Do not deploy the source code files

[Mircea Pleteriu]

Hi,

I have developed a a web application with ASP.NET 2.0 and VS 2005.
My client wants to be delivered a .msi file that installs the app. My big
problem is that the .msi also deploys the source code files which I strongly
don't want to happen.

How to create a setup project that does not include the source files but
only the aspx, config and some binaries (as it was with VS 2003 setup
projects)?

Thank you,
Mircea

 

[Mark Rae]

How to create a setup project that does not include the source files but
only the aspx, config and some binaries (as it was with VS 2003 setup
projects)?

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sour...GGLG:2006-28,GGLG:en&q=Web+deployment+Project

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

Use the Web Deployments Project add-in for VS:

Download:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336619.aspx

Usage hints:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479568.aspx

 

[Mircea Pleteriu]

I've installed the tool.
At a first glance it seems that this tool does not generate .msi or merge
modules..
And I need a msi or merge module.

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

It does.

Review the hints at :
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479568.aspx

You need to add a “Web Setup” project into your WDP solution.

This is a standard VS 2005 project type that supports packaging a .msi file
along with logic to create a vroot and deploy an application when executed.

You can easily configure the WebSetup project to pipe in
the output from your WebSiteDeployment project into the MSI.

Then, while you select “Build Solution” again you’ll build your web deployment project,
pipe it into the setup project, and you’ll be left with a .MSI setup program for your web
application
that will walk you through creating an IIS vroot and deploy your production app on a web server when
run.

There's specific instructions for doing that, with images, at :
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/11/06/429723.aspx

 

[Mircea Pleteriu]

It works.
Thank you lots.

It does.

Review the hints at :
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479568.aspx

You need to add a "Web Setup" project into your WDP solution.

This is a standard VS 2005 project type that supports packaging a .msi
file
along with logic to create a vroot and deploy an application when
executed.

You can easily configure the WebSetup project to pipe in
the output from your WebSiteDeployment project into the MSI.

Then, while you select "Build Solution" again you'll build your web
deployment project,
pipe it into the setup project, and you'll be left with a .MSI setup
program for your web application
that will walk you through creating an IIS vroot and deploy your
production app on a web server when run.

There's specific instructions for doing that, with images, at :
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/11/06/429723.aspx