Windows Forms Application Deployment

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I have create a simple application using visual studio 2010. Now i want to deploy the application. I read in one website. They say some instruction. I followed that.

• Right-click the Solution item in the Solution Explorer. Choose Add | New Project... in the context menu. In the invoked Add New Project dialog window, locate the Other Project Types | Setup and Deployment node in the Project types section. Choose Setup Project in the Templates section. Enter the required Setup project name.

But When i select Other Project type, There is no items to select Setup Project. Now how can i deploy that application. I have create Database separately using SQL Express 2008.

I use the connection string like

public History()
{
InitializeComponent();
cn = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=hi-pc;Initial Catalog=For_Room;Integrated Security=True");
}

Is it correct format to the application. If i deploy the application can i execute in all the systems?

Posted 1-Sep-13 2:59am

Vijaydhas

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Thomas Daniels · Answer 1 · 2013-09-01T03:14:00

Solution 2

I suspect that you are using Visual Studio 2010 Express.
Unfortunately, the Setup & Deployment projects are not available in the Express versions.
If you need to create an installer for your project in VS Express, then you can use NSIS, an open source system to create Windows Installers:
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page[^]

Posted 1-Sep-13 3:14am

Thomas Daniels

Updated 1-Sep-13 3:15am

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Joezer BH 1-Sep-13 9:36am

5ed!

Thomas Daniels 1-Sep-13 9:38am

Thank you!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Sep-13 11:38am

Looks good, but I did not try it. 5ed.
I recommend WiX as the most fit for MSBuild and Visual Studio. Please see my answer.
—SA

Thomas Daniels 1-Sep-13 11:43am

Thank you!
WiX looks good, I think I'll use it in the future.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Sep-13 11:49am

I switched to it recently for out company, as we are not satisfied with available VS Setup Project type, which is being deprecated, so I got a good experience using WiX.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2013-09-01T05:36:00

I would highly recommend WiX:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiX[^],
http://wixtoolset.org/[^].

In my past answers, I answered some particular questions, but pay attention on my argument in favor of WiX: this framework meets MSBuild standards and integrate in Visual Studio very well. In this respect, it's more legitimate than those Visual Studio project templates which are not always available and are being deprecated. Please see:
Custom setup project[^],
How to conditionally install components based on processor architecture type (32-bit or 64-bit)?[^].

Good luck,

—SA