Re: [WiX-users] Error while parsing

Hi , Thanks for the reply, I have already attached the WixUI.wixlib file but still it does not rectify the problem. Note: List of files attached as references to product.wxs files are WixUI.wixlib WixUI_en- us.wxl sca.wixlib Regards, Chandan Koushik

Re: [WiX-users] Error while parsing

Use the -loc option before WixUI_en-us.wxl. I'm not sure where this is in the UI - look for 'Localization File' or similar. It's not a regular input to light. -- Mike Dimmick _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chandan Koushik Sent: 08 August 2007

[WiX-users] Disabling and enabling native power management in windows

Is there any property i can use for this? can sumbody help me to find the associated documentation? Thanks Andy -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Disabling-and-enabling-native-power-management-in-windows-tf4234615.html#a12048254 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive

[WiX-users] .Net Framework Version

Hello, Does anyone know how to choose the framework version (1.1 or 2.0) during the creation of a new Web site. Regards, Matthieu - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find

Re: [WiX-users] Disabling and enabling native power management inwindows

Not sure what you want. Do you want to prevent system shutdown during install? Or do you want to fiddle with powerscheme's? Anyway: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373151.aspx But no Wix in here. You'll need a CA for that. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[WiX-users] launch on exit

Is there any way to start an exe on exit? i've seen some installers that start the application on exit? does anyone know how this was done? Thanks in advance Mark- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still

Re: [WiX-users] DLLs and uninstalls

Thanks for the reply Mike. I'm pretty new at all this, so please bear with me. Like you say - I should be (and was) relying on Windows Installer to deal with the uninstall, however I feel something strange is happening in this instance. Since if I were to run the application executable without

Re: [WiX-users] launch on exit

Does this do what you want? It launches a browser when the install finishes http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson6.php#6.2 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Line Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:30 PM To:

[WiX-users] checking registry entry

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some good soul that could help to achieve the following steps: -During install, I'd like to check for some registry entry (a DWORD. Lets call it myDword). -If myDword doesn't exist or is inferior to a given value x, then I would like to create/set it to x. Could

[WiX-users] How to remove a redundant .\ from a directory name?

Is there a way to remove a redundant .\ from a directory name which is read from the registry. Here's the detail:- I need to find the VC projects directory in Visual Studio 2005. I look in the registry key as follows: Property Id=VS2005_VCPROJECTS_DIR RegistrySearch

[WiX-users] Wix 3.0 and xxxFailureActionType (service installation)

Hello, I'm using Wix3.0 and trying to define, during installation process, the default actions to be done when a service fails. Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Directory Id=INSTALLLOCATION Name=MyName Component Id=MyIdSvc

[WiX-users] Hi Rob and all

Hi Rob, Is the user group is still there?. I was wondering why nobody is replying. This was my question ans I am trying hard to create a simple shortcut for net.exe. When I start from the cmd prompt the service runs. However, It is not working. I also tried to create a custom action like the

Re: [WiX-users] launch on exit

not really, i want something to be lunched after the installer is closed. - Original Message - From: Schrieken, Rene To: Mark Line ; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:14 PM Subject: RE: [WiX-users] launch on exit Does this do what you

[WiX-users] Resetting of 'ALLUSERS' property

Hi there, I'm developing an installation package for a project using WIX toolset. One of the requirements for the project is to let the end-user choose if they want to install the application for just one user or for everyone using the machine (*Just me/Everyone*). As per my research, i can expose

Re: [WiX-users] launch on exit

You can launch an application at the end of a setup in a couple of ways, but here are two: Include the following custom action definition and set a property (I named mine SOMEMAGICPROPERTY, I’m sure you can come up with a better name) and call this CA after the files have been placed on the

Re: [WiX-users] DLLs and uninstalls

Alexei wrote: 1) So how would I find out is Windows Installer is keeping a reference count somewhere? Create a verbose log when install and uninstall: msiexec /l*vx install.log /i mymsi.msi ... msiexec /l*vx uninstall.log /x mymsi.msi Then look for logging around the CostFinalize and

Re: [WiX-users] Resetting of 'ALLUSERS' property

Gautam Kaushal wrote: I'm developing an installation package for a project using WIX toolset. One of the requirements for the project is to let the end-user choose if they want to install the application for just one user or for everyone using the machine ( *Just me/Everyone*). First thing:

Re: [WiX-users] checking registry entry

Frédéric Viollet wrote: -During install, I'd like to check for some registry entry (a DWORD. Lets call it myDword). Use RegistrySearch to set a property. -If myDword doesn't exist or is inferior to a given value x, then I would like to create/set it to x. Use a custom action with a

Re: [WiX-users] KeyPath problem

When no keypath is specified, it uses the first resource in the component. In your case it was the first file. In order to remove that file you need to remove the entire component. Note, that if you remove a component, you have to remove the entire feature. Removing a keypath file using a patch

Re: [WiX-users] Resetting of 'ALLUSERS' property

Hi Bob, Well thanks for your feedback. So essentially 'ALLUSERS' property controls creating shortcuts for the users. But i was wondering if there's any way, using WIX toolset, for us to let the users choose if they want to install a shortcut for 'Everyone' or 'Just me'? Thanks Gautam On 8/8/07,

Re: [WiX-users] Hi Rob and all

If you validate your msi you might find issues quicker. Add this: Property Id=net Value=C:\WINDOWS\system32\net.exe Change the Target attribute of your shortcut to read Target=[net] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [WiX-users] Resetting of 'ALLUSERS' property

Bob effectively already answered that. The ALLUSERS property should not be set to anything by default. In your user interface, if the user chooses Everyone, set ALLUSERS to 1. I can't remember off the top of my head if the ALLUSERS setting is persisted anywhere. If not, you may need to

Re: [WiX-users] launch on exit

thats just what i was after many thanks Mark - Original Message - From: Andrew T Hopper To: Mark Line ; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:52 PM Subject: RE: [WiX-users] launch on exit You can launch an application at the end of a

[WiX-users] Very-very magic stick

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Re: [WiX-users] How to remove a redundant .\ from a directory name?

Some time ago I also needed a similar functionality (read a path from Registry and then go 2 levels up that path), but wasn't able to achieve that with the standard Wix means, so I ended up writing a Custom Action - just a simple VB script that reads the registry, parses the path to the format

Re: [WiX-users] checking registry entry

Bob Arnson a écrit : Frédéric Viollet wrote: -During install, I'd like to check for some registry entry (a DWORD. Lets call it myDword). Use RegistrySearch to set a property. Ok, but what if myDword doesn't exist? What does RegistrySearch return? -If myDword doesn't exist or is inferior to

Re: [WiX-users] DLLs and uninstalls

The uninstall log yields the following, which I believe to show the problem: MSI (s) (3C:D8) [17:52:54:296]: Doing action: InstallValidate MSI (s) (3C:D8) [17:52:54:296]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText Action ended 17:52:54: CostFinalize. Return value 1. MSI (s) (3C:D8) [17:52:54:296]: Feature:

Re: [WiX-users] Hi Rob and all

Are there any tools to validate?. I just use Notepad to edit. Thanks for your reply and I will try that. Venkat -Original Message- From: Schrieken, Rene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:02 PM To: Venkatesh Malepati; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] DLLs and uninstalls

See if the log contains any of this type of thing: MSI (s) (CC:24) [13:58:42:909]: Disallowing uninstallation of component: {15239D33-DAE9-46F3-BD59-264A2068B3BC} since another client exists They'll be before those Action: Null reports (which is why they might be saying null). Phil Wilson

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut and tools (was:Hi Rob and all)

The Windows Installer tools: You're probably interseted in msival2.exe and/or Orca.exe. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372834.aspx Notepad is a fine tool but there are some other specialized IDE like tools: http://wixedit.sourceforge.net/ PS: I forget a / Property Id=net

Re: [WiX-users] [Wax-users] Shortcut and tools (was:Hi Rob and all)

Thank you.. Venkat -Original Message- From: Schrieken, Rene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:11 PM To: Venkatesh Malepati; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Shortcut and tools (was:Hi Rob and all) The Windows Installer tools: You're

Re: [WiX-users] looking for a less time consuming Multilanguage installer

Right now it doens't because the people I work with don't seem to realize that a file greater than 2 gb is a bad idea. Bob Arnson-6 wrote: Magus wrote: Building 1 language takes ~ an hour 26 * 1 hour = 1day to make an installer That works for all said languages The only thing different

[WiX-users] Adding debug assembly to the GAC

I've split up my debug and release versions of my installers to make maintenance and building easier. I just build and link different wxs files depending on which version I want to build. The components have the same names in the different versions of the files, but the debug ones have the pdb

[WiX-users] Conditional Statement Problem

Hello, I'm reading a DWORD value from the registry using RegistrySearch. (WiX 3.0.2925.0) Property Id=DA_VER RegistrySearch Id='DaVer' Type='raw' Root='HKLM' Name='Version' Key='SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\FooSoft 1.0' / /Property I understand

[WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action

Hello All, I'm building an MSI using WiX3, and I'm encountering a problem: I've a custom action: CustomAction Id=EXEREG_PckgInstllr FileKey=PckgInstllr.exe ExeCommand=/REGSERVER Return=ignore Execute=commit Impersonate=no / It is sequenced to be executed after 'InstallFinalize'. (Actually, it

[WiX-users] Run program after installation

Following the steps outlined at the excellent tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson8.php#8.6 works great unless the user changes the installation directory from the default. When going down the happy path the log says that the LaunchFile custom action returns 0 and the program

Re: [WiX-users] Adding debug assembly to the GAC

You're right - when installing an assembly in the GAC there's an assumption that if the file is in the same component then it's part of the assembly manifest. Policy assemblies work like that way - the assembly is in the same component as the policy config file, and the config file is named in the

[WiX-users] Error 1625

Hi, I'm trying to run a setup on a Win2k3 server and I get error no' 1625: The system administrator has set the policies to prevent this installation. When I run the same setup on Vista it works. Currently the msi size is: 1.55 Giga Byte (I configured 5 cabs). Before that when it was 441MByte

Re: [WiX-users] Error 1625

I want to add to my previous email that I searched for the value DisableMSI and it doesn't exist in the registry, which means that the Installer is always enabled. So, I think that DisableMSI is not the cause of my problem. Thanks, Ravit From: Ravit Shapira