How do you create a Install project in C# Express?

[Bryce K. Nielsen]

I've been using C# Express and couldn't find anywhere to create an
installation project, like I could in VS2003. Is this possible with the
"express" version of VS?

-BKN

 

[Michael A. Covington]

I've been using C# Express and couldn't find anywhere to create an
installation project, like I could in VS2003. Is this possible with the
"express" version of VS?

I think that is precisely what they left out.

 

[Brendan Green]

Doesn't it only allow click-once deployment (or whatever it's called) in the
Express editions?

 

[Bryce K. Nielsen]

Doesn't it only allow click-once deployment (or whatever it's called) in

the Express editions?

Yeah, I just found the product-matrix and the only thing that Express
editions have for Deployment Tools is the ClickOnce deployment. Not exactly
sure how that works, researching now...

-BKN

 

[Ian Semmel]

Yeah, I just found the product-matrix and the only thing that Express
editions have for Deployment Tools is the ClickOnce deployment. Not exactly
sure how that works, researching now...

-BKN

And when you've done all the work, post the results here. It gets very
complicated when you want to add other files like databases etc.

I've been thinking that I might just do a normal VS2003 install program for my
program once I've worked out what files to include. ClickOnce doesn't allow you
to set the registry or create desktop shortcuts etc.

I didn't upgrade to VS2005 because I didn't think it was worth it to pay
$800+(Australian) for a service pack.

 

[Brendan Green]

Oh come on. VS2005 is more than just a service pack.

 

[Bryce K. Nielsen]

Oh come on. VS2005 is more than just a service pack.
Can you do .NET 2.0 in VS2003? Cause AFAICT that's about the only difference
between the two...

-BKN

 

[Ian Semmel]

There were some changes to C# but what are you going to do when C# 3.0 comes out
? Buy the product again? And then there is C# 4.0 ...

Anyway, I tried to make an install program in VS2003 to install the .NET 2.0
runtime by using the .NET plugin, but it seems to assume that because I'm using
VS2003 I only want to install .NET 1.1.

 

[Brendan Green]

You've obviously never actually used VS2005 then.

 

[John Vottero]

Yeah, I just found the product-matrix and the only thing that Express
editions have for Deployment Tools is the ClickOnce deployment. Not
exactly sure how that works, researching now...

If you want to do a real setup, download WiX from Sourceforge. It's a lot
better than the setup project that's bundeled with Visual Studio.