Re: [WiX-users] Getting the lenght of string in Edit/MaskedEdit field

2014-09-16 Thread Dave Andersen
It sounds like you will need a custom action. I'm pretty sure there is no built-in way of getting a variable string length. -Dave On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:58 AM, TimM timmay...@smarttech.com wrote: I have a MaskedEdit control that can either be blank or filled in. If blank then next button

Re: [WiX-users] Burn FileSearch in 64 bit system folder

2014-09-15 Thread Dave Andersen
Thanks for the responses. In particular, I didn't realize the newer redist packages can be safely run without detecting them before-hand. It seems like this could still be a problem for people who are not compressing the redists, but that is not my scenario. I also discovered this blog post which

[WiX-users] Burn FileSearch in 64 bit system folder

2014-09-09 Thread Dave Andersen
I am trying to write the detection logic for some VC redist packages (32 and 64 bit). The problem I am running into is being able to detect the assemblies under windows\system32 on a 64 bit OS. On a 64 bit OS, it appears that burn translates these as such: [SystemFolder] = C:\Windows\system32\

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade to 3.8 breaks MSBuild?

2014-02-05 Thread Dave Andersen
Interesting, I didn't know about that streams tool. The other way you can do it is just right-click on the .zip, and click Unblock, and that should unblock all the files contained within the zip as well. -Dave On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Tony yellowjacketl...@gmail.com wrote: I figured it

Re: [WiX-users] Install busy executables at reboot - Windows 7

2014-01-28 Thread Dave Andersen
Msi logs definitely have a LOT of information in them and can be really hard to comprehend, but I've found that being able to understand them is the most important ability for analyzing msi problems (at least for me). One thing that helped me a lot to understand how to interpret them is this

[WiX-users] selectively upgrading a package in burn

2014-01-02 Thread Dave Andersen
question :) -Dave Andersen -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/selectively-upgrading-a-package-in-burn-tp7591570.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: [WiX-users] MSI veteran - using WiX

2013-12-18 Thread Dave Andersen
I believe for that you would typically create a new .wxs file containing: Fragment UI Id=YourErrors ... /UI /Fragment The UI fragment can be referenced from either your Product or another UI element. UIRef Id=YourErrors/ see:

Re: [WiX-users] forcing packages to be cached in a custom BA

2013-10-09 Thread Dave Andersen
, Dave Andersen lt; d.andersen@ gt; wrote: I've tried using those attributes, but I think I'm actually missing something in my MBA to actually trigger the Cache action on the package. I'm controlling installation of the package by setting/unsetting a Variable in the MBA, which is tied

Re: [WiX-users] forcing packages to be cached in a custom BA

2013-10-08 Thread Dave Andersen
I've tried using those attributes, but I think I'm actually missing something in my MBA to actually trigger the Cache action on the package. I'm controlling installation of the package by setting/unsetting a Variable in the MBA, which is tied to the InstallCondition of the package; perhaps that

[WiX-users] forcing packages to be cached in a custom BA

2013-10-07 Thread Dave Andersen
I posted this question on Stack Overflow, but it hasn't gotten any responses yet: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19058733/force-caching-of-compressed-packages-in-a-wix-custom-bootstrapper-application

Re: [WiX-users] Anyone have a sample WixProject that includes installing and configuration SQL Express 2008 or 2008 R2?

2011-09-20 Thread Dave Andersen
We package SQL Express as a prerequisite using .NET bootstrapper. You can find the package if you have the SDK installed somewhere like this C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages We needed to make some modifications to the default package details to provide a

Re: [WiX-users] Anyone have a sample WixProject that includes installing and configuration SQL Express 2008 or 2008 R2?

2011-09-20 Thread Dave Andersen
: Thank you. Are you working with VS2010? -Original Message- From: Dave Andersen [mailto:[hidden email]http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=nodenode=6814215i=0] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:03 PM To: [hidden email] http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=nodenode=6814215i=1 Subject: Re: [WiX

Re: [WiX-users] logging

2011-06-14 Thread Dave Andersen
Something like this may help: http://blog.crankybit.com/redirecting-output-to-a-file-in-windows-batch-scripts/ David Amey wrote: Hello All Can someone please explain how I can turn logging on during the candle and light calls, as I have errors that I need to correct. I am automating the

Re: [WiX-users] Why are we using a mailing list vs forum?

2011-05-18 Thread Dave Andersen
I use Nabble for reading and searching the list: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Why-are-we-using-a-mailing-list-vs-forum-tp6378322p6378322.html and subscribe to a feed of the first post for each thread in my RSS reader because I don't like the email traffic:

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0170

2011-02-04 Thread Dave Andersen
18C:\delivery\Dev\wix35_public\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\WixUI_Advanced.wxs(125,0): error LGHT0170: The InstallUISequence table contains an action 'WelcomeDlg' that is declared in two different locations. Please remove one of the actions or set the Overridable='yes' attribute on one