The following are guidelines for choosing the right type of deployment project for your project.
Project Type
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Purpose
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Merge Module Project
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Packages components that might be shared by multiple applications.
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Setup Project
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Builds an installer for a Windows-based application.
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Web Setup Project
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Builds an installer for a Web application.
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Cab Project
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Creates a cabinet file for downloading to a legacy Web browser.
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Smart Device Cab Project
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Creates a Cab project to deploy device applications.
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Merge Module projects allow you to package files or components into a single module to facilitate sharing. The resulting .Msm files can be included in any other deployment project.
Cab projects allow you to create a .Cab file to package ActiveX components that can be downloaded from a Web server to a Web browser. The distinction between Setup and Web Setup projects is where the installer will be deployed:
For a Setup project, the installer will install files into a Program Files directory on a target computer.
For a Web Setup project, the installer will install files into a Virtual Root directory on a Web server.
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Once created, the type of a project cannot be changed between Web and standard. If you have created a standard deployment project and later decide to deploy it to a Web, you will need to create a new project.
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