I'm building a setup project by using InstallShield. The setup file will do the following tasks:
Install my application to the machine.
Look for a folder based on a common string (e.g: MySecondApp) because each machine might has different folder name:
Laptop1: C:\Program Files\WindowsApp\MySecondApp_1.2.3.4_asdfsjhewrnewj
Desktop2: C:\Program Files\WindowsApp\MySecondApp_1.2.3.5_asdfsjhewrnewj
In this folder, I have a config file named "myconfig.cfg". My setup file will modify this file by adding some new configurations.
Could you let me know how to do this by using InstalledShield?
Thank you very much
I've resolved this problem by writing a C# library and use it in InstallShield for searching and modifying my config file.
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I am creating an installer for my project where I am facing a issue.
The project is not running as expected if it is installed in the directory which contains spaces e.g: "C:\Program Files (x86)" and it is working fine if it is installed in a directory which doesn't contains spaces e.g: "C:\Python27".
So as per my understanding there is nothing wrong with project side and its all with the .iss code.
So can anyone please tell me how to solve this issue. Since most of the installers are created using Inno setup and they are installed in the program files there will be a way to solve this and which I am not aware of it.
Regards,
Bharathi
The issue is not with the spaces. My application creates a log file to log the data. Since the normal user doesn't have rights to create the file in the program files folder the application is not working... The application should be run as admin to work.
Create a symlink using mklink.
Create something like this in [RUN] section:
Filename: {cmd}; Parameters: "/c MKLINK /D {sd}\ProgramPathNoSpaces ""{pf}\Program Path With Spaces"; Flags: RunHidden;
Run your application inside the ProgramPathNoSpaces, using a shortcut with the "start in" property defined.
Hope this help you, but everyone is right. The problem is in the application, this is only a workaround.
I am trying to create an aar file using OSX 10.7.5 (as a part of this tutorial). To generate the .aar, I navigate to the directory holding my webservice in my eclipse workspace and type
jar cvf FirstWebService.aar ./*
This is the command that Apache says to use to generate the aar in their Code Listing 9 from the apache axis 2 documentation.
The command creates an.aar -- but something is wrong with the process that I am using to create the .aar because when I go to load the .aar file into tomcat's /webapps I get an .xml/services not found error.
I am not sure what to do to fix this error. If I search my computer's file system for the services.xml file, I can find it in /path to eclipse workspace/workspace/MyFirstWebService/WebContent/WEB-INF/services/FirstWebService/META-INF
but I am not sure if this file is supposed to be rolled in to the .aar file somehow or if I can just manually plunk this file somewhere into the apache directory structure to get the thing to run.
Note: I do not think I am manually unzipping or unpacking the aar like in this question. Axis2 web service error: services.xml not found I am just running the command listed above from the apache documentation.
Here is the .aar file
note I am using all of the same versions of the software as in the tutorial -- but I am using OSX 10.7.5 where they use windows in the tutorial. Accordingly, I have changed the make-aar command for windows shown in the tutorial (jar cvf FirstWebService.aar com META-INF) into the one shown above. If I just try to run the command from the tutorial jar cvf FirstWebService.aar com META-INF I get the same xml/services not found error. It gives this output in the terminal...
com: no such file or directory
META-INF: no such file or directory
added manifest
I found the issue. When you type the command to create the aar file you have to be in the directory .../EclipseWorkspace/EclipseProjectName/WebContent/WEB-INF/services. This directory contains /META-INF/services.xml. The process that makes the .aar file must be looking in this folder.
how can I set the working directory for MS Tests projects, like I can do it for normal application projects? My Component that is tested need to access some config files that are also used by other applications. So far I have to copy these files the bin/debug folder of my test project, as these files are expected to be in the working directory.
Is it possible to set a working directory for test projects?
For those who use Visual Studio 2012, if you set the output directory of the test project under Properties|Build|OutputPath then that will become the working directory when you run the tests from Visual Studio (since it is using Vstest.console.exe). If you don't want to have your test dlls, etc output to the same directory as your other files and you don't want to have the other files as content in your test project (as suggested by Schaliasos) then you can set the path on startup in a method that has the [AssemblyInitialize] attribute. You do this by assigning System.Environment.CurrentDirectory as usual. You will probably want to have the working directory as a setting or read from a configuration file.
Edit
As pointed out by Rohit.Net, when you choose Run All Tests the default path would be under TestResults. The same applies when using a runsettings file. The output folder will be the default working directory when you are not using DeploymentItems and: -
You right click the test(s) in Visual Studio and choose to run / debug, or
You run from the command line using vstest.console.exe.
The working directory for test projects is created at the time you start running your tests.
If you run them locally this is created in a folder TestResults inside your project folder. If you run them in remote machines a different folder is created in each test agent in the following path:
C:\Users{userRunsTheTest}\AppData\Local\VSEQT\QTAgent\{GuidForThisRun}
In order your files to be deployed in these folder and have access to them you have to:
Set the Copy to Output Directory = Copy Always
In the test that needs these files set them as DeploymentItems.
Acarlon's suggestion does not work when you select Run All tests from Test Explorer in Visual Studio 2012.
The default path you would get is something like ...\TestResults\Deploy_<YourName>2014-01-13 14_48_20\Out folder.
Because of this there may be possibility that your DB would not be accessible when entity would try to open connection for running entity related Test.
In my case I am using SQL CE which is set as resource file and always compiled and gets itself dropped into the Bin/Debug/Resource folder.
I am trying to create a BlackBerry Webworks plugin using Phone gap. I am trying to follow the instructions given in this link:
http://wiki.phonegap.com/w/page/35799737/How%20To%20Create%20a%20PhoneGap%20Plugin%20for%20BlackBerry%20WebWorks
however, the directory structure mentioned in the link and mine vary significantly, also there is no build.xml in the root directory to run the
ant create-plugin command,
Since Phonegap being converted to Cordova Project, has something changed in the process to be followed?
Thanks in advance.
Currently the way plugin is added is different:
Add customplugin.js to your project's www folder and include a reference to it in your html file after cordova.js.
Add the plugin source to your cordova.jar in your projects ext folder. Open cordova.jar with your favorite archive manager or use the jar to copy the CustomPlugin.java file into org/apache/cordova/plugins directory.
In your projects plugins.xml file add the following line:
ref:
https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins/tree/master/BlackBerry/ChildBrowser
I've installed the IIS Express 7.5 Beta 3 and tried it on multiple computers (Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows XP) and on each one of them I get the following error when running
iisexpress /path:e:\onlineinvoices\
This is the error. It seems it can't find the applicationhost.config file. I've searched for this file myself too and found it in the AppServer folder of IISExpress installation folder.
Copied template config file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\AppServer\applicationhost.config' to 'C:\Users\marko\AppData\Local\Temp\iisexpress\applicationhost201115151422496.config'
Temp configuration file settings error.
The system cannot find the file specified.
The instructions here are pretty weird especially the ones that deal with configuration file. As a matter of fact it says that the applicationhost.config should exist in Users Documents folder but there's no trace of it there.
I had the same problem.
It started working after I ran IIS Express by double clicking on the C:\Program Files\IIS Express\iisexpress.exe.
After that it worked when I ran it from the command line.
Yes, launching iisexpress.exe one time should fix the problem. This is a bug that we will fix at the earliest opportunity. Using the /path option uses a temporary configuration file under the temp directory, which is setup to include the specified app. Without /path, iisexpress.exe uses the default applicationhost.config under documents and will create one if it doesn't exist.
Hope this helps.