Visual Studio Installer questions

[MisterC]

I've recently decided to try Visual Studio Installer 1.1 as an alternative to VB's package & deployment wizard. I have a few (probably easy) questions for you. Any info or links that you consider helpful would be much appreciated!

How can I change the default installation directory to a path other than one listed in the installer's "location" combo box?

Once the project creates the .msi file, is that the only file I need to do an install?

Can I edit any installation paramaters outside of the installer's development environment?

What are those .msi, .sln, & .suo files?

I've seen posts that say to just ignore those "different file version" tasks that pop up, but is there any way to "Fix" them?

Thats just a few for starters. Thanks for your help!

 

[Golom]

Not sure I can answer all of these but ...

> Install Directory ... Select &quot;Project / <ProjectName> Properties / Installation Folder&quot; and change what you want. (I'm not sure that's what you want however.)

> The .msi should be all you need provided you've put everything in it (e.g. databases, support documents, etc.)

> Check out the Orca Editor on Microsoft.Com (sorry I don't have the link handy) It allows you to edit a .msi file.

> .msi = Microsoft System Installer file
.sln = Visual Studio Solution File
.suo = Beats me!

> I don't think you can &quot;fix&quot; them because they ain't &quot;broke&quot;. It's just telling you that there are different versions of a particular component appropriate for different operating systems and the installer has included a package that will take care of deciding which one to install.

 

[MisterC]

Thanks for your help, but I'm still trying to get the install directory I need. Orca Editor is interesting, but it looks like it will take some time to learn my way around an msi file.

Meanwhile, I want my app to install to C:\DELPLU and I can't seem to find a way to hard code that path.

Anyone?

 

[MisterC]

For an install directory, the installer asks for 2 bits of information: Location & Name.

Location is a combobox limited to:

Program Files Folder
Common Files Folder
User's Application Data Folder
User's Personal Data

Name is a free-text field to specify the subdirectory name.