Wise Installation Studio/Express Getting Started Guide
Tutorial: Creating a Windows Installer Installation in Visual Studio Integrated Editor
QuickFacts, which compiles to QuickFacts.exe.
TextViewer, which compiles to TextViewer.dll.
QuickFacts is dependent on FactFinder, and FactFinder is dependent on TextViewer.
To start an installation project
1.
Start Microsoft Visual Studio.
2.
Select File menu > Open > Project/Solution. In Visual Studio .NET 2003, select File
menu > Open > Project.
3.
Navigate to the Program Files\Symantec\Wise\Tutorial\Integrated
Tutorial\QuickFacts directory.
4.
Select QuickFacts.sln and click Open.
In Visual Studio 2005 or 2008, the Visual Studio Conversion Wizard appears.
Step through the wizard and accept all defaults.
In Visual Studio .NET 2003, a message appears asking if you want to convert
this solution. Click Yes.
If a message appears about some properties not being read, click OK.
5.
Select Build menu > Build Solution to compile all projects.
6.
When the compile finishes, select File menu > New > Project.
The New Project dialog box appears.
7.
On the New Project dialog box:
a.
In Project Types, select Wise Setup and Deployment Projects.
b.
In Templates, select Setup Wizard.
c.
In Name, enter QuickFacts Installer.
d.
Before you set the Location, select the Add to Solution option.
In Visual Studio 2005 or 2008, this is available from the Solution drop-down
list. In earlier versions, this is a radio button option.
e.
In Location, specify the Program Files\Symantec\Wise\Tutorial\Integrated
Tutorial\QuickFacts directory.
f.
Click OK.
The Wise Setup Wizard appears with pages for Overview, Project Type, Projects, and
Main Project.
8.
Select the Overview page.
It contains a summary of the settings for the installation project. It indicates that
the primary outputs for each project (TextViewer.dll, FactFinder.dll, and
QuickFacts.exe) are added to the installation project.
9.
Select the Project Type page.
This page is used to specify the type of Windows Installer project to create. For this
tutorial, leave Windows Application marked.
10. Select the Projects page. The default settings should be correct.
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