setup

File installation properties

Hi I have a setup project in my application.Setup includes 5 files (a.txt,b.doc etc.) and how can i do this: If this files exist in target computer,setup dont change them I am using visual studio 2008 and C# Thx for answers ...

Visual Studio 2008 Setup Project - Include .NET Framework 3.5

I built a Visual Studio 2008 setup Project wich depends on .NET 3.5. I added Prerequisites like: .NET 3.5, Microsoft office interoperability, VS tools for office System 3.0 Run time, .etc. After that Selected "Download Prerequisite from Same location as my application" in Specify install location for Prerequisite. I Built the setup and f...

.NET Setup Package Installer

Hi, I have a .NET 3.5 Setup Package Project which installs my application successfully. The setup package deploys a number (around 70) custom files for use from within the application. From time to time I have the requirement of deleting some of these files, however upon restarting the executable, it automatically runs a portion of th...

In need of help with setting up the open source library JFreeChart

I am having trouble with setting up the open source library JFreeChart for creating charts using Java. This is the process I have followed so far in trying to set it up: I downloaded the latest version from their download page http://sourceforge.net/projects/jfreechart/files/. I then unpacked the jfreechart-1.0.13.zip in the directory...

Settings up a Mercurial server on IIS 6

Hi, I've set up a Mercurial server on a Windows 2003 / IIS 6 machine and when I try to pull the repository I get the following sequence requesting all changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes transaction abort! rollback completed abort: premature EOF reading chunk (got 91303 bytes, expected 1542634) I've tried p...

Visual Studio 2008 setup looking at wrong drive

I'm trying to add a feature to VS 2008. However, the initial install was done with a DVD in drive D: ... I don't currently have the DVD, so I'm trying to do the updating using an .iso mounted as drive E: ... The VS setup program is not able to find the setup files. Is there a way for me to tell VS 2008 setup to look for files in E: in...

How to force InnoSetup to create an uninstall log file

Hi I'm using InnoSetup for creating my application installers and I set the "SetupLogging=yes" flag to always create a setup-log file in the %TEMP% directory. This works fine for the installation procedure. Unfortunately, InnoSetup will not create such a log file when I uninstall the application. Is there a flag / possibility to force ...

How to update the InnoSetup Wizard GUI status text from PascalScript code

Hi I execute a lot of custom actions in my InnoSetup script in the CurStepChanged(ssPostInstall) PascalScripting event handler. As these actions take some time to finish, I'd like to update the InnoSetup Wizard GUI status text and tell the user what is going on behind the scenes. Something similar that is possible in the [Run] section u...

Visual Studio setup project prerequisites .NET Framework 3,5 SP1 , SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2(x86)

Hello, I make Visual Studio setup project, and select .NET Framework 3,5 SP1 , SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2(x86) prerequisites from the same location as my application , some errors regarding .NET Framework 3,5 SP1 , here solution . problem is and when i run setup.exe IM SAME COMP I MAKE SOLUTION, it installs sql then my applic...

latest Xemacs for Windows binary download

I'm trying to get an updated version for Windows vista. I previously got 21.4.22 but it's been a year since that release. The linux versions should be 22.x. I'm wondering if anyone else builds stable binaries for Windows ? 21.4.22 has several bugs and I cannot figure out how to fix them. I know Xemacs is not as active as GNU emacs but s...

Unable to read .rtf file in VS.NET 2008 Setup

Hello All I have created a simple windows application in .NET 2008. Im packaging the same into a setup file using .NET Setup and Deployment. Also i am customizing it to include a License Agreement UI. And i am pointing the License Agreement window to read the license.rtf file which is being included in the Application folder. After su...

Unknown Publisher when I install application I wrote?

When I install my application on my computer I get a warning that the publisher is not verified. How can I change that? or do I need to worry about that when I distribute my application? The application is written in Visual Studio 2008 with VB.NET ...

Remove Setup Project does not delete it from file system using Visual Studio

Using Visual Studio 2008 - I add a Setup project (from Setup and Deployment Template) and its called by default Setup1. I then decide I don't want this so I right click on the project and select Remove. Later on I decide I want to add a Setup project again but it's default name is called Setup2 and when you look at the project folder yo...

Best Practices for Setup and Management of an Open Source Project

Later this year I want to release a PHP framework that I've been working on as open source. I do use source control (SVN), but it's on an extremely limited basis. I'm self-taught, I develop by myself and don't have the experience of working with large teams. I have some ideas about what can help make a project successful, but I'm fuzzy o...

Outlook 2003 Add-In Setup Project with COM DLL Deployment Problem

Hi, I developed an Outlook 2003 add-in which uses the com dll redemption. I created a visual studio 2008 setup project, added a custom action to run "caspol.exe -machine -addgroup 1 -strong -hex [key] -noname -noversion FullTrust -n \"Name\" -description \"desc\" and moved the registry keys under software to HKLM as described in http://m...

Bootstrapper (setup.exe) says ".NET 3.5 not found" but launching .msi directly installs application without problem

Our installer generates a bootstrapper (setup.exe) and a MSI file - a pretty common scenario. One of the production machines reports a strange problem during install: If the user launches the bootstrapper (setup.exe), it reports that .NET 3.5 is not installed. This happens with account under administator group. No matter if they launc...

How do I pass custom action data from a Visual Studio Setup MSI to an output project via a Merge module

I have a fully working Setup project within Visual Studio 2008 that takes inputs from a UI and passes them via a Custom Action to the output - this works perfectly. Now I have to change this so that the UI is still in a setup project but that the output is within a merge module. The current Custom Action Data looks much like the follow...

Easiest free setup for c# development

Am using windows xp sp3 on netbook and i need to compile c# programs for learning. I don't have fast computer or fast internet connection or fast money. Can someone suggest the best way to get me going? Thanks yous! ...

Missing UAC shield overlay on desktop shortcut icon when created by msi created from VS 2008

I created a setup program to deploy my VBNet program using Visual Studio 2008. Inside this setup program I created a shortcut to the "primary output" to be installed on the user desktop. Now, everything is working correctly. The program is installed under "C:\Program Files" and the shortcut is created on the desktop. Also, when I use th...

MS Ajax extensions setup file

I can't find MS Ajax extensions setup file anywhere, maybe someone has it for ASP.NET 2.x? ...