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Custom Installer for VB.NET 2005

I'm trying to create a custom installer for an application. I need my
regular setup project to run, but then would like it to call a custom
installer. The reason is that the setup project copies all of the files
necessary for the application, but I need the custom installer to gather
information such as the name of a SQL server, index server and a few other
things. Are there any good books that will delve into the Visual Studio 2005
custom installer class for Visual Basic enough for me to get this?

Thanks!!!

Richard Wolford
Mar 2 '06 #1
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