i have a vb.net application
i published it
it made an app files diretory, setup.exe, and some other file
i need everything to be in one file because the users are not very computer savy
is there a way to bundle everything in one installation file?
can u tell me how to do this please
I__
2010-04-09 22:37:33
+1 for something that should be easy, but I've seen people run a self-extracting ZIP and freak out because it wasn't as mindless of an operation as clicking 'Next' three times. Sometimes, users just make things harder.
Jim Schubert
2010-04-09 22:38:08
Press Start, Run, type `IExpress`, and follow the wizard. You can also use WinZip.
SLaks
2010-04-09 22:43:49
thank you very much, unfortunately this is not working because it will not let me add a whole directory track, only files in the same folder
I__
2010-04-09 22:51:09
You can also use WinZip or 7Zip.
SLaks
2010-04-11 01:12:30
+1
A:
You could try ILMerge. It will allow you to merge multiple assemblies into 1. You could set it up in a Post Build Event to merge all of your assemblies into 1 exe.
Matt Dearing
2010-04-09 22:33:18
+1 I've never used ILMerge. Do you know if it will also add dependent files as resources?
Jim Schubert
2010-04-09 22:39:50