Publishing an App installation package using Visual Studio

How to make an installation package

There are two ways to use Visual Studio for packaged distribution of apps:

1. Use ClickOnce to publish the installation package;

2. Use the Setup project to release the installation package.

Operation Steps

ClickOnce publishes the installation package

1. Right-click "Project" and click "Publish" to launch the Publish Wizard (the Publish page in the project properties can set the relevant publishing configuration).

Setup Project Release installation package

1. Download and install "Visual Studio Installer Projects Extension";

2, in the solution, add "Setup" project;

3. Configure and publish the installation package.

Two ways of comparing

1, ClickOnce easy to operate, and can provide release package multi-version management, but unable to provide installation path settings;

2, Setup project needs to install vs template plug-in, but can set the installation path during the installation process;

3, the other functions are basically the same.

Publishing an App installation package using Visual Studio