You can create a Visual Studio Installer setup project manually follow the steps below. To register your add-in after installation and unregister it before uninstallation:Ĭreating a Visual Studio Installer setup project for an Office add-in manually

They will be performed on the end-user's machine The wizard creates the following entries in the Application Folder of your setup project (see menu View | Editor | File System):Īlso, the following custom actions are created for your setup project. The wizard creates and adds the following setup project to your Office add-in solution: Specify the file name, localization and output directory for your setup project. Multiple-Language Setup Projects and Dual-Purpose Setup Projects.

The setup project wizard provides an extra step when creating a WiX based setup project see You may also want to check Creating a WiX setup project. The below describes creating a standard setup project in Visual Studio. Let's run the setup project wizard for the sample project described in Writing Microsoft OutlookĬOM add-in. Another way to run the wizard is shown in the screenshot. To help you create an installer for your Office plug-in, Add-in Express provides the setup project wizardĪccessible via menu Project | Create Setup Project in Visual Studio. Creating a setup project using Setup Project Wizard To deploy an add-in using such an installation software product, you need to 'translate' instructions we publish inĬreating a Visual Studio Installer setup project manually to the 'language' of the product.Ī 'translated' instruction is available for Advanced Installer see Īdd-in Express doesn’t directly support installation software products that don't integrate with the Visual Studio IDE. Make sure that the WiX extension is listed in the About dialog window (see menu Help | About in the IDE).įor VS 2022, check WiX availability at. Install WiX Toolset 3.11 and the WiX extension for your Visual Studio.

WiX (Windows Installer XML) Toolset in VS 2012 – 2022.

Visual Studio Installer in VS 2013 - 2022.

Installation Software Products Supported by Add-in Express

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