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How to Create Installer for Windows Service Project
Posted by: admin in .NET, Deployment on May 6th, 2009
To create a setup project for your service
- In Solution Explorer, right-click to select your solution, point to Add, and then click New Project.
- In the Project Types pane, select the Setup and Deployment Projects folder.
- In the Templates pane, select Setup Project. Name the project MyServiceSetup. Click OK.
A setup project is added to the solution.
Next you will add the output from the Windows service project, MyNewService.exe, to the setup.
To add MyNewService.exe to the setup project
- In Solution Explorer, right-click MyServiceSetup, point to Add, then choose Project Output.
The Add Project Output Group dialog box appears.
- MyNewService is selected in the Project box.
- From the list box, select Primary Output, and click OK.
A project item for the primary output of MyNewService is added to the setup project.
Now add a custom action to install the MyNewService.exe file.
To add a custom action to the setup project
- In Solution Explorer, right-click the setup project, point to View, and then click Custom Actions.
The Custom Actions editor appears.
- In the Custom Actions editor, right-click the Custom Actions node and choose Add Custom Action.
The Select Item in Project dialog box appears.
- Double-click the Application Folder in the list box to open it, select Primary Output from MyNewService (Active), and click OK.
The primary output is added to all four nodes of the custom actions — Install, Commit, Rollback, and Uninstall.
- In Solution Explorer, right-click the MyServiceSetup project and click Build.