"Carly" <carl.j***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello there,
>
> Strangely enough until now I did not find any articles that describe in
> a "crystal clear" way how to deploy a VB.NEt application.
> 1. Is it mandatory to have .net framework on the target computer?
> 2. I added to my windows form project a setup project and I built the
> two projects. In the setup project folder I have now
> ...\release\setup.exe and setup1.msi files. I copied them on my target
> computer. If I run setup1.msi file the setup process starts and seems
> to work perfectly except for... nothing is installed. If I run
> setup.exe the framework is installed...then if I run the setup1.msi
> again still nothing is installed... Any ideas???
> 3. I understand that for installation customization purposes one can
> use the Installer class. Can anybody point me to a good article about
> using the installer class.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Carly
>

> Hello there,
>
> Strangely enough until now I did not find any articles that describe in
> a "crystal clear" way how to deploy a VB.NEt application.
> 1. Is it mandatory to have .net framework on the target computer?
> 2. I added to my windows form project a setup project and I built the
> two projects. In the setup project folder I have now
> ...\release\setup.exe and setup1.msi files. I copied them on my target
> computer. If I run setup1.msi file the setup process starts and seems
> to work perfectly except for... nothing is installed. If I run
> setup.exe the framework is installed...then if I run the setup1.msi
> again still nothing is installed... Any ideas???
> 3. I understand that for installation customization purposes one can
> use the Installer class. Can anybody point me to a good article about
> using the installer class.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Carly
>

> I know my way of doing it isn't the "right" way and it's not the way I'd
> want to give a program to a customer but for the in-house, system type
> apps I write, here's what I do.
>
> Make sure you set build/configuration manager to release. Recompile the
> solution.  copy the files from bin/release to the dir you want the
> program to be run from and make a icon pointing to the exe.  Then again
> it seems 2005 is putting more in the release dir than needed.  It used
> to be two files most times.
>
> No install program needed.
>
> Also note the machines I work on all have the .net framework already on
> them.  Yes, they need that.
>
>
> Carly wrote:
>> Hello there,
>>
>> Strangely enough until now I did not find any articles that describe in
>> a "crystal clear" way how to deploy a VB.NEt application.
>> 1. Is it mandatory to have .net framework on the target computer?
>> 2. I added to my windows form project a setup project and I built the
>> two projects. In the setup project folder I have now
>> ...\release\setup.exe and setup1.msi files. I copied them on my target
>> computer. If I run setup1.msi file the setup process starts and seems
>> to work perfectly except for... nothing is installed. If I run
>> setup.exe the framework is installed...then if I run the setup1.msi
>> again still nothing is installed... Any ideas???
>> 3. I understand that for installation customization purposes one can
>> use the Installer class. Can anybody point me to a good article about
>> using the installer class.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Carly
>>