changobutt
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Ive been building a Setup Project for my application, and now Im thinking if I should have used a Web Setup Project instead. I dont quite understand the advantages of a Web Setup Project.
My situation:
Right now, I create an installation package on my development machine. I copy this .msi file to the servers website. The server hosts a website where clients can download this file. So, on the client machine, I open up a browser and download this file from the website and run it (to install the application).
So now Im reading MSDN help files. This is what it said for Web Setup Projects:
"To deploy a Web application to a Web server, you create a Web Setup project, build it, copy it to the Web server computer, and run the installer to install the application on the server using the settings defined in your Web Setup project."
Im reading this help and Im thinking that its exactly the same as what I do now. With the Web Setup Project, I still have to copy the file over. So whats the difference?? Am I missing something, or misunderstanding the help in anyway? My application is a stand-alone application. What does a "web application" mean?
Help!
My situation:
Right now, I create an installation package on my development machine. I copy this .msi file to the servers website. The server hosts a website where clients can download this file. So, on the client machine, I open up a browser and download this file from the website and run it (to install the application).
So now Im reading MSDN help files. This is what it said for Web Setup Projects:
"To deploy a Web application to a Web server, you create a Web Setup project, build it, copy it to the Web server computer, and run the installer to install the application on the server using the settings defined in your Web Setup project."
Im reading this help and Im thinking that its exactly the same as what I do now. With the Web Setup Project, I still have to copy the file over. So whats the difference?? Am I missing something, or misunderstanding the help in anyway? My application is a stand-alone application. What does a "web application" mean?
Help!
