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masseyf
#1 Posted : Friday, May 25, 2012 8:15:31 AM(UTC)
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Hi,

What are result values the UWS.RegApp.exe returns, if any? I couldn't find that info anywhere. I'd like to add error checking in batch files used for registration with Cassini.

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#2 Posted : Friday, May 25, 2012 8:44:14 AM(UTC)
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Hello,

Success has exit code 0 and failure has exist code 1. Hope this helps.

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#3 Posted : Friday, May 25, 2012 8:51:24 AM(UTC)
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I thought it would have been a little bit more elaborate (more codes I mean) but ok, that will do. Thanks!
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#4 Posted : Friday, May 25, 2012 10:01:30 AM(UTC)
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Hello,

We felt that multiple error codes don't help because it's hard to imagine app registration routines taking different routes depending on the error code. Instead, we put error information in Windows Event Log. Those do not have different codes, but provide pretty complete picture as to why failure has occurred.

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#5 Posted : Friday, May 25, 2012 12:58:41 PM(UTC)
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As a basic diagnostic tool, it would have been easier. Few of our customers are computer savvy and explaining how to get info out of the event log can be fastidious. They (generally) know how to screenshot though, so popping basic diagnostic on screen is faster. But it's ok, we'll live with that. Most issues we encounter are related to customers infrastructure and network; Cassini has been rock solid.
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#6 Posted : Tuesday, May 29, 2012 9:35:05 AM(UTC)
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Thank you much for the positive feedback!

We are very happy that our little web server can live in environments as diverse as Windows XP x86 Home Edition to Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 8.

As far as error reporting goes, we've been thinking about it. There are just way too many things that can go wrong and error-code them is nearly impossible. We probably need to find or to create a tool that will make backing up of the event log easy.

Could you please tells us what, in your experience, is the failure rate of UWS installations, regardless of the cause?

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#7 Posted : Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:08:58 PM(UTC)
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Failure rate cannot be quantified exactly but is much, much higher than a normal desktop application, I'm sad to report. I do the programming as well as the support (but not the sales hence my lack of exact numbers) and I get hit by way more issues than our other "normal" desktop app, and the issues are more hairy. Again, this is not due to Cassini per say; Our clientele seems to be almost paranoid when it comes to security which make it difficult to host on the desktop in such environment.
Also, we haven't migrated all our products to the pro version yet. We hope to have a better response with the pro version under Vista/Win7 because it can host under port 80. XP is on its way out in enterprise environments and is becoming less a problem.
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#8 Posted : Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:20:17 PM(UTC)
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Huge thank you for the feedback!

If you could tell us this one last thing: would you say legacy Cassini has more installation issues than UWS Pro?

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#9 Posted : Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:29:23 PM(UTC)
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Yes, so far it seems we're having less reports of problems hosting under the Pro version. The legacy version, because of obligatory hosting under non-standard port, was more problematic.
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#10 Posted : Tuesday, May 29, 2012 2:54:28 PM(UTC)
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Thank you again!

Please never hesitate to tell us here or privately if something is not working well, even if it's not a direct UWS fault. If we see something as a frequent problem, we may do something to alleviate the pain. For example, we saw that many apps were not working under Network Service host because they were installed into Users folder. Technically, this was not UWS problem, but we made it better by ensuring that whenever an application is registered, it's ACLed for Network Service account.

Our goal is to make on-premise hosting as easy as possible and you can help us help you by letting us know if something can be improved. We don't implement every user's wish because we do have to balance goals of functionality and simplicity, but if the fix is safe and benefits most of everyone, we usually do it.

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masseyf
#11 Posted : Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:30:51 PM(UTC)
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I'll keep that in mind! Thank you!
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