I have a browser plugin written in FireBreath and have a msi package genearted.
I packed the msi in a cab file in order to provide IE users automatic installation.
However, my plugin use DirectX, so I would like to install DirectX along with my plugin.
How do I trigger the DirectX installation? from the msi installer? the inf file?
Thanks in advance!
Have you looked at this? http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2008/07/31/8797084.aspx
or this? http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2008/06/05/8576818.aspx
How about this? http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/install_directx9.htm
Those are the first three results on google when searching for "wix installer directx" and they seem to fit the bill nicely...
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How to get the exe from https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta/releases in order to test in windows?
This says I could find the .exe in this link but I don't.
I am trying to load test the apis in windows, as a start.
I do no know Golang and this project is developed using Go.
I would appreciate any directions on how to go about this. Thank you
For this version they didn't provide an executable for windows. If you check one minor version lower you find a .zip with an executable in it. If you need v12.8.4 you could write the people of the repository or just compile the code by yourself.
It looks like they only have executables ready to download for MacOS and linux on the newest version.
Version 12.8.3 however has a windows download.
First of all, I have to make clear that I need the zip version because I will use it on Win 64 in the business and there we have no admin privileges on notebook.
I looked out over web but I wasn't able to find where I can get the VSCode v1.25(.1). I only found .EXE versions or source code archive.
Why I need this? VSCode 1.26 and greater (and many others electron based applications) are very slow in Win 64. Thank God I use Linux at home! Please, see this issue: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/issues/4609
Ok, after report it as an issue on github vscode repository, somebody gave me the provisory link and previous archives (zip) versions will be put available asap issue come to be solved.
VSCode 1.25.1 archive (zip) Win64 link: https://vscode-update.azurewebsites.net/1.25.1/win32-x64-archive/stable
Go to https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_previous-release-versions.
The URLs to each download are provided there.
As asked and answered here, python has a useful way of deployment without installers. Can Java do the same thing?
Is there any way to run Java's jar file without installing jre?
Is there a tool something like java2exe (win32), java2bin (linux) or java2app (mac)?
You can use Launch4j for this. Well documented and easy to use. While the resulting program still needs a JRE to run, you don't have to install the JRE on the target system. You can just copy it with your application and tell Launch4j were to find it or just wrap it up with everything else.
For creating native executables, you can use Excelsion Jet, which compiles Java to native code. We used it for a project at work, and we had to perform zero modification to the original source code (which targetted Sun's JDK).
you can embbed the JRE inside your application and create a setup or installation for your application.
You can have a look at
http://www.bearcave.com/software/java/comp_java.html
You might get it what you want.
You might want to check out how Eclipse does it - it has a native .exe that can use a local (to the installation) JRE.
You might be able to get some luck with GCJ - haven't tried it myself.
You can do it with NetBeans and a couple of tools. The result is a standalone installer that packages everything you need, so your software can run without installing JRE. It is also completely portable, because it install your software on AppData, that is, it does not need privileges to be installed. Maybe you can even configure the installation path, or you can install it on your own PC, locate the folder and copy it to distribute your software in that way.
Check the Answer I made on different post
You can use jlink to create your own customized jre which would contain only those dependencies which are needed for execution. This deployment method is really efficient. please follow **this**link for one such example.
I need to install plugins (or add-ons) to an application we write. I user WiX for the installer of the application.
A plugin is, in my mind, an optional part of the application. It needs to integrate into the file-system structure of the application, but it can also be added later, even by someone who does not have control over the installer of the original application. So I find all out of the box-mechanisms of WiX inadequate: neither small/minor/major update nor the patch mechanism seem to fit into the prerequisites stated in the previous phrase.
So I find the best way for me is to let the original installer leave a registry-entry specifying in some way where to install the plugins, and build separate installers for the plugins. Which leaves open the question, how to proceed on uninstall, but that's an issue I can handle later.
Does anyone have a better idea? Are there any mechanisms specifically for this in WiX which I'm not aware of?
Thnx for your advice,
N-Man
A registry key is a popular way to solve this. A more Windows Installer centric way of creating a plug-in directory is to use a Component to create the plug-in directory and have others use a ComponentSearch for the Component/#Guid.
Uninstalling plug-ins at the same time as your app will be difficult (probably impossible) without an external bootstrapper/chainer managing your uninstall. It is far easier to decouple the uninstall of plug-ins from application completely so they can be removed independently.
So I find the best way for me is to
let the original installer leave a
registry-entry specifying in some way
where to install the plugins, and
build separate installers for the
plugins.
Yes, I believe that's the standard approach. Your main application installer can leave a registry entry about where to install plugins like this:
<Registry Id='WritePluginsLoc'
Root='HKLM'
Key='Software\Acme\Foo 1.x'
Name='PluginsLocation'
Type='string'
Action='write'
Value='[PLUGINSFOLDER]' />
The plug-in installer can then retrieve the registry entry like this:
<Property Id="PLUGINSFOLDER">
<RegistrySearch Id='PluginsLocationSearch'
Root='HKLM'
Key='Software\Acme\Foo 1.x'
Name='PluginsLocation'
Type='raw' />
</Property>
To automatically uninstall plug-ins along with the main product I'm afraid you'll have to write a custom uninstaller exe. This exe would have to know how to find the plug-in MSI product codes and would invoke msiexec /x for each one.
We have a windows app and we were using Wise for deployment. Recently we switched to InstallAware and though it has some good points we are facing some issues. Can someone recommend another deployment and packaging app? We are a small company and we do not have a dedicated staff for packaging etc. Also our package includes SQL server express installation and we would love to have the simplicity of such includes as is in IA.
How about NSIS or InnoSetup? They're both widely used, and not that hard to use. (If you choose InnoSetup, also download ISTool, it's a lot easier than writing the script file manually.)
We've used NSIS several times, both for full regular desktop installers, and for small, silently installing patches. It's easy to write a basic installer, especially if you use HM NIS Edit which acts as a wizard and IDE for NSIS. Because it's scriptable, you'll be able to check if SQL Server Express is already installed - if not, it can be installed as part of your installer process.
I have never used anything but Windows Setup and the setup projects that come with Visual Studio. Do you have any unusual requirements that prevent you from doing that?
I assume your requirement as follows,
You are using wise package studio to create\customize the application to create MSI and these msi package will be deployed or installed to your environment.
My question is : How many desktops \laptops are their in your company (Infrastructure)
Solution to your question based on my assumption:
At present Admistudio is the best product to replace the Wise and you can use Installshield repackager to create or customize the applications.
Install anyware is used to customize the Dll files (Build and release method) and create custom actions in that build file and build it to MSI
Installshield Repackager is used to create MSI from Exe files and also customize existing MSI using transform file (no need to modify existing MSI instead we can create MST file to MSI and perform the customization to MST file and same file will be applied while deployment.)
Please let me know if you need further assistance.