[WiX-users] Wix for ASP.Net Web Application

Hi, I would like use Wix for deploying a ASP.Net Web Application. I have added the Wix project to the solution which contains the ASP.NET Web Application. I would like to know if there is an automated way to generate the .wxs file for the ASP.NET Web Application. Thanks

[WiX-users] CustomAction doesn't execute

Hello, could anybody tell me why this won't show me a message box? CustomAction Id=ShowMbox Error=asdasd / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=ShowMbox Before=LaunchConditions/ /InstallExecuteSequence -- The Palm

[WiX-users] Change caption off a Messagebox shown from CA

I'm using Session.Message to spawn a Messegebox from some CA. Is there a way to change Caption on a spawned Messagebox? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Change-caption-off-a-Messagebox-shown-from-CA-tp5375949p5375949.html Sent from

[WiX-users] Installer crashes on windows 2008 server

Hi, I am having an installer which takes a lot of time after license agreement dialog. In the mean time it displays a dialog box saying computing space requirement. This dialog box has a return button on it. After a long time this dialog box disappears. This dialog box has two different

Re: [WiX-users] How to set TARGETDIR and SourceDir

Hi, But When I run heat on a directory, the source attribute of File is set to SourceDir\FileName. Is there a way to override this. Thanks Satyaprakash J -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 3:55 PM To: General

[WiX-users] wxs file

Hi, Is there an automated way to generate wxs file for a ASP.NET web application project. I know we can use heat, but heat does not add dlls referenced in the project. Thanks Satyaprakash J -- The Palm

[WiX-users] Changing a main module property value within a merge module custom action

Hi, In my setup project, I am having a main module and a merge module. I have a property called 'MYPROP' declared in the main module. I need to do some operations in the merge module's custom action and depending on the operation result, I need to set the value of 'MYPROP' to '0' or '1'. I

Re: [WiX-users] setupbld setup.exe repair install

hi Warne any guideline on using msistuff.exe ? Also which setup.exe should i use in command line? the one available with from Wix toolset? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/setupbld-setup-exe-repair-install-tp3973894p5376436.html

Re: [WiX-users] Installer crashes on windows 2008 server

Hi, Windows 2008 is with very high security. So please check do you have permissions on registry, folder (drive), temp folder etc. Thanks, Rahul -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 5:00 PM To: General discussion for

Re: [WiX-users] Installer crashes on windows 2008 server

But it does not have issues if I do not click on return button. rahul.ekb...@sungard.com wrote: Hi, Windows 2008 is with very high security. So please check do you have permissions on registry, folder (drive), temp folder etc. Thanks, Rahul -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao

[WiX-users] Newbie question

Hi, I have created a ASP.NET application project in Visual Studio. I have created the wxs file. Now if I add a new file to the ASP.NET application project, it looks like we have to manually update the wxs file also. Is there an automated way of updating the wxs file? Thanks

[WiX-users] How to get vaues from C# custom action

I am doing a check in C# custom action and if some condition satiisfies , then i am returning ActionResult.Sucess or ActionResult.Failure ? My question is how to get these status codes in my script? I have set the attribute Return=Check in custom action attributes and this custom action is

[WiX-users] How to get vaues from C# custom action

I am doing a check in C# custom action and if some condition satiisfies , then i am returning ActionResult.Sucess or ActionResult.Failure ? My question is how to get these status codes in my script? I have set the attribute Return=Check in custom action attributes and this custom action is

Re: [WiX-users] error LGHT0004 : The wixObject element contains an unexpected attribute 'src'.

That makes sense. Maybe a specific project is explicitly using version 2.x. We have both checked in (2.x and 3.0). I will search through the tree and kill those and see if that works. Thanks, Vijai. From: Blair [os...@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, August

[WiX-users] installing files to user's application data folder

I'm a complete newbie to WiX and Windows Installer. I've worked through the tutorials and documentation, and feel pretty comfortable with all the basics. Now I'm trying to create an installer to fit my requirements, and while the basic install of the app and shortcuts, including conditions, and

[WiX-users] WIX 3.5

Can anyone help me out, about how to integrate Wix 3.5 installer project into a Tfs Build (im using TFS 2010) Or maybe point me into some tutorials about it? Thanks, Victor Mora -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers

[WiX-users] Modify Group Policy with WiX

Does WiX support modifying group policy? I need to enable the GP force a specific visual style file or force Windows Classic from my MSI. Thanks, Jacob -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the

Re: [WiX-users] installing files to user's application data folder

Michael, With only one file in the component, you probably don't need the KeyPath. My WXS doesn't need the KeyPath for a file (I have a single file in each component) and it passes all ICE tests. As far as putting files into a specific user folder that should be OK if you are doing a

Re: [WiX-users] installing files to user's application data folder

Chris Lord-2 wrote: With only one file in the component, you probably don't need the KeyPath. My WXS doesn't need the KeyPath for a file (I have a single file in each component) and it passes all ICE tests. I would have thought so, but I get the same ICE38 error. Based on the MSDN

Re: [WiX-users] installing files to user's application data folder

I did find a work-around for the ICE64 errors, but it seems a bit clunky (see below). Can anybody confirm whether this is the correct way to do this? Directory Id=AppDataFolder Directory Id=3rdPartyAppData Name=3rdParty Component Id=3rdPartyAppDataFolder

Re: [WiX-users] installing files to user's application data folder

Oh, my bad. I forgot the RegistryValue Root=HKCU Key=Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName] Type=string Value= KeyPath=yes / that belongs in each component. Still not an elegant solution, so comments welcome. Thanks! -- View this message in context:

[WiX-users] reboot prompt appears before uninstall on Vista

I have a set of custom actions and reboot scheduled at the end for both install and uninstall in non-silent mode. It works fine for install on all windows platform. Uninstall from Add/Remove program also works fine on all but Vista. On Vista reboot prompt pops even before the uninstall is

[WiX-users] reboot prompt appears before uninstall on Vista

I have a set of custom actions and reboot scheduled at the end for both install and uninstall in non-silent mode. It works fine for install on all windows platform. Uninstall from Add/Remove program also works fine on all but Vista. On Vista reboot prompt pops even before the uninstall is

Re: [WiX-users] Modify Group Policy with WiX

I shudder at the thought.  I would be so angry if I installed software that did this to my machine.  Software should never be this tightly coupled to a specific visual style and if you are otherwise authorized to make these types of changes because you own the environment it shouldn't be done

Re: [WiX-users] reboot prompt appears before uninstall on Vista

Forgot to mention that my custom actions are deferred and check:   CustomAction Id=InstallDreamWorld     Directory=DreamWorld     ExeCommand=setup.exe /install     Execute=deferred     Return=check/   CustomAction

Re: [WiX-users] Modify Group Policy with WiX

This is required for our software package to work. Without going much into the details, these installs are done on our VM's which hosts our solution and not on any user machines. Is this supported natively in WiX? Jacob On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Christopher Painter

Re: [WiX-users] Modify Group Policy with WiX

Hi Christopher, this is not tightly coupled to a visual style. In silent mode i have a top level installer that takes care of reboot based upon the status of bunch of smaller installers. In GUI mode user is directly invoking the installer/uninstall and hence the difference.

Re: [WiX-users] How to set TARGETDIR and SourceDir

The Source attribute of the File element currently ignores the SourceDir\ beginning when it finds it. However, you can override it using the -var parameter (see the heat tool's commandline help for details). -Original Message- From: Satyaprakash J [mailto:sat...@smartek21.com] Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] Changing a main module property value within a merge module custom action

I don't know if this will work, but did you suppress modularization on the MYPROP variable in your merge module? BTW, if I can make a plug: if you can get away with using WixLibs instead of MSMs they are much easier to work with, much more flexible, easier to understand, and tend to be less

Re: [WiX-users] msi upgrade problems per-user vs per-machine contextfailure

On 8/4/2010 7:39 PM, Blair wrote: From the install log you sent the link to earlier: What is standing out to me (from the properties, this is (I'm assuming) installing 0.5.0 over 0.3.0 via major upgrade): Before the sequence table is parsed: MSI (s) (78:4C) [20:14:06:466]: Product not

Re: [WiX-users] Modify Group Policy with WiX

Natively, no.  In my expeirence trying to set things in GPO typically fails anyways because a domain controller will just come by a little bit later and fix it for you. Why don't you just update your VM images? - Original Message From: Sajo Jacob spja...@gmail.com To: General

Re: [WiX-users] Modify Group Policy with WiX

We just have the ability to remotely install our solution, and can't reimage the VM's unfortunately. Any other ideas? On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Christopher Painter chr...@deploymentengineering.com wrote: Natively, no. In my expeirence trying to set things in GPO typically fails anyways

[WiX-users] How to modify iis administration.config file

Hello, I'm trying to install my own IIS module on Windows 7 x64 system. I did follow the steps on article http://jdhardy.blogspot.com/2008/10/installing-iis7-ui-extensions-with-wix.html using util:XmlConfig to modify administration.config located under %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\config.

Re: [WiX-users] How to modify iis administration.config file

If the error message is accurate it would seem to be dropping your %systemroot% out of the path, which isn't too surprising. You might try something more like [WindowsFolder]\system32\inetsrv\config Or [SystemFolder]\inetsrv\config -Original Message- From: ahmet aslan

[WiX-users] how can I check for FULL admin privileges

The MSI I'm working has an immediate custom action (after InstallFinalize) which writes to HKLM. On Win7 etc it fails even if the logged-on user is an admin unless it's run from an Admin Command Prompt (msiexec /i ...). How can I check for FULL admin privileges? Can it be done with Windows

Re: [WiX-users] how can I check for FULL admin privileges

What I've seen recommended (I think from an MSI team member) is to have a type 19 custom action in the Execute sequence that checks Privileged, because by then you're elevated or not. There is also MSIUSEREALADMINDETECTION, but it generally seems like a bad idea to try to preserve old behavior

[WiX-users] Can you change the text of an installed file based on installation parameters?

I've got an XML file that will be installed along with my app, which refers to my app's installed executable. (Sort of like a shortcut, except that this XML is used by a 3rd-party app to invoke my app as an add-on. My app can also run as a standalone app.) I'd like to give the user who installs

[WiX-users] TempFolder changes mid-install!?

Hi All, I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction as i have searched everywhere and have found no trace of this issue. Anyway... I have an installer that functions well and seem to do everything i'd like, except on one system. On this system for some reason the TempFolder

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 3.5

Two ways (take your pick): 1) Install WiX on the build machine the same way you install it on the developer machines. 2) Add the contents of the wix35-binaries.zip to a convenient place in your solution/enlistment and follow Bob's suggestion on this page: