vs 2008 WinForm application deploy and update question

[Jason Huang]

Hi,

In my VS 2008 C# WinForm application, I've made the Install.msi and
Setup.exe on my application release folder.
The client can install the application on C:\Program Files\Application
folder by running the setup.exe.
But there comes a new question, when I made a new Install.msi and Setup.exe,
the client has to remove the application via Control / Add Remove Program,
then excute the Setup.exe.
How do we fix this problem so the client's update will be more convenient?
Thanks for help.


Jason

 

[Family Tree Mike]

Hi,

In my VS 2008 C# WinForm application, I've made the Install.msi and
Setup.exe on my application release folder.
The client can install the application on C:\Program Files\Application
folder by running the setup.exe.
But there comes a new question, when I made a new Install.msi and Setup.exe,
the client has to remove the application via Control / Add Remove Program,
then excute the Setup.exe.
How do we fix this problem so the client's update will be more convenient?
Thanks for help.


Jason

This is done by setting the RemovePreviousVersion property in the setup
project to true.

Mike