I might not be placing this query at the right place.But i am having a problem packaging my vb.net application into a windows installer.My vb.net [3.5 fw] uses windows media player component + shockwave component. Now when i select a new project and go to setup wizard.. it gievs me the following error/warning:"the following files may have dependencies that cannot be determined automatically.[code]
View 3 Repliesadd serial number requirement to Setup & deployment > setup wizard for VB.net application
View 16 RepliesI have a vb.net windows application that i am using, i have embedded a shockwave flash file in one of the forms, in the development enviornment everything works fine. Then I am using the setup and deployment to create a "msi" it automatically detects that the shockwave flash is a dependency for my project and adds the required dll.Once it has created the msi, and i run it on a new machine, the software gets installed, but the flash component inside the form dosent work. is there something special i need to do for that dll?
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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I've noticed that in VS 2005, there were plenty of new, great features, with good fixes and just a better overall system. However, it does not seem to have a very good setup wizard. You have less control over setup, and the wizard won't let me copy some files that my program needs with it.Is there a way to get a better setup wizard, or will I have to make my own? Also, how do you make a custom MSI?
View 9 Replieshow I can create a Setu Wizard
View 5 Repliessetup wizard creation in wpf
View 2 Repliescan I create own customize setup wizard in visual studio 2005
View 3 RepliesHow can i link Textbox answers to My.settings that are in my App so that my app can use them? Ive googled and search but found nothing on that. or is there a better way to do that?
View 1 RepliesHow do I direct certain files to be placed in certain folders on setup? I have a specific file that needs to be place in lets say mydocumentsmisc folder. I was alble to create the setup.exe fine but am struggling on how I can dictate where the files go. Looking at the application folder I can see the files I added but the all go to the application dir.
View 9 RepliesPublic Sub bk()
Try
Dim strDatabasePath As String =
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Public Sub bk()
Try
Dim strDatabasePath As String =
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I am trying out the Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition Setup and Deployment - Setup Wizard on a very simple VB 2008 app which includes a simple SQL Express dB. The build works fine and it installs on the target system ok. But when I go to run the application and add a new record for example, I get a "read-only" error indicating that the sql db is read-only. Yet none of the files in the folder are read-only. What is odd is that the folder that it was installed into "acts" like it is read only, yet it is not identified as such. If I move the .exe and db files out of that folder, (onto the desktop for example) it works just fine. Should I set up a post build event or something to make
View 6 RepliesI would really like to know if there is anyway in which I can package two or more set up files together with my vb.net application; so that after installing the application, it automatically starts installing the other applications from the other set-up files.
View 5 Replieshow to deploying and packaging in vb.net2008
View 2 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 Repliesjust picking up on VB.net after a long absence and still trying to get into the swing of things.
I am looking to write a program for work, which is essentially a skills database. However, I need the program to have a locally held database, which does not require a server.
What is the best way to go about incorporating a dataset into the current project so that when built, it will be accessible on any computer that runs the exe file?
I am trying to compress and uncompress files. I have read that System.IO.Packaging might suit my needs, but I can not find it. I am using VS 2008 professional. Imports System.IO.Packaging at the top of class does not work (it throws an error). I did find system.io.compression. Does this replace packaging? If it does, does it handle .7z and .rar files?
View 1 RepliesShould I consider packaging with my program the .net framework files?
View 1 RepliesThis is the code I have right now
pZipFilename = "C:\123\1234.zip"
Using pkgMain As Package = Package.Open(pZipFilename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
For Each pkgPart As PackagePart In pkgMain.GetParts()
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The problem I'm having is that pkgMain.GetParts() never returns anything even though the .zip file has around 100 items in it.
I'm trying to use system.io.packaging to create my own zip class. I've got it to work, but i'm not happy with the compression rate. In the code below I've set it to the maximum compression rate, yet winrar is able to create a zip (at maximum compression) that is 2/3 of the size when I make it. Am i doing something wrong?
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I'm using the System.IO.Packaging namespace in my VS2005 application. The zip compression works fine for 1 or many files. The unzip though for some reason seems to only unzip one file. Initially I did this in vs2008 at home and it worked fine, but now at work with vs2005 it's only unzipping one of the files. Can you see anything that I might be doing wrong?
Public Sub UnzipArchive(ByVal zipFile As String, ByVal UnzipLocation As String)
If (Not zipFile Is Nothing And Not UnzipLocation Is Nothing) Then
Dim zipFilePackage As Package
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I have developed an app and an installer for it and everything works fine. I now feel I should add a bit of obfuscation to the code before it gets released into the wild. VS2010 comes with the CE edition of dotfuscator so I've run it and it produced an .exe in a 'Dotfuscated' folder. Do I just replace all four 'Primary output from. custom actions with the assembly from the Dotfuscator folder or am I missing something?
View 9 RepliesDoes setting service dependencies mean my service will only start if the one it is dependent on is already running or does my service wait to start until the dependent service has started.
View 4 RepliesI am attempting to read Excel 2003 cell content through a Visual Basic 2008 program. Searching Help for the subject yielded an example Function named XLGetCellValue (ByVal fileName As String, ByVal sheetName As String, Byval addressName As String) As String
This function required the following Iports:
Imports
System.IO.Packaging
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.IO
upon pasting the above three Iports to the Program, Igot the following error message:Warning 1 Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'System.IO.Packaging' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found. Make sure the namespace or the type is defined and contains at least one public member. Make sure the imported element name doesn't use any aliases.
I was able to create an application in VB.net that talks to a SQL Server CE database.Now i want to deploy this application using the publish feature with clickonce.An issue im having tho is when I install the application on another computer it keeps looking for my sql server on my development pc.
Ive added the .sdf when i package my solution but its still an issue.How do I change my connection string to connect to the .sdf file that I included in the package? this is my current connection string which looks at the sql server: connectionString = " Data Source=CHRIS-PCSQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=ce_db;Integrated Security=True"
I'm developing a very simple program in VB2010 Express that will create folders based on entries in a remote database. I am fully aware that the minimum requirement to run the exe is the latest .net framework, however I have a few added resources to the file, and when I try to run the executable on another computer, it fails to run stating that the resources are missing.
How do i compile my VB code AND the resources together into a stand-alone executable that only requires the .net framework to be installed?I have already tried to google this issue, however every answer I find has nothing to do with my initial question..
I want to package and deploy windows app which has images in allimages folder,resource folder is also generated that refers to all images in my vs 2008 application.I have calc.exe
in debug folder.I tried deploying using setup project that uses windows installer, when i run application some images r not seen and error is generated.whatt r exact steps to
package and deploy winform application in vs2008.
I just added a reference to Excel interop in my VB.net project, but when I call new WorkBook it fails with an error:Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {00020819-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error: 80040154.Do I need to regsvr32 a .dll or use dependency walker to find the problem? When I look in the registration database for that CLSID is points to Office 2010 which I have installed.[code]
View 3 RepliesAssuming an architecture as such.MODEL > BLL > DLL
Trying to implement lazy loading in my MODEL I have run into a circular dependency between my MODEL and BLL..Basically imagine a property in my model that I want to implement as follows
Public Readonly Property ProjectCategory As ProjectCategory
Get
If Me._ProjectCategory Is Nothing Then
Me._ProjectCategory = ProjectCategoryBLL.GetProjectCategoryByID(Me._ProjectCategoryID)
End If
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I have my MODEL, BLL and DLL in separate projects and because of the fact that my BLL references my model I can not reference my BLL from my model as this would create a circular dependency.