Microsoft KB Archive/258322

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HOWTO: Create a Windows Installer Setup for Visual Basic Applications with Visual Studio Installer

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Q258322

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Visual Studio Installer, versions 1.0, 1.1
 * Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0
 * Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0

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SUMMARY
The Microsoft Windows Installer is the setup technology that is used to install applications. It uses a Microsoft Studio Installer (.msi file) package to run the installation of a product. This article explains how to create a Windows Installer setup for a Microsoft Visual Basic application by using the Visual Studio Installer.

MORE INFORMATION
Visual Studio Installer contains a Visual Basic Installer Wizard that creates Windows Installer setup packages for Visual Basic applications. To use the Visual Studio Installer Wizard, follow these steps:


 * 1) When you start the Visual Studio Installer, select Visual Basic Installer from the New tab.
 * 2) Specify the location of your Visual Basic project (.vbp) file, and then click Finish.
 * 3) On the File menu, click Dependencies to add any file dependencies that are not picked up by the wizard.
 * 4) On the Build menu, click Build to build your Windows Installer package.

NOTE: If your application requires the installation of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q257604 FILE: Encapsulate DCOM and MDAC Installations with Windows Installer" NOTE: If you would like to include the Windows Installer redistributable file with your package, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

"Q283168 HOWTO: Install Windows Installer with Visual Studio Installer Packages"