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Get MSI feature cost during upgrade

The code used to get the feature cost during fresh install does not work when we are upgrading: (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370115(VS.85).aspx) MSIHANDLE hInstall; //product handle, must be closed int iCost; //cost returned by MsiGetFeatureCost MsiOpenPackage("Path to package....",&hInstall); /...

Does JNI differ in JRE 1.4 and JRE 1.6 ? Our lib now crashes.

Hello I'm responsible for maintaining a java swing application. It used to run quite fine with java 1.4, but with the time we encountered more and more crashes of the JRE that made us upgrade to the JRE 1.6, which at least is still maintained by Sun. With the JRE 1.6 we now encounter a different kind of problem, in the part displaying ...

Oracle Schema upgrade with new constraint- how can I reduce upgrade down time ?

I have a oracle repository up and running and has say 10 million records. One of the table is say CREATE TABLE TABLE_A NAME VARCHAR2(128), VER VARCHAR2(128), TYPE VARCHAR2(32), DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(256), CONSTRAINT TABLE_A_PK PRIMARY KEY ("NAME","VERSION"); This table is being used for long and now say I have a requirement to change...

What are the key benefits when upgrading from Wicket 1.3.7 to 1.4.9?

Hi everybody, I am thinking about migrating a larger WebApp from 1.3.7 to the latest stable Wicket version. As some basic things have changed with version 1.4, this will be quite some effort. Apart from Generics, what would be the key benefits of upgrading? From what I have read, I am not sure whether the benefits pay off for the migrat...

Wordpress Upgrade Problem

I'm trying to upgrade my wordpress site but still get some error.. Downloading update from http://tr.wordpress.org/wordpress-3.0-tr_TR.zip… Dosya indirme başarısız.: Could not create Temporary file. Permissions are correct! I have a VDS and installed it on IIS. Finally, I'm connecting the ftp with Admin pass.. So what is...

What is the experience when moving to VS10?

We're thinking of upgrading a very large product to VS10. I've heard a lot of good things about VS10 and am very excited about the new C++0x features however when playing around with VS10 I had one case in which a sample toy application crashed (which it didn't in VS8) and one case in which there seems to be a compiler bug in some C++0x...

Visual Studio 2010: It is worth for C++ programming ?

It is worth to upgrade from VS2008 to 2010 for C/C++ programming? I'm interested in IDE, compiler speed and code generation (i don't care about new C++0x features for now). I tested early beta releases and the WPF interface worked sluggish in comparison to the 2008 IDE. Thank you. ...

Web Site Upgrade from ASP .NET 2.0 to 3.5

We have a web application that runs on IIS using .NET 2.0 developed and built with Visual Studio 2005. We're going to upgrade to .NET 3.5 and begin using Visual Studio 2008. Here are my questions: I note the runtime is still 2.0-based. When I loaded the solution in Visual Studio 2008, I was asked to convert, and I did. I then ch...

Approach to upgrade application configuration

Hi All, My application has a xml based configuration. It has also a xsd file. Before my application starts, xmllint will check the configuration against the xsd file. With the growth of my application, the configuration structure has changed a bit. Now I have to face this problem: When I provide a new version of my application to cust...

Why upgrade to VS 2010?

Possible Duplicate: Whats the compelling reason to upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 from VS2008? Many people seem to be upgrading to VS 2010 from what I can tell. Considering that the cost isn't minimal, what are the driving features that are spurring people to upgrade? Obviously, I'm interested in seeing any that might affect m...

How do you upgrade / update web java project at your clients?

Let say we are developing a new client/server Java web application. We finally released 1.0 version and sold to few clients. Clients deployed our project on their own at their servers. After some time we found a few bugs and we would like to update our application. Is there any framework / technology / pattern / library / server that ca...

WiX installer remove files on uninstall but not on upgrade.

I have a program that installs with a WiX installer. The program itself creates a number of files in the [CommonAppDataFolder]\[MyAppName]\ directory. These files all have the same extension (lets call it .dat). On upgrading, I want to retain these files. On uninstalling, I want to remove these files. I am currently deleting the fil...

Getting an install to upgrade using WiX - old installer created not using WiX

Hi all, I'm building my first WiX installer after becoming sick of the sight of Wise For Windows Installer! I've built the installer and that works fine, but now I need to get it to perform an upgrade from the previous version of my app. While I can find plenty of post about setting up WiX do perform upgrades, I can't find anything tel...

'Add Config Transforms' and One Click Publish option not working when upgraded from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2010

I just recently upgrade my asp.net web project from visual studio 2005 to visual studio 2010. The upgrade was successful with no problems however im missing some features with this project. The One Click Publish feature(which is greyed out) in the header area of Visual Studio 2010 and the Add Config Transforms feature which is no where ...

TFS 2008 upgrade to 2010 failed upgrade pre tfs 2010 database failed

Hi, I'm currently in the process of upgrading the TFS server from 2008 to 2010 for trial. So basically, here is the following steps i have done: back up database restore the database on a new db server, DB. install TFS 2010 on another server, TFS. select the upgrade scenario failed with the following error: [Info @00:33:55.170...

To upgrade or not to upgrade. Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010

I can't find any compelling reason why I should put in a request for my company to get me an upgrade from Visual Studio 2008 Pro to Visual Studio 2010 Anything. Am I missing something? ...

generating patches with WIX - base version 3 off version 1 or version 2?

I'm making 'minor upgrade' packages using WIX. I'm confused when it comes to basing the upgrade packages. When I generate a patch do I always base off version 1, or do I base version 3 off of version 2? in short, I'm having trouble understanding the <UpgradeImage SourceFile="$(var.ProjNew)" Id="Upgrade1_$(var.NewID)"> <TargetIm...

Reasons and advantages for upgrading to Java 6 for a non-technical decider (at the client)

I'd like to upgrade from Java 5 to Java 6. We all know about the technical advantages and benefits, but: I have the problem that a major client refuses to upgrade from java 5 to java 6 because of "the risks" and "no/too few benefits for us" (banking sector). What can be answered to a non-technical decider at the client what benefits he...

Method missing url_for when upgrading Rails 2.2.x to 2.3.x

I am upgrading an application from Rails 2.2.x to 2.3.x and keep getting url_for method missing errors. Any idea what would be causing the core helper methods to be missing? ActionView::TemplateError (undefined method `url_for' for #<ActionView::Base:0x1053e8ea0>) on line #13 of app/views/site/_front_page_feature.html.erb: ...

Can my app provide an "Update in App Store" link?

For various reasons I need my iPhone app to include a way to tell the user that a new update for the app is available and prompt them to go update in the App Store. It looks like there used to be an undocumented way to give an HTML link that would lead the iPhone to open the Upgrade page for app, or something? http://stackoverflow.com/...