Where can I download RiaServices.msi from the web, after Microsoft removed it?
I need to prepare a new virtual machine to host a legacy Silverlight application.
Thanks!
As far as I know, downloading ria.services separately may not be easy to find at the moment, you can use NuGet to install it.
After the hint from #Jiayao, I decided to forget about the RiaServices.msi installer and manually copy the necessary files to the target host machine, where the Silverlight app was published.
Luckily the files simply need to be copied to the silverlight "bin" folder.
The files I copied were:
System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client.dll
System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client.Web.dll
System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Hosting.dll
System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Server.dll
These libraries are available in the "lib" folder of riaservices.silverlight.4.2.0 and riaservices.server.4.2.0 NuGet packages. You can download the packages, rename the .nupkg files to .zip and extract them.
If I have the chance to compile the Silverlight application from the source, I plan to add these NuGet packages as dependencies of the project, so they can be normally deployed within the Silverlight application.
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I have a simple WinForms app that I'm trying to package with MSIX. The app itself requires additional files that when I build the MSIX App Project doesn't copy/include.
Specifically this LIBVLC folder that gets included during the WinForms app build itself.
If I manually copy that folder over into the AppX build folder, everything works. Obviously I'm trying to automate including that folder.
Folder manually copied over in screenshot below:
How can I accomplish this? GitHub minimal repo:
https://github.com/aherrick/MSIXWinFormsLIBVLC
I suspect that this line is your issue : https://github.com/aherrick/MSIXWinFormsLIBVLC/blob/0e717828a16e796a7a27e415cf45d33a50327da9/MSIXWinFormsLIBVLC.AppPackage/MSIXWinFormsLIBVLC.AppPackage.wapproj#L80
The nuget package isn't really well understood by the build tools as those are native files that we collect "before build". It seems to cause issues when a project references a project that references the nuget package, and the usual workaround is to reference the nuget package directly in the topmost project.
Is it possible to reference a nuget package in a .wapproj ?
If it isn't, that's an issue for this repository https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libvlc-nuget/ . Contributions welcome
I want to update the Nuget packages used in the solution file and currently, I am using the following command to update the Nuget packages.
NuGet restore <projectPath> [options]
Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/tools/nuget-exe-cli-reference#restore
If no solution file, packages.config, or project.json is found, NuGet gives an error.
Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/tools/nuget-exe-cli-reference#remarks
But the problem is I am using the packages.ProjectName.Config instead of packages.config file.So the NuGet update is not properly working.
Note: Similarly if the folder contains multiple project and solution files the NuGet update is not working.
Please suggest how to overcome this issue?
Edit:
Initially I thought the packages.[projectname].config usage in my source is the reason for NuGet packages restoring but later I found that NuGet packages are not even properly restored with packages.config files.
I have more than solution and project file in my source, After deleting the other projects, The NuGet restore is working properly in my source.
Is having more than one solution file is the reason for Nuget not updating? Anyone faced the problems , Any help to overcome this issue will be useful.
Nuget restore requires a Visual Studio solution file, a packages.config file or a project.json file.
See the remarks for it's beavior.
Looks like you can't specify an arbitrary name but you should be able to accommodate your scenario as of NuGet 2.8. The project names just need to match the filenames - I don't imagine spaces are allowed.
NuGet release notes;
Individual packages.config Files for Different Platforms
When developing applications for multiple target platforms, it is common to have different project files for each of the respective build environments. It is also common to consume different NuGet packages in different project files, as packages have varying levels of support for different platforms. NuGet 2.8 provides improved support for this scenario by creating different packages.config files for different platform-specific project files.
Looks like ReactiveUI do this, so worth checking their repo;
ReactiveUI Github
I'm using NuGet GUI and trying to include XML File along with my DLL to distribute help along with the DLL.
When I install package in any of the project, it adds the DLL reference successfully, but XML file is not generated inside bin folder of the project in which package is added.
XML file is available within packages\\lib\.XML
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
On your side of things:
Check this post:
How do you include Xml Docs for a class library in a NuGet package?
On the developer's side of things:
The creator of the NuGet package decides some of this.
http://docs.nuget.org/docs/creating-packages/creating-and-publishing-a-package
Find : Automatically Running PowerShell Scripts During Package Installation and Removal
So I think the developer of the Nuget package would have to write the voo-doo.
Or you'll have to manually include it yourself.
Both the .dll and the .xml file should be copied to your project's output folder when the project is compiled.
NuGet will not copy the .xml file, nor the .dll, in your bin folder when you install the package. If you want to do this then you will have to use PowerShell. I do not believe you need to do this since MSBuild will do this anyway at compile time.
I changed source of DotNetnuke (a little!) and I want to package an install version of my new DotNetNuke.
How Can I do this?
p.s: I know It's not recommended to change the source but I have no another option
(Telerik calendar do not support my date format and I have to replace it with another calendar !)
Thanks in advance
Answer depends on what you have changed, but the simplest way is to deliver patch that should be installed after normal dnn installation. For example, if you have only changed dll, you can ask to follow normal dnn setup instructions and finally relpace dll. If it's more than on file, you can review how dnn upgrade package is built. It follows same folder structure and places only changed files. So if you have couple of dlls changed in bin, the will be placed in bin folder, and if you have changed some ascx file it should be placed in same path by creating same folder hierarchy.
You can also create a package that can be installed to deploy your changes but for smaller set of files it will be complecated.
Let me know if you need more help.
You can package any change into a DNN install package by including the compiled files along with a DNN Manifest file. This can then be installed via the Extensions page. A manifest file is an Xml file which controls where the contents of an install zip are installed. You can make it as simple or as complicated as you need. You can also include xml merge statements to make changes to the web.config file upon install and uninstall. See the wiki for reference : http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Resources/Wiki/Page/Manifests.aspx
Incidentally, you may have been able to deliver your modified telerik source as a separate provider, and configure it via the web.config, thus saving you from modifying the source code. To do something like that, you would build your own module, and plug it in and replace the standard Telerik references.
Just updated build server with rc0 and surprise no chiron. Wondering how you package up a xap file without chiron.
Hey Brian, you can get chiron from http://www.codeplex.com/sdlsdk -- it was decided to be removed from the SL SDK core tools, but is still a part of the DLR SDK which is available.
More specifically you can still use MSBuild. The targets should be located at C:\program files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Silverlight\v2.0 if you need to look at them or modify...your .csproj(or.vbproj) can also have pre/post build tasks for MSBuild as well.