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Custom Install Program	James Parker	Jan 22, 2009
Re: Custom Install Program	Neil Clemmons	Jan 22, 2009
Re: Custom Install Program	James Parker	Jan 22, 2009
Re: Custom Install Program	Neil Clemmons	Jan 22, 2009
Re: Custom Install Program	James Parker	Jan 26, 2009
Re: Custom Install Program	Neil Clemmons	Jan 26, 2009
Re: Custom Install Program	Hao Chen	Feb 13, 2009

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Subject	Custom Install Program
Author	James Parker
Date	Jan 22, 2009
Message	Hello, I'm sure this is easily fixed, but I haven't found a thread to help as yet. I have created a new 'Setup' project and am trying to select the project output. The 'Add Project Output Group' form loads completely empty so I cannot select my solution to deploy. This is the walkthrough i'm following... ms-help://ESRI.EDNv9.3/NET_Desktop/0df20605-b457-42d6-b63c-341a3824474a.htm. - How to create a custom install program, from the Desktop Help for .NET (VS2008)
	Jim Parker GIS Developer
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Subject	Re: Custom Install Program
Author	Neil Clemmons
Date	Jan 22, 2009
Message	Did you add the setup project as a new project inside the same solution as the project you want to deploy?
	Neil Clemmons Senior GIS Developer Geographic Information Services, Inc. Birmingham, AL http://www.gis-services.com Check out our blog: http://blog.gis-services.com/

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Subject	Re: Custom Install Program
Author	James Parker
Date	Jan 22, 2009
Message	Nope! In my defence, the walkthrough screen shot was old and didn't include the 'Add to Solution' combobox. Thanks Neil (again)
	Jim Parker GIS Developer

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Subject	Re: Custom Install Program
Author	Neil Clemmons
Date	Jan 22, 2009
Message	It's not required, it just makes things easier. If you create the setup project outside of the solution you're trying to deploy you have to add the project output as a file (or group of files) instead of selecting Add Project Output. I don't think the walkthrough mentions this, but it's something to keep in mind in case you ever want to create an installer for multiple applications.
	Neil Clemmons Senior GIS Developer Geographic Information Services, Inc. Birmingham, AL http://www.gis-services.com Check out our blog: http://blog.gis-services.com/

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Subject	Re: Custom Install Program
Author	James Parker
Date	Jan 26, 2009
Message	Hi Neil, I read in a previous posting you use InstallShield when deploying your solutions. My VS2008 setup project works fine for installing and registering my solution. However, my InstallSheild Express wizard does not. It installs the .dll and .tlb (as well as the .xml and .pdb) files in the same directory as the setup project, but they are not registered and so don't appear in ArcGIS's customise menu. I've emailed Acresso but as I only have an evaluation copy, support is limited. Thanks
	Jim Parker GIS Developer

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Subject	Re: Custom Install Program
Author	Neil Clemmons
Date	Jan 26, 2009
Message	I'm afraid we haven't used InstallShield since switching to .NET back in 2002 so I'm not current with their latest releases. When you deploy using a Visual Studio deployment project, the classes in your assembly are registered with the ESRI component categories via the Installer class that you add to your code project. The custom action you add to the deployment project instructs the installer to execute the code in the Installer class. This is what you need to reproduce in your InstallShield project. Unfortunately I don't know how to do that.
	Neil Clemmons Senior GIS Developer Geographic Information Services, Inc. Birmingham, AL http://www.gis-services.com Check out our blog: http://blog.gis-services.com/

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Subject	Re: Custom Install Program
Author	Hao Chen
Date	Feb 13, 2009
Message	May be you can try the WiX http://chenhaoyork.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C0B4F9D80B744CD!135.entry