setup project

[lydro]

I'm going to build the setup project for my app. but I have 3 steps to check for the target machine or server before install the app.

1. check framework in the target machine (if not, install the dotnetfx.exe)
2. check SQL Server, can be in the target machine or server (if not, install the MSDE in the target machine)
3. Ask for the Server name, user id, password, then check the database name XXX if exist? (if no, copy a database to the target sql server, if yes, ask for if want to overwrite)

after these 3 steps are checked, then install my app. How can I do these in vb.net? any idea?

one more thing, when the user input the server name, user id and password, this three value will send to the app. and use them to connect to the server. How can I do that?

Thanks!

 

[dalchri]

To answer #1... if you are using VS.NET 2003, a bootstrapper is available for the dotnetfx.exe installation:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/tools/bootstrapper/