Make Application Install?

[WhatAmIDoing]

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



Thanks

[jmcilhinney]

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.

[max_carpenter]

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?

[Hack]

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