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I am trying to create a single .exe file installer. I managed to get all the dependencies in to a .exe file (by setting extract from Setup.exe property). How do i get the .msi also inside the setup.exe file?
This is what it looks like now
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InstallShield Limited Edition for Visual Studio provides a small subset of the world-class functionality found in our other InstallShield editions. Many of the features our InstallShield customers love are locked and unavailable in your InstallShield Limited Edition.
InstallShield uses setup.exe as the bootstrap loader to call the Microsoft Windows Installer service. Setup.exe can accept command-line parameters that allow you to perform administrative installations, run silent installations, and complete other administrative tasks.
You simply add the msi and setup.exe and choose to run the setup.exe. This tool creates an SED file which you could run in a post build event so you do not have to do it manually after every build.
I had this trouble too. The way it does is very unintuitive, IMO.
Highlight the Set up project
On Visual Studio Standard toolbar, choose "Solution Configuration" dropdown. Probably it is selected as "Debug". Change it to "Single Image"
Right click on your setup project and Build.
It should create a single setup.exe.
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I don't have InstallShield LE installed on the machine in front of me but my memory is that it has different solution configurations defined. One of them is called SingleImage. Just build that release.
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