How to make the packaging?
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I currently work on VB.NET windows application. I have a difficulty in make an installation package for the windows application project I have done in VB.NET. According to what I know, in Visual Studio 6, it is included a packaging tools where help us to package the VB6 project file, including create .exe and so on, which can build out an installer. Anyway, in VS.NET, I can't find this packaging tools. Although, during execute (after compile), there is an .exe file created in the folder bin/. However, when I copy this .exe file to a PC which is not install VS.NET, then the .exe file cannot run. Do we need to use 3rd party packaging software to solve this problem, or actually I have left out something? If anyone know, please teach me... thanks.
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I currently work on VB.NET windows application. I have a difficulty in make an installation package for the windows application project I have done in VB.NET. According to what I know, in Visual Studio 6, it is included a packaging tools where help us to package the VB6 project file, including create .exe and so on, which can build out an installer. Anyway, in VS.NET, I can't find this packaging tools. Although, during execute (after compile), there is an .exe file created in the folder bin/. However, when I copy this .exe file to a PC which is not install VS.NET, then the .exe file cannot run. Do we need to use 3rd party packaging software to solve this problem, or actually I have left out something? If anyone know, please teach me... thanks.
Which version of .NET are you using? There are deployment tools in all versions of Visual Studio however they are slightly different between versions.
richocheah wrote:
However, when I copy this .exe file to a PC which is not install VS.NET, then the .exe file cannot run.
Have you included the .NET runtime? All .NET applications need the .NET framework to be installed on the machine where it will run.
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Which version of .NET are you using? There are deployment tools in all versions of Visual Studio however they are slightly different between versions.
richocheah wrote:
However, when I copy this .exe file to a PC which is not install VS.NET, then the .exe file cannot run.
Have you included the .NET runtime? All .NET applications need the .NET framework to be installed on the machine where it will run.
Can you provide me some guideline to use the deployment tools? I'm using .NET 2003 Enterprise Edition. How to include .NET runtime? Do you means the machine must install at least .NET Framework v1.1 or newer version? Please help me... thanks. -- modified at 3:42 Friday 17th November, 2006
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Can you provide me some guideline to use the deployment tools? I'm using .NET 2003 Enterprise Edition. How to include .NET runtime? Do you means the machine must install at least .NET Framework v1.1 or newer version? Please help me... thanks. -- modified at 3:42 Friday 17th November, 2006
the .NET Runtime is a non-critical windows update, run windows update on the machine you wish to install this software on and it should work, also with visual studio 2003, there is a type of project. Setup and Deployment project. This is where you can create an installer or MSI. I suspect, though, that doing the update and adding the .net framework 1.1 or 2.0 you should then be able to run the EXE from the bin.
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Can you provide me some guideline to use the deployment tools? I'm using .NET 2003 Enterprise Edition. How to include .NET runtime? Do you means the machine must install at least .NET Framework v1.1 or newer version? Please help me... thanks. -- modified at 3:42 Friday 17th November, 2006
Oh I see... I will have a try on the setup of the machine in order to execute the .exe file in /bin. Regarding the project deployment, so far I try my best to search through the menu(s) inside VS.NET and also all those included in the Start Menu, but I can't find the project deployment tools... :sigh: Anyway, thanks for telling me all these, I'm very much appreciated.