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Chapter 4
Tutorial: Creating a Windows Installer
Installation in Visual Studio Integrated Editor
This chapter includes the following topics:
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About the Visual Studio Integrated Editor tutorial
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Open the C# QuickFacts Solution and Create an Installation Project
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Open the Installation Project and Set Options
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Enter Product Details and General Information
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Add Files to the Installation
About the Visual Studio Integrated Editor tutorial
This tutorial is provided for users who plan to use the Visual Studio integrated editor to
synchronize installations with other projects in a Visual Studio solution.
First, follow the basic tutorial using the Wise editor.
See
About the basic tutorial
on page 16.
Then follow this tutorial using the Visual Studio integrated editor. This tutorial includes
only the procedures that have content that is specific to the Visual Studio integrated
editor.
Note
If you install Wise Installation Studio or Wise Installation Express before you install
Visual Studio, some of the files you need for this tutorial are not installed. To install
those files, perform a repair on the Wise Installation Studio or Wise Installation Express
installation.
This tutorial takes about 30 minutes to complete. If you must stop before finishing this
tutorial, save the installation and resume the tutorial at a later time.
In this tutorial, you will use Installation Expert in Windows Installer Editor to:
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Open the C# QuickFacts Solution and Create an Installation Project
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Open the Installation Project and Set Options
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Enter Product Details and General Information
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Add Files to the Installation
Open the C# QuickFacts Solution and Create an
Installation Project
QuickFacts is a solution, written in C#, that consists of three projects:
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FactFinder, which compiles to FactFinder.dll.
