Hi all,
I'm looking to write a standard install template for one of our products,
but I've come into a bit of difficult when working with CA's
Essentially we want a installer to copy files to be used by another tool,
run a tool then delete the temporary files on disk. If possible this will be
in
The component guid is blank. You must specify a guid. See the
documentation for more information.
-Original Message-
From: Sudhakar Pasupuleti [mailto:sud...@microsoft.com]
Sent: 10 August 2010 22:49
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall not removing files
Hi
thanks for the reply.
The reason why I wanted to open up my custom dialog when doing an uninstall
from ARP is that I need to get a username/password and server name to be
able to delete a database, a SQL JOB, an SSIS Task and a SSAS Cube and those
can be located on seperate sql server.
Hi,
I am trying to invoke a custom action during uninstall. At times the custom
action is failing. So because of that i am not able to uninstall the prouct
either through ARP or through MSI.
I even used ORCA to manually edit the MSI and removed the troublesome Custom
action , but still the
1 - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2005/12/24/507294.aspx
2 - http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/09/24/test-your-setups-virtually/
3 - Debug the failure fix it so it doesn't fail?
Palbinder Sandher
Software Deployment IT Administrator
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Don't use Windows Installer, use something else like a self-extracting
archive or some non-Windows Installer installation development package.
What you're trying to achieve is pretty much contrary to the basic
concepts function of Windows Installer.
Palbinder Sandher
Software Deployment IT
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Thanks Richard and Palbinder
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Pally Sandher pally.sand...@iesve.comwrote:
1 - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2005/12/24/507294.aspx
2 - http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/09/24/test-your-setups-virtually/
3 - Debug the failure fix it so it doesn't fail?
Hi ,
I have written a C# custom action which is to be invoked during uninstall ,
but i want to invoke it before the files in INSTALLDIR are deleted. So i set
the custom action to execute before removefiles action.
See the snippet below :
InstallExecuteSequence
Custom Action=Set_INSTALLDIR
Which part of the requirements exactly would this be against the basic
concepts of Windows Installer?
Sounds like a pretty fundamental flaw in Windows Installer. I'd expect this
sort of functionality to be a 'given' in any Installer Framework.
Regards,
Jamie
On 11 August 2010 15:02, Pally
Hi,
Is there a way to get an environment variable into a WIX property?
I'm trying to get the USERPROFILE with:
Property Id=UserFolder Value=$(env.USERPROFILE)\MyApp\MyFolder/
But this only picks up the USERPROFILE of the build machine, where the
installer is built.
I want it
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367449.aspx
Knock yourself out.
Sounds like a pretty fundamental flaw in your requirements actually.
Palbinder Sandher
Software Deployment IT Administrator
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Yes, I'm using WixUI_InstallDir.
On 7 August 2010 16:55, Bob Arnson b...@joyofsetup.com wrote:
On 8/5/2010 5:50 AM, Christian Tusch wrote:
could anybody tell me why this won't show me a message box?
Do you have a full UI in your package? Silent installations don't show UI.
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SetProperty Id=UserFolder Value=[%USERPROFILE]\MyApp\MyFolder
Sequence=ui Before=AppSearch/
Change the Sequence and Before values as appropriate for your needs.
To use one property's value in another you need to use an action (since
entries in the property table aren't parsed). This will create
Set Check=ignore ?
-Original Message-
From: ricky21 [mailto:rickysundr...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 6:15 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom action failed during uninstall so ARP cluttered
Hi,
I am trying to invoke a custom action during
[%Environment_Variable] is only valid in fields of the Formatted type as
the link I pasted shows.
Make sure you're using it in a field which is of Formatted type. It
sounds like you're not in which case you can't use that code as any
Property wouldn't expand to the actual text contained within
It creates the Internet Shortcut on the desktop and it has the IE icon, but the
target is apparently since when I double-click on it I get the message.
Problem with Shortcut
The target of this Internet Shortcut is not valid. Go to the Internet
Shortcut property sheet and make sure the target
Many thanks, this worked perfectly!
Regards,
Lionel
-Original Message-
From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: 11 August 2010 17:14
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Environment variables into a WIX property
SetProperty
You're right, [%USERPROFILE] was being used in the standard Property
which accepts non-formatted values.
I have that working with SetProperty which fits the bill perfectly.
Thanks for the guidance, I appreciate the help.
Lionel
-Original Message-
From: Pally Sandher
I will give it a shot.
Thanks,
Sudhakar
-Original Message-
From: Michael Schlitt [mailto:mschl...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:21 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall not removing files
The Component ID
Thanks for the reply.
I had checked the log and the RemoveFiles was returning 0. So initially i
thought that was the problem.
But then i tried out the installer on another fresh machine, it worked fine
including Repair,Uninstall
There may have been some issues with my machine since my ARP is all
Hi,
I need to prompt the user for the location of a file before installing my
software.
I'm disappointed that I couldn't find an example of this ANYWHERE. There
are lots of discussions about using custom browse dialog, but no examples.
If I figure this out, I will publish an example.
I give
We'll need to add a new component. And we'd like the end user to choose to
install it or not.
I found the FeatureTree maybe a fit for us. So I add these code:
UIRef Id=WixUI_FeatureTree/
Property Id=INSTALL_FEATURE1 Value=1 /
DirectoryRef Id='INSTALLLOCATION'
Component Id='COMP_FTR1'
This isn't technically a WiX question, but I figured there was no harm in
asking:
I've written a bootstrapper for our various products, one that uses
MsiSetExternalUI to hook into the MSIs to retrieve error messages, progress,
and the like (I've based off the example handler found here:
Did you already have a UIRef in your wxs before you added the
FeatureTree UIRef?
On 08/11/2010 03:00 PM, little.forest wrote:
We'll need to add a new component. And we'd like the end user to choose to
install it or not.
I found the FeatureTree maybe a fit for us. So I add these code:
UIRef
Hi Chris,
Thanks. Yes, I have UIRef before I added the new FeatureTree:
UIRef Id=MyWixUI_InstallDir/
UIRef Id=WixUI_ErrorProgressText/
From: Chris Lord chris.l...@atterotech.com
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
First, I love WiX. I don't think I can say that enough. Windows
Installer is a huge pain and this product makes it bearable and almost fun.
Ok, enough sucking up. I am reading the section about upgrades here:
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major_upgrade.htm
It appears that the
I suspect your original UI refs contain a welcome dialog. The
FeatureTree UI is a complete UI. Its not just a FeatureTree dialog so
the combination of your UIrefs and FeatureTree means you have duplicate
dialogs, hence the error.
If the standard feature tree UI sequence work for you as is,
Thanks Chris.
I removed MyWixUI_InstallDir which is the copy of WixUI_InstallDir with some
changes. I got it compile and run. But some problems:
1. The change install dir page is gone. But we need it back.
2. We added a dialog called MyAddedConfirmDlg between InstallDirDlg and
VerifyReadyDlg.
If I'm reading this correctly, you're code is this:
MTPreInstallDlg
Control
Id=LicenseFile
Type=PushButton
X=20
Y=120
Width=56
Height=17
Text=Browse
Publish Property=_BrowseProperty Value=[LICENSE_FILE]
Order=11/Publish
Publish Event=SpawnDialog
I have only a couple of observations:
1. Using MsiSetExternalUIRecord works better because you get a number of
records that you can inspect rather than trying to decode message formats. Each
record contains process, file name I think etc. If you actually want a message
then MsiFormatRecord()
Sadly, you are getting to the extent of my knowledge and experience here
so I am not sure I can offer much more advice.
What you need is to take your customized version of WixUI_InstallDir and
add to it the useful dialogs from WixUI_FeatureTree. Unfortunately, how
best to achieve that I do
Thanks Chris. You already helped me moving to the right direction, I guess.
If anyone know the solution, please let me know.
From: Chris Lord chris.l...@atterotech.com
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Thanks, MsiSetExternalUIRecord is exactly what I needed.
-Andy
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 1:45 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] External UI Handling
Hey Thanks Nick! That was pretty close... This license file won't be
'installed', it will be emailed to the user, so it is possible for the user
to put it anywhere before running setup. So I followed your suggestion to
set the variable correctly, but I set it to C:\, and it is acting
correctly
If you don't want to always be calculating version numbers, you can also do
this:
UpgradeVersion Minimum=1.0.0
IncludeMinimum=yes
Maximum=same-version-as-in-Product-element
IncludeMaximum=no
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