I have created a web based project and I have to install an ActiveX Control through web by a CAB file.
When I build my InstallShield Web project installer, it generate MSI package and a CAB file.
I have to register a DLL in CAB file.
If I install the MSI package locally, it works fine: it installed the activeX and registered the DLL.
But when I place the CAB file on the server and call that file remotely through web, it failed to register the DLL and it is not installed properly.
I don't know what I am missing.
sounds like static paths or a different type to system for your server. So he can not find the real path to an DLL.
For Information about this Topic read:
Nice Sybase Documentation about it
Nice Guide for creating CAB Files
MSDN Documentation for INF
From MSDN Documentation:
"...For this reason, if multiple files within a .cab are given the same name but different install directories, only one of the files will be installed in all locations. To work around this behavior, be sure to use unique names for all files within a single .cab file...."
and look up this Keywords:
SourceDisksNames/DestinationDirs
Hope that will fix it! :-)
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For some reason(about the digital signature of the desktop bridge app, see here), I can't use visual studio to package my project. Makeappx seems to be able to do this, but those commands are too complex for me. Is there an easier way to achieve this?
Or to put it another way, how can I directly refer to the EXE file (which I can sign) rather than just the project in the application package project?
If Visual Studio is too complicated I recommend you get the free Express edition from Advanced Installer.
In the link include you can find a video that shows how to build an MSIX package (for bundle just change the radio button option from Builds page).
Additional info -
Publishing an MSIX package in the MS store.
Disclaimer: I work on the team building Advanced Installer.
I have an old InstallShield installer which i believe was made using InstallShield 2012. I don't have the install script code for the same. I only have exe of the installer with me.
I need to create a new installer containing some of the same features from old installer, so is there any way by which i can get the setup.rul file of the installer from its exe?
I did some googling but got no help.
Setup.exe Extraction: If you run an extraction of your setup.exe, do you get an *.ins file?
Programmatically extract contents of InstallShield setup.exe
Extract MSI from EXE
Decompiler: I believe there are some hacky solutions to decompile *.ins to *.rul. I do not have such a tool, nor have I ever tried one and I can't recall seeing any trace of them for a whole decade. Perhaps Installshield support can help?
Alternatives: Off the top of my head: Contact Installshield support, they might have better advice? Check with Installshield community? Check with Stefan Kruger - Installshield consultant? Check any source repositories you can find based on setup.exe timestamp? (search for *.rul, *.ism, or similar as relevant). Check backups? Check backups of setup developer PC? Check github.com even? (for samples of similar tasks). Check external media, email attachments, network shares, etc...
I am trying to create an MSI file format from a Windows 8.1 store application in visual studio instead of the standard APPX file format it usually creates using the create app packages function in visual studio.
I have tried using the visual studio installer project but when the MSI file is created. I have tried to use the file to install the application then when I try to run the file it does not run.
There is no documentation on this. So is it possible to do so and if so how can I do this?
There are two approaches you can take in this case:
Figure out what dependencies your app requires and include them in the setup.
Put enough debugging in your program to tell you what's failing. If the first code you run is (fort example) a messagebox and it never shows then you know your code isn't being loaded, probably because of a missing dependency.
Your question is currently to general to be specific about an answer.
I have a problem. I recently installed VS 2015 and Windows 10 on my computer.
Having Universal Apps are amazing and I plan to convert some of my programs on UWP.
But I have a problem. In one of my programs, I allow the user to save its datas on its OneDrive. And if OneDrive is unavailable, the datas are stored on local devices.
And when OneDrive is available, the newly stored datas are pushed to OneDrive. Synchronisation in fact.
So it is the problem. In the UWP dll named Universal.Live I have installed Live SDK 6 with Nuget. During the package installation, there is some work done to see if the Live SDK is compatible with UWP.
Great ! It's compatible and successfully installed.
But when I wrote
using Microsoft.Live;
The name is not recognized. And if I use the class LiveAuthClient which is in the namespace, it isn't recognized too...
This is a real problem :( Any ideas ?
I had the same issue adding the Live SDK to my app. For some reason the Package.JSON isn't correctly resolving and downloading the package (or recognizing it).
Either way, just add the DLL to your references the old fashioned way. Personally, I'd just add it to a console app (not using the new Project.json package), get it from NUGET, and grab the DLL from the Packages.
After you have the DLL:
Right click on References
Add Reference -> Browse...
Find the DLL and add it. ("...\\packages[LiveSdk]...")
It works!
Download it from here, Compile it, and grab the desktop SDK:
https://github.com/liveservices/LiveSDK-for-Windows
You can also download the msi, install it, figure out where the DLL is installed to and grab it from there:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42552
According to this GitHub issue, LiveSDK isn't supposed to be used for Universal Windows Platform apps: https://github.com/liveservices/LiveSDK-for-Windows/issues/58
Instead we should use these SDKs that cover the same functionality:
Mail/Calendar/Contacts: https://dev.outlook.com/
Files/OneDrive: https://dev.onedrive.com/
Does anybody know how to launch a cab file from a Visual C++ dll thats being used as a setup dll when installing an application on windows mobile.
Basically, I need the dll to detect if compact framework is not installed and run required cab file if needed.
I've beeg googling for something similar for ages with no luck. Surely this has been done and there are some examples out there.
Your help is very very very much appreciated.
Tony
If your talking about windows mobile cab file then Ants answer is incorrect.
You need to run the wceload.exe tool to start a install of a windows mobile cab file on the WM device.
You don't "launch" a .CAB file. You extract files out of it.
Here's a Microsoft KB article about one way to extract files out of a CAB.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189085