Deployment

[David A. Osborn]

Okay so I've finished writing a small console program and want to deploy it.
How do I get the .NET equivalent of the .exe file so that I can distribute
it to other users? What is the extension of this file?

 

[Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant]

check in the bin folder, it creates the exe every time you compile your
project.

Chris

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

David,

Okay so I've finished writing a small console program and want to deploy
it. How do I get the .NET equivalent of the .exe file so that I can
distribute it to other users? What is the extension of this file?

Make sure you have set the configuration set to "Release" before compiling
the release version. The configuration can be changed in the configuration
combobox which is embedded into VS.NET's toolbar. The result of the
compilation will be an EXE file (extension ".exe") which will be put into
the project's "bin" directory. In order to run the application on the
destination computer, the .NET Framework must be installed on this computer.
You can either install the redistribution package or include the .NET
Framework in your setup package:

Microsoft® .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3>

Deploying the .NET Framework in a setup package
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=deployframework&lang=en>