How to create an exe file of your VB.NET program?

[Abhilash007]

Hi guys!
I am just about to finish my project in VB.Net.. thx to a lot of help from this forum.. since this is my first program on VB, i dun hav an idea of how to publish or how to create the exe file of the program once the debugging is over.. can anyone please help me with that...

Please Advise

cheers
Abhilash

[talkro]

I'm not sure if this your question, but the exe file is create automatically and located in the debug folder when you compile it. This folder is locoted inside your project directory

[Shuja Ali]

You first need to change the configuration from Debug to release mode. Once that is done, you can select Build Solution from build menu. And then go to Bin folder and you will find the release folder where your exe will be present.

Also take a look at how to deploy .NET applications on MSDN.

[Abhilash007]

HI!
thx for the help.. but i am not rilli sure how to change configuration to release mode.. i am using VB.net 2005.. there is no option of build solution in the build menu.. i tried publish application.. is that the same..


Please advise

cheers
Abhilash

[jmcilhinney]

I'm not sure if this your question, but the exe file is create automatically and located in the debug folder when you compile it. This folder is locoted inside your project directory

That's no use unless you want to debug. Noone should be distributing debug builds of their app.

Either you're using VB Express or VS. If it's VB Express then there's a Build Solution option on your Build menu if you have a solution. If you don't then there's a Build <projectname> option that will build a Release version of your app and output it to the bin\Release folder under your project folder. If you're using VS then it should be obvious where to change the configuration on the tool bat because it will already say Debug or Release. If you can't see that then you are presumably using VB Express.