How can I download all the service pack, patches, etc., installation files onto my local hard drive, so I have them for whn I need them again, instead of having to download them every time I build a machine ?...more >>

How can I download all the service pack, patches, etc., installation files onto my local hard drive, so I have them for whn I need them again, instead of having to download them every time I build a machine ?...more >>

I want to create a SQL Server database, Login, User and permissions for an application that I have developed. I have created an application which prompts the user for the sever to install on and the user account to use to create, this app then uses SQLDMO to restore a back I have already created, th...more >>

I have a windows 2000 small business server with IIS 5 installed with ".NET Components update" from VS.NET but I don't have installed VS on this machine. On my workstation I have Win XP home edition with VS.NET installed with frontpage extensions. I can't execute aspx files . I read a few art...more >>

Hello, I created a Setup project in VS.Net 2003. I believe I should be able to see and edit project properties, such as ProductName, etc. However, when I open the project properties window, all I get there is Configuration Properties->Build. No project-level properties whatsoever. The ques...more >>

Hi ! I want to add .NET Framwork 1.1 to my Setup project. I have installed the bootstrapper app and have set the Bootstrapper property to Windows Installer Bootstrapper. MSDN then says that the .NET Framework launch condition must also be enabled. I check the launch conditions and cant see a...more >>

Hi, I've seen the following being explained about .NET applications in a C# Microsoft Course : "An assembly executable (exe) contains a small amount of unmanaged code, known as the stub, which is used to load the .NET CLR and start execution of the application. The reason this is unmanaged ...more >>

I have been trying to fix this problem for days and searching for a solution and came across this posting from March 14 which describes my problem exactly but with no replies. "I am getting multiple errors when I try to open an existing or creating a new project. When I try to open an existing p...more >>

Hi, I have created a setup project using .NET setup framework. Now i want to upgrade my existing installation. The problem is that when setup is started on a system which already has an installation of it ,it shows only two options, one to repair the existing installation and another one t...more >>

After strong naming and installing my Assembly to the GAC how come when i'm in a VS project and I select add reference I cannot see my assembly listed there? Is there something else I must do to have it show up here....more >>

hi all i am trying to use conditional statements for my installation process.... i checked with the condition statemenst for uninstall with [?ComponentName] = 3 and [$ComponentName] =4 , but i get errros when i use these conditions.. see in my setup project when i run it , i give the user th...more >>

I am trying to install VS 2003 on an 2000 advanced server box. When I try to open an existing solution it errors saying that the specified Web Server is not running ASP.NET 1.1. I found this error message when I searched Microsoft sites. They said that it is related to a setting in IIS 6...more >>

Hello, I have created an Internet Explorer toolbar dll in c# and I am now trying to create an installation program for it. For testing purposes, I ran gacutil and regasm in order for the toolbar to show up in IE, and everything worked fine. I am currently using Microsoft's 'setup project' tem...more >>

Hi NG! I've to change the application folder so that the setup project uses the current directory to put all files in. any ideas? tnx stefan ...more >>

Hello, I have a Web Application developed using Visual Studio.Net 2003. I want to prepare a setup to deploy it on the Server. I want to use the Visual studio web setup project. But also need to customize it. I need to accept from the user some input like the hostnam...more >>

I need to remove projects from 'Start Page'. These projects are from school, I do not need them anymore, but I do not want to remove them from the hard drive. Robert...more >>

Hi I have some setup questions 1) is there a way to create a more complex setup froms besides using the ones supplied with .NET - 1 check box 2 checkbox etc. - I want ones that combines checkbox with combobox for examples. 2) Following my first question, I tried to create a winfor...more >>

Hi All, I have an c# application including lots of different dll projects. On project options, I have coded a postbuild event script shown below to gather all my files in different project in one path after successfull build. copy $(TargetPath) Y:\CommonFiles\$(TargetFileName) after buil...more >>

Can someone plz answer the Win ME questions here? Is Dot Net compatible with Me? Why would the Installer have problems? I have problems installing it on Win 2000 server the log states dll's are missing so my next option is Win Me until I get that one sorted out. What a mess. ...more >>

Apart from using .NET Setup Project, which is the right product to develop an "Install shield" for the .NET application? We have tried using "Install Shield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6", which has limitation (possibly could be because of an evaluation copy or product limitation) for defin...more >>

I have a asp.net web project and would like to create some folders on the target machine directory at c:\. How do i go about creating the folder at this location....more >>

Apart from using .NET Setup Project, which is the right product to develop an "Install shield" for the .NET application? We have tried using "Install Shield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6", which has limitation (possibly could be because of an evaluation copy or product limitation) for defin...more >>

I'm scare because using Anakrino9 I was able to DECOMPILE my PROJECT. I have been working on it for a year now and it's too unfair that anybody out threr will be able to DECOMPILE my APP what can I do??? Thanks ...more >>

I have created a VS 2003 setup project.. I have included a Registration Dialog and placed it in the end node right before the Finish Dialog. I have created an executable that takes arguments in its "Main" function (C#) called Registration.exe. I have set the Executable property of the Registrati...more >>

Hi This question has probably been asked a few times before, but the web hasn't given me the answers I'm looking for. I know now that you cannot include only certain parts of the .NET Framework needed for your application to function. So, my question is: How do I include the whole .NET fr...more >>

I'm tyring to use MS Access with .NET, but I'm having some problems. Here's the code: string sSQL = "SELECT Statement_Id,Statement_In_Brief FROM Statements"; OleDbDataAdapter thisAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(sSQL,oleDbConnection1); DataSet thisDataset = new DataSet(); thisAdapter...more >>

I'm attempting to use MS Access with .NET but am not having much luck, so I've decided maybe I should just use the SQL Server Desktop Engine. Is there any way to import my tables from Access into the Desktop Engine? ...more >>

VS.NET 2003, WinXP Pro SP 1 When adding a custom folder in the "File System on Target Machine" treeview, you specify the DefaultLocation and a Property property. Docs describe the Property property like so: Specifies a named property that can be accessed at installation time to overr...more >>

Trying to install .NET Framework 1.1. Machine has Windows Me. I have installed on 8 other machines (3 with Win Me) with no problem. -- Jim from Cortez ...more >>

I've been using Visual Studio .NET for several weeks now. I've finished some example solutions as well as started others. Now when I open the environment, very few of them will load properly. Usually, I get no listing of files in the properties window to the right or anything like that. Doe...more >>

hi all i am getting an errror like this: System.ArgumentException: The savedState dictionary contains inconsistent data a nd might have been corrupted. Due to this error i am not Able to uninstall my service which was previouslly installed. How to solve this ??? help needed very muc...more >>

Hi, I am using VS.Net 2003. I have created a web setup project. During the installation, I have a Custom Action to run sql statements on SQL Server. The problem I am facing is that if none of the sql statements cause error upon, running, the install goes through fine. If any sql statement prod...more >>

Hi The following error is received while running a asp.net application setup: Issue: Error during project build Error: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\sankogroupware\beta\gw1.0\gw1.0.vdproj Unable to find dependency 'mscorlib' (Signature='B77A5C561934E089' Version='1.0.5000.0') of assembly 'Accessibility.dl...more >>

How do I write an uninstall program in .NET? I want to include it in my setup program, so the user does not have to go to Add/Remove Programs if they want to remove the program. ...more >>

I'm sure this is an easy one for someone out there I'm trying to access the QuickStart files in my .NET FrameWorkSDK however I'm having problem When I follow the links in the SDK to reach the directory http://localhost/quickstart/ASPPlus/ it opens the default.aspx just fine however it displays ...more >>

I am getting multiple errors when I try to open an existing or creating a new project. When I try to open an existing project this is the error: "Unable to get the project file from the Web server. Unable to open Web project 'WebApp1'. The file path 'some path' does not correspond to the URL 'so...more >>

I'm a total greeney to .Net. This is an application I inherited and am trying to deploy on our server. It runs on the previous server. I've installed the .Net Framework 1.1 and installed the app and set the config file according to specs. However, when I try to run the first .aspx age (which in ...more >>

I have a product key with an upside down J I can't get it to go through trying many different letters...more >>

Hi All can anyone help me please? I had few problems during installation. This is log of the installation: [03/12/04,10:42:30] Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect - English [2] ERROR: Error 1935.An error occured during the installation o assembly component {E4183247-18A8-11D5-A549-0...more >>

I've tried the newsgroups and the only similar post I found had no responses; so here goes. I have a deployment project that works fine. On the initial installation everything works great. Now I need to send clients the "next release" or major update on an installation CD and use the same ...more >>

Hi, I still have to deploy COM object build with Visual Studio 2003 and I want to register them (they support self-registration). I experience the following: When selecting the COM project output and setting the "Register" property to "vsdrpCOM" does nothing. When selecting the COM project...more >>

Hello all I've installed the .Net Framework Bootstrapper Plug-in and it's working great. As the plug-in automatically includes the framework and the .Net framework launch condition in setup project, I am having difficulty actually excluding them. There will be instances when it won't be suitable...more >>

I have created a Dot Net Windows Service. I am able to install it manually it using InstallUtil. I am now trying to create a setup package MSI and let the setup program take care of deploying and installing the service. I searched the internet for answers, but there are too many different appr...more >>

i saw some software (ex. Enterprisesecure by PandaSoftware) that can install their agents, and/or client software directly from server application over tcp/ip, with only one click (on win2K or XP client) how can i do the same with my C# application ? WMI , Remoting ?! any docs or samples ? ...more >>

hi all i have a big dobut reg the [TARGETDIT]... after i add the Customdataaction property as INSTALLDIT=[TARGETDIR] do i need to do something else in the properties to accessthe targetdirectory where the setup is installling ??? i am accessing the targetpath uysing context property , but i a...more >>

Hi Since VisualStudio .NET 2003 makes a custom action's uninstall conditional upon the uninstall of the custom action DLL itself, it appears that I must install a copy of the DLL in 2 different locations if I want to use the same custom action in 2 different merge modules in the same install. How...more >>

hi all i am creating an installer project to install my application. my application has got a few data which r needed to be edited at run time ....getting the user input and editing the config file. so i am using Path.Combine(this.Context.Parameters["INSTALLDIR"], "xmledit.exe.config");...more >>

Hello, I've created a fresh VB.NET Setup project using the wizard. When I build the project I get the following error message: ERROR: An error occurred while validating. HRESULT = '80004002' Any ideas? TIA Simon Jefferies ...more >>

I'm getting a couple of Service pack 2 install errors. The first error is the installer can't find the 'netfx.msi' module. I've run the cmd operation to open this .msi package from the framework download. When pointed at this module, the installer returns the error '..is not a valid instalation pack...more >>

Hi, I need to make sure that my windows service (written using C#/.NET classes) starts up *AFTER* IIS. How can I go about doing this? Thanks Dinesh...more >>