I build app using VS2013 but it needs VC redistributable installed on target machine to open app. How can I install these along side my app?
For Win32 desktop applications built with Visual Studio 2013, you can choose one of three options as covered on MSDN:
Have your installer invoke the VCRedist_x86.exe for 32-bit apps, VCRedist_x64.exe for 64-bit native apps, or both if needed.
If you use an MSI-based installer, use the MSM merge modules provided with Visual Studio 2013
You can just copy the needed RETAIL (i.e. non-DEBUG) DLLs into your application folder as part of your installer (i.e. application local).
The first two options are better in the sense that security servicing is handled for the central OS-wide version. The last option doesn't require MSI or admin rights, but means deploying any security servicing updates for the C Runtime is your problem.
For Windows Store apps, Windows phone apps, and Xbox One apps you do not deploy the CRT yourself. It's part of the platform deployment service to do this.
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I have built an Application using visual studio 2010 and a setup using the Visual Studio installer. Now what I want is whenever the exe is installed on a client machine it should check for updates regularly.
Any Suggestions . Please Help.
It's my experience that most people do this in the app itself, so that when it runs it checks your web site for updates.
Basically you need a web service call to which your app passes the ProductCode and Version of your setup, your MSI file build. At your web host you need a database (or Xml file) that has information on the latest available version and it's download location so that you can return that information to your app, assuming the latest version is higher than the running one.
You're in Visual Studio, so you build a RemovePreviousVersions updated MSI, and that's what you download and install. If the install needs admin rights and your app isn't elevated than you'd launch an external exe with an elevation manifest to get it installed.
I just finished a project similar to this, but instead of using Visual Studio installer libraries, I created a windows service that runs on a 10 minute loop, and when the service detects a new version, it kills the running application and performs a download and copies the new files into the application folder.
There are a few things you need to take into consideration; 1) A way to gracefully warn and then close the application so the user is not angry over a forced kill of the application. 2) A web location to store the upgraded application files, and a web service to advertise the available application versions. 3) A way to queue the upgrades so that when a new version is released not every client will be upgraded at once (flooding your web server with upgrade requests and downloads).
This technique is used by Adobe for upgrading and installing applications such as Acrobat Reader and Flash.
I have an application that creates WMSPublishingPoint. After migration to VS2012 (from VS2010) I can't compile the project due to studio can't see 'wmsserver.h' file.
This file is shipped with WindowsSDK 7.1, but there is no such file in SDK for Windows 8.
If I choose platform toolset vs110_xp - it's OK. But I need the v110 toolset.
Here is a link which confirm that developers can use wmsserver.h in development for Windows 8: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd874782%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
I tried to reinstall SDK (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/desktop/hh852363), but it didn't help.
Is there any additional link to install Windows Media Services SDK for VS2012? I haven't necessary files after installation of Windows SDK for Windows 8.
The SDK is removed, probably because the component is not supported on Windows Server 2012.
I suggest you to extract the WMS facing code to a separate DLL that uses the vs110_xp set, and use the DLL in your application.
I am currently preparing an application in Visual Basic, mostly targeted on systems with .NET 2 installed and office 2003.
Moreover, as the systems are corporate ones, they need administrstion rights, so I had in mind an app that does not need to install anything (or register).
The application uses an external ocx, an axwebbrowser ocx and an excel interop.
The first problem stands because a user cannot run the application as it crashes, seeming because cannot find on his system ahdocvw.dll. is there a way to install for example a redistr package that includes the axwebbrowser system xomponent? At least to append it on the clickonce setup.
Second, in case that the user does not have the required framework, I would like to add on the Clickonce prerequisite box, the option for .NET 2 and office 2003. Right now, VS 2010 has only available .NET 3.5+ and Office Pia 2007.... could you suggest to me on how to proceed?
I have a package I am putting together that contains the following components:
Core windows service
Core web service ( requires windows service )
Secondary web service
Front end
This is designed for a distributed configuration, where the Core Windows and Core web services have to be installed on every machine, the Secondary web service only needs to be installed on one machine and the front end only needs to be installed on one machine.
All four can be co-located on one machine but aside from the core services having to be installed on the same machine they don't have to be.
All four projects have x86 and x64 variants.
Currently I have an installer for each component built as VS2010 deployment projects. This works fine, but it means a lot of files have to be copied and installed before we can get going and it is far too easy to miss one out. I would like to have an integrated installer that pulls them all together and then allows the user to suggest which components to install on any given machine.
Is there a way to do this with a Deployment Project in Visual Studio 2010? I don't believe I can chain MSI packages, but could I create a single one that deployed the windows service and web services to their various locations in such a way that the windows service was guaranteed to be installed before the web service and that all components can be optional with no installation directories created for components that aren't installed? If so, is there anything I can do to ensure that users only see relevant parts of the interface- showing panels conditionally based on previous checkbox responses or similar?
If not is the best alternative ( as suggested in this question ) to put together a simple Forms application to package the files up and chain them manually?
Take a look at Wix (Windows Installer XML). http://wix.sourceforge.net/ Its an add on to visual studio. You can create much more powerful and flexable msi installers with it than with the default VS projects.
I have built an os design (and its bsp) in Visual Studio. I need to know how to get started with writing applications for the os by writing a simple application that will run in the os created (probably in an emulator, I still don't have the Evaluation module for the device). I have Visual Studio 2005 and Windows embedded C.E. 6.0 installed.
Some blogs described how to create the application in eMbedded Visual C++. Will I have to install this apart from Visual Studio to get started?
If you built an image from an OSDesign for a specific device you cannot run it in the emulator. The emulator has it's own sepcific BSP based on which you need to create an OSdesign.
To develop an application for your osdesgin of choice open VS2005 create a new project of type Visual C++-> Smart Device and choose the type you want. Alternatively, you can create a C# application for smart devices that will run on any device that includes the Compact Framework component in the OSDesign or has it installed on the device.
You do not need additional software other than VS2005.
You can download a package from this vendor. It includes demo applications for Windows CE6 (for that device). It also includes a document of how to create a new application for the device. You can use the instructions to create an applcation to your own device.
To test your application as it will perform on the image you built, you will need a physical device.
Update: During the New Project wizard you will be asked to choose the designated platform (native projcets at least) and you will need to choose from a list of SDKs. The list shows the installed SDKs on your desktop machine. You can create your own SDK, but in order ofr it to show in that list you need to install it on the Machine. In Windows CE the SDKs are installed to: C:\Program Files\Windows CE Tools\wce600