setup

How can I make Single Installer for my Different version of Office Addin.

Hello, Any one knows how can I make an Installer Common for the both office 2003 / 2007 plugin. Installer should automatically select the appropriate Office Version (2003/2007), depends on which Office is installed. I'm using VS2008, Extensibility - Shared Addin, for my Office Plugin. I have 2 Projects for 2003 and 2007, I want to make...

Set Default Location of setup

hi, I need to set a string stored in registry as the default location of a setup file how to do in vb.net (visual studio 2008) Urgent please help me... ...

Set Wix property only if certain condition is met

What I would like to do is this: <Property Id="LICENSEKEYPATH"> REMOVE~="ALL" AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE <DirectorySearch Id="ProgramDataSearch" AssignToProperty="yes" Depth="4" Path="[#ProductDirInAppData]"> <FileSearch Id="LicenseFileSearch" Name="lic-conf.enp"/> </DirectorySearch> </Property> When my app...

How to create uninstaller in visual studio setup project?

I have created a visual studio setup project, but I don't know how to create uninstaller in my visual studio setup project, please tell me how to do that?? I am using Visual Studio 2005, Or is there any other software which creates complete setups with uninstaller. ...

winforms setup file dll problem

I'm trying to create a setup file in a c# WinForms project. My application contains an external reference (a .dll in my d:\test folder). When I try to execute the application through Visual Studio it is working fine. After that I created a setup file for the same application. After install my setup in different machine it is showing ...

VS2005 Setup and Deployment with Sharepoint

i have project in C#, ASP.Net and SharePoint. i want to deploy it usung VS2005 Setup and Deployment tool (As i am not allowed to use any otther software). Can i deploy the Sharepoint part like webparts in VS2005. please tell me what steps i have to take for sharepoint. All Suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance ...

How to create setup project for Visual Studio Integration Package on VS2008 SP1?

I just finished for creating Visual Studio Integration Package. But I don't know how to create setup project for this. I only test on Visual Studio 2008 SP1 under Experimental hive. Everything works fine. What's requirements for setup project of integration package? Provide Key like this Update I just found answer about how to inst...

Strange problem installing a setup that I have just created.

Hello, I have both VS 2005 and 2008 installed. Just today I created a setup project in 2005 and I got this error when I tried to installed it. "The folder path 'http://sharingcentre.info' contains an invalid character." So I decided to create a simple project and added a new setup in 2005 and got the same problem. I then converted ...

Setup Default Location Doubt

Hi , How to change the [TARGETDIR] of my setup project programatically when i use Installer Class Please help me urgent..... ...

sharepoint package setup

i am new to sharepoint. i have a sharepoint application. i have to create a package setup (install shield kind of thing) that can deploy the sharepoint solution on the client machine. in my application we have .dll,.ascx,.xml etc files available. i think i have to deploy the dlls,ascx, xml files. Can any body help me on this? how shlou...

how do i start an msi from an msi

I am building an install file that needs at the end to install 2 other msi files at the end of the install. What is the best way to do this. I would prefer to make the additional installs optional but most of the users will require them on the computer for the application to be used properly. ...

How does one install OpenGrok on Windows Server 2003?

From searching around the net (and SO) for how to full text search an SVN repo, I discovered OpenGrok. I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to get this thing set up though. Can anyone provide any pointers on how to get this set up to host on a Windows 2003 server? Also, I understand it is possible to trigger OpenGrok to re-index upon check...

[KDE4] How did you setup your dev-env / desktop on a very large screen?

This question is specific to KDE4 if you are using a different Desktop/OS then please open another thread. -- Hi there, for a day now I have been using a 24" 1920x1200px monitor. And it's awful! Maximizing windows (horizontally) is pointless. So I've begun editing window profiles (upper-left corner -> klick -> configure window behavior...

How to build a setup package for a desktop application using SQL CE 3.5 and Entity Framework?

I am having a WPF desktop application that uses SQL CE (compact edition 3.5 ) and using the Entity Framework as a Datalayer. As It turned out in (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;958478&amp;sd=rss&amp;spid=2855 ) and (http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlce/thread/b6bac277-cf66-4c74-a0b3-e48abedbd161/...

Setup and Deployment of a WPF application

Hi! I'm currently developing a small WPF application using a file database (SQLCe). Since I'm near release of the product and I've had no experience with setup and deployment I would like to hear your thoughts around this subject. The application is small and the updates that I will make is minor database changes (such as alter tables...

Passing command line arguments to C# projects, from devenv, while building a vdproj

We have a vdproj (Visual Studio Setup File) which references and builds some C# projects. In our build system, we would like to override some properties in the C# projects, when the vdproj gets built. Is there any way to do achieve this? ...

Setting up an ftp server on OSx server edition

Can anyone direct me to a link that explains how to setup an ftp server on OSx server edition? I searched for awhile and didn't find anything very useful. ...

Is it possible to change the setup.exe and setup.msi icons to a different icon?

VS 2008 SP1. I have created a setup project for our client. The icons for the setup.exe and setup.msi are the standard icons. Our client doesn't want this these icons. They want to have icons that look like they logo. Is it possible to change the *.exe and *.msi icons to something different? ...

How to automatically start my application when my setup is done in C# setup project

I want that my application start after my setup is finished. I try to launch a cmd file in the custom actions but the VS setup project doesn't want to take the cmd file, this is an invalid custom action file. I know that I can write an installer class, but is there an easy way to do this simple action? ...

What accounts to use when installing SQL Server 2008 Developer

I am installing SQL Server 2008 Developer here, and on the Server Configuration step of the installation it asks me about Service Accounts. What do I choose here? I can see the available ones in the screen shot, although on most of them I can only select two or three of those. When I click the Use the same account for all SQL Server 200...