Re: Trouble creating setup file

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You need a custom action pointing to your executable. In te Condition, put
your property name (it will be uppercase if you have it in a UI, and it must
be uppercase in your condition). However the install won't finish until the
program finishes, which is probably not what you want.
This might help:
http://www.cornerhouse.ca/en/msilaunch.html
and you need to be aware that VS setups do not have all the capabilities you
see in other tools.
--
Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280

"Sam Ng via .NET 247" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have been strugling to create a setup file for my VS.NET project.
> I have no problem with the deployment process up till setting the
> condition where it should launch the installed application if the checkbox
> is ticked, when the installation process is complete.
>
> can anyone help me solve this? i have been going thru the msdn and i tried
> to create a custom action but i have no idea how tht works either.
>
> this is my first time create a setup file using VS.NET
>
> thanks
>
>
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> From: Sam Ng
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