Installing .net 2.0 off the Microsoft site

[cat12]

I have a question about the best method to install the 2.0 framework off the official Microsoft site. I need to build an install that can NOT package the 2.0 framework in the install and if required to be installed must install off the official Microsoft web site. My question are:

Is there a way to download the framework off the Microsoft site and run the install with out requiring user interaction?

If not what would be the preferred method of interaction with the user to accomplish this task. Would you abort the install when 2.0 is not detected, and direct the user to the Microsoft site to perform this action?

I am sure with some work I can figure out this issue, but this seems like this may be a common issue and I do not want to reinvent the wheel if there are already examples of how to perform this action.

Thanks

[neillans]

If you do not wish to distribute the runtime you would normally abort the installation and direct the user to download the runtime from the relevant url, install it then resume the setup.

However, if you have your own webserver, and you don't mind hosting the InstallAware .Net 2 Runtime Web Media Block, automate this step and even provide a smaller runtime download to your users . If you decide to use this option, you can configure this using the "Application Runtime" option.