create installer

[edgarbenilde]

hi can somebody tell me how to create an installer in Visual Stubio 2005 program that when install it shoould be outside program files... it should create a new folder in C:\ drive...

for example if my system is Sample System i want the source file and executable files should be only in C:\Sample\Source and Executable files here...


Please help.. this is urgent hoping the best answer....
Hope to see your responce

[Neophyte|NL]

Dunno if you can change the pad.

I use an external install creator to do that

[Negative0]

What version of Visual Studio are you using? Express only comes with Click Once, and you have very few options on how that installs. If you are using Standard or higher, you can use the Setup project and then you can specify where files are installed as one of the properties on the setup project.

[Hack]

Moved To Application Deployment

[Seraph]

INNO Setup

[gep13]

Hey,

You have multiple options available to you for this.

If you have the correct version of Visual Studio, then you can create a Setup and Deployment project, as already mentioned.

One package that I have been using lately is called Wix:

http://wix.sourceforge.net/

It takes a bit of getting used to, but it is very flexible! It requires far more knowledge than using a standard setup project though, so only go down this route if you are looking for heavy customization.

Gary