Deploying .Net Application in visual studio 2005

[Nerd]

All,
I am trying to deploy my .Net 2.0 web application and I am looking for
the best approach. The setup and deployment project seems to copy the
whole source files also. Is there a better way to do this? Or am I
doing anything wrong?

My solution has one web project and 3-4 web services.
Please advice which is th best way to deploy my application.

Thanks in advance

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi Nerd,

Right click your web application and select Publish. Chose a handy temp
folder and VS2005 will create a compiled version of your web application
and put the files in the temp folder. Then zip the content and ship it to
wherever it should be installed.

 

[Nerd]

Thanks Morten Wennevik
But this doesn't create a "setup" program. Does it?
We have to create the virtual directory and all manually.. right?

Is there some way I can publish the website and use it by the "Set Up
and Deployment" project to create a setup program?

Nerd.

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Maybe this will let you deploy a compiled version

[Visual Studio 2005 Web Deployment Projects]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/reference/infrastructure/wdp/

Thanks Morten Wennevik
But this doesn't create a "setup" program. Does it?
We have to create the virtual directory and all manually.. right?

Is there some way I can publish the website and use it by the "Set Up
and Deployment" project to create a setup program?

Nerd.