I have created a small program in VS 2008.
Created a setup program with the Windows Installer through Visual Studio.

Question:

I need to have the "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 Provider" installed.

My users can down load it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7554F536-8C28-4598-9B72-EF94E038C891&displaylang=en

Is there anyway to have this show up in the "Prerequisties" section, and install without user intervention?

I wait for a reply.
Thanks in advnace
Robert
robert11@mountaincble.net

Hi Robert XP,

You can use BMG(Bootstrapper Manifest Generator) to add your own prerequisite to the MSI project. Here is a topic about that.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/Add_Custom_Prerequisite.aspx

This article talking about how to add custom prerequisite to the ClickOnce deployment, and it works for MSI too. After you do the step, the prerequisite will be list in the prerequisite selection Window. So you can set it as prerequisite with your application.

If you have any problem with this, please feel free to tell me.

Sincerely,
Kira Qian

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Hi Robert XP,

You can use BMG(Bootstrapper Manifest Generator) to add your own prerequisite to the MSI project. Here is a topic about that.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/Add_Custom_Prerequisite.aspx

This article talking about how to add custom prerequisite to the ClickOnce deployment, and it works for MSI too. After you do the step, the prerequisite will be list in the prerequisite selection Window. So you can set it as prerequisite with your application.

If you have any problem with this, please feel free to tell me.

Sincerely,
Kira Qian

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Please mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark if they don't.