UPDATE: 2018-07-06 This post is now nearly 5 years old! Python-2.7 will stop receiving official updates from python.org in 2020. Also, Python-3.7 has been released. Check out Python-Future on how to make your Python-2 code compatible with Python-3. For updating conda, the documentation now recommends using conda update –all in each of your conda environments … Read more
To put things in to perspective, look at the things that were added between Delphi 7 and Delphi 2007. This was a significant high water mark. http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2007/03/28/33579 http://www.stevetrefethen.com/blog/VCLAndRTLEnhancementsSinceDelphi7D7.aspx Delphi 2009 sets the bar even higher. http://blogs.codegear.com/pawelglowacki/2008/11/03/38527 http://blogs.codegear.com/chrispattinson/2008/09/19/38897 Here are some of my favourites: Generics (naturally) and generic collections in the RTL. Improved build configurations where … Read more
When an OS is distributed with some specific Python release and uses it for some OS functionality (as is the case with Mac OS X, as well as many Linux distros &c), you should not tamper in any way with the system-supplied Python (as in, “upgrading” it and the like): while Python strives for backwards … Read more
I’m editing my answer to make it clear that you don’t need to upgrade your .csproj file. As Drew commented below there are benefits to doing so. However, VS2017 will continue to work with the classic csproj file just fine. In addition there is nothing in VS2017 that will perform the upgrade for you. If … Read more
Found out what need to be done in Views\Web.config. Just copy & paste these sections over what you have: <configSections> <sectionGroup name=”system.web.webPages.razor” type=”System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35″> <section name=”host” type=”System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35″ requirePermission=”false” /> <section name=”pages” type=”System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35″ requirePermission=”false” /> </sectionGroup> </configSections> <host factoryType=”System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35″ /> <pages … Read more
Yes, this is easy to do with scripting. Just write [Run] Filename: “http://example.com”; Flags: shellexec; Check: NotAnUpdate procedure CurPageChanged(CurPageID: Integer); begin if CurPageID = wpInstalling then IsUpdate := FileExists(ExpandConstant(‘{app}\TheFileNameOfMyApp.exe’)); end; function NotAnUpdate: Boolean; begin result := not IsUpdate; end;
This solved it for me… config file is preserved with minor/major upgrade, and completely removed on uninstall. Ref: Aaron Stebner: How to retain user-customized files during a Windows Installer major upgrade EDIT: Summarized info from the linked page… Each config file shall have it’s own component, where the config file is marked as the keypath … Read more
Try to switch back to the Legacy Build System (File > Project Settings > Workspace Settings > Legacy Build System)
Newer answers: 1) Companion files, 2) file version hack using Visual Studio, 3) moving the file to another installation path, 4) variations of REINSTALLMODE, 5) “version lying”, etc… All kind of options, most of which are not ideal: File of a new component isn’t installed because there was an old component with the same file … Read more