Installing .NET with dotnetfx.exe

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Hello all,

I just got NSIS, so I am very much a newbie. I used HM NIS Editor and its Wizard to make a simple install for an application I am working on. The application is written in VB.NET, and my boss would like me to distribute the framework, and install it if needed, with the installer for the application. I have a few questions regarding this issue.

I found the nifty little function to detect .NET framework in the Documentation (and in the archives), and I got it to work with my script. I also read in the forums that you should place this in the on.Init function, or something like that. I didnt fully understand that. Right now this is what I do:

PHP Code:

Section "GLS" SEC01
  Call IsDotNETInstalled
     Pop $R3
  StrCmp $R3 0 +3
    Goto +2
    ; else
    MessageBox MB_OK "Can't find .NET!"
    ... 


And as you can see this code is at the start of my main "section". My first question is if putting that in onInit is more correct how do I do that? Do I go Function SEC01.onInit or something like that, and place the code there. And then where/how do I call the function?

My second question is how do I get the installer to install the .NET Framework. So, how do I package dotnetfx.exe into my installer, and then how do I get it to run that file (instead of the MessageBox part). I couldn't find an example of this anywhere.

I am kinda under time pressure, so I havent looked at the docs in great detail, so Im not familiar with much yet. That's also why I am asking for help. Sorry if this is supposed to be "common" knowledge or something, and I am asking how to do it.

Aside, from my little experince with NSIS, it seems like its a pretty cool system. And definitly different from MS Visual Studio Installer tool.

Thanks in advance,

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