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• Silent install of the .NET Framework

  When I talked to ISV, they often just want to use the .NET Framework as an implementation detail of their applications.. they don't want their users to have to go to windows update or MSDN to download the framework, and they don't want to have some Microsoft setup UI popping up during the install experience of their application. For this scenario, we have a little known feature of setup where you can install it the .NET Framework silently.. that is with no-UI popping up at all. This allows you to have full control of the experience... For .NET FX 3.0: the magic command line is: Dotnetfx3.exe /q See this white paper for more details. Oh, and if you are still on .NET Fx 2.0, the command is: Dotnetfx.exe /q:a /c:”install /q” And you can find more... Posted Jun 26 2007, 11:32 PM by Brad Abrams Filed under: .NETFx3.0, .NET Framework

• How to configure Vista to enable ClickOnce publishing

  This came up recently internally and I thought I'd share it here in case other are running into it.. Because Vista (and Longhorn Server) run the new IIS7 , there are a handful of tweaks you have to make to IIS and VS to make clickonce publishing work... Brian Noyes has a good blog on the details... But basically. 1. Configure VS to run in Admin mode: Go to devenv.exe in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE directory. Right click and go to properties. Select the Compatibility tab. Check the box at the bottom that says Run this program as an administrator (see below). 2. Turn on IIS 6 compatibility as follows – Control Panel | Programs | Turn Windows features on or off You need the “IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility... Posted Mar 06 2007, 05:08 PM by Brad Abrams Filed under: WinForms, .NETFx3.0

• A great day for shipping…

  Today two of the products I have spent a bunch of time ship! .NET Framework 3.0 ships! With the 3.0 version of the .NET Framework I can look forward to the day when every application will offer compelling user experiences that that fuse the seamless, immersive nature of TV with the power and productivity of windows applications. These applications will communicate securely and reliable between each other and to a huge array of cloud services offered by a variety of vendors. The business logic for these applications that spans client, server and data tier are no longer locked in code but is accessible, flexible and easily understood by information workers. Finally, I can safely log on to a wide range of services without having to remember any... Posted Nov 07 2006, 02:19 AM by Brad Abrams Filed under: Ajax, TechEd, .NETFx3.0

• Welcome to TechEd Europe

  I just got in last night into Barcelona for TechEd Europe .. One thing I love about my job is that I get to span the full range of application space supported by the .NET Framework… As such I think I am the only speaker at Teched doing a server based talk and a smart client talk ! Should be fun to see how well I bridge those ;-) The first one is all about the developer designer interaction… For the vast majority of this talk Sam and build up a site from scratch. He plays the role of the designer, and I play the role of the developer… Sam starts with a couple of “comps” (static images of what the site should look like) then uses Expression Web to build up a very compelling site layout and design. Then I use the magic of ASP.NET AJAX to make the... Posted Nov 05 2006, 10:51 PM by Brad Abrams Filed under: WinForms, TechEd, .NETFx3.0