On the File menu, click New Project.

In the New Project dialog box, select Visual Basic Projects in the Project Types pane, then choose Class Library in the Templates pane. In the Name box, type OpenWeb.

The project is added to Solution Explorer.

On the Project menu, choose Add Class, and then in the Add New Item dialog box, select Installer Class. Accept the default name of Installer1.vb. Click Add.

Switch to code view by clicking on click here to switch to code view on the design surface (or by right-clicking the design surface and clicking View Code).

In the Code Editor, add the following code (which opens a Web browser) to Installer1.vb below the constructor:

<Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission(Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.Demand)> _
Public Overrides Sub Commit(ByVal savedState As _
  System.Collections.IDictionary)

  MyBase.Commit(savedState)
  System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://www.microsoft.com")
End Sub

Note
If you type Public Overrides, then type space, Intellisense will provide a list of methods and properties; you can select Commit from the list and get the complete declaration.

In Solution Explorer, right-click on Class1.vb and select Delete (because it is unnecessary).

On the File menu, point to Add, and then click New Project.

In the Add New Project dialog box's Project Type pane, open the Other Project Types node, select Setup and Deployment Projects. In the Templates pane, choose Setup Project. In the Name box, type Custom Action Installer.

The project is added to Solution Explorer and the File System Editor is displayed.

In the File System Editor, select Application Folder in the left pane. On the Action menu, point to Add, and then choose Project Output.

In the Add Project Output Group dialog box, OpenWeb3 will be displayed in the Project list. Select Primary Output.

Primary Output from OpenWeb (Active) appears in the Application Folder.

Select the Custom Action Installer project in Solution Explorer. On the View menu, point to Editor, and then choose Custom Actions.

The Custom Actions Editor is displayed.

In the Custom Actions Editor, select the Commit node. On the Action menu, choose Add Custom Action.

In the Select Item in Project dialog box, double-click the Application Folder. Then select Primary output from OpenWeb.

Primary output from OpenWeb appears under the Commit node in the Custom Actions Editor.

In the Properties window, make sure that the InstallerClass property is set to True (this is the default).

In the Custom Actions Editor, select the Install node and add Primary output from OpenWeb to this node as you did for the Commit node.

On the Build menu, choose Build Custom Action Installer.

In Windows Explorer, navigate to your project directory and find the built installer. The default path will be \Documents and Settings\yourloginname\My Documents\Visual Studio\Projects\Custom Action Installer\Custom Action Installer\project configuration\Custom Action Installer.msi. The default project configuration is Debug.

Copy Custom Action Installer.msi, Setup.exe, and all other files and subdirectories in the directory to another computer.

Note
To install on a computer that is not on a network, copy the files to traditional media such as CD-ROM.

On the target computer, double-click Setup.exe to run the installer.

At the end of installation, Internet Explorer should be launched and should open the Microsoft.com Web site.

Note
You must have install permissions on the computer in order to run the installer.

Note
If the .NET Framework is not already installed on the target computer, this deployment will install it, and it might require several minutes.

In Windows Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs.

In the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, select Custom Action Installer and click Remove.

Tip
To uninstall from your development computer, with the Custom Action Installer project open and selected in Solution Explorer, from the Project menu, click Uninstall.