Q&A
| Q1: | Is there anything I can't do during a setup using a custom action? |
A1: | Not really. Because installation applications take administrative privileges, you have the run of the machine and can do whatever you need to configure the application. |
| Q2: | Custom actions are going to change my life. Can I have more than one custom action? |
A2: | Yes, as a matter of fact, you can have multiple custom actions. You can also have custom actions that occur at different stages of installation or uninstallation. In the Custom Actions Editor, there are four stages of a deployment project's lifetime: install, commit, rollback, and uninstall. Each of these stages can have multiple custom actions. A good example of an uninstall custom action is removing a database that was created during the install. Using the custom dialogs, you can prompt the user for options during install or uninstall, and then base your custom actions on the user's response. |
• 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.