Implement downloading of .NET 4.5 in Setup.exe

[anaisbetts]

Like it says on the tin, don't just pop a dialog

[peters]

As a bonus would it be possible to embed .NET 4.5 in the setup ? :)

[anaisbetts]

@peters .NET 4.5 doesn't have redist rights afaik. Or does it?

[peters]

@paulcbetts yolo 👯

it may be a waste of time though.. in our use case it would be sufficient to just specify our own url to the redist 👍

[akoeplinger]

From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5a4x27ek(v=vs.110).aspx:

Both installers are redistributable, so you can include them in the setup program for your app.

[stefanolson]

Personally I would rather have it downloadable, but there is potentially some advantages for some people in doing two builds one with it downloadable and one with it built in

[stefanolson]

What about .net 4.5.1?

[anaisbetts]

I'm not suuuuuper excited to include .NET 4.5 in the setup tbh, that makes every Setup.exe huge. What I could do is make it so that if you put the .NET 4.5 installer in the same directory as setup.exe we'll just use it.

[peters]

👍

[mwcampbell]

I'm willing to implement this, since I won't be able to ship without it.

[anaisbetts]

@mwcampbell Cool, I'd take that PR :) WTL is already in the project so it should give you basically what you need to implement a "Downloading..." dialog with a progress bar.

[stefanolson]

@mwcampbell That'd be GREAT!