Deployment program for Windows.NET app

[dpdg]

I am building an installation program for a windows program that I built. While compiling I got this error:

Error 1706. No valid source could be found for product Visual Studio.NET Architect 2003 - English. the Windows installer cannot continue.

It rolls back and then continues packaging the files.

Anyone have an idea why it does this? And what I can do to fix it?

 

[TipGiver]

You have VS open and loaded also your solution(s). Did you add a new deployment project there?

 

[dpdg]

That's right. And yes, I did add a new deployment project.

 

[RebeccaLynn]

I found a free program that does windows installers. It's called Install-Creator and can be found at

http://www.clickteam.com.

I find it a lot easier to work with.

Becca

Somtimes, the easy answer is the hardest to find.

Still under construction ...

http://webpages.charter.net/rlmsoft2006

 

[TipGiver]

Did you add to the setup project at least the primary output?

Also as becca pointed out, there are some custom installers, non-microsoft that you can use. They are scripts. You can also look at:
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http://www.innosetup.com

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http://nsis.sf.net

 

[dpdg]

It doesn't seem that microsoft's installer is so difficult to use, but it's just that I get this error when I go to compile it and it rolls back everything.

I just don't know wat causes it.

But I will try out those others, thanks!