Local Machine - First Installation problems

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9/21/2010 7:59:23 AM
Ken Evans
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Local Machine - First Installation problems

I'm just starting with Mojo and I'm having trouble installing it on my local machine

My Environment:
XP Pro SP3 /  Visual Studio 2008 Pro  / SQL Server 2005/8

What I have done so far (questions embedded in bold italic)

Created a new database called "mojo" using SQL Server management Studio 
Downloaded the latest installation (mojoportal-2-3-5-3-mssql-net40-deploymentfiles.zip)
Unpacked the files into a Visual Studio 2008 "project" folder called "mojo"
Used the IIS snap-in to make the "mojo" folder a virtual folder with full read/write
Used anonymous access authentication
Saved user.config.sample as user.config
Commented out all of the connection string keys except for the MSSQLConnectionString
Changed the MSSQLConnectionString line to read:

<add key="MSSQLConnectionString" value="server=(D390);Initial Catalog=mojo;Integrated Security=True" />Is this correct?

Checked the permissions on the Data folder. All seems OK.

But when I  visit /Setup/Default.aspx  nothing seems to happen.

Also: I don't see a mojo data connection in VS Server Explorer

What am I doing wrong?
How do I install mojo on my local machine?

Thanks

Ken  
 


 

 


 

 

 

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9/21/2010 8:19:10 AM
Joe Audette
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Re: Local Machine - First Installation problems

Hi,

The "deploymentfiles" downloads are pre-compiled and meant for production deployment to IIS Web Server, not really intended for use in Visual Studio, though it can work in Visual Studio 2010 (opened as a web site not in a project), it has no C# source code, it is all pre-compiled. I've never tried using those files in VS 2008 but it should not be using a project file since there is no source code it must be opened as a web site.

Visual Studio won't see the connection string because we don't use the <ConnectionStrings section but use <appSettings for our connection string.

For those who want to work with Visual Studio, I recommend use the source code not deployment packages and it requires Visual Studio 2010 or  the free Visual Web Developer Express 2010

How can I possibly know if your connection string is correct?

I will say that I always use a sql user and password not a trusted connection myself because this is what is needed for most hosting situations, so the format of your connection string is not what I use. Also parenthesis around the server name seems questionable. 

Hope it helps,

Joe

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