Deployment question...which files

[birthjay]

Hello,

There are three files created when I create a deployment package. Should I zip all three and use that as my package or just use the .msi file? I assumed the setup.exe file should be in there as well.

Thanks!

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by birthjay
Hello,

There are three files created when I create a deployment package. Should I zip all three and use that as my package or just use the .msi file? I assumed the setup.exe file should be in there as well.

Thanks!

umm well you need the setup and the msi file, dunno which third file youre talking about, but probably you do need it

[birthjay]

There is the setup.exe, setup.ini, and YourProgramInstall.msi.

I submitted an application to a shareware site and they apparently extracted the .msi file and are allow folks to download that rather than my intended zip file.

[trisuglow]

Any PC with Windows Installer loaded will be able to install your program just from the MSI. From memory, Windows Installer was standard on Win2000 and XP. It wasn't supplied with Win98, but can be loaded on to it. Win95 does not support msi files.

I think the Setup.exe and Setup.ini files you have will attempt to install the Windows Installer and then install your application from your msi file (check the contents of setup.ini to see if it points to your msi).

You should also have InstMsiA.exe and InstMsiW.exe which are the installers for Windows Installer.

I may be slightly shakey on some of the details, but I believe that the above is all largely true.

[birthjay]

InstMsiA.exe and InstMsiW.exe are not created in the folder. How would I get those? It seems that I remember creating one app that has those in the folder, but I do not know how they got there and it made a 295K app into a 3 meg app.

Thanks!

[trisuglow]

InstMsiA.exe is the Windows Installer for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me. InstMsiW.exe is the Windows Installer for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows .NET Server.

I hope these links will help you.


http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/...sdk/sdkupdate/

http://www.visual-basic-data-mining....spx?PostID=364

http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/...dk/instmsi.htm