I am trapped in a similar issue. My custom bootstrapper is based on Net 4.0. As a prereq I want to install Net 4.5 which does work, but since my app itself uses Net 4.0 I ran into the restart-issue which is not usable for me.
If I got you right, Nicholas, setting my bootstrapper to 4.5 should force the installer to install the needed .Net right before starting the bootstrapper itself? So no restarting or closing of my installer needed? Torben Nicholas Pierce wrote > The pre-requisite bootstrapper seems to only kick in if your application > fails to load, so if your MBA actually needed .NET 4.5 it would fail to > load with just .NET 4.0 installed at which point the pre-requisite > bootstrapper kicks in. > > Nicholas > > On 11 January 2013 13:40, Thomas Hammond < > Thomas.Hammond@ > > wrote: > >> Yes, it looks like it would actually do that. However, what if my >> bootstrapper application actually needed .NET 4.5? Would it install it as >> a >> prereq, or would by bootstrapper just fail to load? Also, I am really >> curious why it just doesn't behave the same way it would if .NET 4.0 >> isn't >> installed. The detect condition is false, so it seems like there is >> something strange going on in there. >> >> -Thom >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nicholas Pierce [mailto: > nicholas.pierce@ > ] >> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 4:31 AM >> To: > wix-users@.sourceforge >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn 3.7 & .NET 4.5 >> >> Does Burn not just install .NET 4.5 in your bootstrapper's main apply >> phase along with everything else? If you put it first in your chain, it >> should get installed first by Burn. >> >> Nicholas >> >> On 10 January 2013 21:19, Thomas Hammond < > Thomas.Hammond@ > > >> wrote: >> >> > I updated my bundle to use .NET 4.5 as the Mba Prereq. This works fine >> > if I install on a machine that does not have .NET 4.x installed. >> > However, if I run on a system that already has 4.0 installed, Burn >> > does not install .NET >> > 4.5 as a prereq before loading my managed bootstrapper application. >> > Even though my managed bootstrapper application only requires .NET >> > 4.0, I would like to use the prereq system to get .NET 4.5 installed >> > because all of my MSI packages require .NET 4.5. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > -Thom >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -------- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, >> > HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your >> > skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials >> > by Microsoft MVPs and experts. 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Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - > 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. > SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@.sourceforge > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users Nicholas Pierce wrote > The pre-requisite bootstrapper seems to only kick in if your application > fails to load, so if your MBA actually needed .NET 4.5 it would fail to > load with just .NET 4.0 installed at which point the pre-requisite > bootstrapper kicks in. > > Nicholas > > On 11 January 2013 13:40, Thomas Hammond < > Thomas.Hammond@ > > wrote: > >> Yes, it looks like it would actually do that. However, what if my >> bootstrapper application actually needed .NET 4.5? Would it install it as >> a >> prereq, or would by bootstrapper just fail to load? Also, I am really >> curious why it just doesn't behave the same way it would if .NET 4.0 >> isn't >> installed. The detect condition is false, so it seems like there is >> something strange going on in there. >> >> -Thom >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nicholas Pierce [mailto: > nicholas.pierce@ > ] >> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 4:31 AM >> To: > wix-users@.sourceforge >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn 3.7 & .NET 4.5 >> >> Does Burn not just install .NET 4.5 in your bootstrapper's main apply >> phase along with everything else? If you put it first in your chain, it >> should get installed first by Burn. >> >> Nicholas >> >> On 10 January 2013 21:19, Thomas Hammond < > Thomas.Hammond@ > > >> wrote: >> >> > I updated my bundle to use .NET 4.5 as the Mba Prereq. This works fine >> > if I install on a machine that does not have .NET 4.x installed. >> > However, if I run on a system that already has 4.0 installed, Burn >> > does not install .NET >> > 4.5 as a prereq before loading my managed bootstrapper application. >> > Even though my managed bootstrapper application only requires .NET >> > 4.0, I would like to use the prereq system to get .NET 4.5 installed >> > because all of my MSI packages require .NET 4.5. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > -Thom >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -------- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, >> > HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your >> > skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials >> > by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more >> > at: >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > WiX-users mailing list >> > > WiX-users@.sourceforge >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much >> more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - >> 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. >> SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> > WiX-users@.sourceforge >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and >> much more. 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