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Visual Studio 2005 Deployment

15-Aug-06 11:50

I seem to recall somebody else hitting this exact problem. Have you searched the forum yet?

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Marco225015-Aug-06 8:47

Marco2250

15-Aug-06 8:47

Hi All.

I want do make a vstd2005 setup (windows application) that will contain in itself (embedded) all pre requisites.

What option I need to choose in the prerequisites window of the setup project?

Is the "Download prerequisites from the same location as my application"?

Thx in advance.

Best regards,
Marco Alves.

Judah Gabriel Himango15-Aug-06 9:13

Re: Visual Studio 2005 Deployment [modified]

15-Aug-06 9:13

YOu'll need whatever your app requires. If it's a C# app, you'll need the .NET framework at least, so you'll check that as a prereq (done automatically, IIRC). If your app uses any 3rd party ActiveX controls, you'll need to distribute that. If your app requires any dlls to be installed into the GAC, you'll need to do that as well as part of the install. And so on.

Marco2250 wrote:

Is the "Download prerequisites from the same location as my application"?

That means you're putting all the prereqs (i.e. .NET framework, etc.) on your website, instead of the vendor's website (i.e. Microsoft, etc.).

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Marco225015-Aug-06 9:58

Marco2250

15-Aug-06 9:58

Hi Judah, thx a lot.

But, if I choose this option the pre requisites will be placed into my setup "cab" file?

thx a lot.

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Judah Gabriel Himango15-Aug-06 12:00

15-Aug-06 12:00

Marco2250 wrote:
but, if I choose this option the pre requisites will be placed into my setup "cab" file?

Ehhh I don't think so. I don't recall very well though, you'd have to try it out.

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Nader Elshehabi15-Aug-06 11:40

Nader Elshehabi

15-Aug-06 11:40

Hello

Judah Himango wrote:
If your app uses any 3rd party ActiveX controls, you'll need to distribute that. If your app requires any dlls to be installed into the GAC, you'll need to do that as well as part of the install

I thought the deployment project does that for you by checking the dependencies, doesn't it?

Judah Himango wrote:
That means you're putting all the prereqs (i.e. .NET framework, etc.) on your website

I also thought that "Same location as my application" means the same folder. What website you mean?

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Judah Gabriel Himango15-Aug-06 11:59

Double value from negative to positive

15-Aug-06 11:59

Nader Elshehabi wrote:
I thought the deployment project does that for you by checking the dependencies, doesn't it?

Eh, sometimes. It can find ActiveX control dependencies, but it can't always do a proper install. Often times you'll need your installer to have the ActiveX control installer run as part of it.

Nader Elshehabi wrote:
I also thought that "Same location as my application" means the same folder. What website you mean?

Yeah, that's what I meant: either the vendor's website, or your deploy location.

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Saamir15-Aug-06 8:05

Saamir

15-Aug-06 8:05

Hi guys,
How do I change a double value from negative to positive. i.e. -3.14 to 3.14

Please help

sasa

leppie15-Aug-06 8:21

leppie

15-Aug-06 8:21

val * -1.0

xacc.ide-0.2.0.57 - now with C# 2.0 parser and seamless VS2005 solution support!

Dan Neely15-Aug-06 8:38

Dan Neely

15-Aug-06 8:38

double negativeDouble = 0 - positiveDouble;

Josh Smith15-Aug-06 8:42

Josh Smith

15-Aug-06 8:42

Just for the sake of completeness...

double positiveValue = (double)Math.Abs( negativeValue );

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Guffa15-Aug-06 8:46

Guffa

15-Aug-06 8:46

Use the negation operator (-):

double x = -3.14;<br />
x = -x;

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Saamir15-Aug-06 8:50

Saamir

15-Aug-06 8:50

Thank you guys, I went ahead using ftemp=0-ftemp;

Appreciate the response

sasa

Guffa15-Aug-06 9:19

Guffa

15-Aug-06 9:19

Actually, that should be:

ftemp = 0.0 - ftemp;

The value 0 is an integer value. You should use a double value to make sure that your value doesn't get converted to an integer before the calculation.

The zero value is superflous, though:

ftemp = -ftemp;

Smile | :)

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Josh Smith16-Aug-06 4:35

Josh Smith

16-Aug-06 4:35

Guffa wrote:
The value 0 is an integer value. You should use a double value to make sure that your value doesn't get converted to an integer before the calculation.

Just to be pedantic, the integer value (0) would be widened to a double value (0.0), not the other way around.

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Judah Gabriel Himango15-Aug-06 9:05

15-Aug-06 9:05

SASA_1 wrote:
How do I change a double value from negative to positive. i.e. -3.14 to 3.14

<sarcasm>

Convert it to a string, remove the first character, then parse the value from the string.

</sarcasm> (yes, people have done this[^])

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Dave Kreskowiak15-Aug-06 9:10

Dave Kreskowiak

15-Aug-06 9:10

You've got to be kidding me!! I find it interesting to see the miriad of solutions people come up with for such a simple problem. But DAMN, the performance and memory implications of this one, in a high-use situation, are just sickening!! Good job!! Laugh | :laugh:

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Judah Gabriel Himango15-Aug-06 9:15

15-Aug-06 9:15

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
But DAMN, the performance and memory implications of this one, in a high-use situation, are just sickening!

yep. Apparently there are people with so little knowledge of math, they didn't realize a simple -1 multiplication would swap the sign.

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Dave Kreskowiak15-Aug-06 9:58

Dave Kreskowiak

15-Aug-06 9:58

I weep for the software of tomorrow! Cry | :((

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Josh Smith16-Aug-06 4:33

Josh Smith

16-Aug-06 4:33

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
I weep for the software of tomorrow!

I weep for the software of today (aka VS2005) Cry | :((

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Dave Kreskowiak16-Aug-06 12:06

Dave Kreskowiak

16-Aug-06 12:06

Yeah, I'm feeling that pain too! I'm dying to get my hands on the SP, but causiously. It seems every other SP that comes out breaks more than it fixes...

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Guffa15-Aug-06 10:14

Guffa

15-Aug-06 10:14

Judah Himango wrote:
yep. Apparently there are people with so little knowledge of math, they didn't realize a simple -1 multiplication would swap the sign.

Or so little knowledge of the language that they don't realize that there is a negation operator that is specially made for just changing the sign of a number. Wink | ;)

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