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

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate symbol when using CompilerCore.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow

You should be able to download the example for that chapter at the Packt publishers (packtpub.com) site. On the page that shows the details about the book, click the tab that says Support and there ought to be a Code Downloads link. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate symbol when using CompilerCore.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow

Okay, I maybe wasn't fully understanding the problem. :) So, you're saying that you want to use your extension in another WIXLIB (unrelated to the WIXLIB you used to build your extension)...but when you try that, but don't reference the extension in your Setup project too, you get the error Cannot

Re: [WiX-users] MSI 5.0 ServiceConfigFailureActions fails during InstallExecuteSequence

-- Nick Ramirez -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/MSI-5-0-ServiceConfigFailureActions-fails-during-InstallExecuteSequence-tp4452709p4469530.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: [WiX-users] MSI 5.0 ServiceConfigFailureActions fails during InstallExecuteSequence

SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSI 5.0 ServiceConfigFailureActions fails during InstallExecuteSequence I've

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade installer

Is this a per-user or per-machine install? The reason I ask is that sometimes, by not setting the ALLUSERS property to something before you call FindRelatedProducts, you run into trouble. Nick Number wrote: Hello all. I've just joined the list in hopes of solving a specific problem. A

Re: [WiX-users] Install file A xor file B w/ same name?

Take a look at the description for ICE30: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368954(VS.85).aspx What I gather from it (and a preliminary test confirms it) is that if you have two files being installed to the same directory, then the only way to avoid an error is to add Condition elements

Re: [WiX-users] install service

Have you tried using the fully qualified name for the NetworkService user? Such as NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/install-service-tp4716985p4718779.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] InstallExecuteSequence and properties from UI

Are your properties public, meaning are their Ids uppercase? If they're not, they won't pass from the UI to the Execute phase. example: Control Id=myCheckbox Type=CheckBox CheckBoxValue=my value X=50 Y=50 Height=10 Width=150 Text=Check the box please.

Re: [WiX-users] Combobox Display Question/Problem

Add the ComboList=yes attribute to the control. Also, you may want to add Sorted=yes. Hope that helps. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Combobox-Display-Question-Problem-tp4677659p4719093.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] PIDTemplate w/ MaskedEdit

I've experimented with this and have found that the symbols really seem to mean this: # - Can be any number - Can be any letter ? - Can be a number or letter ^ - Can be any letter, but it will always be converted to uppercase @ - Creates a random number. - Beginning of visible part of mask -

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

When, during the uninstall process, are you getting the error? Is it happening during the RemoveFiles action? If so, you might try adding the Wait=yes attribute to your ServiceControl so that it waits for it to stop the service before moving on to remove files. It may be that the SCM is taking

Re: [WiX-users] WiX, Votive, installed files and incremental builds

In Visual Studio, you can set a Build Order for your projects (assuming that they're all in the same solution). That way, your custom actions will be built before your WiX files, assuring you that they're always up to date. You can't, as far as I know, directly reference a custom action project

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI issue when using two-pass linking with light

I've seen the same thing. Although in my case I'm just trying to speed up localization, not make a patch. It seems to be caused by the -bf flag. Without it (in which case you'll need to make sure that your WixVariables or -d flags are referencing the bitmaps and icons correctly in relation to the

[WiX-users] Meaning of EndDialog With Retry Value?

Hello, I'm trying to figure out what the EndDialog event does when given a Value of Retry. According to the Windows Installer documentation, it does: The wizard sequence is closed and the control returns to the installer with the Suspend value. I have the following control: Control

[WiX-users] What does Light do?

Can anyone tell me more about the actions that Light does? For example, does linking happen before binding? When is the .wixout or .wixpdb file created? When are unreal tables used and is it okay to drop them with the -dut flag? We'd like to optimize our calls to Light and any info about the

Re: [WiX-users] What does Light do?

We're trying to make it faster. We're currently using a wixout file to get us halfway through the process. Yet, it still takes a while since we are localizing for eight languages. Our latest idea is to stop reusing the wixout in such a synchronous way. By that I mean that we use a batch file that

[WiX-users] Property/@Secure - when to use?

Hello, The Property element's Secure attribute is supposed to be necessary to pass a property from the UI to the Execute sequence. However, I've never been able to create a situation where it was necessary. For me, just making the property uppercase has always done the trick. I've tried the

Re: [WiX-users] Property/@Secure - when to use?

to a custom action during uninstall. Matt Johnson MCPD, MCTS, MCSD, MCDBA Director of Application Development Time America, Inc. ma...@timeamerica.com | www.timeamerica.com -Original Message- From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:48

Re: [WiX-users] Property/@Secure - when to use?

Okay. It took quite a while to get some results, but I've finally managed to get the properties to not pass from the UI sequence to the Execute sequence. The key factor seems to be whether or not you're prompted to elevate your privileges during the install. On Vista, you're almost always

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions Missing in InstallExecuteSequence

How are you scheduling your custom actions in the InstallExecuteSequence table? With the InstallExecuteSequence element? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Custom-Actions-Missing-in-InstallExecuteSequence-tp5039683p5043350.html Sent

Re: [WiX-users] Show the ProgressBar while Running the Custom Action

You don't need to have an immediate custom action. Here are some pointers. 1. The progress bar appears and is incremented during the deferred stage, so any custom actions that run during this phase can update the bar. It's nice to see some text that says what's happning when you control the

Re: [WiX-users] Service will not uninstall

Is SERVICEACCOUNT a local user, not a domain user? If so, it might help to prefix it with .\ to denote that it's a user on the local computer. Also, local users often don't have the rights to handle services unless the Interactive attribute on ServiceInstall is set to no and Type is ownProcess.

Re: [WiX-users] End dialog UI

You could get the WixUI_Minimal.wxs file from the WiX source code, save it to your project under a different name, like CustomWixUI_Minimal.wxs. Open it up and change the UI element's Id to CustomWixUI_Minimal. UI Id=CustomWixUI_Minimal Add a UIRef element to your main .wxs file with an

Re: [WiX-users] Environment Variable not set until much too late

Is it possible that the child process (the batch file) is picking up the same environment as the MSI (parent process?) and in order for it to pick up the new environment variable it would have to somehow refresh its environment? I'm not sure how to do that. -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Service will not uninstall

Does this thread help? http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Windows-Service-not-removed-on-Uninstall-td710002.html What is the Action of the component with your service, from the uninstall log? -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Component with feature condition not actioned

The action state of a featre is supposedly set after CostFinalize. Trying it out, it seems that checking the action state in the condition of a component, as you've done here, evaluates to -1, unknown. I would have thought that it would always evaluate to 3, local, since the INSTALLLEVEL

Re: [WiX-users] Component with feature condition not actioned

Okay. I think I understand this a bit more now. I think that the action state of components and features are figured out during the FileCost phase, but not set in stone and made available until after CostFinalize. Also, I believe that conditions on components and features are evaluated at the

Re: [WiX-users] Show the ProgressBar while Running the Custom Action

If I understand your question, you want to increment the progress bar for more than one custom action? You'd just need to reuse the code in those custom actions too, either by duplicating it or putting it in some central assembly. If you didn't want to reset the progress bar each time, you could

Re: [WiX-users] Show the ProgressBar while Running the Custom Action

You can remove the Sleep from the example. I used it to show the progress bar with several pauses. In a real application, your function would call the DisplayActionData function at times when you decide to show a message and increment the bar. Now that I think about it, my DisplayActionData

Re: [WiX-users] Languages attribute of Packages element

Here's how I understand it: For an MSI package (unlike an MSM package) you only specify one LCID for the Package element's Languages attribute. If you omit it, it will be considered a language neutral package. This is stored in the Template Summary property of the MSI, which you can see by

[WiX-users] How to schedule MaintenanceWelcomeDlg?

We've found that if we've already installed our MSI, but then try to install it again (from the command line) and supply the ADDLOCAL property, it takes us to the ResumeDlg (this seems to happen for any MSI using a WiX dialog set). What we really want is for it to take us to the

Re: [WiX-users] How to schedule MaintenanceWelcomeDlg?

I think this: CustomAction Id=ResetPreselected Property=Preselected Value= / InstallUISequence Custom Action=ResetPreselected After=CostFinalizeInstalled AND Preselected/Custom /InstallUISequence fixed my problem, but I'm still curious about how MaintenanceWelcomeDlg is included. Anyone

[WiX-users] IIS: WebAddress element's IP attribute not set when All Unassigned

Hello everyone, I wonder if anyone can help with this. I'm using the WebAddress element to set the address for my website: iis:WebAddress Id=WebServiceForPhoneSystem_WebAddress bIP=* Port=443 Header=[ASMX_WEBSITE_DNS_NAME]

Re: [WiX-users] IIS: WebAddress element's IP attribute not set when All Unassigned

Thanks Wyrdfish, It looks like it is working now -- even though, the asterisk doesn't show up where the IP would be in the IIS manager. I had been waiting for our systems guys to create a DNS entry for the website and once I had it, it seems to work. Must be a false alarm. It is interesting

[WiX-users] iis:WebSite - SiteId required for IIS 6 but not IIS 7?

In our development environment, we are installing to an existing website hosted in IIS 7 (Server 2008). However, in our QA environment, we are installing to an existing site hosted in IIS 6 (Server 2003). I've found that in IIS 6, the existing website can't be found unless we add the SiteId=*

Re: [WiX-users] Installing https WCF Webservices

We've had quite a bit of hands on experience with this sort of thing lately. In one project, we bound a certificate to a port during the install so that we could use SSL (the same as if you were to go into IIS and set the binding and choose a certificate). In another case, we used ws-security in

Re: [WiX-users] Executing a Batch File during Install

I'm not sure if you ever got this figured out. If not, can you show us the markup for the custom action? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Executing-a-Batch-File-during-Install-tp6579146p6646053.html Sent from the wix-users mailing

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple RadioButtonGroup controls in the same dialog

Could you show the markup you're using for the controls? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Multiple-RadioButtonGroup-controls-in-the-same-dialog-tp6644681p6646096.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] Installing https WCF Webservices

For sure, I wouldn't mind getting involved in making some sort of extension. That project doesn't seem to have much activity though. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Installing-https-WCF-Webservices-tp6641855p6648697.html Sent from

[WiX-users] Compiler extension - how to include a custom action?

Hello all, I've gotten pretty far (I think) in creating a compiler extension. So far, my extension is a .dll that can be included in my WiX MSI project. After including the extension, I can see my new element in Visual Studio and can add attributes to it. When I use it, a new custom table is

Re: [WiX-users] Compiler extension - how to include a custom action?

Oops. Sorry. I posted the wrong part of the code. Here's the part that I use to register the .wixlib: public override Library GetLibrary(TableDefinitionCollection tableDefinitions) { if (this.library == null) { this.library = LoadLibraryHelper(

Re: [WiX-users] Compiler extension - how to include a custom action?

Thanks Blair and Neil for the help. I looked at the extension you gave a link to, Neil, but I'm not able to see anything that they have that I don't. I'm sure there's a piece to the puzzle I'm missing. At the risk of sounding completely clueless, how does one debug an extension project? It seems

Re: [WiX-users] Compiler extension - how to include a custom action?

Oookay. So, now it's one of those situations where it didn't work and magically...it does! What did I do? I messed around with flags for lit.exe, removed them, changed things back to what they were orginally...rebuilt everything and it worked. So, same code, different result. I'm not sure. I

Re: [WiX-users] Compiler extension - how to include a custom action?

Thanks Rob. I'd love to contribute. Where do you need more eyes? As for the compiler extension, I'm back to where I was. I haven't been able to get Candle to recognize the embedded wixlib in my compiler extension. Experimenting with several ideas, I've added the Link element to my build script,

Re: [WiX-users] Compiler extension - how to include a custom action?

I've got an update. I've gotten my wixlib to show up in my MSI! The trick, for me, was to add a Property to the Fragment in the wixlib I was embedding and then use a PropertyRef to pull it in in my installer project. Pulling that in pulled in all the other stuff (including custom actions) from

Re: [WiX-users] Compiler extension - how to include a custom action?

Ah, fantastic. That sounds like a much more elegant solution that using a PropertyRef. Thanks Blair. So, it looks like this method is referencing a table and row that would be created with the wixlib. Like this from the Util extension. core.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow(sourceLineNumbers,

Re: [WiX-users] Re-evaluate NETFRAMEWORK20 Property

Apparently, there's hyperlink support with MSI 5.0. Bob Arnson blogs about it here: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2009/01/17/msi-v50-features-in-wix-v30/ Going back to your earlier question, about re-evaluating whether .NET is installed, the reason you're getting the same result even after .NET has

Re: [WiX-users] Change existing dialog text

In many cases, you need to make your own version of the .wxs file to replace that dialog in the wizard. However, in your case, you only want to change the text on the buttons. So, it's much easier. You only need to add a .wxl file to your project with the strings that match the text and tooltip

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Browse Dialog

If I'm reading this correctly, you're code is this: MTPreInstallDlg Control Id=LicenseFile Type=PushButton X=20 Y=120 Width=56 Height=17 Text=Browse Publish Property=_BrowseProperty Value=[LICENSE_FILE] Order=11/Publish Publish Event=SpawnDialog

[WiX-users] Meaning of Light's -sacl?

Can anyone tell me when you would use Light's -sacl flag? I found this post: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/LGHT1032-Unable-to-reset-acls-on-destination-files-td689045.html#a689046 but I don't understand it. Is this flag used when sending the output of a WiX build

Re: [WiX-users] Meaning of Light's -sacl?

Thanks Neil. I've been trying out different scenarios with sending the output of my MSI build to a network share and viewing the permissions of the MSI. But I must be missing something. Do you have an example of the permissions problem? -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Meaning of Light's -sacl?

Okay. Now I see what you mean. I can see how the -sacl flag affects the output MSI. I followed these steps: 1. Create a folder to send the output of the build to, call it something like Output 2. Set the permissions on that folder to not inherit their permissions from the parent folder and then

Re: [WiX-users] Yet another localization question

I think your question may stem from thinking that you have to specify localization files of different cultures with each -loc flag. However, you could also specify multiple .wxl files with the same culture. For example, if you had one .wxl file to handle all of the localization strings for your

Re: [WiX-users] Yet another localization question

You are right. An MSI can only be localized for one language. What that means is actually pretty simple. If you look inside the MSI database (with a tool like Orca.exe), you'll see that many of the tables contain text (the Control table, for instance). Once the MSI is built, these strings are

Re: [WiX-users] Preprocessor Extension question

There's a static method called Preprocessor.GetSourceLineNumbers that accepts an XmlNode object. It's used by WiX as Candle is looking through your markup. I'm not sure that you'll be able to use it very easily. If you don't mind my asking, what is it you're trying to achieve? Preprocessor

Re: [WiX-users] Call Custom Action before Install Initialize

So, this is a sort of validation to make sure the database type they've selected is truly installed? In that case, you could call your custom action when the user clicks the Next button on your dialog. You can do that by adding a Publish element inside the button control, setting its Event

Re: [WiX-users] How to refer WIX properties within .wxs files

I think you're on the right track. The Name attribute on the Directory element can't use the [PROPERTY_NAME] notation because it isn't a formatted string field. Examples of attributes that are include the Text attribute on the Control element, the Title on Dialog, and Message on Condition. If

Re: [WiX-users] How to refer WIX properties within .wxs files

Oops. Replace Value=[VirtualDirectoriesdir]INSTALL_SHAREPOINT_PORT with Value=[VirtualDirectoriesdir][INSTALL_SHAREPOINT_PORT] -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-refer-WIX-properties-within-wxs-files-tp5537053p5538585.html

Re: [WiX-users] FeatureSelection Dialog

I'm not sure why, but this seems to work for me: !--Next button-- Control Id=NextButton Type=PushButton ... Condition Action=disable ![CDATA[DisableButton = 1]] /Condition Condition Action=enable ![CDATA[DisableButton 1]] /Condition ... /Control !--SelectionTree

Re: [WiX-users] How to conditionally check/uncheck a checkbox

Have you tried the CheckBoxPropertyRef attribute? Control Id=CB1 Type=CheckBox Property=myCheckboxResult CheckBoxValue=my value Text=Check the box please. X=50 Y=50 Height=10

Re: [WiX-users] OpenFileDialog fails in Win7

WiX does offer up a browse dialog control called DirectoryList. It's often paired up with a PathEdit control to display the path you've selected, a button to navigate up one directory (PushButton control that publishes the DirectoryListUp event), a button to create a new folder (PushButton that

Re: [WiX-users] How to conditionally check/uncheck a checkbox

Right, I sort of understood your question from the start, but I tried to take the easy way out! Try this: Control Id=CB1 Type=CheckBox Property=myCheckboxResult CheckBoxValue=my value Text=Check the box please.

[WiX-users] WiX book available

Hi everyone. I've just gotten a book about WiX published. A portion of the proceeds will go to the WiX team. I'm not sure how all of that is set up, so Rob and Bob let me know if you don't see it! Anyway, it should be a good guide for those new to WiX. It also gets into creating UI controls,

Re: [WiX-users] Project dependencies not working

So, is your build server building the dependencies after the .wixproj project? Is it a matter of it not invoking the correct configuration? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Project-dependencies-not-working-tp5640712p5647660.html Sent

Re: [WiX-users] License Agreement

At first, you were using: Text!(loc.License_Agreement)/Text which uses a localization variable. You then switched to placing all of the RTF content inline. Did you mean to do that? Or did you still want to use the localization variable? If so, you can put the RTF data in your .wxl file, such

Re: [WiX-users] MSI upgrade remove old registries

A major upgrade, as you probably know, will completely remove the old version. So, if your second installer does not write to the registry, it makes sense that the value will be removed but not replaced. You shouldn't change the UpgradeCode for the lifetime of the product, across all upgrade

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