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  • hch_nguyen
    #1

    app deployment

    I have a VB.NET application I wrote that I now want to redistribute. The
    Deployment tool that comes with .NET seems a bit limited. I basically want
    to create an install program that will conditionally install the following.

    1).NET Framework
    2) MDAC (latest version)
    3) SQL Server MSDE 2000 with service pack 3, including the custom database
    that my program needs to function properly
    4) My program itself

    Should I be able to do all of the above with the Visual STudio deployment
    tools?? It seems that even with Install Shield I can't accomplish the 4
    tasks above.

    Thanks,
    Christine


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    • Phil Wilson
      #2
      Re: app deployment

      It's best to install those things separately. VS setup projects don't have
      as much functionality as InstallShield, and even with that it would be
      difficult. The .NET Framework might install the Windows Installer engine,
      and if you add SP2, it would reboot, MDAC might require a reboot, and MSDE
      setups are tricky enough without embedding them in something else. If you
      care about international clients you need to worry about localized versions
      of the redistributable s. Use a LaunchCondition in your program's setup to
      require those items, and if you're shipping on a CD, you could put the
      (English?) redistributable s there. I doubt you'll find an install package
      that actually contains all those redistributable s, most people use a jacket
      program to check for each and launch the individual setups.
      --
      Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer]

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      > 1).NET Framework
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      > that my program needs to function properly
      > 4) My program itself
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      > Should I be able to do all of the above with the Visual STudio deployment
      > tools?? It seems that even with Install Shield I can't accomplish the 4
      > tasks above.
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      > Thanks,
      > Christine
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