IA Installation based off of a clients .NET Framework?

[JasonCrone]

We want to create an installation in such a way that one version will be installed if they have .NET Framework 1.1 and a different version if they have .NET Framework 2.0. Can IA do this, and if so is there an easy way to set this up?

[MichaelNesmith]

Absolutely! This kind of runtime branching is very easy with InstallAware (and a nightmare, if at all possible, with other tools).

Use the .NET Framework plug-in to get the current version, like this:

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Check/Install .NET Framework (check v1.1, get result into variable NET11)
Check/Install .NET Framework (check v2.0, get result into variable NET20)


Then, try something like this:

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if Variable NET20 Equals TRUE
  Comment: Perform .NET 2.0 install actions
end
if Variable NET11 Equals TRUE
  Comment: Perform .NET 1.1 install actions
end


This way, you could even install your product onto both framework versions at the same time Below is the above code that you can copy-paste directly for your convenience into the IDE:

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~InstallAware Clipboard Data~
~End~
~{4561D6D7-7FA4-438A-AF19-561AFF10781A}~
~Comment~
~{8057C0FE-5170-46F0-937A-8B1165027BA2}~
~Perform .NET 1.1 install actions~
~If~
~{241B6A9A-0956-4385-9376-F60322A805EF}~
~NET11~
~0~
~TRUE~
~FALSE~
~End~
~{74601018-14C1-461B-8DFC-91A888079C0B}~
~Comment~
~{0B31D50C-3990-4C8F-A018-C61B5A5CA19C}~
~Perform .NET 2.0 install actions~
~If~
~{CA9E3F1A-E79F-4DE6-A7BD-0237BC198BF5}~
~NET20~
~0~
~TRUE~
~FALSE~
~.NET Framework~
~{0B7538CE-8D2A-4EDB-A6ED-5079FAF1D64C}~
~TRUE,TWENTY,NET20~
~mDotNet.dll\\mDotNetExec.dll~
~.NET Framework~
~{E27F2E50-3364-40FF-A4F5-2CA274E49320}~
~TRUE,FALSE,NET11~
~mDotNet.dll\\mDotNetExec.dll~