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How to deploy winform application with .mdf file

How to deploy the win-form application with the .mdf file,i have taken the setup file and also add the .mdf file and .ldf file, when running in visual studio its working fine after taking the setup the record its not showing.Even not saving also in…
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How to deploy a windows form application including database to another PC?

All I have built a windows form application using VS 2005 Standard edition which uses SQL Express as the database. I'd now like to deploy my application to another PC that has .NET framework and SQL Server already installed. The bit I am unclear…
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Installing SQL Server and .NET Framework from a visual studio setup project

I have to do four things install .net framework 3.5 ,install SQL Server 2005 and run my sql script on the server and create the database and install my application how to do it in a single setup project using visual studio 2005/2008
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Visual Studio Setup and Deployment - Installation Folder Selection

I have a VS2005 Setup & Deployment project and I've run into an issue that I would like assistance with. Here is my issue: The 'DefaultLocation' for my application is set to '[ProgramFilesFolder]\MyApp'. Now I would like the user to select what…
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Vista Schedule Task From Setup

I'm deploying a C# application using the Setup Wizard project in Visual Studio 2008. What is the simplest way for me to have Windows schedule my application to run at regular intervals (e.g. every 8 hours)? I prefer if this scheduling would…
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Default Location to System Drive in Setup and Deployment Project

I have a setup and deployment project in Visual Studio 2010 The default location of Application Folder is set to C:\[Appname] The problem is that if there is no drive C: in the machine the app is being installed, the installer will crash with an…
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how ActiveX can be updated automatically at client machine

I have created an ActiveX control which is installed in the client machine. Now I have made some changes in the ActiveX control and now want that Changed ActiveX should be updated in the client machine automatically. I have changed the version of…
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Installer and deployment recommendation for .NET4.5 application

we used to use the Visual Studio Setup Project, together with Git, TeamCity and NetSparcle to create an easy deployment process along with comfortable auto update functionality for our customers. Since we are switching to .net4.5 we cannot use the…
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Optional User's Desktop shortcut issue

(Using VS 2010 with a Visual Studio Installer project.) I have added a 'Checkboxes(A)' dialog to the 'User Interface' under the 'Start | Welcome' dialog and set a checkbox with the property set to "DESKTOPICON". The option is being displayed. In…
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Visual Studio Setup Project - exclude web.config file if exist

How can I exclude web.config (or app.config) file in visual studio installer if it already exist on target machine (and folder)? Normally, web.config and app.config file contains configuration information related to the particular customer. If they…
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Windows Installer Bootstrappers - permissions

I have custom bootstrappers for SQL Server 2008 R2, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework 4, etc. I am using Visual STudio 2010's Deployment project to deploy a .NET 4 application. I know these are going away. Is there a way I can specify a…
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How to list my EC2 instances and get their private ip's

I'm starting to use EC2 with a lot of SPOT instances (>100), I'm trying to find a way to retrieve all my IC2 instances private ip's in order to use them later to deploy binaries and so on. Can anyone help me to do it? Thanks in advance.
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Can Visual Studio 2010 setup and deploy the MSI installer to work for .NET 4.0 full applications over client?

My application (unfortunately) requires the full 4.0 .NET framework. It appears there is no way through the Visual Studio setup and deploy projects to create and post a single file that ensures end users will download and install the full .NET…
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Visual Studio 2017 - ERROR: Unable to update the dependencies of the project (setup & deployment)

Something is causing my .vdproj to go haywire periodically and with no identifiable cause, resulting in the error message, "ERROR: Unable to update the dependencies of the project. The dependencies for the object 'Primary output from Cool Program…
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Get access to AppSettings from custom Installer during uninstall (BeforeUninstall)

I have a VS solution with following structure: Library project (.dll) Application using the #1 library project I have app.config defined in the application (#2) which defines a SaveLogsToDirectory path in appSettings. This value is eventually used…
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