vdproj is the build file extension for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET applications. The plaintext file stores build settings and file references.
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How to convert setup.vdproj to .NET5
I have few other applications which I have converted to .NET5 and want to convert .vdproj to .NET5 as well.
But I don't know how it can be converted.
The same application .vdproj works in .NET framework.
I have converted other WPF and WCF to .NET5…
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WebView2 control works while debugging a WPF project, but not after installed via vdproj installer
Solution below, thanks to Poul Bak and GrooverFromHolland for pointing out my poor async implementation which helped a bit. I simply moved the source assignment into the same method after the await so order of operations is correct, and also had to…
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How to build Visual Studio Installer Project in Azure Pipelines in Self-Hosted Windows Agent
The image above shows my Hello World project structure. I am trying to build the Setup-HelloWorld-x86.vdproj in Azure Pipeline in Self-Hosted Windows Agent (which is nothing but my local machine) by using the command line script task like shown in…
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Install changeable registry values with vdproj Deployment Project
I wrote a vdproj Visual Studio Deployment Project and all is working fine, but there is one minor thing that annoys me.
I went to view - Registry to maintain some entries on the target machine. Specifically I'm writing some string values to…
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Latest git hash needs to be speicified in installer's name
Consider a situation in which Git is installed in Windows and is available only in Git Bash, not Windows cmd environment. Having a vdproj to create installer for an application, but need to intercalate the latest git hash to the MSI package's name.…
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ERROR: An error occurred while validating. HRESULT = '8000000A' when building using devenv and jenkins visual studio 2019
When building an install package (vdproj file) that contains some windows services and other c# and vb.net dll, we get the following error. This is using vs2019 Enterprise
ERROR: An error occurred while validating. HRESULT = '8000000A'
This is…
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Add a large amount of files in a .vdproj (Visual Studio Installer) file
my problem is :
I have a VB .NET project, with an installation project made with the old poor "Visual Studio Installer".
The version of Visual Studio I'm currently using is 2015.
Now I need to insert into the installer project a huge amount of…
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How can I Install Visual Studio 2015 vdproj extension without internet connection
I'm attempting to install the vdproj extension for Visual Studio 2015. The target machine has no internet connection. When initially installing Visual Studio it was possible to create an offline installer using the following,
vs_enterprise.exe…
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Visual Studio Project Installers - Can these just package assemblies and not build them
I am trying to make some modifications to our build processes which ensure that our vdproj files do not execute builds, they just package already build DLL's from a given location.
Is there any way to do that using configuration settings to…
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Visual Studio Installer, perform custom action before files are copied
I am using a regular Visual Studio Setup Project to deploy a service.
I need to perform a custom action before the files are copied by the installer.
AFAIS all custom actions (derived from Installer ...) are performed after the files have been…
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Why might building a vdproj file in visual studio try to trigger a restore of my computer?
I have a strange build bug on my machine where triggering a Build on a vdproj fires up a dialog which says:
Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Shell (Isolated).
This runs for a bit and then errors with:
One or more of…
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What are these numbers in an assembly or file in a vdproj file?
{**9F6F8455-1EF1-4B85-886A-4223BCC8E7F7**}:**_03AB8A75D149B335EA5B97C256BF5342**"
{
"AssemblyRegister" = "3:1"
"AssemblyIsInGAC" = "11:FALSE"
"AssemblyAsmDisplayName" = "8:UILibrary, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,…
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How to programmatically execute these three steps?
I need programmatically execute these steps for my project VSIX.
Right click Application Folder -> Add -> project output
Select your respective project's solution "primary output from yours.."
Right click setup project in solution explorer and…
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How to change ProductCode and ProductName when building
I have a Windows Installer project that installs a service. I use NAnt build to build my .msi install for two configurations at a time: SiteProd and SiteTest. These .msi's install a Windows Service.
To allow side-by-side installs, I need to be able…
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How best do I generate new ComponentIDs in Visual Studio Installer Projects (VS2015)
Scenario:
We've got a .vdproj installer (actually we have many, with merge
modules, but lets keep this simple).
We've got a new release of our product.
I changed product code, upgrade code & versions, re-guided AssemblyInfos and any COM…
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