I've got a Qt app that I need installed on a customers computer, which I can't assume has Qt installed on it. I'm on a Mac OSX and the computer I will be installing it on some Unix based system. I will be installing it myself so I don't need a GUI installation wizard or anything like that. Ideally I'd like to end up with a script or mak...
I have added a setup project to my .net windows application (VS 2008), and when I install my application I get a menu item in the start menu for my application at the top level of the start menu. I would like the user to be able to select a folder for the application during installation like I've seen with most applications, but I can't...
I am creating an installer for some sharepoint addons and want a similar style to installers that list each package in the list and have an icon/text next to each showing its status. This starts at waiting then installed/not installed. Does anyone know what this is called? Or how to implement it? Surely there is a better way than creat...
Hi, I am looking for an installer application (hopefully cross-platform, but only Windows would also be useful) that has the option to add a bookmark in at least the default browser for the user, bonus if it can do all installed browsers. Does such an installer exist at all? The reason for this request is that I have a bookmarklet for...
I have a Java web app that offloads some environment specific settings (Hibernate configurations, required directory paths, etc.) in a properties file that is ultimately packaged in the deployed WAR. If I wish to distribute this web app, what's the best way to handle the mangement of these settings? It's not feasible to ask the user to...
I've been stuck on this all day, and have just run out of ideas. I'm trying to run an installer from a CAB file initiated on a web page. I built a cab file that includes an installer (BlowbackInstaller.msi) and an inf file (see below). The Problem: When I hit the web page in IE8, it correctly prompts me that a control is trying to i...
Hi, I have a C# class library project for an automation add-in for which I have created a Visual Studio set-up project. When I run the installer, I want the add-in to appear in the Excel automation add-in list (Tools-->Addins-->Automation Addin) so that I can directly include it in my Excel application. How do I go about it? I created...
I'm about to refresh myself in programming and I have decided on Python 2.6 for that. I have searched the net and it gave me two possible installers for download. One is from the Python site and another is from Activestate. Which one should I install on my Windows computer? ...
Our application requires HASP SRM device driver to be installed in order for ours to install and run. At this time, only their 5.50 drivers work consistently on all tested platforms (both their 5.75 (official) and 5.86 (beta) drivers crash on about 1 in 3 computers tested). Hence, their 5.50 drivers are good, anything else currently av...
I have written a .NET C# application and have created an installer in Visual Studio 2008. Everything works fine. The application uses an external config file (not app.config). The application is written such that when the config file is deleted, the defaults for the application are restored and a new config file is created. This beha...
I am building a reusable framework for building scheduling services using the .NET Framework. My code is distributed as a library, which is then referenced by the user in a console application. In the main entry point of the application, the user is asked to transfer control to a static method in the library, which will commence job sche...
My installer requires there be two files in the same directory in order for it to install. The installer (.msi file) An organization specific config file that the installer copies. (This file is customized by the organization and then distributed to it's end users). Since there are two files, the file has to be distributed as a zi...
I'm using InstallShield to install my application, a driver and a service. I need to install the plug-N-play driver only if it's hardware ID was found in the device manager. The driver installation is done using DPInst.exe. My problem, is that a user can sometimes manually uninstall the driver (After it was installed or even uninstall th...
I have an issue installing Delphi 2007 RAD Studio Professional onto Windows 7 64 Bit Enterprise. Everything is fine until I enter the serial number for the installation. After I enter it and click the next button in the installation wizard I get an installation script error at line 906. OKing that error closes the installer. I have don...
I would like to add a shortcut on the desktop which points to a virtual drive mounted under "Computer". This drive doesn't have a letter associated with it. I've successfully added a link to an executable, but all tries with Explorer has failed. When I add this shortcut manually it gets the following shortcut (in properties): Computer\My...
When trying to remove our application in Add/Remove Programs, the following error pops up, and the application fails to uninstall: Error 'mFileBagIDE.dll' is not a valid short file name. The curious thing is that you only get this error if the original installation DVD is not in the drive. If the DVD is in the drive, the unins...
Is there a straightforward way to validate a metapackage's structure (recursively) against its info.plist? I have some code that patches a metapackage and I'd like to verify that it's left it in a correct state. Thanks! ...
We developed an installer using Wix, and after uninstalling our app it suggests that we reboot the computer. It seems due to our app having installed a Windows Service. Is there any way we can avoid reboot, maybe if we have some code which stops the service, unregisters it, etc? ...
I am in the unfortunate situation where I need to deploy and upgrade packages and config files on machines with no root access and no ability to use or install a package manager. Are there any neat solutions that allow creation of custom install packages? I am open to custom compiles of some software in a custom location on the servers ...
Right now I'm distributing a .app file to people in my organization. I drag it to /Applications by authenticating as root, but every time the users launch the program they get a firewall warning. (The app checks for updates on launch--very important for us). Since the users aren't admins they can't authenticate to make the messages go aw...