Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-08 Thread Dan Puza
ative, non-managed custom BootstrapperApplication. -Original Message- From: Roy Chastain [mailto:r...@roychastain.org] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 7:13 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-08 Thread Roy Chastain
> We would never do something as silly as REQUIRE a native application to install the .NET > Framework just to use the WiX toolset's bootstrapper, Burn. Well, I did not think so, but the first response through me off. The answer told me it was use by Burn and that I was off the beaten path. Imagi

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-07 Thread Rob Mensching
6, 2011 10:31 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and > MbaPreqPackageName variables > > The managed BA host (MBA) definitely supports .NET 3.5. > > Remember, you don't use th

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-07 Thread John Robbins
. :) John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com +1-877-968-5528 -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-06 Thread Rob Mensching
The managed BA host (MBA) definitely supports .NET 3.5. Remember, you don't use the MBA unless you are writing your BA in managed code. I wrote the WiX toolset's BA in managed code to demonstrate how it can be done and I like .NET Framework 4.0 so I chose to write the BA using it. If you would rat

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Jul-11 13:26, Roy Chastain wrote: > Are you trying to tell me that the Burn bootstrapper REQUIRES .NET 4.0 > to run? No, it doesn't require any version of .NET. Obviously, if you want to use a managed BA, .NET is required and as I said above: > note that the current managed BA has > only

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-06 Thread Roy Chastain
> They're used by the Burn managed bootstrapper app to manage installing > .NET. They're still needed but note that the current managed BA has only > supported (tested/validated) .NET 4, not 3.5. At the moment, you're in > uncharted waters. Are you trying to tell me that the Burn bootstrapper R

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Jul-11 08:50, Roy Chastain wrote: > What are the purposes of these two variables and is this something that > needs to be emulated when authoring an install with a prereq of .NET 3.5 > SP1? They're used by the Burn managed bootstrapper app to manage installing .NET. They're still needed but

[WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-06 Thread Roy Chastain
The fragment to install .NET Framework 4.0 used in the WiX install has the following What are the purposes of these two variables and is this something that needs to be emulated when authoring an install with a prereq of .NET 3.5 SP1? ---