Adding .NET Framework Redistributables to Projects

InstallShield 2014 Express Edition

If your product requires that the .NET Framework be installed on the target system, you can add the .NET Framework redistributable to your project. If the target system does not have the .NET Framework, it is installed during your installation.

You can also include redistributables for .NET Framework language packs in your project. The language packs contain translated text, such as error messages, for languages other than English.

The method for adding the .NET Framework and .NET Framework language packs to your project depends on the version of .NET Framework that your application requires.

Note: Some .NET Framework versions include earlier .NET Framework versions:

.NET Framework 3.5 includes .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 and .NET Framework 2.0 SP1.
.NET 3.0 Framework SP1 includes .NET Framework 2.0 SP1.
.NET 3.0 Framework RTM includes .NET Framework 2.0 RTM .

If you want to include .NET support in a project, do one of the following:

For .NET Framework 4.5 Full, 4.5 Web, 4.0 Full, 4.0 Client, 3.5 SP1, 3.5, 3.0 SP1, 3.0, 2.0 SP2, or 2.0 SP1 redistributables—Add the appropriate Microsoft .NET Framework prerequisite.

For more information, see Including the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft .NET Framework Language Pack Prerequisites.

For .NET Framework 2.0, 1.1, or 1.0 redistributables—Configure the .NET settings for the release through the .NET/J# tab in the Releases view.

Obtaining InstallShield Prerequisites

Note that some of the InstallShield prerequisites are not installed with InstallShield. You may need to download them. For more information, see Obtaining Updates for InstallShield.

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