Okay first let me say I know nothing about programing and only the basics of computers. I have taught myself HTML and CSS and decided to pick up a book on C# at the library just to check it out. I followed what the book said and downloaded .NET framework. I created the source file in th...more >>

I need to add a registry key at install with a value of the Install Path the user selected. It seems that such a value could be aquired from an environment variable but I don't know what it is. Should look something like this [Install Path]. Does anyone know where these are documented? Perry ...more >>

I have a .NET DLL that I want to expose through COM and .NET. In order to expose it to COM I had to give it a strong name and register it with the GAC through an application install procedure. In the "File System on Target Machine" I added a special folder "Global Assembly Cache Folder" and place...more >>

I did build a small VB Net application with a configuration file called myapp.exe.config and it worked OK. My code is simply reading parameters (db path, trace file...) But at one point, I decided to test the dynamic key mapping of the Treeview control (Dynamic properties/Advanced...) I...more >>

Hi, Our software uses .Net and ActiveX control. The setup program hangs during installation without any prompt. Can anybody share some experience ? Thanks....more >>

I have a problem when install a Visual C#. Net application, using Crytal Reports, under Windows98: error: "cannot find KeycodeV2.dll or invalid Keycode" Help me please, Thank you, Liber Almeida. ...more >>

I've tried to install framework 1.1 on Win2K server (SP4 + all updates) and Installer always failed with message : "Microsoft .NET Framework Setup failed. If this problem continues, contact Product Support Services". In EventLog message was : "Failed to connect to server. Error: 0x80040154...more >>

Hi, I am trying to install the .Net framework version 1.1 on an NT4 SP6 PC. The installation goes okay until it reaches "Registering System.EnterpriseServices.dll" when it errors. A message box with the title "RegSvcs.exe - Common Language Runtime Debugging Services" appears saying "Applicat...more >>

I have .NET framework 1.1 installed in our Win2K server with IIS 5.0. Because of the blaster Worm, I had to uninstall the Proxy server several times and during the process I might have reversed the IIS settings to an earlier configuration. Now that when I tried to open an ASP.NET solution on the...more >>

WinXP Pro w/IIS 5.1 VS .NET 2002 When trying to run the most simple web app from VS .NET, I get the = following error: Server Application Unavailable=20 The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is = currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" button in your ...more >>

Hello, is there a way to include both MSDE and .NET Framework setup packages into my custom application setup project? The setup program needs to check if framework is installed, install it and then installe MSDE and my custom application. I managed to include Framework setup into my setup ...more >>

I've got a custom action written in C#. If something goes awry in this action, I wish to abort the installation and have my Rollback custom action called. How do I do the aborting? I've seen C++ examples that return ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE from an Install method that reurns an int. Howe...more >>

Hello, I had to change my profile as we joined a new domain. Now when I try to build a setup package VS.Net installer pops up doing the install but it errors out with the error: Error 1706. No valid source could be found for product Visual Studio .Net Enterprise Developer - English. The...more >>

Hi, Good Morning! guys. I am developing a DOT NEt application, using windows 2000 Professional, Dot net FrameWork 1.1. In my localhost Setting on the Home Directory Tab page, I select the second option "A share located on another computer". I have given full access to the shared folder ...more >>

I am working on a simple application and needed some assistance. In my program I usually hardcode my data directory (i.e. access database). How do I not hard code it while developing (and testing), then am able to use the userinput on targetdir? Would I create a TARGETDIR constant during tes...more >>

I've created a project that installs my application=20 correctly except for two things.=20 1. If on opens the "Open With" dialog, my applaction is=20 present, the icon is showng, but there's no text to the=20 right of the icon.=20 2. In the Add/Remove program dialog everything is OK=20 exc...more >>

Hello all, Please help me out on this problem. I try now for one week to pass an property value, entered in an User Interface Textbox, to a Custom Action. My Custom Action is an VB.NET project (Install Class). I entered in the CustomActionData property of my CustomAction following: ...more >>

I am posting this for a friend who has recently upgraded his machine from Win/98 to Win/XP. He can't seem to install .Net Framework 1.1. Just gets the subject message. I've scanned the newsgroup and the web and tried a few of the suggestion but non have worked. Specifically, the most likely ...more >>

Hello, I installed the Microsoft .NET framework 1.1 on our Windows 2000 std server. That server hosts five ASP3.0 websites and four ASP.NET websites. The ASP.NET websites are using SQL Server and everything works fine with these websites. But the ASP3.0 websites are using MS Access with a DS...more >>

I'm trying to distribute an application using the .NET No Touch Deployment method. Which is basically browsing to a .NET .exe in Internet Explorer. I do this and the application comes up fine. The only problem I have is that a lot of the functionality of the app won't work because of security ...more >>

I have just installed the .NET Framework and SDK and thought that I would then have the csc.exe compiler, but do not. Can someone point me to where I get the c# compiler? Thanks, Nathan...more >>

Does anyone know of any books that detail advanced Windows Installer = techniques, tricks and working examples? There seems to be so much more it can do that what is shown in the = Microsoft samples and in the Help. Thanks --=20 Joe Hanna Advanced Software Engineering joe.hanna_AT_ad...more >>

What installs is the .Net framework bundled with besides Visual Studio? Is the .Net Framework installed by default with IE 6? If so, can not install .Net by doing a Custom install? I have heard that IE 6 functionality is limited without the .NET framework. What are those limitations?...more >>

Hi ppl, I am using Microsoft Dot NEt FrameWork 1_0_3705_0, my website is working fine. But when i upgrade it to Microsoft Dot NEt FrameWork 1_1_4322, my vs 2002 does not open the project, also when i run the website none of my validations work.I have used all the validation controls in ...more >>

I'm trying to uninstall .net 1.0. I've used aspnet_regiis -u without success. Any suggestions?...more >>

Im trying to install Framework 1.1 via "Windows Update", and getting an error that the app can not be installed. The event log shows an error 1327 (EventID 11327) : Product: Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 - Error 1327.Invalid X:\ What do I do to get this applciation installed??? Thank...more >>

I have a scenario that can always be reproduced and will always corrupt a ..Net 1.0 installation. Install Windows 2000, SP3 or SP4. Install .Net 1.1. Upgrade the server to Windows 2003. Now, install .Net 1.0 SP2. The .Net 1.0 installation is now completely hosed. This is a real-life scenario a...more >>

I need to install some files to target machine (e.g. Common Files Folder). I also need to write the files path to registry during installtion, how could I know target machine folder path? ...more >>

I want to create an installer for a ASP.NET website that connects to a SQL Server Database. This installer needs to set up the website and, if the server it is installed on lacks SQL Server, set up the database and SQL Server. I am somewhat unfamiliar with creating installers, is this somethin...more >>

I have a window application in C# and a setup project to install it. When I rebuild the setup project, I cant reinstall my application without uninstall the previous version. The .msi give me this error : "Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version canno...more >>

Hi all, I need to include a new dialog which behave differently from the ones included with VS.NET 2002. I looked everywhere but I don't see any way you can add a new dialog to the user interface view of the setup project. Any idea? Is this even possible? Thanks in Advance, Tom ...more >>

Hello, i am using for a programm written in C# the Microsoft Office interop dlls http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;328912 i would like to know, how to deploy these assemblies with my application. Which assemblies should i copy, and is there a deployment licence for thes...more >>

I am trying to install my Windows application(VB.NET Front End and MSDE 2000 Backend ) using InstallShieldExpress40SP1. My Setup performs following actions 1. If the taget machine does not ahave .Net Framework then it installs Microsoft .Net Framework[English] v1.0.3705 2. Install the Inst...more >>

Recently upgraded to VS2003. Now when opening my apps it says that I need the 1.1 framework. The installation hangs at "Registering System.EnterpriseServices.dll" .. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling VS2003 but to no avail .. and I am stuck now. Any help would be much appreciated ***...more >>

Hi Phil, With ref. to our previous discussions regarding Installer and merge moudle now I had merged windows service and web service together. But now while uninstalling windows service is not been uninstalled. Any particular problem? But when I tried to installed windows service se...more >>

I have VS.NET 2003 and IIS 5.1 installed on Windows XP Professional. I am having the following problem: "Visual Studio .NET has detected that the specified web server is not running ASP.NET version 1.1. You will be unable to run ASP.NET web applications or services" I have tried the fol...more >>

hi, I'm trying to install the j# redistributable on our webserver (windows server 2000 advanced). The machine already has .net framework 1.1 on it. The installation gets to the end of the install (blue bar fills up) and then just stops. If i go into task manager I am using 100% cpu. An...more >>

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I have run the install for 1.1 on Windows 2003 although it does not seem to update IIS 6.0. When I start a new asp.net application on IIS 6.0 I get a dialog box stating that: VS .NET has detected that the specified Web server is not running ASP.NET version 1.1. You will be unable to run ...more >>

Hi all, I set up several web projects following the VB.NET MOC guidelines, and when I'd finished with them, deleted them in what I thought was the correct way. Obviously not, because now VB.Net complains that they're not there. I uninstalled VB.Net, the .Net Framework AND IIS, then reinstalled...more >>

In the past I've used the excellent Inno Setup (http://www.innosetup.com/) to create installation packages. With .NET I've been messing around with VS2002's bundled package and deployment tool in order to get the download size down for an app I am working on. Creating a .msi file versus an Inno ...more >>

Hi all, I am wondering if anybody know whether Microsoft has any plan to package .NET runtime with its operating system? I have a .NET exe application need to download to internal client machine to do some processing via remoting. Right now, they have to install the runtime separately in...more >>

hi group, i previously have a single machine development environment on server03 (w2K3, stand alone, SQL2K). i configured it so that my app is using "NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE" to access to the database it and it worked just so fine. now, i am installing my asp.net app and database to a ...more >>

Hi everyone, Newbie is wondering after he has up graded to Visual studio.net 2003, if Visual studio.net 2003 requires a different setup?? Most of the test application aren't working anymore. I get very often error message stating that probably the required components are not installed on the lo...more >>

How can I make a minor or a major upgrade with minimized user interface so it won't ask the user again where to install the files (Installation folder dialog). If I change only the version number without changing the product code - I get an error message when running the msi saying that the prod...more >>

I have 3 Global Assemblies for System (and a few others like mscorlib, etc.) that have identical Public Key tokenss and a Type of Native Image. I had VS.NET 2002 previously - but un-installed it and should now only have VS.NET 2003 and the 1.1 framework. I'm confused as I notice that other b...more >>

Hi, I used to work with VS.NET and Framework 1.0. Now i have upgraded to VS.NET 2003. I tried installing Framework 1.1 redistributable, but it hangs at the final step "Registering System.EnterpriseServices.dll". The MSDTC.EXE process seems to run forever , tying up the CPU .. Does anyo...more >>

I installed VS.NET 2003 and it ran just fine. I then installed the MSDN Library for .NET 2003 and now, whenever I try to launch VS.NET I get a message that it is updating Help to reflect recent changes and after a few seconds I get the popup saying it crashed and asking if I want to send an erro...more >>

I think there is something wrong with IIS or ?? Problem Description: When I try to run one of my apps from IE - I get the following error Server Application Unavailable=20 The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is = currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refres...more >>

Hi - I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup. I have a question about setting up and deploying .NET applications. Is there a newsgroup dedicated to setup and deployment issues? I would like to create an MSI package exactly like the ASP.NET starter kits. This is not for end users, ...more >>