We've installed a sharepoint server at our institute and created to portals one arabic and one english. We installed SLK (using Addsolution, Deploy, etc) and it worked fine. Then we installed the Arabic language pack , hoping we could choose the arabic option on the arabic sites but the language pack is installed in the same manner as the initial English version and overwrites everything, so then we have arabic only.
Now I'm not that technical regarding deploying solutions, but i wanted to know is there away of installing two separate solutions (language wise) on the same server for different language portals?
Did you install WSS or MOSS?
MOSS is able to work at Multi-language platforms, but wss you can't do this.
As you can see in this picture, MOSS give you the chance to select the WebSite language.
(source: fivenumber.com)
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We encountered an issue for our multilingual installer(bundled with 2 MSI).
For MSI1, we set the Product Id, the same for all languages in the package.
For MSI2, we set the Product Id="*" for all languages in the package.
Installation was successful on the installer(2 MSIs were installed successfully).
The issue happened on the uninstallation part where MSI2 was not uninstalled if the Regional Formatting in Windows 10 is not in English (example: in German).
No uninstallation problem for MSI1, regardless of Regional Formatting.
Would like to confirm if setting the same Product Id for all supported languages in a package is the correct way to implement in a multilingual installer in order to resolve the uninstall issue?
We are planning to create setup file for our project, our research lead us to:
InstallAwere 18
InstallShield 2013
We have some requirements that must be supported:
Windows Server 2012
Able to run other MSI/EXE
Full support for patches/updates
Run Powershell script
Database support (Create db/Execute sp)
Web site deployment
Nice to have:
- Windows features identification (run installation if necessary)
- Web installer (small package that will download all the necessary components)
Did I miss any other product on the market that can support all this? And the final question is what would you suggest for our setup package between these two?
Firsthand experience would be great.
Actually there is another application you can use for creating setup packages. It is Advanced Installer.
I'm using it for several years and it is really easy to use. I think it can help you with all of your requirements. They also have a great support team.
i think that InstallAware is more power full than InstallShield
look: http://www.installaware.com/compare-with-otherinstall-tools.htm
Is there a best practice for versioning SharePoint features?
Our SharePoint product gets a release every 3-6 months, and we need a way of clearly differentiating between the new version and the old version. We also need to support simultaneous installations of the new and old feature so that clients may test the new stuff before deploying it.
Versioning Features is not supported in Sharepoint 2007. In Sharepoint 2010 you can Version Features like you normally would version assemblies.
See the following post for more details: Feature Versioning and Upgrades in SharePoint 2010
Here is a excellent webcast by Jeremy Thake on feature versiong and upgrade :
http://sharepointdevwiki.com/display/SPPodCasts/2010/06/22/SPWebCast+019+-+Deep+dive+into+feature+versioning+and+upgrade+support+in+SharePoint+2010
Check out chapters 8 and 9 of our free SharePoint development guidelines. We have been using this strategy successfully for the last few years in both SP2007 and SP2010.
HI ,
I was wondering if you could help me.
I know its not totally programing related but its sort of related
I am a junior web developer and I work mainly with PHP , MySQL , Javascript and HTML I dont really touch design.
I run a mac so if i go with VS I have will to run it using Bootcamp.
But what is the best VS or Dreamweaver ?
Also could you tell me what each is mainly focused for ?
Visual Studio is mostly .NET orientated, so Dreamweaver would be a better bet for PHP.
I think you should check out Aptana which I prefer to Dreamweaver, which has the advantage of being available for bothe platforms.
You are mixing apples and pears here :) The products are not comparable, because they are for entirely different tasks. Dreamweaver focuses on web design (HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc...) while visual studio focuses on programming (desktop applications for windows, mainly).
Dreamveaver and VS meet when you develop for the web on asp.net on visual studio: you can design the interface in dreamweaver and then integrate it in your asp.net project... but that's all...
Visual Basic (6, .net, etc) is a language and development environment all wrapped in one. It allows you to design forms(windows) and code them all within that one environment.
dreamweaver(also known as devil spawn) is a language editor that is not based on any one language. It's a notepad on steroids.
For what you're doing, I don't see a need for neither Visual Studio nor Dreamweaver. Why don't you check out Coda or Eclipse?
Visual Basic 6 = For development of Windows applications or COM-libraries
Current version of Visual Studio = For development of anything .net including web apps with html, javascript etcetera.
Dreamweaver = More a program for users than for developers, though I haven't used it in ages
I code in ColdFusion and PHP. Based on the your statement that you don't do much design, I would recommend Eclipse and the myriad of plugins you can use to make it into a fully customizable IDE.
Because of my job duties, I have to do some design and code. Dreamweaver is nice with their design view if you are working with HTML. Eclipse beats it hands down when it comes doing coding. Aptana is a good plugin for Eclipse (or as a standalone based on Eclipse) if you want more tools for HTML and popular Javascript library support.
Also, Eclipse is free.
Hope this helps.
The VSTO bit I understand. Visual Studio has the project templates to get you started with creating nice .NET based add-ins.
But where is VSTA? I installed the SDK but it seems to be gears towards adding extensibility to your own applications.
I had thought that VSTA was like the new VBA for Office 2007. Infopath 2007 seems to be VSTA enabled but I cannot seem to find where Excel 2007 is also VSTA enabled.
Am I missing something ?
As I understand it, VSTA is not a 'new VBA' nor built into Office 2007, but a separate 'Super-VBA with .NET' that must be licensed from Summit, and distributed as part of an external application. I think it's just targeted at ISVs wishing to extend Office, but the blurb about it also contains this gem:
Perhaps the feature most applauded by enterprise BDMs and SI’s is that VSTA customizations are seamlessly opened by any version of Visual Studio enabling professional developers to continue to enhance applications originally created by end user developers – a feature requested by many enterprises because applications often grow in sophistication over time.
I've not bothered googling BDMs and SI means le Système International d'Unités to me, but I took this mean that you can take the horrible mess of excel VBA that your traders used to turn worthless morgages into goldmine CDOs (and then bailouts), and your 'real developers' can open it in Visual Studio and sort the mess out (or just quit...).
also VBA and VSTA can exist together:
http://blogs.msdn.com/vsta/archive/2006/07/31/684514.aspx
If I understand correctly, VSTA is a new technology that provides a "standard" short-cut route to extensibility for application vendors. So it may appear in Office apps in the future or it may not, but it's not there now.
If it becomes supported by Excel, Word and the like, then the UI (Visual Studio Shell?) should be distributed as part of the package.
But I may be miles off-base...
VSTO 2005 is available to install by itself as a complete development environment
Read more here...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/54ds2za4(v=vs.80).aspx