Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Window Message

2013-03-15 Thread Yawar Khan
1. Add following in your script BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication ThemeFile=SetupTheme.xml LocalizationFile=SetupTheme.wxl / 2. Download source and look at the template of theme files at

Re: [WiX-users] General disccussion

2013-02-28 Thread Yawar Khan
Better read this article for Burn custom UI http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2012/10/wix-bootstrapper-application.html -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/General-disccussion-tp7583983p7584027.html Sent from the wix-users mailing

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-18 Thread Yawar Khan
Read the heat documentation. Harvest a directory heat dir .\My Files -gg -sfrag -template:fragment -out directory.wxs You don't have to install msi to check the effect of Heat params. See generated SCBUFragment.wxs for details. Anything included in fragment file will be part of your installation.

Re: [WiX-users] Gracefully skip elevated packages for non-admin in bundle

2013-02-12 Thread Yawar Khan
filed at https://sourceforge.net/p/wix/feature-requests/723/ -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Gracefully-skip-elevated-packages-for-non-admin-in-bundle-tp7583426p7583496.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-12 Thread Yawar Khan
SET WIX=toolset-directory SET WORKING=working-directory *To harvest* %WIX%/bin/heat.exe dir %WORKING%\..\exe\plugin -cg pluginFiles -gg -scom -sreg -sfrag -srd -dr INSTALLLOCATION -var var.PluginProjectDir -out ..\Fragments\pluginFilesFragment.wxs [You may use/skip -sreg, -sfrag, -dr, -var

Re: [WiX-users] Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) as prereq.

2013-02-07 Thread Yawar Khan
Although that was not required but unfortunately I have to *either *put them on remote location and include them as downloadable payload in setup to reduce the package size. *Or *to include them in the package by compressed=yes -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Heat-harvesting with subfolder in the File-Source atribute

2013-02-07 Thread Yawar Khan
There are number of ways of achieving results results. 1) As told by Gabriel 2) Don't include -srd switch to harvest root directory as element. 3) use -var in Heat and -d in candle. e.g for 3 heat.exe dir $(SolutionDir)MyProject\MyDirectory -ag -sfrag -srd -var var.MyProjectDir -out

[WiX-users] Gracefully skip elevated packages for non-admin in bundle

2013-02-07 Thread Yawar Khan
Hi, I am making a bundle with Burn which chained few packages. It is working fine for admin users but for non-admin I have few requirements. Some included packages require elevation but they are not necessary. So for non-admin I want to just skip them gracefully without asking for elevation. I

[WiX-users] Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) as prereq.

2013-02-04 Thread Yawar Khan
Hi, I have to install Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) as prerequisite. I am doing following. 1) Downloading the o2003PIA self extractor. 2)Execute it through and copy to temp folder. ExePackage Id=PIA2003_URL

Re: [WiX-users] Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) as prereq.

2013-02-04 Thread Yawar Khan
The requirement is to not include it in package to reduce the overall package size. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Office-XP-Primary-Interop-Assemblies-PIAs-as-prereq-tp7583350p7583352.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list

Re: [WiX-users] Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) asprereq.

2013-02-04 Thread Yawar Khan
Thanks for such a quick response but these options were already declined :( -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Office-XP-Primary-Interop-Assemblies-PIAs-as-prereq-tp7583350p7583354.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at

[WiX-users] Detect the existence of Word and .Net version greater or equal to 2.0

2013-02-01 Thread Yawar Khan
Hi My application requires Word and .Net. I am creating a wix bootstrap application to install .net if not not found. The basic criteria i found is to search through registry entries. the problem is both items may have many products, e.g. Word can have v11, v12, v14. and .net can have 2.0, 3.5,