how does the installer creates other needed files beside the main exe?

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Hi,
i develop a windows service in C#. and my project has Installer, and Setup project. the setup project, installs service very well and it doesn't have any problem, but my service 'exe' needs some files beside own. for example config files or other needed files. but the installer(setup.exe) just creates service 'exe' file.
how do i define that the installer creates other needed files, too?

thanks,

Posted 28-Sep-14 3:08am

Zon-cpp

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 28-Sep-14 9:18am

Look for 'dependencies' in the setup project...

[no name] 28-Sep-14 9:32am

Read the documentation for the software package that you are using to create your setup.

[no name] 28-Sep-14 9:36am

Each package wrapper/install shield will have their own way to do this, but ideally you should be setting such dependencies in your application configuration.

What are you using?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Sep-14 13:09pm

Wrong question. For setup, it's absolutely irrelevant what files to copy "main executable" (such thing may not even be there) or not. The question makes no sense. You either use some installation toolkit to create installation, or not. If you do, it does not matter what files to you include; you could have many. I don't know what to "answer" about.
—SA

Zon-cpp 29-Sep-14 3:40am

I'm using 'projectInstaller' of vc#
I don't find any item such dependencies!

Zon-cpp 29-Sep-14 6:30am

this solved my problem:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26085139/how-does-the-installer-creates-other-needed-files-beside-the-main-exe/26085540#26085540

ZurdoDev 29-Sep-14 14:05pm

Please post as solution so this no longer shows as unanswered.

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Zon-cpp · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-04T00:42:00

Solution 1

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26085139/how-does-the-installer-creates-other-needed-files-beside-the-main-exe/26085540#26085540[^]

Posted 4-Oct-14 0:42am

Zon-cpp

Updated 4-Oct-14 0:43am