Chain Dot Net 4 Framework install into NSIS

Question

I am trying to silently install the .NET 4 Framework with my app through NSIS.

I cant for the life of me work out how to make the .NET installer report where its up to back to my installer and update the progress bar on NSIS to reflect this.

Is there an easy way to do this?

Edit: Just to clarify I want to do this as when the .NET installer runs silently it looks like my installer has frozen as the progress bar does not move until .NET is installed.

Answer 1

This is not supported by any setup tool. Third-party installer progress cannot be captured and integrated into a main installer.

Instead, the third-party installation (.NET Framework) can run with basic progress. This way it shows it's own progress bar which is more accurate than what you could capture in a main installer.