Installing WPF application on machine without .NET Framework 4

Question

I am using Visual Studio 2010 to create a Setup package to install a WPF application. I can see that I can add the .NET framework 4.0 as a pre-requisite, but how do I get his to run automatically without manual intervention?

Do I have to create a small program (that targets framework 1.1 as I assume most machines have 1.1) that detects if .NET framework 4.0 is there and if not install it silently, or can I get the installer to do this.

I also have to install the OLEDB 12 drivers because I'm connecting to an Access 2007 database, so I will also have to run this installer before my application is run.

I don't want the install to download and install the framework, I want to include the framework redistributables with the setup.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

You want to do bootstraping, using visual studio 2010 and .net framework 4, as explained here.

Answer 2

You need to include .NET redistributable executable in your setup package. Check this article - its talking about Widows App, VS 2008 & .NET 3.5 but same thing should apply to you as well as.