We copy a lot of data around in our organisation, and we like using RoboCopyPlus for the robustness and the email reports at the end.
I've added the RoboCopyPlus string to the folder context menu in the registry as:
cmd /c robocopyplus "%1" "C:\Data" *.* /s
But that means I can only copy a folder to C:\Data.
What's the best way to prompt for user input or create a variable that I can pass in to the command? Ideally I would like a folder browser dialogue to pop up and ask them the location, but accepting that that's probably complicating the matter, how would I prompt for user input in the shell?
Write a simple application to have the user select a file, then launch RoboCopyPlus using the path that was selected. Add an entry to your context menu that launches this application instead. Here's an example in C# using the FolderBrowserDialog class and Process.Start().
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace RobocopyLauncher
{
class Launcher
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
FolderBrowserDialog browser = new FolderBrowserDialog();
if (browser.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK && args.Length == 1)
{
// Not sure of the exact command but it would be
// something like this
Process.Start(string.Format("robocopyplus \"{0}\" \"{1}\"",
args[0], browser.SelectedPath);
}
}
}
}
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I'm working on Visual Studio 2013 Extension using MEF while trying to read Active Document Content Type and Code. Presently it only reads at Opening Time of the Document/ProjectItem in the Editor. Once these are opened, it doesn't read these again whenever we switch between opened Document Tabs.
Requirement: I want this extension to read the Content Type and Code Text of current Active Document.
Updated:
Problem: I know, using EnvDTE80.DTE2.ActiveWindow, I can get currently focused document, but I'm confused here that how to call this code to read the Currently Active Document/Window things? Let's say if we have 10 Documents, the active document (which got current focus) needs to be read by the this extension. And here VsTextViewCreated is only called whenever we open a new document or the one closed before i.e Text View is Created. It won't be called upon already open documents (i.e. Text View already created) and so we won't be able to get updated wpfTextView object upon moving the focus on other already open documents. And I'm confused here how to call this using DTE2.ActiveDocument or DTE2.ActiveWindow event handlers.
Question:
Is this possible in MEF, without using DTE?
Is there any Interface dealing with TextViews already present in VS editor?
Here is my code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Tagging;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor;
using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Utilities;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editor;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace VSIXProject_Test
{
[Export(typeof(IVsTextViewCreationListener))]
[ContentType("code")]
[TextViewRole(PredefinedTextViewRoles.Editable)]
class VsTextViewCreationListener : IVsTextViewCreationListener
{
[Import]
IVsEditorAdaptersFactoryService AdaptersFactory = null;
public void VsTextViewCreated(IVsTextView textViewAdapter)
{
var wpfTextView = AdaptersFactory.GetWpfTextView(textViewAdapter);
if (wpfTextView == null)
{
Debug.Fail("Unable to get IWpfTextView from text view adapter");
return;
}
Debug.Write(wpfTextView.TextBuffer.ContentType.TypeName);
}
}
}
Fortunately, I got what I was trying to achieve. A helper solution is already posted here:
I used the helper method in dte2.Events.WindowsEvents.WindowActived and getting IVsTextView object to retrieve the Text Buffer. Here is my Code snippet of WindowActivated event:
void WindowEvents_WindowActivated(EnvDTE.Window GotFocus, EnvDTE.Window LostFocus)
{
if (null != GotFocus.Document)
{
Document curDoc = GotFocus.Document;
Debug.Write("Activated : " + curDoc.FullName);
this.IvsTextView=GetIVsTextView(curDoc.FullName); //Calling the helper method to retrieve IVsTextView object.
if (IvsTextView != null)
{
IvsTextView.GetBuffer(out curDocTextLines); //Getting Current Text Lines
//Getting Buffer Adapter to get ITextBuffer which holds the current Snapshots as wel..
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.ITextBuffer curDocTextBuffer = AdaptersFactory.GetDocumentBuffer(curDocTextLines as IVsTextBuffer);
Debug.Write("\r\nContentType: "+curDocTextBuffer.ContentType.TypeName+"\nTest: " + curDocTextBuffer.CurrentSnapshot.GetText());
}
}
}
This is now working with all the code documents opened in VS Editor. Hope this would help others like me.
I have a C# project that contains 1 EXE and about 7 DLLs. What I would like to have is a folder beside the EXE called "Library" (or something similar) that contains all the DLLs so that it is a bit more organized and looks better for the end user.
I know this can be done using an AppConfig but the I don't want another file beside the EXE. All I want is the main EXE and the folder.
Is it possible to use AppConfig and embed it or load the DLLs without using a AppConfig that won't change how I currently use my DLLs? I know you can load a DLL at run time but I don't think that is what I am looking for.
Thanks!
EDIT
I know the pros and cons to doing this, so please only answers on how to do this and no advice as to why I should or should not do this.
Use System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(path).
LoadFrom will allow it to look in the same folder as the targetted dll for any dependencies. If you use Load, then it will not consider dlls that are sitting in the same folder as the dll you Load.
I know this doesn't directly answer your question, but manually calling LoadFrom on the DLLs early in your process startup should do the trick if you want an "xcopy" installable .net app or something.
PrettyBin is your solution. It does this beautifully!
SetDllDirectory() + carefully coded AssemblyResolve. Works for me in a nontrivial project, with no DLL hell.
https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/blob/d05ddabf5f22debf47369f94868462a75ea0b466/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Program.cs
I created new console application-launcher. In app folder contains my EXE file - MyApp.exe and all DLLs.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var process = new Process
{
StartInfo =
{
FileName = "app\\MyApp.exe",
}
};
process.Start();
}
If you want the application to be launched when you drag certain files onto the EXE:
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length > 0)
{
String FileName = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location )
+ "\\app\\MyApp.exe";
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(FileName);
startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal;
startInfo.Arguments = args[0].ToString();
Process.Start(startInfo);
}
else {
var process = new Process
{
StartInfo =
{
FileName = "app\\MyApp.exe",
}
};
process.Start();
}
}
}
I have a custom class, we'll call it FileProcessUpload and it extends RunBaseBatch. It more or less creates a CSV file and then uploads it to an FTP server. When the class is run manually, everything works fine. However, when submitted as a Batch Job, there is an error in the infolog stating "AsciiIO object not initialized".
Probably the most important thing to note here is that this Batch Job is being delegated to a different AOS.
Here is a cropped down version of the offending code:
void CreateFiles()
{
#File
AsciiIO asciiio;
FileIOPermission permission;
ATable aTable;
str outputFile;
str directory;
;
directory = #'C:\Uploads';
ouptutFile = directory + #'\output.csv';
if (!WinAPI::folderExists(directory))
{
WinAPI::createDirectory(directory);
}
// Try to assert the appropriate file access mode
permission = new FileIOPermission(outputFile, #io_write);
permission.assert();
// Try to open the file for writing
asciiio = new AsciiIO(outputFile, #io_write);
if (asciiio != null)
{
while select aTable
{
// Write the necessary lines into the file
asciiio.write(aTable.field1 + ',' + aTable.field2);
}
}
else
{
error('Could not create file: ' + outputFile);
}
// Close file and release permission assertion
asciiio = null;
CodeAccessPermission::revertAssert();
}
Does the service user that Ax is running under have permissions to read/write the file?
You are using the WinAPI class, but should you be using WinAPIServer class instead? You may be executing on the server of course.
Do you need to add to your class the following public boolean runsImpersonated() { return false; } and run this class on a client?
Good luck
Edit: Executing your code via the server static void mainOnServer(Args args) method signature is commonly used (see PurchFormLetter class for it's usage) to make sure that you execute on the server. It is called from static void main(Args args)
Use file path and file name instead of str as directory and name
If runbasebatch then should put pack/uppack filePath and fileName and put it into currentVersion control at classdeclaration.
If you move/delete/encrytion/read file, using system.io.file /system.io.stream, or streamreader, or system.net.ftpwebrequest, and system.net.ftpwebresponse, remember to run on server static void method for this...
Any file format I have done, txt, .csv, .gpg, I move around file easily in/out ax to other server, no problem to just write a file inside of AX by fellowing the above rule..
My applications have a handful of config files, each one particular to the machine it's being deployed to (dev, production, etc.) I'm wanting to add them to the setup project, use radio buttons to select one and then have a script (or maybe custom action?) rename the selected files to connectionStrings.config, settings.config, etc.
Is this feasible/possible with a setup project?
To give you an idea, my configs might look like this:
DEV connectionStrings.config
PROD connectionStrings.config
After the user chooses DEV or PROD in the installer radiobutton UI, I would like the chosen config to be renamed to
connectionStrings.config
Considering it's a VS setup project, I have a feeling I'm asking for way too much and that I will get an interesting response as most setup project questions do :)
I created a setup project to set connection strings and i used the following which works perfectly for me.
Create a installer.cs file for the setup.
using System;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Xml;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration.Install;
namespace YOURNAMESPACE
{
[RunInstaller(true)]
public partial class installer : System.Configuration.Install.Installer
{
public installer()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
public override void Install(System.Collections.IDictionary stateSaver)
{
base.Install(stateSaver);
}
public override void Commit(IDictionary savedState)
{
base.Commit(savedState);
try
{
string DatabaseString1 = "FULL NAME OF CONNECTION STRING";
ConnectionConfigure(DatabaseString1);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
base.Rollback(savedState);
}
}
public override void Rollback(IDictionary savedState)
{
base.Rollback(savedState);
}
public override void Uninstall(IDictionary savedState)
{
base.Uninstall(savedState);
}
private void ConnectionConfigure(string DatabaseString)
{
string dataSource = "";
dataSource = "Provider="+ Context.Parameters["InitialCatalog"]+ ";" + "Data Source=" + Context.Parameters["DataSource"];
ExeConfigurationFileMap map = new ExeConfigurationFileMap();
string configFile = string.Concat(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location, ".config");
map.ExeConfigFilename = configFile;
System.Configuration.Configuration config = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.
OpenMappedExeConfiguration(map, System.Configuration.ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
string connectionsection = config.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings
[DatabaseString].ConnectionString;
ConnectionStringSettings connectionstring = null;
if (connectionsection != null)
{
config.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings.Remove(DatabaseString);
}
connectionstring = new ConnectionStringSettings(DatabaseString, dataSource);
config.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings.Add(connectionstring);
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified, true);
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("connectionStrings");
}
}
}
Add project output to your setup project then begin to setup this setup project.
Right click setup project
Add text boxes and create the UI
Set custom actions
Create project output actions
Custom action properties
That is how i setup mine (I have attached screenshots to help explain my process but in short. Create setup project and installer.cs file. Add project output to setup project, add a UI so that the user can input a connection string and or provider for connection string, add custom actions so that the inputs can be read by the installer.cs file and then congratulations it should change the connection string.
Hope this helps.
I've come to the conclusion that this is impossible due to VS severely lacking on setup project configuration options. Instead I added a radio button control during the setup process and assigned the choices a variable name. In the file system I added all of my config files and then set conditions to each one. They referenced values to my radio button choices in order to copy during deployment.
I've done this many times, and basically I just install both files with different names. The application can ask the user which file to use, and change it anytime they want because many users don't know enough about the application to make this choice at install time.
You get interesting answers to setup questions like this because many people want to configure the application during the installation. Why not just let the setup install the files and have the app do its own configuration?
So we've produced a windows service to feed data to our client application and everything is going great. The client has come up with a fun configuration request that requires two instances of this service running on the same server and configured to point at separate databases.
So far I haven't been able to get this to happen and was hoping my fellow stackoverflow members might be able to give some hints as to why.
Current setup:
I've set up the project that contains the windows service, we'll call it AppService from now on, and the ProjectInstaller.cs file that handles custom installation steps to set the service name based on a key in the App.config like so:
this.serviceInstaller1.ServiceName = Util.ServiceName;
this.serviceInstaller1.DisplayName = Util.ServiceName;
this.serviceProcessInstaller1.Account = System.ServiceProcess.ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;
In this case Util is just a static class tha tloads the service name from the config file.
From here forward I have tried two different ways to get both services installed and both have failed in an identical way.
The first way was to simply install the first copy of the service, copy the installed directory and renamed it, and then ran the following command after modifying the app config to change the desired service name:
InstallUtil.exe /i AppService.exe
When that didn't work I tried to create a second installer project, edited the config file and built the second installer. When I ran the installer it worked fine but the service did not show up in services.msc so I ran the previous command against the second installed code base.
Both times i received the following output from InstallUtil (relevant parts only):
Running a transacted installation.
Beginning the Install phase of the installation.
Installing service App Service Two...
Service App Service Two has been successfully installed.
Creating EventLog source App Service Two in log Application...
An exception occurred during the Install phase.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
The Rollback phase of the installation is beginning.
Restoring event log to previous state for source App Service Two.
Service App Service Two is being removed from the system...
Service App Service Two was successfully removed from the system.
The Rollback phase completed successfully.
The transacted install has completed.
The installation failed, and the rollback has been performed.
Sorry for the long winded post, wanted to make sure there is enough relevant information. The piece that so far has me stumped is that it states that the installation of the service completes successfully and its only after it goes to create the EventLog source that the NullReferenceException seems to get thrown. So if anyone knows what I'm doing wrong or has a better approach it would be much appreciated.
Have you tried the sc / service controller util? Type
sc create
at a command line, and it will give you the help entry. I think I've done this in the past for Subversion and used this article as a reference:
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/windows-service.txt
sc create [servicename] binpath= [path to your exe]
This solution worked for me.
You can run multiple versions of the same service by doing the following:
1) Copy the Service executable and config to its own folder.
2) Copy Install.Exe to the service executable folder (from .net framework folder)
3) Create a config file called Install.exe.config in the service executable folder
with the following contents (unique service names):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="ServiceName" value="The Service Name"/>
<add key="DisplayName" value="The Service Display Name"/>
</appSettings>
</configuration>
4) Create a batch file to install the service with the following contents:
REM Install
InstallUtil.exe YourService.exe
pause
5) While your there, create an uninstall batch file
REM Uninstall
InstallUtil.exe -u YourService.exe
pause
EDIT:
Note sure if I missed something, here is the ServiceInstaller Class (adjust as required):
using System.Configuration;
namespace Made4Print
{
partial class ServiceInstaller
{
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
private System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller FileProcessingServiceInstaller;
private System.ServiceProcess.ServiceProcessInstaller FileProcessingServiceProcessInstaller;
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
#region Component Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.FileProcessingServiceInstaller = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller();
this.FileProcessingServiceProcessInstaller = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceProcessInstaller();
//
// FileProcessingServiceInstaller
//
this.FileProcessingServiceInstaller.ServiceName = ServiceName;
this.FileProcessingServiceInstaller.DisplayName = DisplayName;
//
// FileProcessingServiceProcessInstaller
//
this.FileProcessingServiceProcessInstaller.Account = System.ServiceProcess.ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;
this.FileProcessingServiceProcessInstaller.Password = null;
this.FileProcessingServiceProcessInstaller.Username = null;
//
// ServiceInstaller
//
this.Installers.AddRange(new System.Configuration.Install.Installer[] { this.FileProcessingServiceInstaller, this.FileProcessingServiceProcessInstaller });
}
#endregion
private string ServiceName
{
get
{
return (ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ServiceName"] == null ? "Made4PrintFileProcessingService" : ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ServiceName"].ToString());
}
}
private string DisplayName
{
get
{
return (ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DisplayName"] == null ? "Made4Print File Processing Service" : ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DisplayName"].ToString());
}
}
}
}
Another quick way to specify a custom value for ServiceName and DisplayName is using installutil command line parameters.
In your ProjectInstaller class override virtual methods Install(IDictionary stateSaver) and Uninstall(IDictionary savedState)
public override void Install(System.Collections.IDictionary stateSaver)
{
GetCustomServiceName();
base.Install(stateSaver);
}
public override void Uninstall(System.Collections.IDictionary savedState)
{
GetCustomServiceName();
base.Uninstall(savedState);
}
//Retrieve custom service name from installutil command line parameters
private void GetCustomServiceName()
{
string customServiceName = Context.Parameters["servicename"];
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(customServiceName))
{
serviceInstaller1.ServiceName = customServiceName;
serviceInstaller1.DisplayName = customServiceName;
}
}
Build your project
Install the service with installutil adding your custom name using /servicename parameter:
installutil.exe /servicename="CustomServiceName" "c:\pathToService\SrvcExecutable.exe"
Please note that if you do not specify /servicename in the command line the service will be installed with ServiceName and DisplayName values specified in ProjectInstaller properties/config
Old question, I know, but I've had luck using the /servicename option on InstallUtil.exe. I don't see it listed in the built-in help though.
InstallUtil.exe /servicename="My Service" MyService.exe
I'm not entirely sure where I first read about this but I haven't seen it since. YMMV.
I didn't have much luck with the above methods when using our automated deployment software to frequently install/uninstall side-by-side windows services, but I eventually came up with the following which allows me to pass in a parameter to specify a suffix to the service name on the command line. It also allows the designer to function properly and could easily be adapted to override the entire name if necessary.
public partial class ProjectInstaller : System.Configuration.Install.Installer
{
protected override void OnBeforeInstall(IDictionary savedState)
{
base.OnBeforeInstall(savedState);
SetNames();
}
protected override void OnBeforeUninstall(IDictionary savedState)
{
base.OnBeforeUninstall(savedState);
SetNames();
}
private void SetNames()
{
this.serviceInstaller1.DisplayName = AddSuffix(this.serviceInstaller1.DisplayName);
this.serviceInstaller1.ServiceName = AddSuffix(this.serviceInstaller1.ServiceName);
}
private string AddSuffix(string originalName)
{
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.Context.Parameters["ServiceSuffix"]))
return originalName + " - " + this.Context.Parameters["ServiceSuffix"];
else
return originalName;
}
}
With this in mind, I can do the following:
If I've called the service "Awesome Service" then I can install a UAT verison of the service as follows:
InstallUtil.exe /ServiceSuffix="UAT" MyService.exe
This will create the service with the name "Awesome Service - UAT". We've used this to run DEVINT, TESTING and ACCEPTANCE versions of the same service running side-by-side on a single machine. Each version has its own set of files/configs - I haven't tried this to install multiple services pointing at the same set of files.
NOTE: you have to use the same /ServiceSuffix parameter to uninstall the service, so you'd execute the following to uninstall:
InstallUtil.exe /u /ServiceSuffix="UAT" MyService.exe
What I've done to make this work is to store the service name and display name in an app.config for my service. Then in my installer class, I load the app.config as an XmlDocument and use xpath to get the values out and apply them to ServiceInstaller.ServiceName and ServiceInstaller.DisplayName, before calling InitializeComponent(). This assumes you're not already setting these properties in InitializeComponent(), in which case, the settings from your config file will be ignored. The following code is what I'm calling from my installer class constructor, before InitializeComponent():
private void SetServiceName()
{
string configurationFilePath = Path.ChangeExtension(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location, "exe.config");
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(configurationFilePath);
XmlNode serviceName = doc.SelectSingleNode("/xpath/to/your/#serviceName");
XmlNode displayName = doc.SelectSingleNode("/xpath/to/your/#displayName");
if (serviceName != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(serviceName.Value))
{
this.serviceInstaller.ServiceName = serviceName.Value;
}
if (displayName != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(displayName.Value))
{
this.serviceInstaller.DisplayName = displayName.Value;
}
}
I don't believe reading the configuration file directly from ConfigurationManager.AppSettings or something similar will work as when the installer runs, it's run in the context of InstallUtil.exe, not your service's .exe. You may be able to do something with ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration, however in my case, this didn't work as I was trying to get at a custom configuration section that was not loaded.
Just to improve perfect answer of #chris.house.00 this, you can consider following function to read from your app settings:
public void GetServiceAndDisplayName(out string serviceNameVar, out string displayNameVar)
{
string configurationFilePath = Path.ChangeExtension(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location, "exe.config");
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(configurationFilePath);
XmlNode serviceName = doc.SelectSingleNode("//appSettings//add[#key='ServiceName']");
XmlNode displayName = doc.SelectSingleNode("//appSettings//add[#key='DisplayName']");
if (serviceName != null && (serviceName.Attributes != null && (serviceName.Attributes["value"] != null)))
{
serviceNameVar = serviceName.Attributes["value"].Value;
}
else
{
serviceNameVar = "Custom.Service.Name";
}
if (displayName != null && (displayName.Attributes != null && (displayName.Attributes["value"] != null)))
{
displayNameVar = displayName.Attributes["value"].Value;
}
else
{
displayNameVar = "Custom.Service.DisplayName";
}
}
I had a similar situation, where i to needed have a previous service, and an updated service running side by side on the same server. (It was more than just a database change, it was code changes as well). So I couldn't just run the same .exe twice. I needed a new .exe that was compiled with new DLLs but from the same project. Just changing the service name and display name of the service did not work for me, I still received the "service already existed error" which I believe is because I am using a Deployment Project. What finally did work for me is within my Deployment Project Properties there is a property called "ProductCode" which is a Guid.
After that, rebuilding the Setup Project to a new .exe or .msi installed successfully.
The simplest approach is is based the service name on the dll name:
string sAssPath = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
string sAssName = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(sAssPath);
if ((this.ServiceInstaller1.ServiceName != sAssName)) {
this.ServiceInstaller1.ServiceName = sAssName;
this.ServiceInstaller1.DisplayName = sAssName;
}