
It’s crucial you don’t save it into the Debug or Release sub-folders as the SED will get deleted without prompting when you re-build the Setup project if you do this.
Now save your SED file into the same folder as your Visual Studio Setup project (where your. bat file in iexpress but I get this error and then it says 'unable to open the reportfile c: /./. Choose ‘No restart’ (once again your MSI will prompt the user to do this if needed). the same folder where the MSI file is created by Visual Studio. You should set the target path for your EXE into the Release (or Debug) folder of your Visual Studio Setup project, ie. You will get a warning when you tick this – click Yes to ignore it. Enter a fileame for your target EXE, leave ‘Hide File Extracting Progress Animation from User’ unticked, but tick ‘Store files using Long File Name inside Package’ so that your filenames don’t get corrupted. Choose ‘No message’ on the ‘Finished message’ screen. Choose ‘Default (recommended)’ on the ‘Show window’ screen Since most RPT files are saved in text format, most of the files can be opened using a text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad or Apple TextEdit. #Iexpress unable to open the report file install
On the ‘Install Program to Launch’ screen, leave the Post Install Command blank and enter the following as the Install Program: msiexec /i NameOfYourSetupFile.msi.On the ‘Packaged files’ screen, click Add and choose only the MSI file created from your Visual Studio Setup project.Do not display a license (this is unnecessary as the MSI installer will display your license agreement already).No prompt (on Confirmation prompt screen).
Enter the friendly name of your application on the ‘Package title’ screen.Extract files and run an installation command.Create new Self Extraction Directive file.Choose the following options on the next screens: