Q&A
| Q1: | You had me add a Registry entry using the Registry Editor, but the setup never used it. Why? |
A1: | Although you can customize the setup to use the Registry, the main goal of the Registry Editor is to create entries for your applications at installation, not at the time your application is running. |
| Q2: | You mentioned that we're going to learn about the .NET Framework redistribution, but you didn't cover it. What gives? |
A2: | As part of your exercises at the end of the day, you're going to download a Knowledge Base article that walks you through the deployment of the .NET runtime. |
| Q3: | What else is there to learn? This stuff is awesome, but the tool looks so cool, there must be more! |
A3: | You are correct! When you get to Day 6, you're going to build on what you learned today and take some extra steps to really make your installations great. Remember, the concept for deployment between Windows Forms applications and ASP.NET applications is identicalyou use the same tool and have the same features. So, in two days, you just build on what you learned today. |
| Q4: | My company uses InstallShield to create installation packages. We're moving to .NET, but still have a lot of legacy stuff we need to install. What should we do? Should we use InstallShield or use the Visual Studio .NET installation tools? |
A4: | Good question. InstallShield enables you to create merge modules, as does .NET. What you can do is create the merge modules for the legacy applications, and simply add those to a Visual Studio .NET installation project. |
• Table of Contents
• Index
Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio® .NET 2003 in 21 Days
By
Jason Beres
Publisher
: Sams Publishing
Pub Date
: January 14, 2003
ISBN
: 0-672-32421-0
Pages
: 696
Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET in 21 Days will help developers that are new to application development and experienced developers understand how to use the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET to rapidly develop any type of computer application. The Visual Studio .NET development environment is the most comprehensive developer tool ever created, putting that together with the .NET Frameworks' Class Libraries, the developer has everything he or she needs to get up-to-speed on Microsoft's latest revolution in application development. This book will guide the developer through using the VS .NET IDE, the Visual Basic .NET and C# language, and the supporting tools available from Microsoft to create Windows and Web-based applications. The market is full of books that pretty much say the same thing, which is already available in the help files, the author of this book has written and deployed over a dozen successful applications using Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework. All of his expertise and experience is used to give you the most comprehensive title on using Visual Studio .NET.