How to build the Phoenix Installer: Step by Step
This section will show you how to build the Phoenix Installer.
1. Set Active Configuration
Before building the installer make sure the solution's active configuration is set to "Release" mode. The installer cannot be build in "Debug" mode as some components are hard-coded to look in the \release folder for required elements.
2. Pre-compile the Web Project
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To pre-compile the web project, expand and select the Phoenix Web Deployment Project.
Select Build as you normally would.
3. Concatenate the Database scripts
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The easiest way to concatenate the database scripts is to execute the batch file joinscripts.bat which can be found in the Phoenix.Database project in the Deployment subfolder.
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3.1. Open a Command Line
The easiest way to open a command line is to press
+ R, and type cmd in the text box.
3.2. Change your current directory to the folder that contains the batch script.
The database deployment folder is located at [Path to your solution]\Phoenix.Database\Deployment.
3.3. Execute the joinscripts batch file
Type joinscripts and press Enter.
The sql scripts will be joined and copied into the configured locations if all went well.
4. Build the NodeConfigTool tool
Expand and select the NodeConfigTool project in Visual Studio.
Select Build as you normally would.
Visual Studio will launch the prebuild application.
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Pay attention to any warnings or errors that prebuild displays in the console.  CopyExample of Output from prebuildThis PreBuild console application will: 1. Delete all unecessary files (bin/xml, bin/pdb, flashsource/ 2. Reset appSettings.config to factory settings 3. Reset web.config to factory settings 4. Zip the web-application to PhoenixWeb.zip 5. Compress and check the timestamps of the Sql scripts [1] Deleting non-essential files Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.xml Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.BLL.xml Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.DAL.xml Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.Resources.xml Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.UI.xml Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.Utilities.xml Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.BLL.pdb Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.DAL.pdb Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.Resources.pdb Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.UI.pdb Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.Utilities.pdb Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\bin\Phoenix.Resources.resources.dll Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\appSettings.config.default Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\web.config.default.2.0 Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\web.config.default.3.5 Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource\MapExplorer\MapExplorerV2_1.fla Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource\MapExplorer\MapExplorerV2_1.swf Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource\MapExplorer\Classes\Legend.as Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource\MapExplorer\Classes\LegendItem.as Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource\MapExplorer\Classes\MapDisplay.as Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource\ExtentMap\ExtentMapV1.fla Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource\ExtentMap\ExtentMapV1.swf Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource\ExtentMap\ExtentMapV1_2.fla Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource\ExtentMap\ExtentMapV1_2.swf Deleted file: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource\ExtentMap\Classes\MapDisplay.as Deleted folder: D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\flashsource [2] Resetting D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\appSettings.config to factory values [3] Resetting D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\WebDeployment\Release\web.config to factory values [4] Zip website Creating zip archive 'D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\NodeConfigTool\data\PhoenixWeb.zip' 2900 files added to PhoenixWeb.zip [5] Verifying/compressing Sql scripts Verifying timestamps of .sql files in D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\NodeConfigTool\Scripts 2functions.sql was scripted on 07/10/2008 2:48:15 PM 2functions.sql is up to date 3views.sql was scripted on 07/10/2008 2:48:15 PM 3views.sql is up to date 4sprocs.sql was scripted on 07/10/2008 2:48:15 PM 4sprocs.sql is up to date Verifying timestamps of .bin files in D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\NodeConfigTool\Scripts 1create.bin does not need re-compressing Compressing '2functions.sql' to '2functions.bin' Compressing '3views.sql' to '3views.bin' Compressing '4sprocs.sql' to '4sprocs.bin' 5populate.bin does not need re-compressing |
When the prebuild event is finished, the NodeConfigTool will compile.
5. Build the Installer
You are now ready to build the installer.
Expand and select the Phoenix.Installer project.
Select Build as you normally would.
If there were no errors, you should have an installer application in the output folder. D:\projects\pathways\phoenix\trunk\Installer\Release, for example.
