Linder SetupBuilder

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Hi all
We are using Linder SetupBuilder to create installation of our software.
Part of our software is created in C++ and C# and the code in the C# part is
using components not available in .NET Framework 3

Problem one is that many of our users are using WIndows XP and therfore
Framework 4 is out of the question
Problem two is that Setup Builder from Linder has not suport for FW3.5.
Atleast I cannot see it... I can set the SetupBuilder to require FW3.5, but
not ship the pre-requisits for it.

Any help here would be much appreciated..

regards
Ole

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Ole,

> We are using Linder SetupBuilder to create installation of our software.
> Part of our software is created in C++ and C# and the code in the C# part
> is using components not available in .NET Framework 3
>
> Problem one is that many of our users are using WIndows XP and therfore
> Framework 4 is out of the question
> Problem two is that Setup Builder from Linder has not suport for FW3.5.
> Atleast I cannot see it... I can set the SetupBuilder to require FW3.5,
> but not ship the pre-requisits for it.
>
> Any help here would be much appreciated..

You can ship whatever you want with SetupBuilder!

There is no Core PreRequisite for the NET Framework 3.5 in SetupBuilder
because it is a hefty 200MB redistributable, that's all. Of course, you
can deploy it with SetupBuilder if you want. No problem at all!

Just download it from the Microsoft web site and install it from your
install.

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...dotnetfx35.exe

Does this help?

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Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

SetupBuilder is Windows 7 installation -- "point. click. ship"

-- Official Comodo Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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Does this mean that we have to study your scripting engine etc. etc. ;-)

The way we use this software is:
1. Create Project
2. Add our EXE's and DLL's
3. Configure prereqs.
4. Compile Setup.EXE
5. Ship Program

as simple as that....

Roger Sundmyr

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> Does this mean that we have to study your scripting engine etc. etc. ;-)
>
> The way we use this software is:
> 1. Create Project
> 2. Add our EXE's and DLL's
> 3. Configure prereqs.
> 4. Compile Setup.EXE
> 5. Ship Program
>
> as simple as that....

Hehehe ;-) SetupBuilder comes with a "point-and-click" setup script
language. Very easy to use, and it gives you the ultimate power and
flexibility.

There are more than 10,000 redistributables available for all kind of
Windows versions and 3rd-party components. It would be impossible for us to
develop a Core PreRequisite for all available redistributable packages. A
"Core PreRequisite" is nothing more than the original redistributable file
(e.g. .NET Framework) and a runtime include script (.sbi). The SetupScript
language allows you to develop your own deployment logic to support all
available redistributables.

But I think we can simply modify the .NET Framework 3 runtime include script
to install 3.5. We'll try to check it this weekend. You can already
download the 200MB redist from Microsoft.

Friedrich

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Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

SetupBuilder is Windows 7 installation -- "point. click. ship"

-- Official Comodo Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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BTW, the size of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 redistributable is 231MB.

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...dotnetfx35.exe

--
Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

SetupBuilder is Windows 7 installation -- "point. click. ship"

-- Official Comodo Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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Out of curiosity, why is framework 4 out of the question with XP?
MS Studio installed it here with no complaints...

Thanks
Ben Morehouse

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> Out of curiosity, why is framework 4 out of the question with XP?
> MS Studio installed it here with no complaints...

Perhaps they have only XP SP2 machines. The .NET Framework 4 requirement
for XP is Service Pack 3.

Friedrich

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Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

SetupBuilder is Windows 7 installation -- "point. click. ship"

-- Official Comodo Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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Ole,

> We are using Linder SetupBuilder to create installation of our software.
> Part of our software is created in C++ and C# and the code in the C# part
> is using components not available in .NET Framework 3
>
> Problem one is that many of our users are using WIndows XP and therfore
> Framework 4 is out of the question
> Problem two is that Setup Builder from Linder has not suport for FW3.5.
> Atleast I cannot see it... I can set the SetupBuilder to require FW3.5,
> but not ship the pre-requisits for it.
>
> Any help here would be much appreciated..

We have a .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 runtime include script for SetupBuilder 7
available now. We'll test it over the weekend on different machines.

--
Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

SetupBuilder is Windows 7 installation -- "point. click. ship"

-- Official Comodo Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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> We have a .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 runtime include script for SetupBuilder 7
> available now. We'll test it over the weekend on different machines.

Works fine. We'll make the include script available soon.

Friedrich

--
Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

SetupBuilder is Windows 7 installation -- "point. click. ship"

-- Official Comodo Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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Hi Friedrich,

> But I think we can simply modify the .NET Framework 3 runtime include script
> to install 3.5. We'll try to check it this weekend. You can already
> download the 200MB redist from Microsoft.

One nifty thing in VS2010 (and I think also 2008, not sure) is that you can
create MSI files with it and specify the prerequisite, including the .NET
framework. VS2010 automatically checks .NET 4.0 which I didn't realize
until I created an install (for msm merge modules to be included in a SB
install and it started downloading .NET 4.0 Not the best solution, but
if Ole has VS2010 hi might give it a whirl and see if it works

Best regards,

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