David Huisman
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Prerequisites for Visual Studio Installer
I have a C# project written in Visual Studio 2017.
After creating the project and testing it, I created a installer package using Advanced Installer Software. The package found all the dependencies ok and the installer works fine when I test on my local machine. However, I am concerned whether I should be adding prerequisites and how to determine Which ones I need.
In particular I am not sure about Windows Framework (the installer lets X86 and X64 be selected, my project was compiled for "Any CPU)
Another one is the DotNet Framework. Shoudl I just select the same one I used when compiling my VS project?
Finally, the C++ re-distributable. I have seen programs not install in the past when this is not installed but I am not sure whether I really need to add as pre-requisite and how I determine which version is needed for my application?
Thanks
After creating the project and testing it, I created a installer package using Advanced Installer Software. The package found all the dependencies ok and the installer works fine when I test on my local machine. However, I am concerned whether I should be adding prerequisites and how to determine Which ones I need.
In particular I am not sure about Windows Framework (the installer lets X86 and X64 be selected, my project was compiled for "Any CPU)
Another one is the DotNet Framework. Shoudl I just select the same one I used when compiling my VS project?
Finally, the C++ re-distributable. I have seen programs not install in the past when this is not installed but I am not sure whether I really need to add as pre-requisite and how I determine which version is needed for my application?
Thanks
Hi David,
I am not sure if this will help you or not, but to answer your queries, Advanced Installer Software does take care of prerequisites on behalf of you.
Please refer to: https://www.advancedinstal
it automatically scans your project and adds necessary prerequisites and then on target machines installs them as necessary. Unless you are making some changes manually to the installation project itself (Advanced Installer Project) you don't have to worry about anything.
Regards,
Chinmay.
I am not sure if this will help you or not, but to answer your queries, Advanced Installer Software does take care of prerequisites on behalf of you.
Please refer to: https://www.advancedinstal
it automatically scans your project and adds necessary prerequisites and then on target machines installs them as necessary. Unless you are making some changes manually to the installation project itself (Advanced Installer Project) you don't have to worry about anything.
Regards,
Chinmay.
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