ClickOnce and Setup & Deployment Projects Forum

Publishing A Program?

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:51:33 Z

I'm trying to publish the program so that the user can install the program on his/her computer and then can open the program through an exe file on their desktop instead of using the standard .application file that the publisher creates when you publish the program. Does anyone know how I can do this?

help regarding reading xml

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:24:41 Z

I have a solution file where it contains 2 windows applications in one applications xml files are presented in bin\debug folder,and in the another application i am getting data from these xml files located in former application ,my problem is when i debug this application its working fine ,i am getting the xml file path as

appdomain.currentdomain.basedirectory, from this i am doing some string path manipulation to point to the 2nd application bin\debug\xml files folder ,

its working fine inside IDE while in debug mode ,when i make a setup and install this application the xml files cannot be read by the other application, it says file not found ..what i have to do for this ...can anybody help me ...

help regarding setup

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:13:22 Z

i have a solution file where it contains 2 windows application and a setup project ,i have also added the primary output of these 2 files in the file system of websetup,but when i deploy the application the applications are deployed in seperate paths like this

C:\program files \my app one
C:\program files \my app two

but my need is like this

C:\program files \apps\my app one
C:\program files \apps\my app two

Eventhough these 2 applications are installed in one folder of program files ,but in start ->programs menu i got these 2 apps path as seperate ,

i dont know how to change these properties in setup files is there any solution to this?pls help.....

Not able to connec to .accdb file after deploying from ClickOnce

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:55:56 Z

My app.config file looks like this:

xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

configuration>

configSections>

connectionStrings>

add name="DhanalakshmiChits.Properties.Settings.CHITSConnectionString"

connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=|DataDirectory|\Database\CHITS.accdb"

providerName="System.Data.OleDb" />

add name="DhanalakshmiChits.Properties.Settings.CHITSConnection"

connectionString="Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=Database\CHITS.accdb"

providerName="System.Data.OleDb" />

connectionStrings>

configuration>

After Deploy, publish folder structure looks like this:
DhanalakshmiChits_1_0_0_5\Database\CHITS.accdb.deploy
DhanalakshmiChits_1_0_0_5\DhanalakshmiChits.application
DhanalakshmiChits_1_0_0_5\DhanalakshmiChits.exe.config.deploy
DhanalakshmiChits_1_0_0_5\DhanalakshmiChits.exe.deploy
DhanalakshmiChits_1_0_0_5\DhanalakshmiChits.exe.manifest

When I run the application after Deploying: I am getting this error:
C:\Documents and Settings\l88510\Local Settings\Apps\2.0\W2HCO0J0.Y0V\XYHLQD55.5Q1\dhan..tion_0bb7e29fe14907be_0001.0000_a6ffc4cd64f64abe\Database\CHITS.accdb' is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides.

How should I rectify this problem?

Clickonce installation - Illegal characters in path

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:15:26 Z

Hi Everyone,

I am having a strange problem with some Clickonce installations.

The clickonce application gets deployed okay, but every time it tries to run I get "Application cannot be started. Contact the Application Vendor".

Below is the clickonce log file. Notice there is a strange character at the end of the url - %7C.

I think that's where the problem lies, but I can't figure out how it got there.

I would be very appreciative of any suggestions!

Thanks in advance,

Joel

PLATFORM VERSION INFO

Windows : 5.1.2600.196608 (Win32NT)

Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42

System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

SOURCES

Deployment url : file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/user/Start%20Menu/Programs/MyAppplications/MyApp.appref-ms%7C

ERROR SUMMARY

Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.

* Activation of C:\Documents and Settings\user\Start Menu\Programs\MyApplication\MyApp.appref-ms| resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:

+ Illegal characters in path.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY

No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS

There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS

* [11/4/2009 7:46:22 AM] : Activation of C:\Documents and Settings\user\Start Menu\Programs\MyApplications\MyApp.appref-ms| has started.

ERROR DETAILS

Following errors were detected during this operation.

* [11/4/2009 7:46:22 AM] System.ArgumentException

- Illegal characters in path.

- Source: mscorlib

- Stack trace:

at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path)

at System.IO.Path.NormalizePathFast(String path, Boolean fullCheck)

at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)

at System.IO.FileInfo..ctor(String fileName)

at System.Deployment.Application.ShellExposure.ParseAppShortcut(String shortcutFile, DefinitionIdentity& subId, Uri& providerUri)

at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ProcessOrFollowShortcut(String shortcutFile, TempFile& deployFile)

at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)

at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

Where is the SQLStudio?

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:35:28 Z

Hello, just downloaded SQL2008 (free version) which I need for a class. My old computer died today so I bought a new one (3 classes left)! Anyway, when I go to all programs and click on SQLServer2008, it only lists two things below it "Import and Export Data (64 Bit)' and "SQL Server Configuration Manager" Where is the main program and what have I done wrong?? Help please, I have a project due in two weeks and have been using the program daily. Thanks in advance, Ralf

Win dir variable in registry editor

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:35:17 Z

Hi -

I was hoping to write a quick and easy msi using the Setup and Deployment project in Visual Studio.
I've been fairly successfull so far, but i'm stuck on one little (hopefully trivial thing).

In the Registry editor for my setup I successfully use a variable in a keys value [TARGETDIR]Some.dll.
After running the setup this resolves to the actual "installation dir \ Some.Dll"

Now, I need to reference a dll in the windows installation directory too.
SYSTEM32\MSCOREE.DLL

But couldnt fin the token [Windir]? [WindowsDir]? that i can use to reference the windows dir.

any help is greatly appreciated.

Instal more than one application and some drivers...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:10:59 Z

Hi to all.
I have the following situation I need to solve using single setup (MSI):
1. Install first app silently and run it with '/REGSERVER' (eg. "firstApp.exe /REGSERVER"),
2. Install second app and then ask user if he want to run it upon closing msi.
3. Ask user if he would like to install some drivers (for some usb phone) and if so install it.

This scenario could be install firstApp, install secondApp, ask if he wants drivers and if so install, run "firstApp.exe /REGSERVER", ih he wants run "secondApp.exe" and exit msi!

First app should be placed in it's own folder/s: (Aplication Folder) -> [ProgramFilesFolder][Manufacturer]/[FirstApp name] while second app and optional drivers should go in: (Application Folder) -> [ProgramFilesFolder][Manufacturer]/[SecondApp name].

Big thanks in advance and if something is not clear to you I'd be more than happy to provide more information's.

Deploying Connection String

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:41:48 Z

Hello,
I have a problem in the deployment of the same application to different customers.

Each customer has a different server name, so I need to be able to change the connection string without recompiling the application.
I have two issues :
1) which is the file that should be changed (I find several)
2) is this file always available at the customer after deployment ?

Let me explain a little more :
1) In the directory of the project that contains the connection string, I find several "looking-alike" files :
in the main directory, I find "app.config"
in the bin/debug, I find "xxxxx.vshost.exe.config" and also "xxxxx.dll.config"

Should I tamper with the bin/debug files or stick to the obvious "app.config" ?
Should I replace the connection string in the "app.config" file ? Manually ? Please help...

2) My application is in fact built with two levels :
- the main program that manages the user interface,
- the data-access program that contains the connection string
Is this good programming ? Should I consider revisiting this ?
Of course, the data-access program is compiled as a .dll. Since the connection string belongs to the data-access program, what happened to it ?
I'm using Click-Once. Should I change deployment tool ?
In the publishing directory, I see now my xxxxx.dll.deploy, but no connection string anywhere ??
How may I change it for various customers ?
Please help !!!

Thanks

Myservice.service.Installer.Installstate not found: Error 1001

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:21:29 Z

Hi,
I had a problem in updating app.config file during upgrade install(with VS2008). And with the help of the information found here in this forum and other links I solved the issue of copying new files during upgrade install which required me to make changes so that the msi from VS2008 works like the one from VS2005. And referring to the link http://www.windowsdevelop.com/clickonce-setup--deployment-projects/updating-nonversioned-files-4706.shtml I modified my msbuild.xml and added:

Exec Command="cscript.exe %22$(SetupProjDir)WiRunSQL.vbs%22 %22$(SetupPath)%22 %22UPDATE `InstallExecuteSequence` SET `InstallExecuteSequence`.`Sequence`='1525' WHERE `InstallExecuteSequence`.`Action`='RemoveExistingProducts'%22" />

This works fine for me but there is one problem in reinstall to another folder and do a repair. The scenario is as follows:

1. Install ver1.0 into default folder. (C:\Program Files\MyService) - I can see Myservice.service.Installer.Installstate in the folder.
2. Install ver2.0 into another folder (C:\temp\MyDir) - Myservice.service.Installer.Installstate is not found.
3. Now I removed few files from C:\temp\MyDir folder and run the setup for ver2.0.
4. I get a repair option from the installer UI. The repair process starts and fails to complete.

I get an error : Error 1001 :Could not find file C:\temp\MyDir\Myservice.service.Installer.Installstate.

I am not able to figure out why the .installstate file was not created in the installation I did to another directory..
Is there anything wrong in the way I am running the SQL query to modify the RemoveExistingProducts?

I have to basically solve the upgrade install issue to replace the latest app.config file using VS2008 installer.

Any help on this regard will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Maddy

How to show status on windows Installer

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:29:01 Z

Hi,
Is there any possibility of Custom action invoking VS user interface dialogs or updating User Interface dialog with messages.

or

How to show progreess bar information with progress control in installer stepup

With regards,
Mahens

Mahender

Click once application still intermittently checks for updates.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:33:39 Z

I have a click once application that am working on changing to On Demand style updates. I have the application should check for updates checkbox unchecked and use the following code

Code Snippet

Try

Dim uci As UpdateCheckInfo = ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.CheckForDetailedUpdate()

publishedVersion = uci.AvailableVersion()

Catch ex As System.InvalidOperationException

publishedVersion = localVersion

End Try

to determine if an update is needed and load the version # of the published update if available.

Most of the time it works great, but intermittently it updates automatically rather than On Demand - as if I had never unchecked the "check for updates" checkbox.

Does anybody know what is going on?

Multilingual Dialogs while installation

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:47:36 Z

I am creating on setup package for 6 languages.

On click of the installer, it should ask the user to choose the language

On selection of a specific language in the first screen , remaining installation dialogs should be in that selected language.

I am using one custom dialog which is created using Orca ,it contains one dropdown to select the language .This custom Dialog is the first screen while installing .

Suppose user selected langauge as French in the choose langauage dialog then the remaining dialogs should be french.

How can I show the remaining Dialogs in other languages .

Please anybody help me .

Need to call (ODBC) Data Source Administrator dialog screen while installing my MSI .( in VS 2005)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:28:41 Z

HI All,
While installing my Application's MSI , it has to prompt for ODBC Data Source Administator Dialog screen , from which i need to select my DSN name , UID , PASSWORD...

Please let me know ..
Ur Help much Appreciated.

Regds
Jain.

Registry not getting delete

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:23:02 Z

Hi ,
I have made setup it is running perfectly in all Operating system (Vista, xp, windows 7 , etc) . when i run the setup registry is not getting deleted from one of the XP system but the same setup is running perfectly on other XP system i.e the registry is getting delete there but the problem is continue with the one XP system. Can any one help me .
Location of registry is (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\)
Any response will be appreciated...

Click Once Deployment issue

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:49:57 Z

Hello,
My asp.net application has two aspx pages myPage1.aspx and myPage2.aspx. I have created one click once application which I launch from my aspx page.
If I lauched my click once application by clicking link from page myPage1.aspx, it gets downloaded and installed on client machine properly. Then if click link on myPage2.aspx which also initiated my click once application , but click once application can not start it shows a meesage " Application can not start becouse it is already installed from another location ".

Pl help me out

The installer was interrupted before Application could be installed...

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:38:03 Z

hi ,

I have created a deployment (MSI)package for project (Web setup).

This is working fine in Windows XP. When i run in Windows 2003 server i am getting the following message.

"The installer was interrupted before Application could be installed. You need to restart the installer to try again.

Click "Close" to exit."

When i double click the MSI File, first screen i am getting is above one.

This was working fine first. I did installation and un installation 4 ,5 times. after that its giving the above message in windows 2003.

I dont know whether Windows Installer corrupted...

MSI package is not wrong bcoz its working in windows XP.

Please give me solution to overcome this issue.

Thanks

Publishing applications

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:48:16 Z

Today I tried to publish an application, that I had previously published and am working on quite often... However, I could not. I corrected the problem by going to the main file in the solution explorer which has the name of the namespace, clicking signing and deselecting 'Sign the ClickOnce Manifests'. I was wondering why the change, and why it cant sign this... Any ideas as to what may have happened?

Thank you

ClickOnce Fails with "Value does not fall within the expected range."

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:27:43 Z

I have a ClickOnce-deployed application installed in offline mode across a range of Windows 2000/XP machines on my network. I now receive an 'Application cannot be started. Contact the application vendor.' error message when I attempt to run the application on my development machine. (It works still on the production machines.)

I've run mage -cc, and renamed the '2.0' directory to '2.0x' to ignore its presence. Add/Remove Programs still shows it, and clicking Change/Remove pops up a window for a moment, but otherwise does nothing apparent.

I've changed the installation path to be a network path instead of a website, and it still fails.
The following is the error log:

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
    Windows             : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT)
    Common Language Runtime     : 2.0.50727.42
    System.Deployment.dll         : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    mscorwks.dll             : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    dfdll.dll             : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    dfshim.dll             : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)

SOURCES
    Deployment url            : file:///M:/COLoader/CutoffLoader.application

ERROR SUMMARY
    Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
    * Activation of M:\COLoader\CutoffLoader.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
        + Value does not fall within the expected range.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
    No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
    There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
    * [4/25/2006 3:24:04 PM] : Activation of M:\COLoader\CutoffLoader.application has started.

ERROR DETAILS
    Following errors were detected during this operation.
    * [4/25/2006 3:24:04 PM] System.ArgumentException
        - Value does not fall within the expected range.
        - Source: System.Deployment
        - Stack trace:
            at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IsolationInterop.GetUserStore(UInt32 Flags, IntPtr hToken, Guid& riid)
            at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IsolationInterop.GetUserStore()
            at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore..ctor(ComponentStoreType storeType, SubscriptionStore subStore)
            at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore..ctor(String deployPath, String tempPath, ComponentStoreType storeType)
            at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.get_CurrentUser()
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut)
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
    No transaction information is available.

Any help would be appreciated.

Sincerely,

Taylor Meek

Securing app.config during ClickOnce Deployment

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:02:22 Z

I am trying to secure app.config file for one-click deployment in a WinForm application in a distributed environment.

Below is a code that I wrote. It does not work if I encrypt app.config file and then deploy it. I will really appreciate if you could point me in the right direction. How can I accomplish a non-random non-machine specific encryption so that the app.config file is deployed encrypted in the shared folder to start with. With the code I have below, the app.config.deploy.exe contains un-encrypted stings and can be seen anyone. Only the first time a user runs the application the string gets encrypted on his local machine.

I also came across a blog entry for "Windows Forms Connection String Encryption Challenges" at link http://guy.dotnet-expertise.com/CommentView,guid,b3850894-3a8e-4b0a-aa52-5fa1d1216377.aspx#commentstart where he points out that there is way to "Encrypt the connection string using a non-random and non-machine specific method." and I wonder what is meant by this particular point.

###############################################

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Converts standard "NameValueSectionHandler" configuration Xml
    ''' to a NameValueCollection.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="sectionXML">Xml to convert</param>
    ''' <returns>A valid name value collection object</returns>
    ''' <remarks>
    ''' No error handling.
    ''' </remarks>
    Private Shared Function GetNameValueCollectionFromXml(ByVal sectionXML As String) As NameValueCollection
        Dim nvCollection As New NameValueCollection

        If Not IsNothing(sectionXML) Then
            Using xmlReaderVariable As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(New System.IO.StringReader(sectionXML))

                While xmlReaderVariable.Read
                    If xmlReaderVariable.LocalName.ToLower.Equals("add") Then
                        If xmlReaderVariable.HasAttributes Then
                            nvCollection.Add(xmlReaderVariable.GetAttribute("key"), xmlReaderVariable.GetAttribute("value"))
                        End If
                    End If
                End While
                xmlReaderVariable.Close()
            End Using
        End If

        If nvCollection.Count = 0 Then
            nvCollection = Nothing
        End If

        Return nvCollection

    End Function

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Encrypt a section of a configuration file.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="sectionKey"></param>
    ''' <returns></returns>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Private Shared Function EncryptConfigurationSection(ByVal sectionKey As String) As ConfigurationSection
        Dim config As System.Configuration.Configuration
        Dim protectedConfigurationSection As ConfigurationSection

        config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
        protectedConfigurationSection = config.GetSection(sectionKey)

        ' Encrypt when possible
        If protectedConfigurationSection IsNot Nothing _
        AndAlso Not protectedConfigurationSection.IsReadOnly _
        AndAlso Not protectedConfigurationSection.SectionInformation.IsProtected _
        AndAlso Not protectedConfigurationSection.SectionInformation.IsLocked _
        AndAlso Not protectedConfigurationSection.SectionInformation.IsDeclared Then
            protectedConfigurationSection.SectionInformation.ProtectSection("DataProtectionConfigurationProvider")
            protectedConfigurationSection.SectionInformation.ForceSave = True
            config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full)
        End If

        Return protectedConfigurationSection
    End Function

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Decrypt a encrypted section of configuration file.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="sectionKey"></param>
    ''' <returns></returns>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Private Shared Function DecryptConfigurationSection(ByVal sectionKey As String) As String
        Dim config As System.Configuration.Configuration
        Dim protectedConfigurationSection As ConfigurationSection
        Dim sectionXML As String = Nothing

        config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
        protectedConfigurationSection = config.GetSection(sectionKey)

        If Not (protectedConfigurationSection Is Nothing) Then
            If Not (protectedConfigurationSection.ElementInformation.IsLocked) Then
                If protectedConfigurationSection.SectionInformation.IsProtected Then
                    sectionXML = protectedConfigurationSection.SectionInformation.GetRawXml
                Else
            ' First time run, will encrypt it if the section is not encrypted.
                    sectionXML = EncryptConfigurationSection(sectionKey).SectionInformation.GetRawXml
                End If
            End If
        End If

        Return sectionXML
    End Function

Public Shared ReadOnly Property AppRole() As String
        Get
            Dim sectionXML As String
            Dim nvCollection As NameValueCollection

            sectionXML = DecryptConfigurationSection("appSettings")
            nvCollection = GetNameValueCollectionFromXml(sectionXML)

            Return nvCollection.Get("sAppRoleName")

        End Get
    End Property
    Public Shared ReadOnly Property AppPwd() As String
        Get
            Dim sectionXML As String
            Dim nvCollection As NameValueCollection

            sectionXML = DecryptConfigurationSection("appSettings")
            nvCollection = GetNameValueCollectionFromXml(sectionXML)

            Return nvCollection.Get("sAppRolePwd")

        End Get
    End Property

##################### app.config #######################

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
</configSections>
<system.diagnostics>
    <sources>
      
      <source name="DefaultSource" switchName="DefaultSwitch">
        <listeners>
          <add name="FileLog" />
          
          
        </listeners>
      </source>
    </sources>
    <switches>
      <add name="DefaultSwitch" value="Information" />
    </switches>
    <sharedListeners>
      <add name="FileLog" type="Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.FileLogTraceListener, Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL" initializeData="FileLogWriter" />
      
      
    </sharedListeners>
</system.diagnostics>
<appSettings>
    <add key="sAppRoleName" value="db_DARSApp" />
    <add key="sAppRolePwd" value="PuntaCana" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

################################3

Thanks in advance for your help.

Error installing Winforms 2.0 application with ClickOnce deployment

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:33:20 Z

Hi.

I have an Winforms 2.0 application that I want to deploy using ClickOnce deployment. I have tried it and the deployment seems to work. I get the webpage where I can install the application from, but when I try installing the application I get an Windows error dialog and a '.NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting' entry in my Windows eventlog.
Detailed error message:
EventType clr20r3, P1 app.exe, P2 1.0.2211.28810, P3 43d0fb04, P4 mscorlib, P5 2.0.0.0, P6 4333ab80, P7 32f8, P8 d8, P9 system.io.filenotfoundexception, P10 NIL.

I publish the project to a server within the network I'm on, and the error occurs when I try to install from the generated ClickOnce website from my laptop.

Does anyone know what could cause this error? I wish it would say which file is missing!

UPDATE: I found that the application seems to have been installed on my laptop, but when I try to run it, I get the error described above.

Thanks!

the application requires that assembly ADODB Version 7.0.3300.0 be installed in the Global Cache (GAC) first

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:40:18 Z

I have a 'ClickOnce' Windows Forms application that i am trying to deploy. I am getting the message;

the application requires that assembly ADODB Version 7.0.3300.0 be installed in the Global Cache (GAC) first

I have included adoDB.dll into the Application Files for deployment and set it to Publish Status = 'Include'. The deployment includes an file adodb.dll.deploy - but this file says that it is version 7.10.3077.0

Anyone got any thoughts on how to fix this?

regards

Paul

publish problem

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:36:06 Z

Hi All.
All my VS2008 project located on network. When I publish project first time I don't have any problem. But when I did some update in project that was published before, build it successully, and try to publish it again I got 2 errors messages:
1.Cannot publish because a project failed to build.
2.Unable to remove directory "bin\Release\app.publish\".
The process cannot access the file 'ProjectName.exe.manifest' because it is being used by another process.
I know exactly that when I'm republishing nobody used according project.
Next step I restart server after that I can publish project again. Or copy and past whole project folder under other name that also help. But I cannot very often restart server and create huge amount copies of same project's folders because previous copy I cannot delete also. Only after restart server I have ability to publishing and delete old projects copies. I hope exist best solution. How to fix that problem?
Thanks.

How to use reflection in ClickOnce deployed application?

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:50:35 Z

Hi,
I am developing .NET code protector and one of its task is to check if input EXE file is really .NET one, as well as read its attributes with reflection. I load this .NET assembly to separate application domain in "Reflection only" context and perform required checks. Code works perfectly when I run it from command line, however, it fails from ClickOnce.
Code looks like this one:

        /// <summary>
        /// Checks if PE file is .NET assembly.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="data">Stream to read PE file from.</param>
        /// <returns><c>true</c> if <paramref name="data"/> contains valid .NET assembly, otherwise <c>false.</c></returns>
        public bool IsNetPE(Stream data)
        {
            AppDomain checker = AppDomain.CreateDomain("Assembly Checker");
            try
            {
                MemoryStream peSaver = new MemoryStream();
                byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
                int bytesRead;
                do
                {
                    bytesRead = data.Read(buffer, 0, 4096);
                    peSaver.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
                }
                while (bytesRead == 4096);
                peSaver.Close();
                byte[] assemblyBytes = peSaver.ToArray();
                checker.SetData("assemblyBytes", assemblyBytes);
                checker.DoCallBack(new CrossAppDomainDelegate(CheckerAppDomainRountine));
                bool valid = (bool)checker.GetData("Valid");
                return valid;
            }
            finally
            {
                AppDomain.Unload(checker);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Tries to load assembly in separate application domain.
        /// </summary>
        private static void CheckerAppDomainRountine()
        {
            AppDomain checker = AppDomain.CurrentDomain;
            try
            {
                byte[] assemblyBytes = (byte[])checker.GetData("assemblyBytes");
                Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoad(assemblyBytes);
                checker.SetData("Valid", true);
            }
            catch
            {
                checker.SetData("Valid", false); 
            }
        }

DoCallBack call results in exception with text "Request for the permission System.Security.Permissions.ReflectionPermission failed".
Are there any way to get ReflectionPermission with ClickOnce? I checked "This is a full trust application" check box in Visual Studio project properties (on Security tab), but it doesn't help.

Consuming more space when we are using Click Once Deployment

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:56:19 Z

we install a windows application using the click once deployment.Application will install into the client pc under the C:\Documents and settings\User\app\.... per suppose this application size is 10 MB now.
If any update in the version it will install the latest version into the client pc same location. this time the size of the folder is 20 MB.

How to over to overcome this issue?

How to automatically upgrade an application?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:50:44 Z

Hi,

We have a .NET 2.0 Winforms application that will undergo frequent changes. We need a mechanism of pushing the upgrades to the machines where the app is installed. The app will be deployed in a Citrix environment with "roaming profiles" configured for the domain users. This means it will be installed as a ClickOnce app on one machine and accessed remotely by multiple users.

We are against ClickOnce because by virtue of ClickOnce technology, the app will be installed in Local Settings of the domain user when he starts the app and when the user logs off from the domain, by virtue of roaming profile, the Local Settings folder will vanish taking along the installed app. This will cause the application to be downloaded every time the user logs in to the domain and starts the app.

I am not sure whether there is a way to workaround this issue with ClickOnce.

An alternative for us would be to create a regular installer MSI package to be deployed for All Users. This would This would be automatically updated by an Update Server such that when there are updates of the application on the Update Server, they would silently be pushed to the machine where the app is installed. When the app is invoked the next time, it would be the updated version.

Is there any out-of-the-box technology that lets us implement the Update Server?
Is there any other approach we can take?

Thanks,
Yash

Error installing .Net Framework 2.0 from bootstrap

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:28:36 Z

Hello,

This is my first post, so be gentle with me. I have created my first VB VS 2005 project. I have successfully published and can run the project on my machine. I am using ClickOnce FullTrust with .Net Framework 2.0. I have the project signed and the prerequiste of the .Net Framework 2.0 to be installed from the vendor's website.

However, when I try to run the setup.exe to install the project on another machine I get the following error in the install.log:

The following properties have been set:
Property: [AdminUser] = true {boolean}
Property: [ProcessorArchitecture] = Intel {string}
Property: [VersionNT] = 5.0.4 {version}
Running checks for package '.NET Framework 2.0', phase BuildList
Error: Unable to locate file 'd' required for setup.
The following error occurred initializing the bootstrapper: "Unable to locate file 'd' required for setup."

Any ideas why it is not installing? The machine I am trying to run setup on currently has .Net Framework 1.1.

Thanks!

ClickOnce and how to keep settings (once again)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:06:56 Z

Hi all,

I've now read a lot of documentation and discussions but didn't found a solution to my problem - maybe there is something wrong with my "point of view".

What I would like to achieve:

deploying an application using ClickOnce
using the Setting class for comfort and type safety reasons
providing some settings that are not editable by the user (like connection strings). I would prefer to edit them manually in the XML file.
KEEPING those settings during the following upgrade installations

So here are the problems I can see so far:

application settings cannot be used for that purpose because they are generally overwritten by the next upgrade installation (-> I think so, didn't find a definitive statement about that in ClickOnce setup so far?!)
user settings don't seem to designed to be editable by hand. The only way to configure them seems to be setting them in the code of the application and saving the configuration. This is nothing I would like to to, because I would need to create something like an "options" dialog where any user could see and change the settings.

What is the best practice to achieve that?
(A solution I could imagine: is it possible to use the Setting class with a custom config file in a different path?)

Thanks in advance!

Stefan

Click Once application shortcut.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:26:19 Z

Hi,

I have created a click once application and installed it on my machine. I am trying to figure out where the shortcut in my start menu points to? I know it is installed in my app data folder, but i would like to know where the link in my start menu reads this. Where does .Net store the file path information??

Could someone give me some information on this? i have searched the web and not found the answer, i guess there is a registry entry or an entry in the GAC or somwhere but i have not been able to find it.

Ro

Cannot publish application with unsigned manifest

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:28:35 Z

I have a ClickOnce app developed in VB Express 2005. I upgraded it to VB Express 2008 recently. I want to publish it with an unsigned manifest, so that we don't have the problem with certificates expiring, and without purchasing a "proper" certificate. The article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/che5h906.aspx says that there are two ways of doing this.

If I follow the instructions in the section "To generate unsigned manifests and include all files in the generated hash" then I have to fix the version number. Will this stop it automatically updating?

If I follow the instructions in "To generate unsigned manifests and exclude one or more files from the generated hash" then it says

"Open the Application Files dialog box and set the Hash to Exclude for the files that you want to exclude from the generated hash."

However the application files dialog box doesn't mention anything about hashes. Is this a non-Express feature.

Prerequisites with SQL and Crystal Reports

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:49:04 Z

Hello,
I have a program that I have written in VB2008.net Professional and it uses Crystal Reports to print out a report. I upgraded this program from VB2005.net Standard so that I could use Crystal reports. I also have a SQL Server 2005 database built into the program.
1. Do I need to check all of the boxes for Crystal Decisions under Imported Namspaces in my References anything else to make sure that Crystal Reports works after Setup is run ?
2. What prerequisites would be recommended for my Setup Project. For example:
       .NET Framework 2.0 (x86) vs .NET Framework 3.5 ?
       Do I need Microsft Visual Studio 2008 Report Viewer ?
       Do I need SQL Server Compact 3.5 ?
3. Do I need to worry about Setup problems with Windows 7 machines ?

Thank you,
Dan

Real-world alternative to ClickOnce "publish.htm" sample (with a single link)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:15:40 Z

The default ClickOnce publish.htm has two links: "Install" and "Launch".

I understand that the install link is to ensure prerequisites are installed and the launch link is the one to use if the prerequisites are already installed.

However, there is no way you can present two links like this in a real world situation. "Normal" users have no idea what there terms are (for example: ".NET Framework 3.0 (x86)".

How does one go from the sample publish.htm ClickOnce page to something that could be used in a real world situation? What my users will require is a single smart "Start" button. I understand that doing a check for the prerequisites via the web page is not possible, but what I have now is a show stopper for using ClickOnce. Users just won't know which link they are supposed to click.

My specific application happens to be an XNA game application which requires the XNA Framework Redistributable 3.0. For me, it works perfectly from the ClickOnce publish page, but this setup is no good for real-world use. Example: http://forgefx.com/posts/xna/kahuna/publish.htm

Adam Kane, Technical Director, ForgeFX, http://www.forgefx.com/

ClickOnce File Association

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:53:40 Z

I have a console application that I'm deploying using ClickOnce. Once the user installs the program the associations are set but the associated program is the installer and not the actual program. How can I get the association to be the actual program and not the installer?

I've included the fileAssociation node from the app.manifest below. Please let me know if you have any tips on this. Thanks.

<fileAssociation xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:clickonce.v1"

extension=".aav"

description="My Program"

progid="MyProgram"

defaultIcon="myIcon.ico" />

Click once randomly re-installs all apps

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:15:32 Z

Hi

We are currently experiencing very strange behavior with the Click once deployment functionality in .Net.
Several of our applications use click once for deployment purposes and recently when opening a click once application (this seems to happen randomly) it requests a complete re-install of the application (not an update). The moment this happens in one application all other click once applications on the client machine will prompt for the same re-installation.

We have tried to identify a pattern but have found none.
This happens on various different client machines in different environments and we have rules out a specific operating system issue. We have seen this problem on Vista and XP client machines.

Any assistance and suggestions will be highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Bernhard

ClickOnce, Windows 7 and the Program Compatibility Assistant

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:46:08 Z

I've just installed our ClickOnce application on Windows 7 RTM. At the end of the bootstrapper's run, before the "actual" application installs, the "Program Compatibility Assistant" pops up to tell me that something might have gone wrong. Obviously, as a standard .Net ClickOnce App, everything went right.

So, the obvious question: This version was built on 2008 Server, will this problem go away if built on Win7? Is there any other way of making this go away?

We sell our ClickOnce app to Joe Public, so we can't have a window popping up saying "it might have gone horribly wrong" - if we're lucky, we'd get hundreds of support emails, but most people would simply uninstall.

Cheers,

Tim

Different problem 'Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1' could not be located in 'c:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:34:28 Z

Hello,

I think that I have a different problem. I am using VS 2008 SP1, .Net 3.5 SP1 and Xna 3.0.

ClickOnce is issuing the warning 'Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1' could not be located in 'c:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\'. Under \Bootstrapper I have three folders: Engine, Packages and Schemas. Under Packages I have, amongst other folders, DotNetFX, DotNetFX30 and DotNetFX35. I do not have a DotNetFX35SP1 folder anywhere, but Control Panel's Add or Remove Programs shows that I do have Microsoft.Net Framework 3.5 SP1 installed. What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks in advance,

Louis.

Click Once Deployment issue

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:21:58 Z

Hello,

First I will give u workflow of my application.

I have developed two application one ASP.NET web application (myWebAppl) and windows application (myWinAppl).

myWebAppl Details : This application has two web pages myPage1.aspx and myPage2.aspx.

myWinAppl Details : This is a single instance windows application , which accepts some parameters.

Now from myPagep1.aspx and myPage2.aspx (depending on the requirement) I want to check whether myWinAppl is installed on client machine or not

--- if it is installed , I want run myWinAppl and passed the required parametrs .

---it it is not installed , web page should promt the user that myWinAppl is not installed on your machine, so down it from server.

To acomplish this I have created one small clickonce application (myApplLauncher)

myApplLauncher Details :When user clicks on button of myPagep1.aspx , myPagep1.aspx pass parameters to myApplLauncher application and it gets downloaded on client machine (by clickonce mechanism). It then checks whether myWinAppl is installed on client machine or not.

This whole workflow is working very well if I used only myPagep1.aspx , also with diiferent parameter values.

But problem ouucurs when I want to launce myApplLauncher from myPagep2.aspx.

Clickonce application gives me message "clickonce application is already installed from another location ". Foolowing is error detail:

ERROR DETAILS
    Following errors were detected during this operation.
    * [11/26/2009 1:41:44 PM] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentException (DeploymentUriDifferent)
        - You cannot start application Keystone CV Launcher from this location because it is already installed from a different location.
        - Source: System.Deployment
        - Stack trace:
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.CheckDeploymentProviderValidity(ActivationDescription actDesc, SubscriptionState subState)
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
        --- Inner Exception ---
        System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentException (DeploymentUriDifferent)
        - You cannot start application Keystone CV Launcher from location
http://testsystem1/keystoneCV/Connector/KeystoneCV_Connector.application?StudyID=cd1ce3e5-54f0-4687-b161-c86145bbabc1&server=http://testsystem1/keystoneCV&ImgPath=http://localhost/KeystoneImages it is already installed from location
http://testsystem1/keystonecv/Connector/KeystoneCV_Connector.application?StudyID=cd1ce3e5-54f0-4687-b161-c86145bbabc1&server=http://testsystem1/keystoneCV&ImgPath=http://localhost/KeystoneImages

Pl help me out

Thanks

Shital

Error after app`s installation

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:14:01 Z

I have done and published application and this is what I got just after the installation:

What can be wrong?

PLATFORM VERSION INFO

Windows : 5.1.2600.196608 (Win32NT)

Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.3603

System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)

mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.3603 (GDR.050727-3600)

dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)

dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)

SOURCES

Deployment url : file:///C:/1/AvtoKrka.application

Application url : file:///C:/1/Application%20Files/AvtoKrka_0_0_0_66/AvtoKrka.exe.manifest

IDENTITIES

Deployment Identity : AvtoKrka.application, Version=0.0.0.66, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c8a67d17a3a72edc, processorArchitecture=msil

Application Identity : AvtoKrka.exe, Version=0.0.0.66, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c8a67d17a3a72edc, processorArchitecture=msil, type=win32

APPLICATION SUMMARY

* Installable application.

ERROR SUMMARY

Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.

* Activation of C:\1\AvtoKrka.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:

+ Value does not fall within the expected range.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY

No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS

There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS

* [26.11.2009 9:29:54] : Activation of C:\1\AvtoKrka.application has started.

* [26.11.2009 9:29:55] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.

* [26.11.2009 9:29:55] : Installation of the application has started.

* [26.11.2009 9:29:55] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.

* [26.11.2009 9:29:59] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.

* [26.11.2009 9:30:00] : Downloading of subscription dependencies is complete.

* [26.11.2009 9:30:00] : Commit of the downloaded application has started.

* [26.11.2009 9:30:01] : Installation of application has successfully completed.

ERROR DETAILS

Following errors were detected during this operation.

* [26.11.2009 9:30:01] System.ArgumentException

- Value does not fall within the expected range.

- Source: System.Deployment

- Stack trace:

at System.Deployment.Application.NativeMethods.CorLaunchApplication(UInt32 hostType, String applicationFullName, Int32 manifestPathsCount, String[] manifestPaths, Int32 activationDataCount, String[] activationData, PROCESS_INFORMATION processInformation)

at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.ActivateApplication(DefinitionAppId appId, String activationParameter, Boolean useActivationParameter)

at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.ActivateApplication(DefinitionAppId appId, String activationParameter, Boolean useActivationParameter)

at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.Activate(DefinitionAppId appId, AssemblyManifest appManifest, String activationParameter, Boolean useActivationParameter)

at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)

at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS

* Transaction at [26.11.2009 9:30:01]

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponent

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- Manifest: NBBZC29C.AXY.application

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationSetDeploymentMetadata

- Status: Set

- HRESULT: 0x0

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponent

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- Manifest: AvtoKrka.exe.manifest

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponentFile

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- File: AvtoKrka.ico

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponentFile

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- File: AvtoKrka.mdf

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponentFile

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- File: AvtoKrka.exe.config

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponentFile

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- File: AvtoKrka_big.ico

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponentFile

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- File: AvtoKrka_log.ldf

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponent

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- Manifest: office.dll.genman

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponentFile

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- File: office.dll

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponent

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- Manifest: AvtoKrka.exe.genman

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponentFile

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- File: AvtoKrka.exe

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponent

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- Manifest: Microsoft.Vbe.Interop.dll.genman

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationStageComponentFile

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- File: Microsoft.Vbe.Interop.dll

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationInstallDeployment

- Status: Installed

- HRESULT: 0x0

- AppId: file:///C:/1/AvtoKrka.application#AvtoKrka.application, Version=0.0.0.66, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c8a67d17a3a72edc, processorArchitecture=msil

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreOperationSetDeploymentMetadata

- Status: Set

- HRESULT: 0x0

+ System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.StoreTransactionOperationType (27)

- HRESULT: 0x0

Can't use clickonce publishing because of frontpage server extensions

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:23:42 Z

How do I publish via clickonce deployment to an IIS7 server? I am using Visual Studo 2008 and step through the publishing wizard to publish to a web server running IIS7. I get an error message stating publishing failed because the web server does not appear to have FrontPage Server Exentions installed. These extensions cannot be installed on IIS7.

Randy

How to invoke a new windows form and pass messages to new form during custom action execution,.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:10:00 Z

Hi,

Im trying to instantiate new form during execution of custom actions in a seperate thread.Can any one provide how pass messages(string type) to newly invoked form .i.e update the invoked form with a message from custom action.

Please respond soon...

With Regards,

Mahender