.net-client-profile

I tried to construct a working example of a WiX 3.6 installation script. We currently use WiX 3.5 and now we would like to begin installing the .NET 4 Client Profile framework as a pre-requisite for our MSI file that our product.wxs script creates. WiX 3.6 seems like the best way forward. Is there a functional example of how to do this with WiX 3.6? Here is our 3.5 script we use today: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension"> <!-- Version change handling --> <?define UpgradeCode="##

The Publish feature stopped working once I installed Visual Studio 2012. Publish cannot find the prerequisite Microsoft .Net Framework 4 Client Profile (x86 and x64). Previously in Visual Studio 2010 this worked fine. I use 64-bit Windows 7. The exact Visual Studio 2012 error message reads: Error 104 - To enable 'Download prerequisites from the same location as my application' in the Prerequisites dialog box, you must download file 'DotNetFX40Client\dotNetFx40_Client_x86_x64.exe' for item 'Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile (x86 and x64)' to your local machine. For more information, see

I am trying to write a windows client application that calls a web site for data. To keep the install to a minimum I am trying only use dlls in the .NET Framework Client Profile . Trouble is that I need to UrlEncode some parameters, is there an easy way to do this without importing System.Web.dll which is not part of the Client Pofile? ToddBFisher System.Uri.EscapeUriString() can be problematic with certain characters, for me it was a number / pound '#' sign in the string. If that is an issue for you, try: System.Uri.EscapeDataString() //Works excellent with individual values Here is a SO