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I'm looking for a project generator which can build project files for various IDEs like Visual Studio, XCode, SharpDevelop, CodeBlocks, etc and which supports both C/C++ and C# projects.
I've looked at CMake, but it seems like it lacks C# support.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Premake can generate project files for Visual Studio, MonoDevelop, SharpDevelop, XCode, Code::Blocks, CodeLite and plain GNU Make, and it supports building C#, C++ and C projects for tons of platforms from Unix, Linux, OSX, Windows to crosscompiling for PlayStation 3 and XBox 360.
You could use a template based code generation tools, eg CodeSmith, to generate files, but you would have to create the project templates yourself.
syncProj:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C1YrbFUVpTBXajbtrC62aXru2om6dy5rClyknBj5zHU/edit#
https://sourceforge.net/projects/syncproj/
If you're planning to use Visual studio for development, and currently only C++ is supported.
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I need a web publish tool which can do these.
Publish web codes to destination
Sql Schema and data compare and save table list which compared.
Restart Services With New Codes
Thanks For Your Help.
Our current deployment process consists of three things
Source Control (Visual Studio Online in our case)
TeamCity which is used to build our .NET web apps
Octopus Deploy which is used to deploy the built packages from TeamCity
The process is very simple and the majority of the work is automated.
Once code is checked into the master branch, TeamCity will detect the changes and begin our build process which consists of the following steps:
Restore NPM packages
Run gulp scripts to compile SASS files and minify and bundle JavaScript
Build the web app with MSBuild in the release configuration
Create a release in Octopus Deploy
This is also done without any work on the developer's side.
The way most of our web apps are setup in Octopus Deploy is the following:
Retrieve the packages built from TeamCity(in the form of a nuget package)
Deploy the web application performing any Web.config transformations in the process.
Deploy any Windows Services using Topshelf which also performs the needed App.config transformations
When a release is created Octopus Deploy will automatically deploy it to our internal development server so once again no work is required to begin testing the new code. Once everyone is happy we press one more button and it's deployed to all our production servers.
Octopus Deploy has the capability to deploy database schema changes etc too which is covered in this article, we went with the change-script-driven approach in our case.
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does anyone know an Open Source Software for creating own MSI packages?
I wanna create an MSI file for installing a 3rd party Software. Currently it's installed via different commands (bat-file) and with different configuration files.
Is there a free Open Source software for recording an installation so that i get a MSI package as a result?
WiX is open source and is one of the best way to create MSI file. Some other tools (mostly commercial). Please check this answer for more information: WiX Quick Start Suggestions and links (has grown too much, maybe focus on first sections - including "Hello World & Hello WiX").
The linked answer contains links to descriptions of how WiX compares to other deployment software - both commercial and free as well as download links and "get started" recommendations.
I would recommend packaging with WiX, but if you want to capture the install as an MSI file you can check the discussion here: Capturing all changes during an application install on Windows.
You might want to try ISWix - a simple GUI front end for Wix that allows you to quickly throw together an installer by inspecting the config files and recreating the actions in Wix.
Finally you could download a trial version of Installshield AdminStudio - capture your install as an MSI using the built in capture tool. Then you can decompile the MSI with the tool dark.exe from Wix and recompile it as a Wix MSI to get around any trial restrictions in the Installshield capture.
You could even use the method suggested here: Tracking file and registry changes. As this answer mentions you could try to locate the old version of WININSTALL LE on a Windows 2000 Server CD in \VALUEADD\3RDPARTY\MGMT\WINSTLE.
Advanced Installer Architect allows capture, but I am not sure you can export a proper MSI file with the trial version.
There are several solutions, for example:
Wix Toolset
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
There is also this free one, (from comment: although it's not open sorce) also open source:
Inno Setup Source available at github
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What I want is a development environment in Visual Studio 2012 for Umbraco version 6.1.2 (latest stable version at the moment) with MVC as rendering engine so I can use Razor and integrate a MVC project in Umbraco.
I also want to be able to use a Team Foundation Sever to share and store the code.
The problem lies here: When I just download the Umbraco files from Umbraco or use WebMatrix to install an Umbraco site, I do not have access to the core files or a way to properly debug my install in Visual Studio.
So I need a way to build and debug/run Umbraco from Visual Studio.
I looked at a lot of posts, articles etc. (also on StackOverflow) but none seemed to address the latest Umbraco version (most about 4.5.x) and only a few about MVC. Old references, non existing project templates or templates to old versions of VS made me have to dig further.
When I then found a solution, I thought about 2 things:
- 1 I need to check this solution
- 2 I should share this solution to a wider audience then it is getting now
Both two reasons are what made me post it here (clarification as asked)
Actually, all you need to do is create an empty MVC4 project and add the Umbraco NuGet package, as this will also add the Core binaries package and set the dependencies for you.
I found http://www.ben-morris.com/using-umbraco-6-to-create-an-asp-net-mvc-4-web-applicatio, which is the lastest article about the subject I could find (the download link in the article is to the old repository and not the current download page of Umbraco, though).
This setup worked really well for me (Umbraco version 6.1.2)
Firstly, start an empty MVC 4 project in Visual Studio – make sure
it is an empty project as you will not need any of the baggage that
comes with other project templates.
Add the NuGet Umbraco Cms Core Binaries package which will manage the various dependencies and
references that Umbraco 6 requires for you.
Copy all the files from
the Umbraco installation ZIP archive directly into your project in
Visual Studio except the App_Code and Bin folders – you won’t need
the binaries as they are managed by NuGet and the App_Code folder is not used in a web application project.
If you want Umbraco to play nice to MVC and be able to use Razor views, you should change the default rendering engine to MVC in Config\UmbracoSettings.config like so:
<templates>
<useAspNetMasterPages>true</useAspNetMasterPages>
<defaultRenderingEngine>Mvc</defaultRenderingEngine>
</templates>
One problem you will have is ensuring all necessary files are checked in when modifying your umbraco site locally.
For example if you add a media image using the umbraco backend. Visual studio won't automatically add it to the project and therefore source control for you so a check in will miss it. You have to include the files in the project manually which can become tricky when big changes are made.
I'd like to know if anyone else has a better way of managing it.
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I've made my first program in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express.
What do my users need to download for my program to work without any problems?
Are there any dependencies, or it will work with all systems without problem?
Your users will need the target version of the .NET Framework that your project is using. You can change the target version as follows:
In Visual Studio, open the project you want to change.
In Solution Explorer, choose the Properties button.
In the Project Designer, choose the Application tab.
In the Target Framework list, choose the .NET Framework version that you want.
Have a look into ClickOnce Deployment. The aim of this is to simplify the deployment and installation process for the user.
Don't forget though that the end user has to have the appropriate version of the .NET framework installed and if they don't they will need local admin rights to install it.
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I have built a project using VS 2010 and I have 2 reports I am creating within the project. While in VS2010, I can debug the program and the reports work perfectly.
Now I have come to the point where I want to publish my project and install it on a machine that my program will be used on. I tried 'Publishing' my project and running the 'Setup' file on the other computer and I get the following error:
Unable to install or run the application. The application requires
that assembly CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.CommonObjectModel
Version 13.0.2000.0 be installed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC)
first. Please Contact your System Administrator.
Doing some research, I have found out that you can manually change the GAC or have Windows Installer fix it for you. To be honest, I don't know where the GAC is or how to modify it. My ideal solution would be to figure out how to setup Windows Installer to fix the GAC and configure Crystal reports however to get my project to run on a basic machine.
Can someone help me setup Windows Installer to install the appropriate Crystal Reports Engine so my project will work??
I am new to Windows Installer, so overkill on details won't bother me a bit!! Thanks so much in advance!!
You can try adding a Crystal Reports runtime installer as a prerequisite to your main package. You need the one with version 13.0.2000.0.
You can read more about prerequisites here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/77z6b8tz(VS.80).aspx?ppud=4
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165429(VS.80).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165429.aspx
You could also try setting CopyLocal=True for the crystal references.