VS2008 setup project causing unwanted .net 3.5 install
- From: "robert clancy"<fake@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:06:11 +0800
There seems to be a significant prerequisite difference between the
deployment of a VS2005 Setup project that has been migrated to VS2008 vs. a
VS2008 Setup project created fresh in the new IDE. The migrated project
lists 2 prerequisites connected to Crystal Reports:
Crystal Reports Basic for VS2008 (x86, x64)
Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 2.0 (yellow error flag: prerequisite
could not be found for bootstrapping)
The project created in VS2008 doesn't include the second.
I have tried for hours to deploy the solution via InstallShield 2009 Express,
but have given up because I can't find a merge module for Crystal Reports
Basic for VS2008, so I'm back to the VS Setup project solution to deploy the
product. The windows application, which it is deploying, has its
compatibility set at .net 2.0 and has only .net 2.0 as a prerequisite. Both
the migrated and new 2008 setup projects similarly only have .net 2.0
specified as a prerequisite.
When I build the project using the migrated setup project, and deploy it to
a test machine that doesn't have Crystal Reports Basic for VS2008, the
installer automatically installs the Crystal Reports module and the setup is
a success. When I do the same deployment using the native 2008 setup project,
it insists on installing .net 3.5 with SP1 before attempting to install
Crystal Reports, and the .net 3.5 install fails. I believe that if it were
successful, it would also require a reboot. We do not want to force our
clients to install .net 3.5 and we certainly do not want to cause a reboot.
Nothing I have tried will remove the obligation to install .net 3.5 from a
build of the new 2008 setup project, even though it is not specified as a
prerequisite in any build configuration.
I appreciate any help,
Robert
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