Tools/Raw Material vs2005 steps/Methods
- New Installation Deployment Project
Open VS, click New Item, select: Other item type-> installation and Deployment-> Installation Wizard (same as Setup project), then click OK
- After the Setup wizard closes, open the Setup Wizard, click Next, or click to complete
- You can enter the project folder when the Setup Wizard completes:
Double-click Application Folder to right-click in the margin on the right, select Add-> file, add the executable file of your application and the corresponding class library and component
Then right-click your executable file, create a shortcut, and then cut or copy the shortcuts to the user's Program menu and user desktop on the left.
This will create a shortcut to the program on "Start-> All Programs" and "desktop" after Setup installation is complete
Then right click the Application folder on the left to open the Properties dialog box
Remove the "[Manufacturer]" from the path of "DefaultLocation" in the attribute, otherwise the installer default installation directory will be "C:\programm file\ your username \ Installation Solution name" as amended:
Then open Solution Manager, right-click your solution name, and select Properties
In the Open property page, select Prerequisites.
In the Open prerequisites page, it is important to select the selection below!!!!! 1!!!!!
When selected, contains the. NETFramework component in the generated installation packages. (This option is not selected by default)
OK, this completes 99%, then click on "Generate-> Generation Solution", Success!!
- Production complete
Now open the Debug folder under the Solution folder and you will see the resulting installation files
