[selenium-users] Failures when publishing a VSTO project that includes Selenium

['Martin Klefas-Stennett' via Selenium Users]

I've been using Selenium in personal projects for some time now, but this
represents the first time I'm creating a Selenium-based solution for
someone else.

The project works fine on my machine, but when I use the "Build-> Publish"
option within Visual Studio Community 2017 the installer that gets created
doesn't seem to include a chromedriver.

I've referenced the StrongNamed package available
here: http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.141/
and added that through NuGet, I've also included
"Selenium.Webdriver.ChromeDriver" by jsakamoto downloaded from nuget.org
through their package manager.

Rather than all the code, I've put in a test button.

Private Sub Button4_Click_1(sender As Object, e As
RibbonControlEventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
Dim options As New Chrome.ChromeOptions
Dim service As ChromeDriverService =
ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService


MsgBox("trying to open a chrome window")


Try
Dim wd As New Chrome.ChromeDriver(service, options)
wd.Navigate.GoToUrl("http://www.google.com")
Catch
MsgBox("oh dear, that didn't work at all!")
End Try

End Sub

At present when running on my machine the test button opens a chrome
window, when running on the target machine it does nothing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[alex]

Hi Martin.

"Build-> Publish" was always a problem.

Recommend to Use Advanced Installer. You can add any driver you need to the build package.

Alex



From: 'Martin Klefas-Stennett' via Selenium Users [mailto:selenium-***@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 5:25 PM
To: Selenium Users
Subject: [selenium-users] Failures when publishing a VSTO project that includes Selenium



I've been using Selenium in personal projects for some time now, but this represents the first time I'm creating a Selenium-based solution for someone else.



The project works fine on my machine, but when I use the "Build-> Publish" option within Visual Studio Community 2017 the installer that gets created doesn't seem to include a chromedriver.



I've referenced the StrongNamed package available here: http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.141/ and added that through NuGet, I've also included "Selenium.Webdriver.ChromeDriver" by jsakamoto downloaded from nuget.org through their package manager.



Rather than all the code, I've put in a test button.



Private Sub Button4_Click_1(sender As Object, e As RibbonControlEventArgs) Handles Button4.Click

Dim options As New Chrome.ChromeOptions

Dim service As ChromeDriverService = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService





MsgBox("trying to open a chrome window")





Try

Dim wd As New Chrome.ChromeDriver(service, options)

wd.Navigate.GoToUrl("http://www.google.com")

Catch

MsgBox("oh dear, that didn't work at all!")

End Try



End Sub



At present when running on my machine the test button opens a chrome window, when running on the target machine it does nothing.



Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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['Martin Klefas-Stennett' via Selenium Users]

Hi Alex,
I've tried what seem to be the default options for Advanced Installer,
created an "installer project" and selected all the packages.

Having started on a fresh PC the VSTO Addin wasn't even isntalled by the
installer though - it's not in add-ins, it's not even available but
disabled. The installer reported no issues, but also didn't do anything as
far as I can tell!!

Thanks

Post by alex
Hi Martin.
"Build-> Publish" was always a problem.
Recommend to Use Advanced Installer. You can add any driver you need to the build package.
Alex
*Sent:* Monday, November 26, 2018 5:25 PM
*To:* Selenium Users
*Subject:* [selenium-users] Failures when publishing a VSTO project that
includes Selenium
I've been using Selenium in personal projects for some time now, but this
represents the first time I'm creating a Selenium-based solution for
someone else.
The project works fine on my machine, but when I use the "Build-> Publish"
option within Visual Studio Community 2017 the installer that gets created
doesn't seem to include a chromedriver.
http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.141/
and added that through NuGet, I've also included
"Selenium.Webdriver.ChromeDriver" by jsakamoto downloaded from nuget.org
through their package manager.
Rather than all the code, I've put in a test button.
Private Sub Button4_Click_1(sender As Object, e As
RibbonControlEventArgs) Handles Button4.Click
Dim options As New Chrome.ChromeOptions
Dim service As ChromeDriverService =
ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService
MsgBox("trying to open a chrome window")
Try
Dim wd As New Chrome.ChromeDriver(service, options)
wd.Navigate.GoToUrl("http://www.google.com")
Catch
MsgBox("oh dear, that didn't work at all!")
End Try
End Sub
At present when running on my machine the test button opens a chrome
window, when running on the target machine it does nothing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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['Martin Klefas-Stennett' via Selenium Users]

For anyone that comes back to this:
There's a specific projects in advanced installer for vsto apps. It's not free, but it works for 30 days on a trial.

This fixed all my issues.