Setup and deployment visual studio 2005

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Quick Navigation Visual Basic. NET Framework. How hard would it really be to port to Windows 8? All times are GMT The time now is AM. Publish Version Here you should state the publish version not the application version.

And if you check 'automatically increment revision with each publish' then that will ensure that the revision number will be incremented automatically ech time you publish your application. Application Files Sometimes it is necessary to publish other files than the application. So this is where you state which ones to include or exclude from the deployment. Prerequisites You can create a setup file to install the prerequisites, that are required by your application to function correctly.

And all required prerequisites are selected automatically. But if you want, you can either add or remove them from your prerequisites setup. Updates In this window, you should define how your application should be updated. Check 'The application should check for updates' and choose whether it should be updated before or after the application starts.

If you choose to update it after running the application then you can mention whether you want to check each time it runs or can mention a time period, that it should check.

But it is always advisable to check before application starts, so users will get the latest updates each time they run the application. And specify a minimum required version, so that the end user will get the specified version of the application, if they have an older version installed on their PC.

If the updating location is other than the publish location then please provide the path. Save the settings and go to the form designer and add a label to the form.

Save and go to "Build"??? If you wish make any changes to the publish settings that you completed earlier then click "Next" or click on the "Finish" button.

Click "Next".