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Customising setup projects

hcurrie

8/11/2008 9:39:00 AM

VS2008
As part of the process of building my application setup program, I would
like to make some modifications to certain files. I can easily write the
code to do make the necessary changes given a list of filenames, but I'm
unsure of the best way to integrate this into my setup project solution. I
have had a quick look through the help files, and there seem to be several
options (addins, macros, post-build events, etc...) but I'm not sure the
best place to start. Any suggestions appreciated.
TIA
Phil.


2 Answers

Phil Wilson

8/16/2008 6:03:00 PM

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My experience is that C++ projects have the best variety of post-install
event capabilities, so I usually add an empty C++ project and have its pre
(or post) build do the work.

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Phil Wilson

"Phil" <N/A> wrote in message
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> VS2008
> As part of the process of building my application setup program, I would
> like to make some modifications to certain files. I can easily write the
> code to do make the necessary changes given a list of filenames, but I'm
> unsure of the best way to integrate this into my setup project solution. I
> have had a quick look through the help files, and there seem to be several
> options (addins, macros, post-build events, etc...) but I'm not sure the
> best place to start. Any suggestions appreciated.
> TIA
> Phil.
>


hcurrie

8/18/2008 10:14:00 AM

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"Phil Wilson" <pdjwilson@nospam.cox.net> wrote in message
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> My experience is that C++ projects have the best variety of post-install
> event capabilities, so I usually add an empty C++ project and have its pre
> (or post) build do the work.
>
Thanks,

I am primarily coding in VB, so I have done it using an empty vb class
library project. I'll take a look at the C++ project and see if that will
give me any additional functionality.

Cheers,
Phil.