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MSDN Magazine article about UAC (in multiple languages)

An MSDN Magazine article that talks about User Account Control (UAC) on Windows Vista and also covers setup topics is available online. There are several localized versions of this article. If your language isn't detected automatically you can select a language from the drop down box in the upper right...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Dec 21 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, UAC, Vista
Adventures in Vista Logo certification

I found an interesting blog article from a software developer who prepared his application and setup for Windows Vista Logo certification. He describes useful resources and tips, and also some pitfalls. How to: Getting Certified for Windows Vista logo http://www.metalinkltd.com/?p=74

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Dec 21 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, Vista, Logo Certification
Microsoft Office Version Detector

C++ code to programmatically detect the presence, and version of Microsoft Office applications. It can detect Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, and PowerPoint, versions 95-2007. Could be useful in a custom action DLL. http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/OfficeVersion.asp

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Dec 5 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources
Creating Product Keys using Cryptography

If you want to protect your application using a product key or serial number in the common scheme of ABCDE-FGHIJ-KLMNO-PQRST but don't want to use any of the commercially available solutions, you may find these two articles at codeproject.com useful: Product Keys Based on the Advanced Encryption Standard...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Nov 22 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources
Two Articles about Web Setup Projects with Visual Studio

User "rmortega77" recently has published two articles about web setup projects on CodeProject : Deploy IIS settings along with your Web Project One of the issues that you need to consider as you plan for how to deploy your ASP.NET applications is how to deploy IIS settings along with your solution. This...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Mon, Nov 20 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer
Universal Extractor

Universal Extractor is an open source tool that extracts files from various types of archives, including self-extracting EXEs, MSI packages, CAB files (including the special InstallShield format), Wise and Nullsoft Installation packages. http://legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Open_Source&file...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Mon, Nov 20 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, Macrovision
ClickOnce Tips and Tricks Article in CoDe Magazine

In the Nov/Dec 2006 issue of the CoDe magazine, MVP Julia Lerman writes about her experience with ClickOnce and shares some tricks. ClickOnce for the Real World, Not Hello World After four years of trying out every iteration of Web server application deployment that Microsoft created for .NET, ClickOnce...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Oct 26 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, ClickOnce
Specify a physical location for Virtual Directories in Web Setup Projects

Visual Studio users may find this article at CodeProject.com helpful.Note however that in general I don't recommend using Visual Studio to build MSI setups. When generating a MSI Installer with Visual Studio 2005 through a Web Setup Project, there is no possibility to specify the physical path of...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Oct 20 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer
Important Windows Installer WebCast: Designing Installations for User Account Control (recording available)

Windows Vista includes a new feature call User Account Control (UAC) which has the potential to break many existing MSI-based setups. UAC is a really, really important topic. Although Vista isn't released yet, I'm seeing multiple reports of broken setups. It's time to understand UAC and prepare...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Oct 13 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, UAC, Vista
Three articles about ClickOnce at CodeProject.com

Malpani Amol, .NET developer and conference speaker from India, has published three articles on ClickOnce at CodeProject.com: Add your own (custom) prerequisite to "ClickOnce" application Restore Application to Previous State Using Clickonce Publish an application using ClickOnce, without VS...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Mon, Oct 9 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, ClickOnce
Software Protection and Activation using the .NET Security Infrastructure

An article on CodeProject.com that claims to protect desktop applications "very very easily" with a "fairly enough" level of security. I haven't looked close enough to decided how easy, robust and secure it really is. But if you are looking for a non-commercial copy protection...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Sun, Oct 8 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources
Calling JavaScript From a Visual Studio Installation Project's Custom Action

Most custom action samples for MSI setups are in form of a DLL (which is the most robust form in my opinion). However sometimes it may be useful to write the custom action in a scripting language. Windows Installer natively supports VBScript and JavaScript. This article at CodeProject.com shows how to...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Oct 6 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer
Video Interview with the DIFx Team

DIFx is the Driver Installation Framework, an add-on that enables Windows Installer setups to install device drivers. On Channel 9 you can watch a video with two members of Microsoft's DIFx team. No deep technical details, it's more about "what and why" and the difficulties they were...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Sep 26 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer
ShardDevelop supports WiX, with Dialog Editor

SharpDevelop is a open-source IDE for C# and VB.NET, basically an alternative to Visual Studio. It integrates WiX, the open-source "Windows Installer XML Toolset" to build MSI setups, and even has a visual dialog editor for Windows Installer dialogs. http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Sep 26 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, WiX
How UAC in Vista will impact your Setup (updated Oct 3)

Windows Vista introduces a security concept called User Account Control (UAC) which has multiple impacts on Windows Installer (MSI) based setups. Robert Flaming, Product manager on the MSI team at Microsoft, is posting a series of articles on his blog that explain what these changes are, and how they...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Sep 22 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, UAC, Vista
Series on Visual Studio Setup and Deployment Projects

Phil Wison, a fellow Microsoft Windows Installer MVP, has published a series of three articles on Setup and Deployment Projects with Visual Studio. If your are building MSI setups with Visual Studio I highly recommend reading these articles. 1. Getting started with setup projects Setup and deployment...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Sep 15 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer
Deployment Models for ASP.NET Applications

This article in CoDe Magazine doesn't talk about Windows Installer or ClickOnce but covers the deployment models that are built into Visual Studio: In-place deployment, full pre-compilation and partial compilation. Compilation and Deployment in ASP.NET 2.0 By: Rick Strahl It’s crucial to understand...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Sep 14 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources
Adding Trial Functionality to your Application

Sample code has been posted on CodeProject.com that you can add to your application to turn it into a time limited trial version that your customers can unlock by entering a code. I haven't tested this tool and don't know how secure it is, but if you need trial functionality you may want to look...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Sat, Sep 9 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources
Provide real Feedback when pre-installing the .NET Framework (version 3)

In version 3 of the .NET framework redistributable (currently in beta) Microsoft added functionality to send progress information to the calling process. This enables setup.exe bootstrappers to provide a real progress bar while installing the framework. The bootstrapper can even cancel the framework...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Sat, Sep 9 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources
Walkthough for Building Windows Installer Setups with Visual Studio

An article was posted on CodeProject.com that shows the steps it takes to create a Windows Installer (MSI) based setup using the Setup&Deployment project type in Visual Studio .NET 2003. Deploy your Application or Component Using Windows Installer When ever we heard about deployment of our application...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Sat, Sep 9 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer

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