deploying to other environments

[kinook]

Originally posted by kina
OK, so I managed to create (almost) all steps in VBProfessional.
How do I go from here?
How do I pack all this and then deploy to the next environment?
When I say Build, is some file created that I can just run on my QA environment?
Do I have to have VBP installed on it?

The depends on what deployment entails in your scenario. Some tasks can often be performed remotely from the build box (i.e., copying files, stopping/starting services, administering COM+ components, etc.). If some tasks must be performed locally on the deployment systems, you could either launch remote batch files, or you could install VBP there and build a VBP deployment project, depending on the complexity of the tasks involved.

Also, I have a question in regards to Make VS.NET step.
When I click Test (or Build) on this step it actally opens MDE.

What is MDE? VBP launches another application instead of performing a build of the solution? Can you ZIP and post or send:
1) The info from Help | About | Install Info
2) The .bld file used to build
3) A build log file
4) The .sln file and project files being built (no source code files)

We do not have VvStudio installed on QA so if it needs VBP needs it to run this step, this is not going to work.

You typically would only need to build on the build box and not deployment/QA machines. If you're using VS.NET 2002/2003, VS does need to be installed wherever you will build solutions. For VS2005, the .NET Framework v2.0 is all that's needed in most cases to build VS solutions/projects.