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emacs plugins for web development

What are the best plugins for emacs if you want to use it for web development? ...

Setup program needs framework 4.0 - But it's already installed

Hi all, I created a service which I now want to install to test. When running the setup program it prompts me to download and install .net fw 4.0, but I already have it installed. I did try to just install the file that I get pointed to (4.0 cliet), but not only does it still not work, it causes vs2010 to throw an unknown error and can'...

Can i use VS Setup Project to build a bootstrapper which can install correct platform version or are there any free 3rd party tools?

I'm building 2 different MSI with Visual Studio Setup Project. One for x86 and x64. But i couldn't find a way to combine both into one project so that the bootstrapper is installing the correct platform version. Is there a way to do so in VS Setup Project or are are there any free 3rd party tools i can use? I found dotnetinstaller, but...

prompt to reboot computer after installation completed

I am currently adding a deployment project to my C# solution which installs a windows service and I have been trying to find a property that will make the installer prompt the user to reboot the system once installation has completed. I would prefer to simply set a property rather than create a small application that I run at the end of ...

how to show a messege box for restart computer after installation in c#?

I want to know about how to display a message box to display a message “Please restart your computer" with yes and no option is user click on yes then system restart. This message box want to show after complition of installation. if is there any idea about that then please help and I also want to know if is there any code for that then...

c# Setup Project, not tested configuration message

Hi, I want to display a message in my setup, if the user installs my software on a system that configuration I haven’t tested and the user should be choose if he continue the installation or cancel the installation. do you have any ideas? best regards ...

C# setup project output automatically start with administrative rights

Hi, i've created an setup project for a .net-application which works fine. The problem is, that the application begins to write log-files after startup and this requires administrative rights on windows vista and windows 7. I know there are some folders which i could use to write into without administrative rights. When i start the appl...

Problem while Building a Setup Project for a windows Service?

Hi guys, I have created windows service project in vs2008. I have created simple serivce project and implemented simple serivce sucessfully. Unlike other application i cannot run service exe file, so I had to first installed service using ServiceInstaller in my service project. Now i am building setup project for my service (MSI). In ...

how to create setup of database

how to create setup of database. I have windows application in c#.net i am able to create setup of my application in vs2008 but i want to create my MySql database server setup for multiple clients of my application. Please help me... ...

How should a QA Environment be setup?

I am currently at a loss. We are moving from Dev-owned testing environment to a QA-owned one. I have worked in a QA-owned testing environment before. But I have never set one up from scratch. I understand that it should mirror Production as much as possible. But how? How have you setup your QA Environment? ...

Based on CheckBox value show the WIX Dialog.

I have instakllation i have to show the Dialog based on the checkbox value. I have set the checkbox property as true initially. <Property Id="CHECKBOX_1_PROP" Value="TRUE" /> And show the dialog based on the check box values. If it is true i have to show the Newdoalog_1 if it is false i have to show the Setup dialog <Control Id="Next...

Show the Dialog Wizard based on the Check box value

I have to show the Dialog based on the checkbox value. Intially i have set the checkbox property=True like below <Property Id="CHECKBOX_1_PROP" Value="TRUE" /> And show the dialog based on the check box values. If it is true i have to show the Newdoalog_1 if it is false i have to show the Setup dialog <Control Id="Next" Type="PushBut...

Unregistering COM dll with a C# Setup Project

Hi All. I've been stuck on this one for a while. I'll try explain in the simplest terms and at the best of my knowledge. I will honour any help. I've got a C# project which uses a VB6 compiled ActiveX DLL that I'm constantly updating. I compile the setup project, send it to the client and they run the setup. When building the updated s...

clean after incomplete / interrupted setup

I have following question : If setup of some application A was interrupted , and name of it does not appear in Add| Remove program list .I tryed to use Windows Installer CleanUp Utility of Microsoft but if the item does not appear in Add | Remove , the Utility cannot be used . What is right way to remove remaining items from the syste...

Visual Studio Set-up Project

I have created a set-up project for my solution. I have a new assembly version and have flagged it to remove previous versions. However, when I distribute the software, if a machine currently has a previous version installed it simply brings up a message saying they should manually remove any other versions. If I change the remove pre...

how to create setup for window service

I have created setup for window application but not for window service. Could you please help me? ...

embedding dll requirement in program

hi I am writing a C# Windows application program and I'm using an add-on for creating chart in it,but when I run this program on another windows which has .net framework but not that package it does not work and give me exception. I want to know how can I correct this problem even with setup file? and if the answer is setup file then how...

WiX major upgrade refuses to replace existing file!

EDIT! It's rough how a question on here seems to get seen when first posted, but when a question is asked, and then answered, for me it seems abandoned. I am still having this problem, and not sure what to do. Hello! I have inherited this project with a WiX installer, and am required to make this version usefully upgrade the previous...

Reboot system from Setup project

Hi, I am creating a setup project using Visual Studio. I want to reboot the system after the installation completed successfully. I want it one time effort. I do not want to modify the setup each time using any external tool/ utility before delivering it to client. Can I tweak the setup project itself? How Can I do that? ...

How to setup testing LAMP environment to work with outsourcing companies?

Hello Guys, I need to setup testing LAMP environment in my office to work with outsourcing companies. This is what I think should be done on my side: Setup testing web server with the same configuration as on production Setup testing SQL server with "fake data"? Outsourcers should have access only to some part of original code Outso...