Make Application Install?

Im wondering how do i make my application an installer and add to firewall/router port



Thanks

If you're using ClickOnce publishing then you can't do anything more than just install your app and its content files. If you have a full edition of VS, i.e. not VB Express, then you can create a Setup project that will build a Windows Installer package. You can add a Custom Action to that project to do basically whatever you want. You can also use a third-party application to create a Windows Installer package, which may have more functionality than VS.

The actual code to add a firewall exception is going to be specific to the firewall. You could write something for the Windows Firewall but for anyone else they would have to do it manually.

Sorry to intrude on this thread but I have just been looking at the Setup Project of VS for the first time (always just used ClickOnce or 3rd party)

Can it do more than just create files/shortcuts at locations you want as at a quick glance thats all it seems.

Don't suppose you know any good docs that are easy to understand about this type of project?

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