build exe file from visual basic 2008 project

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Hi everybody

I have a vb 2008 code project i need to build the exe file

how could I do this please note that our clients do not have visual basic 2008 software..so how can I build the exe file of vb 2008 project and run it in other machines where visual basc 2008 is not installed

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Posted 26-Jun-11 19:54pm

nourbt

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S Houghtelin · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-27T02:32:00

Solution 3

To follow up on d@nish's solution here is the MSDN link to deploying your project. the article explains the steps to creating an installer package for your project.

Windows Installer Deployment Tasks VS 2008:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ybshs20f(v=VS.90).aspx[^]

Posted 27-Jun-11 2:32am

S Houghtelin

*dan!sh* · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-26T20:16:00

Solution 2

You do not need to have VS installed on the client computers. Client machines should have .Net Framework installed on them.

When you build the project in release mode, you can find the exe files in bin/release folder.

You should create a set up project in VS2008 and mark .Net framework as a pre requisite. This should install the framework on client computer is needed. Check out MSDN on how to create set projects.

Posted 26-Jun-11 20:16pm

dan!sh

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nourbt 27-Jun-11 3:16am

I Build my project the I checked the URL
but in the bin->Release what I found is PDB FILE

what should I do?

Dave Kreskowiak 27-Jun-11 15:35pm

Did you check in the bin->Debug folder for the .EXE?? If your project compiles wihtout errors, you should find the .EXE in the folder that corresponds to the Configuration you built. You may think you're building the Release version when you're really building the Debug version. It won't compile both at the same time for you.

Abhinav S · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-26T19:56:00

Solution 1

The client should not be installing VS2008 - all they should need is the runtime framework.
You need to build the exe on your machine and then deploy (copy) it on the client PC.

Posted 26-Jun-11 19:56pm

Abhinav S

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nourbt 27-Jun-11 1:58am

ok how should I build the runnable exe on my machine

Abhinav S 27-Jun-11 12:50pm

In Visual Studio, open the project, build and then check in the bin folder. There should be an exe available.