Hi I am developing a WPF c# project and want to attach a text file and image file integrated into it so that if I export executable file to any other PC, It will run easily...
you are thinking about this in the wrong way, Visual Studio doesn't manage installation on Client machines it only handles building the code for you to run, the thing that manages the installation is the installer
if you want to use a publish installer like click once then you can use Visual Studio to set the publication rules (see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/142dbbz4%28v=vs.90%29.aspx), otherwise you actually need to create an installer (see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg513936.aspx)
EDIT: If i'm misunderstanding your question which i took as how do you get your resourced files to be on the client machine with the exe file, if your question is how to Embed thee resource in the first place then How to refer to Embedded Resources from XAML? provides a very good answer
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I have created a windows service application in C# which uses an SQLite database file to store data it receives. I want to be able to allow the user to select the directory the SQLite database file is stored on their PC during installation. How can I do this, and how can the main application obtain the file path chosen by the user?
The only folder that Visual Studio Setups (and most others too) let you choose is the Application Folder that defaults to Program Files.
It really isn't worth doing what you ask because:
Why make the user choose a folder and complicate the setup with stuff to tell the app where it is?
What if the user chooses a folder that apps cannot access if you want to allow limited users to run the app? Or a location that makes the install fail?
It's better to just choose the most reasonable working location that you can thoroughly test with the app, and that's AppDataFolder if it's private to the app. That's User's Application Data Folder in the setup project file system view.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Msi/appdatafolder
Then the app automatically knows where it is and everything just works.
VS setups don't support what you're asking, other tools do, but, again, usually setups just install files to the appropriate folders that make the app work. By the way, custom actions won't do this because all VS custom actions run after the files are installed.
So I have created a little C# game using XNA and would like to be able to show it to a few people and therefore ideally send it to them. As they're not great with computers I'd like to just simply be able to send them and executable file which they open and automatically runs the game. When I go into the debug folder in my project I find the executable file of my game, however I can only double click and run the .exe when it is in that file. If I drag it out onto the desktop and try and run it, it doesn't open and then eventually I get an error pop up saying 'BouncingBallGame Has Stopped Working'.
Could anybody help me as to why this could be, or am I going about it the wrong way completely and do I need to publish the project in visual studio or something?
Your game will need two things to run:
The appropriate .NET Framework to be installed on the target machine.
To have its supporting files with it. You'll notice that in the debug folder that it's not the only file. The executable needs all of these files too.
As mentioned by System Down
.exe file needs ..NET Framework to be installed on the target machine
& To have its supporting files with it.
or you can make a installer file of your project which will install your game into the host machine.
you can find a good Article here which shows how to build a installer file for your project.
I am building a project in C# dot net in which i want to detect any save operation of windows to run my project.
It means that when user do any save operation then project will also create a copy of that saving file.
So please help to detect any save operation in windows
You can detect modification of files using FileSystemWatcher class.
If you want to detect file modification in Visual Studio than you might need to write a VS extension.
By the sound of it all you need is a source control software, like Subversion, Mercurial or Git.
I have a C# project that I've written using the .NET 4 framework, I've created an installation project using the setup wizard within the solution, the problem is that once the program is installed and I launch it, a dialog appears saying that the program is being configured and then starts the program, why is this? Is it necessary? How can i prevent this from appearing or happening altogether?
UPDATE
I installed my application and launched the application from the .exe created in Program Files and a config window didn't appear and the app launched normally! How do i create a link to this shortcut without it showing the windows shown above? As i need to place a shortcut to the users startup folder.
This happens because Windows Installer detects missing resources. For example, some of the installed files were moved/removed/renamed or were installed per-user for another user account.
Here is an article with more details: http://setupanddeployment.com/general-installation-problems/preparing-install-popping/
You can use Event Viewer to determine which resource is causing this, like explained in the article I mentioned.
The MSI file has auto-repair enabled. I don't think VS has an option to turn it off.
The shortcut links generated don't actually link to the files they should. They link to an executable in appdata. When that file's opened, it runs the installer repair check silently and opens the configuring dialog while any repairs take place. For some reason the installer thinks that files installed with your program are being deleted / corrupted. Perhaps temporary or configuration files?
This link given in this question should fix it if that's the case, but it'll still be activated if the user hits Repair in Add/Remove programs.
I'm trying to create an installer for my application (win form) by visual studio, creating a new project type setup, and am having great difficulty in doing so, for example:
1 When I create the installer and run it installs, but there is the option to uninstall? and I can not install the same application because it already exists on the machine.
2 In dialog window, I see you have the options to create multiple screens and add textbox for example, but where do I set the events of that textbox?
3 º This application works with sqlserver, and I can install it on the machine by the installer, but as I set him to work with my application linq, since I would have to modify the connection string on each machine that I will install the application.
I've researched a lot about these issues and I find no documentation that can teach me how to do this, if anyone knows some please show me,
I appreciate those who can help me, and sorry my english.
I answer your first question at this time due to the lack of time:
In VS, right click the setup project. You have 2 options: Install and Uninstall.
1.) You need to uninstall the program through your operating system. Go to the Control Panel, Programs and uninstall it. Then you can try installing the application.
2.) In design view you can double click the textbox. You will be taken to the method that handles the “TextChanged” event. Write your code there.
3.) If you are installing on a server you need to create a Web Setup project instead of a Setup project. The latter installs files into the file system of a target computer; whereas, the former installs into the virtual directory of a Web server.