i'm developing an application vb.net with mssql server as database. on my pc it works. but i don't know how to make it works on my customer's pc.anybody have some tutorial regarding the creation of a setup and deployment project with ms sql server.my first doubt is: how can i determinate the right connection string?
View 1 RepliesHave built a project and associated it with a Setup&Deployment Project. The S&D project needs to contain 2 main folders (under User's Desktop) with various formats of files (xmls, txts, dlls) inside them and several subfolders. How can i copy/import these 2 folders and there sub-files/folders into my s&d project?
When adding them in the usual way, they are copied and defined a source path onto the current pc. You can understand what errors this might create when an another targeted pc does not contain those files to the exact location. Is there any way to copy them locally or somehow import them?
My suggestion is how to use the setup/deployment project - and also how to add it/incorporate it into the project being built.
View 3 Repliesive just completed my app and i created a setup and deployment project.Complier forced me to exclude wmp.dll
i get this error for about a second before the app launches. Losing my splash screen because of it
I thinks it has to do with the .dll, but ive no clue how to fix
setup and deployment project walkthru? creating a setup and deployment project in Vs2008
View 7 RepliesFor my .Net desktop apps I usually create an MSI installer (I create a 2nd project in my solution, a Setup & Deployment project) and I zip the setup.exe file with the <appname>.msi files together and put them up for download on my site. The installer will go through the process of asking where they would like to install the application (it creates the needed shortcuts and everything).
Right now I'm looking at adding a feature to some of these programs where it'll periodically check it's corresponding xml file on my web server and see if there's a newer version of itself available. I have this portion working just fine, where I'm stuck is that I would like to have it download a separate msi installer to update itself.
The idea is that it would download this different msi file, execute it while the app closes itself. This msi would not ask any questions, it would simply update the needed files in whatever location the first msi installer put the app. When this updater msi is done, it would just re-start the application.How would I go about making an msi installer that doesn't have any prompts and installs the application where ever the first msi installer put it (where ever the user chose to install it to)?
I would like to add a choice of icons to the desktop shortcut I add in setup/deployment. I can add one icon, but when I run the project there is no option for changing it. The "change icon" button is greyed out. I've made a dll containing 3 icons and added it to the setup/deployment project (also added it to the test project).
View 1 RepliesSetup and deployment project template is missing in my installation
View 2 RepliesWhen i am creating a setup project and building it then i am getting a setup file using which if i install then it is getting installed to single user only i want the setup to build run for every user in that system and the users can access it.
View 1 RepliesIs it possible to make a setup and deployment project in VB.net 2008, every site i have looked at on google says to just select it from the project list. It isnt in the project list for me to select.Are these types of projects not available in the express version?How can I make an installer, other than using one of the setup and deployment projects? (I know there is a publish button, but that doesn't make a proper installer and installs to the appdata folder which is not what i want it to do)
View 3 RepliesI have a setup and deployment project that installs my application. During installation, I create a hierarchy of folders under the C: drive.
However, when I use add/remove programs to uninstall my application, I do NOT want this hierarchy of folders to be removed. How is this possible?
Also, when creating the folders, I set "AlwaysCreate" to True. If one of the folders already exists, will it be replaced with my new empty folder? If so, how can I prevent this.
I have a VB.NET Application and I am developing a deployment project in VS 2008.
I need to give the user the choice to allow the application to start when windows start (but this should be optional)
Then in my application there should be an option to remove the application from the windows start up folder.
how to add the creation of a scheduled task to the setup project of a solution so that it will install the main executable and also schedule it to run in windowsscheduled tasks. The project is in vb.net 2005?
View 6 RepliesI've been busy with work and other bits and bobs and not really had much time for programming... but anyway, I have just written a fairly simple windows service in VB.NET and although I can install it on my PCs/servers using the command line InstallUtil.exe component, this isnt ideal for other people that may need to install it without my assistance.
So basically I just need to know how to get a normal Setup and Deployment VS project to install this service itself... I thought it would be as simple as selecting the service assembly to include in the deployment project and building it, but unfortunately that seems to do naff all. Do I need to use a 'Custom Action' in the setup project (and if so, how/what do I do?)
Step-by-Step Process of Creating a Setup and Deployment Project for windows application
View 2 RepliesI have recently learnt vs '05 and am creating a project in vb.net '05.my question is-During project development, we connect it to MS SqL server 2005 express installed on my system and it works.( I use add datasource wizard,add sqldataadapter,add gridview control,generate dataset,connect dataset to gridview method). But after the project is finished and we create its executable, the project will be run on adiffrent machine with a different server name and hence a new connection string will be required.
How can i make my project detect server details and connect to it, at runtime ? because the user is only expexted to start the server and open my application.the app must connect to the new server on its own. If anybody has an answer or if you know some resource where i can find it, please post here. Any suggestions are welcome.
i have studied very recently that an exe file could be created using "Setup and deployment" project, then by adding the required file to it,thus we can create a 'setup.msi' and 'setup.exe' But i want to know whether, we can create the same exe file , COMPLETELY THROUGH CODING....for example, when i click a button , then an exe file should be created...
View 1 Repliesadd serial number requirement to Setup & deployment > setup wizard for VB.net application
View 16 RepliesI do one project in visual basic 2010.In visual basic 6 project can be make Package and deployment (setup file or install file) file using Package and deployment wizard.But in visual basic 2010 express edition does not have Package and deployment wizard.how to make Package and deployment (setup file or install file) file in visual basic 2010 project?
View 4 RepliesI have three Setup and Deployment problems that are making me even more crazy than I have been accused of currently being.#1 - My project(heavy on text file streamreaders) installs as it should on the target machine but I can only run it on said machine as administrator(works great)... I have tried changing the permissions on the installed project and that did not seem to work. Error - blah blah cannot access [filepath]? ([filepath] is correct and verified. Ideas? Can I set permissions in the install itself? How so?
#2 - #3 (Basically the same questions)I have directed Setup to install a Program Menu and Desktop Icon and it does so. The problem is that the icons are non functioning. I dont see where I can set an actual filepath for them in the Setup menus?A good tutorial on VB 2010 Setup and Deployment wouldnt hurt if anyone has a link.
how to setup my deployment project so that users can customize thier own settings in app.config? Which special folder in the File System browser should I add, Personal Data, Application Data, or Programs Menu? How do I add the app.config to the folder? What about the project output, should it also be in the same folder? If so, should the project output be taken out of the Application Folder, in other words, exist in one place? I tested my deployment and was shocked that the icon only opened on the test user's pc after installation. I have custom settings in the app.config file that have default values, but must be configurable for user specific settings.
View 3 Repliescn = New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data source=C:solutionvs10 est estinDebugdb2.mdb;**Jet OLEDB:Database Password=secret**")
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I used V S 2010 The above is my code u can see that it is Ms Access DataBase(password protection)How i can create a setupb that can be easy to install other computer.
I have application developed in vb.net 2005 with sql server database and also used crystal report in it. I have make the setup files using deployment wizard. Now the problem is that when I install the setup files, it work on some pcs while didnt run on some others. Framework 2.0 is in its prerequisites which I install before running setup. When I try to see error message, it gives server time out.
View 5 RepliesWhen i am running my application on my machine at that there is no problem but when i am running on diffrant machine at the time login failed is occurring
View 1 RepliesI have created an windows application in VB.NET 2008 ad want to create the setup but due to newer in VB.NET i could get expected result from the setup such as....
1.I want to deploy only those items which are highly needed.
2.I want to check the system requirement ie.version of framework,sql database,crystal report etc..
3.I want to set the automatic connection string to the databsase such wherever theaplication will be install it have to be run successfully.
When setting up the user interface I can add a radio buttons dialog with 2 buttons. How do I use the response to determine whether to display the installation folder dialog and custom actions?
View 4 Repliescan i do something like this : -when i uninstall the program, mydb.mdb is not deleted and stay still. -when i reinstall the program again, the setup and deployment will check if mydb.mdb is already exist or not in the installation path, if mydb.mdb is already exist,then it would not be replaced(still using the old mydb.mdb). but when mydb.mdb is not exist in installation path, the setup will copy mydb.mdb into the installation path
View 12 RepliesI have VS 2008 VB project that I have created a Setup and Deployment project for.When the install starts, it give a message that .NET 3.5 is required and asks if the user wants to download.On the programs Advanced Compiler Settings, I have the Target Framework set to .NET 2.0, but the deployment still prompts to download .NET 3.5.
View 11 RepliesWhat do you think is the best free setup and deployment package for VB.NET? Which is easiest to use?
View 4 Repliesbest free setup and deployment package for VB.NET? Which is easiest to use?
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