Deploying a .NET app
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Hi! We have finished writing our app in c#. Its cool, and it holds a video control from VSnet controls. Now, we can'T afford InstallShield, and were not gurus. Can someone kindly guides us through the steps we must take to make a good install... we need to install the NET framework unto the clients machines that all have different flavors of windows. and next we need to install our app. We need help! :-) Please, give us a hand, and show us in detail how we can deliver on time our app. Thanks! Orlanda Coding is a family business
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Hi! We have finished writing our app in c#. Its cool, and it holds a video control from VSnet controls. Now, we can'T afford InstallShield, and were not gurus. Can someone kindly guides us through the steps we must take to make a good install... we need to install the NET framework unto the clients machines that all have different flavors of windows. and next we need to install our app. We need help! :-) Please, give us a hand, and show us in detail how we can deliver on time our app. Thanks! Orlanda Coding is a family business
You can create an install project using VS.NET. This will handle installing the files for your app. In order to install the .NET framework you need to look for the bootstrap application that MS has written. It basically checks to see of the framework is installed, installs it by running dotnetfx.exe (which can be downloaded from MS), and then runs your .msi install package. The bootstrapper sample is here http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/830/msdncompositedoc.xml[^] This would probably make a good little CP tutorial. Joel VssConnect - Remote SourceSafe(r) Access http://www.voxcode.com[^]