vs2010 - Deployment Project woes... 1

[Ajb2528]

Hi!

I am trying to create a deployment project that requires an additional msi file (mySQL net connector) to be installed as part of the deployment. The in-house written dll was written in VB.Net 2010 and this dll requires the mySQL net connector to be installed on each workstation as well. I have tried the following -

Created a merge module containing the msi file and then added the deployment project to the merge module project - does not work. It installs the in house dll but not the mySQL connector.

Added custom actions (install/uninstall to try and install the msi file (I used a freeware tool to "convert" the msi file to an exe) this sort of works but the mySQL connect install does not complete correctly...

Has anyone got any other suggestions?

Any help will be appreciated!

Regards,

Alan

 

[jebenson]

Take a look at INNO Setup:

http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

It's free and works pretty well. There are tutorials and such on the web.

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[Ajb2528]

Hi jebenson,

Thanks for that! Tried it and it does what I wanted!

Regards,

Alan