Testing Your Setup Package

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After you have completed the packaging process and produced distribution media for your application, you must test your setup package.

Be sure to test your setup package on a computer that does not have the application files or any of the Microsoft® ActiveX® controls required by your application. You should also test your setup package on all applicable operating systems.

To test your floppy disk-based or CD-based setup package

  1. Save your setup package created using the Packaging Wizard to a disk or CD.
  2. Insert the first disk or the CD in the appropriate drive.
  3. Double-click Setup.exe from the disk drive.
  4. When the installation finishes, run the installed program to be sure it behaves as expected.

To test your network drive-based setup program

  1. From another computer on the same network as the distribution server, connect to the server and directory containing your distribution files.
  2. In the distribution directory, double-click the Setup.exe file.
  3. When the installation finishes, run the installed program to be sure it behaves as expected.

See Also

The Packaging Process | Creating a Setup Package Using the Packaging Wizard | Deploying Your Application | Packaging Wizard | Localizing Your Application