Including MSDE in Windows package, containing C# app

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20 Feb 2005 10:52 AM

Paul Aspinall

Hi,

I am trying to create a windows installer package, that will install:
- .NET framework
- MSDE
- My app..

Can anyone offer some advice, or point me in the right direction.

How would the package know if .NET framework is already installed, or if
MSDE is already installed.

Any advice appreciated

Thanks

20 Feb 2005 3:29 PM

Peter van der Goes

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"Paul Aspinall" <p***@aspy.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am trying to create a windows installer package, that will install:
> - .NET framework
> - MSDE
> - My app..
>
> Can anyone offer some advice, or point me in the right direction.
>
> How would the package know if .NET framework is already installed, or if
> MSDE is already installed.
>
> Any advice appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
>

Here's a place to start your investigation:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vbcondeployingsolution.asp

--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

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23 Feb 2005 7:51 PM

Karl

Paul,
There is a deployment tool kit for MSDE.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/msde/techinfo/reskit/deployreskit.asp
If you use windows installer included with visual studio. It will
automatically add
an install dependency for the .net framework for a c# program.
Karl

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"Paul Aspinall" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to create a windows installer package, that will install:
> - .NET framework
> - MSDE
> - My app..
>
> Can anyone offer some advice, or point me in the right direction.
>
> How would the package know if .NET framework is already installed, or if
> MSDE is already installed.
>
> Any advice appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
>
>