I'm still working on the problem described here, trying to get ClickOnce to work from Visual Studio 2008. I originally assumed the problem was related to the fact that the application I was deploying was upgraded from 2005. But that's not the case. I created a new VS2008 application and deployed it with the same result. I've tried (I th...
I currently maintain several different environments for a single application - production, staging, development, etc . I was wondering if there was a setting or an add-in for visual studio that would facilitate publishing to multiple deployment targets (preferabbly with a different web.config for each target)? I'm considering writing ...
Situation is you have to develop an application against an Active Directory Tree. Want to use Role based security based on AD user groups. The deployment tree is unavailable, no trust exists or is allowed between the development tree and deployment tree. What are the best practices for developing the application and then deploying. Firs...
Is it possible in anyway to bundle an ASP.Net as an installable application which users can download and install on their desktops without getting into the modalities of downloading IIS, etc & installing all that stuff. I do understand that IIS is compulsory for asp.net so how can i bundle it as part of the setup to save the business use...
I'm deploying a web site and I need to run large TSQL scripts contained in a single file in a production server where I don't have full access to SQL Server console and I can't connect remotely. The scripts is a mixed of table, stored procedures and views creations. All I can do is to run 1 group of TSQL sentences, like the ones for a st...
I'm using Access (2003 format) as a front-end with a SQL Server 2008 backend. Each user already has Access 2003 or 2007 installed. I'm curious as to the best deployment configuration to use for efficiency and maintainability. Should I put the .MDB file on the server and place a shortcut to it on each machine? (There will only be two ...
hi guys, i was wondering how could i deploy/make it into an installer for an app which is created using vs 2008 express. i know that the setup and deployment feature is only available via the full version of visual studio right? So are there any add ons or perhaps additional free/or non-free if it has to come to that which i can use to ...
Hi, I am using the latest version of inno that does the following during setup: [1] Perform dependency check to see what is installed [2] Installs dependencies that are not already installed (.net, sql server, directx etc) [3] Install the application and the files from the [Files] section (wpReady) [4] Checks SQL Server for previously ...
I've heard the phrase "deploying applications" which sounds much better/easier/more reliable than uploading individual changed files to a server, but I don't know where to begin. I have a Zend Framework application that is under version control (in a Subversion repository). How do I go about "deploying" my application? What should I do ...
I have built a setup project for deploying my windows forms app. I want to take all of the files that are needed to deploy (setup.exe, whatever.msi, & prerequisites) and package them in a single self extracting archive. Ideally the user would run this exe, it would extract files to temp directory, run setup.exe, and delete the files aft...
Will a website still work if parts of the site have compilation errors? ...
I have a Winforms project with a single .exe file as the primary output. I'm using a deployment project to distribute it, but the .exe file is not being updated when the new version is installed, meaning I have to ask the users to manually uninstall and then install the new version. Here's what I'm doing: I increment the assembly vers...
I am looking for any insight/direction on designing a simple web service. I would love to hear some thoughts on how to quickly get started, and what pitfalls to avoid. To simplify, here are the basics I'm looking to accomplish: Service should provide a simple database query and multi-value response. Service should provide a simple mult...
In Winforms or WPF Is there a standard way to deploy an application with SQL Server express? Is there a standard way to create a local SQL Server express database and also update the app.config connectionStrings settings during an application install? ...
How to create a WPF application that can be deployed as either a XBAP or as a native Windows application with as little overhead as possible? XBAPs are binary compatible with WPF Windows applications and run on top of the same CLR (Unlike Silverlight). They still differ in some ways. From deployment point of view their largest differenc...
How do I prevent Visual Studio 2008 (standard edition) from publishing the App_Data folder? I can't have the contents of App_Data published because it ruthlessly overwrites the production data. ...
Note: I'm a newb to Continuous Integration What is the "best" approach to get these functions: Build (assemblies and web app) Testing (MbUnit or NUnit) and if it passes tests deploy via FTP to the main server (internet). And what I mean by "best" is cheapest option, and easy to learn (low headache). ...
Hi, I am looking for a solution to automate EAR deployment for OracleAS and WebSphere application servers. Can you guys suggest some open source solution for this? Thanks, Venkat ...
Is writing deployment friendly code considered a good virtue on the part of a programmer? If yes, then what are the general considerations to be kept in mind when coding so that deployment of the same code later does not become a nightmare? ...
I want to plan a schedule maintenance down time on one of my production asp.net website hosted on IIS windows server 2003. I think this is the preferred behavior: All request to http://www.x.com including www.x.com/asb/asd/ will be redirected to a notification page (site is currently down. come back later) The maintenance will take ar...