Adding SSMSE 2005 as a Prerequisite to a Visual Studio Setup Project

Hi,

I'm am deploying an application that uses SQL Express and wish to also deploy SSMSE along with it.

I have the .msi but I don't know how to get the setup project to deploy this as it does SQLExpress and .Net Framework 2.0. (and I am using VS 2005 SE)

There is an MS article on creating "Custom Prerequisites" (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165429(VS.80).aspx) which speaks to creating product and project manifests.

Has anyone does this for SSMSE? Or am I going about this in the wrong way?

Thanks in advance,

Keith

Hi Keith,

You're going about this the right way, if you want to use SSMSE as a pre-requisite you'll need to create a custom pre-requisite for this following the instructions on MSDN. (Microsoft has not created this package.) If you have questions about creating your own prerequisites for VS, I would suggest posting those questions to the ClickOnce forum at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=6&SiteID=1.

One thing to consider is that the licensing of SSMSE is such that it can only be deployed if you are also deploying SQL Express, independent deployment is not part of the license.

Mike

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Thanks Mike! I am deploying it with SQL Express as well.

Take care,

Keith