I'm deploying a VB.NET application with Inno installer. In the past I've used the one Click installer but now require a setup with more options.
What needs to be included when deploying a VB.NET application (developed in VS 2010). I understand that the .NET Framework needs to be installed on the PC, but what else?
Also, where do you put the DLL's on the PC where the app is installed?
How can i make my own installer with out using INNO for example.
The current one i use is Click Team it's freeware but has a ad at the end which i hate. I made a small application that downloads the latest version of the main application. But the problem is that it downloads the click team install package.
As far as I understand all default settings of app.config settings is hard coded in the application and will generated on the fly in the first run.
If this is true then there is no good reason to deploy these files with an installer or in a zip package, am I right?
how to create a setup file with inno software including interop.MessengerAPI.dll of any application.I have created a setup file with inno.but it is work in only my pc it is not work in anather pc after creating a setup file.In my application is chatting application.how it is work interop.MessengerAPI.dll in anather pc?
View 1 RepliesQuestion: I created an ASP.NET web application. Now it originally was meant for deployment on a webserver.That is working, so, so far so good.My question now is: Is it possible to deploy it as a desktop-application, too? That is to say the installer installs some kind of server, plus the web application, configures the server to run this application on a localhost URL, and then creates a link in the start menu/desktop, where it opens that url (website, the application) on localhost in a web browser?
I think it should be possible, though the server wouldn't be IIS, because this is a windows component which can't be separately installed. Is there anything like this already out there The nonplusultra would be that it only starts the server when you click on the shortcut.
As i am deploying my vb.net application with sql database
it doesn't work on other client system without SQL installation
What is the way to deploy a vb.net application with SQL.
i just finished developing an application with visual basic and want to deploy it on the client computers while the database is on the server in a LAN environment.i tried installing the application on the server but the other computers on the network couldn't access it.i am using SQL 2000 database on the server.
View 2 RepliesIm trying to deploy an application by using clickonce and having some difficulties with it. In a class i have this function
Private AD As ApplicationDeployment
Private updateCheck As UpdateCheckInfo
Public Function SoftwareUpdate() As Boolean
[code]....
When i create my code on a form (to run the function above) i receive the error "Object not set to an instance" I try to add New to my declaration but then receive the error "Application Deployment has no constructors". Im not sure what im doing wrong or how i should go about this.it does not go past the line AD = ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment i decided to leave the remaining code
I developed a vb.net application and TRIED MYsql for database as ( open source). i have to install this application in client machine? As i am new to MYSQL, for deploying MYSQL Database as a Setup installation (With application ) in client machine.
View 1 RepliesI have developed an application using VB2005 and Access Database and am trying to run it in another machine but wasn't successful in doing so!I tried to use (Publish from Build) but when I did the setupin the other machine I got anerror connecting to the database simply because the connection string is different
View 1 RepliesI develop an application in vb 2008. Now the times come to give it to user. when i publish it setup file created but when i try to install on customer computer the error Assembly cashe 12.0.0 not installed.Please guide me how i make a setup with that assembly cashe GCA(12.0.0)i want customer just Double click the setup file and software install.
View 1 RepliesCan we deploy an application developed in VB2010 to Linux or Max
View 2 RepliesHow can I deploy my sql server express 2008 database to client that do not have sql server instance at all? Since the server connection in my vb.net program is hard-coded, I want the server instance on client side has the same instant name as mine.
View 7 Repliesi developed a windows application in vb.net 2005 and i used ms-access as my database. i need to deploy my application in redhat linux operating system.
View 4 Repliesi'm developing a linq to sql database application that i created with visual basic 2008. I intend to install the application on another computer system. The problem i'm having now is that, after i've developed,deployed it and installed it on another computer, i can't find the linq to sql database i created with the projectkelvin rolex on the installed application on the other computer,
View 3 RepliesI have develop a wiindows application and it's done in MS Visual Studio 2008 using the VB language and it connect to a 2005 sql database. now i want to deploy my application and want it to be directly attached to my database so that when someone installs it, it comes directly with the database attached to it.
View 1 RepliesI would like to know the correct procedure to deploy windows application in VS-2005.
There are some specific issues I am facing after deploying the project to the client machine.
- I have a CMS (ContextMenuStrip) in one of my forms associated with a TreeView and its not showing.
- Another form that contains a custom DataGridView which i created by subclassing default DataGridView is not showing this control.
DETAILS:-
- Everything works fine on my machine
- I BUILD the project in the RELEASE mode
- From the binRelease folder copied the .exe to the client machine in the root, also copied the Reports to the root on client. Is this correct way to deploy?
- Instead of setting the CMS property of the TreeView, I instantiated a CMS in my form, assigned it to CMS property of TreeNodes when TreeNodes are populated programmatically.
I am trying to deploy an SQL Server 2005 WPF application on Vista. Database connection is failing. Can someone tell me on what to do. The app deploys well on other operating systems.
View 6 RepliesI have developed a windows application which performs a series of database operations like select, insert, update. I am connecting to Oracle database and its working fine in development system. But, when I deployed this application, I am getting error at StartConnection (which opens the DB connection). After installing OracleClient in client system, its working fine. Now, my question is that do I need to install OracleClient to every user? If so, it will be hectic to do so as its size is around 200 MB and its not possible to ask all the users to install it just for a small application. I have tried adding some OracleClient files like orannzbb11.dll, oraciei11.dll, iraops11w.dll etc. But in vain! Could anyone please suggest me a work-around or a way to accomplish this?
View 1 RepliesI am working on vs2008+vb+sqlserver compact edition project which hav a attached .sdf database. Now i want to deploy my project to clients machine. I dont want to embbed sqlserver ce with my setup and also on clients machine. Now i m not getting idea, how to add sqlserver ce dll files with my application to deploy on client side and also i don't hav any experience of deployment. I m using a third party code security tool to prevent my codes and which also provides licencing facilities. So, How could i manage all these stuffs for successfull application deployment?
View 8 RepliesI have a VB 2010 Express application that uses a .mdb and a .xml file. Both files are part of the project. I am pulling my hair out to try to figure out how to make sure that these two files are deployed with the application. So far, I have only been running in Debug mode, so I'm focused on making that work.
When I click on the Application Files button on the Publish Tab of My Project, both the mdb and xml files are visible. I have tried setting both files to Data and Include. In either case, the mdb file is copied to the bin directory when I try debugging my application. However, the xml file is not copied no matter which option I select.
How can I get the xml file to be copied into the bin directory like the mdb file?
What are the steps to build and deploy an application using VB2010?Were the deploy package and files are located after the deployment?My experience is deploying under the VB6 enviroment or Install Shield.
View 2 RepliesI have my vbnet application with sql server express designed for individual desktop pc. Now I want to have it work on a network.
1_ how can I make my customer to install sql express and the Database on the server and enable the network protocols seamlessly? dont want to have my customer configuring sql expess manually. 2_ how can I have my client software to look for the sql express and connect to it in a seamless way??
Can I avoid the customer to enter configuration data?
I made the setup project for mt VB.NET Application, but when I take it to another computer for installation, the wizard does not show any window for specifying the path. It just asks to accept the license agreement and then starts installing/copying files. Later after installation and rebooting I see the shortcut but it does not start the program/application. It just goes to a folder.
View 4 Replieshow to deploy or to distribute the completed application in clients' machine in vb.net.. what if the dbms used in sql server 2005.. how about ms access.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to deploy an application that uses SMO on a workstation without SQL Server installed on it. The instance the app is connecting to is SQL Server 2008. The application is failing with:Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication, Version 10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=89845cdc8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
The assembly in question is in the same path as my application as well as system32. I am running this on a Windows 7 64 bit box. I have run SQL Native Client, CLR, and SMO MSIs from the 2008 SMO redist download page.This app worked fine when connecting to SQL Server 2005.
I do have an application distributed with click once. I want this application to be installed (and thus distributed) two times on the same computers. One time as production version and one time as deployment version. When trying to do so, I get the folloging error:
"Unable to install this application because an application with the same identity is already installed. To install this application, either modify the manifest version for this application or uninstall the preexisting application."How do I modify the manifest version in a way that allows my easily to switch between "Production" and "Testing"-Version?
I have created a windows application which Installs Multiple MSI's based on some condition. The project is created in Visual Studio 2008 with .Net framework 3.5; If this application runs in a machine which has atleast Dot Net 2.0 installs, it works fine. but the system without framework 2.0 throws an error "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135)"
How can I stop my application from crashing. I tried giving a check in the Main(), but it is not even firing the Main(); Is there any way I can give a prerequisite, But not in the Publish, Coz i am using the output exe and not the clickonce output..
Using Visual Studio 2010, Windows 7.Setting up project on one machine, then attempting deployment it on another machine with Windows 7 on it:When it comes to deployment, every time I have one to do, it is like pulling teeth.I am in file system setup, and I have a custom folder created with DefaultLocation set at [CommonAppDataFolder].Supposably you can use the "Common Files Folder" too, but that did not work either.What is happening is, I have three files in this folder, and two of them copy over just fine, when I look at the ProgramData/Tachufind folder, both of those files are in there, but no sign whatsoever of the third file.I have tried deleting and then re-copying the file back in, to no avail.I have tried setting various properties, to see if that will change anything, to no avail. Can't Microsoft make this easier, this is deployment-hell! Is there another application you can use to deploy a project without losing your sanity?
View 4 RepliesUsing: VB 2008 Express?I created an application that connects to my MySQL, and everything works fine, but...
1. On my development computer, Windows 7, 64bit, I add the MySQL.data.dll file as a reference. I publish the program, run the setup.exe, and sucess.
2. I then copy my published folder to my test computer, Windows Vista 32 bit, and upon running the setup, the program fails to work because it cannot find the Mysql reference.
3. I then transfer my entire project over to my Vista computer, publish the program, run the setup.exe, and sucess.
4. I finally found out what was happening. My Windows 7 comptuer was not including MySql.Data.dll.deploy file in the Application Files published directory; but when I compiled it on the Vista machine this MySql.Data.dll.deploy was included.
So, in the end, I cannot compile the program on Windows 7, because it fails to create the .deploy file, and use it on Vista or XP (for some reason Win7 doesn't need this .deploy file?); but I can publish it on the Vista machine and install it fine on Windows 7, Vista, or XP. My targe CPU setting is Any computer.