How do you organize installing different programs if these programs use the same DLLs which require registration. The problem: if the user uninstalls the program that is installed later the other program will stop working as the registry entries now point to the missing DLLs. One possible solution is placing the common DLLs in a comm...
Can you import (or migrate) SQL Server 2005 databases to SQL Server 2008? Is it possible to have the same 2005 and 2008 running on the same machine without complications? ...
Here is my situation: I know almost nothing about Perl but it is the only language available on a porting machine. I only have permissions to write in my local work area and not the Perl install location. I need to use the Parallel::ForkManager Perl module from CPAN How do I use this Parallel::ForkManager without doing a central instal...
I`ve almost completely install Boost but I have a problem which is how to set path to Boost in Tools->options->projects->VC++ Directories. I`ve written the path to include files and libraries (my folder contains of two subfolders which is 'lib' and 'include'), but when I try to use Boost include boost/regex.hpp> I got this linking err...
I have a C# .NET web project that I'm currently working on. What I'm trying to do is read some files that I dropped into a dir which is at the same level as fileReader.cs which is attempting to read them. On a normal desktop app the following would work: DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(./myDir); However because it's a web proje...
Can anyone please let me know the procedure to perform silent installation of SQL Server Express 2005 and the way to specify the installation parameters. ...
Hey guys, I used to work with VWD and now I try to install the new MVC-Beta on VS2008. Installation completes successfully but when I try to create an MVC web site I don't have it on the projects list. How can I fix it? I've uninstalled VWD and MVC preview 5, tried to install several times the beta framework. ...
Is there a way to install all versions of all browsers on one machine? ...
I have some directories that are bundled with my installer and I need to access them from within a custom action. I have done some research and seen that the SourceDir can be used to obtain the currently executing dir location. However I cannot find any examples of how to obtain this property? Or another way to obtain the current dire...
I have an installer that deploys web services to IIS. After this has finshed a custom action fires that updates the database with the scripts required by the webservices. The scripts are currently deploying to IIS aswell because they are part of the .net project. How can I configure the installation process so the scripts arn't part o...
We're in the process of packaging combinations of our products/modules. Some of them are stand-alone some are interdependent. All versions must be deployable side-by-side. As it is we're considering two choices: One MSI per package and version One MSI per product/module and version The first alternative would mean that combinations o...
How to register an extension to a particular custom application programmatically? For example, i have a custom application created using C# on Windows. How can i register a file extension so when i double click a file with this extension, it starts my custom application and then i can deal with the clicked file in my app? I need to do ...
I am getting the following error when trying to install Visual Studio 2005 on my 64bit, Vista computer: "1305.Error reading from file C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition - ENU\SITSetup.dll" I have successfully used the same DVD's to install Visual Studio on my old X...
Since there is apparently no Flash control that can accept bitmap pastes, I want to think about writing one myself. I'd rather not use Flash though, so I though about using .NET. Now I believe the correct terminology for a native code control that can be downloaded and run in the browser is "ActiveX control". So my question is, can I cr...
Hi all, I was wondering if there was a way to tell if an instance of Oracle on a system has a database installed or not? This is for an installation script, and I need to verify that there is an actual database in place before proceeding with the loading of my own tablespace onto that database. Has anyone tackled this problem before? ...
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767916(VS.85).aspx for Async Pluggable protocols. We currently have it working, however it requires that we write to HKey_Class_Root. In the interest of trying to allow a non-admin install, it would be nice if we could achieve the same thing with writing to HKey_Current_User. Simply changi...
I have a Windows CE device that we are deploying, but we have complete control of the software installed on it. This is not a typical Windows Mobile device, this is a headless device that the user will not interact with. I know that on PDA-style WinCE devices, the .cab file is the preferred application distribution method. However...
I am using CYGWIN as a platform and would like to use wxPython. Is there a way to get the source compiled and working in cygwin? ...
I have a custom installer class that fires OnAfterInstall, how can I read values that were entered by the user in the pervious installation screens? The values are entered in textboxes. Also how can I force the installation to fail in my custom installer class and display an appropriate message to the user regarding the failure? ...
I've just installed Ocaml on Mac OS X, and when I run the ocaml program I get a "Bus Error" with no other clues to what might be going on. Can anyone offer suggestions on where to go from here? EDIT: I installed via the package: http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-3.10/ocaml-3.10.2-ppc.dmg (I have an iBook G4, so PPC is approp...