Thanks for the info, Mouser.
I did find
Byte Essence Install Maker, which
purports to check the .NET Framework version (and presumably would offer to download a missing Framework). I haven't tested it yet; but if it does what it claims, it's just what I'm looking for: a freeware installer, no scripting learning curve, that would work well with my .NET apps.
And
here's something that may interest you, Mouser. An MSI bootstrapper that detects if .NET Framework is needed prior to program installation. It says it's licensed under the GPL.
Also, the free version of
AdvancedInstaller purports to check for and automate the installation of missing .NET Framework:
- exactly how to do things right depend on whole bunch of things, though. But in general, you'll want to bind your controls to objects (as opposed to string/int/whatever representations of individual properties) and use proper sorting: check out IComparable<T> and IComparer<T> interfaces. There's several ways to handle sorting, and there's more to it than just the sorting itself... for instance, it's often better practice to not sort your object data directly, but bind the GUI element to a filter/sort adapter that constructs the binding collection from it's source collection.
