We check for a minimum version of mscoree.dll, like this:
<Property Id="MINFRAMEWORK">
<DirectorySearch
Id="MinFrameworkDir"
Depth="0"
Path="[SystemFolder]">
<FileSearch
Id="MinFrameworkFile"
MinVersion="1.1.4322"
Name="mscoree.dll" />
</DirectorySearch>
</Property>
<Condition Message=".NET Framework 1.1 (or higher) is
not present on the computer.">
<![CDATA[MINFRAMEWORK <> ""]]>
</Condition>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wix-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sleightholm
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 5:21 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to detect if .NET framework 2.0 or higher
> isinstalled
>
> Who knows what MS will do for 4.0, I don't think we can guess. .Net
3.0
> and 3.5 are just marketing labels, they are really 2.0 plus service
> packs. I know that doesn't help but I don't see what we as install
> writers can do.
>
> Neil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason
> Sent: 08 June 2008 22:18
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to detect if .NET framework 2.0 or higher
> is installed
>
> While that is true for 3.0 and 3.5, that might not necessarily be true
> for "4.0".
> For example, if they have 2.0 they do not necessarily have 1.1 or 1.0,
> as they were both different CLR versions.
> The reason it is true for 3.0 and 3.5 is because they are library
> extensions and run on the same CLR version as 2.0.
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Neil Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Right. A user can't just install .NET 3.5 as the installer will
> automatically install .NET 2.0 and 3.0 as well. If your installer does
> a
> check for .NET 2.0 via the reg key (or using the NetFxExtension that
> comes with WiX), the check will pass if the user has "only" installed
> .NET 3.5 since the other two frameworks will automatically be there as
> well.
> >
> > Neil
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan O'Neill
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:51 AM
> > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to detect if .NET framework 2.0 or
> higher
> is installed
> >
> > I think that's what he said. It will detect .Net 2.0 or greater, so
> 2.0,
> > 3.0, 3.5 and 4.x will be covered as any future .Net installation is
> > backwards compatible and has the previous runtimes installed too.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ravit
> Shapira
> > Sent: 08 June 2008 18:26
> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to detect if .NET framework 2.0 or
> higher
> is
> > installed
> >
> > I actually thought about your suggestion. The problem is that we
will
> have
> > to search the registry key of each version of .NET and I'm trying to
> find a
> > general solution that will work for all versions of .NET 2.0 and
> higher, so
> > that we will not have to change the setup code when .NET version 4.0
> will
> > release.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Ravit
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil
> > Sleightholm
> > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 6:08 AM
> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to detect if .NET framework 2.0 or
> higher
> is
> > installed
> >
> > I think that key should be present if 3.5 is installed as the 3.5
> > install installs 2.0.
> >
> > If you are using WiX v3 you can also do something like this:
> >
> > <PropertyRef Id="NETFRAMEWORK20"/>
> > <Condition Message=".NET Framework 2.0 is not present on this
> > computer.">
> > Installed OR NETFRAMEWORK35
> > </Condition>
> >
> > Neil
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ravit
> > Shapira
> > Sent: 08 June 2008 10:01
> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [WiX-users] How to detect if .NET framework 2.0 or higher
is
> > installed
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to be able to detect if .NET framework 2.0 or higher is
> > installed.
> > I've found how I can look for the .NET framework 2.0 in wix:
> >
> > <Property Id="NETFRAMEWORK20">
> > <RegistrySearch Id="NetFramework20" Root="HKLM"
> > Key="Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v2.0.50727"
> > Name="Install" Type="raw" />
> > </Property>
> >
> > <Condition>Installed or NETFRAMEWORK20</Condition>
> > ....
> >
> > The problem with my current implementation is that it looks for the
> > registry key of v2.0, while the setup that I create should run on
> .NET
> > 2.0 or higher (3.5 for example).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ravit
> >
> >
> >
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