setup

Setup a Capistrano task to only run on deploy, not deploy:cold

I am using craken to run cron processes on my aws machine instance. I have defined the following custom tasks in Capistrano: namespace :craken do desc "Install raketab" task :install, :roles => :cron do set :rails_env, "production" unless exists?(:rails_env) set :env_args, (exists?(:env_args) ? env_args : "app_name=#{applica...

How to add optional-components to Visual Studio Setup and Deployment projects?

I'm trying to create a very basic "Setup and Deployment" project using Visual Studio. What I would like is the ability to choose which components to install. Let's say that each component consists in the primary output of a single class library (i.e. each component is actually a single module or compiled assembly). I haven't seen such a...

Embedding SQL server express 2005 with my application

How can I embed Sql server 2005 express edition with my Setup package as one file? Thanks. P.S:It's a Windows Application. ...

Why do so many programs have both a setup.exe and a setup.msi?

I have always wondered about this. So many application setups have a zip file that you unzip, and in it are a bunch of files, among other things an exe and an msi. What is the difference? They are often even about the same size. I am never really sure which one to execute, sometimes I do the exe and sometimes the msi, and it usually work...

arcgis com registering

I have several class libraries containing some commands and auto-updaters for ArcGIS. Until now, each library contained an installer class, and we had a single Setup project that was in charge of installing all the dlls. Just like in here. I have now created another library containing a Toolbar, that should contain all the commands we ha...

gitosis configure problem

Hi, all I'm confronted with some problems when trying to configure gitosis on my Archlinux http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Setting_Up_Git_ACL_Using_gitosis I referrer to this wiki article and successfully installed gitosis $ sudo pacman -U gitosis-git-20090525-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz $ sudo -H -u gitosis gitosis-init < /tmp/id_rsa...

How should I create a good environment for .Net development for Sharepoint?

My company have used external companies for all software development and infrastructure but now we want to move it inhouse. The company uses Microsoft products where applicable to standardize the enviroment. Sharepoint will be used as a portal to all tools needed by management, sales personal etc. Sharepoint runs on one server and our da...

.NET Client Profile on x64

I know that the .NET Client profile does not target x64 or ia64. However I do not know what that means? There are two parts that it affects If I set my application to use the .NET Client Profile in VS, and it is run on x64 will it work? If I set my setup project prerequisites to need the .NET Client Profile rather than the .NET Fram...

Multiple .NET Configuration Files and Setup Project Problem

In order to handle settings for different deployment targets, I moved application settings from app.config to its own file and included that file in app.config via configSource. I also created a settings file for each target.Here is an illustration: Project A app.config (references settings.config) settings.config settings.Rel...

What the best setup latest Mono + MonoDevelop on Ubuntu 9.04?

I start using Ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop. What I really want is to be able to write my C# projects on Ubuntu, including unit testing. Could anyone guide me how to setup it? ...

Setting up windows for C++

To quote the FAQ, 'No question is [...] too "newbie"' What is the best way to set up an Windows system (vista, if that matters) to work with C++? Preferably with a nice IDE, easy compiling of software (support for make files, etc.), but suitable for a beginner. I would quite like the IDE to use a relatively portable format, such as ma...

Windows Mobile fails to uninstall

Testing my app on some WM Std 6.1 I found out that it fails to uninstall. I receive this error: “[app] was not completely removed. Do you want to remove it from the list of installed programs?" Checking my setup.dll I can tell that Uninstall_Init and Uninstall_Exit are being called each time but all the files stays (they are not locked...

How to fix Delphi 2009 Data Explorer?

Probably I have messed several delphi versions installations by installing / uninstalling several times (I think I did not follow the order of release). I want to try out Developer Studio 2009 but after installation (althought everything other seems to work fine), when I click The Data Explorer tab nothing is shown on the list. This issu...

CakePHP ACL Setup Help

I have a database setup like this (I know it isnt the best setup but its out of my power to change it :-( Basically there are 3 levels of users - Admin - Managers - Staff Few notes: -Each member of staff belongs to department -If the Staffs logon_code appears in the manager table they are a Manager, otherwise they are a member of staff...

Code sign .NET assemblies or just the setup?

My company finally bought a code-signing certificate. I have a WinForms application (1 exe and several dlls), all assemblies are already signed with a strong name. The entire application is then packaged into a msi installer. Then I use NSIS to pack the msi, the bootstrapper and the prerequisites (Framework, SQL CE...) into a single set...

Problem with long delays in .msi file.

I have a fairly simple desktop application that uses a .NET setup project (.msi file) to perform the installation. On the first installation, everything proceeds in a timely fashion with good feedback for the user. The problem occurs when the user is installing the latest version of the application over an old version on their machine....

creating setup for mac application

Hai all, I have created a new mac application using xcode.Now I need to create a setup to install the application ..Is there any tool to create a setup file???.Looking forwrd for reply.... ...

Conditional install/uninstall of Windows Service

Using VS2008 TFS I have created a setup application that installs two Window Services. The first service is always installed and uninstalled (and works fine--I'm using the installer class). The second service is optional. Depending a custom condition I set up determines whether the 2nd service is installed. If requested the install w...

Conditional dialogs in Setup application in VS2008

I have added two dialogs to the install user interface. The first dialog prompts the user for the type of install (two radio buttons). Based on the answer it drives what components get installed (all working well), but I also want it to conditionally display the 2nd dialog based on the answer. I would have thought there would be a CO...

Click Once, question regarding open it with arguments

Hi guys, I created my ClickOnce application witch will install a small windows form application that consists on a WebBrowser control... I need to pass some arguments (this is made per client instalation) in order to open it correctly... as an example, let's say that I need arg(0) to be the url to open, if I generate a normal Setup I w...