Configuring the Setup Project

There are different ways for configuring your Windows Installer package through the setup project. The first way is setting the package’s properties, which you accomplish by first clicking on the project name in Solution Explorer and then switching to the Properties window. All the available properties affect layout, messages, and target folders when launching the installer. Figure 54.5 shows an example of how you can set properties.

Figure 54.5 Setting project properties that affect the installer package.

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Properties are self-explanatory, but you can click on each of them to get a description at the bottom of the ...

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