Is there any way to dynamically add a registry key while installing from a vsix?
For example:
Say we have SomeExtension.vsix.
It should check for a AnExisting.dll under
C:\Program Files (x86)\Existing\AnExisting.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Existing2\AnExisting.dll
Say it finds under Existing folder
Then add
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software]
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Existing"=""
I know of pkgdef, but it seems to be taking a constant value i.e. we cannot get it to dynamically change on the machine it is being installed.
Or is it possible to get an environment variable on the machine it is being installed say we set PRODUCT_HOME accordingly for the vsix to add the value to registry?
This is the easiest way we can do this, although I do not know what side effects it can have. The following is a batch file snippet:
rem generate a pkgdef with the appropriate value
echo [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software] > MyBindingPaths.pkgdef
echo "%PRODUCT_HOME%"="" >> MyBindingPaths.pkgdef
rem *** Copy to VS extensions folder, this is a known location to look for pkgdef files ***
copy MyBindingPaths.pkgdef "%DEVENVDIR%Extensions"
echo *** Installing our VSIX ***
"%DevEnvDir%\vsixinstaller" -q SomeExtension.vsix
Other better suggestions welcome.
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Is there a way, using FileZilla, to publish many files at once (currently I have to choose them one by one every time, because they can be in different directories and I can't publish the whole directory)?
The ideal solution I am looking for is to use a single .txt file where I can paste the list of paths I want to publish and then somehow tell FileZilla to use it and publish each file to the remote server.
FileZilla lets you export the list of the files you have published with File -> Export in XML format. I am looking for something like this but I need to do the opposite operation.
If someone has some insights on it, please share them with me. Thanks!
P.S.: currently, I also use NetBeans IDE and publish files with it by clicking with the right button of the mouse and selecting Upload. If there's a way to do the same with NetBeans, that would be great (I write PHP code).
Thanks for the attention.
FileZilla does not allow any kind of automation.
See How do I send a file with FileZilla from the command line?
But you can use any other command-line FTP client.
For example WinSCP FTP client has Uploading a list of files example that exactly covers your task:
You may use following batch file that calls WinSCP script:
#echo off
set SESSION=ftp://user:password#example.com/
set REMOTE_PATH=/home/user/
echo open %SESSION% >> script.tmp
rem Generate "put" command for each line in list file
for /F %%i in (list.txt) do echo put "%%i" "%REMOTE_PATH%" >> script.tmp
echo exit >> script.tmp
winscp.com /script=script.tmp
set RESULT=%ERRORLEVEL%
del script.tmp
rem Propagating WinSCP exit code
exit /b %RESULT%
I have a Powershell script that executes as a pre-build call for a Xamarin mobile app. The script changes the package name to match the build type e.g. Debug, Release.
To enable different "flavours" of the app to be created, I have written a batch file to replace the config file of the app with one matching the requested build type.
When I build from within Visual Studio, the powershell script runs as I expect and changes what I expected. However when the batch file runs I get an error message appearing:
Here is the content of the batch file, this was my first attempt at writing a batch file to build a code project:
#ECHO OFF
set buildVer=%1
set path=XamarinTestApp\XamarinTestApp
set msBuildDir=%WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319
echo %buildVer%
IF "%buildVer%"=="Release" (
goto :releaseBuild)
IF "%buildVer%"=="Test" (
goto :testBuild)
IF "%buildVer%"=="Dev" (
goto :devBuild)
:releaseBuild
set buildType=Release
copy /-y %path%\app.Release.config %path%\app.Config
goto :builder
:testBuild
set buildType=Release
copy /-y %path%\app.Test.config %path%\app.Config
goto :builder
:devBuild
set buildType=Debug
copy /-y %path%\app.Debug.config %path%\app.Config
goto :builder
:builder
call %msBuildDir%\msbuild.exe
C:\Projects\%path%\XamarinTestApp.Droid\XamarinTestApp.Droid.csproj /property:Configuration=%buildType% /target:SignAndroidPackage /verbosity:diag
I'm looking for any advice on either the error message I am getting, or some advice on how to get configurable information into my app.
Thanks.
Do not use path as user-variable. It is predefined by the system to locate executables.
Change that name to mypath - almost anything other than path.
from the prompt, use the command
set
to see a partial list of the names of variables that are set by the system
I've got a .NET WebAPI solution, and a UI built in Angular2 RC4 (angular-cli webpack version). I'm confused about how to deploy these to different environments, especially configuration parameters - there seems to be a mismatch between the .NET way and the UI way of doing things, which I don't quite get.
Here's how I've got it currently in TeamCity. The WebAPI solution is built once only, and is configured at deploy time. The various configuration parameters the project needs (such as connection strings, endpoints etc.) are stored in web.config. When I deploy to my test environment using MSDeploy, I pass in setParam arguments to the MSDeploy command line which replaces the connection strings and endpoints in the web.config with those values. When I deploy to production, I use the same build but pass in different arguments to the setParam in the command line.
This approach makes sense to me because I know that the exact same build is going from one environment to the next, the only difference being the parameters I specifically told it to set for each environment. Super.
With Angular2 and webpack it looks like a different approach is needed. When I build my project (with ng build -prod) it minimizes and bundles my HTML and Javascript files into 3 or 4 files, along with gzipped versions of those files. This is great for reducing file size and increasing speed of my website, but there is no way to "inject" configuration parameters into these gzip files like there is with MSDeploy's setParam. Everywhere I've seen that mentions webpack is showing webpack.dev.config.js and webpack.prod.config.js. But doesn't that mean we need to build a different bundle for each environment? And actually with Angular2 the webpack bit is considered "a black box" and it's not possible to supply your own webpack.config file anyway.
The only workaround I can think of is to use TeamCity's "File Content Replacer" on the "main.1234abcd6946c6a08519.bundle.js" to replace my configuration parameters with the values for that environment, then gzip that file - overwriting the one created by webpack.
But this is horrible, so I'm looking for any better suggestions?
I don't have any experience with webpack or if this is better than your workaround but you can use the TextFile kind of setParam entry to alter any file in your project using Regex find/replace at deploy time.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd569084(v=ws.10).aspx
I went with creating a separate package for each environment. I added a build step that replaces my API URL on localhost in src\app\environment.ts, with the appropriate URL for that environment, then it runs npm build -prod and then MSDeploy to create the package. I do this for all environments I want to target.
Here's the script:
REM =====CREATE TEST PACKAGE==================================================
REM backup the environment file
ren src\app\environment.ts environment.ts.bak
copy /Y src\app\environment.ts.bak src\app\environment.ts
REM replace localhost in environment file with the TEST environment URL
"%env.FART%" src\app\environment.ts http://localhost:12345 %TEST.api.url%
REM build using this environment
call npm run build-prod
REM restore backup environment file
del /Q src\app\environment.ts
ren src\app\environment.ts.bak environment.ts
REM create TEST package
"%env.MSDEPLOY%" ^
-verb:sync ^
-source:contentPath="%teamcity.build.workingDir%\dist" ^
-dest:package="%teamcity.build.checkoutDir%\Package_TEST.zip"
REM =====CREATE PROD PACKAGE==================================================
REM backup the environment file
ren src\app\environment.ts environment.ts.bak
copy /Y src\app\environment.ts.bak src\app\environment.ts
REM replace localhost in environment file with the PROD environment URL
"%env.FART%" src\app\environment.ts http://localhost:12345 %PROD.api.url%
REM build using this environment
call npm run build-prod
REM restore backup environment file
del /Q src\app\environment.ts
ren src\app\environment.ts.bak environment.ts
REM create PROD package
"%env.MSDEPLOY%" ^
-verb:sync ^
-source:contentPath="%teamcity.build.workingDir%\dist" ^
-dest:package="%teamcity.build.checkoutDir%\Package_PROD.zip"
By the way, %env.FART% is the location of fart.exe which is a great find/replace tool that I use to replace one string in a file with another.
Setup:
Windows 7 Enterprise.
Matlab 7.10.0 (R2010a).
mcc compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express.
What's happening:
My project runs fine when running it through Matlab, but when trying to run the .exe through the command prompt after using mcc to compile, the command prompt generates an error.
The mcc command I issue is:
mcc -m -v STARTUP1.m -o EXE_REDUC
The error I receive in the command prompt is:
??? Error using ==> textscan
Invalid file identifier. Use fopen to generate a valid file identifier.
I have a file called LoadXLS.m that loads and reads a .csv file using:
fid = fopen(file,'r');
temp_data = textscan(fid,...args...);
And then I process temp_data.
The csv file I'm trying to load is called spec.csv. It is located two directories down from where I have STARTUP1.m stored. The location of STARTUP1.m is also the place that the mcc generated files are stored to. I have used the pathtool to "Add with subfolders" this location, but am aware that those locations are not transferred to mbuild when compiling.
What I've Tried:
I have gone in and added print statements to print the value of fid to make sure it is valid. When I run it in Matlab, it has a valid value, however when I run in the command prompt it always returns an invalid value of -1.
I have removed all addpath() calls, I have tried adding the STARTUP1.m directory to the mcc ctf archive using:
mcc -m -v -a 'C:\Users\...path...\STARTUP1.m_location' STARTUP1.m -o EXE_REDUC;
However when I do this, I get a different error when running in the command prompt:
Cannot open CTF archive file
'C:\...path...\AppData\Local\Temp\mathworks_tmp_7532_28296'
or
'C:\...path...\AppData\Local\Temp\mathworks_tmp_7532_28296.zip'
??? Undefined function or variable 'matlabrc'.
To fix this, I've tried adding the pragma
%#function matlabrc
to the top of STARTUP1.m to try and enforce its inclusion, but had no success.
I also copied the spec.csv file to a new directory in the ctfroot and changed
fid = fopen(...)
to:
[tempFile, message] = fopen(fullfile(ctfroot, 'Added Config Files', ad.spec_file));
The message is:
message is: No such file or directory
Objective:
Rearranging file locations is a sufficient workaround while the exectuable only runs on my computer, however the idea is to take this standalone and distribute it to multiple people on many different computers. I would like to be able to have a top folder with a startup file and within this folder, have as many subfolders as the package requires. The startup file should be able to access all subfolders and files within them as necessary.
I read something about the exectuable actually running from a "secret location" on the machine here: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ
I would just like to be able to group one entire folder tree with all its files into a package containing the executable and be able to run it anywhere.
More info:
When I put the spec.csv file in the same directory as STARUTP1.m, it finds it fine using mcc without the -a 'path' option and using the following in the LoadXLS.m file:
[tempFile, message] = fopen(ad.spec_file,'r');
This project contains GUIs, generates PDFs, generates plots, and also creates a zip directory.
Thank you in advance.
I got the following error while starting JBoss from a command line prompt today:
'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command
Please google it, you can find a lot of answers. But do as below to fix it. Add the following value to Right Click My Compuer -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> System Variables -> Select Path variable -> append the below value.
C:\WINDOWS\system32
It should work with that change.
As others pointed, issue is in wrong settings of PATH variable in Windows.
According to article this is most probably because some stupid installer wrongly modified PATH variable in Windows registry. Registry has 2 different string value types - REG_SZ and REG_EXPAND_SZ. Only the second one allows for expansion of %SystemRoot%.
So check your path by typing set path in command prompt. If you see unexpanded %SystemRoot% and other variables in Path, you are affected (PATH should show only plain directory names, not variables).
You need to edit Path variable in registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment. As it is not possible to change the type of key, save the path value somewhere, delete the key and re-create it with type REG_EXPAND_SZ. You need to logout for changes to take effect.
for me it works when I've coped findstr(from windows/system32) to wildfly/bin
Please go throught the simplest steps:-
go to C:\Windows\system32\ and copy findstr.exe file.
paste this file into the location C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\bin
Run your jboss again you will get out of this.....
Check to see if you %SystemRoot% is evaluating (type set path into a command prompt, you should not see %SystemRoot%, but instead that actual path). If your path variable's (user, or systems) first entry begins with an %(an environment variable) this can cause an issue.
To resolve this, simply swap this first entry with anything else in your path that does not lead with an environment variable.
You can also hard code the directory by replacing 'findstr' with 'C:\Windows\system32\findstr'. This is useful when using systems with restricted user permissions.
I have try to work with play framework but stuck with to run activator.bat file but solution is the same just copy file from windows/system32/findsr and past it to under stuck folder then run the respective file again.
thanks to andrewsiand Suryaprakash
Please beware that current Windows systems use a Capital "S" for the System directory, so:
C:\WINDOWS\System32
%SystemRoot%\System32
Omitting the capital S will result in a neglect of the line in the %PATH%
In my case (not JBoss related) the following helped to fixed this error.
Instead of:
SET path="%path%;C:\some\additional\path"
I used:
SET "path=%path%;C:\some\additional\path"
For IBM ACE solution for
'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
Go to the path C:\Windows\System32
Find the findstr.exe, copy it and then find the path where you bin file of your application is found. eg C:\Program Files\IBM\ACE\11.0.0.12\server\bin then past it inside the bin file
cancel the console of ace and re-open it.
Then run ACE toolkit command on ace console.
Then press enter, now it can open.