I am creating a setup file using features brought by Visual Studio.I have some files which can't be removed from the application's folder. How to put the condition on it? or how to prevent user moves it after installation is done?Those files are critical (eg .dll).I already set the 'Hidden' property to 'true', but I think that is not the correct way :)So I try to find another way to do that.
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?
I have created deployment package for VB.Net appolication and it runs fine. When setup is rnning, I want deployment package to move a file from bin folder to other specific folder. how can I move this file to specific folder.
View 1 Repliesadd serial number requirement to Setup & deployment > setup wizard for VB.net application
View 16 Repliesi'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 RepliesI hv deployed my project using "Setup and Deployment" wizard. I hv installed MS VS.NET 2003 Bootstrapper Plugin -> A plug-in for creating deployment projects in Microsoft� Visual Studio� .NET 2003 that contain the .NET Framework version 1.1 and/or Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version 2.7. still it is giving the error The setup requires .NET Framework 1.1.4322. Install the .NET Framework and run the setup again. The .NET Framework can be obtained from the web. Would u like to do this now?
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You developing a application named "DemoSoft" which is going to be a shareware or Premium, you use different DLL's in this project and some DLL's are owned by you, they are very useful and valuable, you are selling this software and are charging the customer for what the software does but since this software uses one of your Valuable DLL, actually few functions from it you have to deploy it and cannot additionally charge for the whole dll. since that would be unwize.now i want to ask what can you do so that This DLL in "DemoSoft" cannot be exploited, meaning end user could use my software but if some thief tries to use my supplied DLL in one of his own app he is unable to do it, in simple terms DLL should work only and only with DemoSoft.
View 5 RepliesI'm happy to register in this forum , and here is my first question..I have developed an application in Visual Basic.Net 2010 and i used MS SQL Database My question is how do i move the database to another computer in order for my program to run???
View 6 RepliesHow do I prevent a child form from moving down and across each time it is opened? I want it to always open in the extreme top left.
View 3 RepliesI have the following settings:
ControlBox : False
WindowState: Maximized
Because I want the user to have a full screen application that they cannot close without using my Exit menu. The problem is, they can simply grab the title bar of the form and drag it, exposing the desktop!
I 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 RepliesMy suggestion is how to use the setup/deployment project - and also how to add it/incorporate it into the project being built.
View 3 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 RepliesI am updating my last post so hopefully someone will help. I have following code that will move a cell to the next column when hitting the enter key while doing an edit. It will even check the row at the last cell to validate data is present.
However, if there is no data in a cell and I press enter, the focus moves to the next line like it normally does. I need to prevent the user from moving or clicking on any cell until the cell they are on has data in it. Here is the coe I have used[code]...
What do you think is the best free setup and deployment package for VB.NET? Which is easiest to use?
View 4 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
best free setup and deployment package for VB.NET? Which is easiest to use?
View 2 RepliesSo I have a simple Outlook Add-in I've developed and that works, i.e. when I
build the project the add-in is available to Outlook and is loaded. Works great. And so to distribute the add-in here at work I want/need to create a setup deployment project, which I've added to my add-in solution. I followed the walk-though from here: [URL]
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Am I crazy or is there no Setup and deployment for the standard edition?I have already ran the install template command with no luck so I have to wonder if it is included. It should be listed under Other project types, but it is empty.
I cannot use the application I build because I am using the MS Power tools shape control and I cannot find anyway to add it when I build my application and looking up info on the Power Tools there is a check box that you select in the setup and deployment which I don't have.
setup and deployment project walkthru? creating a setup and deployment project in Vs2008
View 7 RepliesI have 2 different VB.Net applications. How can i deploy these two applications with a single installer package.
View 2 RepliesMaybe I'm just searching around for the wrong information, but are there any good tutorials on Deployment or setup projects? I can make the little auto wizard that VS2008 makes for you, but my app needs more custom options. For instance my app will set up SQLserver 2008 and create the tables in it, but I can't find any useful info about how to make a custom setup/msi app.
View 1 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)?