The redistributable package you linked here has a lot of different parts to it. You've got the CRT, ATL, MFC, and a bunch of others. Go back to MS' page for full details.
Find out from your developers, if you can, exactly which parts you need. Might be all of them, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
What's worked for me is using merge modules (MSMs) provided by Microsoft. There's one (actually, two with the policy MSM) per component mentioned above. These MSMs are difficult, if not impossible, to find online. But any computer with Visual Studio will have them, typically in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules
Include those as redistributables in your project, and away you go. Best of luck.
First of all thanks! In case i need them all,is there a way to execute the c++ 2008 redistributable exe file via my installation? i tried to do that (custom actions) but the setup crash beacuse it seem that this setup can not run if another setup is running (my setup=the root setup).
I just created a prerequisite for visual c++ 2008 redistributable as well. Did you also enter any conditions to stop the prerequisite from running if it is already installed?
Installshied identifier automatically any installation that already installed (obviously prerequisite installation) so you don't need to add any condition.
edpaffjr wrote: I just created a prerequisite for visual c++ 2008 redistributable as well. Did you also enter any conditions to stop the prerequisite from running if it is already installed?
Since there is not a specific detection mechanism designed, for instance you could check the presence of a registry key at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{GUID}.
