I have an application (C#, .Net4) which I'm publishing with ClickOnce. I need to verify that the machines installing it have 2 prerequisites, one is an msi file and the other is exe. I've tried the following solutions:
Use the prerequisites option in the project's properties (under Publish) while putting the msi and the exe in the installation directory - no good.
Install Bootstrapper Manifest Generator and following this tutorial, where I have a problem - the build succeeds but with Attempted to access a path that is not on the disk. warnings. It does generate the package.xml and `product.xml files, but the installation size didn't change and it does not install the prerequisites (I've also removed the app and tried to install rather than update).
I'm using VS2010, I'm not sure i this is the reason that BMG does not work.
I'd appreciate your help in solving this issue.
Thanks.
there is no Bootstrapper Manifest Generator for vs 2010 but,
you can use Bootstrapper Manifest Generator for vs 2008 follow this link
http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=bmg&ReleaseId=1567
after Boot strapper Generate your installation Package you need to copy Package
from Document(your Package)
manual to this location "Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper"
for more information
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165429%28v=vs.80%29.aspx
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My visual Studio 2015 installed without vcvarsall.bat.
This is not about how to find this file and I am also not a python developer.
MSDN states at the bottom of this page:
The vcvarsall.bat file can vary from computer to computer. Do not
replace a missing or damaged vcvarsall.bat file by using a file from
another computer. Rerun Visual Studio Setup to replace the missing
file.
I am running the installation through our local IT department so I only get a fixed version of the setup. It looks like this setup does not install the batch file.
I wonder what other means of generating this "file" (actually it is several files and a folder structure) there are - how does the visual studio setup generate this file and is that generation possible without running the whole setup?
You have some option to "install" vcvarsall.bat.
The obvious to rerun VS setup and add c++ features (maybe your IT dep is kind enough and...)
Install visual c++ build tools
Install windows sdk (select c++ related components)
Is it possible to build a Visual Studio 2015 extension project on a build server (TeamCity agent) without Visual Studio installed? What kind of SDK do we need to install?
At the moment we receive the following error message:
error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Portable\v4.6\Microsoft.Portable.CSharp.targets" was not found. Confirm that the path in the declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.
So there is definitely some kind of SDK missing.
Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools
Contains targets and tools to enable the building of managed VSIX
projects without VSSDK MSI installed. Only for VS 2015 and onwards
Additional packages that may be of interest:
https://www.nuget.org/profiles/VisualStudioExtensibility
Using #weir's answer almost worked - the project built successfully, but it failed to produce a VSIX container at the end. For some reason the Nuget package hadn't added the necessary Import to the .csproj to bring in the VsSDK.targets, so the VSIX targets were missing and never got executed.
Here are the steps which worked for me:
Edit the VSIX project .csproj file, and remove Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\VSSDK\Microsoft.VsSDK.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />. This will fail on the build server where the VSSDK doesn't exist in the VSToolsPath.
In the VS2015 IDE, open the Nuget Package Manager for the project, and install Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools (I used v14.3.25407)
Back in the .csproj file, find the import which the Nuget package added, e.g. <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.14.3.25407\build\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.targets" .../> and add another one below it for the VsSDK.targets file (inside the tools directory), <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools.14.3.25407\tools\vssdk\Microsoft.VsSDK.targets" .../>
It looks like you have to install the Portable Library Tools on the build agent. You can download them from the VS Gallery and install them without having VS on the build agent using the following parameter /buildmachine.
Download Microsoft Build Tools 2015
My MSBuild proj file is referencing Microsoft.Web.Publishing.targets. Even though microsoft says MSBuild is standalone installation, i dont think this file is part of MSBuild.
I am trying to setup a build server. and i don't see this file at this location. We have installed .Net 4.5.2 installed on that server.
C:\Program Files
(x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\vXX.X\Web\Microsoft.Web.Publishing.targets
After researching I found, I have to install VisualStudio to get this at that location.
Questions
Is there any way to install this Target (and other Targets at this location) without having to install visual studio?
Yes, you can use the MSBuild.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.targets package.
I wish to make my installer (visual studio setup) to install redistributable (Visual C++ 2013 redistributable x86) in case it isn't installed on the PC or install the necessary dll for my program. I don't wish to set a launch condition.
If possible, I wish that the installation of the redistributable to be silent.
Any suggestion ?
That's what the Prerequisites button is for in the setup project's Properties. You'll need to set a configuration (such as Release) before you see that button. That's where you add the VC++ runtimes. That will generate a setup.exe that users run - it will install any of those prerequisites and then install your MSI file.
To make it silent you'd need to get into the manifest file that describes the command used to install the runtime, and change it to a silent command. There used to be a tool called the Bootstrap Manifest Generator that would do that kind of thing, if you can still find it.
There's no support I know of for any of the following, but this is how the VS bootstrapper works, so mangle at your own risk :)
You could open the built setup.exe as a file with Visual Studio and examine the resources - under 41 there's a setupcfg that's the specicification for the prereqs. You'd need to export it, alter it and re-import it.
Alternatively, the template for the standard prereqs that this uses comes from the SDK in architecture-dependent locations such as Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\Bootstrapper\Packages\vcredist_x86\product.xml so if you go in that Xml file and find the correct VCRedistInstalled settings and command lines, make it silent, and it should propagate into the setup.exe when you do the build. This is unsafe because a) you've altered a file so that will now not be updated by any SDK updates b) The file doesn't match the one installed by the SDK and there may be installer repair issues and c) Every bootstrapper build will be affected.
You can use Merge modules and add it to your setup/msi which will install quietly
I've Visual Studio setup project for creating installation for my project. After build Visual Studio create two files: *.msi file and setup.exe file.
MSI file contain all project files, information about destination, registry entries, etc. Setup.exe just bootstrapper for running msi file, but end-user is able run only msi file without setup.exe and program will be installed correctly.
What setup.exe do? Should we run installer only using setup.exe or we can distribute our product without setup.exe?
Yup .MSI version is enough.
Check this other post.
What are the benefits of a MSI installer over a standard setup.exe?
Best Regards