"BK" <BK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks. I got it to work. I needed a setup becuase my data folders are
> about 400 MB and I did not trust an XCOPY.
>
> Do you know how I can display the filename being installed/copied below
> the
> progress bar? Since it is a very long intsalltion, I would like to
> display
> some more information.
>
> In general - Visual Studio + ORCA works for me becuase most of our
> deployments are in-house (and it is "free")
>
> Regards.
>
>
> "Phil Wilson" wrote:
>
>> There are lots of tools that can buid MSI files, Visual Studio being
>> pretty
>> much the least-featured. Having said that:
>>
>> Just copying files is straightforward. If you start a setup project and
>> just
>> create folders off Application Folder you'll see how it works.
>>
>> Running a 3rd party exe can be done with a custom action. However if it
>> as
>> MSI-based setup it will not work because you can't run an MSI setup from
>> a
>> VS custom action.
>>
>> Assemblies get installed into the GAC in the same way as any other file
>> in
>> the Visual Studio setup project's IDE, except that the GAC isn't in the
>> default list of visible locations on the target machine, so you'll need
>> to
>> add it.
>>
>> Registering an OCX - the file properties have a Register property. Set it
>> to
>> vsdrfCOM.
>>
>> --
>> Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer]
>> ----
>> "BK" <BK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:00AB83CE-6AA1-4C06-A453-A2D4D2411BAF@microsoft.com...
>> > After trying various strategies and reading many articles - I seek
>> > answers
>> > in
>> > this forum.
>> >
>> > I have a VB.NET 200 Application that uses third party Mapping COM
>> > Controls.
>> > In addition, I have a VB6 compiled ActiveX Control.
>> >
>> > There are no pre-requisites for installing the application - however,
>> > there
>> > are pre-requisites for RUNNING the Application. When I "install" the
>> > application manually to a user machine, I carry out the following
>> > steps -
>> > Before Launching the application.
>> >
>> > 1. Copy four folders and 7 files from the "install CD" to a newly
>> > created
>> > folder on the target machine.
>> >
>> > 2. Run a third party Executable with a specific set of options. From a
>> > DOS
>> > Command Prompt I run the following "mo23rt.exe /abcim". mo23rt.exe is
>> > one
>> > of
>> > the files that I copied over to the Hard Disk. This executable is
>> > actually
>> > a
>> > sort of setup created by the third party vendor using WISE Installer.
>> >
>> > 3. I Manually copy three Assemblies to the GAC (windows\assembly
>> > folder)
>> >
>> > 4. I have to register one OCX ("REGSVR32.EXE
>> > C:\SomeFolder\Legend.OCX"). I
>> > have tried running the Command from a bath file for testing but it
>> > can't
>> > find
>> > the REGSVR32.EXE files sometimes. It is located in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM32
>> > folder.
>> >
>> > So - do you think all these steps can be SUCCESSFULLY implemented in a
>> > setup
>> > project? Well, if the answer is yes, could you give some pointers?
>> >
>> > ----------------
>> >
>> > a) I have tried BootStrapper without succes
>> > b) I have tried http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165432.aspx
>> > "Deploying COM Components with ClickOnce " without success. I get the
>> > following error :
>> >
>> > Problem isolating COM reference 'MO22LegendControl': Registry key
>> > 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{abe8f5a0-e31a-4b6a-b53d-343ae0185bb7}\InProcServer32'
>> > is missing value '(Default)'.
>> >
>> > That ('MO22LegendControl') is the VB6 code that I compiled into an
>> > ActiveX -
>> > did I miss some protocals?
>> >
>> > Please help.
>> >
>> > Regards.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>