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Adding a Prerequisite File
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This option delays the restart to the end of the installation and minimizes restarts
for the end user.
This is enabled only if one of the Windows Installer Runtime Version fields is set
to 2.0 or later. Normally, installing the Windows Installer runtime requires a restart
at that point in the installation.
5.
Select the .NET Framework runtime version to pre-install.
6.
(Optional) Mark the Show Microsoft .NET End-User License Agreement option.
This is enabled if you selected an option to install the .NET Framework runtime.
Mark this to display the end-user license agreement (EULA) to the end user during
installation, or clear it to suppress the EULA.
7.
If necessary, add prerequisite files.
See
Adding a Prerequisite File
8.
If necessary, add runtime files.
See
Adding a Runtime Prerequisite
On the Prerequisites page, you can add prerequisite files to run before the main
installation. Prerequisite files are usually .EXE or .MSI files, but there is no restriction on
their type.
Note
The options on the Prerequisites page are unavailable if Do not create an .EXE file is
selected from .EXE Options on the Build Options page.
See
Setting Build Options for a Release
To add a prerequisite file
1.
Select Installation Expert > Prerequisites page.
2.
From Current Release, select a release.
3.
To run the prerequisite files before checking the launch conditions of the .MSI
installation, mark Don't check the launch conditions of the .MSI installation
until after running the prerequisites.
By default, the .MSI launch conditions are checked after the installation of any
runtimes that you select on the Prerequisites page and before any prerequisite files
run. With this option you can delay checking the .MSI launch conditions until after
the prerequisite files run. Use this option when the .MSI launch conditions will fail if
the prerequisite files have not been run.
4.
To add a prerequisite file, click Add at the right of the page and select Prerequisite.
The Prerequisite Details dialog box appears.
Note
If you compile an installation into an .EXE that launches an external .MSI, three files
are generated: an .EXE, an .MSI, and an .INI. If you add prerequisite files to the
installation, a subdirectory that is named after your installation file is also created.
When you distribute the installation, you must include this subdirectory along with
the three files that are generated or the installation will not run.
Organizing Your Installation Into Releases
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