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Remove registry key during uninstall

Hello there. I have a simple C# application that allows users to specify that it should be (or should not be) started with Windows; it does so by setting (or deleting) a registry key (namely, ...\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run\MyApplicationHere). I am using a VS setup project to create the installer for this program. I don't wa...

How do you enforce dependencies among java folders in Netbeans?

Hi I am new to Netbeans. I am wondering if someone can help me with project setup in netbeans. I am moving half million lines of Java code from a different IDE to Netbeans. I was able to get the code build and run in Netbeans easily. I have a project with many folders with dependencies among those folders. They have to be built in specif...

how can i combined the framework and installer in single msi using wix

hello, how can i combined the framework and installer in single msi using wix. reply me soon Samir ...

.msi Installer for web setup project fails on windows 2008 server with IIS 7

Hi, I am trying to install the web setup project on a Windows 2008 server with IIS 7. However, it dies at the first step with the error "The installer was interrupted before could be installed." I tried installing with logging enabled and the log files have an error message like below. MsiGetPropertyW - Getting Property 'VSDNETMSG'...

How to set up web application servers and all the things needed in linux VPS ?

Hello all im developer with no experience in setup and configurations of the server side and all the things around my question is is there any good place to learn how to setup this env with all the configurations. what should i look for from what to avoid and such . ...

License and Distribution rights for Windows Resource (instsrv.exe)

I have a service installation that in order to get it to work on Win2k, I had to include instsrv.exe in the installer, since Win2k doesn't include sc.exe (which I use for XP and up) and instsrv.exe is not always installed...so I cannot count on it being there. (instsrv and sc are both used to create/install the service on the system). ...

Is there an API to GlassFish Admin Console?

Hi, we just inherited the development of a web application that uses GlassFish. The setup instructions we got have all these manual steps to setup connection pool, JDBC resource and JMS. I'm wondering if there is an API that could allow us to do all this work automatically (e.g. with a script)? Thanks! ...

How do I setup FitNesse for use with .NET?

I'm trying to get started with FitNesse for .NET on Windows Vista. In all tutorials I find on the web I'm told to execute the run.bat file, but all i get when downloading the latest release is a .jar-file. When i run this, the filestructure is unpacked and I can reach the fitnesse server by browsing to http://localhost. Now, when I'm try...

How to set a fixed width of editor window in Eclipse?

Hi Recently I have got a new 22" monitor. Finally it's possible to keep all needed windows in Eclipse open while having the main editor window wide enough to display all 120 columns. Problem now is when I wide up or narrow down windows on the left or right side of the editor. Editor's width narrows down or wides up. I'd like to set its ...

Can Core Data content be edited directly?

I've been using Core Data for about a week now, and really loving it, but one minor issue is that setting default values requires going through and setting up a temp interface to load the data, which I then do away with once I have the data seeded. Is there any way to edit values in a table, like how you can use phpMyAdmin to manipulate...

Make shortcut in start menu with innosetup

I made an installer using the ISTool wizard and everything is fine. Under my program name in the start menu, I have MyApp MyApp Help Now, I want to add 2 more entries that are identical to the first (MyApp) but that passes a command line argument to the executable MyApp MyApp (Console Mode) MyApp (Remote Admin Mode) MyApp Help Shou...

Enter license key during desktop installation of Windows Mobile app

I've got a CAB file with the Windows Mobile application and the MSI package which installs that CAB on Windows Mobile Device (using a custom installer). Now i'm trying to add ability to enter license key for that Windows Mobile app using desktop installation package. I've added "Customer Information" dialog to MSI so i can enter the ke...

Build NSIS script as a MSI package

Hello, I was just wondering if there's any way how to compile the Nullsoft Installer Script (NSI) setup as a MSI package instead of an EXE. Thanks. ...

Visual Studio Setup and Deployment - Installation Folder Selection

Hello, I have a VS2005 Setup & Deployment project and i've run into an issue that I would like assistance with....Here is my issue: The 'DefaultLocation' for my application is set to '[ProgramFilesFolder]\MyApp'. Now I would like the user to select what drive to install this application to. I know this is accomplished through the 'Ins...

Automatically launch winforms app after install completes?

Launching your app automatically immediately after install is suprisingly tricky. The advice that's out there if you google the problem is varied but most of it unsatisfactory. We're using the built in Setup & Deployment project in Visual Studio. So, how to do it? What doesn't work: The simplest solution suggested is to add your app...

how to create a SETUP.EXE wrapper for an MSI file using NSIS

I want to wrap a existing msi installer file into NSIS installer executable. Because there is not any option to change the icon of the msi file. I just want to customize the icon of the output setup.exe. Along with this I would also want to make sure that NSIS does not add any extra user interface into my installer. Have anybody an idea ...

Providing an installer for asmx Webservices

What is the best way to deploy a couple of asmx webservices to IIS. (6.0, 6.1, 7.0) The services are an optional install and I think the most convenient way to install them would be some kind of Windows Installer package. I created a small C# program that directly modifies the IIS Metabase, but this only works on IIS 6.0 and 6.1 and I do...

.Net Assembly /dll Sharing and Deploying

hi guys, We have 3 software products which use the same .net dlls(code + legacy). All these use common functionality present across 3/4 dlls. i wanted to know how and where to deploy these dlls. And which is the most standard way of doing this. S1] Along with each product in its install dir -- probably easiest way to do. (but if any...

Best practices for versioning Hudson settings

We're using Hudson continuous integration server frequently on projects. But Hudson seems lacking of proper versioning of the jobs configuration. A few times, this has lead to problems: Somebody changes or tweaks the configuration on jobs and something that used to work stopped working. I have tried to version-control jobs on my local ...

ASP.NET project installer registry key ?

I have a asp.net project, and wrote a web installer. The setup exe/msi copies that project in directory chosen by the installing user, and creates an application for it. How can I get the path my asp.net application got installed to (in the installer)? I want to write the physical path of my ASP.net application into the registry, becaus...