Sams Teach Yourself .Net in 21 Days

By Jason Beres

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You
  • Introduction
  • Week 1: At a Glance
  • Day 1. Introduction to the Microsoft .NET Framework
  • Day 2. Introduction to Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 3. Writing Windows Forms Applications
  • Day 4. Deploying Windows Forms Applications
    • Introduction to Application Deployment
    • Introduction to the Microsoft Windows Installer Service
    • Understanding the Deployment Projects Templates
    • Creating a Windows Installer Package
    • Adding Merge Modules to Your Setup
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Exercises
  • Day 5. Writing ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 6. Deploying ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 7. Exceptions, Debugging, and Tracing
  • Week 1. In Review
  • Week 2: At a Glance
  • Day 8. Core Language Concepts in Visual Basic .NET and C#
  • Day 9. Using Namespaces in .NET
  • Day 10. Accessing Data with ADO.NET
  • Day 11. Understanding Visual Database Tools
  • Day 12. Accessing XML in .NET
  • Day 13. XML Web Services in .NET
  • Day 14. Components and .NET
  • Week 2. In Review
  • Week 3: At a Glance
  • Day 15. Writing International Applications
  • Day 16. Using Macros in Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 17. Automating Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 18. Using Crystal Reports
  • Day 19. Understanding Microsoft Application Center Test
  • Day 20. Using Visual SourceSafe
  • Day 21. Object Role Modeling with Visio
  • Week 3. In Review

Understanding the Deployment Projects Templates

Visual Studio .NET provides templates for creating deployment projects. In the New Project dialog, there is a Deployment Projects node that contains the available templates for creating deployment projects. Figure 4.1 displays the Deployment Projects node of the New Project dialog.

Figure 4.1 The Deployment Projects node in Visual Studio .NET.

The following is a list of deployment project types:

• Setup Project— Creates an empty setup project that you can customize.
• Web Setup Project— Creates a setup project with options set for deploying Web applications. You learn about this project type on Day 6, "Deploying ASP.NET Applications."
• Merge Module Project— Creates a merge module, which normally contains applications assemblies. Merge modules are a major feature in Windows Installer, and you'll learn how to implement a merge module later today.
• Setup Wizard— A basic wizard that enables you to choose deployment options for a project.
• Cab Project— Creates Internet-deployable cabinet (CAB) files. You learn how to create and implement CAB files in Day 6.

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