I'm new to VSTO. Up until now, I haven't had to worry about
deployment. I've just done the development. However, now I need to
deploy and I wanted to ask what's the easiest way to deploy for only a
handful of users (ie. only about 5 users will be using the Excel and
Word docs that I've done so far). I've got another project that I did
behind Outlook, and I realize that'll likely be different, but I would
like to deploy my Excel/Word combo first.
Is there a way to create an installer that'll install all the
prerequisites, such as .Net Framework 2 and the VSTO runtime, or will
I have to get those 2 installed on the user PCs first, and figure out
how best to deploy my assemblies?
My initial thought was to create an installer and distribute it to the
4 or 5 pcs, but I wanted to see if it's just as much work to do it at
one location on a server? My issue with the server is having to go
through server administration and a change control process; whereas on
individual pcs, I don't have that. However, not knowing enough about
VSTO, maybe deploying to a server is still the best way to go.
What's the experience for people deploying to a user group this size?
XL-Dennis - 13 Mar 2007 19:07 GMT
Hi,
# 1 VSTO solutions does not work with ClickOnce and the Publish Wizard does
not create any entries in Windows Registry. In view of this and the number of
users I would suggest that You go with the setup project in the add-in
project to create a Windows Installer package.
# Articles etc
Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solutions Using Windows
Installer (Part 1 of 2):
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa537173(office.11).aspx
Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solutions Using Windows
Installer (Part 2 of 2):
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa537179(office.11).aspx
The following series cover some additional info as well as mention the tool
- Bootstrapper Manifest editior - to configure the prerequisites in an easy
way: http://www.excelkb.com/article.aspx?id=10224
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Dennis
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