deployment

How to install a custom desktop application database to SQL Express?

Hi, I have a WPF desktop application that uses a custom database for storage. I need to prepare a setup project (from Visual studio 2008) (full setup, not ClickOnce). I can add the to the list of prerequisites to the application and it does install during the setup of the application. My question is: How can I run a script during th...

Dll in both the bin and the gac, which one gets used?

We have a web application that's deployed to many websites with only frontend changes, the shared backend portion has it's DLL in the GAC so we only have to update that one dll and all the sites get the update. Is there a way to override the GAC with a DLL in the /bin folder to test out new features before they get released? ...

Best practices for applying changes to a SharePoint application

I feel like I need a better defined framework for updating my SharePoint (MOSS 2007) application with custom code changes. I am creating wsp solution files with features and new types and such, but once those get tested and deployed, I feel like it's a bit of a leap of faith, and that makes me nervous and occasionally reluctant to deplo...

How to deploy a java applet for today's browsers (applet, embed, object)?

How do i deploy a java applet for modern browsers? I know there are somehow 3 possibilities but nobody tells me which one to prefer and how to use them. Does somebody have any resources on that? i cant find any :( ...

maven-war-plugin vs. "Unexpected end of ZLIB input stream"

im using maven-war-plugin and sometimes i get Unexpected end of ZLIB input stream when deploying to jboss, its because file is made in jboss directory and not moved/copied there, is there any way to fix it(using maven)? my configuration: <build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <configur...

How to deploy a Rails app to Dreamhost?

I'm kind of lost, I try to deploy my application on a shared dreamhost server. Now everything works fine locally. It's my first try at Rails, and I'm not really a programmer or sysadmin, just hacking something together. On Dreamhost, if I start webrick, it works fine on port 3000, but webricks gets killed pretty quickly, I guess that ma...

Visual studio recursive Copy local

Duplicate - this exact question was asked here - the only solution seems to be post build event. In Visual studio 2008, I have the following projects: A - references B B - references Lib.dll When B is built, Lib.dll appears in B/bin/Debug. (this is ok) When A is built, B.dll appears in A/bin/Debug, but Lib.dll does NOT appear in A/...

How to get .NET 2.0 web app into production, using which tools, and why use those tools and methods over other options?

With VisualStudio Publish, CruiseControl.NET, MSBuild, aspnet_compiler.exe, and Web Deployment Projects out there, how would one know which tool to use to ultimately get a .NET 2.0 web application into a testing/production environment? With .NET 1.1, I simply copied all files over to the server's directory and set it to a configured vi...

Deploying a WCF Service

Hi, I am using WCF for the first time. I Have successfully created the service and it works fine on my local machine. I want to know the steps involved for deploying the service to the client environment (including changes to the config file, IIS settings) and any other miscellaneous settings. ...

Deploying multiple programs referencing one DLL

Hello, We have many projects using interop & related dll...all projects have individual dll reference with setup,but basically all of them use same dll .so that's many times creates problem if any dll register/Unregister while installation/Unistalling of setup. We need to place dll at one location & all projects require to use dll refe...

How to include Uninstall MyProgram.exe in visual studio while creating package in c#

I have developed a wpf application and created setup for that. I am using windows installer for creating setup package. Now I want to include uninstall MyProgram.exe in start menu after installing my package. I am able to add the exe to run my program after installation. I want to include uninstall MyProgram.exe, ReadMe file, Help File i...

Click Once, question regarding open it with arguments

Hi guys, I created my ClickOnce application witch will install a small windows form application that consists on a WebBrowser control... I need to pass some arguments (this is made per client instalation) in order to open it correctly... as an example, let's say that I need arg(0) to be the url to open, if I generate a normal Setup I w...

Should I precompile ASP.NET 2.0 sites before deployment or not?

Where I work, we do a very large number very small ASP.NET apps, and it has happened a few times that sites have been deployed in precompiled format, and the app needs to be changed, but the version of the code available in source control is out of date and the developer is not available. The app's dll has to be decompiled and hacked bac...

Using the Deployment Toolkit to detect openjdk under Ubuntu?

Hi, I'm using deployJava.js to detect and redirect for java compatibility. Now, however, I've noticed that deployJava.js does NOT detect openjdk. Is there a modified version of this file that does this? I'm digging through the script right now to attempt to hack in a fix, but it would be nice if this was an already solved problem. Linka...

Including required DLLs into a windows project solves a perceived problem?

We have recently decided to start shipping the versions of some of the DLL files that a product requires with the product itself. This is to guard against the situation where (for example) the MVC DLL file is updated on the server to which the software is deployed and the product fails to work as it was written against the now previous ...

Detect ClickOnce program's server?

I'm deploying a ClickOnce application. I need to find a way to detect from which server the application was downloaded and installed from - because the application checks for updates on launch, I know that somewhere it knows the "parent" server - can I get at that value somehow? I need this value because the installed program needs to a...

TLBIMP.EXE - Error TI0000 - *.dll is not a valid type library

Hello! While building our project on the Build Server, the compilation fails with the error message: TlbImp: error TI0000 : The input file 'C:\*.dll' is not a valid type library. We tried to manually invoke the TlbImp command thru the VS2005 Command Prompt and the same error message appeared. To investigate, we tried to create a cle...

Deploy A Web Application in ASP.NET

I want to deploy my ASP.NET application. Its not a "web site" it's a web application. I'm looking 1) The quickest possible thing to do so I can start of testing 2) A more automated approach. Any ideas? ...

Problem on IsolatedStorage with ClickOnce

I have created an application that can save data both local drive and isolated storage. Then I have tested it by deploying via ClickOnce with FullTrust. This worked correctly, but when I set it to PartialTrust (Internet zone), the application cannot start up. How to solve this problem? Thanks, Ek Add Information #1: I have tried to cr...

How to deal with Libraries which are needed in many projects (+ svn)

Good morning! We have a SVN-Repository, which holds a VS-Solution. In this solution are many web-projects and each of them is using a JavaScript-Lib which is atm developed in an extra project (let's call it DemoWeb) and deployed manually to the other Web-Projects. This construct has many disadvantages: You can forget a project to copy...