.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 Check Incorrect

[mikevanoo]

The check script that gets inserted in InstallAware 8 to check for for .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 is wrong. It requires the following OS:

Vista
Windows 2003 SP1
Win XP SP2

This is wrong. According to http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/deta ... laylang=en what actually is required is the following:

Windows Server 2003 (no SP required)
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (not permitted in the InstallAware script)

The main reason to use these built-in scripts in InstallAware is so that they are tested, correct and end-users don't have to write their own. Will the "official" script be updated? If so, how?

Thanks in advance,

Mike.

[MichaelNesmith]

The scripts are built at the time of Microsoft's original release (if you look in our press room, you will see that we have built a track record of beating all other vendors in supporting the new Microsoft runtimes).

The original Microsoft runtimes and their currently available versions may be different, in binary form and/or in their installation requirements and/or instructions and/or documentation.

I can assure you that our runtime scripts are well tested and built in-line with the best Microsoft documentation available at the time. You can of course edit the runtime scripts to permit, for instance, Windows 2000 SP4 installs; or update the pre-supplied binaries.

You may even run the native Microsoft installer in as little as just one line of MSIcode: Run Program. Whatever you choose, InstallAware is very versatile and customizable.

[mikevanoo]

Michael,

Thanks for your response and I can appreciate the things you have said both in terms of Microsoft's changing requirements and the virtues of InstallAware (I have come from using InstallShield which is a horrible beast in comparison).

However, surely the point of InstallAware coming with these built-in "module" means that end-users don't have write their own pre-req checks (and probably get it wrong!!)? In the short term I can of course edit the scripts but perhaps a future feature of InstallAware could be to download new versions of these such modules so that the tested and best modules are available to end-users ASAP?

Thanks,

Mike.

[MichaelNesmith]

Yes, of course!