Re: [WiX-users] Dark Orca

2006-06-02 Thread Derek Cicerone
That's an experimental extension some of us have been working on for a while for HTML Help integration support(it will be rolled into the VSExtension very soon). You can hand-modify dark.exe.config to remove "WixHelpExtension" and a semi-colon, and it should work. Sorry for the

Re: [WiX-users] UIRef WiXUI_Common Problem

2006-06-05 Thread Derek Cicerone
You indicated a problem running light but the error message includes "CNDL" which indicates an error in candle. What version of wix are you using? If possible, we'd like to see the output from candle /? and also the full text of your wxs file as an attached file to verify there aren't other

Re: [WiX-users] Unique Short Names?

2006-06-06 Thread Derek Cicerone
Please be sure to run MSI validation on your msi files before shipping them to customers. I think you'll find that using the same short files will generate lots and lots of errors. You'll likely also discover many other issues. light in WiX 3.0 automatically runs validation, but in 2.0

Re: [WiX-users] heat help with harvester arguments-filteringdirectories and files

2006-06-06 Thread Derek Cicerone
could make a heat plugin for harvesting a VS solution and create an install that could work with Speech Server. Now the question I have is, How do you create heat plugin (harvester?) Thanks for your help! Brandon -Original Message- From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: [WiX-users] WixUIExtension and DirectoryNotFoundException

2006-06-07 Thread Derek Cicerone
There are two issues: 1. We need to catch that DirectoryNotFoundException so that you don't get a stack trace like that (please open a bug against it with the stack trace from below in the description). 2. I just identified an issue with the WixUIExtension yesterday. There really isn't a good

Re: [WiX-users] XML files and large chunks of XML

2006-06-08 Thread Derek Cicerone
guess we'll stick where we are then. I could try and find a version with the XML fix but not the IIS bug but I'm more likely to just write a _vbscript_ CA to write out the value and tell people "it sucks but that's life". Thanks John On 6/9/06, Derek Cicerone [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [WiX-users] Registering help files and deploying them to the help collection

2006-06-12 Thread Derek Cicerone
Title: Message We have a help extension that's been under development internally - the plan is to incorporate this into the VS extension and release it. You'll still need the help merge modules, but it should make this a lot easier to deploy. Derek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall - questions

2006-06-13 Thread Derek Cicerone
Its probably good to note that msizap should be used sparingly because it's a bit dangerous - it sometimes goes overboard in what it removes - so you really want to make sure this tool is only used on development machines. Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] Dark Bug?

2006-06-13 Thread Derek Cicerone
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Cicerone Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:37 AM To: 'Christopher Painter'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Dark Bug? The package code of an MSM file is not the same thing as the Module/@Guid. PackageCode

Re: [WiX-users] Dark Bug?

2006-06-13 Thread Derek Cicerone
-wix2/wix_xsd_simple_type_autogenuuid.htm Derek Cicerone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Upon further investigation into this issue, you appear to be correct about the correlation of the Revision Number summary info property and the modularization guid. This means that the way WiX currently

Re: [WiX-users] Sequencing issue

2006-06-14 Thread Derek Cicerone
it work. MSI2XML and MSIDB worked just fine without any effort and I wanted to let Simon know what to expect. Derek Cicerone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher, I'm sorry, but I think its a particularly unfair comment to say that a bug in dark was scoffed to the side. I believe

Re: [WiX-users] Registry key or value localization problem

2006-06-14 Thread Derek Cicerone
Merge Module' Manufacturer='My Company' InstallerVersion='100' Compressed='yes' SummaryCodepage='1252' / Thanks for your help. It's much appreciated! -Jon From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 3:06 PM To: 'Watkins, Jon'; wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] What makes ClickThrough per-user?

2006-06-15 Thread Derek Cicerone
Right now, Rob is fixing the warnings that make ClickThrough really painful to use. These were a result of recent schema changes. Its some pretty exciting changes because ClickThrough will utilize the same infrastructure as Heat. I expect the innovation in this area to flourish once all

Re: [WiX-users] Another Sequencing issue

2006-06-16 Thread Derek Cicerone
, 2006 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Another Sequencing issue Next early next month. From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 12:38 PM To: Scott Sam; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject

Re: [WiX-users] Another Sequencing issue

2006-06-16 Thread Derek Cicerone
: [WiX-users] Another Sequencing issue I didnt see it anywhere in the wixca.wxs file. What sources files do I need to edit? From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 1:38 PM To: Scott Sam; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] Msi localization

2006-06-19 Thread Derek Cicerone
Title: Msi localization You need to set Product/@Codepage do not set SummaryCodepage at all its unnecessary since it defaults to 1252. Derek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of KERROUMI Rachid Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 2:02 AM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Referencing merge modules

2006-06-19 Thread Derek Cicerone
The Id used in Merge and MergeRef is completely arbitrary. Its used by wix to match up the Merge and MergeRef elements. It can be whatever you want it to be. The Id used in the Module element, however, must be a legal identifier since its used to populate the ModuleSignature table.

Re: [WiX-users] What makes ClickThrough per-user?

2006-06-19 Thread Derek Cicerone
Is it a terminal server session? From: Don Tasanasanta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 4:54 PM To: Bob Arnson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] What makes ClickThrough per-user? i tried it on win2000 and

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Problem

2006-06-19 Thread Derek Cicerone
The latest version is 2.0.4208.0 so yours is about 9 months old its very likely the bug was fixed in that time. Please try the latest release and let us know how it goes. Derek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brower, Jason Sent: Monday, June

Re: [WiX-users] Another Sequencing issue

2006-06-19 Thread Derek Cicerone
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Cicerone Sent: Saturday, 17 June 2006 2:38 AM To: 'Scott Sam'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Another Sequencing issue In 2.0 youll need to manually change the wixlibs to change the sequencing. Its very inconvenient

Re: [WiX-users] job postings...

2006-06-20 Thread Derek Cicerone
I agree - separate mailing list :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of david adams Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 4:48 PM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] job postings... That was so simple that I was going to

[WiX-users] breaking change: TypeLib entries no longer default to advertised in WiX 3.0

2006-06-21 Thread Derek Cicerone
In order to make the WiX schema more uniform in its handling of advertised versus non-advertised COM registration and also dissuade people from using the built-in MSI TypeLib functionality (which has some issues with rollback and uninstall), weve changed the default for the TypeLib

[WiX-users] NGen support

2006-06-21 Thread Derek Cicerone
Ive just posted a new blog entry at http://installing.blogspot.com/2006/06/ngen-support-in-wix.html about the new support for NGen in WiX J Derek ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] NGen support

2006-06-21 Thread Derek Cicerone
already have a couple of interesting blog posts up and it would nice to have them in a central place! Frederik From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Cicerone Sent: woensdag 21 juni 2006 18:20 To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] NGen

Re: [WiX-users] FW: COM+ custom actions

2006-06-23 Thread Derek Cicerone
Correct, the dll files are relative to the wixlib in 2.0. In WiX 3.0, there is a single binary for extensions so this problem no longer occurs. It's a pain in 2.0 :) Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jdrake Sent: Friday, June 23,

Re: [WiX-users] Moving my wix 2 project into wix 3...

2006-06-26 Thread Derek Cicerone
You need to place WixDifxAppExtension.dll and the difx wixlib file (I dont know its name) in the same directory with candle, lit, light, etc Then when calling candle, you need to provide ext WixDifxAppExtension on the command line. Im not sure if this is possible from within Votive at this

Re: [WiX-users] Registry element causes error 2727

2006-06-26 Thread Derek Cicerone
This is a common authoring mistake which is caught by MSI validation - be sure to run validation on all your MSI files. Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 12:30 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] 3.0.1828 - WixUtilExtension.dll XmlFile

2006-06-29 Thread Derek Cicerone
You're very close. Try this: Candle -ext WixUtilExtension Lit -ext WixUtilExtension Light -ext WixUtilExtension That's it - you don't even need to specify a wixlib file for light anymore - it's all handled automatically. Additionally, if you automatically upgraded your wxs source files using

Re: [WiX-users] customaction runs unzip?

2006-06-30 Thread Derek Cicerone
This type of question normally indicates something fishy - why would you want to unzip a zip file when you can associate cabinet files with an msi rather easily? It's much better to keep files under MSI control because then they will be patchable - otherwise you'll expose customers to a security

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction failing on Vista

2006-07-04 Thread Derek Cicerone
NGen is supported in both WiX 2 and 3. I would highly suggest using the custom actions we built since they were done with assistance from the NGen team. There could be some bugs however, so it probably isnt appropriate for shipping in a few days (a few months would be much more appropriate

Re: [WiX-users] version 3 - error LGHT0216

2006-07-04 Thread Derek Cicerone
# Regards, Silvio On 7/3/06, Derek Cicerone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The issue appears to be during the stream import. I just made a fix in this code last week but it looks like it's not good enough. If you can, you should debug into this issue and take a look

[WiX-users] rfc: long names in WiX 3.0 COM registration

2006-07-06 Thread Derek Cicerone
This is another simple rfc. Wed like to change the COM registration written by the Class / element to be long file names (versus the current short file names). In terms of how this will affect MSI files, it basically means that instead of writing registry keys with [!FileId], wed begin to

Re: [WiX-users] Driver/ LGHT0204 : ICE03 : Value not a member of theset;

2006-07-09 Thread Derek Cicerone
The validation data for the MsiDriverPackages is likely wrong. Heres the current definition: columnDefinition name=Flags type=number length=4 set=0;1;2;3;4;5;6;7 description=Flags for installing and uninstalling driver packages/ Clearly this is wrong since there can be a flag of

Re: [WiX-users] Heat and COM

2006-07-09 Thread Derek Cicerone
could always check it's code... Derek Cicerone wrote: I'm not familiar with .ocx files - are they just like self-reg dll files? If so, I can make a small modification to get that working pretty quickly. If they are some other format of file, then we'd have to write a special plugin to handle

Re: [WiX-users] LIGHT216 Error

2006-07-09 Thread Derek Cicerone
I wonder if something like this could be covered by having the VSExtension use the XmlFile stuff in the UtilExtension. Probably more complicated than what you'd need, but if XmlFile became more like a platform, this could be an easier way to go because then you can just focus on the xml changes

Re: [WiX-users] [WiX-devs] WiX v3.0.1828.0 Overridable attribute causing buildbreak.

2006-07-10 Thread Derek Cicerone
and LaunchConditions elements in every single ca_*.wixlibfile because when the wrapper install is built, it sees multiple of the same element and fails. We were hoping that the Overridable attribute would allow for this functionality. From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday

Re: [WiX-users] language specific wixlibs

2006-07-10 Thread Derek Cicerone
You didnt specify a culture for light to use, so it didnt load any localization strings from the library. Since wix libraries may contain multiple languages of localized strings, the culture is necessary to pick one. In this case, youd probably want en-us. Derek From: [EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] [WiX-devs] WiX v3.0.1828.0 Overridable attribute causing buildbreak.

2006-07-10 Thread Derek Cicerone
the instructions above and it should work. So this is either some problem where i'm by mistake not including the wixlib or those elements in a wixlib that is included in an install wrapper is not resulting in the tables and actions being put in the msi. From: Derek Cicerone

Re: [WiX-users] Creating msi from merge module fails

2006-07-12 Thread Derek Cicerone
What does the verbose installation log say? Have you verified that the msi file is created with files? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arto Stimms Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:00 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] Retrieve hostname during an installation.

2006-07-17 Thread Derek Cicerone
Thats not a good idea replying upon certain system registry values is an invitation for application compatibility issues for future versions of the OS. Instead, just use the built-in ComputerName property: ComputerName Property The ComputerName property is the computer name of the

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in 2.0.4310.0 - environment vars with parens in thename

2006-07-18 Thread Derek Cicerone
Nested parenthesis is unsupported in both versions of WiX. Is that a standard Windows environment variable or one which you are defining? Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Altman Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:36 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in 2.0.4310.0 - environment vars with parens in thename

2006-07-18 Thread Derek Cicerone
Files\Common Files Jeffrey Altman Derek Cicerone wrote: Nested parenthesis is unsupported in both versions of WiX. Is that a standard Windows environment variable or one which you are defining? Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT1055 InstallUISequence warning

2006-07-19 Thread Derek Cicerone
Check out the ModuleInstallUISequence. That table contains the UI actions for a merge module. One of the actions in there was likely authored improperly and is colliding with an action in the main msi. Derek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [WiX-users] Path the file in Binary table

2006-07-20 Thread Derek Cicerone
Youd have to do it via your own custom action. What is your scenario? In general you should avoid custom actions because its very difficult to write one properly/securely. Derek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eddie Tse Sent: Thursday, July 20,

Re: [WiX-users] Path the file in Binary table

2006-07-20 Thread Derek Cicerone
the file in Binary table Im trying to deploy web services to an IIS site running Sharepoint along with some templates that will be loaded as documents into the Sharepoint library. Looks like just executing an external command would be easier then. Eddie From: Derek Cicerone [mailto

Re: [WiX-users] Installing a binary in context of current logged in user

2006-07-21 Thread Derek Cicerone
Set the Impersonate attribute to yes for that CustomAction element but then the CA doesnt run as LocalSystem so it doesnt have elevated privileges. Derek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bahar Shah Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:56 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] What use, WiX 2 or WiX 3 ?

2006-07-21 Thread Derek Cicerone
When will you be shipping to your customers? The current recommendation is to only use 3.0 if your product ships in 2007 or later. That being said, we've begun slowing down the pace of changes to the WiX 3.0 core tools for a few months now, but breaking changes are still being made and I'd

Re: [WiX-users] Installing a binary in context of current logged in user

2006-07-21 Thread Derek Cicerone
. Could you ellaborate a bit more. Do you mean to say that just setting a impersonate attribute to 'yes' the installer would know who the current logged user is and install under that priveldge ? Regards Bahar On 7/21/06, Derek Cicerone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Set the Impersonate attribute

Re: [WiX-users] Issue with 3.0 development release -missing libraries

2006-07-22 Thread Derek Cicerone
WiX 3.0 does not ship wixlib files because the WiX extensions are now completely self-contained in each extension dll. You should see a WixUIExtension.dll in the 3.0 releases. To use it, just specify -ext WixUIExtension -cultures:en-us in light and you're done. This will pull in the WiX UI

Re: [WiX-users] Issue with 3.0 development release-missing libraries

2006-07-22 Thread Derek Cicerone
, and such. Thanks, John Derek Cicerone [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/22/2006 5:34 PM WiX 3.0 does not ship wixlib files because the WiX extensions are now completely self-contained in each extension dll. You should see a WixUIExtension.dll in the 3.0 releases. To use it, just specify -ext WixUIExtension

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Shortcuts

2006-07-23 Thread Derek Cicerone
If you are migrating to WiX, please try using dark on your MSI files. The WiX 3.0 dark.exe should be especially accurate for the conversion. Beyond that, the authoring below nests a Shortcut under a component, which creates a shortcut to the folder of the component. To create a shortcut to a

Re: [WiX-users] -dWixUILicenseRtf method

2006-07-24 Thread Derek Cicerone
Please update to the latest WiX 3.0 release. This error is due to installing the WiX tools in a path with spaces and it has been fixed in the latest releases. Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Klimek Manuel Sent: Monday, July 24,

Re: [WiX-users] ORCA validation issue with wix generated installer

2006-07-24 Thread Derek Cicerone
That means that the component needs to have a registry key under HKCU as its keypath. This supports installation of per-user shortcuts for a per-machine installation. Alternatively, you could switch to advertised shortcuts by specifying Advertise=yes on the Shortcut elements. However,

Re: [WiX-users] ORCA validation issue with wix generatedinstaller

2006-07-24 Thread Derek Cicerone
a reference to this issue. If you know where the information is, please feel free to refer me to the proper pages. Thanks, John Derek Cicerone [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/24/2006 3:21 PM That means that the component needs to have a registry key under HKCU as its keypath. This supports installation

Re: [WiX-users] ORCA validation issue with wixgeneratedinstaller

2006-07-24 Thread Derek Cicerone
key in the User hive with a shortcut, perhaps I could glean the syntax on my own. :) Thanks in advance, John Derek Cicerone [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/24/2006 4:32 PM It's a very good question actually and I've seen no solid recommendation on a best-practice approach. I think you can create any HKCU

Re: [WiX-users] ORCA validation issue with wix generated installer

2006-07-24 Thread Derek Cicerone
: Re: [WiX-users] ORCA validation issue with wix generated installer Derek Cicerone wrote: That means that the component needs to have a registry key under HKCU as its keypath. This supports installation of per-user shortcuts for a per-machine installation. I don't see why anyone would ever want

Re: [WiX-users] -dWixUILicenseRtf method

2006-07-25 Thread Derek Cicerone
Cheers, Manuel -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 24. Juli 2006 18:23 An: Klimek Manuel; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: RE: [WiX-users] -dWixUILicenseRtf method Please update to the latest WiX 3.0 release. This error

Re: [WiX-users] Installing a binary in context of current logged inuser

2006-07-25 Thread Derek Cicerone
. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Cicerone Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 12:35 PM To: 'Bahar Shah'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing a binary in context of current logged inuser Set the Impersonate attribute to yes

Re: [WiX-users] Should WiX add support for installingWindowsinstrumentation features?

2006-07-27 Thread Derek Cicerone
for installingWindowsinstrumentation features? From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a good chance for us to all get on the same page. Who on the PowerShell team is saying to use the Installer classes? (Or if this is from some MSDN docs, please send us the link.) Here's

[WiX-users] rfc: break WiX 3.0 backwards-compatibility with WiX 2.0 library (wixlib) files

2006-07-27 Thread Derek Cicerone
WiX 3.0 currently has the ability to read library (.wixlib) files generated by the WiX 2.0 version of the toolset. However, weve recently identified several reasons why wed like to stop maintaining backwards-compatibility with the 2.0 format. The overall goal here is to make the changes

Re: [WiX-users] Is there a way to suppress license agreement dialogin stock dialog sets?

2006-07-28 Thread Derek Cicerone
WiX 3.0 has a very different method of customizing the dialogs than WiX 2.0 which is so far undocumented. It's (hopefully) much more simple. Basically, just grab a sequence file from the sources that is similar to what you want (like WixUI_Mondo.wxs) and put that in your sources and modify it to

Re: [WiX-users] conditions

2006-07-28 Thread Derek Cicerone
What are you trying to do overall? Using feature conditions in a components condition is a little awkward usually features directly determine if a component will be installed. Derek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Sam Sent: Wednesday,

[WiX-users] rfc: break WiX 3.0 backwards-compatibility with WiX 2.0 library (wixlib) files

2006-07-28 Thread Derek Cicerone
WiX 3.0 currently has the ability to read library (.wixlib) files generated by the WiX 2.0 version of the toolset. However, weve recently identified several reasons why wed like to stop maintaining backwards-compatibility with the 2.0 format. The overall goal here is to make the changes

Re: [WiX-users] Question: Migrating Existing Installer to WindowsInstaller

2006-07-29 Thread Derek Cicerone
this far if you made it and thanks for the advice. Hope to keep the discussion going. Rick From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:52 PM To: Rick Glos; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Question: Migrating Existing Installer

Re: [WiX-users] conditions

2006-07-29 Thread Derek Cicerone
-users] conditions I need to write out to a config file what features are being installed, so that the program that update/creates the database knows what database to create/update if any at all. From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:12 PM

Re: [WiX-users] Long path name to COM server

2006-07-29 Thread Derek Cicerone
The very latest WiX 3.0 release fixes this, enjoy! :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrey T Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 4:47 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Long path name to COM server Hello, all! I have

Re: [WiX-users] ProgramMenuFolder and validation error

2006-07-29 Thread Derek Cicerone
This question has been coming up often. Note that ALLUSERS is completely uppercase so a user can change your installation to be per-user via the command line or several other methods. This means that you need the HKCU key to ensure proper repair operation (since a shortcut is not a valid

Re: [WiX-users] rfc: break WiX 3.0 backwards-compatibility with WiX 2.0library (wixlib) files

2006-07-29 Thread Derek Cicerone
704.554.6300 support 704.943.0585 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.clearskysoftware.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Cicerone Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 6:50 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] rfc: break WiX 3.0 backwards

Re: [WiX-users] SelfRegCost on windows 2003 Server

2006-07-29 Thread Derek Cicerone
Title: SelfRegCost on windows 2003 Server Its probably a missing dependency. It might be easier to stop using self reg by running tallow (wix v2) or heat (v3) against the self-reg dll to collect its registry keys. J Derek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [WiX-users] ISAPI Filter installation hangs IIS

2006-07-29 Thread Derek Cicerone
To resolve the localization issue: I think youll need to pass cultures:en-us to light to load the English resources for the extension. This change was just made in the last release. Please note that the custom action code in WiX 3.0 is identical to what can be found in 2.0. We still

[WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes

2006-07-31 Thread Derek Cicerone
Weve recently discovered that the way WiX creates merge modules is a little bit incorrect. Every merge module has a unique guid which is used to modularize all the entries in the merge module (WiX does this properly). However, that guid is also supposed to be used as the package code

Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes

2006-07-31 Thread Derek Cicerone
that is very difficult to track. I appreciate the consistency proposed but I'm concerned about the potential for accidents. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Cicerone Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 23:16 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX

Re: [WiX-users] How to set one File for two Components

2006-07-31 Thread Derek Cicerone
, July 31, 2006 12:54 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to set one File for two Components You could use CopyFile and RemoveFile elements, but it's much easier to just include the file twice. I'd only really consider this option if the file was huge. Rob Derek

Re: [WiX-users] MergeModules vs. WixLib

2006-07-31 Thread Derek Cicerone
You can probably just pretty print the wixlib files and inspect them directly its just xml (unless you use the bf option to bind files into it in which case its a cabinet file with xml appended to the end). Derek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [WiX-users] Require License Agreement Dialog (no silent setups)

2006-07-31 Thread Derek Cicerone
I've been thinking about adding a warning to the LaunchConditions parsing code in the compiler. In almost every case, you should add Installed OR to the beginning to ensure it only runs during initial install. Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand custom action

2006-08-01 Thread Derek Cicerone
What does the exe do to the xml file? WiX has custom actions which support modifying xml files during setup. They support rollback and install nothing to the target machine. Derek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shmarya Rubenstein Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes

2006-08-01 Thread Derek Cicerone
:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes Derek Cicerone wrote: That is an excellent point what if we keep the ???... syntax just for Product/@Id in that case and go with the recommendations

Re: [WiX-users] custom action to write a reg value

2006-08-01 Thread Derek Cicerone
From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:09 PM To: Don Tasanasanta; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] custom action to write a reg value Just write the registry key as part of the normal installation why would that require

Re: [WiX-users] custom action to write a reg value

2006-08-01 Thread Derek Cicerone
Tasanasanta VIACK Corporation 425-605-7423 From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:29 PM To: Don Tasanasanta; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] custom action to write a reg value Why? Windows Installer

Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes

2006-08-02 Thread Derek Cicerone
That's correct - we generate the entire guid every time. Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DEÁK JAHN, Gábor Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 1:14 AM To: WiX-users Subject: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes On Tue, 1 Aug 2006

Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes

2006-08-02 Thread Derek Cicerone
and may result in undesirable behavior in some scenarios as well. Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Cicerone Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 1:24 AM To: 'DEÁK JAHN, Gábor'; 'WiX-users' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element

Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes

2006-08-02 Thread Derek Cicerone
Arnson Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'DEÁK JAHN Gábor'; 'Rob Mensching'; 'WiX-users' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes Derek Cicerone wrote: I've done some more thinking about this. I think Rob's main objection with making Product/@Id

Re: [WiX-users] Turning off all sub-features

2006-08-02 Thread Derek Cicerone
Be wary of level 0 for features - you can get into scenarios where it's difficult to bring the features back to life :) Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Beaudet Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:01 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Calling custom actions in Merge Modules

2006-08-03 Thread Derek Cicerone
You should not be referencing a custom action from a merge module in a main installation. Who wrote the custom action? If its yours then you should use wixlib files instead of merge modules. If its not yours, whoever did write it should have made it a table-driven custom action. Derek

Re: [WiX-users] Performance issues

2006-08-03 Thread Derek Cicerone
Title: Performance issues What are the install times like if you disable system restore? Apparently MSI installations take a large up-front hit while loading on system restore and disabling it (assuming you dont use it), can speed things up quite a bit. Derek From: [EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Minimal without license agreement

2006-08-03 Thread Derek Cicerone
Im surprised Bob hasnt responded to this yet J Im not sure how it works in WiX 2.0, but in 3.0, doing something like this should be very easy since we moved all the dialog flow into one file apiece for each of the dialog packs (mondo, minimal, etc). You can just take the single file for

Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes

2006-08-03 Thread Derek Cicerone
, August 03, 2006 3:52 PM To: WiX-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] rfc: Package element changes From: Bob Arnson Sent: Wed 8/2/2006 8:44 AM Derek Cicerone wrote: I've done some more thinking about this. I think Rob's main objection with making Product/@Id optional was that someone might

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Re: MessageQueue PubCA

2006-08-04 Thread Derek Cicerone
.) *** When I took the steps, it appears that I am missing the pcaext.dll for the reference and the pubca.wixlib. Are these not available in the bin directory like wixca, etc.? David Adams MSN MessengerID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Derek Cicerone [EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-05 Thread Derek Cicerone
Title: Multi-language msi What is the MsiTran SummaryInfo mechanism? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Lemire Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 5:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi Hi, We are

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-06 Thread Derek Cicerone
the current os/user setting with the options in the SummaryInfo and if it matches one it applies that ones transfom before showing the UI. -Original Message- From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sat 8/5/2006 5:38 PM To: John Lemire; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-06 Thread Derek Cicerone
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DEÁK JAHN, Gábor Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:28 PM To: WiX-users Subject: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 11:32:20 -0700, Derek Cicerone wrote: Derek, Its not officially supported by the MSI team (they discourage people from using it). Im

Re: [WiX-users] Setting Page Count property...

2006-08-07 Thread Derek Cicerone
Please give us an example of the authoring you are currently trying. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vijay Kalasani Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:24 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Setting Page Count property... Hi,

Re: [WiX-users] Setting Page Count property...

2006-08-07 Thread Derek Cicerone
Page Count property... In the property table using ORCA, I am trying to do the following and the validation fails. Now I am looking at some documentation that suggests setting properties using custom action (type 51). Page Count 200 Thanks, Vijay From: Derek Cicerone [mailto

Re: [WiX-users] Setting Page Count property...

2006-08-07 Thread Derek Cicerone
in the Orca database) should I set it. Thanks, Vijay From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:47 PM To: 'Vijay Kalasani'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Setting Page Count property... Why are you using Orca? Everything

Re: [WiX-users] heat and component identifier length

2006-08-08 Thread Derek Cicerone
Thanks for the heads-up but that's not a crash - it's actually an ICE warning (you can tell because it says ICE03 in front). When WiX crashes, it will display a stack trace so that we can diagnose and fix the problem. The problem you've encountered is that MSI identifiers are supposed to be 72

Re: [WiX-users] heat and component identifier length

2006-08-08 Thread Derek Cicerone
reading location 0x. I got it to generate a minidump and I have attached it. Does the fact I use .Net 1.1 and not 2.0 make a difference? N On 08/08/06, Derek Cicerone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the heads-up but that's not a crash - it's actually an ICE warning (you can tell

Re: [WiX-users] What is the order of components installation?

2006-08-08 Thread Derek Cicerone
It can't be controlled. Why does the order matter in your scenario? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter G. Sakhno Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:37 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] What is the order of

Re: [WiX-users] Using Multiple binary's

2006-08-08 Thread Derek Cicerone
What will your custom action do? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Magus Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:48 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Using Multiple binary's I have a .exe files that relies on a .dll

Re: [WiX-users] What is the order of components installation?

2006-08-09 Thread Derek Cicerone
, Peter G. Sakhno C-MAP RUSSIA Ltd http://www.c-map.ru/ Derek Cicerone wrote: It can't be controlled. Why does the order matter in your scenario? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter G. Sakhno Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:37 AM

Re: [WiX-users] Error LGHT0102 UtilExtension

2006-08-09 Thread Derek Cicerone
Starting with the latest release, we have now exposed all strings which appear during installation in the extensions to localization. This means that you now need to specify the language of strings you would like to use when you run light. This can be done by providing -cultures:en-us on the

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