static url to download .net framework 2.0?
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This may be considered a bit programming-related by some, but I didn't know where else to put it. I'm trying to find a url to download the 2.0 framework that will 'always' be there. Downloading it manually from MS, I can see the url, but it looks like some randomly made up value that may not be the same tomorrow. I need a url so that if my installation package detects DotNet is not there, it will download it. I don't want to include it with the installation because that's 20 megs we can save for the package if it's already on the user's machine. Also, we would prefer to NOT have that many users downloading from our server. Thanks. And If this post should be moved, tell me where.
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This may be considered a bit programming-related by some, but I didn't know where else to put it. I'm trying to find a url to download the 2.0 framework that will 'always' be there. Downloading it manually from MS, I can see the url, but it looks like some randomly made up value that may not be the same tomorrow. I need a url so that if my installation package detects DotNet is not there, it will download it. I don't want to include it with the installation because that's 20 megs we can save for the package if it's already on the user's machine. Also, we would prefer to NOT have that many users downloading from our server. Thanks. And If this post should be moved, tell me where.
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not sure this will answer your question exactly, but check out this CP article: http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/dotNetInstaller.asp[^]
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This may be considered a bit programming-related by some, but I didn't know where else to put it. I'm trying to find a url to download the 2.0 framework that will 'always' be there. Downloading it manually from MS, I can see the url, but it looks like some randomly made up value that may not be the same tomorrow. I need a url so that if my installation package detects DotNet is not there, it will download it. I don't want to include it with the installation because that's 20 megs we can save for the package if it's already on the user's machine. Also, we would prefer to NOT have that many users downloading from our server. Thanks. And If this post should be moved, tell me where.
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This may be considered a bit programming-related by some, but I didn't know where else to put it. I'm trying to find a url to download the 2.0 framework that will 'always' be there. Downloading it manually from MS, I can see the url, but it looks like some randomly made up value that may not be the same tomorrow. I need a url so that if my installation package detects DotNet is not there, it will download it. I don't want to include it with the installation because that's 20 megs we can save for the package if it's already on the user's machine. Also, we would prefer to NOT have that many users downloading from our server. Thanks. And If this post should be moved, tell me where.
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Is this a Visual Studio 2005 setup project? If so, go to properties->Prerequisites. Check .Net Framework 2.0 in the list and select "Download prerequisites from the component vendor's website". It should download from a "static url" and install during the installation process. I tried it nearly a year ago and, if I recall, it seemed to work.
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Is this a Visual Studio 2005 setup project? If so, go to properties->Prerequisites. Check .Net Framework 2.0 in the list and select "Download prerequisites from the component vendor's website". It should download from a "static url" and install during the installation process. I tried it nearly a year ago and, if I recall, it seemed to work.
"I curse economic prosperity as it puts an end to much-needed poverty, famine and pestilence." -dennisd45 "I fully support Communists in key positions of our government. I believe that they contribute positively to the liberal ideal." -dennisd45 "Liberals do not exist. You invented them to facilitate your strawman arguments." -dennisd45 "The Communist Manifest was written 150 years ago. It has been rigorously tested and is accepted by left"
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espeir wrote:
Is this a Visual Studio 2005 setup project?
No, an Installshield / InstallScript project :(
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Our installs have the framework (we are using 1.1 for now) included on the CD versions of the installs, but not in the web versions. For those, we put up a dialog telling the user to go to Microsoft and get it. I should also mention that the CD version installs include the security updates and we install those so our users have the most up to date version of the framework if installing it from our CD. When we go to version 2.0 of the framework, we are going to do the same thing. David