Re: [WiX-users] Change existing dialog text

Hey Thanks Nick, It is really good one. I was thinking to chang the whole dialog only for changing the text. .wxl file is really good solution. Thanks, Rahul. -Original Message- From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 11:04 PM To:

[WiX-users] No uninstall option from add/remove program ??

Hi, I have built an installer with WIX (3.5 and VS2010). The problem that I see is that I can't uninstall my app with the add/remove program. I can see that my app is listed in the add/remove program application list, but I can't uninstall (No uninstall option). I have to use the back the

Re: [WiX-users] No uninstall option from add/remove program ??

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Re: [WiX-users] No uninstall option from add/remove program ??

thanks Pally I'm gone look at the website and try it ! Have a great day ! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/No-uninstall-option-from-add-remove-program-tp5392837p5392936.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at

[WiX-users] Bootstrap installer

Hi there, I've gotten a few flavours of bootstrap installers going with Visual Studio and dotnet Installer. I can't yet figure out how to get setupbld to install prerequisites :( In general, I find all the options lacking. The main complaint is that while the MSI install itself looks quite

[WiX-users] Using the same custom Dialog with Add/Remove Program

Hi, I have built a WIX Installer (WIX 3.5 et VS2010). I'm using custom dialog when doing an uninstall (Uninstall from the WIX Installer). But when i'm using the uninstall from the Add/Remove program, it doesn't open my custom dialog for uninstall. Do I need to do something special to make it

Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit WiX

This appears to still be somewhat of an issue in Wix 3.5.2006.0. We use MSBuild on our developer workstations to build the series of projects, and it fails with the unable to load DLL 'winterop.dll'. Does anyone have a workaround or suggestion? Our command line to build looks something like

Re: [WiX-users] ICE34 error or Unresolved reference

Thanks. I looked at the source for MaintenanceTypeDlg.wxs and see what you are referring to. I can implement something similar in my UI. Thanks for the push in the right direction. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 8:16 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit WiX

On another note, I appear to have two versions of the dll installed (despite uninstalling Wix prior to installing the latest build). Here are the locations: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3.5\bin C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

[WiX-users] Need 2 German Installers

Hello, Due to legal reasons, my company's product (GibbsCAM) must be called by a different name in Germany (Virtual Gibbs). I have been instructed to keep the normal product name for German-speaking users outside of Germany, necessitating two German language installers - one for GibbsCAM and one

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap installer

All setupbld can do is wrap your msi into the resulting setup.exe. It is very basic in its functionality and if I am not mistaken, not really supported anymore or at least no active development is taking place. Yes, Burn is the feature you are going to want, as do many of us. It has been

[WiX-users] Uninstall not removing files

Hi, I am trying to understand why uninstall is not removing files. Here is the WIX file. Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=TABLESYNC_DIR Name=dontuse LongName=TableSync Component Id=tablesync_component Guid= File Id=TableSync.exe Name=dontuse

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall not removing files

Having said that, I note the name attribute is the same for all the files. You might want to check if that is acceptable. On 08/10/2010 06:25 PM, Chris Lord wrote: Run the uninstaller from the command line and get a verbose log. That should tell you the reason. On 08/10/2010 05:48 PM,

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall not removing files

I was told by an expert that this is fine. Thanks, Sudhakar -Original Message- From: Chris Lord [mailto:chris.l...@atterotech.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:34 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall not removing files

[WiX-users] ICE38 ICE43 Errors

I have looked around all day for solutions to this issue, but I couldn't find anything that actually worked. Here is what I had originally:- DirectoryRef Id=DesktopFolder Component Id=SkyAdminDesktopShortcut Guid=E69C9AAC-3BB5-4730-B65A-976923D69821 Win64=$(var.is64bit)

[WiX-users] Upgrade Element in Fragment

I was reading in the CHM/XSD that an Upgrade Element can belong to a Fragment element.  Is this really true?  I'm not sure I see what could reference it (UpgradeRef? ) in the schema.   Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall not removing files

Here it is. -Original Message- From: Chris Lord [mailto:chris.l...@atterotech.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall not removing files Run the uninstaller from the command line and get a

[WiX-users] Populate a temporary file during the install process

Hi All I'm trying to replace a custom action in our installer with some default WiX code. Currently the customer installer displays a dialog which asks for (up to) 4 user names. The custom action then writes these user names to a text file that gets placed in our application directory. The first

Re: [WiX-users] InternetShortcut and public properties

On 8/10/2010 3:54 PM, Chad Petersen wrote: Now that I'm past all my ICE errors I'm on to trying some new things. Never was happy with the old Desktop shortcuts, so I want to use the new InternetShortcut element. Here's what I'm trying to do. util:InternetShortcut Id=DesktopShortcut

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap installer

On 8/10/2010 4:50 PM, John L Krupka wrote: Yes, Burn is the feature you are going to want, as do many of us. It has been delayed a couple of times and latest has is slated for version 4.0. V3.6: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/4/28/Change-of-plans-for-WiX-v3.5 -- sig://boB

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

Thanks Blair for all the help. Now, it takes in the files with that flag and I successfully built the wixlib. But, I am facing the same old problem with wixlibs too (as like merge modules), i.e. the property value of the main module when changed within the wixlib, that change is reflected only

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap installer

On 10-08-10 11:21 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: On 8/10/2010 4:50 PM, John L Krupka wrote: Yes, Burn is the feature you are going to want, as do many of us. It has been delayed a couple of times and latest has is slated for version 4.0. V3.6:

Re: [WiX-users] Logging while uninstalling from Control Panel

Thanks guys. So looks like the only option is to enable logging in registry manually that will create log files for any program when uninstalled from Control Panel. I guess I have to live with it. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Saturday, August 07,

[WiX-users] Custom Action and Billboard Action

Hi , Is it possible to display the images while running the custom action using the Billboard? . Currently, in my installer images are displayed using the Billboard while installing the features. But while running the CA it will not get displayed. I have feature name ProductFeature it install