Creating a Microsoft installer Package(MSI)

Creating a Microsoft installer Package(MSI)

Use Visual Studio 2005 to create a base Windows Installer package
To create a base Windows Installer package, follow these steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2005.
2. On the File menu, click New, and then click Project.
3. In the New Project dialog box, expand Other Project Types under Project Types, click Setup and Deployment, and then click Setup Project under Visual Studio installed templates.
4. In the Name box, type Caspol.msi.
5. In the Location box, type the location of the Caspol.msi file, and then click OK.

6.A page with 2 panes open.
in the left pane under "filesystem on target machine" select application folder and remove rest other folder

7. in the solution explorer right click the newly created setup project and click Add--->ProjectOutput.add project output group box opens

8. choose primary output and contenet files from add project output group box and then ok.

9.select the setup project from solution explorer and and press f4..to view and edit the property

10.right click on root solution in solution explorer and go to properties,a solution property pages window opens.in the window, uncheck the "build" checkbox for the setup project.and then build the solution..



Here are some detailed instuctions on how to setup your web deployment project. There is a plugin below you may or may not need.

VS2005 / VS2008
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/11/06/429723.aspx

http://www.dotnetheaven.com/Uploadfile/vijendrapal/DeployingASPNETAppls10292005000351AM/DeployingASPNETAppls.aspx?ArticleID=d7f3111a-d8d3-49ff-8ae6-04a24a2eae3a

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms242499(VS.80).aspx