I have a WPF (C#) project that has a Installer project. The thing is that one layer (UI) has a XML file that I wan't to be included in the Install. That is to say, I wan't the file to appear in "C:\Program Files\appName\" when I Install the app on a client computer. I have tried to change the "Build Action" but that doesn't work. I have...
I downloaded netbeans IDE 6.9 for windows. But I can't find installer option. Looked at http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/generate_a_netbeans_platform_installer where it says that there is one, also on http://netbeans.org/community/releases/69/index.html it says that there is new feature "NetBeans Platform-based applications generate i...
What's a good way to handle fatal errors - missing packages, .ui files not compiled, Qt DLLs or shared objects not found, etc. - in a PyQt app (or other Python app)? Displaying a cross-platform message box without Qt DLLs or shared objects seems like a lot of work. Dumping a message to the console seems not very helpful, since the end ...
Hello. I'm developing an application in C# based on the .Net Framework. The problem is that on certain computers there is no .Net. So is there a app (preferably free) that can check it and suggest a download if no .Net is available that i can run during the installer, or an app that wraps my assembly with the .net assemblys so that i wo...
I have a working JNLP application which I need to distribute to various non-technical end users. If the user's machine has a recent JVM installed, everything is fine. They just double-click the JNLP file I send them and Java Web Start does the rest. Now I would like to distribute something that works with or without a JVM, e.g. a .exe...
I have a vb6 activex document project and I need to create an msi package (thats what is the requirement since it has to be deployed thru active directory) that runs without any user interface and user intervention. I followed these steps: I created an msi project using visual studio installer and removed all the user interfaces. Added...
I have an installer class which I use to do some processing on the application after it is initially installed. In the installer I have a custom dialog which requests a username and password. This is accessed in my installer class with Me.Context.Parameters("username") After setting it as CustomActionData /username="[TXTUSERNAME]" ...
I understand that NSIS supports plugins, but I can't find an NsPython tutorial. Maybe first I should ask: if I can run Python code from NSIS, is it a good idea to script my installer in Python (instead of explicitly managing a stack in an NSIS script)? And secondly: are there any good tutorials? Alternatively: Is there another appro...
Hello, I've got a WiX project that includes the installation of Visual C++ 2008 runtime components for x86 with a separated merge module. Unfortunately there's a well known issue with that .msm with MSI v4.5. To be more specific the .msm custom action SxSUninstallCA takes 20 minutes to complete on uninstall. So, long story short, I de...
Hi During installation, it's possible to update the InnoSetup wizard status text from inside the PascalScript event handler "CurStepChanged(ssPostInstall)" with the following code (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2514107): WizardForm.StatusLabel.Caption := 'status update'; This does not work for uninstall. Accessing this property ...
Hi, I'm currently trying to add some testing functionality into our builds, and in order to do this I need to be able to perform an administrative install, silently. However, I need to be able to specify the location that it installs too, as the default is on the company-wide network which is no use. I was wondering if there was a way ...
I am looking for a framework to create an install kit for my Java web application. I need something that would install JBoss, a Database Server, Java, and of course the application itself with all the dependencies and settings on a Windows platform. I prefer free tools. What do you recommend and why? ...
I have a Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 CF 2.0 application, I created a windows installation package with this link below: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb158529.aspx My .ini file is: [CEAppManager] Version = 1.0 Component = netcf.core.ppc3.armv4.cab [netcf.core.ppc3.armv4.cab] Description = installation module CabFiles = ...
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious here. The following questions both reference the InstallExecuteSequence table: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1178327/force-reboot-from-custom-action-in-msi-in-c http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3404288/msi-installer-to-run-twice And here's the MS page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...
Hi, I have an executable on my disk-on-key in dir\program\prog.exe I'd like to have a shortcut to the executable on the DoK's root directory, that is, prog.lnk would refer to dir\program\prog.exe. However, it seems that prog.lnk can't have a relative target. This is a problem when the DoK will have different drive letters assigned to ...
I need to generate an .msi package to deploy some files on my computers. I can do this using a program called Deep Freeze. I provide the .msi and Deep Freeze puts it in my workstations. I've been trying to create this .msi with the WiX sdk but I can't use my own folder path but as soon as I replace the APPLICATIONPATH with something else...
I have to make a maintenance release of a project that hasn't been touched for a couple of years. Unfortunately, it requires Wix version 2.0.3719.0, which is no longer available and wasn't checked in or saved somewhere by the original developers. Downloading the required version of Wix is difficult too because it apparantly moved away f...
I need to create a package with all files associated with an install, so that I can migrate this install to another computer. I cannot download the installer / setup program, and so I need to do this instead. Does anyone have any experience with this? Thank you!!!! :-D ...
I have an ASP.NET MVC project that I'd like to install somewhere using xcopy (as opposed to an installer). How do I export/build to a folder that I can copy straight to the IIS environment? I think at work we use a web deployment project but that's a plugin and I was wondering if there's another way? ...
I've developed an open source application in php and mysql. I'd like to give it to the end user to install on their computer and use from their browser without me having to host it for them. But the end users are non-developers so they're unlikely to have what it takes to run the application (php-apache local environment like a developer...