I'm building a software using .Net 3.5 (c#, WPF), My software need to user install .Net 3.5 and Media Player 11. I want to build an installer that automatically install this two component while user install main software. How i can fix that?
this components:
1- .Net 3.5
2- Media Player 11
Create a setup package using visual studios instructions (Updated Link). for vs2010:
On the File menu, point to Add, then click New Project.
In the resulting Add New Project dialog box, in the Project Types
pane, open the Other Project Types node, open Setup and Deployment
Projects, and select Visual Studio Installer.
In the Templates pane, choose Setup Project for a standard setup, or
Web Setup Project for a Web application.
I usually do this inside the solution i want an installer for. You will create a project like:
Note the detected dependancies folder. In here, make sure you have the relevant .net framework and media player modules. Building this wil produce a .msi and a .exe, and will also output an installer for the framework plus other compnents and assemblies. When the user runs the exe, they will be prompted to install the necessary dependencies.
Ofcousre there are other installer packages, but this one is visual studios integrated and i find it works great for many purposes.
Edit:
Adding dependencies:
Right click the installer project -> properties - > prerequisites, select the .net framework desired.
for all other dependencies right click the installer project -> add -> assemblies and either browse to the assembly you want or if it is .net, select it from the list
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I did the following steps to create a Windows Setup project:
Create a Windows Forms Application using Visual Studio
Install "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects plugin"
Add a "Setup Project" to the solution
In the "Application Folder", add project output
(Steps 5 and 6 are optional)
By right clicking the Setup project and opening "Properties", select "Prerequisites"
Select "Download prerequisites from the same location as my application"
Build the solution.
After all these steps, I see many files (Setup.exe, Setup.msi, NETFX472 folder) in the Release folder. But I only want one simple self-contained setup file. So, users can run the setup file and install the application easily.
How can I make a simple and self-contained Setup file for my project?
I know it's possible, but I am looking for an easier and more efficient way to do it.
I know I can create another Windows Forms app called Setup which copies the project outputs to user's Program Files directory and copy the output files one-by-one. But I don't think that solution is elegant.
EDIT:
After more tries, I learned that Setup.exe is for installing dependencies (only .NET Framework 4.7.2 for my case) and then running Setup.msi. So, without Setup.msi file, Setup.exe is nothing and vice-versa.
Also, I want my program should work 100% offline (including setup). So, installer should include offline .NET Framework 4.7.2 installer.
What I don't want here is Setup.exe to only install dependencies. It should also install my program. So, it should do also whatever Setup.msi file does. Second thing I don't want is dependency installer as separate file (offline .NET Framework 4.7.2 installer in this case). It should also be embedded into Setup.exe.
I have a Win Form(.net 4.7.2) project developed with C#. I right click on my project in Visual Studo and use the Publish menu to create setup files. I have a code signing certificate for my project that I renew every year.I get an error when I want to add my app to the Windows Store.
`App Policies: 10.2.9
Win32 products must be submitted as a standalone/offline installer. Installers must not be a downloader that downloads the bits it needs to run. Please resubmit with an appropriate installer.`
For more details for App Policies: 10.2.9: https://learn.microsoft.com/tr-tr/windows/uwp/publish/store-policies
Do I need to create a setup project in Visual Studio? I didn't understand exactly what to do. How can I research this?
When I Publish the project, the installation file and many folders are created. I know this is not a professional setup file, but I need a solid, secure setup file signed with certificates. I couldn't figure out how to do this, I don't even know how to search.
The simplest way to distribute a C# (WinForms/WPF) application in Microsoft Store would be to package the app into an Appx package using Visual Studio. I uploaded my WPF application to MS Store by the following procedure:
Add a Windows Application Packaging Project to my solution in Visual Studio
Right click Dependencies of the Packaging project -> Add Project Reference to my application project
Right click the Packaging project -> Publish -> Create App Packages
I have Inno Setup installed and also Advanced Installer 10.9 (Professional edition), and was wondering if I can create a multi-installation setup package that has both my application and Mschart? I have tried to simply create a single package that contains the _Mschart_file, but when another computer (user) doesn't have it installed already (Mschart), it won't allow you to view the graphs. I've read about Merging Modules in the Advanced Installer 10.9, this program is also really slick and PRETTY! So would prefer to use this.
So, when the user opens up setup, It will install the application first then Mschart (vice versa) sequentially.
In Visual Studio you can create a boostrap package with your prerequisites and add it to tour msi package. The installer will detect where your prerequisite is installed or no and take the appropriate decision.
See this article for more info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165429.aspx
When my application runs, it requires that Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) is installed. How do I include it in my app setup?
I use the setup wizard of Visual Studio 2010 to create it.
Prerequisites Dialog Box
This dialog box specifies which prerequisite components are installed,
how they are installed, and which order the packages are installed.
To access this dialog box, select a project node in Solution Explorer,
and then, on the Project menu, click Properties. When the Project
Designer appears, click the Publish tab. On the Publish page, click
Prerequisites. For Setup projects, on the Project menu, click
Properties. When the Property Pages dialog box appears, click
Prerequisites.
it's all explained here, follow the suggested steps then add VC++ 2010 runtime as prerequisite. Done!
I would include the VC++ 2010 merge module into the setup project. Information on redistribution via merge module can be found in this MSDN article. General resitribution is available from the parent article.
Take a look at the following articles. They explain how to include requisite resources in a setup project.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235317%28v=vs.90%29.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k3bxs9z6.aspx
If you're using a deployment project, I would recommend using Merge Modules.
Redistributing By Using Merge Modules
Visual Studio installs several merge modules for each Visual C++
component that may be redistributed with your application. They may be
found in the Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules folder. Each of
these merge modules may be used to deploy Visual C++ DLLs to the
target system.
Adding merge modules to your project is fairly straight forward.
To add a merge module to a deployment project
Select the deployment project in Solution Explorer.
On the Project menu, point to Add, and then click Merge Module.
In the resulting Add Modules dialog box, browse to the location of the
merge module that you want to add.
I have made a setup and deployment project in C#, Now i have another windows update exe which i want to run and install successfully before it installs my project. I've packaged the exe with my project. How may i run that exe before?
You want to add a Custom Action to the Setup Project that runs the executable. This WalkThrough will take you through getting htat working.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d9k65z2d(VS.80).aspx
Any other package that should be installed before your own MSI file must be installed by the setup bootstrapper (i.e. the setup.exe file). In order to do so, you should right-click on your setup project, select properties and then pre-requisites. The dialog will list you the components which can be installed by the bootstrapper.
Now, if the component you want to install is in this list, you are done. Otherwise you have to dig deeper into the mechanism of the bootstrapper. Every item in the list has an associated package description stored under
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages
for VS 2005 or
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages
for VS 2008. This package definition basically contains instructions on what to install, how to obtain the component (download url) and how to check whether an installation is necessary.
For custom components you can create your own package definition. If you don't want to do it manually, you can use the Bootstrapper Manifest Generator.
EDIT: If you don't want to go the rather complex but powerful way using the boostrapper you might want to have a look at IExpress. This is a free tool included with MS Windows that allows you to create a self-extracting installation package consisting of multiple components and executing a custom script. IExpress has a graphical UI, but also have a look at the created .sed file for further options.