We have a .Net application that sometimes has to be:
1. Patched (with very minor changes in source code)2. Updated (with small, but notifyable changes in the modules)3. Upgraded (major changes to the application)
At the end, the updated assemblies are to be replaced on the target machine. For this, currently we uninstall the existing version of application on the machine and then run the newly created installer. This process is very tedious and time consuming.
Also, being change of just fistful assemblies, its not worthwhile to waste time in uninstall and reinstall the entire application.
Does anyone have a smart way to simply REPLACE the existing the older assemblies with the newer one USING Visual Studio INSTALLER?