I am new to .NET application.
I have developed the application on 32 bit OS with Visual Studio 2008.
The application required the Microsoft.Interop services and for PDF services to open PDF files and MS Office files.
It also required SQL Express for database operations.
The application works fine on 32bit OS.
Then I created the setup for 64 bit OS, I added a new Setup project with wizard in Visual
Studio 2010 and select the Primary output and Localized resources.
But it does not included the Resources folder to the Application folder.
I set the target machine 64x and build the project, also before building give the prerequisites to the project which is Windows Installer 3.1, and .net framework 4.0, I have used the .net framwork 3.5 in the application.
Then I ran the setup, which executed successfully.
But when I tried to run the application it gave the message "Application has stoped working. Finding for the solution from the web.." and it closed.
Then I saw that there was no resources folder so I just copied the resources folder to the application where it was installed. Then the application worked fine.
So I created the setup again but this time I also provided the Resources folder to the application folder. Built the Setup and tried to run the application but the same message is prompted to me as it was giving before "Application has stopped working...", so I looked for the resource folder and all the required files which were there.
Creating a separate 64-bit version makes no sense in your case.
You have dependencies to 32-bit components; as a consequence, all1 your assemblies must be compiled to the x86 target platform and be installed using a 32-bit MSI.
If you get an "Application has stopped working..." error, this indicates that an exception occurred that has not been handled by your process. You can get the stack trace e.g. from the event log.
1 In fact, at the least the entry assembly must have an x86 target platform, and all other assemblies must have either an x86 or AnyCPU target platform.
Check you have changed the platform target to x64 or AnyCPU in your project -> Build Properties
hey friends thanks for answering my question. Finally doing a lot of things I found that it was converting the sql database to 2008 while creating the setup. And I was setting the sql express 2005 on the client machine. Then I changed the sql server 2005 to sql express 2008 and run the setup. Then I found that at the first time the exe required all the rights to convert so I tried the setup Run as Administrator and bingo the setup works for 2 different pc..
The only thing is required that at first time I need to run the application as Administrator.
Thanks for help I
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I have developed a C# winform app in VS 2012, but when I deploy it to another machine, it's exe file does not launch until and unless the machine has VS 2012 installed in it. Initially I thought there was a problem with deployment, but I have tried all methods, by simply transferring the bin folder to creating a setup project using installShield, I tried deploying a simple app which was successful without having to install VS 2012. Could someone please give me the reason behind this dependency of my app with VS 2012, and how to get rid of it? I cannot afford to install a VS 2012 on every machine that the software needs to deployed to. Thank you so much.
This is all about which .Net Framework is installed on the machine.
For Instance, VS2012 will run on .Net Framework 4.5, but the computer your trying to run this software on maybe running on an earlier version.
If any of the assemblies that your adding to your solution are built on a later version of the .Net framework then it will be incompatible on the users machine.
change Your project Debug mode to Release Mode Then Run The App then Go to >Bin > Release Folder then u can Find Exc Setup !! Have Fun with Code !!
Probably your app depends on some assembly that is installed along with VS. You can use Dependency Walker to find out exactly what. On second thought, since this is a .Net application your dependencies should be limited to .Net assemblies and the .Net framework - you could find out exactly what you're missing on the target machine with dotPeek.
Alright, so I've got a Windows service that has a FileSystemWatcher that watches an output folder for some Visual FoxPro database files. And it leverages the VFPOLEDB.1 provider to read those files. I cannot go away from this provider because it's being used in production.
However, I've never had to support this application before so that's why my development box isn't setup for it. Here is my environment:
Windows 7 x64
Visual Studio 2005
.NET 2.0 Windows service
so, when I first started getting the error I figured I just didn't have the provider at all, and I was right. So, I downloaded and installed it from here.
I then proceeded to drop the files in the folder again, but I got the same error.
I figured because it's an x64 machine I might be experiencing problems with it getting registered since it was probably dropped into SysWOW64, and it was as I expected, so I ran this command:
regsvr32 "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mscomct2.ocx"
and it said it was successfully registered (which means about nothing LOL) but I dropped the files in again - same error.
I have not yet rebooted my machine, and I can if somebody has a compelling reason that's the problem, but generally speaking if the assembly is registered properly with regsvr32 that's not necessary. I've worked with a ton of COM objects and never have to reboot to get to the object as long as I've registered it.
Does anybody know another step I need to perform to get this thing registered?
It is registered as it should. It is your application that is compiled for AnyCPU Platform.
In x64 operating system this produces 64bit code and 64bit code could not access 32bit drivers.
Change your Platform to x86 and you will be fine.
EDIT
Two years later there is something to add to this answer. Now with Visual Studio 2013 the cheese has been moved. The article linked explain in great details how the compiler setup defaults has been changed. The AnyCPU target CPU with Prefer 32 bit means that your application works as 32bit app also in x64bit operating systems leaving practically no-room to x64 application unless specifically required.
With this new configuration becomes also important to remember what is posted in comments below by Mark Berry. If your (now 32bit) app needs to work in a IIS 64bit environment you need to set the Application Pool with Enable 32 bit Applications
I have desktop app (Win7 x64 VS 2015) - and kept getting the same error no matter what. I changed platform target to x86, installed MSI as admin etc - did everything I could google - and no luck. What helped me is to install MSI for Everyone instead of Just me - one of the last wizard's screen in the setup.
I have the same problem.
I install the VFP Ole DB Provider in my system and resolved.
download link
use Advantage OLE DB Provider,works for 32 or 64,here is the connection string
I've created a very simple console app in .NET 4.0 that will run as a scheduled task. It looks for local files that are unmodified for a certain amount of time and then parses the file, inserts a record into a MySQL database, and copies the file to the network. I'm using a local SQLite database to track which files have already been processed, but unfortunately I'm running into a problem on one system at the first SQLite operation:
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite.dll' or one of its dependencies. is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1) File name: 'System.Data.SQLite.dll'
at FileDatabase.CreateDatabaseAndTable()
at Program.Main(String[] args)
This exception is thrown on one system (Windows 7 x64 Home Premium with .NET 4.0 full), but is not thrown on two other systems (dev system + one other, both Windows 7 x64 Professional with .NET 4.0 full).
From browsing other questions, I see that this can happen when the program is run in 64-bit mode since the SQLite DLL is the 32-bit version. The first thing I checked is that the active platform is x86 in the Visual Studio Configuration Manager. I also used IL DASM to verify that the output exe is 32-bit (.corflags 0x00000003 // ILONLY 32BITREQUIRED). I would prefer to keep the 32-bit SQLite DLL and target platform as x86 so that I do not have to make different versions of the application for 32- and 64-bit computers.
I've also read that this exception can occur because of a corrupted DLL file, but since it works on some computers, I think this is not the case.
Other things I've tried on the problem system that didn't help:
Searching the GAC and Windows directory for errant SQLite DLLs, but found none.
Turning off AVG anti-virus.
Running the exe directly instead of the published ClickOnce application.
Uninstalling and reinstalling the ClickOnce application.
Any suggestions would be appreciated - thanks!
Installing the full setup package from system.data.sqlite.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/downloads.wiki seems to have solved the problem - it must have been some dependency that was not present (possibly in Windows 7 Professional but not Home?). While this solution isn't perfect for a big deployment, I really just needed it on this one computer. Thanks for RoadBump for getting me on the right path.
I made C# application for my friend which has connection to access database (mdb file). I have developed application on my computer with win7 x86 installed. My friend had XP and it worked perfectly, but now he installed win7 x64 and application doesn't work. In fact, application starts and behave regular, but cannot connect to database... Database too can be opened with access, but my application cannot connect to it.
What can be a problem? How to make my application works on both operating systems?
regards,
Vajda
Ask your friend to download and install the following file:
Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable
and make sure he picks the 64-bit version there (AccessDatabaseEngine_x64.exe).
By default there is no 64-bit ODBC/OLEDB driver for Access installed, but the 2010 version should work for 2007 databases as well.
You could probably also configure your program to be built for the x86 target. That would run the program as a 32-bit program, even on 64-bit OS.
Most likely, the .Net CLR is trying to fire the app up in 64bit mode by default on his new win7 box and this might be causing some issues with the referenced assemblies.
The first thing I would try is to change the Platform target of the application (go to Project properties in Visual Studio for the application) to x86 (from Any CPU) to force the application to run in 32bit mode.
If this works, you will have narrowed down your problem.
Then, after building the project, look in the bin folder to see which assemblies are being copied to the output folder. If you see any System.Data... or any other .Net assemblies that are already contained in the GAC, you'll want to delete these and then try to fire it up. This will force the application to use GAC assemblies written for 64bit use.
I am using a Windows Server 2003 32-bit machine. Using that machine I have created a COM component and consumed it in another application and have an EXE file.
Now I copy that EXE to another machine installed with Windows Server 2008, 64-bit.
And when I try to run that EXE it shows something like "Debug Error: This application needs runtime and terminates in an unusual way".
Is the bitness (32-bit vs 64-bit) compatibilty the reason for this? What could I need to run this on a Windows Server 2008 machine?
When you compile your app, you need to make sure that you compile it for 32 bit. By default, Visual Studio compiles for "Any". This leads to some parts of your app being 32 bit and using 64 bit DLLs.
The .NET framework built into Server 2008 is v3.0. Does your application require .NET v3.5? If so, you'll need to install the .NET 3.5 Redistributable package in Server 2008.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0/f/60fc5854-3cb8-4892-b6db-bd4f42510f28/dotnetfx35.exe
It should works, thanks to WOW64.
You compiled as debug or release version?
And can it find all the references that are you using?
What development environment are you using? It sounds like your projects are configured to use the C++ runtime DLL for a version that is not installed on the target box.
There should be a VC_Redist.exe somewhere in your development environment that you can copy and execute on the target box to install the necessary runtime assemblies.
Or, go to every project, EXE and DLLs, and ensure that the "Runtime Library" setting under the Project Properties->C/C++->Code Generation page is set to one of the non DLL options (/MTd or /MT). This will bypass the need to install a separate runtime on the target PC, but will make your EXEs and DLLs a bit larger.