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I have a setup project that I need to install a redistributable that is not available in the default prerequisite list. Is it possible to add this redistributable to the bootstrapper that the setup project creates?
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MSDN as a good article on creating the prerequisite. Basically you just have to create a product manifest and a package manifest, copy them along with your distributable file to : \Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6. 0A\Bootstrapper\Packages. Visual studio will automatically pick it up.
Select the Publish pane. Click the Prerequisites button to open the Prerequisites dialog box. In the Prerequisites dialog box, make sure that the Create setup program to install prerequisite components check box is selected. In the Prerequisites list, check the components that you wish to install, and then click OK.
Go to Extensions > Manage Extensions > Online > Search, find, download and install Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects extension. 2). Add a new Setup Project in your solution > right-click Application Folder > Add > Project Output… > choose the corresponding Project > select Primary output > OK.
I figured out how to add Custom Prerequisites to the Visual Studio prerequisites dialog box.
MSDN as a good article on creating the prerequisite. Basically you just have to create a product manifest and a package manifest, copy them along with your distributable file to : \Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages. Visual studio will automatically pick it up.
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Take a look at Bootstrapper Manifest Generator tool (BMG) at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bmg
It is used for creating Bootstrapper packages and automatically adding them to Visual Studio's Prerequisites dialog box.
Edit: BMG can be downloaded from https://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/Other-Programming-Files/Bootstrapper-Manifest-Generator.shtml now since the tool is deprecated apparently and is no longer located on Microsoft servers.
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