Hello,
I have tried to do a publish of my application to test it on XP.
Here are the problems I have encontered
- The exe produced (setup.exe, not the exe of my application) by the publish doesn't work on Windows XP (invalid exe). It is working perfectly on, Vista ,7,8. So as XP is supported till 2014, the Publish is useless (or we must say the Customer that we do not support XP)
- The old setup type of project of VS 2010 (in the category Other project type / Setup and Deployment) doesn't work anymore (the existing project is not known by VS2012). I used the Visual Studio installer to make an exe that launches every setup I need. Is it necessary to use the Active InstallShield Limited Edition? Or is there a way to use the old setup.
- The requirements have changed : To use the Reportviewer 2012 I need to target the Framework 4 (the Compact Framework 4 isn't accepted as a requirement anymore).
- You must install the TypesCLR of the System Microsoft for SQL Server 2012 as a new requirement. The problem is that there are two versions (x86 and x64) and if you select the x86 and the x64 in a publish and the program is installed on a computer with a x32 version (Win7x32 for example), there is an error and the bootstraper can not continue. (so you have to chose only the x86 version as it works on x64 too).
Thank you
Marc