[WiX-users] InstallCanceledException - Trying to handle Retry/Cancel in CA

Hi ppl, I have a custom action which launches an external application. When I try to handle the exit code by showing a message with retry and cancel buttons, if I press the Cancel, it throws an InstallCanceledException. Here is the code: Process process = Process.Start(processStartInfo);

Re: [WiX-users] Does not appear in the Programs and Features

Hi, 1) With your app not* *installed, do you have an entry here with same GUID as your app? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UpgradeCodes 2) After having your app installed, can you find your app here (maybe different GUID - from your previous 'guid=*'

Re: [WiX-users] Basic MSI without UI

Hi, You can create a bootstrapper using Burn and set the execution to /quiet. BR, Marlos 2013/8/20 Andrei Trif trif.and...@mail.com Hello, I just started with WIX and I have a question, is there any way I can hide the little box where Windows Installer says what's happening during the

[WiX-users] Selecting which Features to include from wixlib

Hi, I have a wixlib with Components, ComponentGroups and Features and another wix project referencing this library. And I need to selectively choose which Features from the wixlib I will include in my main setup. This way: wixlib: file1.wxs WixFragment ComponentGroup Id=CompGroup_A

Re: [WiX-users] Selecting which Features to include from wixlib

, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Marlos Gottschild marlos.gottsch...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a wixlib with Components, ComponentGroups and Features and another wix project referencing this library. And I need to selectively choose which Features from the wixlib I will include in my main setup

Re: [WiX-users] How not to uninstall a file?

had the same problem before :-). BR, Marlos 2013/8/15 Kai Peters kpet...@otaksoft.com Hi Marlos, yes, that's what is happening BR, Kai On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:07:33 -0300, Marlos Gottschild wrote: Hi Kai, Is your file deleted if the previous (Wise) installation package

Re: [WiX-users] Dependent DLLs of a Custom Action Binary are not getting loaded properly

Hi, I'm assuming your are using managed dll's. I think the caller dll is expanded to a temporary directory (due MSI not handling managed code). Is your called dll also expanded or existing there? You can add System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch(); to the beginning of your caller CA and check if

Re: [WiX-users] How not to uninstall a file?

Hi Kai, Is your file deleted if the previous (Wise) installation package is uninstalled? BR, Marlos 2013/8/14 K Peters kpet...@otaksoft.com Hi all, my problem is this: I have to deal with MSIs that are out in the wild (created with Wise); our next MSIs will be created with Wix since

[WiX-users] Custom theme in Bundle - how to add xml and wxl

Hi, I'm trying to create a custom theme for my Bundle using this: BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense /WixVariable Id=WixStdbaLicenseRtf Value= /WixVariable Id=WixStdbaThemeXml Value=Resource\RtfTheme.xml /WixVariable Id=WixStdbaThemeWxl

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and backward compatibility with Visual Studio setup project.

I had this or a similar problem with InstallShield. The previous version was upgraded but the entry wasn't deleted. So I created a cleanup Component to delete the old registry key. Just check if the previous version was correctly uninstalled during upgrade. Here is my code: ComponentGroup

Re: [WiX-users] Custom theme in Bundle - how to add xml and wxl

Thanks everyone for your help with this. For future reference: Using WiX 3.7 Typo in directory name (Resources/Resource) Removed this line: WixVariable Id=WixStdbaLicenseRtf Value= / Changed BuildAction to None and Copy to Output Directory to DoNotCopy These actions solved the errors. Thanks,

[WiX-users] Difficulties with Burn (and introducing myself)

Hello, My name is Marlos and I'm working with WiX for the last 6 months. I'm migrating a system from InstallShield to WiX and I'm excited with the toolset. I'll be glad to contribute to the list. But I'm having the following problem with Burn: I created a bootstrapper to installed two msi

Re: [WiX-users] Difficulties with Burn (and introducing myself)

if MSIs are installed. No need to do anything. Additional help probably requires more detail about what exactly the searches and conditions were. On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Marlos Gottschild marlos.gottsch...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, My name is Marlos and I'm working with WiX