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JimC
I have .NET Frame projects that can be downloaded from the Web
in setup.exe files. These files are less than a megabyte in size.
They are demos for clients.
If the user's computer doesn't have .NET Framework installed,
he runs dotnetfx.exe. This is a 25-MByte file. Although it
can be redistributed by a software producer, it is hardly
practical for users to tie up my Web server to download
a 25-MByte file along with 200 KByte setup.exe files.
At the same time, I fear that users redirected to the
Microsoft download page will become lost.
Has anyone else confronted this problem, and found a
workable solution?
Of course none of this is a problem when the
project setup is made from a CD that can do the
installation of .NET Framework automatically.
But that is not the issue here.
in setup.exe files. These files are less than a megabyte in size.
They are demos for clients.
If the user's computer doesn't have .NET Framework installed,
he runs dotnetfx.exe. This is a 25-MByte file. Although it
can be redistributed by a software producer, it is hardly
practical for users to tie up my Web server to download
a 25-MByte file along with 200 KByte setup.exe files.
At the same time, I fear that users redirected to the
Microsoft download page will become lost.
Has anyone else confronted this problem, and found a
workable solution?
Of course none of this is a problem when the
project setup is made from a CD that can do the
installation of .NET Framework automatically.
But that is not the issue here.