I want to publish an application which has these requirements: .NET Framework SQL Server

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Asked: May 16, 20262026-05-16T11:22:51+00:00 2026-05-16T11:22:51+00:00

I want to publish an application which has these requirements:

I’m using the ‘Setup Project’ in Visual Studio 2008. I have added my project files and it has successfully detected the .NET Framework dependency.

The problem is:

I want to include all the files (.NET Framework and SQL Server Express setup files) with the installer.
I want the installer to first check and see if the required files are installed on the target computer.
I want to add SQL Server Express installer to the dependencies so that the installer sets up .NET Framework and SQL Server Express automatically on the target computer if needed.