VB2005 Express Setup Question

Hi All,

Forgive me if this has been asked already. I do not see it in the archives anywhere.

I am trying to create a setup program for my application. My application needs to be distributed with a help file and a couple of *.dat files (which my program needs for the job it does.). I do not see a way to add these extra files (example: myprogram.chm, data1.dat, data2.dat, etc). Anyone have any ideas I have looked everywhere in the IDE and the "Publish" areas that I can think to look.

Thanks in advance,

-Ron

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VB2005 Express Setup Question

Malmer
Hi Ron,

You just need to add the files to your project and mark them as content:
1. Choose Project, Add Existing Item and browse to the file(s) you want to add.
2. Select each file in Solution Explorer and in the Properties window change the Build Action property to Content.
When you publish all files marked as Content are published along with the application. To see which files are being published, go to the Project Designer, select the Publish tab and click the Application Files button.

Hope this helps,

Steve Hoag

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VB2005 Express Setup Question

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