Add Another .exe file with installer

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Hello Every one i want some help actually i have made an installer of my software for that software .net framework 4.0 is required and i added that prereq because this option is available there but for my software another software is required to install first but i haven't seen any custom addition of prereq.
i am making installer at visual studio 2010 can anyone please tell me how can i add custom prereq

Posted 4-Jan-13 4:38am

omisheikh

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David_Wimbley · Answer 1 · 2013-01-04T04:54:00

Solution 1

Not sure how you are doing your deployment (setup project/click once) but here is an article for extending the Visual Studio Setup Project.

Extending Visual Studio Setup Project[^]

Posted 4-Jan-13 4:54am

David_Wimbley

Reza Alipour Fard · Answer 2 · 2013-01-04T05:05:00

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Hi
You can add your exe file as pre-requirement in installer.

I hope it's helpful.

Posted 4-Jan-13 5:05am

Reza Alipour Fard

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omisheikh 4-Jan-13 11:21am

i can not add custom software like i have an oracle environment software ODAC i have not seen any option in visual studio pre- requirement view can you please more specify..