AbleCommerce Shopping Cart Software

Hi, I was hoping to actually program this weekend. But I have not been able to get the install to work for the 7.0.2 version

after spending many hours on this, I am posting.

I have VS 2008, I have tried both versions ASP.NET 2.0 Version INstall and ASP.NET 3.5 version install. Using SQL Express 2005.

Everytime I get to the second screen where you put in your shopping cart information and it gets stuck.

I enter the information and click continue and it directs me back to the same page to fill in (configure2.aspx)

Debugging the code I am finding the "CreateStore" line failing. It literally comes back from that call and does not go any further, just displays the page.

My Logic:
1) is if database was bad it would not have done step 1 --> Creating the tables, procs, and so on
2) if license key was bad it would not have done step 1 --> Creating the tables, procs, and so on
3) if connection string was bad it would not have done step 1 --> Creating the tables, procs, and so on

So I said fine, I will go back to the previous install version and create a new install, since i go it to work and do it there.

Same results.

The only thing that has changed on my computer is I upgraded from Vista Home to Ultimate. And VS 2008 SP1 was put on my machine.

I can't see these two issues making it not work on my machine.

Since I have one development license it is not like I can go around install this on another machine to try and trouble shoot the problem, right?

I honestly don't know where to go from here...And I am really disappointed... As I have day job (web developer) So weekends are when I can program for my own business.

I thought about doing what the code does manually BUT there are too many calls to non sourced ddls saving or creating stuff that I don't know what it is doing

Does anybody have any suggestions?

thanks,

Angela

You can install it on another machine by setting the first line of the ablecommerce.config to demoMode="true".
Here is a thread with info about my Vista install woes, if it would help you.
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=8995&hilit=vista
I have had the install stick a couple of times where the database (and tables sometimes) was created and then it stopped at configure2.aspx.
Both times it was a database security problem. I had to add the user under SQL Security then assign it permissions to the database rather than adding the user to the specific database. Also, make sure you have SQL Server set to allow remote TCP/IP and named pipes connections- I set it to do both while I am at it. One time I had to set up the connection with sa login. I've never had the time to figure out exactly why a certain procedure works and why it doesn't and on the servers at work I don't want to mess with anything since I'm not the DBA.
Also: try making an ODBC connection to SQL Server to test it.

When installing make sure to delete App_Data/CommerceBilder.lic. Delete old App_Data/Database.config and App_Data/Encryption.config and upload their versions available with standard package of AbleCommerce you got. Then create the databse and start installation. Please make sure that you are meet all prerequisites I mean the access rights etc.

This is still very much a problem in 7.0.7... and frankly, it's exhausting.

I have installed AC 7.0.7 successfully, several times now on my development server & production server. But I recently decided to start developing / debugging locally. And suddenly this problem appears. I fill in all of the info on 'configure2.aspx', click the button... and nothing. The fields are wiped clean and it goes nowhere.

@mazhar - I've seen you suggest those same steps in several threads by doing a search this evening, and it doesn't work. I have a 'localhost' dev license. I am pretty familiar with the installation, but this seems to be a bug that even you guys can't figure out, since it has been posted so many times? I've initialized the database with sa credentials, and still nothing.