[WiX-users] SelectionTree Not Updated

The following chunk of code Feature Id=Input Title=Input Description=sample input files. Level=1 ComponentRef Id=InputFolder / Condition Level=0NOT MAYINSTALLSOURCE/Condition /Feature Works great to disable installation of the Input if the user enters a bad CD Key.

[WiX-users] (no subject)

Nah, I got plenty others... + Complete Bin Input Output Source On 1/4/07, Levi Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that your only Feature / item? - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join

Re: [WiX-users] SelectionTree Not Updated

Nah, I got plenty others... + Complete Bin Input Output Source On 1/4/07, Levi Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that your only Feature / item? - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join

[WiX-users] Installing the same files to multiple locations

My sanity has been questioned, and I realize no sane person would probably want to do this, but... Here's what I'm trying to accomplish; is there a more elegant way to do this? Directory Id=Whatever Name=Whatever Directory Id=Bin Name=Bin Component Id=BinFolder

[WiX-users] Heat and Components and Features and JBOF

So I tried to move from Tallow to Heat because, well, when I use Tallow, I have to manually edit Tallow's output to delete short filenames so it works with WiX3... Particularly challenging part of my projects is to generate WiX files for sample input/output. This sample input/output is on the

[WiX-users] Install only on XP SP2 or better

I'm trying to make some code that installs only on Windows: XP SP2 or better, 2003 SP1 or better, or Vista or better. I'm using the code below, and my application happily installs itself on Win2000. What am I doing wrong? Property Id=WIN2KSP4EXISTS![CDATA[VersionNT = 500 AND

[WiX-users] Install to C:\Whatever

I realize the hip new thing to do is install into C:\Program Files\Whatever. But I have a legacy app that absolutely must be installed into C:\Whatever. I tried this: Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=INSTALLDIR Name=Whatever But then it wants to install my

[WiX-users] (no subject)

I create a dummy installation project with Visual Studio 2005, and I make it install .NET runtime and VC++2005 as pre-requisites. Then I delete the .msi file that VS generates, and I put in the one WiX generates. Congratulations, you have a setup.exe that installs all the pre-requisites. On

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .NET dependancy?

If you wrote it in VC++ 2005 then one of your dependencies will be the Visual C++ 2005 redistributable. One of your dependencies will also probably be .NET framework 2.0. You put these in your bootstrapper, since neither are included by default with your XP or 2K system. (Unless some other app

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting the type of file system

DLL. See here: http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson3.php#3.3 On 5/10/07, Jason Van Eaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Rob. By CustomAction, do you mean an action that cobbles together existing stuff from inside WIX or Windows Installer, or do you mean calling off to a custom .dll to

[WiX-users] Merge Modules Serialized and Stamped at Install Time

I sent an email to a third-party component vendor, asking them to give me a merge module for their product (OCX goodies), citing this as my concern: http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2003/10/18/56497.aspx Their answer: Also since the Modules are serialized and stamped at install time, we are

[WiX-users] (no subject)

to the purchaser). Great. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 01:31 AM To: Mike Dimmick Cc: 'Nick'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Merge Modules Serialized and Stamped at Install Time Mike Dimmick wrote: Their build

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .NET dependancy?

I know I'm probably too late with this info...but if you have VS 2005 SP1, your C++ dependency that you created with VS bootstrapper is not being installed correctly. Update your C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bootstrapper\Packages\vcredist_x86\product.xml file to change

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper/Decryption

I should probably be hung for doing this... I run the VS2005 bootstrapper to install C++ and .NET runtimes. Then the bootstrapper starts an ORCA'd MSI. This MSI asks the user to enter the correct password. If the user does so, the custom action de-crypts (that's why I need the C++ and .NET

[WiX-users] (no subject)

Can you recommend another bootstrapper that can kick off an .exe (instead of the .msi)? Something tells me I might be writing my own bootstrapper tomorrow. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 00:09 AM To: Nick Cc: wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper/Decryption

AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] (no subject) Nick, I've had good success using NSIS (http://nsis.sourceforge.net) to create my bootstrapper. It can easily launch any application you may need. I've also heard good things about InnoSetup (http

[WiX-users] ICE60 with HPGLIM32.FLT

I'm getting an error that looks like this (new for WiX3, latest weekly build) C:\MFragment.xml(8) : warning LGHT1076 : ICE60: The file MCmdFile1000 is not a Font, and its version is not a companion file reference. It should have a language specified in the Language column. Ewhat??? The

[WiX-users] wixpdb

When creating patches... Does the wixpdb method compare the binaries from the two .msi files? Or, does it compare the files as they are on the disk? (My preference is for using .msi files due to project archiving and other such things). If it compares the files as they are on the disk, is it

[WiX-users] WiX3 Shortcut Issues

I'm using the 3502 build (shame on me, should have tried 3509) to make an installer for my app. It was a success with WiX2, but I decided to move to WiX3 for the new featureset. A chunk of my installation looks like this: RemoveFolder Id=ProgramMenuDir Directory=ProgramMenuDir

Re: [WiX-users] Wrapping .msp in an .exe

Why would you want to wrap an .msp into an .exe? Once your bootstrapper installed the pre-requisites with the original .msi, you don't need to do any more pre-requisites. (Or, are you adding a new pre-reqisite with your .msp?) I use BMG (http://www.codeplex.com/bmg) and it has no problems

[WiX-users] WiX 2 to 3: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

This code: ProgId Id=... Extension Id=xyz ContentType=text/plain ... Verb Id=6_Edit Command=Edit TargetFile=Notepad.exe Argument=quot;%1quot; / ... Works perfectly well in WiX2, but not in WiX3: C:\blah.xml(65) : error LGHT0094 : Unresolved reference to symbol

[WiX-users] IIS folders and WebVirtualDirs

of the ProductName web folder and contained virtual directories under IIS causing the other websites and their uninstall to fail. Can anyone shed any light on what were doing wrong or suggest a better approach? Any help appreciated. Nick

[WiX-users] Conditional Uninstall?

website conditional on having removed the second site first? Thanks for your help, Nick - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your

[WiX-users] Installing files to the My Documents directory

are created by an external program, and the installer shouldn't remove them on uninstall, even if they're empty. How can I tell the installer this? -Nick Johnson - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services

[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

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

Re: [WiX-users] Custom action executing boo script fails

[WEBINSTALLDIR]. [INSTALLDIR]. [DIRECTORYNAME] [DATABASEPASSWORD]' / Cheers - Nick On 2/13/07, Traits Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Nick, Try this: CustomAction Id=InstallScript Directory=[INSTALLSCRIPTINSTALLDIR] ExeCommand='[INSTALLSCRIPTINSTALLDIR]boo\booi.exe

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

[WiX-users] .NET CustomAction dll - can I use .net to code my custom action?

marked as internal? it would be nice to use them Cheers - Nick - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics

[WiX-users] Calling MSI from within MSI

or is there a cleaner way? Thanks for your time. Nick NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrade not working after changes to UIRef

Does the install log show that it is detecting the old version? At one point I thought that I had to schedule InstallExecute after RemoveExistingProducts, but last I tried it that didn't seem to be the case. Is it possible to switch to use the new MajorUpgrade element? It seems to make life

Re: [WiX-users] WiX Source howto?

I used to have problems with projects not loading. It seems like it had something to do with having to copy some Version file or something into another directory. I tried the whole thing again and it works for me: 1. Cloned the repository (don't check certificate): hg clone --verbose

Re: [WiX-users] Starting a service as Network Service

That's the error message you get for pretty much any reason. It's like a catch-all error message. Try changing the service's account in the services console and see if it starts. Maybe try to debug into it while it's starting. I've done that before after putting it to sleep for a few seconds to

[WiX-users] Burn package ref counting

I wasn't able to find much information about this. Does Burn handle package ref counting automatically? Is there nothing we need to do? Or should we be using the DependencyExtension in some way? Do install devs need to handle adding to the package ref count and subtracting? Thanks. -- View

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage uninstalled on upgrade

Would you say that the Requires element is not needed? I thought that Requires might be placed inside of an MsiPackage or ExePackage, for instance, to reference the Provides. But apparently the schema doesn't support that. It can only be placed under a Bundle, Fragment or Provides. Is it not

Re: [WiX-users] How to get content of a file component

This is probably a naive question, but why is it required to read the file at install time? Could you get the information you need during development and hardcode it into a component? -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] How to invoke XmlFile standard custom action after ExitDialog

I believe that adding an XmlFile element inside of a Component will add an action to the install sequence that will do the XML writing. That would happen during the installation, not at the end. Is it a hard requirement that this only be performed at the end? All actions that change the state of

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for files

If I understand, the new MSI will have a single file that can be used on any OS? And the other OS-specific files will be removed/replaced? A major upgrade should work well. It will uninstall the old files and then install the new files. (Not necessarily in that order). So you'll essentially be

Re: [WiX-users] util:XmlFile using old property value

Have you tried making the name of the property all uppercase? SERVICE_URL? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/util-XmlFile-using-old-property-value-tp7581739p7581838.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] How to prevent the same MSI file to be executed more than once at the same time?

Are you using the MajorUpgrade element? And what do you have for the Product's Id? An asterisk? If it's the same Product ID, version and UpgradeCode, I am surprised you are not seeing the Repair/Modify dialog when the second MSI is run. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Editing files from the Bootstrapper Application

I'm curious about your setup. What is it about it that make having two MSIs worthwhile? Did you not want to have two Features in a single MSI? -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] How to change browse directory dialog ?

WiX is a layer on top of Windows Installer, which has a certain look that can't be changed. You could customize the look by adding a bootstrapper project and writing a custom BA using WPF or WinForms, but that would be some extra work on your part for such a small requirement. -- View this

Re: [WiX-users] Changing Permissions To Registry

Just a few questions to help clarify: What do you mean when you say it's not working? Where are you putting the PermissionEx elements? Inside of a RegistryKey element? In your code sample you're using curly braces: {username}. Is that how you have it for real? -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] How to change browse directory dialog ?

Using a custom action is something I hadn't considered. Here's a past posting where someone was doing that: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/OpeFileDialog-C-Custom-Action-td5860149.html -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible to set Service Start from command line?

StartType on the ServiceInstall table is not listed as a Formatted type. Only formatted types can accept Windows Installer properties. I don't think it's possible to do what you want with WiX markup. Possibly a custom action could be made to handle it. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Output a message to the log from a Custom Action executed from a DoAction ControlEvent

You cannot use the Message method to write to the install log when the custom action is called using the DoAction control event. This is a limitation of MSI. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Falling back to default language if locale is not present

Could you provide the steps you're using to create the installer? With command line arguments? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Falling-back-to-default-language-if-locale-is-not-present-tp7582282p7582309.html Sent from the wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Output a message to the log from a Custom Action executed from a DoAction ControlEvent

I'm more of a .NET guy, where the session.Message method in the DTF library can't be called from within a DoAction custom action. It calls the MsiProcessMessage behind the scenes. So the Message method you're talking about may be different. It seems to be a part of something called the

[WiX-users] WiX book update

Several people from the WiX community lent a hand getting the update to the WiX book into shape. The end result covers more ground than the last version, including, of course, Burn. All in all, I'm very pleased with the end result! It's available for the Kindle on Amazon's site at:

Re: [WiX-users] How do to configure a Windows service to Restart the Service upon failure?

Does it work if, instead of using the ServiceConfigFailureActions and Failure elements, you use the util:ServiceConfig element? It has FirstFailureActionType, SecondFailureActionType and ThirdFailureActionType attributes that you can set to restart, runcommand or reboot. -- View this message in

Re: [WiX-users] odd behaviour in execution of a generated MSI

Could you attach the part of the log into the email message? Attachments don't show up in the forum for me. It could be a couple of things really. Might help to post some of your WiX markup too. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] wix 3.6 and Burn: double click versus command line invocation?

I don't see your MSI in the bundle's chain. Only the python and .NET ones. Is this the code you wanted to show to the forum? I've gotten that error message once before. It went away after I recompiled through. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] WixMbaPrereqPackageId variable not visible from Fragment element

In your Bundle.wxs, if you have: BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost ... /BootstrapperApplicationRef then you also need, after the BootstrapperApplicationRef: WixVariable Id=WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl Value=... / WixVariable Id=WixMbaPrereqPackageId Value=... /

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.6 - Custom actions not executing in InstallUISequence when called from PushButton control

That's a syntax I've not seen before: using the Property and VBScriptCall attributes to trigger an embedded VBScript custom action. Try taking that out and putting your script inside the CustomAction element. CustomAction Id=A.ContentName Script=vbscript Execute=immediate lt;![CDATA[

Re: [WiX-users] Adding feature dependency

It's acceptable to include the same components (your Java components) in two different features. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Adding-feature-dependency-tp7583348p7583384.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at

Re: [WiX-users] Msi is not creating in the Drive

It is MSI's default behavior to choose the disk with the most space. Try capitalizing the property to TARGETDIR. TARGETDIR=E:\ -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Msi-is-not-creating-in-the-Drive-tp7583373p7583385.html Sent from the

Re: [WiX-users] setting a checkbox false value

You could try to hardcode false in the app.config. Then, put a conditional statement inside the Component element that has the XmlFile in it so that the component will only be installed (and the app.config written to) if the property exists. When the box is deselected, the property should be

Re: [WiX-users] Using WIX 3.7 VS2012 Creating MSI packages of ASP.NET WEBSITE

Have you read through the various documentation: manual, tutorial, book at http://wixtoolset.org/? I would start by learning the basic of building a WiX project before jumping into installing a website. Installing a website is an advanced topic. To do so, you will need to use the WiX IIS

Re: [WiX-users] Restart existing service when finishes the installation/un-installation..

Are you able to start/stop the service manually? Just to make sure there's nothing wrong with the service itself. What is the exact error message you're seeing? Is there anything in the Windows event log? Such as a permission issue? -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Restart existing service when finishes the installation/un-installation..

That's good that you can start the service manually. That means that there isn't something wrong with the service itself. Also, the error message you're seeing is a generic message, not necessarily related to permissions. The first thing I'd try is adding the Wait attribute to your ServiceControl,

Re: [WiX-users] Using Product Id=*

This is an interesting circumstance. Chocolatey is a new way of deploying software packages, sort of like apt-get on Linux. Ordinarily, upgrading software that was previously installed via an MSI is easy. You just author a major upgrade into the next MSI or you create a patch. I'm not familiar

Re: [WiX-users] Using Product Id=*

That sounds right to me. Use a MajorUpgrade element to handle the upgrade. That will replace the obsolete version and replace it with the new one. You'll just need to manually change the Product's Id (and Product version) in updated versions of the MSI. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Using Product Id=*

So is there a different install/uninstall set of URLs for each MSI version? Just curious. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Using-Product-Id-tp7583827p7583881.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] How to change xml element value?

Not sure yet how to check if the value is already written in the file. But to write it, you could use something like: ComponentGroup Id=ProductComponents Directory=INSTALLFOLDER Component Id=CMP_MyFileXML Guid={05AB616A-AD9E-468B-AE86-477759234CA0} File Source=MyFile.xml KeyPath=yes

[WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA

when I add it to the BA, it builds fine but the installer crashes. Is there anything I need to add to the resource dictionaries to get them to work with the BA? Thanks, Nick Nicholas Miller (Network Administrator) LiveTechnology Holdings, Inc. LiveTechnology Park: 16 Sterling Lake Rd, Tuxedo Park

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA

much with managed BA's, but there is a difference between a standard WPF Exe project and a BA which is a DLL. You might want to have a look at the Wix BA (src\Setup\WixBA) to see if there is an example to go by there. -Original Message- From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA

? If not, they are certainly missing from where your BA is being run. On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote: Thanks for the reply. This looks like what I currently have but it still doesn't work. Currently there is only one window in the installer. Am I missing

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with SqlDatabase extension

Hi Nick, Just a note, I used that same method for an installation project I worked on. I discovered that if the user running your install does not have Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo and its dependencies in their GAC your installer will crash. You may be better off with using

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA

to be in the same directory as the .dll or in subdirectories like: Views\Style? If the latter, try adding a Payload/@Name attribute that adds the relative path to the name of the files. On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote: There are two resource files

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA

a Payload/@Name attribute that adds the relative path to the name of the files. On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.com wrote: There are two resource files, and the ButtonStyles RD depends on the Resources RD. I've added the payload entries as follows

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA

Raj, you're a genius, that worked! Thank you very much! -Original Message- From: ptr [mailto:ptrajku...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 5:40 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA Hey Nick I just looked

[WiX-users] WiX vs NSIS

Hi All, My company is evaluating two different Windows installer solutions, WiX and Nullsoft installer (NSIS). I was wondering if anyone has had experience with both, and could weigh in on the pros and cons, benefits, limitations, etc. Thanks, Nick

Re: [WiX-users] WiX vs NSIS

Hey guys, thank you for all of your great responses. Allow me to provide a little background, over the past few weeks I have been learning Wix for a special project I worked on. I've gone through the tutorials, I've read the book by Nick Ramirez, and have been able to create a custom managed

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Problem

launches the UI for that BA. Is there something obvious that I could be missing? Thanks, Nick -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Problem

-burn.related.upgrade it just launches the UI for that BA. Is there something obvious that I could be missing? Thanks, Nick -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured

[WiX-users] Trouble with DotNet

? Nick -- Try New Relic Now We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle - NET4.5 - WinXP(and other unsupported OS'es)

Is there anywhere where I can see an example of this? I tried using the same condition I have for .Net 4.5 and it still skips the prereq and tries to run the BA. Also, what is the correct syntax for the BootstrapperCore.config for .Net 4.5? If I use 'supportedFramework version=v4.5 /' the

Re: [WiX-users] Trouble with DotNet 4.5

Can anyone help me with this? Nick -Original Message- From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:08 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: [WiX-users] Trouble with DotNet Hi

Re: [WiX-users] Including third party DLLs for installer to use

Hi Greg, If I understand your problem correctly, what you need to do is add these dll's as references to the custom action project, then set the Copy Local property to true. When you build the custom action, your customaction.CA.dll will contain all of the dependencies needed for it to run,

Re: [WiX-users] Including third party DLLs for installer to use

to use Nick, thanks for the reply. I'm importing the old DLL into my custom action DLL using DllImport(), because Visual Studio won't allow me to add it as a reference to the project. I'm not entirely sure why, but I suspect it is because the old DLL is unmanaged code (written in Delphi 2007). I'm

Re: [WiX-users] Trouble with DotNet

supportedRuntime version=v4.0 sku=.NETFramework,Version=v4.5 / /startup -Original Message- From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:08 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: [WiX

[WiX-users] Current Bundle Version Property

that says something like: Currently installed version: x.x.x.x New version: x.x.x.x Thanks, Nick -- Try New Relic Now We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring

Re: [WiX-users] Current Bundle Version Property

Bundle Version Property WixBundleVersion ? On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote: Hi All, I was wondering if there is a way to get the current bundle version in my managed BA? I can get the currently installed version

[WiX-users] RequestState

RequestState { None = 0, ForceAbsent = 1, Absent = 2, Cache = 3, Present = 4, Repair = 5, } } Thanks, Nick -- Try New Relic Now We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic

Re: [WiX-users] RequestState

, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote: Hi All, Can anyone explain to me what each of these items do (besides the obvious)? Or perhaps point me to some documentation? namespace Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper { // Summary: // Indicates

Re: [WiX-users] RequestState

Thanks for the reply Rob, Let me see if I understand this correctly. If in my chain I have MSI-1 and MSI-2, and I set RequestState.None for MSI-2 will it skip over that package completely? Thanks, Nick -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent

Re: [WiX-users] RequestState

Awesome, thanks! -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 4:24 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RequestState IIRC, yes, exactly. On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Nick Miller

[WiX-users] Burn Prerequisites

to make sure the installer can connect to SQL before installing, and I also (may) need to install SQL. If anyone can think of a more elegant way of doing this I am open to suggestions. Thanks, Nick -- Introducing AppDynamics

Re: [WiX-users] Burn Prerequisites

code. It's not simple but you can see how it works in the code under src\ext\BalExtension\mba\host and src\ext\BalExtension\wixstdba On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote: Hi All, Is there a way to define prerequisites that need to be installed before

Re: [WiX-users] Burn Prerequisites

to an external database, and even searches for instances on the network. I am now experimenting with making the SQL install optional if it is not installed, and the user is not connecting to an external DB. Thanks for the reply, Nick -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n

[WiX-users] Not so silent SQL install

; /SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE=quot;Automaticquot; /ENABLERANU=quot;Truequot; /SQLSVCACCOUNT=quot;NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICEquot; /ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN=quot;Truequot; /TCPENABLED=quot;1quot; /BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE=quot;Automaticquot; Thanks, Nick Nicholas Miller

Re: [WiX-users] Not so silent SQL install

:25 PM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.comwrote: Hi All, My BA is supposed to install SQL Server express silently, however there is this ugly black command prompt window that appears during the process. I am fairly certain my install commands are correct, but I could be wrong

Re: [WiX-users] Not so silent SQL install

This seems to work, thanks! Nick -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 2:52 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Not so silent SQL install I think you also need /HIDECONSOLE

[WiX-users] Uninstall Order

the SQL databases created by the second MSI. The problem: when I uninstall, it tries to remove the SQL MSI first, and fails because the databases are in use by the service. I would like bundle to uninstall in the same order that it installed. Is this possible? Thanks, Nick

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order [P]

it is FILO (first in, last out) order? -Original Message- From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com] Sent: May-02-13 11:11 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order Hi All, I have another question

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order

Your right, and that is probably what I am going to do. -Original Message- From: Daniel Madill [mailto:dan.mad...@quanser.com] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order Hello Nick

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order [P]

be complaining if it wasn't in that order. You'd essentially remove perquisites then try to remove application. Not likely to work out well in many cases. smile/ On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Nick Miller nmil...@livetechnology.com wrote: Seems to be, yes. -Original Message

Re: [WiX-users] Windows 7 Professional encryption

VirtualBox is your friend. ;) -Original Message- From: Wesley Manning [mailto:wmann...@dynagen.ca] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 12:50 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows 7 Professional encryption That was me actually. I'm going

[WiX-users] Wix WCF

in the app.config file. My question is - is the app.config file ignored by burn? If so, it's not the end of the world as I can add the endpoints programmatically, but I would like to know either way. Thanks, Nick -- Learn Graph

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