I am working on the msi installer built by VS(Setup and Deployment Project). I 've got everything else working like charm except the prerequisites of the project.
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I have a problem here. I want to distribute .net framework and windows installer along with my app installation file. The questions:1. Is it legal? Windows installer, yes it is legal. I don't know about .net framework 3.52. Which folder do I have to put the files? I tried the publish, debug, and root folder of the application, none works. I select download from the same location of my application in clickonce.
View 3 RepliesI have written a program in Visual Basic 10 and all is well. I have published it and have been burning the result to a cd and installed it on various computers, however it is the click once app, which has been fine till now. What I need to do now is to have the program install the .exe file and associated files (non click once app) to a specific drive on a computer or network computer. I have searched the net for instructions on how to initiate the windows installer and have failed. is there a program that you can select the source files then point to the installation folder tell it to go and an installation package gets made that I can burn to disk.
View 3 RepliesI have created one setup package using VS 2005 deployment. I need to check wheather Microsoft Webservice 2 is installed or not condition before installing. I have used "Launch Condition" which need Component Id. But i am not able to find to where i can get component id for "Web Services Enhancements 2.0 SP2 for Microsoft .NET".
View 2 RepliesI have a problem when creating installer for my project. My project is utilizing Powerpacks 10 and will be deployed on XP machines. These machines do not have internet connection.When I create the installer, can I include the Powerpacks 10 to be installed offline? Currently I have no idea to make the installer to include the powerpacks and install it offline - it always downloads the required files from internet.I looked it up on Microsoft websites and they only offer Powerpacks 3.
View 3 RepliesI am trying to kill my program when a new version is being installed through the installer using a custom action.
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I'm currently developing an application for a POS Terminal using VB.net. Our project is approaching the last stage of development and I've been tasked to create 2 installers. 1 for Initial Installation, and the other for upgrade installation.
The project is composed of several elements. These are:
1. The application executable
2. Common DLLs that we developed
3. some resources (.resx and XML)
The requirement for the upgrade installer is that only those files with modification should be installed. (i.e. if only the xml or resx files are modified those are the only items that will be reinstalled, since the size of the upgrade installer is a consideration so we cannot reinstall everything).
I'm using Visual Studio 2005 for my deployment project but I'm a bit confused about how to set the properties of each file in such a way that during the upgrade, only the files that were modified would be updated and the rest of the files will not be removed since I'm setting RemovePreviousVersion property to True. I have a hunch that I need to do something with the custom action but I haven't been able to figure it out. The upgrade installer setup is almost the same as the initial installer except that all files are excluded.I tried to acquire a copy of Phil Wilson's book (The definitive guide to Windows Installer) but its not available in our local bookstore and it would take too long to order it.
Basically while tinkering with the settings/properties there are instances where the dll was not updated and there are also times when the application exe was removed.
I already verified that the Product code is the same for both installers and that I'm sure that the version number is being incremented for each upgrade.
If I will be redoing both installers from scratch, how should I go about it?
I'm also confused about the Condition property and the transitive property.
Triying to use the built in Visual Studio 2010 to install a couple of files and after that is done to run another installer package (3rd Party Installation Wizard).
View 1 Repliesi create a Setup for my application and I want to Download prerequisites (DotNetFX and WindowsInstaller3_1) from my site location.I choose Download prerequisites from the following location: url...On that location i put this folders: DotNetFX and WindowsInstaller3_1But when I install my application on a computer with no DotNetFX and WindowsInstaller3_1 it redirect me to the Microsoft site.
View 1 RepliesI have a non-click once setup to install a windows service. I have added the prerequisites as specified (extract from doc below). But when I build the solution the prerequisites do not show up. I am choosing .net, mdac 28, crystal XI r2 and the option to download prerequisites from the same location as my application. The program dosen't look for them. What am I missing? I have another windows service that is setup identically and it drops the prerequisites in sub-directories off the.. elease folder and the setup installs them if necessary. To choose which prerequisites to install
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I have created a windows project that has one form which is like a wizard. Now what this wizard does is, it runs an msi file which is my main project setup as well as running the sql server 2005 express setup file. The project embeds sql express in it so I can pass parameters such as sa password etc. That's the reason I've done it this way. Now I need it to be so that when The user clicks my .exe file it detects if the .Net framework 3.5 is installed, and if not it installs it. Is it possible to set prerquisites for my .exe file. I don't want to put all this in a setup project because sql express doesn't support msi chaining.
View 9 RepliesI am configuring VS2008 on a new machine. Everything looks good except for the Prerequisites list. On my other machine, I have "SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1" listed, which is what I want to set my build to. However, on my new machine, I don't have this, and clicking the "Check Microsoft Update..." link does not present this as an option. how I might manually get this added to the list?
View 2 RepliesWhen i try to install Visual Basic Express 2010 and Visual C++ Express 2010, I get this error:Setup could not install the following component:Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express Prerequisites x64
I'm on Windows Vista Things I've tried: Deleting contents of %temp% folder
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I created a small project in VB using a SQLExpress db. So far everything has been fine. I need to take the little I've done to the customer for a look and feel approval.
When attempting to publish the project, I get the following errors:
"The install location for prerequisites has not been set to 'component vendor's web site' and the file...." You know the drill.
The two files are SQLEXPR32_x86_ENU.EXE and SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.EXE
I have downloaded the files and put them in the following directory:
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When that didn't work, I copied them to
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Same error
What's different about SqlExpress than other prerequisites?
I am trying add the prerequisites with my setup i have set the prerequisites download location to the same whwere my application is and now i am getting this type of several errors.
Error 1 The install location for prerequisites has not been set to 'component vendor's web site' and the file 'DotNetFX35SP1dotNetFX20aspnet.msp' in item '.NET Framework 3.5 SP1' can not be located on disk. See Help for more information. D:SETUP PACSSystemPACS 1.1.1PACS 1.1.1PACS 1.1.1.vdproj PACS 1.1.1
I had did some search on web but they all say to make change in Product.xml file but they did not say any thing about what to change. The prerequisites i am trying to add are.
windows installer 3.1
.net frame work 3.5
SQL server express
setup build fails every time when i try to do this.
I'm using Visual Basic Express 2010 and SQL Express 2008 in Windows XP. At first I couldn't add a datasource (the .mdf file for the database) because of a "Operating system error 32" which I seemed to have resolved by giving myself full permissions for .mdf file (by right clicking on the file and going into properties and then Security) and restarting the SQL SERVER (SQLEXPRESS) service. The dataset for the database is in my solution explorer but when I right click on a table adapter to add a query and attempt to open up the query builder, I get the error in the title above.
View 1 RepliesI have been trying for days now how to create a process to the user to easily create a connection to any installed data types they have installed. I have found an example right inside vb2008. I never use this because I code my own connections, but this would be real nice if I could include it or duplicate it.
View 1 RepliesI have code/support an application built on .NET framework that has always run on .NET 2. This year we are upgrading the application to use .NET 3.5 (or 4?). In preparing for this change we noticed that that Offline Installer (required for our customer base) for .NET 3.5 is 200+ MBs bigger than the .NET 4 offline installer.
Here are my questions.Why is the dotnet 3.5 installer so much bigger than the 4 offline installer?
Can we TARGET .NET 3.5 but distribute .NET 4. In other words, is .NET 4 backwards compatible? Assuming that .NET 4 was the only installed .NET could application still target earlier frameworks?
IF our application is compiled for x86 CPU (rather than Any CPU) do you still have to distribute the x64/x86 Client Profile or can we just distribute the x86 Client Profile? In other words, can we distribute the x86 Client Profile even though it will be installed on x64 machines if our app is compiled for x86 target CPU? Any risks or gotchas for doing this?
The issue is that if we upgrade our app to target .NET 4 there are a lot of application servers that we also have to upgrade which effects a number of other applications.
I'm using Visual Basic Express 2010 and SQL Express 2008 in Windows XP.I created a database on my local PC HDD. At first I couldn't add a datasource (the .mdf file for the database) because of a "Operating system error 32" which I seemed to have resolved by giving myself full permissions for .mdf file (by right clicking on the file and going into properties and then Security) and restarting the SQL SERVER (SQLEXPRESS) service.The dataset for the database is in my solution explorer but when I right click on a table adapter to add a query and attempt to open up the query builder, I get the error in the title above.
View 10 RepliesI created a typed dataset a day or so ago, then I added a whole bunch of tableadapter/tables with some relationships etc... suddenly out of nowhere it decides my dataset "is not defined". everywhere in my code where i use this dataset now has an error. I tried not to pull out my hair and do a Clean then Rebuild solution... out of nowhere it just refuses to generate code. Object reference not set to an instance of an Object. It would be nice if it was my object so i could find it but it's not.
Curiously I also lost the little database icon on the dataset in the solution explorer.I can still open it in the designer and preview my queries etc... it just wont make the code. it's driving me insane. anyone got a solution?
I'm getting this message in my 2010 debugger suddenly for some reason:The CLR has been unable to transition from COM context 0x4c4b68 to COM context 0x4c4cd8 for 60 seconds. The thread that owns the destination context/apartment is most likely either doing a non pumping wait or processing a very long running operation without pumping Windows messages. This situation generally has a negative performance impact and may even lead to the application becoming non responsive or memory usage accumulating continually over time. To avoid this problem, all single threaded apartment (STA) threads should use pumping wait primitives (such as CoWaitForMultipleHandles) and routinely pump messages during long running operations.
It happens while I am looping through a datatable. In each iteration I do a SQL Select lookup and a a SQL Update if I don't find a matching record.
For Each drCurrentRow As DataRow In m_Dataset.Tables("Group").Rows
Dim boolFound As Boolean = False
CheckForRecordInTemp(boolFound, drCurrentRow.Item("ACTIVITY_GROUP"))
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Am getting this error when am running the code to open/close the CD try:"PInvokeStackImbalance was detected Message: A call to PInvoke function 'TabsTest!TabsTest.Form1::mciSendString' has unbalanced the stack. This is likely because the managed PInvoke signature does not match the unmanaged target signature. Check that the calling convention and parameters of the PInvoke signature match the target unmanaged signature"
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I am running out of function keys and it will be nice if I can double up on some of them with the Shift Alt or Ctrl keys.I am using
if e.keydown = keys.F3 then{it does what it is supposed to}end if I tried e.keydown = keys.F3 AND e.keydown = keys.Shift but it gets ignored. Am I seeking the impossible or am I just missing something?Can some one tell me what I am missing or point me to an example?
CLR detected an invalid program
View 8 RepliesI am using the following function within a WndProc override:
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Edit and Possible Solution: Based on the answer at DisconnectedContext MDA when calling WMI functions in single-threaded application I think the solution here is to call GetPortName() outside of WndProc. I will test this tonight and post my result.
This is the message that I'm getting out of a program I'm writing.
InvalidApartmentStateChange was detected
Message: The current thread used to have an apartment state of MTA, but the application has CoUnitialized this thread and it is now STA. This may cause calls on RuntimeCallableWrappers representing some COM components to fail and may also cause COM component that are not multi-threaded to be accessed from multiple threads at the same time which can cause corruption or data loss.The current program structure is UI buttons that activate a BackGroundWorker object to do the processing and display progress in a progressBar.The only thing I seem to have added (as in I disable the code and it works fine) is code to print two reports.To sum up, I'm in the backgroundWorker thread, and I kick off an event "PrinterDoc1.Print()" which I've handled (there doesn't seem to be much flexibility on using an event for that), then later on in the backgroundWorker thread this error shows up pointing to the invocation of a delegate which updates a label on my form.
I am getting this right after I bind grid. I called the db multiple times (no more than 5.) and I bound those result to a datatable and it then throws this error. I was not getting this error yesterday when i was running this program. And there doesnt seem to be anything I have not done before.
View 1 RepliesI'm using an AutoDesk Inventor View API (dont think it matters for this question) placed on my form. I can call files and have them open without issue, only when I open assemblies (drawing files) I get this error:
"LoaderLock was : Attempting managed execution inside OS Loader Lock. Do not attempt to run managed code inside a DllMain or image initialization function since doing so can cause the application to hang."
I dont expect anyone to know much about the API, however I assume this is a common error.
Hi to all, i really need some help with a piece of code. Im developing an app, which receive midi TIMECODE (MTC) and shows it on a textbox. when i start the app, it runs ok, and shows the mtc on the textbox, but after a few seconds it crashes and shows an error:
"A callback was made on a garbage collected delegate of type 'MidiTesting!MidiTesting.MidiIn_Callback::Invoke'. This may cause application crashes, corruption and data loss. When passing delegates to unmanaged code, they must be kept alive by the managed application until it is guaranteed that they will never be called."
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I want to make an internet checker , but I don't know what's the problem with this PinvokeStackImbalance. Actually, the code was made for Visual Basic 2008, But I`m using Visual Basic 2010.
WebTest = CBool(InternetGetConnectedState(dwflags, 0&))
Where's the problem? Btw, it's a module.