Deployment - single EXE final file.
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Hi all, now when i create deployment project, i have MSI and EXE files. i can install my program with my EXE only if the MSI exists. i can install it also using only the MSI file but i guess i need MSInstaller installed. I want to put in my Web site only 1 file EXE to be downloaded and it will make sure everything is properly insatlled (even if user do not have yet MSInstaller). How can i do it? Thanks, Ran. R.Z
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Hi all, now when i create deployment project, i have MSI and EXE files. i can install my program with my EXE only if the MSI exists. i can install it also using only the MSI file but i guess i need MSInstaller installed. I want to put in my Web site only 1 file EXE to be downloaded and it will make sure everything is properly insatlled (even if user do not have yet MSInstaller). How can i do it? Thanks, Ran. R.Z
If I understand it correctly, the setup.exe that a deployment project creates will run any checks for prerequists that your install needs (Windows Installer, MDAC, SQL Express, Crystal Reports, etc.) And once it is done with this, then it calls the MSI file to install your program. If you need both files, you might want to just zip them. WinZip has an application to zip files into a self extracting exe that can call your setup.exe after unzipping. I think it's about $50. Check out winzip.com if you are interested.