Creating a New Project

To create a new project select File > New. The New Project Wizard will be displayed:

Step 1: In this step you must type the information about the application you will want setup to install and your company.

Step 2: Select the platforms your application will support.

Step 3: Select the appearance of the setup wizard, you can select the default wizard either with or without the background window. Also, in this step you will select the License Agreement of your application. The license agreement file can be a plain text file or a formatted text file (RTF).

The next steps depends on the platforms you have selected.

Windows for desktop PC

Step 1: Select the folder that contains the files of your application. If you have already organized a folder with all files you want to install, you can select the folder in this step. Mark the option Include files in subfolders to allow VisualSetup import all subfolders and files inside them.

Step 2: Select the technologies your application uses to execute.

Project type selection: In this step, you will be able to select the type of your project:

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Visual Studio .NET: Select the main executable file of your application, and mark Scan executable dependencies if you want VisualSetup to scan the dependencies of the executable file.
Now you can choose between importing your Visual Studio .NET project dependencies or just check the installed .NET Framework version during the installation.

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Visual Basic: Select the main executable file of your application, and mark Scan executable dependencies if you want VisualSetup to scan the dependencies of the executable file.
Now you need to select the your Visual Basic project file. VisualSetup will import all third-party controls your application needs. Also, you must select the Visual Basic version you used to compile your application, VisualSetup will import the run-time files automatically to your project.