Windows Application Distribution

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CV

Hi,

I have an application developed in vb.net. I would like to distribute the
application in a CD with auto run. If the target system doesnot have the
frame work installed, then the frame work should be installed
automatically. I will include dotnetfx.exe in the same folder where
setup.ini is located. I have made the following changes in the setup.ini for
auto installation of frame work.


[MSILoader]
MSIFileName=myapplication.msi
[FXSection]
SupportedRuntimes=1.1.4322
InstallUrl=.\.
Message=1.1.4322
UseDefaultMessage=1


Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
CV
 
I'm not familiar with the autorun setup.ini format but if you go to
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/bloodhoundcrc you can download the
source code to a C# application which includes the installation script
for NSIS that installs among other things the .NET runtime on a user's
machine (downloads it from MSFT).

NSIS is an open source installer engine with a GUI similar to Wise or
InstallShield. Oh, when I mean GUI I'm referring to actually installing
the app, not creating the script.

Go to http://nsis.sourceforge.net and download the latest version and
install it. Then get the source code and look at the NSIS script file (a
file ending in .nsi).

You should be able to modify it to fit your needs.
 
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