"Authoring a Custom Bootstrapper Package for Visual Studio 2005"

MSDN - Authoring a Custom Bootstrapper Package for Visual Studio 2005

"Summary: This article discusses how to integrate a custom application prerequisite into the Visual Studio 2005 Bootstrapper, allowing other developers to deploy the prerequisite with their applications. (8 printed pages)
 
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The Visual Studio 2005 Generic Bootstrapper

The Visual Studio 2005 Bootstrapper is a technology that allows you to create an integrated setup experience for application prerequisites and ClickOnce or Windows Installer installations. With the Bootstrapper you do not have to worry whether or not end users have components like MDAC or the .Net Framework 2.0 installed on their machines-simply indicate which prerequisites your application depends on and the Bootstrapper will take care of installing them along with the application itself.

Visual Studio 2005 includes out-of-the-box capability to install several common prerequisites using the Bootstrapper, including .NET Framework 2.0, SQL Server Express 1.0, and others. The Bootstrapper is completely extensible, so it can be configured to install just about any redistributable. As a redistributable owner, providing a means for developers to seamlessly install your package with their application using the Bootstrapper promotes penetration of your redistributable, and simplifies servicing by providing an alternative to privately deploying assemblies in the redistributable.

This whitepaper will show how to integrate a custom application prerequisite with the Bootstrapper. This will allow other developers to deploy the prerequisite along with their applications.
 
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