Project Deployment

I have developed a C# windows form application.

How should i create an .exe开发者_如何学Go file in Visual Studio 2008 so that it can be installed in other machines?

A Simple "Setup and Deployment" project would work for most cases. WiX if you want to learn a powerful installer, or any of the other OSS installers out there. You could even zip up your release dir if that is all you needed and didn't want the app in the start menu or any such thing. Your question is somewhat vague.

I suggest you take a look at ClickOnce deployment. There's a video here: http://windowsclient.net/learn/video.aspx?v=14105

If you just want the .exe file, it is located in the bin\debug or bin\release folder of your project's directory depending on the current configuration setting.

My advice would be to use ClickOnce technology to deploy your application. There are details in this previous question. But here is an excerpt:

Directly from the words of MS, ClickOnce overcomes three issues in deployment:

• Difficulties in updating applications. With Microsoft Windows Installer deployment, whenever an application is updated, the user must reinstall the entire application; with ClickOnce deployment, you can provide updates automatically. Only those portions of the application that have changed are downloaded, then the full, updated application is reinstalled from a new side-by-side folder.
• Impact to the user's computer. With Windows Installer deployment, applications often rely on shared components, with the potential for versioning conflicts; with ClickOnce deployment, each application is self-contained and cannot interfere with other applications.
• Security permissions. Windows Installer deployment requires administrative permissions and allows only limited user installation; ClickOnce deployment allows non-administrative users to install and grants only those Code Access Security permissions necessary for the application.