R – sharepoint package setup

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i am new to sharepoint. i have a sharepoint application. i have to create a package setup (install shield kind of thing) that can deploy the sharepoint solution on the client machine. in my application we have .dll,.ascx,.xml etc files available. i think i have to deploy the dlls,ascx, xml files.

Can any body help me on this? how shloud i go forward and is there any tool available which i can use for this?

is it possible with VS2005? VS2005 provides a setup and deploy feature. can we use that for sharepoint? if yes can any body help me how to do it?

thanks in advance.

Best Answer

Try and have a look at http://www.codeplex.com/sharepointinstaller. It is a free tool offering a user friendly install/upgrade/uninstall of SharePoint solutions.