Deploying Your Application

Visual Studio .NET includes templates and setup wizards for several forms of application deployment, including these:

  • Cab Projects— Used to package ActiveX components into redistributable cabinet (.cab) files for Internet download

  • Merge Module Projects— Used to create redistributable packages, including shared components and assemblies

  • Setup Projects— Used to create installation packages for Windows applications to be installed on client computer systems

  • Web Setup Projects— Used to create installation packages for Web applications to be installed on a Web server

Visual Studio .NET also has a Setup Wizard that helps you interactively create these deployment projects. This chapter mainly discusses the Setup Project, ...

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