Creating a windows installer

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I am very new to C# programming, please help me with the steps of creating a Installer for my project written in C#

my requirement is to include following thing in my msi:
1)Crystal report
2)dotnet framework
3)windows installer

I m using Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0

Posted 13-Oct-11 21:36pm

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Updated 13-Oct-11 21:40pm

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Monjurul Habib · Answer 1 · 2011-10-13T21:56:00

Solution 3

Check it
Deploying a Windows-based Application
Install Prerequisites in Windows Installer Deployment
Add Prerequisites of .NET Framework in Visual Studio Setup Project

Posted 13-Oct-11 21:56pm

Monjurul Habib

Updated 13-Oct-11 22:01pm

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Rubaba 3-Dec-11 11:46am

5* for links

RaviRanjanKr · Answer 2 · 2011-10-13T22:08:00

Solution 4

its better to navigate MSDN-Deployment (How Do I in C#) [^]

Posted 13-Oct-11 22:08pm

RaviRanjanKr

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Rubaba 3-Dec-11 11:46am

5* for link

Monjurul Habib 3-Dec-11 13:03pm

thank you Rubaba.

RaviRanjanKr 3-Dec-11 14:31pm

Thanks :)

Dave Kerr · Answer 3 · 2011-10-13T21:50:00

Solution 1

Add a new deployment project - choose 'add project output', selecting your project. The deployment project settings will then allow you to specify which versions of the .NET framework to offer bootstrappers for :)

Posted 13-Oct-11 21:50pm

Dave Kerr

Tejas Vaishnav · Answer 4 · 2011-10-13T21:54:00

Solution 2

You need to see this...

http://devshaped.com/2009/04/creating-useful-installers-with-custom-actions/[^]

I think it will help you...

Posted 13-Oct-11 21:54pm

Tejas Vaishnav

devildx2050 · Answer 5 · 2011-10-13T22:21:00

Solution 5

Posted 13-Oct-11 22:21pm

devildx2050

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