Dude, exactly! <smile/> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:48 AM, John Robbins <j...@wintellect.com> wrote:
> I just wanted to report that writing a BA with .NET 2.0 and WinForms works > very well. That was the requirement I just completed and I had no troubles > at all with a very complicated BA. > > The only drawback was that I was so used to .NET 4 constructs that I felt > naked going back to .NET 2.0. :) > > 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 MbaNetfxPackageId and > MbaPreqPackageName variables > > 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 rather write WinForms on .NET Framework 2.0 it should work > just fine. > > Of course, if you think requiring the .NET Framework to be installed so > that your bootstrapper can load is silliness then you can use the Wixstdba > (which works supports WinXP SP2+) or write your own in native code. > > 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. > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> wrote: > > > 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 supported > > > (tested/validated) .NET 4, not 3.5. > > > > It might all work just fine but there might also be bugs because of > > the different versions. > > > > -- > > sig://boB > > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is > > seriously valuable. > > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, > > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
