[Slightly OT] Microsoft 'permalink' URLs

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Tim Haughton

For the .Net framework 3.0, the download link is...

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70848

If I'm creating an installer, how do I find the permalink for
redistributables? For example, I need to package the Visual J# 2.0SE redist,
how do I find the permalink for it? If I look at the target of the URL for
downloading I end up with:

http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/...8cd0-759f-4815-8981-24b437be74ef/vjredist.exe

Which I'm not convinced is a good thing to be linking to. So the question
is, how do I find the LinkIds for the various redists I have to package up?

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Regards,

Tim Haughton

http://agilemicroisv.com
The Agile Micro ISV Blog
 
Hi Tim,

As for setup project's prerequisite, the url to download product you
mentioend is called "HomeSite" link. Based on my experience, not all the
products or redistributable package has such a directly HOMTSITE link,
however, for most products, you can use its mapping url(from
go.microsoft.com ) as its HOMTSITE link. Here is a forum thread wihch
mentioned the mapping url for V J# redist package:

#Visual J# Redistributable Package v2.0.50727
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=494999&SiteID=1

Hope this helps .

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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