Can VB 2008 Compile To Distributable Code?

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Scott Gravenhorst

I've read that VB 2008 output code (exe file) is not distributable -
is this true?

If not, how does one distribute it?

Thanks for help
 
Scott,

You can distribute it, however what is your version.

If it is the express version you have click once. With a full version you
have a Setup project to do distribute it in a more elegant way.

Cor
 
Scott,

You can distribute it, however what is your version.

If it is the express version you have click once. With a full version you
have a Setup project to do distribute it in a more elegant way.

Cor
Click to expand...

Ah, thank you, it is Express Edition. I did finally find the
publishing wizard etc., but it will let me publish in one of only
three ways, a web/ftp site, a UNC file path or a CD. I really need to
be able to email an executable or a zip file to my client - is that
possible with Express?

Or is there a way to use one of these three methods and then package
the required files in a zip file so that the client can unzip it
locally and install it? My project will require almost daily updates
for a while and this would be easiest with an email.
 
Ah, thank you, it is Express Edition. I did finally find the
publishing wizard etc., but it will let me publish in one of only
three ways, a web/ftp site, a UNC file path or a CD. I really need to
be able to email an executable or a zip file to my client - is that
possible with Express?

Or is there a way to use one of these three methods and then package
the required files in a zip file so that the client can unzip it
locally and install it? My project will require almost daily updates
for a while and this would be easiest with an email.
Click to expand...

The Express edition was in fact created for learning programming in Net.
It was never meant to be a tool to create and distribute business solutions.

Cor
 
If you just copy the executable and all of its dependencies to a target
directory on another computer and if the framework is installed
it should just work

normall desktop .Net programs are Xcopy deployable as long as you do not
use legacy COM components wich need client side registration and thus a
setup program

hth

Michel
 
Scott Gravenhorst said:
Ah, thank you, it is Express Edition. I did finally find the
publishing wizard etc., but it will let me publish in one of only
three ways, a web/ftp site, a UNC file path or a CD. I really need to
be able to email an executable or a zip file to my client - is that
possible with Express?

Or is there a way to use one of these three methods and then package
the required files in a zip file so that the client can unzip it
locally and install it? My project will require almost daily updates
for a while and this would be easiest with an email.
Click to expand...

Publish it to a file path (doesn't have to be UNC), then zip up the contents
of the directory and send it.

It would actually be easiest with a webserver. One of the strengths of
ClickOnce is that it provides incremental update support. So you export to,
say, a web server, and your user installs it from there. Then you update it,
push it again to the same web server. When your user runs it, it
automatically picks up the update.

You can do the same with an FTP site or a UNC network path.

Or you can deploy to a folder on your drive and keep sending it to him over
and over again.

RobinS.
GoldMail, Inc.
 
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