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Chapter 8: Organizing Files for Your Installation
Including Redistributables in Your Installation
• For .NET Framework 4.0 Full, 4.0 Client, 3.5 SP1, 3.5, 3.0 SP1, 3.0, 2.0 SP2, or 2.0 SP1
redistributables—Add the appropriate Microsoft .NET Framework prerequisite.
For more information, see Including the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft .NET
Framework Language Pack Prerequisites.
• For .NET Framework 2.0, 1.1, or 1.0 redistributables—Configure the .NET settings for the release
through the .NET/J# tab in the Releases view.
Obtaining InstallShield Prerequisites
Note that some of the InstallShield prerequisites are not installed with InstallShield. You may need to
download them. For more information, see Obtaining Updates for InstallShield.
Including the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft .NET Framework
Language Pack Prerequisites
InstallShield includes InstallShield prerequisites for some versions of the .NET Framework and the
.NET Framework language packs. You can include these InstallShield prerequisites in your projects if
you want to redistribute these versions of the .NET Framework and the language packs.
Following is a list of the .NET Framework redistributables that are available as InstallShield
prerequisites. The associated language pack prerequisites are included if available.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Full, which installs the .NET Framework runtime and associated files
that are required to run and develop applications that target the .NET Framework 4. (One
InstallShield prerequisite is for the full package, and one is for the Web Download package. The Web
Download package is smaller in size, but it requires an Internet connection on the target system at
run time.)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client, which installs the .NET Framework runtime and associated
files that are required to run most client applications. (One InstallShield prerequisite is for the full
package, and one is for the Web Download package. The Web Download package is smaller in size,
but it requires an Internet connection on the target system at run time.)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (One InstallShield prerequisite is for the full package, and one is for
the Web Download package. The Web Download package is smaller in size, but it requires an
Internet connection on the target system at run time.)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 (This is a Web Download package, which requires an Internet
connection on the target system at run time.)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1
Tip: For information on other versions of the .NET Framework redistributables, see Adding .NET Framework
Redistributables to Projects.
These InstallShield prerequisite installations are run in silent mode. Therefore, the language in which
the .NET Framework installations are run is not an issue.
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