I'm new to Wix/Burn and am trying to understand some of the fundamentals. I have a simple bootstrapper that installs the required .net 4.0 framework using the following chain:
<Chain>
<PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx40ClientRedist"/>
<MsiPackage Id="MyApp" SourceFile="$(var.WixInstaller.TargetPath)" DisplayInternalUI="yes" />
</Chain>
as recommended by How To: Install the .NET Framework Using Burn.
The application may be used on servers with no web access so it's important that .net be installed from a local redistributable. The bootstrapper seems to work very well and installs the framework as intended. The setup.exe file, though, is roughly the same size as the application (< 5 MB) so I have to assume that the framework is still being downloaded during installation.
Questions
What, then, is the difference between "NetFx40ClientWeb" and "NetFx40ClientRedist" in the WixNetfxExtension package?
How do I included a local redistributable in the boostrapper so that no download is needed?
EDIT:
I believe I found the answer here:
WiXNetFxExtension will check a sub-directory called "redist" where
your bundle is for the package then download it if it doesn't exist at
that path e.g. "redist\dotNetFx40_Client_setup.exe". This is standard
Burn behaviour.
the difference between the two are:
1. clientWeb - means you have to have a connection to the web and the .net 4.0 will be downloaded and after that installed on the machine.
2.clientRedist - means redistributable - meaning a full package which doesn't need any connection to the internet, you can install it on any computer.
if you use the redistributable package you should be fine - here is the example for .Net 4.5 , it is the same for .Net 4.0 only diff is the redistributable package.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension" xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension" xmlns:netfx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/NetFxExtension">
<Bundle Name="Prog" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="my Corporation" UpgradeCode="*">
<Chain>
<!-- TODO: Define the list of chained packages. -->
<PackageGroupRef Id="Netfx45FullPackage" />
</Chain>
</Bundle>
<Fragment>
<PackageGroup Id="Netfx45FullPackage">
<ExePackage Id="Netfx45Xxx" Cache="no" Compressed="no" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="no" InstallCommand="/q" SourceFile="..\SetupProject\dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe" DetectCondition="(Netfx4FullVersion="4.5.50709") AND (NOT VersionNT64 OR (Netfx4x64FullVersion="4.5.50709"))" InstallCondition="(VersionNT >= v6.0 OR VersionNT64 >= v6.0) AND (NOT (Netfx4FullVersion="4.5.50709" OR Netfx4x64FullVersion="4.5.50709"))" />
<MsiPackage Id="MyProg" Cache="no" Compressed="no" DisplayInternalUI="yes" Vital="yes" SourceFile="$(var.installerPath)\MyProgCore.msi" />
</PackageGroup>
</Fragment>
</Wix>