Re: [WiX-users] Condition and IniFileSearch

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Arnson
Ansuya Negi wrote: I tried to use just the condition message and it did not work. It only aborts installation if it can not find the ini file. This test was to check inside the ini file and read its contents via IniFileSearch. Am I using IniFileSearch correctly. I'm not clear what you're

Re: [WiX-users] Build 3.0.3210.0 - multiple cabinets problems

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Arnson
Adrian Gantoi wrote: - I defined several Medias (several cabinets) - I defined the Directory structure - I placed all the Components within DirectoryRefs If I set the DiskId attribute in the Directory elements, all files will end up in the first defined cabinet (and receive warnings about

Re: [WiX-users] Installer closes and reopens

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Arnson
barbq wrote: I've noticed everytime I press the next button it looks like my installer closes and reopens (on the taskbar is disapears and reopens) . The information is still OK, meaning the process doesn't seem to close. Any ideas? MSI closes and re-creates windows during NewDialog

Re: [WiX-users] Browse buttons x2

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Arnson
barbq wrote: Property Id=WIXUI_INSTALLDIR Value=TARGETDIR / Property Id=_BrowseProperty Value=TARGETDIR/ It's quite obvious that there is no connection between the BrowseDlg and the PathEdit controls, but for the life of me - that's exactly what I've failed to do. The WixUI BrowseDlg

Re: [WiX-users] Performing both New Installs and Upgrades with a Common MSI

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Arnson
Matthew Sheets wrote: *_Major Upgrade_* /Advantages/ * Can set the UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect attribute to prevent a clearing out of data during an upgrade uninstall/reinstall /Issues/ * Creates multiple entries under Add or Remove Programs If you use OnlyDetect, you're not

Re: [WiX-users] Creating WixUI_is-is.wxl

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Arnson
Oliver Schneider wrote: we'd like to create an Icelandic translation of WiX-UI and I'd like to know whether there are some kind of templates to make translation of the stock dialogs easier. I'd suggest copying WixUI_en-us.wxl from the source distribution. It has all the strings. --

Re: [WiX-users] Build 3.0.3210.0 - multiple cabinets problems

2007-08-15 Thread Adrian Gantoi
Hi Bob, Yes, I saw that and hoped it's a bug :). You confirmed me it's not a bug. However, I beleive this is a bit like the hard way to do it. It would be a lot more easier to define and use like: - DiskId defined in Directory element - if DiskId missing in DirectoryRef element, default to

[WiX-users] installing font on 64-bit platform

2007-08-15 Thread salome zk
I have an installer which installs fine on a 32-bit platform, it installs the needed fonts as well, but on a 64-bit server, everything woks fine except for the fonts, the fonts are not installed, can anyone help me on this? - Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally,

[WiX-users] vista custom actions

2007-08-15 Thread Alexander Gnauck
Hello, currently i have problems with our msi package under vista. With Google and the search in this newsgroup i figured out how to elevate the privileges. If I understood it correctly this works only if Execute=deferred Impersonate=yes The problem is that in our installers the order of the

[WiX-users] Training Courses?

2007-08-15 Thread Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US)
Hello All, Can anyone recommend a course (classroom or online) or a good book to get a well-rounded understanding of Windows Installer technology, preferably using WiX? Most courses I see on the web are geared toward a particular packaging product. Thanks. Raj

Re: [WiX-users] HKLM - purposely persistent

2007-08-15 Thread Simon Topley
It turns out a third party merge module was removing it! Thanks for the help. Simon -Original Message- From: Stefan Pavlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 August 2007 10:17 To: Simon Topley Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] HKLM - purposely persistent If

Re: [WiX-users] vista custom actions

2007-08-15 Thread Rob Hamflett
If you want them to be elevated you want Impersonate=no. As for when they are executed, that depends on when you scheduled them, but a deferred custom action is supposed to be scheduled somewhere in the InstallExecuteSequence between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize. Rob Alexander

[WiX-users] Pubca Schema for v3

2007-08-15 Thread Brian Poploskie
Does the Pubca schema exist in any for for v3? I'm looking for the MessageQueue and MQPermission elements. Brian Poploskie - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find

[WiX-users] ConfigureSQL missing in action

2007-08-15 Thread Chad Petersen
I'm updating an older installer that was written under WiX 2.0.3309.0 to 2.0.5325.0. In this installer we have a line like this Custom Action=GenerateKeyAndSalt Before=ConfigureSql![CDATA[DBRole=3]]/Custom Using the newer WiX version it gives a build error. error LGHT0112 : Unresolved

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action

2007-08-15 Thread Alexei
Have a look http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681383.aspx here - its the first one on the list. Course that's if it was an error from Windows Installer. If it was from your DLL then I got nothin'. However I believe the conventional wisdom is not to use managed CAs since they place too

Re: [WiX-users] ConfigureSQL missing in action

2007-08-15 Thread Chad Petersen
I see it has become InstallSQLData. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Petersen Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:21 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] ConfigureSQL missing in action I'm updating

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action

2007-08-15 Thread John Hall
Alexei wrote: Have a look http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681383.aspx here - its the first one on the list. Course that's if it was an error from Windows Installer. If it was from your DLL then I got nothin'. However I believe the conventional wisdom is not to use managed

[WiX-users] Reading command line parameter

2007-08-15 Thread ersm6
Hello everybody, I'm new to Wix and I was wondering how can I structure my wxs file so that users can supply destination folder as paramenter to msexec and the msi get installed in that directory. Thanks in advance. Steve _

Re: [WiX-users] Reading command line parameter

2007-08-15 Thread Brian Rogers
Hey Steve, The way I have done it is to use an all capitalized property name. When all in CAPS this tells the MSI it is a public property and can be set on the command-line. I have used INSTALLDIR in the past as my property. I believe there is another common one. property id=MYFOLDER

[WiX-users] LGHT0102 errors on localized builds

2007-08-15 Thread Schuett, Michael
Hello, I'm having problems with dozens of LGHT0102 errors when I perform a localized build. (I'm using 3.0.2925.0 and VS2005.) The project builds fine when the culture is en-us, but fails when I use a different culture. I've tried de-de, es-es, fr-fr and it-it. The LGHT0102 errors are all on

[WiX-users] Rollback of XmlFile actions on uninstall

2007-08-15 Thread Ajay Kang
I authored an installer using WIX 2.0 and XmlFile to edit a custom configuration section in a web.config XML config file. On uninstall, none of the changes are reverted inspite of using statements of the form: XmlFile Id=ConfigAddFolder File=[VROOTDIR]web.config Action= createElement

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action

2007-08-15 Thread Christopher Painter
These are all problems that can be solved if only the MSI team would just do it. I've read the tactical/strategic arguments and I just don't buy it. ( Nor did anyone else who commented on that blog. ) John Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alexei wrote: Have a look

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Action

2007-08-15 Thread Wilson, Phil
The InstallUtilLib infrastructure for calling managed code has no functionality that cannot be handled by running your managed code as an executable. Properties pass one way into the managed code whether into installer classes or executables. In the vast majority of cases there's simply no

[WiX-users] Movie-quality postcard

2007-08-15 Thread pahonline
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Re: [WiX-users] Build 3.0.3210.0 - multiple cabinets problems

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Arnson
Adrian Gantoi wrote: Is there any chance of getting this behaviour available in the (hopefully close) future? Any chance of it becoming a feature request for WiX ? Anyone can file a feature request at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=105970atid=642717. -- sig://boB