Custom Installation Package

[Guest]

When I write a VS 2005 application (as an Outlook add-in), I realize I need
to include the following apps in my installation package:
DotNetFX
o2003PIA
VSTOR
WindowsInstaller-KB893803....

The problem is the VS Installation utiluty requires the installer to use
Setup.exe which then requires manual intervention to complete each individual
installs. So how can we get around this so that everything is included in one
MSI? What do the "big boys" do in more professional applications? Should I
use a different MSI builder?

Thanks!

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Usually when you deploy a managed code addin package you set it up to check
for pre-requisites and either install them from the installation package or
from a download, using the bootstrapper to add the pre-requisites. There are
deployment articles that tell you how to add bootstrapper packages and set
up your checks for pre-requisites.