i understand that some files get published to this folder in my application. i want all the files to be in the same folder. how do i do this?
meaning that i want the setup.exe and everything to be in one folder after i have published the application. i dont want to have an application files folder at all
You are getting hung up on what the IDE looks like when you create a Setup project. There is no "application files" folder, the Setup project creates a setup.exe file when it is built. That's the only file that you need to distribute to your client.
The "application files" node on the screen is simply a container in which you can put files while you create your Setup project. Those files will be available in the application's install directory after your client runs the setup.exe installer on her machine.
Actually run the setup.exe on your machine to see what it will look like on your client's machine.
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I have created a VB.Net application that I plan to distribute using the .exe file in the Release folder. Upon sending this to a user, I was informed that it would not run on their system. The exe runs fine on my system no matter the location of the file so it's not a folder dependency. I don't have easy access to another computer, so is there an easy way to test my file as if visual basic were not installed on my system?
Edit: By "does not run" I mean nothing occurs when the exe is clicked
I am working in a Powerbuilder application.
I migrated the application from 11.0 to 12.6 and deployed the application. I also generated dlls for Powerbuilder 12.6 version from install run time packager msi file. When I place the exe(say exe name as "vm.exe") and dlls in a folder path(say C:\abcd\vm and run the application,the app crashes. But if I copy the same exe and paste in same folder by changing the exe name as vmcopy.exe, it works. Only with specific exe name, it crashes. Also if I place the same dlls and exe in some other folder path(say C:\abcd\vmtest) name it works fine with exe name as "vm.exe". So only for a specific folder path and specific exe name the app crashes.I want the application to work with the specific exe name and specific folder location. Please help me on solving this issue.Thanks in advance.
I'm making windows application in VB.NET and I added some files in my project in solution explorer and I set on every file I added
"Copy to Output Directory: Copy Always"
but it deploy every file except .bin files after publishing.
It work in debugging mode, but not when I publish it. any help please, how to deploy .bin files?
Thanks.
What is the Build Action property of those files set to? If it is Content then I believe that they should be included in the deployment automatically. If not, open the Publish page of the project properties and click the Application Files button. There you can control what files are included in the ClickOnce deployment.
I am using Visual Studio 2010 and coding in VB.NET.
I have gone through the publish section in the program properties.
There is a Publish Location section and I have that set where I want,
but when you install the program, it never asks where you want to install it
and it installs in the the User AppData folder.
In the publish properties there is a section for Installation Folder URL.
But it only will allow a web url and not a file path.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You are confusing ClickOnce setups (that's the Publish) and MSI setups (which require you to create a setup project to buold an MSI file). ClickOnce doesn't sound like what you need if you want files in the UserAppDataFolder location.
i am publishing an app in vb.net. it's creating setup.exe and a folder called application files. i am told that setup.exe is stand alone and does not need any other files. is this right? because when i put setup.exe in a different directory it says that some files are missing.
If you're using the "Setup and Installation Package" project from within visual studio, then that's not the case. The actual setup files are the .MSI file and setup.exe is just a placeholder for the Windows Installer application.
If you're using ClickOnce, then you need the entire published directory (especially the manifest, as that tells the ClickOnce protocol where everything is at.
That said, other installer creation systems work differently.