Simple Installer Project Question

[Ed Crowley]

I have created an installer for my VB.NET app using Visual Studio. The
application installs fine, my question is this:

How can I make the newly installed application launch after installation?

Thanks.

[Simon Verona]

I've not tried this.. but..

In the installer project, if you right-click the main heading for the
project and select View > Custom Actions.

Then , right click the "Install" folder, select "Add Customer Action", then
search in the Application folder for your main executable. This should make
this run at the end of the installation.

HTH, Simon

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"Ed Crowley" <curs...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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[Ed Crowley]

I've tried that and unfortunately it halts the installer until the program
is closed!

Is there any way of launching the installed application "in the background"
while still allowing the installer to finish?

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[Simon Verona]

well you could try running a seperate executable that shells out your main
executeable.. I've not tried it but it might be worth a go...

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"Ed Crowley" <curs...@pacbell.net> wrote in message

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[Dave Templin [MS]]

This is a little tricky without explicit steps, so here they are...

1. Dump the following code into a new text file named "CARunExe.vbs".

cmd = Session.Property("CustomActionData")
Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
wsh.Run cmd, 1, True

2. Right click on your Setup project and select View / Custom Actions.
3. Right click on the Install node and select Add Custom Action.
4. In the "Select Item in Project" dialog, double click on the "Application
Folder" and then select "Add File" to add CARunExe.vbs.
5. Set the "CustomActionData" property to contain the command line for the
action; in this case "[TARGETDIR]WindowsApplication1.exe" (or whatever your
main program happens to be).

Hope that does it for you!

Dave Templin – Visual Basic Development
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[Ed Crowley]

I'll give it a go. Many thanks!

""Dave Templin [MS]"" <dt...@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> This is a little tricky without explicit steps, so here they are...
>
> 1. Dump the following code into a new text file named "CARunExe.vbs".
>
> cmd = Session.Property("CustomActionData")
> Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
> wsh.Run cmd, 1, True
>
> 2. Right click on your Setup project and select View / Custom Actions.
> 3. Right click on the Install node and select Add Custom Action.
> 4. In the "Select Item in Project" dialog, double click on the
"Application
> Folder" and then select "Add File" to add CARunExe.vbs.
> 5. Set the "CustomActionData" property to contain the command line for the
> action; in this case "[TARGETDIR]WindowsApplication1.exe" (or whatever
your
> main program happens to be).
>
> Hope that does it for you!
>
>

> Dave Templin - Visual Basic Development