[WiX-users] Files in MSI not dropped onto system during install

I have an install that contains 14647 files. When the MSI is installed it is only installing 13895 files (any file higher than this number is not making it on the system)...is there some sort of limitation? I have used orca to examine the MSI and everything looks correct...I can see the

[WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

Hello, From research I have done, it appears that this type of question has been asked a few times before (so please hang in there)...but I am still a little sketchy on the details of how to accomplish it or maybe if I am understanding the process correctly. Here is what I would like to do:

Re: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 12:38 PM To: Nick Hennemann Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching. Nick Hennemann wrote: * Create the RTM version of my installer * Be able to patch the RTM version with any

Re: [WiX-users] Patch trying to uninstall RTM (original) version

Ok, thanks Bob! I appreciate your time to help out a newbie. From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:45 AM To: Nick Hennemann Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patch trying to uninstall RTM (original) version

[WiX-users] Overwrite existing files during install

I have created several WiX installs and normally I do not have to worry about any of the files I am putting on the system already being there...however with my latest install the files I am dumping on the system could possible be on the system already. Is there a way that I can ensure that they

Re: [WiX-users] Overwrite existing files during install

[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 5:29 PM To: Nick Hennemann; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: Overwrite existing files during install I suggest reading through the File Versioning stuff in the MSI SDK. It talks in depth about when files are replace during

[WiX-users] Calling MSI from within MSI

Is there a way to call an MSI from within an MSI (to install a missing component that is needed by the main MSI to install successfully). I have it setup as a custom action to check for this component and if it is not already installed then it kicks of the secondary MSI to install the missing

Re: [WiX-users] How to use a Property Value to create another Property

Thanks for the quick response.I just tried your suggestion and unfortunately I got the same result. From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:11 PM To: Nick Hennemann Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re

Re: [WiX-users] How to use a Property Value to create anotherProperty

to do something like this: CustomAction Id=SetVDDIR Property=VDDIR Value=[MAINDIR]webmain/ Custom Action=SetVDDIR After=AppSearch/ K-ballo.- Nick Hennemann escribió: I have the following Property MAINDIR and it is populated correctly from the registry Property Id='MAINDIR

Re: [WiX-users] Adding tons of files to an MSI

take a look at the tallow.exe command...very helpful for this type of situation. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Very Secret Sent: Tue 2/6/2007 4:31 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Adding tons of files to an MSI Can anyone

[WiX-users] Determine selected features from tree

New to Wix I see how to set the 'level' attribute to determine whether the item is to be enabled or disabled by default in the feature tree. I have two features in my feature tree and I want to be able to kick of different custom actions based on what features the end user selects during