HOWTO: Create a Windows Installer Setup for Visual Basic Applications with Visual Studio Installer |
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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
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:
- When you start the Visual Studio Installer, select Visual Basic Installer from the New tab.
- Specify the location of your Visual Basic project (.vbp) file, and then click Finish.
- On the File menu, click Dependencies to add any file dependencies that are not picked up by the wizard.
- 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
REFERENCES
For more information, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q248023 HOWTO: Add and Associate COM Objects for Visual Basic Clients in Visual Studio Installer
For more information, see the Support WebCast at the following Microsoft Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/Webcasts/WC081000/wcblurb081000.asp
Additional query words: VB Installer, wrapper, Windows Installer Basic
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Issue type : kbhowto
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Last Reviewed: January 20, 2001 |
