I want to distribute the installer package to my clients. Please anybody provide me details information about how can I make setup.exe file for my visual studio 2008 projects. If I am failed to provide any necessary info please let me know. Thanks in advance.
Though this is written for C#, the tutorial should work fine in VB.NET as well, if that's what you're using.
http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showtopic58021.htm
In VS2008, add a new project. Then click "Other Project Types" and Setup and Deployment underneath that. You can then pick "Setup Wizard" this will guide you through creating a setup.exe and an MSI installer. This can then be built just like any other project, so when you make a change to your project, you can rebuild the setup.
In order to create an installer package, do the following:
Go to File -> Add New Project
Select Setup Project from "Setup and Deployment Projects"
From here you can add your files and when you compile it will generate an MSI file.
If you have access to a web server, i would publish your file using clickonce. This way anytime you make a change your users will automatically get the updates. To do so, right click the main project that you want to expose and click on the publish tab.
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I am creating an installation file using VS2019 which creates two files setup.exe and install.msi. Is it possible to bundle them together for easier distribution into one setup file. Previously I used iexpress to bundle them together and using custom.bat file to execute setup after extracting. Though this is an very old technique, Is their any more innovative way we can use directly from VS2019 ?
I found this guide which makes use of Advanced Installer through a Visual Studio extension. I was able to take two projects in a solution and package them into one .msi, which installs both of the project executables when ran.
You will need to download the "Advanced Installer" Visual Studio extension (see the "Extensions" menu item in Visual Studio), as well as install Advanced Installer itself, which can be found here (the extension will prompt you to download Advanced Installer if you attempt to use it without having it installed). All the extension does is make use of the Advanced Installer software, but through Visual Studio. Once you have it all configured, all you need to do is perform a build on the Advanced Installer project that you will need to add to your solution.
As I am pretty new to Visual Studio, this question may sound kinda dumb:
How do I install DotNetZip library? I am using Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop.
There is no setup for DotNetZip.
Simply download the package from its site, decompress the library somewhere in your disk and set the reference from your project to the release folder appropriate for your project type. Remember to distribute the DLL with your application.
Another simple way would be to use nuget extension to install the library.
There are many ways to add DotNetZip file in your project. I have mention only two ways below:
Way 1:
1. In Visual Studio go to- Tools->NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manager Console
2. Select your project from Default Project drop-down in Package Manager Console.
3. Type Install-Package DotNetZip and press enter.
Automatically the package will be included in your project.
Note: Sometime it does not work as expected.
Way 2:
1. In Solution Explorer go to your Project, then References folder.
2. Right click on References folder -> Manage NuGet Packages.
3. On the pop up window select Online from left menu.
4. Type DotNetZip on Seach text box.
5. From loaded list click Install button.
Manage NugGet Package PopUp window
I've created my first Office Add-in using Visual Studio. It targets the 4.0 .Net framework and was created using the new VS 2012. I need to distribute/install this project on various 32-bit XP and 64-bit Windows 7 computers around the office. So I configured the project to be installed on XP (which was my first speed bump because I didn't realize VS 2012 needed an update in order to make a solution that was XP compatible). Now that I have a valid win32 application, I am getting another error:
The following error occurred attempting to install 'C:\filepath...\Import Contacts.vsto':
"No application is associated with the specified file for this operation."
After doing some digging, I think I need to install the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime on the client computer. To do this, I would like to use the prerequisites properties for the project. So I read up on creating custom prerequisites using some noteworthy sites (e.g, Creating Bootstrapper Packages, Application Deployment Prerequisites, Adding Custom Prerequisites, and Creating a Bootstrapper package for Office 2013 in Visual Studio 2012). I created the files according to that last URL (even though I'm not sure it pertains to the package I need just yet), but it is not appearing in the dialog box under Project > Properties > Publish > Prerequisites
If you read the article, it says the VS prerequisites dialog box should automatically update once I restart VS 2012, which I did but to no avail. I know I'll need to use this feature again in the future, so I would really like to know what I'm doing wrong and fix this. Please help! And I promise to quickly give the ACCEPT to whoever helps me fix this problem! Thank you in advance.
I didn't have any problems following the directions given in the web page and got the bootstrapper added to the Prerequisites dialog. However, there are plenty of possible ways to get it wrong. Some possibilities:
Triple-check the folder you added these files to. Be sure that you picked Program Files (x86) on a 64-bit version of Windows and not Program Files. And be sure that you now see the added VSTOR40 folder along with the other existing bootstrapper folders, like ReportViewer and VBPowerPacks.
You do not have write permission to this folder, UAC prevents copying files there. Be sure that you managed to copy them from, say, an elevated command prompt. Right-click the Command Prompt shortcut and click "Run as Administrator".
If you created the .xml files with Notepad then make sure you didn't accidentally saved them with the .txt extension. If necessary, put Explorer in "programmer mode" so you can see the filename extensions. Control Panel + Folder Options, View tab, untick the "Hide extensions for known file types" checkbox. If you now see product.xml.txt then rename the file to product.xml, same for package.xml.txt
If you created the .xml files with Notepad then be sure to save the file in UTF-8 encoding. File + Save As, Encoding combobox.
For all those who still may face similar issue I think that I found the cause of this issue. It seems that copying folder with custom bootstrapper package (and all necessary files in it) does not "refreshes" the list of available packages. Only when i went through this walkthrough and manually created folder in %Programfiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\ for sample package from this walkthrough my package has shown
I'm currently using Visual Studio 2010 to make a Visual Basic project. I'm trying to make a standard .EXE file for distribution but everytime I go to publish, I keep seeing it make a Click Once application.
Is there a way to complete and build a project in VStudio 2010 without making it as a Click-Once application?
Don't Publish it; that is what is making it a clickonce application. Just Build Solution; this will create the exe in the specified output directory (usually debug or release depending on your current Configuration.
I want to create a windows installer package using visual studio. It is my understanding that there was a simple way to do this in vb6, you could add an installer like you can add a new form.
How can I do this in vb.net? I downloaded and installed the Windows SDK from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c17ba869-9671-4330-a63e-1fd44e0e2505&displaylang=en because it said somewhere that it could create installer packages and had tools to do so for .net, but no such luck.
I would prefer not to use NSIS or Inno Setup for this.
Is there any way to get the same functionality that you could have in vb6 with the installer packages?
Thanks, I feel I am missing an important step here...
EDIT: I am using visual basic 2008 express, not professional. I dont have "Setup and deployment" or anything like that under my template options.
You could create a .msi installer. Have a look at this question/answer for some more details. How can I create an MSI setup?
Edit: Others have mentioned WiX, so here's a link to a tutorial showing how to use it
There is a setup & deployment project type under other when you go to create a new project in VS Standard edition and higher. If you have express it's not available.
Here's some info on Setup & Deployment projects:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wx3b589t.aspx
Tutorial:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/vishnuprasad2005/SetupProjects12022005022406AM/SetupProjects.aspx
File -> New Project -> Other Project Types -> Setup and Deployment
Will allow you to add a setup project to any Visual Studio solution.
In Visual Studio.,Net you would create a Setup Project (or Setup Project Wisard) to create an installer.
Tutorial Here: http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showtopic58021.htm
Because the express version doesn't include the Setup and Deployment project type, you'll probably find it easier to use a third party tool such as www.advancedinstaller.com - the free version is probably sufficient for your needs.