IS11.5 setup

[WWebber]

How to install the evalutation version without having Internet access? It always tries to download 'dotnetfx.exe' although I have .net installed?

[MichaelU]

Do you have .NET 1.1 with SP1 installed? I think that's what we look for to determine if we need to download dotnetfx.exe to bootstrap a .NET install or update. If not, you may be able to temporarily fake it out by writing registry values under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP.

[WWebber]

Do you have .NET 1.1 with SP1 installed? I think that's what we look for to determine if we need to download dotnetfx.exe to bootstrap a .NET install or update. If not, you may be able to temporarily fake it out by writing registry values under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP.

Those keys are already there:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\V1.1.4322\Install
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\V1.1.4322\MSI
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\V1.1.4322\SP

But it still tries to download? Could I copy the bootstrapper somewhere to let the bootstrapper decide if a download is necessary?

[WWebber]

Any ideas what else I could do?

[MichaelU]

As long as those are all set to 1 (this includes SP=1 meaning the SP has been installed), and the same values are set in the 1033 subkey our English-only setup should be satisfied and not need to download dotnetfx.exe for further examination.

Oh! Except I totally forgot: InstallShield 11.5 also requires J# which is similarly handled by the dotnetfx.exe wrapper. You should be able to find that redistributable download on Microsoft's servers.