.NET Deployment

[Rao]

I managed to develop a application in VB.NET using
winforms. Now I want to deploy this application on the
client PC's but I am not sure of the deployment process.
What all I need is when I click on SETUP the program name
should go and sit in the Program Files and the client shld
be able to open it as other other windows app's. Pls help
me out as its very urgent for me
Thanks in advance
Rao

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

Use a setup project to create an installer for your program. You can include
the project output (execuables) from your client project. The setup wizard
is pretty straightforward.

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[Robert Jacobson]

Also, the client PC needs to have the DotNet Framework installed. If the
client doesn't have it installed, you can prompt the user to download it
through windowsupdate or you can distribute it with your setup app.

Redistributing the .NET Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/redistdeploy.asp

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I managed to develop a application in VB.NET using
winforms. Now I want to deploy this application on the
client PC's but I am not sure of the deployment process.
What all I need is when I click on SETUP the program name
should go and sit in the Program Files and the client shld
be able to open it as other other windows app's. Pls help
me out as its very urgent for me

Framework 1.0:

..NET Framework Deployment Guide
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepguid.asp>

Using Visual Studio .NET to Redistribute the .NET Framework
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/vsredistdeploy.asp>

Framework 1.1:

Redistributing the .NET Framework 1.1
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/redistdeploy1_1.asp>

..NET Framework 1.1 Deployment Guide
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepguid1_1.asp>

..NET Framework 1.1 Redistributable Prerequisites
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/NETFx1Redistreq1_1.asp>

..NET Framework Redistributable Package 1.1 Technical Reference
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetfxref1_1.asp>

Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Redistribute the .NET Framework
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/vsredistdeploy1_1.asp>