[WiX-users] SetupBld.exe, setup stubs, and Windows98?

2007-11-19 Thread Bill Brooks
I've successfully got a setup program built and installing using WiX v3. Go to test in on a fresh Win98SE install, and of course, double-clicking on the MSI doesn't do anything besides giving me the Open with... dialog. Trying to launch it with msiexec gives the error Incorrect command line

Re: [WiX-users] How to leave HKLM Registry keys after deinstall

2007-11-19 Thread Rob Hamflett
Set [EMAIL PROTECTED]yes. Rob Maxim Sadovski wrote: Hi, I have a question - how could I leave HKLM Registry keys created during installation process (and possibly updated afterwards) when deinstallation is done? I have tried the following:

[WiX-users] Профессиональный перевод. Все языки

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[WiX-users] Service Control and Service Install

2007-11-19 Thread SaiTeja
Hi, Can any review the wix code for the following and give example for last one Install Service: Stops and Removes the Service on Un install My wix code: ServiceInstall Id=NXConfigurationControl Name=NXConfiguration Stop=uninstall

Re: [WiX-users] Wrapping .msp in an .exe

2007-11-19 Thread Starling, Keith
The goal of embedding the patch in an EXE is so that a user only has one file to download and execute, without needing any expertise on msiexec, to provide an update for software they have previously installed. Keith Starling

Re: [WiX-users] Feature containing merge module always seems to be advertised

2007-11-19 Thread Bob Arnson
Duncan Bayne wrote: An Attributes value of 8 should represent msidbFeatureAttributesDisallowAdvertise - which should prevent the user from choosing to have the feature advertised. This works, in that the user can't choose to advertise the feature in the UI. However when the application is

Re: [WiX-users] Wrapping .msp in an .exe

2007-11-19 Thread Bob Arnson
Starling, Keith wrote: Will setupbld.exe work for .msp files as well as .msi? Not today. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual

Re: [WiX-users] SetupBld.exe, setup stubs, and Windows98?

2007-11-19 Thread Bob Arnson
Bill Brooks wrote: Is there anything I can use to bundle my MSI into an EXE, which when run on an older OS like Win98, will tell the user that they need to download and upgrade their msiexec, and provide a link to Microsoft's site? Is there anything like this in WiX v2 that I could download

[WiX-users] per user COM registration on Vista

2007-11-19 Thread John Lalande
After completing what I thought were all the Vista updates necessary for our installer, an issue came up when installing per user. One of our COM component's (packaged as on ocx) registry entries are inaccessible in some scenarios. I read this entry:

Re: [WiX-users] What's the right way to set ALLUSERS=1 automatically?

2007-11-19 Thread Matthew X. Economou
In general, doing a true per-user/per-machine install switch is tough to pull off. In addition to ALLUSERS, you need to redirect directories, to switch between per-user and per-machine locations. Vista/MSI 4.0 doesn't support an MSI that switches at runtime -- unless it's a per-user install,

Re: [WiX-users] Service Control and Service Install

2007-11-19 Thread Adam Majer
SaiTeja wrote: Hi, Can any review the wix code for the following and give example for last one Description=This will install only on Windows XP or later ConditionNOT VersionNT = 500/Condition Err, this is NOT VersionNT = 500 which means it will not install only on one

Re: [WiX-users] Service Control and Service Install

2007-11-19 Thread Chad Petersen
The last item you would also use the ServiceInstall element, not ServiceControl. ServiceInstall Start=auto ... / Along with any other desired attributes. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SaiTeja Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 6:09 AM To:

[WiX-users] Calling embedded binaries with WIX Custom Actions

2007-11-19 Thread Jose Sanchez Saldana (Excell Data Corporation)
As a simple test, I've input the following code into a .wxs file: Binary Id=Notepad.exe SourceFile=c:\WINNT\notepad.exe/ CustomAction Id=NotepadPopUp BinaryKey=Notepad.exe ExeCommand=c:\old.txt / InstallExecuteSequence

[WiX-users] Votive - Build - can it set a date-time stamp in resulting msi?

2007-11-19 Thread Serge Gart
Hi all, Using Votive, when I build a Wix project I'd like to set a property with the date and time that the build was run. This would allow me to include that property in a dialog with information helpful to QA and other folks, as we gradually refine and finalize the first release of the msi we

[WiX-users] WIX 2.0 Driver install: Avoid found new hardware wizard?

2007-11-19 Thread Jesse Englert
I cannot figure out to install a driver using WIX 2.0 that does not require the Windows "Found New Hardware Wizard" to pop up when the hardware device is connected to the PC for the first time after installation. My driver is packaged in a WIX 2.0 merge module and installs successfully. Below

Re: [WiX-users] Feature containing merge module always seems to be advertised

2007-11-19 Thread Duncan Bayne
Hi Bob, Get a verbose install log (msiexec /l*vx log.log /i name.msi) and see the logging around the InstallValidate action. Thanks for the tip. If I disable advertisement and perform a complete installation, I get: MSI (s) (EC:38) [10:17:23:275]: Feature: MyFeature; Installed: Absent;

[WiX-users] WiX 3: How to display error message box?

2007-11-19 Thread Sunghwa Jin
Hi all, I have some UI dialogs that needs certain validation before displaying next page when Next button is clicked. How do you display a very simple message box with simple OK button and message text only when certain condition is met? For example, one of text box is empty etc.. I initially

[WiX-users] Launch Condition - Mesasge Attribute referring to Error ID number instead of actual error messsage.

2007-11-19 Thread Sankaranarayanan
Hi All, WiX version 2.0.5325.0 I have some launch conditions to check for valid OS versions for my product such as Condition Message=This OS isn't supported'(VersionNT=501)/Condition The above condition works fine as expected but I want to consolidate the error message in

[WiX-users] re gistering a dll in global assembly cache

2007-11-19 Thread chandan Koushik
Hi All, I wanted to register OFFICE.dll in the global assembly cache . Normally we do this using the command C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\gacutil.exe -i C:\OFFICE.DLL and this dll gets registered in the cache . I tried the following code out to achieve this in wix