buliding the EXE

[RepoBounty]

Once i have the application working, how do i build it and make it ready for use on another computer, and are all the files nessasary or just the EXE file?

[Hinder]

Well assuming the computers that will be running your program have properly installed the Framework, all you need is the .exe, also a note which I just learned, there are 2 types of builds, if you are making a release version (public), then you should goto the Build Options and make sure you change it to Release version so the compile removes all the extra slow debugging code.

[briancps]

If you are only using this on local computers this is fine but if you want to deploy this as a commercial app without your intervention you need to add a Setup project to your solution. Use this to build a SETUP.EXE which a user can install just as a normal Windows app. using Windows Installer

[RepoBounty]

once i have the setup.EXE in the folder [myappstartup] do i use the Setup.EXE as my send file? will it have all the files and application inside it and the Framwork files too?

[hellswraith]

Yes, as long as you include them in the setup project.
It will build you a .msi file that you can use to distribute. It will include all the necessary files to install and run your app.

I would take a look at the msdn library for any guidance you may need to do this.
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/library/

[briancps]

The setup can't install the .NET Framework - this has to be done separately. There was an option in the Beta versions of VB.NET to include it but they removed it in the final release !!