Hi All,
I am fairly new to Wix, and I am running into a strange issue that I can't seem
to figure out. I have a simple bootsrapper application that works fine until I
add a resource dictionary to the wpf component. These resource dictionaries
work fine on a normal wpf application, however
much with managed BA's, but there is a difference between
a
standard WPF Exe project and a BA which is a DLL. You might want to
have a look at the Wix BA (src\Setup\WixBA) to see if there is an
example to go by there.
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil
? If not, they are certainly missing from where
your BA is being run.
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote:
Thanks for the reply. This looks like what I currently have but it
still doesn't work. Currently there is only one window in the
installer. Am I missing
in the Sql
Extension?
I am using Wix version 3.6.
Thanks,
Nick
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to be in the same directory as the .dll or in
subdirectories like: Views\Style? If the latter, try adding a Payload/@Name
attribute that adds the relative path to the name of the files.
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote:
There are two resource files
a
Payload/@Name attribute that adds the relative path to the name of the
files.
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Nick Miller
nmil...@livetechnology.com
wrote:
There are two resource files, and the ButtonStyles RD depends on the
Resources RD. I've added the payload entries as follows
at my boostrapper and it also needed a
Application.ResourceAssembly = typeof(MainWindow).Assembly;
Can you add it to your BS and see if it helps
Raj
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote:
I am currently using the MergedDictionaries construct
Hi All,
My company is evaluating two different Windows installer solutions, WiX and
Nullsoft installer (NSIS). I was wondering if anyone has had experience with
both, and could weigh in on the pros and cons, benefits, limitations, etc.
Thanks,
Nick
group.
Wes
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: April 16, 2013 7:44 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] WiX vs NSIS
Hi All,
My company is evaluating two different Windows installer solutions
Hi All,
I am trying to upgrade an msi from a custom managed bootstrapper. For some
reason the upgrade fails when trying to remove the cached bootstrapper package.
When the installer tries to run C:\ProgramData\Package
Cache\...\MyCustomBa.exe -uninstall -quiet -burn.related.upgrade it just
Awesome tip, thanks!
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From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 5:20 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Problem
you have to magae the case when the
Hi All,
I am having a very annoying problem. I have a managed bootstrapper application
which requires .Net 4.5. I have the proper PackageGroupRef in my bundle's
chain, and it installs .Net 4.5 successfully when there is no .Net installed.
The problem is that if .Net 4 is already installed I
Is there anywhere where I can see an example of this? I tried using the same
condition I have for .Net 4.5 and it still skips the prereq and tries to run
the BA. Also, what is the correct syntax for the BootstrapperCore.config for
.Net 4.5? If I use 'supportedFramework version=v4.5 /' the
Can anyone help me with this?
Nick
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:08 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
(wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net)
Subject: [WiX-users] Trouble with DotNet
Hi
Hi Greg,
If I understand your problem correctly, what you need to do is add these dll's
as references to the custom action project, then set the Copy Local property to
true. When you build the custom action, your customaction.CA.dll will contain
all of the dependencies needed for it to run,
Hi Greg,
I had one other idea, you might be able to include your unmanaged dll as an
embedded resource and have the CA copy it to a temp directory, then reference
it from there. It's a quick and dirty way to get it done, but it should work.
Basically it would look like this:
private void
supportedRuntime version=v4.0 sku=.NETFramework,Version=v4.5 /
/startup
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:08 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
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Subject: [WiX
Hi All,
I was wondering if there is a way to get the current bundle version in my
managed BA? I can get the currently installed version with
DetectRelatedMsiPackageEventArgs, but I can't seem to find a property for the
running installer version. So, for example, let's say I want a textblock
Bundle Version Property
WixBundleVersion ?
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote:
Hi All,
I was wondering if there is a way to get the current bundle version in
my managed BA? I can get the currently installed version
Hi All,
Can anyone explain to me what each of these items do (besides the obvious)? Or
perhaps point me to some documentation?
namespace Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper
{
// Summary:
// Indicates the state desired for an installation package.
public enum
, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote:
Hi All,
Can anyone explain to me what each of these items do (besides the
obvious)? Or perhaps point me to some documentation?
namespace Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper
{
// Summary:
// Indicates
guess ForceAbsent could use documentation. I think it's in the .h file for
the native code, not the managed code since the managed code is just a proxy
for the native code.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote:
Correct, so for example, what
Awesome, thanks!
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From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 4:24 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RequestState
IIRC, yes, exactly.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Nick Miller
Hi All,
Is there a way to define prerequisites that need to be installed before the BA
loads? For example, I want burn to install SQL express before loading the
bootstrapper application. The reason for this is my BA checks SQL connectivity
before beginning the install process. I need to
code. It's not simple but you
can see how it works in the code under src\ext\BalExtension\mba\host and
src\ext\BalExtension\wixstdba
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote:
Hi All,
Is there a way to define prerequisites that need to be installed
before
and if it is not
present install it in the normal burn chain sequence. Is there a reason why you
can't do this?
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: 30 April 2013 22:05
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
(wix-users
Hi All,
My BA is supposed to install SQL Server express silently, however there is this
ugly black command prompt window that appears during the process. I am fairly
certain my install commands are correct, but I could be wrong... Is this a
known problem? Expected behavior? Or am I doing
:25 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote:
Hi All,
My BA is supposed to install SQL Server express silently, however
there is this ugly black command prompt window that appears during the
process. I am fairly certain my install commands are correct, but I could be
wrong
- you will still see a brief console window
but it should be present all the time.
Neil
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: 02 May 2013 05:25
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
(wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net)
Subject: [WiX
Hi All,
I have another question for you guys. Is there any way to specify the
uninstall order in my bootstrappers chain? The reason I ask, is because I have
two MSI's, the first one installs the application, and the second installs the
sql data. There is a service that runs which accesses
it is FILO (first in, last out) order?
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: May-02-13 11:11 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
(wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net)
Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order
Hi All,
I have another question
is not removed
until after the service uninstalled.
Daniel Madill
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: May-02-13 11:12 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
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Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order
be complaining if it wasn't
in that order. You'd essentially remove perquisites then try to
remove application. Not likely to work out well in many cases.
smile/
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Nick Miller
nmil...@livetechnology.com
wrote:
Seems to be, yes.
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VirtualBox is your friend. ;)
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From: Wesley Manning [mailto:wmann...@dynagen.ca]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 12:50 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows 7 Professional encryption
That was me actually. I'm going
Hi All,
I have an interesting question for you guys. I am trying to get my custom MBA
to consume a WCF service that it installs after it completes. I've
successfully imported the service reference to the project, but when the
installer runs, it can't seem to find the endpoints in the
Hi All,
I was wondering if there is some documentation somewhere that details the
execute sequence that burn goes through on install?
Thanks,
Nick
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: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:12 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn Execute Sequence
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_installexecutesequence.htm
Hope this is what you need.
Thanks,
J
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Nick Miller
Hi Ashish,
I don't know if you can install the .Net prequisite in an MSI, however I can
tell you that all of your needs are what burn is for. You will also run into
problems if your MSI is run on a Windows 7 machine with UAC enabled, whereas if
you use burn, it will elevate your MSI for you
Hi All,
I was wondering if there was a way to output text to the console (like error
messages) when running a BA in silent mode? If not, is there some other way I
can alert a user to an error without loading the UI?
Thanks,
Nick
Hi All,
Is there anything special I need to do to create a command line help menu in my
custom managed bootstrapper application?
Bootstrapper.Command.GetCommandLineArgs() seems to ignore /?, /h, and /help
completely...
Thanks,
Nick
Nicholas Miller (Network Administrator)
LiveTechnology
Awesome, thanks!
-Original Message-
From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it]
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 5:31 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help Menu for Custom MBA
Yes, because with Burn the standard command line args are
Hi All,
Does anyone know how Heat generates the component and file ID's? Here is the
situation: I have two folders, and those folders contain some of the same files
(dll's and such). If I run Heat on both of those directories it creates the
same component and file IDs for those like files.
Hi All,
I have a managed bootstrapper application that installs a couple of MSI I
created, and for some reason the Bootstrapper.Error event never fires when one
of the custom actions fails. The CA returns ActionResult.Failure, and the
install rolls back, but my installer informs the user that
: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:21 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CA Error with MBA
CA messages come back to the MsiExecuteMessage() callback, IIRC.
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote:
Hi All,
I have
Anyone have any ideas?
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 11:09 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CA Error with MBA
Tried looking for Result.Error
more like the CA is crashing and not
actually sending an error back to the BA. Debug the CA to identify the
underlying exception.
-Original Message-
From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:53 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML
it sounds like you have a managed CA and that you are catching the
exception and are returning the correct result. Then the question is how are
you referencing the CA from your MSI? On your CustomAction element, do you
have Return=ignore by chance?
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From: Nick Miller
Here is what I use:
util:RegistrySearch Root=HKLM Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework
Setup\NDP\v4\Full Value=Version Variable=Netfx4FullVersion /
util:RegistrySearch Root=HKLM Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework
Setup\NDP\v4\Full Value=Version Variable=Netfx4x64FullVersion Win64=yes
/
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Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Net Framework 4.5 as prerequisite
only if on windows 7-8 and not installed
Here is what I use
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:16 PM
To: General discussion
Hi All,
I have a deferred CA that I need to send 18 properties to. If I shove all of
these into one CustomAction Data CA I get an ICE03: String overflow warning.
How do I go about getting all of these properties to the CA? Can I split it up
somehow?
Thanks,
Nick
Value=[CAFooA][CAFooB][CAFooC]
And then just schedule the ABC variants to happen before the final one which
brings it all together.
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:31 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer
Value=[CAFooA][CAFooB][CAFooC]
And then just schedule the ABC variants to happen before the final one which
brings it all together.
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:31 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer
Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CA Error with MBA
Sorry for the delay, in your MBA, what is the value of e.Status from
private void ApplyComplete(object sender, ApplyCompleteEventArgs e)
From: Nick Miller [nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent
doesn't check for e.Error but rather e.Status.
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 8:54 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CA Error with MBA
Thanks for the reply,
Here
: InstallationState.Failed;
}
}
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From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:41 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CA Error with MBA
That is from the ApplyComplete handler in my MBA
Hi All,
I am passing some properties to a custom action, and one of the values being
passed is quite large, and never seems to make it to the CA. I am wondering
what is the maximum size of a string that can be passed via CustomActionData?
Thanks,
Nick
Nicholas Miller (Network Administrator)
Well, the value I am trying to pass is the contents of an INI file, so I doubt
it's running out of memory. There must be something else going on...
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From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:26 AM
To: General discussion for Windows
The way I accomplished this is I created a Boolean value that is true if it's
an initial install (not upgrade or uninstall), then I created an event handler
for the Finish button that launches the executable. It looks something like
this:
View.FinishButton.Click += (s, e) =
{
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