Take a look at this chapter in this tutorial:
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson8.php#8.6
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From: Naresh Jain [mailto:naresh.j...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:05 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Launching an
It is only possible under Windows Vista.
details in my comment here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=642717aid=1989218group_id=105970
W dniu 2009-02-26 01:41, Dan Giambalvo pisze:
I'm trying to figure out how to add to my installer's FilesInUse
dialog. My Installer contains a
Something like this. You can iterate your paths to remove and generate
appropriate elements (C#):
//RemoveFile element
XmlElement removeFileElement = document.CreateElement(RemoveFile);
removeFileElement.SetAttribute(Id, propertyId + _FILES);
removeFileElement.SetAttribute(Name, *.*);
This should help:
http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html
http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html
Neil
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From:
Hi guys,
My msi is in the same folder as the setup.exe. And the path specified by the
setup.exe error message is correct and is the same path as the msi. Why it is
unable to locate my msi?
I am using 3.0.5020.0 after 3.0.4721.0 bootstrapper failed to work in the same
way. My
I've compared the wixobj files from before I added the files and now - the
only difference is the addition of the files... the declarations of the
effected files in the effected cab are unchanged, so I don't see what can be
edited to prevent this from happening :-(
Thomas S. Trias wrote:
It
I seem to remember that you'll want to use something like
$(TargetFileName) instead of $(TargetPath) to avoid having the full
path embedded inside the bootstrapper
/Simon
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Bob Lim cbasic...@yahoo.com.sg wrote:
Hi guys,
My msi is in the same folder as the
I dont have a ComponentGroup in my generated file.
To harvest the directory i call heat dir C:\Publish -out raw.wxs.
The version of heat.exe is 3.0.4805.0
Did i make a mistake in the call of heat.exe?
Von: Yan Sklyarenko [...@sitecore.net]
Gesendet:
Try using -sfrag switch.
And you can run heat /? For more info about it.
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From: Bahn Thomas [mailto:thomas.b...@cic-group.eu]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:45 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installer
Hi,
i am a newbie in Wix and is using Wix 3.0 toolset currently.
before, i was using installshield for creating installers.
i was wondering do we have some concept in Wix like SUPPORTDIR in
Installshield.
Below is what i have thought as a solution to the above:-
Means, if we dont have one,
Hi All,
I am executing batch file using custom action which removes the extra
folders during uninstallation. But it's not executing the custom action.
The code is as follows:
CustomAction Id=UninstallAct Property=SCRIPTBAT ExeCommand=
Return=ignore /
InstallExecuteSequence
!-- Only run
I want my installer wix project to retrieve the version # of a built
assembly and then use that for the version in the installer. I am
using preprocessor variables in my wix code and that all works great
if I use the command line.
In my installer msbuild project I have the following target
What I'm doing in a situation much like that is using an interpreted
language to generate my .wxs files... That way, I have control over how
the GUID's are generated.
I have to admit I use Perl to do it, but you could do it in another
language, as long as it can generate type 4 GUIDs (the ones
Hi,
I'm in the long way of converting tons of InstallShield projects to
WIX last days. Usually I use dark on compiled merge modules and do
some cleanup manually. In most cases this is enough.
Few days ago I found a component which has been correctly decompiled
from msm, but source generated by
Reggie Burnett wrote:
By using the warning element I can see that my RetrieveIdentities
target is running. I'm trying to use my version property here
PropertyGroup
DefineConstantsVersion=$(CurrentVersion)/DefineConstants
WixVariables/WixVariables
/PropertyGroup
But this
Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation) wrote:
Though, the components are registering properly; I don't see any 'Class'
table in Orca.
WiX generates Class table rows only if the Class/@Advertised attribute
is yes.
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Tabmow wrote:
Can i
confirm one thing with you guys: if i do this, RemoveExistingProducts will
still work to get rid of the previously installed version irregardless of
whether the 'changed' files have different GUIDs in the new installer,
right?
Yes, though there are some bugs around
Bob Lim wrote:
I am using 3.0.5020.0 after 3.0.4721.0 bootstrapper failed to work in the
same way.
GenerateBootstrapper isn't a WiX task; it's part of the .NET Framework.
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I am trying to execute this Custom action and its not working. I want the
finish dialog to have a checkbox which says do not restart computer. If its
unchecked(which is default) then restart the computer.
UI
UIRef Id=WixUI_Mondo/
Publish Dialog=ExitDialog Control=Finish
Hi Bob,
Candle output:
Project.wxs(474): error CNDL0107: Schema validation failed with the
following error at line 1, column 67675: The element 'ProgId' in namespace
'http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi' has invalid child element 'ProgId'
in namespace
You should really just use ScheduleReboot and condition it on your checkbox.
See the Wix help file for more details.
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Keep in mind that on UAC systems that allow an over the shoulder install you
might find that a non-Administrator gets an Administrator to supply
credentials, and the app will launch at the end with Administrator credentials,
leaving the non-Administrator with a privileged app running. I believe
Hi,
I need a help to execute bunch of SQL files which are not part of my WXS / MSI
but need to execute them through my MSI during installation. All these SQL
files are present at some shared location which is changing on a day to day
basis like (addition of new SQL script, deletion or
Is the MSI a 32 or 64 bit install?
greenaj
Hukumchand Shah hukum.s...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
I am executing batch file using custom action which removes the extra
folders during uninstallation. But it's not executing the custom action.
The code is as follows:
CustomAction
Write a C# Custom Action using DTF, and pass it as parameter the folder with
the sql scripts. The function then can just use OLEDB or SQLCMD to run the
scripts.
Eitan
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From: Pankaj Agrawal (Infosys Technologies Ltd)
[mailto:v-pa...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Thursday,
Tabmow wrote:
Thanks Bob. We won't be using managed code. Excuse my ignorance, but what
is GAC?
Global Assembly Cache, where managed assemblies are native SxS
assemblies are installed.
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Wilson, Phil wrote:
Keep in mind that on UAC systems that allow an over the shoulder install you
might find that a non-Administrator gets an Administrator to supply
credentials, and the app will launch at the end with Administrator
credentials, leaving the non-Administrator with a
Hi Everyone,
Can you show me an example of how to pass an wix extension to candle ?
I tried this and it didn't work.
wix mode=candle -ext WixUtilExtension wixObjDestDir=${app.build}
sources refid=app.sources/
/wix
Bob Arnson-6 wrote:
Tabmow wrote:
Thanks Bob. We won't be using managed code. Excuse my ignorance, but
what
is GAC?
Global Assembly Cache, where managed assemblies are native SxS
assemblies are installed.
ok. Thanks again Bob.
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Hey Peter,
You might want to pass the full path to the extension depending on how the
task picks up the location of candle. However, your syntax looks correct.
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/extension_usage_introduction.htm
Brian Rogers
Intelligence removes complexity. - Me
Hey Igor,
What does the command line value look like inside of the MSI itself? Have
you viewed it with Orca (
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370557.aspx) yet?
Thanks,
Brian Rogers
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:17 AM,
There are two issues here. First of all, value provided for ExeCommand
attribute is not a valid XML. Remember that ' characters have to be
encoded:
ExeCommand='-d quot;[INSTALLLOCATION] quot; -f quot;
[TempFolder]eclipse.zipquot;'
Second, it seems like whatever tool is parsing this XML
Ok dumb question!
I just realized that I should set the features default InstallLevel=0 and
condition it to become 1 if the registry key is found.
Karl Denning wrote:
I have a feature that is hidden by default and does not install.
However, if a specific registry key is found, the
Thanks Eitan
If you have the sample code to do this. Could you please pass me that?
Thanks,
Pankaj
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From: Eitan Behar [mailto:ei...@baconao.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:19 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re:
MSDN says the way to recognize a server version of Windows is to use the
MsiNTProductType property. Is there a reason why WiX 2.0.5805.0 will not let me
use it in a LaunchCondition, like this?
Condition Message=This application is not for Windows Servers
VersionNT=500 AND
peter clift wrote:
Can you show me an example of how to pass an wix extension to candle ?
You probably want to talk to the Ant folks that wrote the task.
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Alan Sinclair wrote:
MSDN says the way to recognize a server version of Windows is to use the
MsiNTProductType property. Is there a reason why WiX 2.0.5805.0 will not let
me use it in a LaunchCondition, like this?
Condition Message=This application is not for Windows Servers
Joe Colon wrote:
do multiple file database creation still unsupported as of today? (2/26/09),
build 3.0.5020
The feature request is still open because nobody's volunteered to work
on it.
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Hey Alan,
You might want to try using one of the following as you are in XML.
Condition Message=This application is not for Windows Servers
VersionNTgt;=500 AND MsiNTProductTypelt;2
/Condition
Condition Message=This application is not for Windows Servers
![CDATA[VersionNT=500
Hey Arun,
In addition to what John mentioned, you create an having a batch file that
calls shutdown which is not hard rooted. If the user's path points to some
other named shutdown.exe your action will fail. I know it sounds unlikely,
but it happens.
Second, if my memory is correct, once the
Thanks Bob and Brian -- I'm still new to XML
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From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:06 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Why cannot use MsiNTProductType value in Condition?
What is the difference between !(bind.VariableName) and !(wix.VariableName)?
I've seen examples of !(wix.VariableName) usage in WixUI_Advanced.wxs but can't
find a reference in the documentation. My gut tells me they are two syntaxes
for referencing WixVariable values.
Assuming my gut is
I want to run a custom action at the end of a rollback of product
upgrade. This custom action will change the logon password of an
installed service so it should be executed at the end of the rollback
after the service from the previous install is rolled back.
In article 49a75c79.5030...@tait.co.nz,
Joe Osman joe.os...@tait.co.nz writes:
I want to run a custom action at the end of a rollback of product
upgrade. This custom action will change the logon password of an
installed service so it should be executed at the end of the rollback
Hi thanks Simon! Your suggestion worked!
Thanks again!
Best regards,
Bob Lim
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Hi all,
There are few pre-requisites for my application, which will be installed on
a Windows server 2008 machine.
Most of those pre-requisites are there in the ServerManager features and
roles.
Is there a way in wix, to verify whether those features are installed, and
to install them if not
Has anyone gotten this error when using DTF?SFXCA: Failed to extract to
temporary directory. Cabinet error code 11.
Has anyone managed to pack a directory using another method?
Thanks,
Shawn
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Shawn Dwyer shawn.o.dw...@gmail.comwrote:
I think I'm getting close
I'd be curious to find out about this as well... it's a curiosity I've
had... if an application depends on a windows component that is part of the
windows installer, how do they get installed? I don't know of any
pre-requisite msi file that can be put in as part of a bootstrapper... then
again,
Hi,
I need to run an application after the user presses the finish button. Is
there a simple way to do that, in WiX v3?
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