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dotNetInstaller - Setup Bootstrapper for .NET Application

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With this tool the developer can define the application prerequisites and install the correct version of these components in the correct order based on the user operating system type and language, allow the user to download these components from the web or install these components directly.
using System;

namespace InstallerEditor
{
	/// <summary>
	/// A collection of elements of type Component
	/// </summary>
	public class ComponentCollection: System.Collections.CollectionBase
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Initializes a new empty instance of the ComponentCollection class.
		/// </summary>
		public ComponentCollection()
		{
			// empty
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Initializes a new instance of the ComponentCollection class, containing elements
		/// copied from an array.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="items">
		/// The array whose elements are to be added to the new ComponentCollection.
		/// </param>
		public ComponentCollection(Component[] items)
		{
			this.AddRange(items);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Initializes a new instance of the ComponentCollection class, containing elements
		/// copied from another instance of ComponentCollection
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="items">
		/// The ComponentCollection whose elements are to be added to the new ComponentCollection.
		/// </param>
		public ComponentCollection(ComponentCollection items)
		{
			this.AddRange(items);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Adds the elements of an array to the end of this ComponentCollection.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="items">
		/// The array whose elements are to be added to the end of this ComponentCollection.
		/// </param>
		public virtual void AddRange(Component[] items)
		{
			foreach (Component item in items)
			{
				this.List.Add(item);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Adds the elements of another ComponentCollection to the end of this ComponentCollection.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="items">
		/// The ComponentCollection whose elements are to be added to the end of this ComponentCollection.
		/// </param>
		public virtual void AddRange(ComponentCollection items)
		{
			foreach (Component item in items)
			{
				this.List.Add(item);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Adds an instance of type Component to the end of this ComponentCollection.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		/// The Component to be added to the end of this ComponentCollection.
		/// </param>
		public virtual void Add(Component value)
		{
			this.List.Add(value);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Determines whether a specfic Component value is in this ComponentCollection.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		/// The Component value to locate in this ComponentCollection.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		/// true if value is found in this ComponentCollection;
		/// false otherwise.
		/// </returns>
		public virtual bool Contains(Component value)
		{
			return this.List.Contains(value);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Return the zero-based index of the first occurrence of a specific value
		/// in this ComponentCollection
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		/// The Component value to locate in the ComponentCollection.
		/// </param>
		/// <returns>
		/// The zero-based index of the first occurrence of the _ELEMENT value if found;
		/// -1 otherwise.
		/// </returns>
		public virtual int IndexOf(Component value)
		{
			return this.List.IndexOf(value);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Inserts an element into the ComponentCollection at the specified index
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="index">
		/// The index at which the Component is to be inserted.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="value">
		/// The Component to insert.
		/// </param>
		public virtual void Insert(int index, Component value)
		{
			this.List.Insert(index, value);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the Component at the given index in this ComponentCollection.
		/// </summary>
		public virtual Component this[int index]
		{
			get
			{
				return (Component) this.List[index];
			}
			set
			{
				this.List[index] = value;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Removes the first occurrence of a specific Component from this ComponentCollection.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="value">
		/// The Component value to remove from this ComponentCollection.
		/// </param>
		public virtual void Remove(Component value)
		{
			this.List.Remove(value);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Type-specific enumeration class, used by ComponentCollection.GetEnumerator.
		/// </summary>
		public class Enumerator: System.Collections.IEnumerator
		{
			private System.Collections.IEnumerator wrapped;

			public Enumerator(ComponentCollection collection)
			{
				this.wrapped = ((System.Collections.CollectionBase)collection).GetEnumerator();
			}

			public Component Current
			{
				get
				{
					return (Component) (this.wrapped.Current);
				}
			}

			object System.Collections.IEnumerator.Current
			{
				get
				{
					return (Component) (this.wrapped.Current);
				}
			}

			public bool MoveNext()
			{
				return this.wrapped.MoveNext();
			}

			public void Reset()
			{
				this.wrapped.Reset();
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns an enumerator that can iterate through the elements of this ComponentCollection.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>
		/// An object that implements System.Collections.IEnumerator.
		/// </returns>        
		public new virtual ComponentCollection.Enumerator GetEnumerator()
		{
			return new ComponentCollection.Enumerator(this);
		}
	}

}

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