Building the Project

Now, complete the next Try It Out to start the build of the installer project.

Try It Out – Build the Project

1. To create the Microsoft Installer Package, right-click the SimpleEditorSetup project and select Build. With a successful build you will find the files setup.exe and WroxSimpleEditor.msi as well as a readme.txt file in the Debug or Release directory (depending on your build settings).

Setup.exe will start the installation of the MSI database file WroxSimpleEditor.msi. All files that you have added to the installer project (with one exception) are merged and compressed into the MSI file because you have set the project properties to Package Files in Setup File. The exception to this is the readme.txt file, where the. PackageAs property was changed so that it can be read immediately before the application is installed. You can also find the installation package of the .NET Framework in the the DotNetFx subdirectory.