Package and deployment wizard

[otuatail]

Hi. I have a VB.NET app and want to create a CD/DVD instalation disk. Any help on this please.

TIA

Paul.

 

[jmcilhinney]

If you have VB Express then the only inbuilt deployment option is ClickOnce, which is managed on the Publish page of the project properties. If you have VS then you can also use Windows Installer by adding a Setup project to your solution. Some editions of VS also include InstallShield LE, which you also use by adding an extra project to your solution. Other than that, you need to look at third-party products.

 

[otuatail]

I have Visual studio 2008 and have experiance in Visual studio 1,2,3,4,5 & 6.

File -> Add -> New Project
Other Project types
Setup and Deployment -> Setup wizard
1) (.) Create a setup for a windows application
2) Leave blank the 7 tick boxes as I don't understand these and they look like additional stuff
3) No additional stuff needed.
4) Summary
Project type: Create a setup for a Windows application
Project groups to include: (none)
Additional files: (none)
Project Directory: D:\Lottery\DotNet\Lotto1\Setup1\Setup1.vdproj

Now have a second project Setup1. I know I should have named it something else to start with.
Have a new folder Setup1 with two folders
Debug (empty)
Release (empty)

That is as far as I can go.