Hey everyone,
Firstly, it seems when the .NET Framework is stored into an executable generated by InstallShield, the exe becomes
quite large (~60mb). Any advice on getting this size down? Also, when the install process installs the .NET framework,
it requests to restart the computer. This is a bad thing since my installer is run primarily on Windows-based services.
Thanks everyone!
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mirtheil,
Thanks for your response. The version of InstallShield is 10.5. I'd like to extract from setup.exe, but it seems if dotnetfx.exe is downloaded it's only ~20 something megabytes, and not 60mb. The 20 is a lot easier on transmission of files than the 60. Also, it seems to have been the case for me in the past, manually installing the .NET framework via dotnetfx.exe did not require a reboot on either a workstation or a server.
Thanks again.
Which .NET Framework are you using? When I try it, I see a setup.exe of ~30MB. THat's with the .NET 1.0. With .NET 1.1, it's ~42mb.
Do you have multiple languages in your setup?
If you have the .NET Framework already installed, does you setup require reboot?
Have you looked at the install log to see what's actually causing the need for a reboot?
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by: mirtheilPosted on 2005-07-18 at 18:50:16ID: 14471972
What version of InstallShield? I know IS 10.5 allows you to select where the .NET framework comes from (download, copy from source, or Extract from setup.exe).
It's in the Release properties called ".NET Framework Location".
As far as the preventing the reboot, if the Framework isn't there and needs to be installed, then a reboot may be required, even on a Windows server.