Thats why I am skeptical on Installers!

by dan 10. September 2009 20:18

My first impression on AxCMS 9.0? Great! What a system. But then I wanted to download the sample project from the AxCMS.net partner area.

 Surprise: An installer for the AxCMS.net?

Okay. I gave it a try:

At first everything worked out great but later on a litte error occured:

After this error the installer still said everything is all right. Having some experience with MSBuild I looked through the installation script log and found out that my database was not configured to accept sql server authentification.

After fixing this issue the installer worked out correctly and I was able to start the AxCMS.net Management System:

So really be aware on the following requiries:

  • SQL Server Instance has to be (local)
  • SQL Server has to accepted sql server authentification
  • Project must resist on c:\projects and will be named AxCMS_Sample

If you differ from these settings (and you will differ from these settings when building customer projects) you cant fully use the .exe installer. And you will still need to understand the MSBuild script behind. And to be honest: I like this, for you should always know what you are doing in the end.

By the way: I am still waiting for my AxCMS.net 9.0 Licence.... anyone already has one?

Regards
Dan

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9/11/2009 10:25:50 AM #

we wrote an installer for AXCMS.net a good while Ago, Albeit not for version 9, works quite well... were were waiting so long for axinom to come up with something that we decided to do it ourselves. Anyhow, you are welcome to give it a once over if you would like ...

BTW thanks for the article on the Light Boxes, we have implemented it a few times..

cheers
patrick (Irish living in switzerland)

Ebsolut AG- Switzerland Switzerland

9/11/2009 1:00:41 PM #

Hello Dan,

you´re right. Although I like the Installer for having a fast look on the new version I miss some options that user can configure while installing.

BTW: It took only six hours to get my new licence yesterday Smile

Regards,
Sebastian (A Eins I.T.)

Sebastian Reusch Germany

9/11/2009 3:50:01 PM #

I'm really sorry for the delays in delivery the licence! We just did not expect that amount of requests for the system yesterday and today and ...

We build this installer to offer the people a fast way to get an impression about the system. It is not mentioned to "install any application in every deployment scenario". For this I agree 100% with Dan - you should know what you do Smile.

Ralph

9/11/2009 4:02:57 PM #

As the installer utilizes an MsBuild script to perform its services some community member might find the time to extend the .exe file. It would just need some parameters -> database or database connection string and base project path... for starters Smile

dan Germany

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Dan Wucherpfennig - AxCMS.net evangelist

Dan Wucherpfennig is an IT consultant employed at EDV-Partner (http://www.edvpartner.de), a Hamburg based system integration and consulting company. 

Having many years of experience in developing projects with AxCMS.net, Dan has been awarded as an AxConsultant during the AxDays 2008.

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