Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper with Administrator

2013-01-25 Thread Kannan24
Hi Neil, Sorry with previous question. I want to enable the UAC for the setup because processing in registry. The setup runs without UAC. When i execute the mt.exe with manifest, the setup runs in UAC windows but not loaded. The log file show, D:\Work\Build\Wix

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper with Administrator

2013-01-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
You can't change the manifest. The actual install phase will elevate so you should need change the bootstrapper, the idea is that you don't elevate until the user gets to see what they are going to run. Are you finding the elevation doesn't happen? Neil -Original Message- From:

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper with Administrator

2013-01-25 Thread Kannan24
Hi Neil, I done code to remove the registry value, during installation by bootstrapper application. If i run setup with Run as Administrator by right click on setup, it works fine. Like that i want to start the start with Run as administrator when double click burn setup. Thanks, Kannan --

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper with Administrator

2013-01-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
You shouldn't be doing any system changes in the bootstrapper they should all be in MSI to EXE packages. Why not move your registry delete to an MSI? Neil -Original Message- From: Kannan24 [mailto:skan...@syncfusion.com] Sent: 25 January 2013 09:06 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

[WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Natalie Carr
Hi along with my wix installer I have a dll created using the C++ custom action project. However on running my setup on XP the custom actions are all returning value 3 and failing. I believe they are not even getting entered as the logs don't show them being initialized. I need help asap as I have

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Have you tried linking to the C++ runtimes statically instead of to the DLLs ? The target runtime might be missing on XP. -Original Message- From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com] Sent: 25 January 2013 10:35 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper with Administrator

2013-01-25 Thread Kannan24
Hi Neil, We have some registry changes apart form the msi, the changes based on user input from UI. So this execute at end end of UI not msi. Also if we use any registry changes in msi, it also required admin rights, so the UAC will show when starting msi from bootstrapper also in after some

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Natalie Carr
Hi Peter, I am using the Multi-threaded for the runtime? Would that be causing the issue? Thanks for getting back to me Kind Regards, Natalie Carr -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 10:53 AM To: General discussion

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I seem to remember reading that C++ code compiled using VS2012 cannot target XP. Neil -Original Message- From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com] Sent: 25 January 2013 10:35 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP Hi along

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I think you need an update to VS2012 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/10/08/10357555.aspx Neil -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: 25 January 2013 11:26 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Natalie Carr
Also I forgot to mention I installed the Visual Studio C++ Redistributables and it is still failig. Kind Regards, Natalie Carr -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 10:53 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Natalie Carr
I have done that and still no joy..:( Kind Regards, Natalie Carr -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:27 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Multithreaded ought to be fine - I was referring to the dynamically/statically linking options (lib vs dll), but if you've already got the runtimes on the machine, then it wasn't the problem I was thinking about. -Original Message- From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Natalie Carr
Thanks for your help Peter, I have no idea why it is not running...:( Kind Regards, Natalie Carr -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 12:03 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re:

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
How about creating a simple exe and dll in VC++ and try that, it might help to identify the problem. Also, have you checked the eventlog, sometimes issues are reported there. Neil -Original Message- From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com] Sent: 25 January 2013 12:11

[WiX-users] Uninstalling wix bundle before installing.

2013-01-25 Thread Kristian Jaksch
I'm starting out with the wix installer and got a setup project working. The msi works in such a way that it uninstall a previous version if present and then installs the new version. Now, when trying to creating a managed bootstrapper application to customize the installer experience I'm having

Re: [WiX-users] Burn question, how can force /norestart on my pre requisite MSI's?

2013-01-25 Thread Steven Ogilvie
I have cache=no for all msi packages in bundle Here is the log file: [0310:1908][2013-01-24T20:22:39]i001: Burn v3.7.1224.0, Windows v6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1), path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{1e98074e-6ca8-4845-8c26-4a295b46f2f9}\TITUSServerSetup.exe, cmdline: '/uninstall

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper with Administrator

2013-01-25 Thread Rob Mensching
That's not the recommended user experience from the UAC guidelines. You should not elevate your install until it is necessary to do so (aka: when the user hits the Install button). Also, the BA is not in a transaction so all changes to the machine should be part of the Chain (aka: in an MSI). On

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Rob Mensching
You might also try taking your CA.dll and running depends.exe on it on Windows XP. It should show you if the .dll can load there. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.comwrote: How about creating a simple exe and dll in VC++ and try that, it might help to identify

[WiX-users] Speed vs Stability: Large numbers of components

2013-01-25 Thread Hoover, Jacob
I've been using Burn and Wix for a bit now and while not a Wix specific issue I was hoping for some comments from the community. I currently have a single MSI with ~30k components. During installations and major upgrades it appears the sheer number of components is causing performance

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling wix bundle before installing.

2013-01-25 Thread Rob Mensching
Upgrades happen when the version is higher. There is discussion on this mailing list a while ago about allowing same version upgrades but that is not implemented today. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Kristian Jaksch kristian.jak...@gmail.comwrote: I'm starting out with the wix installer and

Re: [WiX-users] Burn question, how can force /norestart on my pre requisite MSI's?

2013-01-25 Thread Rob Mensching
You'll want to investigate the log file for the following MSI. That is what is failing. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:16 AM, Steven Ogilvie steven.ogil...@titus.comwrote: [1CB0:14C0][2013-01-24T20:23:10]i301: Applying execute package: SQLSysClrTypesx64, action: Repair, path:

Re: [WiX-users] Burn question, how can force /norestart on my pre requisite MSI's?

2013-01-25 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Got these errors :( MSI (s) (C0:50) [20:23:32:105]: Product: Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012 (x64) -- Error 1316. A network error occurred while attempting to read from the file: C:\ProgramData\Package

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread Christopher Painter
Sorry, haven't read the whole thread Didn't I read somewhere that VS2012 C++ doesn't support Windows XP? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13492056/vs2012-c-dll-compatability From: Natalie Carr natalie.c...@measuresoft.com Sent: Friday, January 25,

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread John Cooper
Look in the assemblies in the runtime (ILDASM will work). If there are any .NET 4.5 dependencies, it will be a no-go on anything before Windows 7. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP

2013-01-25 Thread John Cooper
Well, looking in the installer log on my laptop, it looks like it requires VersionNt = 5.1 and ServicePackLevel = 2). Based on that, the x86 version should support install on XP with SP2 or SP3. The binaries do not appear to be managed code, so I don't think .NET 4.5 is an issue. -- John

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle gets installed side-by-side even with same upgradecode

2013-01-25 Thread victorwhiskey
Thanks Rob, For the 0x80002 issue, are the packages supposed to be left in the %temp%\{guid}\ directories after install? I see this when testing upgrade and found out they are removed after the initial installation. I hooked up ProcessorMonitor and saw after the install, it was removing the

Re: [WiX-users] Registry Issue

2013-01-25 Thread Joshua Drake
Fredrik Grohn fregro at users.sourceforge.net writes: The WiX COM+ CA's leaving registry keys behind has been mentioned before, but I have never been able to reproduce it. Are you able to provide some information on how I can reproduce it Joshua? Fredrik The sample project I included at