.NET framework 3.5 SP1 is required - question

Former Member over 13 years ago

We have been teaching GPS classes and we did switch to BaseCamp this year. Actually for the classroom, it seems easier then MapSource.

Recently we did a class and a couple of computers needed to install .Net framework. The class was in rural IL and it took over an hour for it to download and install!.

I looked into what BaseCamp needs and it is: .NET framework 3.5 SP1 is required.
It also says "A current version of .NET will be installed if needed" but it seems to have to come from Microsoft.

Again download is so slow in rural areas that it is a killer (232 mg file). What I would like to do to get around it by burning a copy of the software to a CD ( actually several) and have them around just in case.

My question is will that work? When BaseCamp starts to install, and it needs NET framework it stops and tries to download it. SO I am figuring that if it does. Cancel the install, switch CDs and install the Net framework first and then rerun the BaseCamp install.

I don't have any computers to test it on nor a person to contact with BaseCamp that could say YES or NO

thanks again for your time
Ed

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

Hi Ed,

Normally, installers check to see if all prerequesites are present on the computer. In your case, the BaseCamp installer notices that your .Net framework is not up to date. Hence, the installation pauzes/stops.

So if you installed the .Net framework software first, Basecamp will install without interruption. Your suggested approach will work, no doubt.

0 Former Member over 13 years ago

You can safely cancel .Net installation. BaseCamp installation will continue and successfully finish even without .Net 3.5. Of course BC won't run.
.Net can be installed then at any time from any suitable source.