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