[WiX-users] About .NET 4.0 framework installation

Hi, Currently we are migrating from .NET 3.5 sp1 to .NET 4.0. In our current installer, pre requisites are .NET 3.5sp1, .NET 3.0 client profile and VSTOR 3.0 Now after adding .NET 4.0 can I require to upgrade .NET 4.0 client profile and VSTOR 4.0? or .NET framework 4.0 contains these

Re: [WiX-users] About .NET 4.0 framework installation

Yes .NET 4.0 client profile is part of .NET framework 4.0, however not sure about VSTOR 4.0. -Original Message- From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 3:06 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] About .NET

Re: [WiX-users] Change existing dialog text

Hey Thanks Nick, It is really good one. I was thinking to chang the whole dialog only for changing the text. .wxl file is really good solution. Thanks, Rahul. -Original Message- From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 11:04 PM To:

[WiX-users] Change existing dialog text

Hi, We want to change the button text from the existing dialog box. e.g I want to change the button text from Typical, Custom, Complete to some Engine,GUI,All. Can we make this kind of changes. I found the .wxs code for the same Control Id=CompleteButton Type=PushButton X=40 Y=171 Width=80

Re: [WiX-users] Installer crashes on windows 2008 server

Hi, Windows 2008 is with very high security. So please check do you have permissions on registry, folder (drive), temp folder etc. Thanks, Rahul -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 5:00 PM To: General discussion for

[WiX-users] Installer should not rollback

Hi , In my installer I am installing windows service. If the service fails to install or start my installer roll back all the installation. Can anyone let me know how to proceed or complete installation though the service fails. This is my wix code ServiceInstall Name=CnvRemoteService

Re: [WiX-users] Windows service installation error

Hi, The problem is solved XP machines but same previledge error I am getting for Windows 2008 server machine. Is there any other settings need to be done. Thanks, Rahul -Original Message- From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Re: [WiX-users] Windows service installation error

Hi, Thanks. You are right. I removed these two line and still it worked. I think I made 3-4 changes at a time so thought it might be correct fix. Thanks again. Rahul -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Re: [WiX-users] Windows service installation error

Hi, Thanks for reply. I really like your techniques :) I solved this problem by following way. I figured out the differences in registry after installing service manually. I found following entries RegistryValue Root=HKLM Key=SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\CnvRemoteService Name=DisplayName

[WiX-users] Windows service installation error

Hi, I am getting following error during installing the windows service Verify that you have sufficient privilege to install system services My WIX code is Component Id=cmp4AFA6260BDEF424A3FD81CD2C40C3556 Directory=ALMEngineDir Guid={93681832-5F1A-492D-96E5-3FABE8532177}

Re: [WiX-users] Windows service installation error

Hi, No after removing whole ServiceControl component I am getting same message during service install. I am not understanding is it really permission issue or I am missing some service components like registry entries, dependency or dependent files. My works properly when I use

[WiX-users] Logging information

Hi, I am running following custom action which runs /RegServer command. File Id='distributeserver' Name=DISTRIBUTESERVERFILE src=f:\Program Files\Ambit ALM 6\ALMEngine\distributionserver.exe / CustomAction Id='DISTRIBUTESERVERCUSTOMACTION' FileKey='distributeserver'

Re: [WiX-users] Logging information

Hi, Thanks for reply. Actually I want to register our com exe. We are using heat to create the .wxs file. It contains the information about class and interface ids but still it is not registering. We want to see our COM exes into dcomcnfg. Our COM exes only showing in dcomcinfg after using

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users

Hi Bryan, Sorry for late reply. I was on leave. This problem is defiantly with office hot fix. On our customer side this problem is not exists because they have all latest office hot fixes. However we are still trying to find which hot fix solves this issue. Yes the hotfix is working fine on other

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users

Hey Thanks Bryan, Now after making changes and installing kb976477 I am able to see add-in in excel-add-in option however it is giving me another problem, it is disappearing menu add-in from excel menu bar. To resolve this I added kb980210 but it not working. So currently I am struggling to bring

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users

Hi Bryan, Any update on this issue? Thanks, Rahul -Original Message- From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 8:51 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users Hi Bryan, Thanks for

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users

Hi, Please find the excel error. This error occurs when I starts excel. If I removed this hotfix excel opens properly. This is happening on clean machine without any com addin. We have office 2007 sp2. It shows excel.exe*32 in task manager. These are the error details Problem signature:

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users

Ok Thanks. I will wait for your reply. Thanks, Rahul -Original Message- From: Bryan Reich [mailto:bryan.re...@microsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 1:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users Here is

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users

Hi, Also please check this .wxs file and let me know if I am doing anything wrong. Still I need to create separate installer for the same? Thanks, Rahul -Original Message- From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 3:03 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users

Hi Bryan, Thanks for reply. I checked on XP, the hotfix works properly and after changing EnableLocalMachineVSTO = 1 in registry key the add-ins are visible for other users too. It means our Wix installer working properly. Now the main problem is with only the Hotfix on windows 2008 server R2

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users

Is there any solution? its really urgent. Thanks, Rahul From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] Sent: Fri 5/28/2010 3:07 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users I am using

[WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users

Hi, We are facing installation problem for VSTO excel add in on Windows 2008 server The addin we are registering is available only for admin user and not for non admin user. We changed the registration key from HKCU to HKLM still the add ins are not available. Is any one faced same problem?

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO excel Add in for all users

I am using Office 2007. We found problem on Windows 2008 server after installing patch KB976477 excel not starts. I also created separate installer but it not installs the add in for all user. I am going to try HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\General\EnableLocalMachineVST O = 1.

Re: [WiX-users] Nested installation of downloaded prerequisites

Hi, Download the tool BMG (Bootstapper manifest generator). Give your .msi and select the pre requisite from list. If not in list download from net. Hope it solves your problem Thanks, Rahul. From: Lisa Gracias [mailto:lisathelugubri...@gmail.com] Sent: Wed

[WiX-users] Passing parameter through script

Hi, I want to pass license key parameter through silent installation. 1) In our installer we are taking license key from user. 2) For internally we are doing silent installation (using .bat file) 3) However in this case the license key that we are storing in registry becomes

Re: [WiX-users] Passing parameter through script

Got the solution. msiexec /i IniTest.msi /quiet PIDKEY=Key through command line parameter Thanks, Rahul. -Original Message- From: rahul.ekb...@sungard.com [mailto:rahul.ekb...@sungard.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:11 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

[WiX-users] .NET 3.5 SP1 redstributable

Hi, Before installing our product I need to check .NET 3.5 SP1 on user machie. If it is not there then our installer will first install .NET 3.5 sp1 and then our produce. I have two choices here 1) Using Microsoft Bootstrapper (Bootstrapper manifest generator) 2) Using merge module

Re: [WiX-users] .NET 3.5 SP1 redstributable

Hi, No I not tried for ClickOnce. I completed my installer in Wix and need to install all the pre-requisite. On net I got tool BMG(Bootstrapper manifest generator) and using this I am able to install my product with all pre requisites. However I just want to know which one is better from these

[WiX-users] Write and read values from .ini file

Hi, How can I read and write values into .ini file. Thanks, Rahul Ekbote -- SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10

Re: [WiX-users] WIX_TEMP

Hi, I am looking for some documentation which shows where to mention WIX_TEMP it. I added WIX_TEMP in our System properties-Advanced-System Environment. like WIX_TEMP d:\temp. When I installed our product and checked folder d:\temp its empty. Installer copied files in TEMP folder and not in

[WiX-users] WIX_TEMP

Hi all, Can any one know what is WIX_TEMP. How can we reset its value in our WIX project or it can setup only through environment window. Thanks, Rahul. -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal

[WiX-users] So much space requires on C drive

Hi All, When we installs our product, though we choose other drive like d: or e: still it checks the space of c: drive. It asks minumn 700MB empty space on c: drive. I tried to change the temp location to d:\ but no use and I think we not force user to change his temp folder location. Please

Re: [WiX-users] TCP/IP problem

Hi, Thanks for reply. It is the same problem I am facing with my installer. I read the article however I am not very clear for solution for Wix. The hot fix given is for Installshield. How to apply it for wix. How to find Registry Table for the Wix. Please reply me. From 10 days I am working on

Re: [WiX-users] TCP/IP problem

Hi, I have 2 machines with me. One is development and other is testing machine. I am making build on development machine. However Installshield 2008 was installed on machine but I made the build using Wix. From long time I not using the Installshield from my machine. 1) To show the Webex to my

[WiX-users] TCP/IP problem

Hi, I am facing problem that when I am un-installing our product it resets the TCP/IP settings of the machine. These are the steps I am using to create the installer 1) We have tradition setup for our engine which is created in Installshield 2) I am running that installer on my

[WiX-users] Needs to understand how wix register the .dll or .ocx?

Hi, I want to understand how wix registers the components in registry. When I run the heat .exe for files it generates code like. Component Id=cmpD84773041B2997E366AE89770EECD1F5 Directory=dir002788116533422330D6397E8731D012 Guid={56DA410A-4B54-4E60-8996-56E4E6D4CD87} NeverOverwrite=yes

[WiX-users] FW: Needs to understand how wix register the .dll or .ocx?

From: Ekbote, Rahul Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:52 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Needs to understand how wix register the .dll or .ocx? Hi, I want to understand how wix registers the components in registry. When I run the heat .exe for files

[WiX-users] Register .exe files

Hi, We have some ATL .exe files that needs to register. In our old installer its shows Self-Register: C:\BancWare\ALMENG~1\DISTRI~1.EXE However in wix installer it only copies the file into the disk. How to register these kind of .exes. Thanks, Rahul Ekbote Senior Software Engineer *

[WiX-users] Wix installer for java applications.

Hi, Can we create installer for Java based projects using Wix. How it is feasible compare to other Java installer? Can it works for following requirements 1) Installing latest java version on user's machine. 2) Calling some service which is dependent on .jar files or calls .jar

Re: [WiX-users] Why Complus component is not deleted after install msi?

Hi, When we use heat it creates the registration information. So what is useful to use heat or Registry table. How to register .dll files using Registry table. There is attribute neveroveride and permanent in component element, When to use that attributes. -Original Message- From: Rob

Re: [WiX-users] Imp- Problem with un-installation

Hi, Yes I am stopping one service from machine. However I was using this code from 1 month and not faced the problem. Only from 4 days I am facing this problem after adding shortcut and some new office interop files. It is very serious and I need to format my 2 machines. Is there any chance

[WiX-users] Imp- Problem with un-installation

Hi, I am facing very serious and wearied problem. When I am un-installing my product, my machine's TCP/IP protocol gets rest. It stops all the major services, stops internet/intranet connections. It is really very big issue. Did anyone faced this problem still. I am facing this after I added

[WiX-users] Problem with newly added file into directory.

Hi, I have directory which contains lots of files (around 700 with nested directories). I build the .wxs using heat command. However I changed lots of code like directory structure, errors related to interop files etc. The folder contains lots of .html files for help. Everyday our documentation

[WiX-users] How to unzip file

Hi, I have .zip file in my installar. How can I unzip file in current folder in Wix. Is there any custom action available? Thanks, Rahul Ekbote -- OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for

[WiX-users] Problem with Shortcut

Hi, I want to make shortcut of my application in start-programs. For this I written following code Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Name=PFiles Directory Id=INSTALLDIR Name=ALM6 /Directory Directory

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Shortcut

Hi, Yes I tried to converting it into the uppercase but not work. It shows the value in shortcut property [INSTALLDIR]ALMGUI which is like hard code value. It not converts [INSTALLDIR] into D:\program files\... I want to concatenate the directory path. It works with INSTALLDIR but not with

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Shortcut

Hi, No still it not works. If I gives the ID of ALMGUI directory it takes only the name of that directory but not conatnate with the INSTALLDIR. I want full path of that directory. Thanks, Rahul. From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Wed

[WiX-users] Problem with merge module

Hi, I have added merge module in my project. Please see the code from Product.wxs. However the merge module are not getting install on target machine. Also I am using bootstrapper manifest for VS2008 utility for adding bootstrapper for .net 3.5 sp1 and VC++ redistributable. Please let me know

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Services

Hi, Also I am facing error when I am installing my product on fresh machine Error= Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system service On net I find that I have to set Keypath = yes however I already set it to the service file. Component Id=cmpE5432E6A181DA42663AF5B93C923DA82

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with merge module

Hi, My understanding about .msm is it contains the information to install the mentioned product. Is it need to provide setup of the products with our setup? Or it takes from net? Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks, Rahul. -Original Message- From: Wilson, Phil

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Services

Hi Phil, Thanks for answer. This is my updated code. I made the changes suggested by you. Still I am getting the same error. Component Id=cmpE5432E6A181DA42663AF5B93C923DA82 Directory=dir002788116533422330D6397E8731D012 Guid={8FFB2F1C-06A5-47D3-B0CA-5F6CC88EFEA4}

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with merge module

Hi, To more on this topic I have following .msm file in our project Merge Id=MDVC90 Language=1033 SourceFile=ALMGUI\Microsoft_VC90_CRT_x86.msm DiskId=1 / Merge Id=MDVC90MFC Language=1033 SourceFile=ALMGUI\Microsoft_VC90_MFC_x86.msm DiskId=1 / Merge Id=MDVC90Policy Language=1033

[WiX-users] Problem with Services

Hi, I have following code in my .wxs file for installing and starting the service. The service is starting properly during install however it taking long time during un-installation Is there any problem with service installation code which hangs my un installation. Component

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper

Hi, I created bootstrapper for .net framework 3.5. After building the project the folder DotNetFX35 is copying at my output directory. Now 1) Do we have to distribute this folder with my .msi and setup.exe 2) When I am running my setup.exe on machine the .net framework is not

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper of .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Hi, Is there bootstrapper available for .net 3.5 SP1 Thanks, Rahul Ekbote Senior Software Engineer * SunGard * ALM * Bacware * SunGard Technology Services (India), Meridian Plaza, S B Road, Shivajinagar, Pune 411016. Direct Tel +91-20-25606237 * Main Tel +91-20-30238000 * Fax

[WiX-users] VC++ redistributable

Hi, In our project we want to run VC++ redistributable file. However when I runs this .exe from my installer using custom action for this I gets error another installer is running. It means we can not call any other installer from our .msi file Is there any other way to install vc++

Re: [WiX-users] VC++ redistributable

Hi, http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/install_dotnet.htm. This is for .NET framework 3.5 and not for .NET framework 3.5 SP1. Is there anything for .NET framework 3.5 SP1. Is there any difference between running .msi and .exe Can I run any other .msi or .exe installation file from our

Re: [WiX-users] Read the text from .ini file.

Hi,, I am using following property to read from .ini file Property Id=INISEARCH IniFileSearch Id=ini Field=0 Name=ALM.ini Section =VersionInfo Key=ProductVersion LongName=ALM.ini / /Property However I think it searches only system folder. The .ini file is part of my installation and

[WiX-users] Problem with Custom UI

Hi, I want to add Product key dialog in WixUI_InstallDir. So I written UI Like UI Id=myui Property Id=DefaultUIFont Value=WixUI_Font_Normal / TextStyle Id=WixUI_Font_Normal FaceName=Tahoma Size=8 / TextStyle Id=WixUI_Font_Bigger FaceName=Tahoma Size=12 /

[WiX-users] Execute .reg file.

Hi In our project, we are copying .reg file on user's machine which we have to execute after end of the installation. How can we achive this ? Do we need to do it using Regedit. If yes how can we call regedit in .wxs file Also there is one .exe file. How can I get the version information from

Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix

Hey Neil, Brian, It works thanks for your help. Regards, Rahul. -Original Message- From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.br...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:30 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix

Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix

Hi, I used heat3.0 (a) option to create the .wxs file with registry entries. However I am using Mallow.exe 3.0 to copy the files into TargetDir. Now the same .dll file entry is there in both files (one for copy and other for register) now how can I club this in one project. Do I need to create

Re: [WiX-users] Some general questions about Wix

Hi, Thanks. Ya it takes all the files. However it is creating separate component for each file so do we need to add all these ComponentRef in Feature tag in main project? Or it creates some component group? Thanks, Rhaul. -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm

[WiX-users] Use of .wsx file created by Mallow

Hi, I used Mallow.exe tool to copy the files from the source directory. The .wsx file generated by mallow contains the code under Fragment tag. Fragment DirectoryRef Id=TARGETDIR .. ... I added this fragment tag in my code however it is not copying the files mentioned in fragment tag