setup

Security warning when opening file from network share

I've created a setup executable which I have signed. It's located on a network share (which I access using unc - \server\share\setup.exe). When I double click the executable file, I get a Windows warning saying: Title: Open File -> Security Warning Do you want to run this file? Name: setup.exe Publisher: My Company Type: Application Fr...

Include empty directory with python setup.py sdist

I have a Python package where I want to include an empty directory as part of the source distribution. I tried adding include empty_directory to the MANIFEST.in file, but when I run python setup.py sdist The empty directory is still not included. Any tips on how to do this? ...

Django 404 page not showing up

Hey all, I'm in the middle of putting up my first django application on shared hosting. This should be an easy thing, but I am just not seeing it. I tried to follow the directions of the django documentation, and created a 404.html page within my template folder. I just wrote "This is a 404 page." in the .html file. I also did th...

Installed VS Express 2010 with .NET 4.0 and now .NET 3.5 setup project adds 15 dependencies

Hi, I installed VS Express 2010 with .NET 4.0 and now a .NET 3.5 setup project in VS 2008 adds 15 dependencies (below), what is going on??? I did not change anything in the project in between installing VS 2010, VS 2008 is packagin the following files in the project: ==================== Packaging file 'Microsoft.Transactions.Bridge....

How to show files being copied, moved,etc. on installer screen using WIX

Hi... I have my installer and is working fine. What I want to add more is that I want to show the work done by installer on installer screen (Example, installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005, we get the files being copied, moved, registry entry created,......) Similarly I want to show this on my installer. So can anyone help me on this ...

simplified setup feature in Visual C# 2010 express

Hi all, i just try visual studio c# 2010 express edition. According to the website, this express edition support simplified setup. Can someone explain to me how to use this feature in express edition ? Thank you. ...

Web setup Installer(MSI) error on windows server 2008 environment

Hello!, I have developed a Web Application on VS2008 and I have created WebSetup for my web site. It is working fine when I install this MSI or setup.exe on windows server 2003 environment. If I tried to install on windows server 2008 using MSI file it is throwing error as below- "You do not have sifficient privieges to compelte this i...

How to set up a Hudson server to run cppunit tests

Hello, I'm having problems setting up my Hudson server to run cpp unit tests so I can output an .xml file. I tried searching the web for some more straight forward instructions on how to set this up but still don't understand how to. It sounds like I need to set up ant to run...but how?? I'm currently running Hudson ver 1.352. Any s...

How to install python package without copy everything into lib/site-packages?

I want to develop a common python package, I got other packages depends on it. For example: packageA/ packageB/ packageC/ commonPackage/ packageA, packageB and packageC can all be executed directly, but they are all depend on commonPackage. I want to install the commonPackage into lib/site-packages, but I don't want it copys the so...

VPS nameserver setup?

Hi, I bought a VPS a few days back and had a domain name registered. It gave me 2 nameservers. I only have shell access (no Cpanel/WHM) and it's running CentOS 5. I can visit my site with http://IP/ but not with http://domain.com. What changes do I need to make so that I can visit my site with http://domain.com. I'm really new at this a...

Visual Studio 2008 setup project, fixing the location of installed kit

I've created a setup project in Visual Studio 2008. I would like the installed location DefaultLocation never to be modified by the user during installation, probably by skipping the 'Select Installation Folder' dialog during setup. Is there a way to do this, either in VS2008 (or VS2010) or using an MSI editor such as Orca. Please advise...

Visual Studio Setup and Deployment - D Drive

I'm creating a VS2005 setup and deployment installer and I need to create some folders in the D: drive since the customer has a partitioned their hard-drive. I've created some folders in the filesystem view and hard-coded the 'DefaultLocation' parameter to point to the D: drive. Now my question is, is it possible to put a 'Condition'...

Setup filename convention? setup.exe vs install.exe vs others

Hi, I'm going to build an installer to deploy my application which is a Windows executable file(not a MSI file). I'm using NSIS. This application targets French people and "install" word is close to "installation" in French. Is there a filename convention? What is the best choice for you? It seems that "setup.exe" is the most popular n...

InstallShield setup and Click-Once

Hi InstallShield 10 apparently can create an installer and integrate with click once, but this feature is not active in trial version. Anyway I tried to create a click once deployment by hand (using mage) and succeed with a sample wpf application, what I want to do is click once with an installShield setup.exe file, buy it seems that it'...

Set up for silverlight application

I have silverlight3.0 application. i want to prepare set up which should get inputs (like virtual path from the user) and install in any machine. Can you please give me this idea?. ...

I have a free hosting account(Limited rights). Is it possible to setup an XMPP server there.

I am new to XMPP, i am trying to set up a support chat system in my website. the chat system should work in such a way that all the messages sent to me should end up in my gtalk or yahoo chat.So that i can collect them on my cellphone.Thanks in advance. ...

How to force .NET4 & it's tools to use English for exceptions and other messages.

I would like for my Win7-x64 dev box to remain in the current locale (pl-PL), but at the same time for whole .NET tools to run in English locale. I previous releases this could be achieved by not installing a language pack add-on that came up in windows update. This time it did sneak up and I cannot find it in windows update history and...

supporting migration, software build and dependency analysis

I am searching for standards, methodologies and technologies (software systems) supporting: software building (lots of them) dependencies management (in compilation, program start-up) (maven, SCons) migration dependencies to new versions (e.g. libraries) (any ??) Mostly I'm interested in Java tools, but please don't restrict. Do only...

How to create a test environment for commercial Windows applications?

How do you best test commercial windows .NET applications on different environments? (XP, Vista, Win 7, Terminal server, Citrix) I was thinking of MS Virtual PC, together with some ghosting software like Acronis .. http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/ What are good, tested test setups ? :-) ....................................... Than...

Visual studio 2010 setup project problem.

Hi there, I've made an application that uses .NET framework 3.5 SP1 and SQL Server 2008 Express. Application is fine and now i'm going to to make a setup project for this. When I first build my setup it was fine as all the prerequisites were not included in setup. But I want my setup to install .NET 3.5 SP1 and SQL SERVER 2008 Express...