Creating a setup in visual studio 10

Question

I have made a project in Visual studio 10 that uses Mysql database and Crystalreports along with

it. But i dont know how to make a setup that will automatically install Mysql and Crystalreports

along with the project setup on the pc on which this project is installed.I am able to create a

simple project containg only project but it did not contain the Mysql or crystalreports setup.How

can i create such a setup that automatically installs crystal reports Mysql and the project

please refer any tutorial.

Answer 1

For that create a Setup and Deployment Project. In the project prerequisites you have to include Crystal Reports and MySQL. If they are not there in the prerequisites list then i am afraid that you have to create your own bootstrapper program to do so.

Answer 2

I think it is a little different problem. You can't install a whole different system along with your code. The user needs to install MySQL first and then you can run a query that creates the database inside of it. I think this needs to be done separately. In the end, you have to write script that creates the database structures after the MySQL has been installed. I don't think it can be bundled up that easily.

Answer 3

You can create a custom Bootstrapper for this.

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=bmg

See this link:

Install other apps with our setup - vs2010 Desktop App Deployment

This article may help you too:

http://murrayon.net/2009/11/custom-setup-bootstrappers.html