I am trying to create an installer with Wix. I am a Wix newbie.For our software we checked few pre-requisites like the BIOS version.
My requirement is if the BIOS version is suitable for my software application,I want to check some other set of per-requisites.
Is there a way I can get the BIOS version of system in WiX?
Not sure it's possible via standard wix functionality
But here's the way it will work:
Add c# custom action
In custom action you can use System.Management as described
here
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I am trying to deploy a WPF Project that uses MongoDB. I want to create a One-Click installation system for the client who does not have any idea about computers. I tried creating a batch file but the best it does is, it starts the MongoDB setup file. Is there any possible way, I can install MongoDB without using their installer and bundle it with my deployed project?
You can install mongoDB unattended on Windows.
Just use the msi installer like this
msiexec.exe /l*v mdbinstall.log /qb /i mongodb-win32-x86_64-2008plus-ssl-4.0.9-signed.msi
For more details check out their official documentation on this regard here
I have inherited a C# software application which has an auto-update component. This component works pretty well, it stops the application, updates any files which have changed, then restarts the application. The software is initially installed using an MSI file.
However what this auto-updater doesn't do is update the windows installer database with the new application version number, nor does it register any new files which didn't exist in the original installation.
Looking at the installer API (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369426(v=vs.85).aspx) there doesn't appear to be any way to modify the configuration in this way.
And from what I have read (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_installer_team/archive/2006/05/12/595950.aspx) modifying the registry entries directly isn't recommended.
Somehow many applications manage to accomplish this e.g. Google Chrome.
Is there a way to accomplish this without directly modifying the registry?
If not, can someone tell me (or point me to) the exact registry entries that would need to be changed. Including how to find the guid of the product entry in the installer registry section.
Windows Installer updates can be installed with upgrade .msi packages or patches. There's no other supported way of updating MSI's internal registration.
Google doesn't use MSI to install Chrome, so they had to invent their own patching system.
How to make generic installation for my C# program, that will work on Win XP, Win 7 32bit and Win 7 64bit ?
I need that all the related components (like Framework... Crystal Reports...MDAC....) will be include and will install only the program that the OS is missing
Thanks in advance
What version of Visual Studio are you using? It matters, because if you're using Express, you're going to need a 3rd party tool If you're using Professional or higher, you can just create a Setup project as described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307353
if you weren't worried about required components, of course, you could just do an XCOPY deployment, but since you specifically need your prerequisites included with the install, you need to use a tool like the setup project 9which creates an MSI file) or using a third party tool like Installshield.
i think
1- Create 3 separate packages for (Win Xp,Win7-32 , Win7-64)
2- Ask user if user is downloading from the website and push require download from the server. Alternatively , you can write a samll silverlight based application to get the details of user machine.
3- If 2 point is not true than while installing on a user machine get the details first and choose manually which pakage to install.
why i am telling to create specific package because of Microsoft issues pathches time to time and you may need to change the package so keep it seperate will definately help you.
We have developed an ASP.Net/C#/SQL Server application and use SetupBuilder (from LinderSoft) and MSI for software installation purposes.
We are having all sorts trouble with the MSI component - in that installations regularly fail and we appear to have limited control over the MSI interface/process.
Are there any installation tools that give us more control over the MSI install process and can anyone recommend a better set of tools for software deployment purposes?
WIX provides a lot of control in creating MSI's.
Takes a bit of learning but we have used it for creating MSI's in our projects and it has worked for all of our needs.
From their site:
The Windows Installer XML (WiX) is a toolset that builds Windows
installation
packages from XML source code. The toolset supports a command line
environment that developers may integrate into their build processes
to build MSI and MSM setup packages
Sorry for the generic answer, but if you could provide more details regarding the errors that you are facing or exactly what areas you want to be able to control, then might be able to throw some light on it.
Most asp.net applications i've ever used have had a partly manual installation process, eg they ask you to create a sql server database and user, then copy the application in and update the web.config to reflect the sql user, then create the IIS application manually, and any further installation (eg creating the db schema) is handled automatically by the app the first time you use it.
It's always seemed acceptable to me, so long as everything is documented well i've been happy to accept it, worth considering?
I guess it depends upon the expected technical skills of your target user base...
I want to make an advanced installer for my C# application. |I want my application continue its installation after the pre-requisites been installed.
My scenario is:
myApplication requires .net Framework 2
it redirects the user to the Microsoft website.
the user installs the framework.
the installation requires to restart the PC.
STOPPED INSTALLATION
After this step (after restarting) I want myApplication to continue the installation (go to the last stage of the installation)
Any suggestion on how I do this ?!?!
I would suggest taking a look at the nullsoft install system. Use the Modern UI theme and the DotNET macro (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/DotNET). That's everything that you are looking for prebuilt, for free, and you can be up and running with very little effort.
I've had experience releasing applications with this route and it works very well.
Things like InstallShield, or one of the other installer creation tools would be able to handle the pre-requisite side of things for you. If you want to roll your own, then you could check for the framework, perform the various steps you mentioned to install it, then add you setup application to the RunOnce registry key so it starts again on startup.
Looking at something that would handle all the pre-requisites etc for you would be my choice though :-)
Install in this order:
Install the .NET framework
Install your app.
Restart if needed.
You can create an installation project in VS2005/8 to handle installing your app and any needed dependencies.
Are you aware that your compiled c# app itself will do this? The bootstrapper compiled into a .Net exe will contain a redirect to get the framework with a working link to the microsoft website.