"Primary Output" consists of multiple files - how to set shortcut? -- visual studio .net setup

Aaron Isotton
8/18/2006 12:00:00 AM

Hi,

I have almost no experience with Windows Installer, so this is probably
an easy question.

I'm deploying a VSTO application. Its primary output consists of an
Excel spreadsheet and a DLL. I created an Installer using Visual Studio
..NET 2005, and I want to create a shortcut to the Excel file on the
user's Desktop.

I can add a shortcut to the project's "primary output", but that creates
a shortcut to the DLL and not the XLS.

When I right-click on the primary output entry in the Application Folder
and choose "Output" both files are listed. I somehow need to choose the
Excel file instead of the DLL. Do you know how to do that?

Thanks,

Phil Wilson
8/19/2006 1:05:17 PM

Instead of Primary Output, why not just individually add the files you need?
--
Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280

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visual studio .net setup : "Primary Output" consists of multiple files - how to set shortcut?