ClickOnce and Setup & Deployment Projects

Announcements

• InstallShield Limited Edition is available for download in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2.

  Candy ChiangMSFTSaturday, December 05, 2009 1:37 AM

  The InstallShield 2010 Limited Edition is a free version of InstallShield for Visual Studio developers that replaces the functionality provided by the Visual Studio setup and deployment projects.

   

  Here are some highlights of the product:

  ·         Use Visual Studio to create installation projects for applications built with Visual Studio.

  ·         Build your installation projects with MSBuild

  ·         Jumpstart projects with a simple design environment and Project Assistant.

  ·         Take advantage of Installation Prerequisites and Custom Actions.

  ·         Digitally sign your installers.

   

  Need a feature that is not supported in the Visual Studio deployment projects? Try the InstallShield Limited Edition. You can easily migrate your existing Visual Studio deployment projects into InstallShield Limited Edition installation projects with a few clicks. The installation projects created with the InstallShield Limited Edition are compatible with other versions of InstallShield products. This enables you to easily upgrade to higher version of InstallShield with a more advanced feature set.

  
  How to obtain the InstallShield 2010 Limited Edition
  To get started, complete the following steps:

  1.       On the File menu, point to New, and then click Project.

  2.       Expand the Other Project Types node.

  3.       Expand the Setup and Deployment node.

  4.       Click InstallShield 2010.

  5.       Click Enable InstallShield Limited Edition, and then click OK.

  6.       Click Go to InstallShield.

  Note: You must register by using your email address before downloading the product.

   

   

   

• Bootstrapper Packages for .NET Frameworks 2.0 SP2 and .NET Frameworks 3.0 SP2

  David Guyer MSFTMSFTTuesday, March 03, 2009 6:40 AM
   

  Announcing...

   

  Bootstrapper Packages for .NET Frameworks 2.0 SP2 and .NET Frameworks 3.0 SP2 (Refreshed with GDRs)

   

  Is now available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2008/bb898654.aspx

   

   

  Details about the Refresh

                  This package has been updated to include KB958481 and KB958483.

   

  Background

  Visual Studio 2008 SP1 included a bootstrapper package for .Net Frameworks 3.5 SP1, which allows developers to deploy with their Setup Projects and ClickOnce applications the latest version of the .Net Frameworks in an installation package that works on all supported operating systems, including 64-bit systems and Vista. 

   

  However, there are some reasons for not wanting to deploy .NET Frameworks 3.5 SP1. As a result, we are releasing bootstrapper packages for the latest versions of .NET Frameworks 2.0 and .NET Frameworks 3.0 (the SP2 releases).  

   
   

  Limitations:

  ·         These packages provide support for x86 and x64 operating systems, however they do not support and will fail to install on Windows Vista or subsequent operating systems. To provide a prerequisite that will install on Windows Vista, use the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 bootstrapper package, included with Visual Studio 2008 SP1,  instead.   

  ·         These packages do not support the "Download components from the component vendor's web site." option. If this option is selected, the bootstrapper will build successfully and will show some build warnings that indicate that no Homesite link was found. As a result, these specific packages will be run from the same location as the bootstrapper and will require the installation files (which are copied to the build output folder) to be copied along with the built setup.exe file.

  ·         These packages provide support for Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.

  
  
  

  For users who have these requirements, the .NET Frameworks 3.5 SP1 bootstrapper package, included in Visual Studio 2008 SP1, is recommended.