Often times when I am building medium to large scale applications, I end up writing a powershell script or batch file to build all of my dependent assemblies, etc. Lately I have been working on a windows store app, and the script approach is working just fine, except for one final part. I can't figure out how I can not only build, but also deploy my app to my local machine. I can do it in Visual Studio via this menu option:
But that means I have to go to Visual Studio and do it manually which kind of defeats the purpose of an automated build. Does anyone have any clue as to how I can get this 'deploy' functionality from the command line?? Is it possible?
Try the same behavior as with sideloading apps:
At the Windows PowerShell prompt, run the following commands, where
SampleApp is the path and name of the package file you created (e.g.,
MySample_1.0.0.0_AnyCPU_Debug.appx):
import-module appx
add-appxpackage “SampleApp”
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I have an application written in C# using VisualStudio 2015 and I want to publish it (eg give an exe or installer to somebody to use it on its PC). From VisualStudio there is possibility to click "publish" in solution explorer. The result files are:
-Application files (File folder)
-project.application (Application manifest)
-setup.exe (Application)
As far as I know "manifest" file should be some metadata, but I can execute that file and it gives me an installer (the same as setup.exe). After installing it runs an application (just like setup.exe). It makes me confused - what exactly project.application is? Can I delete it and use only setup.exe? What is the correct way of publishing an app? One last thing: why does the installer run installation on first execution and run an application on any other? I would expect to run installation any time (just like other software).
Thanks
It sounds like a ClickOnce application. See the following link for more information:
ClickOnce security and deployment
In a nutshell:
The installer copies the files to the users AppData and then runs the application.
There are also other options such as checking for updates from a network location or web address. Then when you run the application it checks for updates and uses the manifest to do an incremental update of the application files.
I have created an application that needs to run on a standalone machine that has and cannot have any internet connection.
Everything was going well until I tried to run the app in visual studio 2013. I have found that I need to be connected to the internet when I first run the app in the IDE. The issue is that it seems to need to load symbols from application extensions. I have used a few extensions, xceed WPF toolkit, BrainboxesIO, Log4net, SnmpSharpNet. After the app runs once it doesnt need to happen again until I reboot my machine. How can I prevent the need for internet connectivity, firstly whilst developing in the IDE.
I have tried to deploy my app. I can create a setup project. But as soon as I use the configuration manager to go to release, I lose reference to the same extensions. If I create a .msi in debug the app runs, but again needs the internet when it first runs. I can then disconnect and it runs provided I don't reboot, which is obviously not what I need.
Anyone have any idea what I'm not doing right?
I am new to mongoDB. I would like to ask for help about deployment of a C# .net app with MongoDB. I tried to publish it but when I run, it goes not working. I know the error is that I need to manually run mongod.exe through C:/mongodb/bin/mongod. But how can I setup it without manually run the mongod.exe? Your help is highly appreciated. Thank you :)
You should understand that your .NET application and Mongo database are different parts of the system. They even can be placed on different machines. So, publish of your application shouldn't affect availability of database.
However you can combine these two actions in one simple batch file:
msbuild.exe [your app with necessary options]
C:/mongodb/bin/mongod.exe [options]
On how to build and deploy web-apps via msbuild you can see here:
How to Publish Web with msbuild?
Invoke a publish from msbuild for visual studio 2012
Invoke a publish from msbuild for visual studio 2012
You probably want to set up mongodb to run as a windows service, rather than manually starting the server on demand.
Instructions can be found here:
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows/
I've built a Winforms Application, and I want to publish it. I'd like to have a link on a website https://sites.google.com/site/satsavvyboardgame/home where I can have the user download the application and have it install on their computer. So far, I haven't found any way to wrap everything up in one package, or successfully publish to the web. What are the specifications for the URL to publish to the web?
Is there any way to package everything into one item (the site won't allow me to upload/download folders), so that the user could download one item, then run that or something in it?
Is there another way to do this that I haven't seen?
I'm using C# Visual Studio 2010 Express, and my application has the code and a couple of XML files that I need to run. All are part of the project, and run fine when I install from a file using the CD publish settings.
I've never published an application before, so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
You have 2 general options:
use "ClickOnce" which will enable automatic updates each time the user click to install and have several other benefits such as less problems with priviliges.
Use "Windows-Installer", which allows you more control of how to do and what to do during the installtion phase. However, shamefully, Package & Deployment project types do not exist anymore in vs2012. there are several 3rd party packages you can work with to create your setup-project.
The ClickOnce is preferable if what the user download is a just a simple standalone game application for example.. the MSI is for the more "rich" applications that should make extensive usage in the machine registry and etc..
The table in this link will give you the data you need to make a decision:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/142dbbz4(v=vs.80).aspx
I am working on a Windows Forms Application using Visual Studio 2010 IDE. My need is that I have certain block of code that needs to be run only once, at the starting of the application and never again for the entire lifetime(by lifetime I mean never again on the same system,unless the system is reconfigured). I have placed that code in a separate .cs file and for now, I run it's assembly(.exe) manually for testing purposes. But for deployment purposes, how do I go about it? It contains code for creating scheduled tasks using the schtasks command through command prompt. I know there are workarounds for the same, but I need to stick to the schtasks approach. I know there is something like Setup Projects that help us configure all the files that are required for the installation of our project and also create an installation file in the end, but can I write some code in it to ensure that it runs once, during installation, before my application is executed?
Yes you can have a Setup and Deployment package run an exe during installation. You will have to create a Custom Action in the setup to do that.