Re: [WiX-users] WIX 3.0: Targeting a patch to multiple SKUs

Did you ever figure this out? -Original Message- From: Sharat Janapareddy [mailto:sharat.janapare...@microsoft.com] Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 2:46 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] WIX 3.0: Targeting a patch to multiple SKUs Please bear with me if I am

Re: [WiX-users] Delta patching a very large binary file.

Is it advisable to call out to a command line action to solve this problem until there is a native wix solution? Cheers, Darren On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Blair os...@live.com wrote: The older technology (the one used by Windows Installer) is called PatchAPI (patchapi.h) and the newer

Re: [WiX-users] Delta patching a very large binary file.

You may be able to craft a Custom Action that would replicate the pattern of the PatchFiles standard action in some fashion but building all the parts to make it work would not be trivial, and you are limited to Vista and above (MSDelta won't be supported on XP or Server 2003). I don't see a

Re: [WiX-users] NeverOverwrite attribute behavior

Thanks for the answer, Blair. However, I'm not sure I fully understand the way it works. The MSDN docs for Component table state the following: ...the component remains enabled once installed even if the conditional statement in the Condition column later evaluates to False on a subsequent

Re: [WiX-users] setting default INSTALLDIR

Thanks, i deleted the default value of the property and that worked. And can i omit the Select Directory dialog if i already know the location to install? -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a

Re: [WiX-users] IIS virtual directory

I tried IIsExtension first. I only saw functionality for installing virtual directories that refer to directories installed by the package. I need to install virtual directories that refer to arbitrary locations on the filesystem or on a network share. When a network share is specified, I also

Re: [WiX-users] ProductLanguage property not included in transformation (created using Torch.exe)

Hi There was no error message while creating the transform nor during applying it to MSI file. I do not want to create patch. Only thing I need is to create language transformation that will change also ProductLanguage property. Following command line will create language transformation but the

Re: [WiX-users] SQL Script sequencing/committing issues

Nope. Since this issue is rare since my 'ugly fix' (having a bunch of pointers), it hasn't been a high priority. I would love to know what is happening and if there is something I could do to clean up the code. If there is one pointer (like the smaller SQL setups I've done) causes the issue

Re: [WiX-users] setting default INSTALLDIR

Certainly, if that is appropriate for your user-base. That is you and your team's decision. -Original Message- From: pushist1y [mailto:mister.p...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 3:35 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] NeverOverwrite attribute behavior

The text you are referring to relates to the ComponentCondition element (unless you make the component Transitive, you can't add or remove the component independently from its feature(s) with a maintenance installation. You would have to use a major upgrade (or make the component transitive)). If

Re: [WiX-users] NeverOverwrite attribute behavior

Everything you say is true. :) ...where the component's keypath does not change... And again, this corresponds to File or RegistryKey as a key path, not Directory, which is the case in my case... But, anyway, thanks for discussion. The process is much clearer for me know. -- Yan

[WiX-users] Custom Action .net dll referring signed assembly

Hey All, We have a signed .net assembly, it has some functionality(e.g, validate license key .. etc) While installing the application we need to validate the user entered license key. For this to happen we have create a WIX Custom Project , which refers the our signed .net assembly. The custom

Re: [WiX-users] NeverOverwrite attribute behavior

Hello Yan and Blair, This is the same problem I have and also cannot seem to hurdle it. Here's the original post: http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg34336.htm l After a lot of research and trial and error, I have given up trying to get this to work. I realize that I

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

My MSP files are performing small hotfix updates to correct a couple of bugs. Thanks for informing me about that restriction. Is there a workaround you can think of because I'm pretty much stumped on this one. Blair-2 wrote: Are your patches MSP files performing either small updates or

[WiX-users] A simple web site example request

I'm relatively new to WIX and I'm looking for a simple example to get started on an installer for a web site that will be deployed in an n-tier environment.  From the examples I've searched for on the web I've pieced together a basic WIX file but the messages coming back from IIS are too

Re: [WiX-users] A simple web site example request

Ok, looks like my font didn't come through on the first post: ? Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:iis=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/IIsExtension; Product Id=dc2796e2-8082-4096-b306-d207bce48818 Name=WebServerWIX Language=1033 Version=10.0.0.0 Manufacturer=OIS

Re: [WiX-users] A simple web site example request

I'm finding my real issue here (so far) is the build configurations within Visual Studio 2008.  It seems the WiX35.msi doesn't fully deal with build configurations too cleanly and so even if you think you're rebuilding your wix project within a visual studio rebuild, you may not infact be

Re: [WiX-users] IIS virtual directory

No, you didn't miss anything, I did. Network shares are not currently supported by the IIS Extension and I had forgotten that the WebVirtualDir/@Directory had to be a reference. You could work around the latter but the former is a show stopper. Unfortunately, to do this well will require a

Re: [WiX-users] A simple web site example request

I have not seen that problem, however, In our case we build Mixed Platforms because we have some x86 specific code and some Any CPU code. What kind of output do you seen in the build window? Is this during a build or a rebuild? -Original Message- From: Charles Mcdonald

[WiX-users] Prevent Maintenance mode (at beginning of UI seq.)

All - I want to prevent the installer from entering into maintenance mode. I have set ARPNOMODIFY to 1 which prevents doing it through ARP. But I don't want the user to be able to run the installer a second time, so I tried creating a custom action to display an error message in the case that it

Re: [WiX-users] A simple web site example request

Ok, after getting VS 2008 to do rebuild my simple wix project I'm back to the original error: ConfigureIIsExec:  Error 0x80070006: Failed to format string ConfigureIIsExec:  Error 0x80070006: Failed to get Description for Web ConfigureIIsExec:  Error 0x80070006: failed while processing WebSites

Re: [WiX-users] A simple web site example request

I found that the build configuration was ignoring it whether it was in a build or rebuild.  I think it was originally in Mixed Platforms and then I switched it to AnyCPU and that's when I didn't realized it was ignored for that configuration. We also have x86 because we have code coverage for

[WiX-users] Partial major upgrade?

Hi, we have prepared one MSI package with the whole set of our programs (many of our customers buy more than 4 programs which share the same libraries) and we try to persuade our customers to buy all the programs in the same major version so it's not a problem, but there was one case... The

Re: [WiX-users] setting default INSTALLDIR

Great! =) But i meant - HOW can i do that? =))) -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your

Re: [WiX-users] A simple web site example request

Ok, the example below now works (you folks have fixed the problem in the latest available wix35.msi). If anyone has a similar problem of getting a very simple web site to install you'll need the latest wix35.msi found at: http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.5.1120.0/ My configuration uses

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action .net dll referring signed assembly

If you mean certificate signed, Windows is going to try to verify the signature by going to the internet to validate it. This may be something to do with the error. Where is the CA sequenced? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Ranganatha H C [mailto:ranganatha...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] Adding Entries to Add/Remove Programs Without MSI

Yes, it's not terribly well documented, however it is possible. Bear in mind that, after doing so, it's not possible to programmatically refresh the ARP dialog - you'll need to hit F5 or reload ARP to see the changes. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

Re: [WiX-users] Showing custom progress in installer

This might help, added to .NET 3.0 FW install and hopefully still in 3.5. http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/08/30/731057.aspx Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Igor Lemsky [mailto:igor.lem...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 7:11 PM To: General discussion

[WiX-users] How Do I Verify Group Membership?

Is there an easy way to verify that a user, specified via a public property is a member of a group? Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.comhttp://www.fiserv.com/ P Please consider the environment before

Re: [WiX-users] How Do I Verify Group Membership?

There's a wix extension in http://msiext.codeplex.com that can add the user to a local group if he is not in it, and there's 99% of the code that would allow you to write an immediate custom action to check whether a user is a member of a group (the code that checks exists, but it hasn't been

Re: [WiX-users] Logging from XML file?

When (where) do you want the log message to appear in the log file? dB. @ dblock.org Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York -Original Message- From: Slide [mailto:slide.o@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:09 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] How Do I Verify Group Membership?

Thanks! I'll take a look. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -Original Message- From: dB. [mailto:dbl...@dblock.org] Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] A simple web site example request

Welcome to the bleeding edge. smile/ On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Charles Mcdonald charliem...@verizon.netwrote: Ok, the example below now works (you folks have fixed the problem in the latest available wix35.msi). If anyone has a similar problem of getting a very simple web site to

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action .net dll referring signed assembly

Hey, Thanks for the response. The dll is not signed with the certificate; Its signed with a private key. The custom action is a immediate custom action , scheduled after a Next button click in dialog which comes before install file path selection. Thanks Ranganatha On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at

Re: [WiX-users] NeverOverwrite attribute behavior

Generally, components with non-directory keypaths tend to be much easier to manage than ones forced to use a directory as their keypath. Unfortunately many things you might want to use as keypaths can't be (e.g. shortcuts created using the shortcut table, content changes to a config file).

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent Maintenance mode (at beginning of UI seq.)

If the user sets the REINSTALL property on the commandline (usually it is set by users to ALL but it could be any comma-delimited list of your features) then the installation will enter maintenance mode. It will also enter maintenance mode if they apply an MSP file or if they request removal. If

Re: [WiX-users] Partial major upgrade?

I hope your programs are implemented as Windows Installer Features in your MSI package. -Original Message- From: Ondrej Zarevucky [mailto:ondrej.zarevu...@fine.cz] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:25 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] setting default INSTALLDIR

In the wix.chm file, in various tutorials, and in messages in this mail-list, there are references to how to modify the dialogs. The modifications you need are to the next and back button target dialogs of the dialogs before and after the Select Directory dialog. What UI are you using? That could

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action .net dll referring signed assembly

In your build, was it signed before the reference was created in your CA project, or after? -Original Message- From: Ranganatha H C [mailto:ranganatha...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:32 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: