Debug .NET Setup Project
How can I debug a .NET setup project? ...
deployment
Globalizing runtime generated assemblies
Background A project installs some files that contain all the elements to define a UserControl - some user source, a CodeCompileUnit for designer code, and a resx file. At runtime, these files are compiled into an assembly and the classes are consumed by our main application (the assembly is only updated when necessary). Question The ...
windows automatic software updates
What are some good solutions for handling automatic web based software updates for windows forms projects? I am aware of microsoft one-click, but am not interested in it at this time. ...
How do ASP.NET applications work when deployed without the code-behind files?
When you deploy an application to IIS without all files that contains code (VB/C#) then how exactly are events & all things handled? ...
How do you register a Windows Service during installation?
I have built a windows service application in VB.net 2008, and used the Setup Wizard to add an installation process. The installer works, in that it adds the app to add/remove programs and copies all of the files etc, but it's missing the final (required) step of actually installing the service. I have added the primary output of the P...
How to update an XBAP's config file after deployment?
We have a WPF XBAP application that we want to change the configuration on the server after it is deployed. Since the config file is embedded in the deployment files, how is this possible? For example, we want to change the database connection strings the deployed app is connected to or we want to update the WCF service binding setting...
Is there a way to keep files in App_Data from overwriting newer files when publishing?
I use an XML file in App_Data in conjunction with a Repeater on the main page of an intranet application allow me to display messages to users when they logon about application status, maintenance, etc. To test the functionality, it would be nice to have the file in the App_Data folder under development, but if I do this it copies it ov...
Startup Deployment Architecture- Running Glassfish V3 Prelude without Apache...
So am I crazy for considering doing a beta/production release on Glassfish V3 Prelude? Since all of my content is dynamic, I'm not even thinking of bothering to set up apache in front either. Doing so complicates the setup by requiring something like AJP or mod_jk and will not offer us much in terms of capability. So there will be thre...
When using click-once deployment, is there a 'Publish Date' property available.
I want to show the publish date in the About dialog. ...
VS 2005 Setup Projects: Deploy Many Projects With One MSI
I have 3 projects in my solution that I want to deploy. Is there a nice and quick way of using Visual Studio's setup projects to deploy all three apps using one MSI and letting the user decide which apps he wants to install during the install process? I have setup projects for the 3 individual apps, I also have an overarching setup ...
Setting up a PHP web project, the infrastructure.
Hello, How can I best set up my PHP (LAMP) development environment so that I have development, staging and production servers. One-"click" deployment to any of those, as well as one-click rollback to any revision. Rollback should also rollback the database schema and data to how it was when that source code was current. Right now I'v...
Hot Deploy a Java EAR to Minimize or Eliminate Downtime of an Application on a Server?
I have heard that this is what JavaRebel does but is there any other good way to deploy a new version of an EAR while allowing users to remain active on the previous version? We use JBoss for the application server... ...
ASP.Net tab in IIS missing.
Hmm. I'm trying to deploy a web service to a new server and there is no ASP.net tab. I've tried running aspnet_regiis from ASP.Net 2.0 directory but this doesn't seem to work. Any ideas anyone? ...
Java EAR File Deployment : Could not find physical destination : null
Anyone know what does this mean exactly? And how to resolve it? ]: Exception in creating message-driven bean container: [com.sun.enterprise.connectors.ConnectorRuntimeException: Could not find physical destination : null]|#] [#|2008-10-22T01:03:08.460+0800|SEVERE|sun-appserver-pe8.2|javax.enterprise.system.container.ejb.mdb|_ThreadID=1...
Should I include dependencies for my releases?
Should I include dependencies when I do releases for my common projects such as CommonUtils or should I simply specify which dependencies should be referenced when they are to be used? ...
ASP.Net Providers from web server in DMZ
Hello all, We have an intranet asp.net web application which uses the OOTB ASP.net membership and role providers. Now we are planning to expose the application to internet, by moving the web server to the DMZ as represented in the following (crappy) text diagram External Internal internet --- Fi...
Is an SSH tunnel through Citrix Client possible?
I know it is not strictly a programmer question, on the other hand, I would really like to be able to do a simple svn up on the production servers, which would save us a lot of hassle. Or production servers are within a corporate network, and access is only allowed through a gateway server. From that we can access the actual servers via...
Are there ssh and scp tasks available for phing?
I would like to do remote deployment from my build machine onto a server. The remoting can be done via ssh commands from a script, but I would rather use phing and a deploy.xml file that would do the automation. What alternatives do I have to do ssh (and also scp) tasks from within a phing build file? ...
How to not sign a ClickOnce Manifest
I have an office 07 (specifically Outlook 07) add in created in VS 08. When I uncheck the "Sign the ClickOnce manifests" option, and then publish, it rechecks that option automatically. I have a regular winforms project in the same solution that allows me to publish with this unchecked. Any idea as to why it isn't allowing me to unche...
How can I convert an existing website, deployed to multiple servers, to be SVN managed and not blow away user files?
I have an existing website that uses the same code base, but is deployed in a number of different configurations on different servers. Each configuration has a set of users, and they can upload personal files. The files are stored in an "uploaded files" directory on each server, and this directory is stuck in right next to the code that ...