and updating the product.xml for the SP1 package according to the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 readme.
- When a package is selected in MSBuild projects, dependent and included packages are selected or deselected automatically, making it easier to build a complete and optimized bootstrapper.
Installation Information
If you have the Beta version already installed, just download and run the new installer, and your installation should be upgraded to the final release version.
Install from: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=bmg&ReleaseId=1567
- A new downloader in the MSBuild projects that makes it easy to download any missing redist files that have a Homesite link. This will work especially well for people who have downloaded the Visual Studio Express products.
All Replies
- Where do we find documentation and/or samples for using this tool?
Burt Harris - seems like a Javascript error is preventing download on the page. Anywhere else I can go to get this?
Patrick Mallahan - After installing this it says it can't find the prerequisites for bootstrapping.
Can you run it at all? What are you doing when it gives you that message?
RobinDotNet
Click here to visit my ClickOnce blog!- RobinDotNet...sorry for the late reply. I uninstalled this but going from memory the warning was in the Prerequisites window. It gave this warning for two items and I believe they were both Net Framework files that it could not find. I know one of them was the 3.5 SP1 file. I was thinking this program would place these files in the proper folders but when I checked the folder locations they were empty.
Let me know if you want me to reinstall it and give you more information. - Were you trying to wrap the .Net Framework installation using the BMG? Is that what you were doing?
RobinDotNet
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