Create EXE

Emerogork

The nice quick response to my previous question was well appreciated. Here is another one.

I am trying to figure out how to create an EXE file from VB2008 program. The docs and help screen seem to totally ignore the concept (-:

Once a file is created and debugged, I know that I then use the Build. I don't see an option to finally create the exe and don't understand the screen that asks how the end user would receive the file (by web site, by CD, etc. I just want an exe file on the hard drive...

Maybe I am just not seeing the option to do it.

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Sam Hobbs17y ago
Accepted answer
If the build succeeds, then you have an exe. So try this. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on your project and select "Open Folder in Windows Explorer" at the bottom of the menu. Then open the bin folder and then the Debug folder under that. The exe is there.

That creates the exe on your system. Note that a debug build is not for use in any system that is not licensed for (does not have) Visual Studio. So you must do a release build if you want to install the exe in other systems. Installation in other systems is called Deploying. You can create a deployment project to install an exe and related files from application projects. You can try copying your release-build exe to other systems; it might work if the other system has .net installed.
Emerogork17y ago
Deployment,.... It was so easy in VB6.
Any ideas why the change...?

I will look into this... Deployment thing....
Emerogork17y ago
This option does not appear in my build Menu.
Did I miss something or maybe my version of VB2008 may not have it.
Sam Hobbs17y ago
See Deploying .NET Framework Applications and Deploying Applications and Components for everything you want to know about deploying, plus much more. In particualr see Choosing a Deployment Strategy.
Kirtan Patel17y ago
Friend , Use One Click Deployment if you want the Exe as Setup file :)