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I created cab files to use as updates for my app, the problem being that once the user recieves the cab file, he has to extract it to the installation directory of my app, is there someway I can automate this with some kind of selfextracter, so the user only double clicks the file and it copies automatically to the relevant directory.
Thanx in advance
He who laughs last is a bit on the slow side
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Don't know if there is any such thing for cab arhcives but WinRar will let you create self extracting archives with several nice options.
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How would winrar be affected if my client doesn't have it installed, will it still work??
He who laughs last is a bit on the slow side
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Yes. The resulting executable will contain everything he needs including the decompression algorithm.
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Thanx for the reply
You mean from the winrar? Do I need to distinute winrar with my app or does windows automatically recognize it and know what to do?
He who laughs last is a bit on the slow side
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No you do not need to distribute it. You create the self extracting archive on your machine. It will get the extension .exe and thus it can be started like any other setup/application. Nothing special has to be installed on the target machine for this to work.
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Many thanx for your help, do you by any chance know how to distribute the msde with the app installer.
I was looking at the merge modules, but looks quite hectic and I'm struggling to get orca.
Then I read that microsoft no longer recomends the use of merge modules, they talk about using a bootstrapper to initialize the setup.exe of the msde, and that a whole new chapter for me.
Thanx again
He who laughs last is a bit on the slow side
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Hi,
Please also tell me how can I take a backup of an Access database in c#, I am developing a desktop application not a webbase application.
Regards
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Simplest way I can think of is copying the mdb-file.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook www.troschuetz.de
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Hi,
dear thanks for your suggestion about backup of an access database but i don't want to use this copy-paste method, I want to use orignal method for creating access database backup??????
Best Regards,
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AFAIK there's no such "original method". So have to either copy the mdb-file or create some backup functionality on your own.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook www.troschuetz.de
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hello,
thanks a lot for your reply, dear once i had seen such kind of backup in an oracle database, he was creating a file which was in unreadable format and recovers the whole database so is there any possibility of such kind of "Backup"?
Regards,
AbuBakar
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Hello,
I am developing a project in c#, I am going to show data in a datagrid, I have some child records under some of main records I want to show child records under + sign navigation against specific record, I am using Dataset, I don't know how to do it? please tell me if anybody knows, It will be really great for u................
Thanks and Best Regards,
AbuBakar Malik
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Have a look at the Relations property of DataSet. It has several add methods where you can specifiy which column of a child table matches which other column of a parent table. Once this is done and you have bound your DataSet to a DataGrid the navigation will work 'automagically'.
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Where can I get the msde2000 merge modules, I want to use them to include in my application installer??
He who laughs last is a bit on the slow side
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They are availabe in the SQL Server's CDs. Where i dont know. But you can find them because their extension is .msm(I guess so).
Regards,
Wasif Ehsan.
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Are there any specific files that I must get, how does it actually work?
I downloaded the complete flatform SDK to get Orca, tried to install but it only opens the command window for a spilt second and that's it, any ideas?
I downloaded the fullSDK.exe and all 17 cab files, apparently the exe is suppose to expand all the cab files but that doesn't happen.
He who laughs last is a bit on the slow side
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How do I get all the printers currently installed on the computer??
Thanx in advance
He who laughs last is a bit on the slow side
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Add reference System.Management and then use this code:
using System;
using System.Management;
namespace MyNamespace
{
class PrinterOffline
{
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(@"\root\cimv2");
scope.Connect();
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer");
foreach (ManagementObject printer in searcher.Get())
Console.WriteLine(printer["Name"]);
}
}
}
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Hi,
How can i find the path of an applicaton in C# given only its name.
Regards,
Wasif Ehsan.
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string applicationName = "Firefox";
Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName(applicationName);
foreach(Process process in processes)
{
FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo(process.MainModule.FileName);
Console.WriteLine(fileInfo.DirectoryName);
}
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Hi,
I have set SQL Express as the pre-requisite for my C# application. Now i have a few questions regarding this:
1. During installation,normally, it does not ask for any option e.g. Installation drive, Authentication mode, or any other option. How can i make SQL Express to ask this from the user when it is being installed as pre-requisite of my C# application. At least how can i specify these things? Is there any way i can specify a Templates.ini file in this process.
Regards,
Wasif Ehsan.
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You pass those details to the commandline of the SQL Express installer.
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Can anyone help me about how to change the height and width of a video inside the wmp activex component?
Im using c#...
i found a property which helps but its a read-only variable; the code goes like this:
wmp.currentMedia.imageSourceHeight = 500;
i just need to change the video size, not the control but only the size of the video inside the control.
Thank You
Souhail J Jabbour
Software Developer
Activemania.com
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Are there any possibilities to change font size in MessageBox ?
I want to make it bigger.
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