Afaik the msi files exists in ifolder/package/windows directory. If you need
the exact steps to build and to get the installer / setup.exe, we could ask
the build engineer to publish the steps.

ravi

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:10 PM, hieu phan <[email protected]> wrote:

> thank you so much Ravi that solution did it.  As for the install shield, i
> could get a trial version, but is the install shield file included in the
> source packages?
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Ravi Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 1) clean and rebuild should fix the iFolderComponent.tlb issue. If you are
>> not on XP, make sure to start VS with admin / super user
>>
>> 2) Once you run the build, you would get the binaries in C:\iFolder_stage.
>> To bundle it into an exe, you would need Install shield :(
>>
>> ravi
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 7:46 PM, hieu phan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Johnny,
>>>               Thank You for the snippet. But this does not answer the
>>> questions i ask.  I already have this doc on solution for the window
>>> clients. What i need is a solution to build the SETUP  EXE or MSI for the
>>> client software on a window machine. I.E what files i need to install and
>>> what registry key to  edit such and such. Also the second problem is that
>>> follow the doc on building the window client there is always a fatal error
>>> and ifoldershell.h never get built. The error is that VS can not find I
>>> foldercomponent.tlb is inculde in the ifoldeshell.h file.   I try to
>>> clean the sloution and rebuild, but the file is still missing. At this point
>>> i can't move forward until i have the shell fully working.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:46 AM, Johnny Jacob <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Hieu,
>>>>
>>>> I'm sharing a snippet of a doc on building windows clients. I'll
>>>> probably put this up on ifolder.com. HTH.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Building iFolder client on Windows
>>>> -----------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> To compile iFolder on Windows we need Visual Studio 2008. There are
>>>> two solutions availabe on Windows that are needed for getting the
>>>> iFolder build.
>>>> First, open the SimiasLib solution
>>>> (<checked_out_path>/Simias/src/core/SimiasLib.sln). You would find 7
>>>> projects in it, namely FlaimWrapper, POBoxWS, Simias, SimiasClient,
>>>> SimiasLib, SimiasWebService, and SyncService.
>>>> More explanation on each of the project later. For now, just select
>>>> the top row ( Solution 'SimiasLib' ( 7 projects)), right-click and hit
>>>> build. This would take some time and build successfully.
>>>>
>>>> At present, the output directory is hard-coded, so you will find the
>>>> output in c:\iFolder_stage
>>>>
>>>> Next, open the FormsTrayApp.sln
>>>> (<checked_out_path>/src/UI/Windows/FormsTrayApp/FormsTrayApp.sln). You
>>>> would find 8 projects in it, namely FormsTrayApp, iFolderComponent,
>>>> iFolderShell, iFolderShellRes, iFolderWebService, KeyRecovery,
>>>> Novell.iFolder and Novell.iFolder.Web. Select the top row (Solution
>>>> 'FormsTrayApp' (8 projecets)) right click and hit build. Again this
>>>> would take some time and get you the successful build.
>>>>
>>>> As mentioned above you will find all the output in c:\iFolder_stage
>>>> folder.
>>>>
>>>> Now your client is ready to run. Run c:\iFolder_stage\iFolderApp.exe.
>>>> This would greet you with a account creation Wizard. Let's stop this
>>>> for a while and go build the server.
>>>>
>>>> Next, open the file “WinClientPlugins.sln” which is available in
>>>> <plugins folder>/WindowsClient
>>>> Select the top row and build it. The final output goes into
>>>> “c:\iFolder_stage” folder
>>>>
>>>> //Johnny
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:51 AM, hieu phan <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >     I would like to ask two questions. First is there a build solution
>>>> > available to create the setup file in visual studio 2008? If not, can
>>>> you
>>>> > tell what files are needed. The second question is during a build of
>>>> > FormTrayApp, specifically in the ifoldershell.h  there is a fatal
>>>> error, the
>>>> >  \iFolderComponent.tlb is missing? I try Ravi suggestion of clean the
>>>> > solution and rebuild but that did not clear the error. Is there any
>>>> other
>>>> > way?
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Thank You
>>>> > Hieu
>>>> >
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Hieu
>>>
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