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[MS]Building a Bootstrapper via command line

Alright, so you want to use the Generic Bootstrapper to deploy your application but for one reason or another you aren't using ClickOnce or a SetupProject.  (You are developing a VC++ app with a custom installer, for example).  Well, unfortunately there is no designer support ouf of the box but you still can create a Bootstrapper for your application.  How?

The same way Visual Studio does, MSBuild of course!

There is no magic to creating a Bootstrapper, it is just an MSBuild target which ClickOnce and SetupProjects call for you. However, you don't have to leave all the Bootstrappin' fun to Visual Studio. Below is an example MSBuild file for creating a Generic Bootstrapper:

<Project xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<ItemGroup>
      <!-- Include the 'Product Code' for every package you want -->
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0">
      </BootstrapperFile>
</ItemGroup>

<Target Name="Bootstrapper">
<GenerateBootstrapper
ApplicationName="My Awesome Application"
ApplicationFile="MyApp.exe"
BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)"
Culture="en"
CopyComponents="True"
OutputPath="D:\CustomBootstrapper\" />
</Target>
</Project>

That's it!  Now save that XML to a file, "CLI Bootstrapper Test.xml" for example, and on the command type:

MSBuild "CLI Bootstrapper Test.xml"

MSBuild will parse your target file, do a little magic, and *POOF* your very own private Bootstrapper.

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  • Anonymous
    June 29, 2005
    Link Listing - June 29, 2005
  • Anonymous
    July 06, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    August 08, 2005
    How to create a Bootstrapper to launch an EXE file
  • Anonymous
    October 14, 2005
    How can I tell the Generatebootstrapper task where to look for packages, e.g. to add an own package?
  • Anonymous
    January 23, 2009
    is there a way to have the bootstrapper remember the app has been installed?  If i run the setup.exe and then run the .application file directly, it seems to not know it was already installed...