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How to generate/create a exe file of a Vb.net project

How to generate/create a exe file of a Vb.net project

jremio	29 Jan, 2009 - 02:18 AM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 19 Oct, 2008 Posts: 15 My Contributions	Do anyone know how to create a .exe file from my vb.net project? I do not want the one in the /bin folder. This is because i want it to be able to run my application from a single EXE file. Your help will be appreciated, thank you
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highboy	RE: How To Generate/create A Exe File Of A Vb.net Project 29 Jan, 2009 - 02:30 AM Post #2
New D.I.C Head Joined: 28 Jan, 2009 Posts: 4	QUOTE(jremio @ 29 Jan, 2009 - 02:18 AM) Do anyone know how to create a .exe file from my vb.net project? I do not want the one in the /bin folder. This is because i want it to be able to run my application from a single EXE file. Your help will be appreciated, thank you i dont really understand you for thats all you are ever going to get is that exe file in the bin folder.i mean you can create an installer that places it in say program files and makes a nice short cut to the users desktop and all but when it all boils down the app is still running from that exe file in the bin folder.
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shill	RE: How To Generate/create A Exe File Of A Vb.net Project 29 Jan, 2009 - 11:32 AM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 19 Sep, 2008 Posts: 36 Thanked: 2 times My Contributions	QUOTE(jremio @ 29 Jan, 2009 - 04:18 AM) Do anyone know how to create a .exe file from my vb.net project? I do not want the one in the /bin folder. This is because i want it to be able to run my application from a single EXE file. Your help will be appreciated, thank you To add a setup file to a project: File --> Add --> New Project --> Other Project Types --> Setup & Deployment --> Setup Wizard To have it overwrite the old program (instead of having to uninstall/reinstall each time) In the Properties of the setup file change the version from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1, it will prompt you to change the product code. Make a new build and it will overwrite the old!
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Core	RE: How To Generate/create A Exe File Of A Vb.net Project 29 Jan, 2009 - 01:59 PM Post #4
The .NET Dude Joined: 8 Dec, 2008 Posts: 3,033 Thanked: 217 times Dream Kudos: 900 Expert In: C#, VB.NET, WPF, .NET Framework My Contributions	QUOTE(jremio @ 29 Jan, 2009 - 02:18 AM) Do anyone know how to create a .exe file from my vb.net project? I do not want the one in the /bin folder. This is because i want it to be able to run my application from a single EXE file. Your help will be appreciated, thank you The executable that you is found in the project bin folder (either Release or Debug versions) is your only choice if you need the EXE file. Your application will run from that single executable everywhere, where a compatible version of .NET Framework is installed (if you are not using any additional third-party references).
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jremio	RE: How To Generate/create A Exe File Of A Vb.net Project 1 Feb, 2009 - 04:36 PM Post #5
New D.I.C Head Joined: 19 Oct, 2008 Posts: 15 My Contributions	Thanks for the reply, but i do not want the exe in the bin folder, i wan a exe that acts like a disc, where u can simply use the application by runnning the exe even in the other computers. I do not expect the client to install Vb.net in order to view this application. Any idea?
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Bort	RE: How To Generate/create A Exe File Of A Vb.net Project 3 Feb, 2009 - 02:36 AM Post #6
VBort.NET Joined: 18 Sep, 2006 Posts: 1,391 Thanked: 27 times Dream Kudos: 350 My Contributions	As Shill said above: QUOTE To add a setup file to a project: File --> Add --> New Project --> Other Project Types --> Setup & Deployment --> Setup Wizard To have it overwrite the old program (instead of having to uninstall/reinstall each time) In the Properties of the setup file change the version from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1, it will prompt you to change the product code. Make a new build and it will overwrite the old! This is how you create an exe for your application. It will be in the bin\release folder. Copy all of the files in this folder onto the target computer, then run the exe. It will install, and give you a start menu item and a desktop icon. Once this is done, the owner of the other computer will not need vb.net installed. This post has been edited by Bort: 3 Feb, 2009 - 02:37 AM
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pr4y	RE: How To Generate/create A Exe File Of A Vb.net Project 3 Feb, 2009 - 04:43 AM Post #7
Location: 127.0.0.1 Joined: 19 Sep, 2008 Posts: 615 Thanked: 29 times Dream Kudos: 175 My Contributions	You can't simply take a .NET application and expect to have it work without the .NET framework. Any application developed in .NET, must stay with the .NET framework. Your only option for a single executable file would be an EXE binder in which is bound to the .NET installation and your Project's installation files. You can't avoid the framework... its like trying to run a web server without apache, you just can't do it.
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