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How do I import a Visual Studio Web Setup project? Error -9088

Summary

Discussion about similar functionality in the Visual Studio Web Setup project using InstallShield

Synopsis

There is no native support to import or open a Visual Studio project that is of type Visual Studio Web setup project. The error -9088 occurs if you attempt to import or convert a Visual Studio Web setup project within InstallShield.

Discussion

To address the requirement, avoid the -9088 error and find similar functionality to a Web setup project consider using the Internet Information Services View to manage an IIS Web site on a target system. The Internet Information Services View enables you to create and manage new IIS Web sites, applications, virtual directories, application pools, and Web service extensions.

The Internet Information Services view is available in Basic MSI, InstallScript and InstallScript MSI projects

Additional Information

See these articles for more information:

Visual Studio Project Import Errors and Warnings

Internet Information Services View
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How do I import a Visual Studio Web Setup project? Error -9088