I am about to finish an application for a client. Now I'm having hard time deploying it since I really don't know how to do it.How do I deploy a windows form application with database?I've already downloaded the prerequisites redistributables. I also want those to be included in the installer.
View 1 RepliesI'm a first time visitor and poster, but I'm definitly going to stick around. I'm running an old version of Visual Studio .Net Academic 2002 and the .Net framework 2.0. I'm stuck on an issue regarding the deployment of a few programs I've thrown together. They all work fine on my development machine, but the problem they all use SQL Server databases, and I can't find any specific help on deploying a windows application with a database on a machine that isn't set up basically just like my development machine.
I know that I need the .net runtime bootstrapper on the target machine, so I can run basic programs that dont use SQL databases. That's no problem. But what about programs that make heavy use of databases? How does one go about deploying it on target machines? Is there a SQL server bootstrapper?
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When depolying a Windows Application with a CD How does one depoly Folders, with a large number pictures in them, along with the program that uses them!Further, when having the Control Panel utillities Uninstall the Program, how can you get it to remove the Folders containing the pictures along with the program that was installed with the pictures, assuming you can do so in the first place?Do not suggest using C or any other laguage please!
View 9 RepliesI created the windows application with Crystal Report 9.0 in .net 2003. While Deploying the Setup file I created the Merge Modules. I installed .net Framework 1.1 in that user system. After that i installed the Setup File.
I have to deploy my VB.NET application, and create a new access database with 5 tables, some filled in with values on installation in a specified folder in the C: drive which also needs to be created. I have found using google havent seemed to work for me. I am using Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition, so maybe I need to use a proper copy of Visual Studio 2008 to do this.
So basically I am looking for a way to create a .exe file that will be used to install my program on a user's computer, and create a folder and database with some values on instalation. Could anyone tell me how I can do this or point me in the right direction? EDIT - Also would you be able to answer this question for me. Will the computer that the program will be installed on require visual studio or any other software to run my program?
i am doing project of Order Accepting system for five star hotels.Scenario is Waiter will accept order using Window Mobile which is Connected to WiFi present in hotel.I want to communicate to database(Sql Server) present on My Machine (Computer present in kitchen) through WiFi and Add order into table present inside database. This should notify my application present on Compter and should print order. After completion of Order Application from kitchen will notify to waiter about completion. My problem is How to Communicate with database present on Remote computer using WiFi from windows Mobile.
View 2 RepliesI have recently developed a back end database in SQL server 2008 R2 and attached it to a application in VB express 2010.Everything works fine and when i publish the application, it works fine on my machine, but once i try to setup up the application on another machine i get the error message: A network related or instance specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. Server was not found or not accessible please verify the instance name is correct or allow remote connections.I have read numerous forums on this saying about changing the connection string and instance name.but with being novice i dont understand what needs to be changed etc.The sql server allows remote connections, but i am unsure what else needs changing to allow the application to work with the database on another machine.
View 5 RepliesWindows form application Access database Is it best practice to restrict user entry via keypress event
then validate all info entered & show error control message
or use dataset partial class columnchange as cannot restrict user entry here Could an experienced programmer suggest best way i actually prefer restricting keypress then loop through and validate all entrys
but want to be right
i have written this code to inser data in my database table "member "through the form but it is not working if i start debugging the code it gives no error but when i open my database table to see the inserted data it is not working.
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Public Class Form3
Dim con As New SqlConnection("Data
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The problem has been simplified for the purpose of clarity. I want to make a windows form application that uses an access database. The application will store the list of person's basic details such as name, age and country. The database contains two related tables ie person(id, name, age, country_id) and country(id, country_name) My windows form contains TextBox, DateTimePicker, ComboBox for Name, Age and Country respectively. Now I want to make CRUD operation Programmatically (Not using Visual tools) in the same form with some navigation buttons.
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View 8 RepliesI built this vb.net windows application that uses an Access DB for data storage and it works fine in visual studio. The problem is, when I deploy, install it from an MSI, i get this error: (see below)If I right click on it and run this program as administrator, it works fine. I thought it was a permissions problem so I gave user, administrator and system full rights to all the files in the directory. But I still get the error.Isn't giving all the files in the program directory full rights the same as making it run as admin?
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I have an application (.net 3.5 app) that depends on odp.net (11g). I had installed the odp.net on the production machine, i deployed my binaries. The program works fine, however it displays an error like this:This application has failed to start because MSVCR71.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem.The machine has Windows 2003 R2 as OS. This error occurs on the catch Oracle Exception block of my code. The program is supposed to display a message box indicating the error. It works as expected in my development machine..
View 2 RepliesWhat is involved in deploying a vb.net 2003 application with the Microsoft Media Player component? What files must be part of the build?
View 7 Repliesi have developed one windows service to support my front end application. I need to deploy only service project as MSI so client simply can install and no need to open services.msc for manual action.
I tired to use InstallUtil C:Myservice.exe and it is working but all client don't have VB.NET to find installUtil.
I am using visual studio 2008 professional.i am trying to deploy a simple hello world application to a hand held device.
i currently have the device connected via usb, i can run the app through vb and it deploys and runs on the device however i don't know how to create the install and install it on the device so it can run independent.
I'm trying to deploy a service created in VS2010 and am continually getting this error, along with the description that is expecting an application manifest, when trying to use installutil (.net 4.0)to install the service.I've developed the service both in a 32 and 64-bit environment, and tried installing in both a 32 and 64-bit environment. This does not seem to have an effect.
View 9 RepliesI have made a Database application using SQL Server 2005 and Visual Basic (V Studion 2005). The problem is: the SQL server name on my PC is different from the name on my brother's PC.....i want to run the application in his PC......however, all database adapters, objects i have used are linked to my SQL server...hw can i run my application on my brother's PC, with minimum changes and effort?
View 4 RepliesI have prepared an application which uses SQL Server 2005 Express Edition as its database and Reports using Crystal Reports which comes integrated with VB .net 2008.I am able to package and deploy my application alone. To the system where I am going to install doesnot have SQL Server or Crystal report runtime files.I want to include the same in my package so that it gets installed and followed by my application.I have chosen install application from the same location and tried to package it. It doesn't work.Please suggest me steps so that I can have the required softwares packaged with my application so that the user when he installs, it installs at one go.
View 5 RepliesI have used 2008 and click once to setup a deploy to a network area...however I have been asked to do a wee program for a friend.How would I create a setup file to give to them on a CD/ pendrive etc??
View 1 RepliesI have deployed my app no problem on my laptop that has .net3. I want to distribute my app to office xp nodes. This there a way of deploying an application to use .net2 instead of 3?
View 5 RepliesI have seen this happen before but am not sure how I resolved it in the past. On runtime the controls of my form change from the windows 7/vista format to an older version format as shown in the attached image.
How to display the controls in the format on the left (new windows format)
I'm trying to build a setup program using the built-in Visual Studio Installer. I'm using VS 2010 and working on VB.NET.For the most basic kind of program, I have an EXE file which works on a XML file (the XML file is treated like a database). So on a Windows 7 platform with UAC enabled, the best deployment is to install the EXE file in the Program Files folder, and the XML file in the application data folder, for security purposes of Windows. (Windows, now, does not allow creating/writing files inside the Program Files folder unless your application is running with administrative privileges).
So I have added VS Installer to my current project and have opened its File System Editor. So to create the above layout, I've added Primary Output to the Application Folder. Then I've added its shortcut to the User Desktop.Now I need to place my XML file to the application data folder. VS Installer gives the option of User's Application Data Folder, which is the %appdata% folder in the environment table. I need to access the All Users' Application Data Folder.
1) How do I access the All Users' Application Data Folder over here?
2) I tried using the User's Application Data Folder. It doesn't work. It doesn't create any folder in the %appdata% (e.g. C:UsersFarazAppDataRoaming). I tried to play around with various properties, like AlwaysCreate which is supposed to create a folder obligatorily. It doesn't create anything.
I am having two databases for the same application , one in windows and the other is web based.Since web based one have few functionalities I can't opt for a single database.At the same time I want to share Both databases to be updated with other's data so as to work error free with my module of appointment fixing.
View 2 RepliesIm wondering if anyone would be able to point me to a very well detailed tutorial as to how to Embed a font into my deployed application , So when its installed on an end user,s computer, they can see the font.
I currently have this code and have embedded the font.ttf into the resource under the files option.
newPDF.addTrueTypeFont("..
esources" & fontName & ".ttf", fontName)
have been trying to figure out for weeks now how to deploy my software With database to another computer. nothing seems to work. Is there a way I can do this Automatically. the software works on the other computer but it does not find the database and cannot connect either.
View 1 RepliesAfter deploying my project, I tried to install it on other pc , it installs well buthenever i run the .exe application my database file which is MS Access cannot be found.Well obviously the path is the problem.How would i make my path flexible and so that whenever i install it to other pc, my database will already be found. And also how can i include the database file inside the installer
View 2 RepliesWhen a user click the .msi, i want a folder called "Your Files", which comes with two small images by default, to be created in C:UsersYourNameDocuments. In short, MyDocuments.
What i did is put the following code in program.cs:
string myDocuments = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);
string downloadArea = System.IO.Path.Combine(myDocuments, "Your Files");
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(downloadArea);
Just before:
Application.Run(new mainForm());
The problem is, this folder will be created every time the user runs the application which is not a good solution, also in this case there is no place to load the two images so it can be loaded while the folder is created. I want the folder to be created once preferably while installing the application, so even when i uninstall the folder "Your Files" and its sub files be deleted automatically along with the program files. I tried to do it via Setup Project, but i couldn't.
I have a project that uses a crystal report and I'm planning of deploying it.The problem is, is there a common setup for the components that was used in my project so I don't need it to manually register on the client pc?
View 2 RepliesTrying to deploy an application written in VB.NET. First had an issue with not including the PowerPacks (what is in this anyway?) but that went away and the application installed correctly once I included it as a prerequisite.Now however once the user logs into the application the main menu just bombs, doesn't even load, the app just quits. I suspected it was the DataGridView and had those suspicions confirmed when I changed the application's startup form to one without the grid.
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