how can you change the filename of an included file to a name that the user gave during the installation process??? i am using the EditA1 thing, but i cant seem to use the data properly ...more >>

HI All, I have developed one control in C#. I am creating WIX installer for my application. In my application there is one form which I want to show when installation is about to finish. I modified my WXS file to use custom action behaviour of WIX. Code is as below: <Binary Id="InstallUtil"...more >>

Dear all, I have a Windows Service compiled by VB.NET 2003 and need to run multi-instance on the same machine. The .exe files (with same name, of course) are stored in different folder. I found that I can't register the Service by using InstallUtil.exe for more than once. I would like to...more >>

I have for sale seven (7) Visual Basic 6 books. I'll take $21 for all books. I'm selling them as a set only. I am in the Houston, TX area (USA). If you are local to me, you are more than welcome to pick them up. If you want them shipped to you, I will charge you actual shipping cost plus the ...more >>

What's the difference between Convert.toString and .toString() method ? Just to give an understanding of what the above question means seethe below code. int i =0; MessageBox.Show(i.ToString()); MessageBox.Show(Convert.ToString(i)); We can convert the integer "i" using "i.ToString()...more >>

=== Verbose logging started: 2/22/2006 23:41:04 Build type: SHIP UNICODE 3.01.4000.2435 Calling process: C:\WINNT\system32\msiexec.exe === MSI (c) (80:C4) [23:41:04:221]: Resetting cached policy values MSI (c) (80:C4) [23:41:04:221]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0 MSI (c) (80:C4) [23:41:04:...more >>

I just copied an application over to an existing older build on another machine. I get the following runtime error when I run it on that machine. Compiler Error Message: CS1595: 'CallviewWEB1.login' is defined in multiple places; using definition from 'c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1....more >>

I have a solution with serveral class libraries the user can install via my deployment (setup) project. The user will need to pick the components they want installed during the msi setup routine. How can I give them a treeview like Visual Studio setup does to pick what you want to install? ...more >>

Hi, i am setting up an ASP.NET site and have connected to the SQL Server successfully. When I click on the connection it shows tables 'none' ?? I know there are tables just cant see them. When I set up an ASP site and connect to the SQL with DNS all tables are visible. I have spent a ...more >>

Hello, is there a way to build an installer for Linux, which installs Mono an my application on Linux-platforms? Thanks, Markus...more >>

At the end of my installation I have a text dialog box which displays rather a long text explaining post setup instructions. I resized the text box using ORCA and editing customaction table for EDIT1 textbox height. But the text is still displayed as one line and user has to scroll horizant...more >>

Hello, I am facing strage problem with Setup. I have created Setup as part of my application inorder to directly take output of my applications. Setup gets interrupted and following msg appears. "The installer was interrupted before Setup could be installed. You need to restart the insta...more >>

I used a dialog box with 2 radio buttons to indicate the default installation folder.If button1 is selected the default folder is set to [programfilesfolder][manufacturer]\[productname]; if second radio button is selected default will be set to P:\[manufacturer][productname]. Button1Label=De...more >>

Dear Sir, I have 5 setup's with me and i want to make all these setup under one deployment project and it should install one after another. Is it possible to do with vb.net? if yes then how? kind regards Imtiaz ...more >>

Hi, From the setup program, how to check for whether a particular directory exists in the target machine. Say, I want to search whether the following directory exists or not: Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS Help Data\8.0\Filters\1033 I know how to do a file search, but could n...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to uninstall VS.NET 2003 and I get the error message 'Setup can't determine the correct order...' and quits. Is there a way to solve this problem. Thanks, Ivan ...more >>

I need to install the .Net framework v2 silently with a progress bar. There seems to be only 2 ways to do it, dead silent (The user is left staring at a blank screen for 10 minutes) or full UI, where they have to agree to the license and click next. I was able to achieve this with both the 1.0...more >>

Does dotnetfx contain the debug dlls? I.e., MSVCR80D.DLL, etc. If not, how does one deploy these? Thanks, David...more >>

I've written an application using .NET 2.0 that makes use of the .NET 1.1 Managed DirectX libraries. It looks like it is difficult to isntall this on client machines (which is strange, maybe this will improve with Vista?) Anyways, I would like to automate in a seamless fashion the installati...more >>

Hi, Our application uses the .NET framework. How can we install/run the application if the user does not have ..NET and he does not have administrative priviliges. Any idea will be appreciated. Genady...more >>

hello, i am new to dotnet 2005 can any body tell how to create a setup file which doesn't ask for framework i mean which implicitly includes the required files thanq *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

Hello, i am new to dotnet 2005. i created a setup and deployment project for my windows application and deployed in another machine which doesn't have the framework 2.0 and it is asking for download of framwork. I tried to include the prerequisites along with my application but it is costing...more >>

My application failed to work from the network but running just fine from local drive. I tried to set up fulltrust for intranet zone, but there is no "Microsoft ..NET Framework 2.0 Configuration" shortcut in my control panel/administrative tools. I installed .NET framework 2.0 from micro...more >>

Hello, Does Setup & Deployment project with VS.NET 2003 has scripting support ? (as available with for example InstallShield) --- Thanks & Regards Divyesh Shah ...more >>

Hello, A Windows 2003 server PC is reporting a CLR version number of "1.1.4322.2300". ie. this version is returned when Environment.Version.ToString() is run. This seems later than dotnet 1.1 sp1, which I thought was the latest one available. Does anyone know what version this is ? ...more >>

I've written a Windows service deployed via a setup project. On sane environments (clean VMWare targets and most users) everything is fine. If ..NET 2.0 isn't there, you get a nasty box, if J# isn't there, you get a nasty box, if everything is there, installation or update proceeds as it s...more >>

I have written a Windows service in J# and a setup wizard to go with it; however, I have one problem.... My Windows service creates it's own Event Log and writes events to it. However, some testing has revealed the service will fail to automatically start on boot and I have narrowed it down to...more >>

Dear folks, I am creating a web setup project for my application. however i have to replace the default licence agreement with our own customized one. the license agreement window should be a scrollable one. how can i achieve this. how to insert a long text and make it scrollable, please ...more >>