How to add Project Dependency DLL's when adding Project output in the Visual Studio installer?

Question

I'm using visual studio 2015 , Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Installer . I'm creating the sample project for demonstrate my issue.

Step1: I'm creating the SampleSetUpProject in wpf Application.

Step2: Creating the ClassLibrary1 Project and adding the itextsharp reference in that project.

Step3: I'm creating the Setup1 Project in that application. In Application Folder adding Project output, the dependency DLL itextsharp not added in the Application folder. How to added the dependency dll adding project output?

Step4 : In application output directory my DLL's are there. But adding project output it's not added. If any possibilities are there for adding the Dependency dll's adding Project output ?

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Answer 1

A setup can't know every one of your dependencies - for example there is nothing about a COM call that identifies a required Dll because the code references a GUID - so they need to be added manually. As your "Add" dialog shows, just add the Dlls (add file) and so on, to install to whichever location they are needed in. And another issue is that not all dependencies will be in the Application Directory - some (such as a shared COM Dll) need to be installed and registered in a common location. So some dependencies might be in Common Files, the GAC and so on.