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all groups > dotnet setup > may 2006

Radio button dialog box
Posted by Vivek Thakur at 5/29/2006 12:28:01 AM
Hi Phil, I have setup project where i have added a radio button dialog box. Now i want to guide the user towards different screens based on the radio button selected. How can i get this selected value in the custom actions class? is there any other way to do the same? Thanks, -- Vive...more >>

Custom Dialog
Posted by Nevikski at 5/25/2006 4:40:50 PM
Hi Using VS2005 Depoyment Project I can see how you can set a file to only install by using a custom dialog box and button property but is there a way of using a custome dialog box to actually make a external file run Thanks in advance ...more >>

deployment question
Posted by Nevikski at 5/25/2006 3:40:22 PM
Hi all When we developed in VB6 we placed the exe on our customers server and simply created links on each workstation to the exe. This has always worked fine. We are now nearing completion of our first .Net product and we wonder what is best now,. Install exe on server and creater shortcuts...more >>

.NET setup shortcut keeps reinstalling
Posted by aguyngueran at 5/23/2006 11:48:47 PM
Hello I've recently updated my setup project adding some folder and files to 'Application Folder'. After installing such setup and clicking on shortcut being added to menu, it keeps reinstalling and I don't know how to get rid of this ? The strange thing is that, after rolling back changes in...more >>

A shortcut to content file
Posted by minherz NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/22/2006 9:01:20 AM
I am building a Windows application deployment project for the solution that including several assemblies. One of the assemblies is a configuration that has XML and INI files. They have "Build Action" defined to "Content" and are copied into Output folder. I want to add into User's Program Menu ...more >>

What happend to the Bootstrapper for VS 2005?
Posted by Peter Monadjemi at 5/19/2006 9:24:58 PM
I just read the MSDN article about the VS 2005 bootstrapper. The article mentioned its a file called setup.exe - but where can I find it? Or has the bootstrapper been integrated into the IDE? thanks, peter...more >>

ASP.NET web setup, custom actions, windows installer SDK
Posted by lyl209 NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/19/2006 4:00:06 PM
Hi, I am trying to create a web setup project for my asp.net 2.0 website and I had some problems. It worked fine until I want to add some custom actions into it. As some of you already knew, custom actions get fired AFTER the real installation is done. I want to do some things like 1) check ...more >>

Disable Advertised file extensions
Posted by custerjk NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 5/19/2006 1:37:14 PM
If I create a file type for my application in visual studio, all files of that type seem to be advertised. Whenever I launch my application by double clicking on a file with my file extension a repair is launched. I have read file types created in visual studio are advertised is there a way to...more >>



Remove Previous Version doesn't work
Posted by pmilin NO[at]SPAM peakpeak.com at 5/18/2006 2:42:03 PM
I am having an issue using VS 2005 and windows installer 3.1. I have a windows app that I am trying to deploy with a setup project in VS 2005. As a test I created another version of the product to see if the uninstall worked but it don't seem to. Here is what I have done. Created a setup pr...more >>

Setup Project to set application's user settings?
Posted by Grant Schenck at 5/18/2006 10:01:59 AM
Hello, How can I set some of my application's user settings at setup time? I see I can set registry variables but I can't find any obvious way to set an application's user settings. This is from C# .NET 2005. Thanks -- Grant Schenck ...more >>

Installer class to install plain exe written in C
Posted by Techie at 5/16/2006 4:04:51 PM
Hi Everyone, I want to write a custom installer to install a exe written in C language. Is it possible? The installer needs to perform some tasks before it install the exe. Please help. Thanks ...more >>

Paging Phil Wilson -- Launch Condition problem in VS 2005.
Posted by Rob R. Ainscough at 5/11/2006 11:23:26 PM
Or anyone that might know. Phil, I've read you book, it was very helpful, however this Search Registery and Condition problem I'm having is about to make me jump off the edge. I've created a deployment project and decided I wanted to use the Registry Search feature setup as follows: Sea...more >>

help with setup solution
Posted by Jake Smythe at 5/9/2006 8:01:51 AM
Hello, I have a setup solution that throws the system.io.filenotfoundexception during the installation. I have added a custom form during the installation that has a textbox. When the user puts in any value that has a space the exception is thrown. For example the textbox is asking for ...more >>

Delete All Files From Folder on Remove
Posted by Joshua Ellul at 5/3/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi There, Is it possible to delete all files from the installation folder upon the user removing the software? Some files that my application created are not being removed. Thanks, Josh ...more >>

Setup project pop-up
Posted by Pooja at 5/1/2006 4:33:02 PM
Hi, I have a setup project in my solution. Everytime I build the solution in any mode (debug / release), the windows installer pop-up appears asking to install my web application. How can I get rid of that windows installer pop-up? Thanks, Pooja....more >>

Strange Custom Action Behavior
Posted by dln at 5/1/2006 11:37:07 AM
I'm running into a problem with my custom action and, being a complete newb when it comes to creating and using custom actions, I was hoping someone could help me out with it. Basically I have VS.Net 2005 Deployment Project created that uses a "Commit" custom action. The custom action is in ...more >>


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