Re: Custom installer design issue

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Robbe Morris - [MVP] C# wrote:
I'm totally confused with your post but perhaps this article
on custom installers could be helpful.

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/2a5222d8-3d69-4f1c-b5ab-35ca33da0f65/net-setup-deployment--m.aspx

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Very Useful tutorial, There is a lot of good pieces there for my purposes.
Just in case, I would like to clarify my question:
During install, I need to difinitively access the registry early to determine
what install options i want to present to my user. Wix based Installers seem
to have trouble accessing the registry before presenting user interface,
though it may be my presentation.

As the site just given shows, With the overriden Installer, i should get over
that. Just need to ask if a .net framework be verified somehow to make sure
thee installer will run correctly.

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