Is .Net installed?

24 Apr 2006 5:06 PM

UJ

We're trying to write an install program that can run from the command
prompt that will install .Net only if it needs to (mainly because it's a
large download to get all of the files.....)

Is there a way from the command prompt to know whether .Net has been
installed? Everything I've seen has been 'Check in the registry' or some
such. But I can't read the registry without the .net stuff so it's a catch
22.

TIA - Jeff.

24 Apr 2006 5:17 PM

Michael Nemtsev

Hello UJ,

Why can't u check registry record with languages other then .net? use VB/C++
for this

U> We're trying to write an install program that can run from the
U> command prompt that will install .Net only if it needs to (mainly
U> because it's a large download to get all of the files.....)
U>
U> Is there a way from the command prompt to know whether .Net has been
U> installed? Everything I've seen has been 'Check in the registry' or
U> some such. But I can't read the registry without the .net stuff so
U> it's a catch 22.

---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche

24 Apr 2006 5:47 PM

UJ

I am currently only doing things in .Net. Can I create a non-.Net program
in VS.Net ?

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"Michael Nemtsev" <nemt***@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hello UJ,
>
> Why can't u check registry record with languages other then .net? use
> VB/C++ for this
>
> U> We're trying to write an install program that can run from the
> U> command prompt that will install .Net only if it needs to (mainly
> U> because it's a large download to get all of the files.....)
> U> U> Is there a way from the command prompt to know whether .Net has been
> U> installed? Everything I've seen has been 'Check in the registry' or
> U> some such. But I can't read the registry without the .net stuff so
> U> it's a catch 22.
>
> ---
> WBR,
> Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour
>
> "At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do
> not cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche
>
>

24 Apr 2006 6:01 PM

David Browne

"UJ" <f***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>I am currently only doing things in .Net. Can I create a non-.Net program
>in VS.Net ?
>

You can create a Setup project in VS.NET, and you can also create unmanaged
C++ programs.

David

24 Apr 2006 7:41 PM

UJ

The setup program would have to be able to be run from a command line
silently - no human intervention at all.

Is this possible?

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"David Browne" <davidbaxterbrowne no potted m***@hotmail.com> wrote in
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>
> "UJ" <f***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:%23q3LJc8ZGHA.1560@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I am currently only doing things in .Net. Can I create a non-.Net
>>program in VS.Net ?
>>
>
> You can create a Setup project in VS.NET, and you can also create
> unmanaged C++ programs.
>
> David
>

25 Apr 2006 1:44 AM

Vijay

Yes sure it is possible...what you can do is go to a directory that has a
setup.exe or .msi created through packaging, from your command prompt..

C:\test:>setup.exe /?

C:\test:>product.msi /?

That will give you how to run in Slient mode..

VJ

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"UJ" <f***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> The setup program would have to be able to be run from a command line
> silently - no human intervention at all.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> "David Browne" <davidbaxterbrowne no potted m***@hotmail.com> wrote in
> message news:%239fTrk8ZGHA.4160@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "UJ" <f***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23q3LJc8ZGHA.1560@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>I am currently only doing things in .Net. Can I create a non-.Net
>>>program in VS.Net ?
>>>
>>
>> You can create a Setup project in VS.NET, and you can also create
>> unmanaged C++ programs.
>>
>> David
>>
>
>