Yes, it's not particularly practical for downloading, but it would be great for CD's.
That said, if these CD's become widely distributed, then even your downloadable installer could say "please insert a WCU CD now, or click here to download the required components", much like the bit of the VS.NET installer which lets you install updates from the web or from a CD. Seems like there are a hundred ways to get the same things done, and a lot of effort to pick the right ones - even for a simple app to be distributed by both download and CD. :( G. -- Graeme Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Principal Software Engineer Aston Broadcast Systems Ltd. (http://www.aston.tv) Disclaimer: I really don't have a clue what I'm on about. -----Original Message----- From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thomas Tomiczek Sent: 17 April 2002 16:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to determine if .NET framework is already installed? Would be nice, but getting this installed through a web download is still not a good idea, or? But a "special" version (not all the VS stuff, jsut an installer starting after inserting) would be GREAT. Something that you can buy or burn yourself. There is still enough room for your own installer in it :-) Regards Thomas Tomiczek THONA Consulting Ltd. (Microsoft MVP C#/.NET) -----Original Message----- From: Graeme Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Mittwoch, 17. April 2002 17:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] How to determine if .NET framework is already installed? I think the Windows Component Update CD is a great one-stop-shop for all your .NET components needs. I get the impression that the WCU CD will be shipping with lots of MS products in the future. Wouldn't it be nice if we could ship it with our apps, too? After all, all we're trying to do is make installing MS' components as painless as possible, and I think the WCU does that very nicely. G. -- Graeme Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Principal Software Engineer Aston Broadcast Systems Ltd. (http://www.aston.tv) Disclaimer: I really don't have a clue what I'm on about. -----Original Message----- From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thomas Tomiczek Sent: 17 April 2002 16:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to determine if .NET framework is already installed? Not a bad idea. After all, the framework itself has some not too nice requirements. We include it in our WISE installation now (using WISE for VS.NET - we help them debug this), because this is the one ting that we are pretty sure the user does NOT have :-) The rest (like IE version etc.) is already pretty good in distribution. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
