I want to deploy an application on a client system without installing visual studio on the system. The system will be accessing data from the database on the server. I need to do this because the application work with a fingerprint machine and the fingerprint
machine does not work well with the application if I deployed it on the server. So, I want to deploy it on the client system so that it will submitting the scanned images on the server.
Use Setup and Deployment project. To do this, create a new project, then if you are using VS2008, select "Other Project Types". This option include Setup and Deployment project. Refer to the following sites for step by step instruciton on how to use Setup
and Deployment
I copied my application into the root directory of IIS in the client system running on windows 7 and I created a virtual directory for it. when I access it through an explorer it keeps pointing to a line in the web config i.e "<authentication mode="windows"/>.
and the line above it says:
Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" beyond application level. This error can be a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.
olaide
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Deployment without Visual Studio Installation
Aug 25, 2011 05:30 PM|LINK
Jeev
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Re: Deployment without Visual Studio Installation
Aug 25, 2011 07:02 PM|LINK
You do not need visual studio on a client system. Create an install package for the application and install it on the client machine
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kctt
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Re: Deployment without Visual Studio Installation
Aug 30, 2011 06:50 AM|LINK
IIS web server is required to install web application on client system.
There is no need to install Visual Studio.
olaide
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Re: Deployment without Visual Studio Installation
Sep 01, 2011 06:05 PM|LINK
Please, kindly help me on the steps to follow on how to create an install package for my application and install it on the client machine.
Thank you
olaide
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Re: Deployment without Visual Studio Installation
Sep 01, 2011 06:05 PM|LINK
Please I need steps on how to do this.
Thank you
kctt
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Re: Deployment without Visual Studio Installation
Sep 02, 2011 03:52 AM|LINK
Your client's server needs to have IIS installed and configured to be the same as your development machine.
If website has database, you need to install database server and restore database.
I don't think that's an easy task to do automatically with an installer file.
olaide
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Re: Deployment without Visual Studio Installation
Sep 02, 2011 04:49 PM|LINK
I need to know how to install the application on the client IIS, windows XP or windows 7, kindly help on this.
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Re: Deployment without Visual Studio Installation
Sep 03, 2011 07:44 PM|LINK
Use Setup and Deployment project. To do this, create a new project, then if you are using VS2008, select "Other Project Types". This option include Setup and Deployment project. Refer to the following sites for step by step instruciton on how to use Setup and Deployment
- Web Deployment Project for Visual Studio 2005 & 2008 - http://www.codedigest.com/Articles/VisualStudio/126_Web_Deployment_Project_for_Visual_Studio_2005_and_2008.aspx
If you are in a hurry, it might be better to configure your database manually as it takes some tricks to automate that.
Hope this helps...
olaide
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Re: Deployment without Visual Studio Installation
Sep 04, 2011 02:48 PM|LINK
Thanks for the link.
I copied my application into the root directory of IIS in the client system running on windows 7 and I created a virtual directory for it. when I access it through an explorer it keeps pointing to a line in the web config i.e "<authentication mode="windows"/>. and the line above it says:
Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition="MachineToApplication" beyond application level. This error can be a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.
What do I need to do here?
kneville
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Re: Deployment without Visual Studio Installation
Sep 05, 2011 02:55 AM|LINK
They to this error is "This error can be a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS".
To make a virtual directory as an application in IIS,
- For IIS 6 (as far as I can remember), right-click your virtual directory and choose property. Click "Convert to Application".
- For IIS 7 (my current version), right-click your virtual directory and choose "Convert to Application" from the context menu.
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