Chapter 23. Distributing Your Applications
Now that you've become a top-notch Visual Basic programmer in less than 24 hours, you're ready to learn how to distribute your applications to other users. If you've installed professional software, you've seen first-rate installation front ends that let the user install software as painlessly as possible. It's your turn to create such a front end with Visual Basic's help.
The highlights of this hour include
Why you should compile your final application
How to start the install creation routine
When to create dependency files
Where Setup installs the application
How to uninstall the application
Compiling Your Application
To compile an application means that Visual Basic translates the application and all its ...
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