I don't use the built-in WiX SQL commands I find them too limiting, I
prefer to shell out to sqlcmd to run the SQL scripts and use the sqlcmd
replaceable parameters. For an example see here:
http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/executing-sqlcmd-from-wix.ht
ml.
Neil
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From: Nutesh Garg
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:51 PM
To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: error while uninstalling
Hi,
I am getting an error while uninstalling the product that has been patched.
The msi log says:
DEBUG: Error 2769: Custom Action InstallSqlData did not close 5
Sorry I wasn't being clear.. I am using light in a c# app. And this is what
is happening:
Process light = new Process();
light.StartInfo.FileName = WiX toolset\light.exe;
light.StartInfo.Arguments = \ + OutputFolder +.+ \WiXOutput.wixobj +
\ + -out + \ + OutputFolder + . +
yes, shell redirection does not work in this case.
In that case you should use
ProcessStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput / .RedirectStandardError
and then you can read the output from
light.StandardOutput and light.StandardError
/Simon
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Peter Vestergaard [EMAIL
Use:
auml;
uuml;
Full reference here:
http://www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Dieter Janzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi,
how is it possible to use ä, ö and ü?
Pt! Schon vom neuen WEB.DE
Short question, and waiting for (hopefully) a short answer:
How to grant grant permissions of db_owner to a certain user on a database?
TiA,
Eitan
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For integrated auth, use a sqlstring element containing the following where
USERNAME is the domain\username: exec sp_addrolemember N'db_owner',
N'[USERNAME]'
Dana
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:34 AM, Eitan Behar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Short question, and waiting for (hopefully) a short answer:
Hi,
I have a problem harvesting a type-library from an executable
file (a COM Server) with heat.exe, version 3.0.4513.
If I run heat (as normal-user in Vista) I get something a la:
Fragment
DirectoryRef Id=Bin
Component Id=file.exe Guid=PUT-GUID-HERE
File Id=file.exe
Thanks.
-Original Message-
From: Alexander Shevchuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 20:15
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Execute a Custom action only when a specific
component is removed
Hi Yuval,
If you
Does anybody out there have an EXAMPLE of installing a certificate to
enable SSL for a website?
The PFX file from Verisign contains 2 certificates, the actual
certificate and an intermediate chain and when I try to install it, the
wrong certificate is installed and associated with the web
Thanks!
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Dana Gutride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For integrated auth, use a sqlstring element containing the following where
USERNAME is the domain\username: exec sp_addrolemember N'db_owner',
N'[USERNAME]'
Dana
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:34 AM, Eitan Behar
hi,
how is it possible to use ä, ö and ü?
Pt! Schon vom neuen WEB.DE MultiMessenger gehört?
Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.produkte.web.de/messenger/?did=3123
You have to use an encoding that supports German special characters
(e.g. ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
To make German special characters readable within an installer (GUI etc)
you have to set Codepage and Language attributes of your Product ...
tag to the according values. For German
Thank you all! Great help!
2008/10/7 Simon Dahlbacka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yes, shell redirection does not work in this case.
In that case you should use
ProcessStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput / .RedirectStandardError
and then you can read the output from
light.StandardOutput and
Hi:
As I visually impaired user I could do with some help laying out a WiX
dialog.
Would anybody be prepared to help me with this?
I know what elements I need, so you can probably adapt one of the
existing dialogues!
If you can help please write me off-list.
Regards and thanks in advance.
Sean.
Hi Eitan,
I do something similar in my install with the following under my
SqlDatabase node:
sql:SqlString Id=CreateUser User=SqlUser ExecuteOnInstall=yes
SQL=CREATE USER [LOGIN] FOR LOGIN [LOGIN] Sequence=013 /
sql:SqlString Id=AssignUserToRole User=SqlUser
ExecuteOnInstall=yes
Hi,
I have a problem with a CustomAction and DTF. In my CA, which runs as an
deferred, commit CA, I try to open and query the MSI database with
Database database = new Database(SomePath, DatabaseOpenMode.ReadOnly);
The constructor returns no InstallerException, so I think everything works fine
Hello WiX community,
My installation source contains 25,000+ files. I used heat.exe to create
a WiX authoring out of the root directory. This gave me a *.wxs file
with approximately the same number of components, which is claimed to be
handled OK by Windows Installer.
After some rough
Thanks to all,
Finally, I am merging all the concepts, and doing this:
Component Id=SetDBOwner ...
sql:SqlString Id=SetDBOwner
Sequence=1
SQL=use TestDatabase
exec sp_grantlogin '[COMP_USER_DOMAIN]\[COMP_USER_NAME]'
exec sp_grantdbaccess '[COMP_USER_DOMAIN]\[COMP_USER_NAME]'
exec
Yan,
Try uninstalling from the command line with the option DISABLEROLLBACK=1.
For example, msiexec /x yourmsi.msi DISABLEROLLBACK=1.
This might make the uninstall quicker if it does not need to create copies of
all the files as it removes them in case you hit the cancel button during
Hello,
I'm having some trouble building WIX v3. The top of my build
log has
...
Target framework: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
Target(s) specified: inc
[property] Target framework changed to Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
...
However my
Set MSI logging policy and do the uninstall to see what's taking the time.
There is, for example, a C runtime custom action called (I think)
SxSUninstallCA that runs for a long time.
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: Bryan Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October
I removed the Assembly and AssemblyApplication attributes as you
suggested. The installer was already running with full UI. This is on
x86.
Unfortunately, the results were the same: abrupt rollback, no error
message to the user, and nothing in the log.
--
Paul Lalonde
Ok, more information. I took a look at the source for the certificate
install code (gotta love open source). The PFX file (binary stream) is
passed as a BLOB. The install code decrypts it and installs the first
and only the first certificate in the file. (This results in the
intermediate
I've been trying to develop some upgrade strategy for my program.
What I want to achieve is an installer which would be able to install lets
say version 1.0.3, but also upgrade the versions 1.0.0 or 1.0.1 to version
1.0.3.
To make the things simple lets say that installing is just copying some
Using Wix 3.0.4513.0, is there any way to specify a Radio Button Group
so that *none* of the items in the group are selected? I'm not
finding a way to do this and our software architects are insisting
that we do it this way.
Thanks!
Wendell
Maybe you could give a try to visual designer that is a part of wixEdit
http://wixedit.sourceforge.net/
You can create/change the dialogs in a very simple way there.
Sean Farrow wrote:
Hi:
As I visually impaired user I could do with some help laying out a WiX
dialog.
Would anybody be
If you use the Upgrade tag, you are doing a major upgrade. In this case, the
old version is removed and the new version is installed. If the files change
between the versions then you will get the latest versions after the upgrade.
Setting the OnlyDetect parameter to yes means that you just
Import the PFX on to your machine, then export only the certificate you want in
a PFX you ship?
-Original Message-
From: Bjerstedt, Tony [Audatex - Americas] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:48
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How
What version of the WiX toolset are you using?
-Original Message-
From: Nutesh Garg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 00:29
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] error while uninstalling
From: Nutesh Garg
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Wendell Joost [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Using Wix 3.0.4513.0, is there any way to specify a Radio Button Group
so that *none* of the items in the group are selected?
Are you trying to enforce that no selection is made, or are you trying
to provide another
Hi All,
I have posted this once before and so far no response, so I am going to
try and do a better job describing my problem. I am using the latest
weekly release Wix v3.0.4513 available since Sept. 13.
I have an install that creates a database using the SqlDatabase element.
I have the
What the designer wants is as follows:
The dialog defaults to this state:
Radio button has no options selected.
Next button is disabled until a radio button option is selected by the user.
My understanding of MSI and WiX is that this is not supported (one
button in a radio button group MUST be
I have been researching what could have changed. I think one
significant thing I know has changed is that I upgraded my server's
version of SQL Server to be 2008 (from 2005).
Amy
-Original Message-
From: Amy Rosewater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:05 PM
Hello!
So I am working on a new version of a program already out in the field.
Thanks to a finger pointing in the right direction I have gotten the new
installer to run when clicked on (before, the old one ran), now I have
my upgrade stuff working fine and dandy, though I have just one
WiX release 3.0.4513.0
When I use a ComponentRef inside a FeatureRef inside a Fragment file,
the File in my single Component doesn't end up in my MSI. However, if I
move the FeatureRef into the main Product file, it works as I expect.
Confused? Me too. Here's a tiny WiX project that gives the
The property is being set correctly
Action 17:11:37: RemoveExistingProducts. Removing applications
Action start 17:11:37: RemoveExistingProducts.
RemoveExistingProducts: Application: {D2E3C4E8-F835-42BF-9871-DC2AF481361B},
Command line:
Hi
A couple of thoughts
1. How are you resolving [DATABASENAME] and [SQLSERVER] - are they
correct during uninstall
2. I noticed you are using User=InstallationSqlUser - has this been
effected by the 2008 upgrade
3. I am not particularly familiar with 2008, but in doing the upgrade
has the SQL
References start at the Product and work down. If a Fragment does not get a
reference into it, it will never be included in the build. Would that explain
the behavior you are seeing?
-Original Message-
From: Brian Gillespie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008
The PFX file includes the complete certificate chain. (The PFX file
actually includes 3 certificates including an updated root cert for
Verisign.) Thus all of the embedded certificates need to be installed.
When I use the IISAdmin tool to import the file (Website
properties-Directory Security
Sure, you can open a feature request. There might be one open already...
-Original Message-
From: Bjerstedt, Tony [Audatex - Americas] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 15:23
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How do
Sounds like you should probably schedule CopyFiles before RemoveFiles and/or
InstallFiles (not sure of their default sequencing relative to one another),
and re-schedule RemoveExistingProducts to just before or after InstallFinalize
(instead of InstallInitialize). This is all done in the
Re sending my query...
-Regards
Sandeep
-Original Message-
From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 12:40 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Component execution based on condition
Seems like someone answered this one earlier. You have spelled your property
two different ways in different locations:
INSTALLLSFILES
INSTALLPSFILES
-Original Message-
From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 3:59 PM
To:
Sorry This is a typo error. Correcting my error.
I have some component which are executing based on some property. I am
declaring my property like that:
Property Id= INSTALLPSFILES
I am assigning values to this property on some button click event:
Control Id=Install Type=PushButton X=240
Since switching to wix, I haven't worked yet on any installers with UI so I
haven't used that particular element yet. However, have you checked the log
file to see if the property is being set? What does the 1 in between the
Publish tags do?
-Original Message-
From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL
Hi Rob,
References start at the Product and work down. If a Fragment does
not get a reference into it, it will never be included in the build.
Would that explain the behavior you are seeing?
Probably. Maybe I'm trying to organize my XML files in a way that WiX
isn't designed to handle.
Sounds about right. I've been down this road too. You don't need to end up
with any Component* elements in your main feature tree. What I ended up
doing was something more like this in your main:
Feature ...
FeatureRef ... /
FeatureRef ... /
/Feature
And then in your fragments have
Well, you can break your Features out into separate Fragments and have those
Features contain the ComponentRefs. Then you just need FeatureRefs in the
Product. There are lots of permutations but they start at the entry section
(Product / Module / Patch) and work down as deep as necessary.
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/04/13/2106139.aspx
-Original Message-
From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 3:59 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Component
Hi Michael,
Thanks for your reply:
I do have DATABASENAME and SQLSERVER at the time of uninstall. The
InstallationSqlUser is set by the following User node in my wix source:
util:User Id=InstallationSqlUser Name=[SQLLOGIN]
Password=[SQLLOGINPASSWORD]
Hello Amy,
I don't normally use the user ID, so I'm not sure if it shows up in a
verbose MSI log, but I might do - the verbose log normally shows things
like property changes, which includes something like this for database
actions
-Original Message-
From: Amy Rosewater [mailto:[EMAIL
Hello Amy,
(Sorry hit the wrong key combination)
I don't normally use the user ID, so I'm not sure if it shows up in a verbose
MSI log, but I might do - the verbose log normally shows things like property
changes, which includes something like this for database actions
MSI (s) (44!D0)
Hi All,
I am using wix v3.0.4513. I have an install in which I would like to
add nodes to config files. I have the following xml in my install which
always results in the same error:
Error 25542. Failed to find node: CreateVirtualDirectoryApplicationNode
in XML file:
Hi guys,
The registry entries generated by heat.exe writes to HKCR\CLSID, while RegAsm
actually writes them to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID and so on. Any plans to fix
this? Or any workarounds other than manually replacing them ourselves?
Thank you very much!
Best regards,
Shao Voon
Hi
I am trying to work out how to test two conditions in one go
Publish Dialog=XScreen2Dlg Control=Next Event=NewDialog
Value=XScreen4Dlg Order=1![CDATA[TWAIN =0 AND SERVERPC =PC]]/Publish
Publish Dialog=XrScreen2Dlg Control=Next Event=NewDialog
Value=TypeOfInstallDlg Order=2![CDATA[TWAIN =0
What's the difference?
-Original Message-
From: Wong Shao Voon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 19:56
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Problem on Heat.exe
Hi guys,
The registry entries generated by heat.exe writes to HKCR\CLSID, while
Okay. Should be a pretty simple script to replace HKCR with
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID.
From: Wong Shao Voon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 20:54
To: Rob Mensching
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Problem on Heat.exe
No difference which I can detect of. But I notice .Net
No difference which I can detect of. But I notice .Net COM assembly
goes to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID while native COM dll goes to
HKCR\CLSID . I only want the behaviour to be as close as RegAsm as
possible, I believe RegAsm has a reason to do that which I do not know
of.
Best regards,
Shao
Though I do not know the reason, I happen to found this link below,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370810(VS.85).aspx
When a user uses RegAsm, he/she does not have to care where RegAsm writes to
but using Heat.exe, we have to be aware of the registry location. Anyway, it is
not just
Hi All,
I have written the below custom action .
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
Product Id=bfb13c62-6766-47a5-b1b4-f0fc1694ba58
Name=CustomActionsSetup Language=1033 Version=1.0.0.0
Manufacturer=CustomActionsSetup
Hi All,
I have a scenario where I need to take
Backup of already existing files.
Remove the files.
Copy new files into the above location.
Copy back only the Web.Config file from the backup location.
I have written seperate components for each step in WIX .wxs file.
I am using Wix 2.0
-Original Message-
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:29 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] error while uninstalling
What version of the WiX toolset are you using?
Madhavi,
You don't need to include the path and executable name in the ExeCommand
attribute's value. Only parameters for the executable:
CustomAction Id=DoSomething BinaryKey=MyCA
ExeCommand='D:\Samples\EnvironmentConfig.xml RPP BACKUP'
Execute=deferred
Return=check HideTarget=no
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