Third-party applications are required for installation of the following components:
If the applications are not already present on the machine, the installer notifies you which applications are needed. If you choose to continue the installation, the necessary applications are installed.
The files necessary to install most third-party applications are included in the installation media, with one exception. The exception is Microsoft .NET Framework. In this case, the installation file is a "bootstrap", which connects to the Internet and installs the .NET Framework from there.
If an Internet connection is not available, or you are redistributing the software installation within your organization, you can include the full .NET Framework installation file in the .NET Framework into the installer. In addition to the full .NET Framework installer, you also need to download language packs for French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Dutch.
If you decide to add the .NET Framework to the software installation media, you must be aware of three things:
To embed the full .NET Framework installation file into the software installer: