How do i make an installer instead of a crash (.NET)

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Published on 2010-04-19T00:32:25Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 0:43 UTC
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My situation is

  • Using .NET 3.5
  • Using SDL.NET
  • Need to make a friendly installer or warning system.

Chances are the user will be on XP (.NET 1.1). If possible can i do something to let the user know he needs to update to 3.5? Maybe have a yes/no dialog which downloads and install the .NET runtimes for him?

Now how do i detect if the user has sdl.net installed (chances are its in program files/sdldotnet) and let them know they need sdl.net runtime and have a yes/no dialog that brings them to http://sourceforge.net/projects/cs-sdl/files/

The problem i have mostly is how to make the app not outright crash and how to download 3.5 .NET runtime if it is possible.

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