Creating an installation file

[ryanlum]

hey guyz...
how do you create an installation file?

[Kirun]

pasted from MSDN ,i assume you are talking about this

Note The Setup Wizard is not available in the Standard Edition of Visual Basic .NET. For more information, see Visual Basic Standard Edition Features.
To access the Setup Wizard, on the File menu, point to Add Project, then click New Project. In the Add New Project dialog box, click the Setup and Deployment Projects node, and then click Setup Wizard.

Choose a project type
Specifies the type of deployment project that will be created. You can create a setup (Windows Installer) project for a Windows or Web application, create a merge module to be shared by other applications, or package files in a Cab file.
Choose project outputs to include
Specifies project outputs to be added to the deployment project. You can select one or more outputs from the list of all outputs available in the solution. When an output is selected, the Description field displays a description of that output.
Choose files to include
Specifies additional files to be included for deployment. Use the Add button to browse for additional files, or use the Remove button to remove files from the list.
Summary
Provides a summary of the options selected for the deployment project.

[ryanlum]

hey
i did that already
but i cannot find the setup file in the folder that i specified....

[tr333]

if you want to create a setup .exe (like InstallShield installer) then try InnoSetup.

[ryanlum]

visual studio doesn't provide an installer?
kinda wierd...

[ryanlum]

any idea?

[ryanlum]

help

[ryanlum]

i want to create an installer.. like the packaging thing that can be found in vb 6

[Malim]

Did you look in the bin directory where your project resides? That should be where your setup.exe files are.

[Malim]

Oops, I goofed. It shouldn't be in the bin directory. That's where your .exe file is. But, it should be in the setup file that your setup project created. In the debug directory. You should see Setup.exe, Setup.ini and Setup*.msi.

Did you look there for your setup.exe?

[ryanlum]

yiah i did.. but i cannot find the exe file.. just the files that i choose to copy during the setup process..
i am suppose to create exe file somewhere else?