Re: MSI or Exe

From: poldoj (poldoj2002_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/20/05


Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:10:13 +0100

I think there's a options for create a setup.exe launcher when you build
your package

"pmclinn" <peter@mclinn.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:1106196415.644714.78030@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I have created several programs that use the visual studio 2003 setup
> and deploy wizard. And my programs compile fine but I recieved tons of
> feedback from users that do not understand that a msi is a executible
> file (Click to install). They are looking for the .exe extension. I
> also noticed several shareware boards only accept exe files. Is there
> a way to compile these files, like in vb6, as a exe installation? I
> need the entire setup project to be saved as a EXE.
>
> As a side note, I tried creating a self executing zip file, but this
> confused the users even more. Good grief!
>
> -Peter
>



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