[WiX-users] How to force .NET prerequisite installation before Burn MBA starts

2015-04-24 Thread Jiri Tomek
Hello, I have a bootstrapper in Wix Burn with managed UI. Bootstrapper requires .NET 4 but I also need to install .NET 4.5.1 as part of installation. I added .NET 4.5.1 to install chain and it installs just fine, but because bootstrapper itself is using .NET it always requires reboot after

Re: [WiX-users] how to pass paramters to a C++ DLL CA and get returned values from it.

2015-04-24 Thread ssmsam
I think we cannot use the DLLWRAP.dll. Because it has been developed by Flexera. So License infringement. Sampat -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade: a few files are not installed

2015-04-24 Thread Rob Mensching
Windows Installer only ignores the 4th digit of the MSI version. It'll evaluate all four places of a file version. _ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: Lukas

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade: a few files are not installed

2015-04-24 Thread Lukas Rieger
I thought it treated files like MSIs and only compared the first three digits, so I glanced over the version number. Comparing them again, OLD NEW. File Table |File| Component_ | FileName| FileSize | Version

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade: a few files are not installed

2015-04-24 Thread Lukas Rieger
I opened up both MSIs in Orca and compared their version numbers. The missing files are different, but their version only differs in the forth place (which is ignored by MSI). The fourth place of the upgrading files is actually higher, so there are no higher version components on disk. Files

Re: [WiX-users] How to force .NET prerequisite installation before Burn MBA starts

2015-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
The pre-req bootstrapper only kicks in if the managed bootstrapper application can't be loaded. If it can, it doesn't evaluate pre-req packages. ___ FireGiant  |  Dedicated support for the WiX toolset  |  http://www.firegiant.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Resolve Burn standard path variables in mba prior to Apply

2015-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
IBootstrapperEngine.FormatString ___ FireGiant  |  Dedicated support for the WiX toolset  |  http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: Friday, 24 April, 2015 17:46 To:

Re: [WiX-users] How to force .NET prerequisite installation before Burn MBA starts

2015-04-24 Thread Martin Cornelius
Hi Jiri, I just managed the task you describe (albeit wit .Net 4.5.2.) with the follwing setup. --- BootstrapperCore.config - ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8 ? configuration configSections sectionGroup

Re: [WiX-users] Restart Manager doesn't preserve folders open in Windows Explorer after restart.

2015-04-24 Thread Phil Wilson
Is this really a Restart Manager thing? As far as I know it's just Window Explorer=Tools=Folder Options=View and set Restore previous folder windows at logon. --- Phil Wilson On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:43 PM, Kashif Md. mdkashi...@gmail.com wrote: No one using Restart Manager to

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade: a few files are not installed

2015-04-24 Thread Rob Mensching
No problem. This is what we do for our customers every day at FireGiant (although FireGiant answers are far more detailed than the 1-2 sentences I have time to write here). _ Short replies here. Complete answers over there:

Re: [WiX-users] how to pass paramters to a C++ DLL CA and get returned values from it.

2015-04-24 Thread Tobias S
Then including the Binary dllwrap.dll and sequencing the CA Setlimited same as in IS MSI should be half way to use the same DLL(s). Maybe porting the c++ CA to DTF C++ might be a possibility... -- One dashboard for servers

Re: [WiX-users] BootstrapperCore.config wix.bootstrapper : what are valid values for supportedFramework

2015-04-24 Thread Nir Bar
The version attribute complements the registry key where 'Install' value will be tested. Meaning that this registry value will be checked to exist: Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\version Name: Install - Nir Bar Freelance Developer Mail: nir@panel-sw.com Web:

[WiX-users] Resolve Burn standard path variables in mba prior to Apply

2015-04-24 Thread Phill Hogland
Is there Burn support to resolve an Engine Variable, which includes a Burn Standard Variable, (which can be called from a C# mba prior to ApplyBegin)? Example, given an InstallFolder variable set to a string like [ProgramFiles6432Folder]\somefolder\ is there a way to resolve this so that the full