I need to consume an external web service from my VB6 program. I want to be able to deploy my program without the SOAP toolkit, if possible, but that's not a requirement. I do not have the web service source and I didn't create it. It is a vendor-provided service. So outside of the SOAP toolkit, what is the best way to consume a web ser...
Anybody know a nice way to restart a mongrel cluster via capistrano in a "rolling" style, eg, one mongrel at a time. Would be great to have a bit of wait time in there as well for each, to let the mongrel load the rails app up as well. I've done some searching, and haven't found too much, so looking for help before I dive into the mong...
We're looking to automate our deployment of Web Applications, particularly when going from local development to a remote server. Our current stack is LAMP remotely, MAMP locally, but I'm interested in general what people are using for this task regardless of their environment? ...
If I want to create the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\MyApp with the string value EventMessageFile : C:\Path\To\File.dll how do I define this in my WiX 3.0 WXS file? Examples of what the XML should look like is much appreciated. ...
I've Added a setup project to my solution (didn't use the wizard) I then added the primary output of the Windows Application I have coded to the Applcation Folder node (Right click the setup project in Solution-Explorer and select View -> File System). I Right clicked the User's Desktop node and selected 'Create Shortcut to user's Deskto...
I am adding a webpart to the webpart gallery as part of a feature within a solution. When the webpart is added to the gallery, the webparts Description field is being overwritten by an empty string. I have added a description to everywhere I can think of, including: The webpart itself. myWebpart.webpart <property name="Description" ...
Anyone have suggestions for deployment methods for Perl modules to a share nothing cluster? Our current method is very manual. Take down half the cluster Copy Perl modules ( CPAN style modules ) to downed cluster members ssh to each member and run perl Makefile.pl; make ; make install on each module to be installed Confirm deployment ...
I have a maven POM file for a web service. For one of the dependencies I have to specify several exclusions for jar files that are already kept at a higher-level in the web-application server (accessible to all web-applications, not just this particular one). One example of such exclusion is the JAR containing my JDBC driver. Example (w...
I've created a custom list & also added a column in the Announcement List. Question is, how can I include those newly created items when I create a fresh Web Application (like a script, feature or something)? Additional Info: It's like when you're to deploy from your development machine to a staging or production server. I'd like to h...
I have a project containing at least one DLL along with the executable output. I have added a Deployment Project to this solution, which asked me for a name and working directory upon creation like all projects. I named this "MyProduc_Installer" and have been able to modify all aspects of the installation process except for changing th...
Is there something like install shield that I can use for free? ...
This question is not so much programming related as it is deployment related. I find myself conversing a lot with the group in my company whose job it is to maintain our production Windows servers and deploy our code on them. For legal and compliance reasons, I do not have direct visibility or any control over the servers so the only wa...
Two main ways to deploy a J2EE/Java Web app (in a very simplistic sense): Deploy assembled artifacts to production box Here, we create the .war (or whatever) elsewhere, configure it for production (possibly creating numerous artifacts for numerous boxes) and place the resulting artifacts on the production servers. Pros: No dev tools ...
In an ideal world, our development processes would be perfect, resulting in regular releases that were so thoroughly tested that it would never be necessary to "hotfix" a running application. But, unfortunately, we live in the real world, and sometimes bugs slip past us and don't rear their ugly heads until we're already busy coding awa...
How do I dictate the destination folder of a clickOnce application? ...
I have an application written using VS2005 in C# targeting the Compact Framework 2.0 SP2. As part of the solution, I have CAB deploy project which deploys to the device without a problem. What I can't do is create a shortcut to my application on the devices desktop. I have spent several hours reading various bits of documentation (why i...
For a server-side software engineer who wants to be better informed in discussions about capacity planning, what are the best resources on the Web? ...
I'm trying to deploy a .war trough the server's web interface. Getting the same error when deploying it as an exploded directory with IDEA. What is the solution to this problem? ...
To deploy a new version of our website we do the following: Zip up the new code, and upload it to the server. On the live server, delete all the live code from the IIS website directory. Extract the new code zipfile into the now empty IIS directory This process is all scripted, and happens quite quickly, but there can still be a 10-2...
Is there anyway to combine all resources into a single exe file such as app.config and associated DLL's? Some applications seem to do this such as eMule. I don't want my app.config sitting there waiting to be edited. Thanks ...