I created a setup file. It is working fine, but I want an image for my setup. When I installed the setup in any system I want some images on my setup. Help me, thank u.
I will tell you how to do it in Visual Studio. To change the setup.exe icon you can do the following:
Build your setup project
Open the setup.exe file use just build, File -> Open -> File
Right click the Icon node in the file explorer window and choose the Add Resource
Import the icon your want in the popup dialog, and make sure the ID of the icon is the smallest one.
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When I install PhpStorm from JetBrains Toolbox app I do not have an option to open folders as project when right clicking
Sadly JetBrains Toolbox App does not provide such functionality. Only standalone installer has an option to make them right now. You will have to either use that... or create such entries manually.
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/TBX-2478 -- watch this ticket (star/vote/comment) to get notified with any progress.
To add an entry to the Windows Explorer's right-click menu:
you can use FileTypesMan by NirSoft or a similar tool.
or create such entry manually, e.g. see this comment for a basic .bat file: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-114307#comment=27-2125363 (at very least it lists Registry keys where to create such an entry).
I found this from Jet Brains :
Click Open on the Welcome screen or select File | Open from the main menu.
In the Select Path dialog, select the directory that contains the project to open.
Drag the desired project from your file chooser right to the Open Project dialog without locating it there. The respective file in the dialog will be found automatically.
Specify whether you want to open the project in a new window, close the current project and reuse the existing window, or open the new project in the same window with the current one. Refer to the Opening multiple projects section for details.
and for the command line you could use this :
<PhpStorm> <path_to_the_project folder>
See Open files from the command line for more information.
I'm having trouble with my application icon looking bad after adding it into my project, building it, and creating a shortcut to it.
Here's what I've done:
1) I started with a 256x256 PNG file that looks great.
2) I used IcoFX to generate a .ICO file with all the recommended sizes.
3) I add the icon to my project as follows:
A) Open project properties -> Resources -> Add Resource -> Add Existing File
B) Choose the .ICO file that I created in step 2.
4) Go to "Application" section of project properties.
5) In "Icon and Manifest", drop down "Icon" and choose the icon that I added in step 3.
6) Save my project and build it.
7) Go to Windows Explorer and find the newly built EXE.
8) Create a shortcut to the EXE on the desktop.
The icon looks like this:
As you can see, it doesn't look very good. The edges are jagged, etc.
At first, I thought it was an issue with my .ICO file, but here's the kicker... I then did the following:
9) Right-click on the desktop icon, and go to Properties.
10) Go to the Shortcut tab and click "Change Icon".
11) Click "Browse", and select the EXACT SAME ICON FILE that I added to my project in step 3.
Now, my desktop icon looks like this:
Now, the icon looks pretty and smooth!
Again, both icons used the exact same source .ICO file. The only difference is that the first one was imported into Visual Studio and embedded in my .EXE, and the other one was directly used via the OS.
What is Visual Studio doing to my icon to make it look so crummy, and how can I prevent it?
This could be a problem with the windows icon cache. I had the same problem that I fixed by clearing the cache.
The first version of your code that you copied to the desktop - did this have a low res icon ?
Windows will cache the icon when it first sees the EXE, and then does not refresh even when you rebuild your executable if it has the same filename. You will also see the same behavior in windows explorer.
I think by changing the icon through the OS, you've just manually refreshed the icon cache.
You can quickly test this by renaming the EXE before copying it to the desktop. This will bypass the cache and show the actual icon in your EXE.
To get rid of any old icons in the icon cache, you can clear it as described in this link
http://www.winability.com/how-to-erase-icon-thumbnail-cache-windows-8/
I am trying to open a project/website for edit in TFS and I'm having a lot of issues. TFS is proving a learning curve for me...
I'm trying to access files in the 'forms' root...
These are the steps I’m taking…
Right-click on ‘forms’ and click on “Get Latest Version”
Then this screen pops up…
When I hit OK, then I right click again, and click “Check Out for Edit”
I hit “Check Out”
Then to open the site, I go to File > Open > Web Site…
Then the File System comes up… I selected ‘forms’, as you suggested…
Once it opens, I see this…
I double-click on ‘Default.aspx’, and this comes up…
When I view in Browser, this is the screen I get…
Where am I going wrong?
Here's the best way to accomplish what I was trying to do. This was after several hours of trial/error...
Open a Web Site…
Select Source Control Project…
Choose the site root.
It may prompt you to receive a local copy. Do this.
If it asks you to change frameworks, say no.
In the Solution Explorer, a new .sln file should be generated, with properly bound files:
I did all tests in my local machine, my project was all ok to run Windows Azure app locally, but when I published that it seems that the images folder didn't upload. I can't see any of the images in my application, and my app is full of images.
Anyone knows how to solve that?
It sounds like you have the images in the correct location and are referencing them fine but they are just not included in your solution.
I bet you cannot see them because you have "Show All Files" switched off. To toggle this setting, click the project that houses your images (the web project) once to select it. Then go to the top of the Solution Explorer pane and click the Show All Files button.
This should now display your images and/or their containing folder. Right click the folder and select "Include in project". When you package up your website now they will be included in the deployment.
Check images properties in Visual Studio solution.
Images should be marked as "Content" and "Copy always" or "Cope if newer"
I am working on a visual studio setup project. I want the setup project to install the executable for a windows forms project, and then put a link to that executable in the Programs Menu on the target machine. In the Setup Project I clicked 'Add'-> Project Output... and selected the Primary Output from my WindowsForms App. So that should install the program right? Ok, so next I went to the File System on the Target Machine, right clicked on the Primary output from WindowsForms App and said Create Shortcut. I then moved that shortcut into the User's Programs Menu folder.
I tried running the installer and it works ok but for some reason whenever I click shortcut that is in the Programs Menu It actually installs the program before running it every time. Why does it do this? Did I add a shortcut to the wrong thing? If I navigate to the directory application directory and click the .exe file it just opens the program without doing any install. Does anyone know what is going on?
I read somewhere that I could actually make a shortcut in windows explorer that targets my output .exe and then add that file to the installer project but I can't see how that would work on every machine it gets installed on.
I think this is how I did it... been a while tho.
Application Folder
Primary Output From MyProjectName (Active)
Right-Click => Create Shortcut
Then
Users Program Menu
Right Click => Add Folder
Go back to "Application Folder"
Move the shortcut over to the program menu
Rename it to whatever you need. The "Type" should say "shortcut"
Is that kinda what it looks like for you right now? Something in
* User's Program Files
* My App Folder
* Start My Application (shortcut)
And need I say, MS's install projects are a nightmare :) Just open the .VDproj and look. I never thought i'd say I like the csproj xml format, but in comparison...
The problem was not actually in how I was creating my shortcut but rather what the shortcut was pointing too. The executable that the shortcut was targeting was not in the main installation folder and for some reason it didn't like that. Restructuring the install directories a bit fixed it.