setup and delpoyment question
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hi everyone, i tried to create a installer for my application using visual studio .net's 'setup and deployment project'/'setup wizard'/'create windows installer'. my project name is 'setup'. i create the installer after i choose all the files that i wanted to be included in the installer and 5 files are created. they are: setup.msi(88kb), setup.ini(23b), setup.exe(65kb), instmsiw.exe(1.8mb) are instmsia.exe(1.7mb). btw, i'm running winxp pro. my questions: 1) how do you create an executable installer with just 1 file(that will install the application) instead of 5 files? 2) what are the uses of instmsia.exe and instmsiw.exe? i've tried to install the application with these 2 files removed(instmsia.exe and instmsiw.exe).. my application is still installable without these 2 files.. can i just distribute my application without these 2 files? since my application is small in size and these 2 files are taking up alots of space..
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hi everyone, i tried to create a installer for my application using visual studio .net's 'setup and deployment project'/'setup wizard'/'create windows installer'. my project name is 'setup'. i create the installer after i choose all the files that i wanted to be included in the installer and 5 files are created. they are: setup.msi(88kb), setup.ini(23b), setup.exe(65kb), instmsiw.exe(1.8mb) are instmsia.exe(1.7mb). btw, i'm running winxp pro. my questions: 1) how do you create an executable installer with just 1 file(that will install the application) instead of 5 files? 2) what are the uses of instmsia.exe and instmsiw.exe? i've tried to install the application with these 2 files removed(instmsia.exe and instmsiw.exe).. my application is still installable without these 2 files.. can i just distribute my application without these 2 files? since my application is small in size and these 2 files are taking up alots of space..
Hello, Q1: I dont think its possible using VS.Net Q2: the files that you have mentioned are requied to install the windows installer service if the same is not present on the target machine. The service in available by default in W2K and above. if the service s not found then setup.exe installs the installer service using these files, and then proceeds to the installation of your package. For more information check out the windows installer documentation / SDK available on MSDN.( Sorry i dont remember the exact link) regards, :):):) M$