I've a zipped file which contains around 1000+ files.
I was able to bundle the zip file into msi.
But I would like to know how to unzip that file using any custom action
We had this requirement to unzip a file and place or the sub directories and files inside it at a particular location after installation.
Solution:
1. Create a exe (console app) that will unzip the file and place required files at required location.
2. Ship this exe with installer
3. Make this exe run (with execute sequence) while the application is installs.
This may add overhead, but this works.
I'm developed window application from node-webkit, and I make it to .exe file.
i try
copy /b nw.exe+myapp.nw
and i try to build use nw-builder but it same result.
To perform this .exe file, it need some files(nw.pak, some Dlls).
I want to excute this exe file standalone.
Please let me know any method to excute .exe file standalone
[UPDATE]
I solved this issue.
i found packaging program Enigma Vitual Box and this program help packaging .exe file, nw.pak and other files.
You can use Inno Script App to make an installer for the .exe file. I do use it and it makes sense.
ok so i made a couple of projects in VB2010 and i want to finally make them a standalone executable , as i'm still a beginner in VB ! i don't know if getting the .exe file only from "bin/debug" or i should really publish it then need the applications folder and the setup [because it's gonna be a lot better if i don't have to do the second one], anyways i tried to get the exe file then move the project folder to another drive , and it work , i know that to run the exe in other computer i'll need framework , [as far as i know my resource files are embedded into the exe] but if i need framework only , i guess runing it on computers that doesn't have it will ask them to download it ! i don't mind that , or that option comes with publish ,and i also really need the manifest file to run it normally ,
I actually don't know much about this so can you pleas tell me what i exactly need so my .exe files can run on other computers
sorry for taking some of your time , and thank you for reading this :D
Set your Solution Configurations to Release, build a solution (Ctrl+Shift+B) then navigate to your bin/Release folder and there you will find your exe file ready to be shipped. You can ship that exe as is, or you can wrapp it up in an installer application. If your application has some dependencies then shipping the exe file will not be enough.
You can change your target framework by goin' to Project/Properties.
Find the .exe in \\Your app\bin\debug\your app.exe
What you can do,open the project as if going to edit it, just go to "Project" then "Publish(Whatever-your-work's-name-is).vb at the bottom. Then use the wizard to finish. At the end, say you saved your exe on the desktop, three files will appear.
"Whatever-your-work's-name-is".exe And its icon shape varies.
A folder called "Application Files"
And a "setup.exe" Its icon a like a CD on something.
For the first time, click on setup.exe and open the app. From then on, the "Whatever-your-work's-name-is".exe will open normally. I have a website where I publish these things for fun, "tgamer.myfreesites.net", and downloading will only download all three in a zipped folder. The website is not awesome, but it's alright.
The thing is, the setup.exe and application files can be in a zipped file. You only the actual exe from the second opening and onward. This option makes it downloadable, like what I want. For you, choose the best for you, but remember downloading only the exe will not work.
I want to create an Exe that copies files to a directory on the c drive.
So I want it to this.
I have added the files to the project.
And when I run the code. It copies the file.
My.Computer.FileSystem.CreateDirectory("C:\direcotory1")
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile("file1", "c:\direcotry1\file1.dat")
The above code works, but...
After I compile if I move the exe out of the source directory, it doesn't work. I have to leave the exe in the directory where the file is.
Phrased another way. IF the exe is not in the directory it gets compiled into by Visual Studio. Then it cannot find the file to copy.
I know people do this all the time, but I am not sure how to get them in there.
Properties are set to content, or embedded resource don't seem to make a difference.
Can anyone give me the piece I am missing?
Thanks
Dan
So I currently have a script that works just fine with one problem. Whenever I publish it as a ClickOnce application, it has to be installed on the users computer before it can be used, and the the files I have specified to run if the user provides a valid login are showing up in the local APPDATA files.
I feel like there has to be a better way to publish my application. I want the 4 files ( a .swf that will run with flash, a bat file to run those, and a .vbs script that runs the bat file in the background so it doesn't pop up) to be included in the project, but to be written into the resulting binary files, not in their original form so the source is freely available.
Anyone have a suggestion?