Re: [WiX-users] FW: CertificatePath in Certificate element does not work

2014-01-21 Thread MonteChristo
Hi Blair, This is the original link I was referring to in my message. It talks about a bug report. http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/CertificatePath-in-Certificate-element-does-not-work-td6579192.html I suppose no one bothered to file one. I’d be happy to file the

Re: [WiX-users] best way to handle su8pporting files

2014-01-21 Thread Sean Farrow
Hi Phil, The compile is done at install time--after the file is copied by executing a dos application.! Is there any documentation regarding giving the component a null guid, what exactly does this do or perhaps not do maybe the right question to ask? Cheers Sean. -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] best way to handle su8pporting files

2014-01-21 Thread Blair Murri
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa368007.aspx “ComponentId A string GUID unique to this component, version, and language. Note that the letters of these GUIDs must be uppercase. Utilities such as GUIDGEN can generate GUIDs containing lowercase letters. The lowercase letters must be changed

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.8 Votive Drawing Error?

2014-01-21 Thread Blair Murri
Please file a bug with that exact repro. Thank you, Blair From: bwehking Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎January‎ ‎20‎, ‎2014 ‎11‎:‎50‎ ‎PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. I got it! Steps to reproduce in VS2013: - Go to Tools-Options-Environment and choose Color theme

Re: [WiX-users] FW: CertificatePath in Certificate element does not work

2014-01-21 Thread Blair Murri
It appears that no one ever entered one. Today you go to http://wixtoolset.org/ and click on the red “File a bug” link, then enter a new bug. It will require you to setup an account on that site. The new bug system doesn’t accept uploaded files (but the entries are in “Markdown” syntax) and

Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: Creating registry for an application installed outside the current directory structure in WIX file

2014-01-21 Thread Blair Murri
And how do you intend to communicate that path into the MSI? And how will that path relate to the source path of the files before they have been added to the MSI when on other machines those files won’t exist yet? I’m just trying to understand what your scenario is here to help guide you to a

Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: Creating registry for an application installed outside the current directory structure in WIX file

2014-01-21 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
Not an issue Blair, i appreciate your concern. Attached is the bat file(in text format) that i am using to create the msi installers. The machine on which i run this will have the code checked out from svn(this is my scenario) from where through heat i would harvest the file. Ultimately i

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.8 Votive Drawing Error?

2014-01-21 Thread bwehking
Done! http://wixtoolset.org/issues/4286/ http://wixtoolset.org/issues/4286/ -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-3-8-Votive-Drawing-Error-tp7591851p7591929.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] Error Building WixProj from DevEnv Command Line [P]

2014-01-21 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Classification: Public We use TFS as our source repository so I get the setup source first then build set DevEnv=%DevEnvDir%devenv.exe echo DevEnv=%DevEnv% set MSBuild=msbuild.exe echo MSBuild=%MSBuild% set TF=%DevEnvDir%TF.exe echo TF=%TF% if $%DevEnv%$==$$ echo DevEnv not set if

Re: [WiX-users] Error Building WixProj from DevEnv Command Line

2014-01-21 Thread Dave Echols
Thank you Blair. That worked great. I use Msbiuld in other parts of my build process, but did not think about trying it to solve this problem. I appreciate the help. David S. Echols Senior Programmer HA Architects Engineers | www.ha-inc.com d: (757) 213-6049 p: (757) 222-2010 f: (757)

Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-21 Thread John Cooper
Instead of MsiNTProductType (the MSI property), the Burn variable NTProductType should be used. Otherwise, the InstallCondition will evaluate to False. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434

Re: [WiX-users] Enabling platform features during install

2014-01-21 Thread Phil Wilson
The not ideal qualities of Dism.exe may also apply to running pkgmgr.exe - it's an external exe that may show UI inappropriately (silent installs) and not allow graceful error reporting other than the program run as a custom action failed, also whether it matters that there is both an x86 and x64

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with WIX BootStrapper.

2014-01-21 Thread tom
Can you attach the log file? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Problem-with-WIX-BootStrapper-tp7591935p7591941.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[WiX-users] Install fails on Win 7 w/UAC enabled

2014-01-21 Thread Gerry Reno
I have a WIX installer built that installs fine on XP machines. When I go to install on Win 7 machines that have UAC enabled the install gets a Premature Failure and rolls back. How do I get the installer to install on these Win 7 machines without disabling UAC?

Re: [WiX-users] Install fails on Win 7 w/UAC enabled

2014-01-21 Thread Gerry Reno
It looks like adding this to Package may do the trick: |InstallPrivileges=elevated| I'll try it and see. On 01/21/2014 08:21 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: I have a WIX installer built that installs fine on XP machines. When I go to install on Win 7 machines that have UAC enabled the install gets

Re: [WiX-users] Web Setup

2014-01-21 Thread Tony Jose Mampilly
Hi Blair, Yeah I was able to sort out the problem, I was using same name for all and so the problem was occurring. Thank you so much for your help. Regards Tony On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Blair Murri os...@live.com wrote: When you use the property remember pattern, all packages that

[WiX-users] Registration and creation of tlb files during installation.

2014-01-21 Thread Tony Jose Mampilly
Hi, For one of our application after installation, 4 dlls are needed to be registered using REGASM.exe. Earlier when we were building setups using visual studio, this was done automatically. In WiX is there a way to do this during installation or after installation? At least is there any other

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with WIX BootStrapper.

2014-01-21 Thread Valdimar
praveeds wrote I am using an WIX BootStrapper inorder to bundle one MSI (for instance take Notepad++.msi). When i run the BootStrapper it starts installing the Notepad++.msi but once the installation is completed it would restart the installation for the second time. What would be cause of

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with WIX BootStrapper.

2014-01-21 Thread Valdimar
praveeds wrote I tried with Windows 7 box and it has the same behavior. Any idea what are those registry entries? Yes, they are Run and RunOnce keys to tell Windows to run the installer on next startup, in case the installer needs the computer to reboot. I'm not sure whether this is related