How do I package my application to a windows installer?

[jbilisnki]

I need to package my code so I can install the program I created on another computer that does not have Visual Studio 2003. The application is a Windows Application.

 

[Roey]

Add a new Setup and Deployment project to your solution

 

[jbilisnki]

How do I add a new setup and deployment project to my solution

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

File Menu, Add Project, New Project.
Select Setup and Deployment Projects on the left. Options are on the right - the wizard is probably the easiest.

 

[jbilisnki]

I created a setup file but it needed Visual Studio to open. I want to install it without having to use Visual Studio 2003

 

[Roey]

Are you sure you dont mean that the client requires the .Net Framework to run, as this is something different.

 

[jbilisnki]

I am creating a windows application. I have created some webforms and wrote some code that links each of the forms together. I need to package all of the code so that I can burn it on a CD and upload the installer to another computer that does not have .NET Studio. I want the installer to install what I have so far so I can show them the prototype.

 

[Roey]

Then you do what we have told you before. Use the Package and Deployment Wizard, which can be used to create an MSI file which can then be installed on a client that has the .Net framework (not .Net Studio) installed.

If you are still getting an error on the client post that message.

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

If it is a windows application why are you creating webforms?