Greetings,

Here's a question about deploying my C# application.

My program includes a large library of data files.

As far as I can tell, data files can only be added to a deployment project
one at a time. Is there a way to add a whole folder, with all its contents
and subfolders, to a deployment project such that it will be installed into
a particular folder on the target machine, preserving all the structure?

If not, should I buy Installshield or some other setup-generating package?
I prefer to generate .msi files, but executables would also do.

Thanks!

Michael A. Covington wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Here's a question about deploying my C# application.
>
> My program includes a large library of data files.
>
> As far as I can tell, data files can only be added to a deployment project
> one at a time. Is there a way to add a whole folder, with all its contents
> and subfolders, to a deployment project such that it will be installed into
> a particular folder on the target machine, preserving all the structure?
>
> If not, should I buy Installshield or some other setup-generating package?
> I prefer to generate .msi files, but executables would also do.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

Drag the folder from the WindowsExplorer to the VS setup project
FileSystemView directly.

All the files and subfolder will be added to the setup project.

--
Jacky Kwok
jacky@alumni_DOT_cuhk_DOT_edu_DOT_hk

"jacky kwok" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Michael A. Covington wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Here's a question about deploying my C# application.
>>
>> My program includes a large library of data files.
>>
>> As far as I can tell, data files can only be added to a deployment
>> project one at a time. Is there a way to add a whole folder, with all
>> its contents and subfolders, to a deployment project such that it will be
>> installed into a particular folder on the target machine, preserving all
>> the structure?
>>
>> If not, should I buy Installshield or some other setup-generating
>> package? I prefer to generate .msi files, but executables would also do.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>
> Drag the folder from the WindowsExplorer to the VS setup project
> FileSystemView directly.
>
> All the files and subfolder will be added to the setup project.

Thanks. What I was hoping for was something even smarter -- I'd like for
the setup project, at build time, to look at what's in the folders *now*,
rather than what was in them when I dragged the main folder. But that's a
lot better than nothing.

>
> If not, should I buy Installshield or some other setup-generating package?
> I prefer to generate .msi files, but executables would also do.
>

You could take a look at InnoSetup.....it is free and verry good......


bart