VS Web Deployment Projects

How to install assembly in the GAC using MSI

maverickhyd — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:36:37 GMT

Hi,

How to install assembly in the GAC using MSI Installer?

what steps i need to fallow?

Bug? DirectoryEntry returns different physical path in Windows Installer (Windows XP)

VirtualSurfer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:58:57 GMT

Hi,

I just found an odd thing when trying to get a physical path of a virtual directory in Windows Installer (in the Install() custom action).
For some reason the same code returns always "c:\inetpub\wwwroot" instead of "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyWebApplication"
if I'll run the code via a Windows Installer on XP. But if I'll run the code via a Windows Form application (on XP) I'll get the correct
full path "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyWebApplication". However, to my surprise the same Windows Installer code works on Windows Server 2008.

So what might be the reason that this code doesn't work via the Windows Installer on XP? Some kind of security issue or bug?

            System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry IISAdmin = new System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("IIS://localhost/W3SVC/1/Root");

strIISAdmin = "";

foreach (System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry vd in IISAdmin.Children)
            {

                if (vd.Name == VDName)
                {
                    string strIISAdmin = vd.Properties["Path"][0].ToString();


                }

            }

Installer doesnot uninstall previous version

amita.deo — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:47:49 GMT

I have a setup project which gives me a .msi file

When I try to install this on a machine which already had installed its earlier version...it gives me an error and asks me to remove it from Add/Remove programs.

I have enabled the RemovePreviousVersions to RemovePreviousVersions=true

What should i do, so that the installer either repairs or uninstalls and reinstalls it automatically?

Please help.

Regards

Amita.

VS 2008 WebSetup : new option for application pools ?

zheos — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:21:49 GMT

Hello there ! Im using Visual Studio 2008 and im trying to make a websetup for an application. I saw a new thing since VS2005, with a MSI created by VS2008 i can now "select" an application pool for the installation. By default, this setting is set to "DefaultAppPool". My question is simple, is there any way to DISABLE this ? I mean, i dont want my user to CHOSE an application pool, my setup will create one for him in the custom actions.

For now my problem is that the MSI assign the application pool AFTER the custom actions (in wich i create a assign a predefined pool by calling a own made dll), by doing this after the custom actions, it will make a "undo" to what i did to the application pool. Ie : i set the application pool to MyAppPoolTest in the custom actions but if the user select "DefaultAppPool" at the beginning of the msi , it will END with ""DefaultAppPool", whatever i did in the custom actions.

If there is no way to disable it, maybe there's some text somewhere that explain this new "feature" so i will understand it a bit more, or maybe one of you have some clue about what i should do.

Thankx.

How to avoid WDP copy all to Source Directory (also SVN!!)

theDog — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:40:10 GMT

Hi!

i see that Build WDP is very slow because it copies the entire source folder to a folder called "Source" at the same level of "Release" folder.

i would like to avoid that it copies

1) All SVN folders and files

2) some unuseful folders as css and images.

the tag known Excludefrombuild don't resolve the problem!

Any ideas or solutions?

thanks!

Unable to start debugging on the web server - VS 2005 Error

vaassu — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:44:58 GMT

Hi, Though it seems very common error, could not able to find any solution.

Error:

Whenever i create and run any new or existing web application/service, i'm getting following error message

Unable to start debugging on the web server. The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive.

as it ate my time, finally i repaired my Visual studio 2005. now i'm getting the error

Unable to start debugging on the web server. The debug request could not be processed by the server due to invalid syntax.

Following things may be useful to give solution

1. My HTTP Keeps-alive property is disabled. I tried with enabled also.

2. Both windows and anonymous authentication are enabled for my web page

3. IIS 6 and Windows 2003 server i'm using

4. My connection timeout is 120 secs. I tried till 2000 seconds.

5. I'm trying just simple "helloworld" web service. nothing else.

could anyone helpme out?

web set up project

rakesh2kv — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:18:15 GMT

I see red line underneath the primary output projects i added to the web set up. What does red lines mean? Is it an error. The build succeds though

Web Deployment Project 2008 not compiling with v.3.5

Yihuey — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:09:28 GMT

I added a WDP to my web application. The application is running in VS 2008 and has the target framework set to be 3.5. But when I build the deployment project, I saw the following output in the output window.

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_compiler.exe -v /HSD.CMS.csproj -p "C:\Client Management System 2008\HSD.CMS" -f .\TempBuildDir\

Did I miss anything? How do I change it to make it to use the compiler under v3.5?

VS 2005 Web Deployment Project download page is broken

sgriggs — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:33:31 GMT

Anyone know what happened to the VS 2005 Web Deployment project download page? It is saying it has been removed. Has it truly been removed and is now unsuported or is it just a problem with the site?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336619.aspx

Thanks

Shane

Windows installer doesn't remove the physical application directory when uninstalling a web application

VirtualSurfer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:33:08 GMT

Hi,

if I'll install the web application in a different place (e.g. c:\temp) instead of the default c:\Inetpub\wwwroot, the installer won't remove the application root directory (all subdirectories and files are removed however) when uninstalling the application. What might cause this?

Thanks

Getting error when deploying website in vs-2008

imran_khan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:47:31 GMT

I checked the detailed output. Here is what I get. Any clue?

Using "ToggleDebugCompilation" task from assembly "C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v9.0\Microsoft.WebDeployment.Tasks.dll".

Task "ToggleDebugCompilation"

Updating Web.config <compilation> element debug attribute to 'False'.

C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v9.0\Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets(639,7): error : Section or group name 'system.web.extensions' is already defined. Updates to this may only occur at the configuration level where it is defined. (C:\Documents and Settings\pvakil0\Desktop\MyProjects\MyProject\Release\web.config line 4)

C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v9.0\Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets(639,7): error MSB4018: The "ToggleDebugCompilation" task failed unexpectedly.

C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v9.0\Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets(639,7): error MSB4018: System.ArgumentNullException: Parameter "message" cannot be null.

C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v9.0\Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets(639,7): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.Shared.ErrorUtilities.VerifyThrowArgumentNull(Object parameter, String parameterName, String resourceName)

C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v9.0\Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets(639,7): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.Utilities.TaskLoggingHelper.LogMessage(MessageImportance importance, String message, Object[] messageArgs)

C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v9.0\Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets(639,7): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.WebDeployment.Tasks.ToggleDebugCompilation.Execute()

C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v9.0\Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets(639,7): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.TaskEngine.ExecuteInstantiatedTask(EngineProxy engineProxy, ItemBucket bucket, TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask, ITask task, Boolean& taskResult)

Done executing task "ToggleDebugCompilation" -- FAILED.

Done building target "CopyToOutputDir" in project "MyProject.wdproj" -- FAILED.

Done building project "MyProject.wdproj" -- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

Regard

Imrankhan

aspnet_compiler.exe error

JuliaJuliaBell — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:05:17 GMT

I have been given a batch file by the developer that compiles a website. This works fine when I run it locally on the server, but errors when I run it on my machine. The offending line seems to be as follows:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_compiler.exe -v
/PortalWebApp.csproj -p V:\MyApp\PortalWebApp\PortalWebApp -u -f .\TempBuild
Dir\ -keyfile "V:\MyApp\Shared Assets\Corp.snk" -errorstack
Utility to precompile an ASP.NET application
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

error ASPRUNTIME: Could not load file or assembly 'App_Licenses, Version=0.0.0.0
, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The paramete
r is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))

[ArgumentException]: The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007
0057 (E_INVALIDARG))

[FileLoadException]: Could not load file or assembly 'App_Licenses, Version=0.0.
0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The param
eter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))
   at System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase,
Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boo
lean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)
   at System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, E
vidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Bool
ean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)
   at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence
assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)
   at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence as
semblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)
   at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String assemblyString)
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.LoadLicensesAssemblyIfExists()
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.Initialize()
   at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.InitializeBuildManager()
   at System.Web.HttpRuntime.HostingInit(HostingEnvironmentFlags hostingFlags)

[HttpException]: Could not load file or assembly 'App_Licenses, Version=0.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The parameter
is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))
   at System.Web.Compilation.ClientBuildManager.EnsureHostCreated()
   at System.Web.Compilation.ClientBuildManager.PrecompileApplication(ClientBuil
dManagerCallback callback, Boolean forceCleanBuild)
   at System.Web.Compilation.ClientBuildManager.PrecompileApplication(ClientBuil
dManagerCallback callback)
   at System.Web.Compilation.Precompiler.Main(String[] args)

I'm running Visual Studio 2008 (v9.0.30729.1) and Microsoft Web Deployment Projects 2008 (v9.0.21022) on Vista. The server is running Windows Server 2008 with the same versions of VS and Web Deployment Projects.

Can anyone give me any advice about traoubleshooting this?

Julia

How can i make a Executable of my web projects....

morkie28 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:22:36 GMT

Hello, I have a web based project in ASP.NET with visual basic. I need to make its executable file to be pass in school.

Anyone can Help to how to make exe of a web based project...

deployment options of asp.net 2.0 from VS2005/2008?

guenavan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:24:30 GMT

My shared webhosting provider provides asp.net 2.0 (and 1.1).

I want to deploy asp.net 2.0 webapps from VS2005 or 2008 to my shared webhosting site (so far, I was using FTP "manually").
Now I received the following answer from my webhoster:
"I am sorry that FrontPage Extensions are no more available because they are obsolete now, as Microsoft itself has cancelled it. Therefore, its license is not available now."

It seems that I am also obsolete.
What are current options to deply webapps from Visual Studio 2005 and 2008?

I googled a little but that took too much time and too old options (which I already knew).
This seems to be quite common problem and I ask your time to share me with your exp, links and knowledge.

Vs.net 2008 - web setup project - PDF files not getting included...

v_sreedhar@hotmail.com — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:00:54 GMT

Hi,

I created a web setup (not web deployment) project in VS.net 2008; I noticed that PDF files in a folder is not getting added part of the websetup output. In the same folder, I have images, text files, they are all included.

Does any one know, how to include PDF Files and other files, part of the websetup project?

Regards,

Sreedhar

Referencing compiled assembly in Web deployment project

jj011185 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:01:35 GMT

Hi all, I'm kinna having a hard time referencing the assembly compiled by the Web Deployment Project.

see, I have a website project with a usercontrol and wanted to re use this in another website, so I compiled the project using web deployment project using this option

-> Create a separate assembly for each page and control output.

so I have these as a result after i built it.

the usercontrol has this default namespace "IAmAUserControl.UserControls"

App_Web_default.aspx.cdcab7d2.dll                          -> default.aspx
App_Web_iamausercontrol.ascx.6bb32623.dll           ->  iamausercontrol.ascx
default.aspx.cdcab7d2.compiled
iamausercontrol.ascx.6bb32623.compiled
IAmAUserControl.dll
IAmAUserControl.pdb

now here are my questions.

1. if i wanted to re-use the iamausercontrol.ascx control which files do i need to copy to the other web app's bin directory?

2. Do I still need to reference the IAmAUserControl.dll to my second web project?

3. How do I place the reference tags in the web.config file.

would it be like so?

<%@ Register Assembly="App_Web_iamausercontrol.ascx.6bb32623" Namespace="ASP.usercontrols_iamausercontrol_ascx" TagName="iamausercontrol" TagPrefix="mycontrol" %>

I can't seem to figure out the namespace to use.

Any help would be great. thanks.

how to hide aspx.c# or vb

sjpk_2003 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:17:06 GMT

i have build a web deployment project when i install it i can able to see the action code file ie,aspx.vb or aspx.c# as well as design file aspx file. infact if this web site is published ordinarily all the action code files are hidden, when i build the deployment project and install ,these files are not hiding ,if this is visible, client can easily able to read the code wat is inside .....is there any solution..

Thanks

Jeyanth

Web Setup run into different server problem

GAYATHRIPAMINESH — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:31:32 GMT

Hello,

1) It always choose the default.aspx to display, if the page is not exist it always shows :

"Showing a modal dialog box or form when the application is not running in UserInteractive mode is not a valid operation. Specify the ServiceNotification or DefaultDesktopOnly style to display a notification from a service application."

2) How to set the connection string in websetup file?

If the page involve database connection, it totally gives "Server Error", and the page cannot be viewed at all.

Please help me with the problem i'm facing.. I will appreciate your help..

Thank you in advance..

Regards : pam

Web Setup Cannot Run in different server

GAYATHRIPAMINESH — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:40:00 GMT

Hello,

1) It always choose the default.aspx to display, if the page is not exist it always shows :

"Showing a modal dialog box or form when the application is not running in UserInteractive mode is not a valid operation. Specify the ServiceNotification or DefaultDesktopOnly style to display a notification from a service application."

2) How to set the connection string in websetup file?

If the page involve database connection, it totally gives "Server Error", and the page cannot be viewed at all.

Please help me with the problem i'm facing.. I will appreciate your help..

Thank you in advance..

Regards : pam

Centered Image in VWD but not in IE

therod0308 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:02:51 GMT

Just tested a new webpage with VWD 2008. It has a centered background image that displays fine in localhost in both Firefox and IE. Also works fine with Firefox when uploaded to web host. IE, however is not centered. The background image in IE is left justified online but centered in localhost.

Anyone know what might be the problem?

Visual Studios locks .MDF file when using Web Deployment Project

kshill — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:35:56 GMT

Hello,

I'm using Visual Studio 2008 and Web Deployment Projects to develop an ASP.NET web site.
The site uses a LinqDataSource to connect to a database within a database file (.mdf) on my local machine (a different source will be used in the release)
When I run my website for testing the link works correctly and everything appears kosher but when I stop the debugger and attempt to rebuild the project in VS2008 I get this error from the compiler:

The process cannot access the file '<filepath>.mdf' because it is being used by another process.

To build my project again I'm forced to exit VS2008 and re-start it. Obviously, this is very inconvenient. What could I be doing wrong?

Thank you.

Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1

fsflier — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:31:22 GMT

A C# ASP.NET program under development (VS 2005) works fine in the development box, using the virtual localhost server.
Once I tried to "Publish" the site, pressing the [Build->Publish Web Site] menu option, it compiles and gives the following error:

"Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1."

The compilation fails at line 1, the line containing the [xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"] declaration.
The simplied web.config file is shown below. As you can see it has nothing out of the ordinary.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0">
<connectionStrings>
blah blah...
</connectionStrings>
<appSettings>
blah blah...
</appSettings>
blah blah...
blah blah...
</configuration>

I have googled and found a few entries on this error, most of them talking about SOAP and web services (not what I'm doing here), and none of them have helped.

I tried to recompile taking out the encoding=utf-8 section and also taking out the xmlns definition buit I still get the same error.

Any ideas to try next?

TIA

PACKAGING A PROJECT

marangajared — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:42:06 GMT

I have developed a Payment system and I need to create a setup for installation. How do I go about it?

I used C# at some point but in general, it is in ASP.NET (Within Webdeveloper.) Also on VS 2008.

Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Website Deployment Tutorials

VII-Twilight — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:38:07 GMT

Hi I'm using Visual Web developer 2008, And I was wondering where I can find tutorials about website deployment.

Thnx in advance

Where is the connection string for the ASPNETDB.mdf

Jackxxx — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:31:01 GMT

I have a file system project that I moved from the VS Web server to IIS now it will not run; I receive the following message:

An attempt to attach an auto-named database for file C:\Documents and Settings\Server\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\WebSites\MyProject\App_Data\aspnetdb.mdf failed. A database with the same name exists, or specified file cannot be opened, or it is located on UNC share.

The file is in the App_Data folder of my project, and it is the only one on the system.

Does anyone know where this database keeps its connection string? It is not in my web config file.

Any help is appreciated.