installation

SmartBear Code Review -- Sys reqs

I just bit the 5 for $5 bait add here on StackOverFlow... Has anyone used or installed it yet? I can't find system requirements anywhere. I assume I need a PHP web server with MySQL, but in my rushed search couldn't come up with anything. Any best practices I should plan for? I did order the free book as well. ...

PHP web application installation

I've just finished a web application written in PHP. I thought it was as easy as compressing my .php files and dumping my database in order to decompress those files in the "production" server, creating the database structure and database user, but it doesn't work. Several php files have include directives that are not working, I was usi...

Setup problem VS .NET 2005 - Can I commit?

After I created setup in .NET 2005 (.NET Framework 2.0) and tried to install in windows with Service Pack 3 which has .NET framework 2.0 Service pack 1, .NET framework 3.0. It prompted me "Can I commit?" at the end of installation. And It failed at the end with error code 29527 Anyone has any idea? ...

Install (activate) .NET 3.0 Framework with an application in Vista

if i have an application that requires .net 3.0, what is the proper way to make an install file out of it, that will install the application and then install (activate) the .net 3.0? i tried publishing my project through visual studio 2008 (c#) which created the installer and the .net activator, but it didn't work properly on computers o...

Problem upgrading Visual Studio 2008 trial to full version

I had installed the trial version of Visual Studio 2008. I decided to uninstall it and install the licensed version I just purchased. However, no matter what I try, the installation will not change from the trial to using my new license. I have completely removed the Visual Studio, but still it will not upgrade. What can I do beside re...

Installshiled installation Across Servers?

Is it possible to install across servers using installshield? For example : If I run the install shield from webserver to install a website and will it be possible to connect to appserver to install services in appserver? ...

XcvData "AddPort" function call fails

When I am calling XcvData "AddPort" with PORT_DATA_1 structure -> I get ERROR_INVALID_DATA. After digging around for a while I found out that if reserved field in tcpxcv.h header in PORT_DATA_1 structure is increased by 2 bytes then everything works fine. Anyone else had similar issue ? ...

Looking for a flexible windows installer product with a powerful scripting language.

The company I work for has been using a certain installer for the past few years (its name is very similar to another installer product from which we switched). I was recently tasked with reworking the installer and fleshing out all the little bugs and edge cases that were causing all kinds of problems. I found the product so inflexible...

How do I install rails on a Windows machine that uses a proxy server to get to the internet?

I'm a big fan of the ruby way. However today it got in my way. The defacto way of installing rails (i'm running as a domain user on a WinXP machine) is download and install ruby (one-click installer) type >gem install rails at the command prompt Step 2 fails with some function getaddrhost not able to function. Some googling taught m...

Visual Studio 2008 express on VS 2003

Hi, Can I install Visual Studio 2008 express edition on top of visual studio 2003 ? Will it cause any problem for existing development environment (VS2003) ? ...

VS 2008 SP1/SQL SERVER 2008 SP1/TFS setup PROBLEM!!

I about to pull my hair out if i have to re install everything again! I've installed Visual Studio 2008 SP1 then TFS and when I try to install SQL Server 2008 there is an error message telling me to install the SP1 of Visual Studio. After a quick look on Google and SO, I've found the mysterious problem of TFS not being tagged as SP1 w...

How to install iPhone application in iPhone Simulator

I have a mySample.app file - an iPhone application developed by xcode. How do I run this (only mySample.app file) application using my xcode? ...

Can Delphi 2006 be Installed After Delphi 2007 is Already Installed?

During rebuild after a computer crash, I re-installed Delphi 7, then Delphi 2007. We skipped installation of Delphi 2006. However, now I would like to install Delphi 2006 before Embarcadero discontinues allowing for download of the latest version of D2006. Is it possible to install Delphi 2006 on this computer without having an advers...

Setup target location

Hi, I need to find where the setup is installed by the user.. how ? please help me ..(i.e Need to find the target location selected by the user in vb.net) Thank you ...

Simple Bash Script to install MySQL - Need some help

I am writing a simple bash script to install MySQL on Ubuntu. #!/bin/bash apt-get update # Install MySQL5 aptitude -y install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient15-dev However MySQL prompts for a password and confirmation. How do I pass along a root password. Is there an echo I can use? Thank you, Cei ...

What is the correct way to distribute a SQLServer database with an application?

Over the years I have seen many approaches to this: Packaging a detached database file Packaging a backup, which is restored at installation time Creating the database from scratch using scripts In my opinion, the 3rd option, creating a new database from scratch, building the data structure from scripts and populating any static data...

How to Install IIS through Code

Hi, In My application i have to install IIS automatically when my application install in User machine (Vista / XP) with out using OS Cd's. Can any one please guide me how to do this. ...

Running BlackBerry application automatically directly after installation.

Hi, I have written an application that injects some menu items in other BlackBerry applications (for example a "bookmark this page" menu item in the BlackBerry browser). I have configured the application to be run automatically at startup (of the device) so when the device starts, the menu items are installed in the other applications. ...

Delete Itself program

Hi, I need to write a program which deletes itself while running...How to do in vb.net and what is the concept to do it.. ...

Change SQL Server Analysis Services permissions set during install

While installing SQL Server 2008 (which included SSAS), I set these permissions, giving a domain group that held our SQL Service Account: . Now I need to change that group to a different one that includes a second service account, but I'm not able to conclusively find the permissions it set. There was overlap with our last domain group,...