Packaging Application in .Net

							1. Select File->New->Project.
2. In the project panes, select Setup and deployment
projects. In the templates pane, select setup project.
3. Change the name to "<samplesetup>", as my demo is
creating a setup for a sample project. Click ok.
4.Select File->Add project->Existing Project. And add
your project, in my case it is "sample".
5. Select the "File System on Target Machine" in the
File system editor.
6. Select Action->Add Special Folder->Program Files
folder.
7. Select the program files folder node. Select Action-
>Add->folder. Type the name of the folder as
"<samplesetup>".
8. To add the output, select Action->add->project
output. Select "sample" from the drop down-list. Select
primary output from the output list.
9. Click the ok button.
10. To create a shortcut on the desktop, in the details
pane select primary output from sample. select action-
>create shortcut to primary output. Change the shortcut
name. Drag the shortcut to the user's Desktop node in
the left pane.
11. To add a Dialog box--open your word pad, type
your license agreement and save it as License.rtf i.e in
Rich Text Format (RTF).
12. In the visual Studio .net, select View->Editor->User
interface. In the install section, select start. select
action->add dialog. In the add dialog box select License
Agreement. And move it up, just after welcome dialog
box. Select the license agreement node and press F4 for
properties. Select the License File property, click the
drop down arrow and click browse.
13. Build the Set up Project created.
Note: To add an icon to the desktop shortcut, right
click on the shortcut of Primary output
Propertiesadd icon(only .ico) file in the folder
where you have the Primary output.