installer / setup creator?

[Guest]

Hi
Is there a free installer / msi / setup creator available , that is capable
of installing assemblies into the GAC folder, the same way that the setup
project wizard in VS.NET does?
only free.

 

[Phil Wilson]

You can do that with a VS setup project, but the IDE doesn't show the GAC by
default. In the File System view, if you right-click on the File System on
Target Machine icon you should see Add Special Folder, the GAC is in that
list.

 

[Guest]

You can do that with a VS

ah-ah-ah-ah!!!
I did say free... VS isn't free.

 

[Guest]

But yes, I'm aware you can do it like that, thanks.
That's how I do it at work. I suppose it wouldn't matter whether it went in
the GAC or not for my hobbyist program, I just wondered whether it was
possible that's all, out of curiosity

You can do that with a VS setup project, but the IDE doesn't show the GAC by
default. In the File System view, if you right-click on the File System on
Target Machine icon you should see Add Special Folder, the GAC is in that
list.
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Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280

Hi
Is there a free installer / msi / setup creator available , that is
capable
of installing assemblies into the GAC folder, the same way that the setup
project wizard in VS.NET does?
only free.

 

[Phil Wilson]

Understood - many people take free to mean nothing more than Visual Studio.
Look here - some of these are free, such as Wix and Makemsi:
http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/authoring.htm

 

[Bonj]

yep, sure - and cheers for that, i'll take a butchers

Understood - many people take free to mean nothing more than Visual
Studio.
Look here - some of these are free, such as Wix and Makemsi:
http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/authoring.htm
--
Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer]
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ah-ah-ah-ah!!!
I did say free... VS isn't free.