Please let me know the following.
How to access Installer properties like TARGETDIR or
INSTALLDIR in the Installer class.
How to set the TARGETDIR property programmatically in  the

I created a service project, added an installer class and run
installutil.exe to install the service.  After it prompted me for user name
and password I got the following error:
An exception occurred during the Install phase.

I'm creating an MSI for my app.  I saw that there is a "Launch Conditions"
configuration that will stop the MSI if a specific version of the .Net
framework is not installed.
What i'd like to do is include the redistributable in my MSI and run it if

Need to build complete deployment package for a multi-project enterprise soln
consisting of 3 web apps, 20+ web services, 2 windows services, 61 component
dll's and 4 databases.
Everything except the databases are in one Build Solution.

The system is Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4.
I installed the framework through Windows Update. Version 1.0 and then
version 1.1 were installed. Then followed Visual Studio .Net 2003
Enterprise Edition.

In the VS.NET 2003 setup project I want to put a dialog box where user can
specify a password with the input being shown in password characters(*). But
in the predefined dialogs with textboxes there is no password character
settings. How can I achieve this?

Is there any way to perform custom actions(Written in Installer class)
before any standard action performed by created MSI setup via .net setup
project?
Thanks in advance...

i want to validate the product key before istallation can proceed
further.What should i do to achieve that.

Can anyone tell me whether Nested Installations (MSI based) are possible in
Windows Installer version 2/3??
I am deployimg a ASP.NET web application using a Web Setup. I have also
created a Custom Action (a Console Application) which initiates installation

I have just installed Windows XP from scratch. Before installing .Net from
Windows-update I installed VStudio 2002 and the installation installed .Net
1.0. I have also installed version 1.1 of the framework, but it seems that
VStudio still uses version 1.0 - at least that is what ...

I'm trying to create a ASP.NET Web Service project in C#. When I create
the project I get the following message. "Visual Studio .NET has
detected that the specified Web server is not running ASP.NET version
1.1. You will be unable to run ASP.NET Web Applications or services"

I have a pretty straight forward installation file that includes a couple
OCX and DLLs that rely on MS VC++ runtime libraries. I've included the merge
modules in the setup file to copy these necessary libraries to the user's
system.

I am trying to read the installation path using a VB Script. In fact, I
can already do that easily by using the script and the
"CustomActionData" property. The problem I have is that this
CustomAction is supposed to run between InstallInitialize and

.Net Framework installs just fine on my Win2000 SP4 computer.
I run Windows Update daily and it continues to list .Net as a recommended
Update.
How can I get Windows Update to recognize my install of .Net framework?

I have problem with installing .NET Framework 1.1 on my Windows XP SP2
machine. The setup simply crashes at the end of installation process (during
registration of System.EnterpriseServices.dll) and I get the message :
RegSvcs.exe - Application has generated an exception that ...