MYSQL installation with a .NET winforms app

Question

I have a C# application that\'s utilizes MYSQL. I\'m at a beta release point and need an installation package that includes my application, along with MYSQL. So basically, I

Answer 1

Have a look at using Visual Studio's package and deployment tool. It should automatically bring in the MySQL dependencies if you connect natively (MySQL .NET components) rather than an ODBC connection. In any case it allows you to add other software to an installation program that can be automatically unpacked if you need it. I have used it to deploy C# apps using the MySQL libraries that you download from MySQL website and for CoreLab's MySQL 3rd party libraries.