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hi all,
i have a small doubt, which kicking me back to somewhere. i am using and used lot of custom dlls on my projects which i will be transport with .exe file on delivery time. Now, i am using Sybase database in one of my project. Here i am using Managed provider for Sybase data accessing. iAnywhere.Data.AsaClient is the name of managed provider which use to access Sybase database.
When i try to export and try to install my application on some other machine , it is installing properly and i can see iAnywhere.Data.AsaClient is also exported with my .exe file.
Here the problem start, when i start running the application, it is not connecting to the Sybase database even though iAnywhere.Data.AsaClient is available .
If i want to run my application, i need to install Sybase (Only the provider) in that machine.
I think my application is not referring IAnywhere.Data.Client from its installed directory. And application is working fine, if i install iAnywhere.Data.AsaClient in GAC where i installed my application. But this will won't serve my purpose. And i can't rely on users or implementation people to get it done.
Any idea which will help me to get out of this Sybase installation will be most appreciated.;)
Sreejith Nair
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Is the DLL in the application directory, or one of its subdirectories? If it's not, then the CLR has no way of knowing where it is, unless you point it to a specific location in the configuration file. Because the GAC is a standard location known to the CLR, it'll be able to pick DLL's loaded there by itself.
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Yes, Dll is in the application directory.
You wrote:
Because the GAC is a standard location known to the CLR, it'll be able to pick DLL's loaded there by itself.
I am not talking abt or least bothered abt GAC. I just wrote to inform the thread submitters that , i don't want to play with GAC. To be simple, i can't able to tell the user or Implimentation guys to try with GAC.
What i need is, it need to work IAnywhere.Data.AsaClient like other custom dlls, which we using some or all applications.
Any Idea ?
Sreejith Nair
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It is not connecting? Whats the error message? What kind of exception is raised? Where is it raised?
The only hint I can give you without any futher info is, that you should check that not only the 'iAnywhere.Data.AsaClient.dll' is present but also 'dbdata9.dll', which is also needed.
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Little more clear please...
I am getting an error message says, Unable to connect to Ianywhere.Data.Asaclient. The moment i install Sybase to that computer, my application won't show any error message and will work smoothly.
Anyhow what is that 'dbdata9.dll'. Where i will get this ? What is the realt use of that file ?
What is the important of that .dll in my application ? Give me some more idea .
Sreejith Nair
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Let me try that first. anyhow thanks a lot for u'r support.
Sreejith Nair
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I tried the way you told. But i can't convert that dbdata8.dll valid assembly.
The error which i am getting is , it is not a valid library or Com.
Please help to come out from this issue.
Sreejith Nair
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Have a look at this. Its not particulary for the .Net client but it surely gives some hints.
In Chapter 16 is explained what deployment options you have. After reading some parts of it I would either suggest the silent install or (a bit more professional) the merge module. Merge modules can easily be integrated in Visual Studio generated setups (just by right clicking on the setup project and selecting add->mergemodule).
edit: Merge modules end with .MSM. If you do not find the appropriate merge module fpr the AsaClient in the normal app path then have a look at Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules.
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Thanks a lot. And will get back to you , if everything works fine.
Sreejith Nair
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I have a small printing application (using PrintDocument class).
I have several Printer Drivers installed on my comp, but when I physically disconnect any printer and try to Print anything, the application abruptly terminates.
Can any one guide please?
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Use proper error handling mechanisum (try...catch) to identify the error type and source.
And check whether your printing logic will take any default printer or networke printer to print the required page.;)
Sreejith Nair
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Need an example on Session Ending.
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If you ask politely, someone might actually answer.
mav
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I have a problem with registering my software, but i don't know how to security my trial version. Can everybody help me?
Đào Ngọc Hào! Hi How Are You?
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Little confused.
If you want to run your application as a Trail version , then you need to add some logic in your source itself to check the license or validity.
Sreejith Nair
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Hi Thank you for your answer!
But just more somethings I don't understand. If someone decompile my main application and view the directory where contains registry information. Then That's it. Is there any solution for this.
Đào Ngọc Hào! Hi How Are You?
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You might try storing an encrypted date (or some other data to identify your program as a trial version) in the Windows registry. But don't put it in an obvious place and call it by an obvious name. This way it is not as easy to beat. Be careful in the Windows registry, because you could mess up a program (even Windows itself) and have to reinstall the program.
If you don't know anything about encryption, try searching for it here. There are several ideas about encryption out there that will help you.
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I have a student class with attributes: name, id,... And I want to save it to a file then restore it. I don't know how to do that. Please help me.Thanks
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First you need to mark your class with the [Serializable] attribute so the fields/properties can be mapped to your output file.
To write the file youve got a few options. First, you can use an XmlSerializer and TextWriter to write the file as XML formatted text. You can write the file as as Binary file using the FileStream and BinaryFormatter classes.
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Hello , i am MCSD.NET but i don't know how send Article in to the Code Project help me to How do it
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1) can someone help me with code for reloading a form after a button event.
2) also looking for code for running a second form after a button event ie. application contains 2 forms and i'd like to view the second form.
thnx
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