Create a setup file with multiple installers in one package

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I have a Windows application and I built a setup using VS 2008. My application needs SQL Server 2008 and Windows Installer 4.5. So I want to build a setup which automatically installs all of this in the sequence I define:

Windows Installer 4.5
SQL Server 2008 Express
my application

how to Create a setup file with multiple installers in one package?

Posted 25-Jul-12 1:22am

vrushali katkade

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Prasad_Kulkarni · Answer 1 · 2012-07-25T01:25:00

Please refer following threads:
Visual Studio Windows Application Setup Project[^]

Create an EXE or Setup File in .NET Windows Application[^]
Building a Setup for a Windows Forms Application[^]
Create Setup and Deployment Project Visual Studio [^]
How to create a setup project for a Windows Service application in Visual C#[^]

Deployment(Click Once)[^]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/49b92ztk(VS.80).aspx[^]

Sandeep Mewara · Answer 2 · 2012-07-25T01:30:00

Solution 2

Look here:
MSDN: How to: Install Prerequisites in Windows Installer Deployment[^]
MSDN: Deployment (How Do I in C#)[^]
CP: Add Prerequisites of .NET Framework in Visual Studio Setup Project[^]

Posted 25-Jul-12 1:30am

Sandeep Mewara