What’s New in InstallShield 2010 Express Edition Expansion Pack for Visual Studio 2010
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InstallShield 2010 Express Edition Expansion Pack for Visual Studio 2010 includes changes that offer support for the final released version of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4. It also includes additional changes.
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Prerequisites
InstallShield includes four new .NET-related InstallShield prerequisites that you can add to Express projects:
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Full |
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Full (Web Download) |
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client |
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client (Web Download) |
Note the following details about these prerequisites:
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The full prerequisites install the .NET Framework runtime and associated files that are required to run and develop applications that target the .NET Framework 4. |
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The client prerequisites install the .NET Framework runtime and associated files that are required to run most client applications. |
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The two Web download prerequisites require an Internet connection. These prerequisites download the required redistributable files if appropriate. The other two prerequisites are stand-alone installations that do not require an Internet connection. |
The .NET Framework 4.0 requires Windows Installer 3.1 or later, as well as the Windows Imaging Component. Therefore, the .NET Framework 4.0 Full prerequisites are configured to have dependencies for the following InstallShield prerequisites:
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Windows Installer 3.1 (x86) |
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Windows Imaging Component (x86) |
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Windows Installer 3.1 for Windows Server 2003 SP1 (x86) |
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Windows Imaging Component (x64) |
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Windows Installer 3.1 for Windows Server 2003 SP1 (IA64) |
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Windows Installer 3.1 for Windows Server 2003 SP1 (x64) |
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Windows Installer 3.1 for Windows XP (x64) |
In addition, the .NET Framework 4.0 Client prerequisites are configured to have dependencies for the following InstallShield prerequisites:
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Windows Installer 3.1 (x86) |
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Windows Imaging Component (x86) |
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Windows Installer 3.1 for Windows Server 2003 SP1 (x86) |
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Windows Imaging Component (x64) |
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Windows Installer 3.1 for Windows Server 2003 SP1 (x64) |
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Windows Installer 3.1 for Windows XP (x64) |
Thus, if you add any of the .NET Framework 4.0 prerequisites to your project, InstallShield also adds prerequisites for Windows Installer and Windows Imaging Component to your installation automatically by default. This could increase the size of your installation.
Additional Prerequisites for Visual Studio 2010 Support
InstallShield includes the following new InstallShield prerequisites that you can add to Express projects:
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Microsoft SQL CE 3.5 SP2 |
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Microsoft ReportViewer 2010 |
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Microsoft VSTO 2010 Runtime |
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FSharp Redistributable Package 2.0 |
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Microsoft Office 2007 PIA (This prerequisite installs the Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies. To use this prerequisite, download the PrimaryInteropAssembly.exe file from Microsoft’s Web site and run it to extract the o2007pia.msi file. Note that you may need to change the path of the o2007pia.msi installation in the .prq file, depending on where the .msi package is located on your system.) |
Predefined System Searches for .NET Framework 4
InstallShield includes two new predefined system searches:
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Full package |
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client package |
If your installation requires either of these, you can use the Installation Requirements page in the Project Assistant or the Requirements view to add these system searches to your project. When end users launch your installation, Windows Installer checks the target system to see if the requirements are met; if they are not met, the installation displays the error message that is defined for the system search.
This functionality applies to Express projects.
See Also
What’s New in InstallShield 2010 Express Edition
Upgrading Projects from InstallShield 2009 Express Edition or Earlier
Upgrading from Earlier Versions of InstallShield
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