Is there a "Setup" project available in Express editions?

Is there a "Setup" project available in Express editions?

• Jack H

  There are not Setup projects in the Express SKUs. That said, all Express SKUs allow you to deploy your application using ClickOnce (see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/ClickOnce/default.aspx)
  
  Can you describe the issue you're having with publishing
  
  Thanks,
  -Patrick Darragh
  VB PM

  
  

• PSinclair

  Sorry for answering a bit late, but it looks like I forgot to tick the "Alert me" box so I wasn't notified of your reply.
  First of all thanks for the information on the (non)availability of Setup project for the Express editions.
  Secondly, I must say that I (unfortunately) had to revert to VS2003 a few days ago, due to the above problem and to possible licensing issues while deploying my applications. So, I'll tell you about the publishing problem out of my memory: I went to Project Properties->Publish tab, where I specified the path (locally) for publishing the project, checked a few other checkboxes (sorry I can't remember the details), then I went through the Publish Wizard which returned two errors saying something like:
  -Publishing failed because one of the project failed to build...really strange this one, the main application used to build quite nice
  -the second message stated an error in some (xml, IIRC) file where the number of source files was different than the destination files one.
  Previously, it used to ask me something like "A file with the name TemporaryKey.pfx already exists. Do you want to replace it ", where I answered both ways, but with the same result.
  
  I must admit that I didn't read through the ClickOnce reference before so I guess it was something I was doing wrong. Still, I have gone several times through the process, trying to use my common-sense regarding setting the options but it failed each time. It was really annoying.
  
  Anyway, the VSTS Beta2 I ordered is on its way so I hope I'll find my way around untill then. If you have any ideas on what happened, please let me know. BTW, is the VSTS Setup projects-enabled
  
  Thanks again, A. L.
  
  

• Peter Tübben

  Hi A.L.
  
  Part of your publishing error sounds like a known issue with Beta2, whereby the project needs to be save before you publish each time. This should not be an issue if you always publish via the publish wizard accessed by right-clicking your project in the sol'n browser and selecting 'Publish'. Closing and re-opening VS can also clear some of these intermittent Beta2 publishing errors.
  
  The other errors described are hard to trouble shoot without more details, but it sounds like you may have disabled auto-incrementing the publish version. When VS detects that it's publishing a version of the application to a location where that version of the app already exists, it will prompt you to overwrite.
  
  Cheers,
  -Patrick
  

• K42

  Hi A.L.
  
  Forgot to answer your other question:
  
  Setup projects are available in in the VSTS SKU.
  
  -Patrick
  
• Is there a "Setup" project available in Express editions?