I've got a VS2008 deployment project that builds an installer for a couple of Windows services. Each service references several different projects: CustomerName.MailSendingService -> CustomerName.Network -> CustomerName.Data -> CustomerName.Security CustomerName.ProductIntegrationService -> CustomerName.Core -> CustomerName.Secu...
Starting with the error: Error 81 The OutputPath property is not set for this project. Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid Configuration/Platform combination. Configuration='Staging' Platform='AnyCPU' C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.Common.targets 490 9 crm_deploy We have...
Does anyone know of an application or system out there for tracking changes (files added/removed, diffs on text files) to a non-source controlled directory over time? Something that would let you Take a snapshot of a certain directory tree at time A Come back at time period B and see what has changed Come back at time period C and see...
Prefer responses via php or ROR if possible! Example: The slide widget at www.slide.com can be deployed anywhere on the web. But the slide developers have centralized edit capabilities to these widgets. A change to the widget core, will update across all installed widgets. Can this be done with an entire website engin...
I have a Visual Studio 2005 .NET solution that has 20+ sub projects including a deployment project. The VS2005 .NET deployment project has a number of detected dependences, that have been manually excluded and corrected values manually added in. Sometimes however, these detected dependencies get magically un-excluded, which triggers a ...
I am currently making changes to my company's enterprise library and I am looking into creating a deployment project that will allows developer to set up the library through the MSI installer or some type of set up executable. I was looking into using a Merge Module project to accomplish this task. A basic google search did not produce...
What are the necessary items need from creating a deployment project for a windows service? I need to uninstall the previous version of the service before I install the new version. ...
I have a deployment project deployment.vdproj to which I have added the project output of project.csproj. I want to build deployment.vdproj through the command line. But while doing so I need to specify a property (/p:) for project.csproj. How do I this? I have used devenv.com to build deployment.vdproj, but I cannot figure out how to p...
I've been desperately looking for the answer to this and I feel I'm missing something obvious. I need to copy a folder full of data files into the TARGETDIR of my deployment project at compile time. I can see how I would add individual files (ie. right click in File System and go to Add->File) but I have a folder full of data files whi...
Hi I have created a project using C# and SQL SERVER 2005. I want to deploy the project so that I can create .msi file. Can anyone help me with the steps I should follow to create the setup file? Also in which editor I should add then database and how can I add it? Please somebody help me out! ...
Hello, I want to create a Visual Studio 2008 deployment project that installed some scheduled tasks in the commit phase. I'm working in a domain environment and I would also like the scheduled tasks to run whether the user is or is not logged on. So for this, the Task Schedules needs the password for the domain user. Also, the installat...
Hello, I'm doing a Deployment Project in VS2008, and at the end of the installation flow I need to create a shared folder with Full Control permissions to Everyone on the local machine accessible from a company domain. I succeeded to create the shared folder, but Everyone has read access. Any help on how to do this would be appreciated....
It is possible to get the name of the current installation file (.msi) from the Installer class of custom action ? I need something like this: [RunInstaller(true)] public partial class ProjectInstaller : Installer { public ProjectInstaller() { InitializeComponent(); **var fileName = CurrentMSIFileName();** ...
I have a windows installer project which installs some software (winform, service, mce addin). During the installation I need to search the machine for a registry key. This is done with with the "Launch Condition" -> "Add Registry Search" (Deployment Project). I have filled out all the properties right, and checked against the regestry ...
I've got a visual studio deployment project and would like to add an option to view a readme file from the final screen. So basically there would be a link or checkbox that the user can select if they want to view the readme. Does anyone know of an easy way to do this? ...
I have a deployment project which will not let me install over an older version. The msi file says to uninstall the program first from Add/Remove programs. This is not a good user experience. How can I do it so that the installer will simply remove the software first and then install the new version? ...
I have a smart client app (WinForms/WPF) currently deployed using ClickOnce. A particular client has expressed the desire to silently deploy the app to it's intranet network users as part of its nightly/weekly client PC update service - presumably via MS Systems Management Server (SMS) and Group Policy or similar (I don't understand the...
The following link refers to making a major change to the application and changing the ProductCode. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3024753/installing-a-new-version-of-a-deployment-project-over-old-version Is it possible to easily (with Visual Studio) make a small change to an application and then without changing the ProductCode gui...
I have a built a .net application using visual studio. This application is coded in C# and uses SQLSERVER for database purposes(storage,retrieval and manipulation of data). Please tell me how to give this application to client? Do I have to install .net framework on client's computer..? Do I need to install complete sqlserver on client...
Hi, I have set up a Deployment Project for my application. The problem is that I want to show application version (eg. MyApplication 1.2.3.1) during installation so the user can see the version before installing. The only way I can think of is to modify the WelcomeText in Welcome dialog. Is there an easier or more elegant way to achie...