Installer installling other project in VS.NET 2008

Question

I have one project named DBSyncInstaller.It has one installer class and seperate classes along with it. I also have another project named MSSQLDBSync. I use SetUp and Deployment project called Setup3.This Setup will use installer class of DBSyncInstaller.Then it will deploy exe(Project OutPut) of MSSQLDBSYNC.

Please let me know what steps should I carry out.

Regards,

Sachin K

Answer 1

You can try adding MSSQLDBSync a custom prerequisite to your main installer. To create the prerequisite manifests you can use the bootstrapper manifest generator . After generating them, you can add all these files (including the package) in a separate folder in the Visual Studio prerequisites folder, for example:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\

This way you will be able to select the prerequisite in your setup project:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/77z6b8tz(VS.80).aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165429(VS.80).aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165429.aspx