Help needed with deploying .Net Windows Apps !!!

[jodh]

Hello,

I have developed a .Net Windows-application in VB.Net and
now I want to distribute my application on CD on
platforms from Win98 to Windows XP.
Because I am pretty new with the stuff of deploying .Net
applications on several platforms using Visual.Net, I
could use some help to get me started.

I read some articles about creating setups in
Visual.Net ,deploying .Net apps and bootstrapping , but
it's all chinees for me.

These are the things I want to include i my setup package
and automatic installed in necesary :
- Windows Installer
- .Net Framework 1.1
- IE 60
- MSDE + attaching a database and settings a SA account
- MDAC 2.7
- My windows application written in VB.Net

Can somebody help me out?



Thnx

Jodh

 

[David Guyer [MS]]

Windows Installer is contained with the .NET Framework install package, so
you don't need that.

Unfortunately, there isn't a solution that will do multiple installs. You
can write a batch file or script to run that will do them in order. Most
installers exit gracefully if they are already installed. Otherwise your
custom "bootstrapper" would want to check to see if they are already
installed or not first.