ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit sample website

http://www.asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/samples/

Controls which could be useful for my current project (EP60):
AutoComplete
Calendar
DropDown
MakedEdit
ModalPopup
PopupControl
TextBoxWatermark
ToggleButton

Setup and Deployment Project FAQ

Setup and Deployment Project FAQ found on MSDN Forums.

There are some small hits in this FAQ:

• How do I create an uninstall link on my shortcut
• How do I deploy a Hybrid VB6 and VB.NET application?

and some more but not a lot..

Passign Parameters to CustomAction

How to Pass Command Line Arguments to MSI Installer Custom Actions

Install the application without user intervention and full logging:

setup.msi /qb /l* log.txt MyCustomParameter=one MyOtherCustomParameter=two

Uninstall the application without user intervention:

msiexec /x {13F62DF0-E078-45C8-B0FB-185D307DB500} /qb

If you use the logging switch on the command line, and then run the setup:

setup.msi /l* c:\setup.log

You will see a list of parameters in the log file. You can specify any of these on the command line:

setup.msi /i <parameter>=<value>

And those should pass into the dialog boxes. I believe the command line you should use would be:

websetup.msi TARGETVDIR=MyVirtualWebSiteDirectory

AJAX-Enabled Web Service

Is there special way to AJAX-enabled Web service ?
Yes, you need to add [System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService] attibute to the class definition.

Create and Use an AJAX-Enabled Web Service in a Web Site in Visual Studio 2008?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2008/bb821302.aspx

In this video, Rob Windsor shows you how to create an AJAX-enabled Web service and use its methods from client script running in a separate Web application.

Presented by Rob Windsor on October 23, 2007
Length: 12 minutes 40 seconds

Walkthrough: Redirecting an Application to Target a Different XML Web Service at Installation

Walkthrough: Redirecting an Application to Target a Different XML Web Service at Installation

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5k10s063(VS.80).aspx

shows how to make CustomAction dll, Add new Form in setup and pass value from that form to CustomAction. Then this value is saved in web.config/appSettings element.

WSE 3 Deployment: MSI and ClickOnce

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/WSE3Deployment.aspx

• Problem
• Brief solution description
• Server installation
  
  • Roadmap
  • Creating basic MSI setup
  • Orca & custom setup dialogs
  • SQL Server database
    
    • Options for backing up a database you have
    • Generating script for database
    • Meet Custom Actions
    • Fetching credentials for database and executing script
    
    
  • Installing certificates
    
    • How to generate certificates
    
    
  • Cleaning up the mess: Uninstall
    
    • Removing virtual directories
    • Removing registry entries: Add/Remove programs clean-up
    
    
  
  
• Client installation
  
  • Roadmap
  • Setting up ClickOnce
    
    • Prerequisites
    • Application update
    • Publishing application
    
    
  • Installing certificate and manually checking for update
  • Deploying new versions
  • Deploying to environments that you don't have access to
  • Debugging ClickOnce deployments
  
  
• Conclusion
• References
• History

Prototyping with Visio

Prototyping with Visio
http://www.guuui.com/issues/01_06.php

Short introduction with step-by-step samples. Visio can create links between elements and pages (shapes and articles), they are converted to links when saved to HTML.

http://www.installsite.org/

Software and Support for Setup Developers
http://www.installsite.org/

Deploying a C# application (Visual Studio Setup Project)

Let's keep up with MSI:

Deploying a C# application (Visual Studio Setup Project)
http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showtopic58021.htm

A page with screen shots and page by page steps on how to create setup for Windows application.
Nice overview.

URL-Based Windows Installer Installation Example

A URL-Based Windows Installer Installation Example
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367817(VS.85).aspx

Internet Download Bootstrapping
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369557(VS.85).aspx

and other Windows Installer Examples could be found here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372837(VS.85).aspx

set of articles "From MSI to WiX" by Alex Shevchuk

Interesting set of articles "From MSI to WiX" by Alex Shevchuk

http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/pages/from-msi-to-wix.aspx

This is a series of articles on building installation packages using WiX.

• From MSI to WiX, Part 1 - Required properties
• From MSI to WiX, Part 2 - ARP support
• From MSI to WiX, Part 3 - Launch Conditions and Application Search
• From MSI to WiX, Part 4 - Features and Components
• From MSI to WiX, Part 5 - Custom actions: Introduction
• From MSI to WiX, Part 6 - Customizing installation using Custom Tables
• From MSI to WiX, Part 7 - Customizing installation using Transforms
• From MSI to WiX, Part 8 - Major Upgrade
• From MSI to WiX, Part 9 - Patching
• From MSI to WiX, Part 10 - Shortcuts
• From MSI to WiX, Part 11 - Windows Installer Automation Interface, Part 1
• From MSI to WiX, Part 12 - Customizing installation using Transitive components
• From MSI to WiX, Part 13 - Installable Items - Environment variable
• From MSI to WiX, Part 14 - Installable Items - Registry keys and values
• From MSI to WiX, Part 15 - Installable Items - Ini files
• From MSI to WiX, Part 16 - Installable Items - Handling Installation Media
• From MSI to WiX, Part 17 - Windows Installer Automation Interface, Part 2
• From MSI to WiX, Part 18 - Windows Installer Automation Interface, Part 3
• From MSI to WiX, Part 19 - The Art of Custom Action, Part 1