[WiX-users] Something I noticed with ServiceInstall (Wix 3,7)

2013-10-22 Thread Hans ter Horst
When I used the Fragment below, I noticed that the Windows service created links to the *web.config* file as executable instead of linking to MyServer.exe which is of course not a proper executable file and the service fails to load understandably. I moved the File Source=Deliverables\web.config /

Re: [WiX-users] Something I noticed with ServiceInstall (Wix 3,7)

2013-10-22 Thread Hans ter Horst
doesn't have a foreign key join back to the file table. It's target of the service is always the keyfile of the parent component. From: Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 8:13 PM To: General discussion for Windows

Re: [WiX-users] Something I noticed with ServiceInstall (Wix 3,7)

2013-10-22 Thread Hans ter Horst
Oh, I see, you are referring to the Microsoft Installer internal tables, so nothing can really be done. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 3:53 AM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com wrote: And the keyfile would be the first file in the Component? Wouldn't it make sense to make the link to the service

Re: [WiX-users] My posts in your spam....

2013-08-16 Thread Hans ter Horst
Cheers, indeed I could only find your posts in my spam filter, no matter how many times I told GMAIL that it wasn't spam; this time your email got through normally. Hans On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Phil Wilson phildgwil...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently many of my posts are arriving in your

Re: [WiX-users] Tutorial about handling upgrades in Wix 3.7

2013-04-18 Thread Hans ter Horst
the older version, installs the new version... Steve -Original Message- From: Hans ter Horst [mailto:hoshis...@gmail.com] Sent: April-17-13 3:14 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Tutorial about handling upgrades in Wix 3.7

Re: [WiX-users] Why in Preprocessor the Not Equal To is != while in conditional string is .

2013-04-18 Thread Hans ter Horst
Thanks, I think I have it working! On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Alain Forget afor...@cmu.edu wrote: is the MySQL (and SQL in general?) not equal to, so maybe that's where it came from? -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: April 18,

[WiX-users] Tutorial about handling upgrades in Wix 3.7

2013-04-17 Thread Hans ter Horst
Is there a tutorial or a reference post available that explains the principles of how to write an installer that first uninstalls an older version before installing the version included in the MSI but that would leave newer versions unaffected unless a FORCE parameter is supplied on the interface?

[WiX-users] Running an MSI a second time to install more features or uninstall an already installed feature (while keeping others)

2013-02-15 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hi, I have a feature tree based installer that has 4 features. If I install during a first phase, for example, features A and B, I would like to be able to run the installer again to install C and maybe uninstall B. At the moment when I start the installer for the 2nd time, the only option I have

Re: [WiX-users] Running an MSI a second time to install more features or uninstall an already installed feature (while keeping others)

2013-02-15 Thread Hans ter Horst
15, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a feature tree based installer that has 4 features. If I install during a first phase, for example, features A and B, I would like to be able to run the installer again to install C and maybe uninstall B. At the moment

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Prerequisites on Windows 2012 Server and the Server Manager requirement

2013-02-01 Thread Hans ter Horst
. Neil -Original Message- From: Hans ter Horst [mailto:hoshis...@gmail.com] Sent: 01 February 2013 07:17 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Prerequisites on Windows 2012 Server and the Server Manager requirement I didn't see

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Prerequisites on Windows 2012 Server and the Server Manager requirement

2013-01-31 Thread Hans ter Horst
I didn't see an answer regarding this question and I'm sort of stuck on this. Does anybody have an idea how to handle the different way Windows 2012 Server behaves if a prerequisite is defined as a server feature? Thanks, Hans On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com

[WiX-users] Burn: Prerequisites on Windows 2012 Server and the Server Manager requirement

2013-01-30 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello, My program has a .NET 3.5 prerequisite and I have used Burn and the standard code successfully on Windows Server 2008 SP2. On Windows Server 2012 however, .NET 3.5 and many other prerequisites need to be installed via the Server Manager as features instead and cannot be installed via an MSI

[WiX-users] Change/Modify button doesn't do anything

2012-11-14 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello, I am using a treeview based installer and would allow the installation to be modified by starting the installer again and selecting some more features. When I installed a few of my features and then start the installer again, it opens with the Welcome screen and upon clicking Next, it

[WiX-users] How to prevent the same MSI file to be executed more than once at the same time?

2012-11-14 Thread Hans ter Horst
I get reports that people managed to have our installer open several times at the same time by accidentally clicking on the MSI file again while the same installer was already open. I seem to recall that is normally not possible due to the Microsoft installer MUTEX but somehow that seems to be

Re: [WiX-users] Change/Modify button doesn't do anything

2012-11-14 Thread Hans ter Horst
Value=MaintenanceTypeDlgInstalled/Publish On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am using a treeview based installer and would allow the installation to be modified by starting the installer again and selecting some more features. When I installed

Re: [WiX-users] How to prevent the same MSI file to be executed more than once at the same time?

2012-11-14 Thread Hans ter Horst
the execute sequence, where the system is being modified. -Original Message- From: Hans ter Horst [mailto:hoshis...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 November 2012 15:47 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How to prevent the same MSI file to be executed more than

Re: [WiX-users] Feature tree Change button not enabled

2012-10-29 Thread Hans ter Horst
Any suggestions for this issue? On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have a feature tree based installation, all working pretty well. The only issue is that when I have installed a subset of features and I want to add some more, the Change button

[WiX-users] Accessing selected Feature tree features from within a custom action DLL

2012-10-26 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello, I have created a custom action in C# and can run it without problems. However, I would like to access the selected features in the Wix Feature tree in the custom action to make some actions depending on that. They are not available as properties. In the WIX file I can access them via

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing selected Feature tree features from within acustom action DLL

2012-10-26 Thread Hans ter Horst
and .RequestState are the equivalents. -Original Message- From: Hans ter Horst [mailto:hoshis...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 October 2012 12:20 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Accessing selected Feature tree features from within acustom action DLL Hello, I

[WiX-users] Feature tree Change button not enabled

2012-10-26 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello, I have a feature tree based installation, all working pretty well. The only issue is that when I have installed a subset of features and I want to add some more, the Change button is disabled with the mention that there are no independently selectable features in this install. I don't see

[WiX-users] Burn: Are EXE file and Payload content placed in the same directory for an ExePackage?

2012-10-25 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello. As part of my bundle I have to deploy a SharePoint webpart and I use the tool most people use for this and tool comes with a Setup.exe, an XML file describing the installation and the WSP file to be deployed. I have the following in my Bundle.wxs file: PackageGroup Id=DeployWebConsole

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper.Engine.Detect() never calls event?

2012-10-24 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello, I would like to know the individual names of the packages installed and one of the first things I do is to register the event handlers: this.Bootstrapper.ApplyComplete += this.OnApplyComplete; this.Bootstrapper.DetectPackageComplete += this.OnDetectPackageComplete;

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper.Engine.Detect() never calls event?

2012-10-24 Thread Hans ter Horst
Oops, sorry, I think it works fine. I expected to find the PackageGroup Id string, but instead it games me the last part of the SourceFile of the MsiPackage or ExePacke, which is absolutely fine. Hans On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I would

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Specifying PackageGroup Id on button click

2012-10-23 Thread Hans ter Horst
on the button you use to start the install, set the state of a package to ignore it - e.State = RequestState.None). From: Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Specifying PackageGroup Id on button click

2012-10-22 Thread Hans ter Horst
on the OnPackagePlan callbacks. On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, i have several simple installers that I would like group behind a Burn interface and start depending on the button clicked from the Bootstrapper interface I am designing which will have

Re: [WiX-users] Getting started writing a custom Bootstrapper interface

2012-10-19 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello, could you please help me get started building my own bootstrappe DLL? It is a Wix bootstrapper newbie question, but I guess there are plenty of us around :-) Thanks, Hans On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I would like to add an interface

Re: [WiX-users] Getting started writing a custom Bootstrapper interface

2012-10-19 Thread Hans ter Horst
Just in case others are wondering how to get started, this site did get me started: http://bryanpjohnston.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/custom-wix-managed-bootstrapper-application/ Hans On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I would like to add

Re: [WiX-users] Getting started writing a custom Bootstrapper interface

2012-10-19 Thread Hans ter Horst
to work from. Regards, Daniel E. Bruce -Original Message- From: Hans ter Horst [mailto:hoshis...@gmail.com] Sent: 19. oktober 2012 09:32 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting started writing a custom Bootstrapper interface Hello, could you please

[WiX-users] Burn: Specifying PackageGroup Id on button click

2012-10-19 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello, i have several simple installers that I would like group behind a Burn interface and start depending on the button clicked from the Bootstrapper interface I am designing which will have several buttons. For a simple bootstrapper I know I can use

[WiX-users] Getting started writing a custom Bootstrapper interface

2012-10-18 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello, I would like to add an interface to the Wix bootstrapper and started Googling around but found few examples to get started. I have the following basic questions: - What project template would be best to use in VS 2010 or VS 2012? I am thinking of a WPF based interface, should I

Re: [WiX-users] Web.config connection string: Failed to find node (Wix 3.5)

2012-05-29 Thread Hans ter Horst
Thanks Peter, unfortunately that space is not in the real code, it was introduced when I copied/modified it in my email client. Is there a way to get util:XmlFile to trace what it is actually doing? Thanks, Hans On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: [WiX-users] Web.config connection string: Failed to find node (Wix 3.5)

2012-05-29 Thread Hans ter Horst
x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Hans ter Horst [mailto:hoshis...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 9:12 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Web.config connection string: Failed to find node (Wix 3.5) Hello, I

[WiX-users] Web.config connection string: Failed to find node (Wix 3.5)

2012-05-28 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello, I have googled left and right and cannot find why I get a Failed to find node error on this piece of code: Component Id=AddConnectionString Guid={CF219EFA-063D-4575-BDCB-9222B722DE6E} KeyPath=yes util:XmlFile Id=ModifyConnectionString Action=setValue Permanent=yes

[WiX-users] Selected features of a CustomizeDlg

2012-05-24 Thread Hans ter Horst
Hello, I have successfully added my own dialogue to what would normally be the * WixUI_FeatureTree* user interface but I do have a problem finding out *what *features have been selected in the *CustomizeDlg *dialogue. I do need to call different custom actions depending on what has been selected.