Installing a Word add-in and the .NET framework 1.1 SP1

[Alex]

Hello,

We are writing a Word add-in in C#.

One of the tasks is creating an InstallShield installation for it.
A pre-requisite is having the .NET framework 1.1 SP1 installed.
We are installing the .NET framework 1.1 (if needed) as a merge module.

Unfortunately, we could not find a merge module for the .NET framework 1.1 SP1.
We only found an executable.

However, launching the executable SP1 install from our main installation program creates several problems:

1) It demands that we close the InstallShield process that is installing the add-in.
2) It wants to restart the system.

This is quite annoying since the user has to quit our main install, restart and then manually re-run our install again.

Is there a way to install the SP1 as a merge module?


Best wishes,
Alex.

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi

So far we have no official Merge Module for .NET framework 1.1 SP1.
To install .NET framework with our application, we use Bootstrap, note this
is used with Setup projects in Visual Studio .NET 2003.
http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?ID=2F8F0A23-F529-4158-8E0
A-D187D16F41F1

For installshield issue, I think you may try to contact support of
installshield.
http://support.installshield.com/

Thanks!

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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