Here's the requirement:
1. An uninstall .msi is packaged and placed in IIS server location.
2. The user would be presented with a html page or asp.net page with a link shown in the page.
3. Clicking link in the page, the .msi should be downloaded to the client machine and automatically run.
My main doubt is whether, we can download and automatically run the .msi.
Please share different approaches to implement this requirement.
Thanks in advance.
You cannot do that. Thats what you call 'malicious scripts' unfortunately. Only if he downloads it manually, and runs it, it will be installed.
As Christopher Painter has already pointed out you could use ClickOnce to achieve it, its one of the Deployment Strategy of the ClickOnce technology.
Install from the Web or a Network Share
Using this strategy, your application is deployed to a Web server or a
network file share. When an end user wants to install the application,
he or she clicks an icon on a Web page or double-clicks an icon on the
file share. The application is then downloaded, installed, and started
on the end user's computer. Items are added to the Start menu and the
Add/Remove Programs group in the Control Panel.
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I have a web application hosted on azure apps that I publish using visual studio. It is a flask app. One of the templates is called searchresult.html. I am making changes to this file that are made when I run locally. When I run it on the server though the changes are absent.
Using the azure console I can see that the changes are present in the file that is stored on the server, but the application continues to deliver the old html.
How can I force azure to see my updated file?
Things I have tried:
Deleting the file directly on the server and re-publishing it
Committing changes to git, even though I knew that would do nothing
Testing it locally (it works)
Restarting the application
Since you said you already check the file has been changed on the Kudu, so it supposed not an issue of deployment. You could disable caching in your browser.
such as in chrome browser, navigate to F11 window and select the Disable cache blanket.
or please try to access your website via incognito model.
In addition, I crashed into similar issue with you in other web app. My previous solution is that enable always on option on the portal and restart my app, it worked.
Just for your reference.Hope it helps you.
I created a new project from remote sources and entered my servers data. PhpStorm instantly began to download the whole Magento project, even though I only need specific files for development, e.g. I don't need all the images or cache folders for my purpose. Now it takes 4-5 hours to download the whole project.
In NetBeans you can choose which folders you want to download to your machine, is this also possible in PhpStorm?
Yes it's possible.
You should have marked such unwanted folders as "Excluded from Download" --
See official help page for appropriate wizard step.
Other ways of creating a project:
Just create empty local project and then configure the rest manually (deployment etc); once done use "Browse Remote Host" and download folders/files you need.
Another way -- download all needed files locally first using you preferred program (e.g. FileZilla) and then just point to the project root folder in "Open" dialog -- IDE will create new project from those files.
I'm trying to publish ligthswitch on local network with from VisualStudio 2013,
I have installed IIS and launched web-deployment services. I Think I also installed all the possible features from web platform installer.
When I publish lightswitch app I get to this screen.
and I dont know how to get pass this service Url line. Whenever I type localhost or Computer name which is the server name, perhaps? I get an error
"Lightswitch must be run with administrative privileges to deploy to local host.
I fugured I could also just use import settings file. It could be alternative way.
but how do I create this xml file.
I've answered this for you before. You may have missed a step:
Open IIS
Locate "Default Web Site"
Right click and find Deploy -> Configure Web Deploy Publishing... (This step will create the XML file that you can use for Import Settings...
(If this menu option isn't available it means you haven't got the Management Service installed. And/or you haven't got the ALL of the Web Deploy 3.5 components installed.)
I'm looking to be able to provide a Chrome installer that as they go through the wizard it installs Google Chrome as per normal, however it will also automatically install specific extentions from the App Store that will be there when they first open the browser.
Is there a tool available that would allow me to do this easily? I've done a number of searches on the topic but I have been successful.
You can configure a list of extensions to be installed on first run of every new profile by using https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/external_extensions
So you'd just need to write a program that first lays this configuration down, and then runs the regular chrome installer.
i have an asp.net-mvc website and I am trying to use the asp.net website administration tool but when i click in visual studio 2010 to launch it, it brings up a browser that says:
An error was encountered. Please return to the previous page and try again.
i can't click back but when i click on "How do i use this tool", i get this error:
Tool Has Timed Out
As a security measure, the Web Site Administration Tool times out after a period of inactivity. Changes to machine.config or web.config may also result in the tool needing to be restarted. To continue configuring your web site, restart the tool.
when i run my website, i am able to connect to the database fine and i am also able to insert new users through the default Account/LogOn interface.
Any suggestions on how to debug why i can't launch the admin tool ?
The project's path shouldn't contain #% or spaces
Could you please try the following:
Close your browser completely. Whether you are using IE or Firefox to test your website, you should make sure all browser windows are closed.
Kill the asp.net development server. It is located in your taskbar
Or, if you are hosting your site in IIS, force an iisreset.
Now try to run the Web Site Administration Tool again.
If it still does not work yet, could you please provide which browser you are using, and which OS and host?
The project's path shouldn't contain #% or spaces
My Project path was D:\Programming\C#\Tests\MVCApplication\
and that is what caused the problem.
I was getting the exact same error message with VS2010 .NET 4.0 framework. I created my solution in a subfolder titled "C#". Renaming the subfolder to CSharp fixed my problem.
I hope this helps.