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hello ,

i am new to vb .net and also i have not worked on vb also. I have finished with my application in vb .net, which has many files like .exe, .dll, .rtf, .txt, .wav and amny more. Now i want to package this application for deployment.

so can you please guide me on this topic

please mail me on my e-mail address

thanking u in advance

regards
chetan

I want to install a .net application on a number of machines that do not have the CLR on them and or perhaps some other files required by .Net applications. What is the best way to do this? Thanks.

Hi!
I realized this morning that I cant make any package. I hope I am missing something but I tried many times with different projects and simple examples and nothing worked. I get this output everytime I build a setup project:



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------ Starting pre-build validation for project 'Setup2' ------
------ Pre-build validation for project 'Setup2' completed ------
------ Build started: Project: Setup2, Configuration: Debug ------

Building file 'D:\Documents and Settings\Cassio\Meus documentos\Visual Studio Projects\Setup2\Debug\Setup2.msi'...
ERROR: Unrecoverable build error


---------------------- Done ----------------------

Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped
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Do you have any idea?

Thanks!

Hi, I have completed a VB.NET application and wish to package it for deployment. I manage to package the application without any errors but when I try to run the new installed VB.NET application, it hits an exception error stating some of the dll fill was missing or cannot be located.

Any idea wat's going on. I packaged the dll along with the exe in the same folder.

Regards,
neeDhelP

Hi,

When using the VB.NET Deployment to create a Windows Installer package, is there any way to get it to change a value in a text file with, say the INSTALLDIR parameter?

example of file myapp.exe.config
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="Config Location" value="E:\Library\Config.xml" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

For example, the application is installed to:
C:\Program Files\MyApp
I want to change the E:\Libary part to read as:
C:\Program Files\MyApp\Config.xml

Is there any easy way to do this? Such as having the install program scan text files and do some search and replacing?


J

Could you please show me how to NOT delete an installed file during uninstallation, such a database file.

On a similar note, how to NOT install a file when the file already exists in the install dir?

I would like to do this so that if the user uninstall and install again their data will be preserved.

Thanks in advance.

-Kelvin

i juz need exactly the opposite thing... how to make sure a file is deleted when uninstallation? i oredi set the Permanent property of the file False, but it still stay there, not replaced by the new installation's file.

sorry i meant to quote this

I have a vb.net application, while deploying the application in a clients machine i want it to appear on the Start up.How do i do it

Any help will be appreciated

Thanks in advance
Sabarish

my VB.NET applications use a SQL Server database to store application data, my question is:

1. Is it possible for me to add additional function in my setup.exe for attaching my DB to SQL Server?

2. Is it also possible for me to add other additional function (ie. some dialog boxes for security purpose?) ..

Please help .. and thanks a lot in advance

Regards
Winan

awesome thx... before i read this great tutorial i couldnt figure it out hrhrhr

Edit: when will Deploying Applications in VB.NET: Part 2/2 be ready ???

I have an application installer created by another company. I now need to attach some code in front of it to receive End User payment information, write a registration file, and registry entries for the application about to be installed.

How do I write code in such a way to collect payment information, then launch the actual application installer (may or may not be written in .NET)