Created On:  27 March 2012

Problem:

Installation Wizard prevents Net Express 5.1 to be installed without installing the following prerequisite software first:

Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Resolution:

When installing Net Express 5.1, the Installation Wizard takes the user to the Custom Setup screen where several features can be selected to be installed. The first feature listed in the Custom Setup screen is "Net Express support for .NET", which enables the user to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 to develop both native and managed (or .NET) COBOL applications. If the user does not wish to use this feature, then the install will not require MS Visual Studio 2008 to be installed first. To disable a feature from the Custom Setup screen, the user needs to click on the icon, which is left to the feature, and click on "This feature will not be available".
Incident #2547192