You can either use a setup file to deliver your application to customers or copy the application files directly.
When creating a setup file, you can use tool such as the WiX Toolset (either as a standalone application or an add-in for
Visual Studio) or Microsoft's InstallShield Limited Edition to package. For example, here's how you would use InstallShield
Limited Edition:
- Install Microsoft's Visual Studio and InstallShield Limited Edition. See the MSDN for more details.
- In Visual Studio, click
.
- In the
Create a new project dialog box, type
setup in the search field, select a setup project and click
Next.
- Uncheck
Place solution and project in the same directory and click
Create.
This creates a solution and a project from the available templates in the specified location and opens them in Solution Explorer
in Visual Studio.
- Select the InstallShield project type and click
Create to create the project.
- Follow the instructions in the project in order to create the project. See the Visual Studio Help for details.
If you are deploying your application without a setup file:
- Use the Xcopy command (which copies a directory structure) to copy your application files from the project output directory
to the directory containing your
Enterprise Test Server installation.