VS 2012 - Install Shield
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So it appears that VS2012 does not use the same methodology to generate installations as VS2008. Fine, so be it, I will play along. After converting a project from VS2008 to VS2012, the solution explorer had my project and the install project I had created in VS 2008, the install marked as incompatible. I downloaded the InstallShield Limited edition, installed it. All is fine. I removed the old (incompatible) installation from my solution list (right click, remove from solution). When I did this my solution list appears to have disappeared and I only have my application left. According to the InstsallShield instructions I am to right click on my solution and add a new project, but I do not appear to have a solution any more, just my project. Any idea how to get it back? The solution group, so I can have both the app and the install in there like I used to. One thought was to create a new solution then add my project to it, but I do not see how to do that. Thanks in advance no-e Updated: Never mind, found it, there is a setting on the options page to show the solution.
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So it appears that VS2012 does not use the same methodology to generate installations as VS2008. Fine, so be it, I will play along. After converting a project from VS2008 to VS2012, the solution explorer had my project and the install project I had created in VS 2008, the install marked as incompatible. I downloaded the InstallShield Limited edition, installed it. All is fine. I removed the old (incompatible) installation from my solution list (right click, remove from solution). When I did this my solution list appears to have disappeared and I only have my application left. According to the InstsallShield instructions I am to right click on my solution and add a new project, but I do not appear to have a solution any more, just my project. Any idea how to get it back? The solution group, so I can have both the app and the install in there like I used to. One thought was to create a new solution then add my project to it, but I do not see how to do that. Thanks in advance no-e Updated: Never mind, found it, there is a setting on the options page to show the solution.
The Solution is there. If there's only one project in the solution it's hidden in Solution Explorer by default. The fix this, go to Tools -> Options... -> Projects and Solutions on the left. In the right pane, check the box that says "Always show solution". Done.
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