Re: [WiX-users] Setting Compatibility Mode on shortcut for all users

2015-07-07 Thread Chris Moxon
Chen appears adamant that it shouldn't be done in an install anyway: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2010/03/11/9976571.aspx --- Phil Wilson On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Chris Moxon wrote: > I have a msi that has its InstallScope set to "perMachine" and it c

Re: [WiX-users] Setting Compatibility Mode on shortcut for all users

2015-07-07 Thread Chris Moxon
Compatibility Mode on shortcut for all users It might be "works as designed". Raymond Chen appears adamant that it shouldn't be done in an install anyway: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2010/03/11/9976571.aspx --- Phil Wilson On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 9:5

[WiX-users] Setting Compatibility Mode on shortcut for all users

2015-07-06 Thread Chris Moxon
et this flag on the shortcut for all the users ? Many Thanks, Chris. If you've received this email by mistake, we're sorry for bothering you. It may contain information that's confidential, so please delete it without sharing it. And if you let us know, we can try to stop it from

[WiX-users] Implementing Microsoft Fixit - is Wix the right tool?

2015-03-12 Thread Chris Ruscio
too small), NSIS and building something ourselves in C#. WiX seems like the best option once past the initial learning curve. Thanks, Chris -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 98, Issue 58

2014-07-30 Thread Chris McHenry
John, I'm using InstallPrivileges="elevated" InstallScope="perMachine" When I set InstallScope to perUser it stops detecting the previous version. Thanks! Chris -Original Message- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:07:44 + From: John Cooper Subject: Re:

[WiX-users] Trouble with MajorUpgrade

2014-07-30 Thread Chris McHenry
I'm using the MajorUpgrade as follows: However, when I install the newer version on top of an existing version, I get the following error message: "The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory:" C:\Program Files\\. The installation cannot continue. Logon as administrat

Re: [WiX-users] Id / Guid - updated documentation, etc.

2013-10-02 Thread Chris Kersey [cker...@claremontcompanies.com]
... This (from the install doc) makes more sense - placing he Guid in an identifier name GUID ... Anyways, thanks. I'm 1/4 way through the book and am trying to get my first installer working. Chris -Original Message- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com]

[WiX-users] Id / Guid - updated documentation, etc.

2013-10-01 Thread Chris Kersey [cker...@claremontcompanies.com]
x and want to learn it! So, thanks for making this available and I hope to be an active member of this discussion group. When I learn the ropes well enough, I plan on making a tutorial of my own to help me understand it better, and to benefit others who ar

Re: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: Error message during install

2013-09-26 Thread Chris Lord
Jacob, It's Wix V3.6.3303.0 which if I recall is the stable reversion of WiX 3.6. Chris - Original Message - From: "Jacob Hoover" To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 12:07:03 PM Subject: Re: [WiX

Re: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: Error message during install

2013-09-26 Thread Chris Lord
difference. If it doesn't, I'll see if I can get them to use process monitor and get back to you with any results. Thanks Chris - Original Message - From: "Rob Mensching" To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Sent: Thursday, Sept

[WiX-users] Error message during install

2013-09-26 Thread Chris Lord
installation as that will help me debug what's going on. Thanks Chris -- October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, adv

Re: [WiX-users] Outercurve OSS Conference, May 8-9, Bellevue WA

2013-04-24 Thread Chris Lord
Why sir, surely if it is in "verbal jousting" that thoust taketh part, thou should be sharpening thy lance and not thy sword. - Original Message - From: "Rob Mensching" To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 6:34:32 PM Subject: [W

Re: [WiX-users] Problem in Major upgrade

2012-11-09 Thread Chris Lord
Yes. It depends when you have scheduled RemoveExisitingProducts. The documenation for WiX explains all the options. Chris -Original Message- From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 2:26 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installe

Re: [WiX-users] Problem in Major upgrade

2012-11-08 Thread Chris Lord
version you use, I'd go with what Neil suggested and investigate and use the element instead. It tidies things up a lot. Chris -Original Message- From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 5:18 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Ins

Re: [WiX-users] Problem in Major upgrade

2012-11-07 Thread Chris Lord
Chaitanya What version of Wix are you using? Chris -Original Message- From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 4:43 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Problem in Major upgrade Hi, Iam trying to do major upgrade

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrade

2012-11-06 Thread Chris Lord
that, if you have a more specific question I am sure someone will be able to answer it. Chris Lord Attero Tech, LLC -Original Message- From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 9:19 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] Setting DWORD registry keys

2012-10-29 Thread Chris Lord
e write actually writes a DWORD even though you ask it to write a string!!! Hope this helps Chris Lord Attero Tech, LLC -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 4:39 AM To: General toolset. (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Sub

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn helloworld example

2012-09-11 Thread Chris Lord
As this is an e-mail list, attachments get stripped off. You'll need to post the log in the e-mail itself so it can be seen. -Original Message- From: vchauras [mailto:vivekchauras...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:02 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re:

Re: [WiX-users] running a msi via a custom action...

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Lord
Steven, It sounds like you are calling one MSI from another. This is not a Windows Installer recommended practice. If you need to install two MSI's for your application, you should consider using a bootloader such as Burn to install them one at a time. Hope that helps Chris -Ori

[WiX-users] Installing add-on files to an existing installation

2012-08-14 Thread Chris Lord
there a better way? Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks Chris Lord Product Engineer Attero Tech, LLC 1315 Directors Row, Suite 107 Fort Wayne, IN 46808 Ph: 260-496-9668 ext. 377, Fax 260-496-9879 email: chris.l...@atterotech.com Confidentiality Notice: This message is

Re: [WiX-users] SxS MFC merge module needs to write to System32. Why?

2012-08-06 Thread Chris Dahl
ms Windows Installer wasn't properly checking to see if the file already existed either (or we were including a more recent version). - Chris. -Original Message- From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] Sent: Tuesday, 31 July 2012 8:26 PM To: Chris Dahl Cc: wix-users@lists.sourcefo

Re: [WiX-users] SxS MFC merge module needs to write to System32. Why?

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Dahl
_RemoveFilePath entry is missing after the 'TypeLib' line provide any clues? What does _RemoveFilePath do? Thanks Bruce, really appreciate the assistance. - Chris. On 31/07/12 8:10 PM, "Bruce Cran" wrote: >On 31/07/2012 11:06, Chris Dahl wrote: >> And I also ran the inst

Re: [WiX-users] SxS MFC merge module needs to write to System32. Why?

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Dahl
ER: Did detect that a critical application holds file[s] in use, so a reboot will be necessary. MSI (s) (A8:A8) [19:50:34:538]: Note: 1: 1610 - Chris. On 31/07/12 6:34 PM, "Chris Dahl" wrote: >Thanks Bruce. > >I looked at the CBS.log file to get some further information. An

Re: [WiX-users] SxS MFC merge module needs to write to System32. Why?

2012-07-31 Thread Chris Dahl
ot to complete operation. MSI (s) (80:AC) [18:19:16:592]: No System Restore sequence number for this installation. - Chris. On 31/07/12 4:41 PM, "Bruce Cran" wrote: >On 30/07/2012 23:59, Chris Dahl wrote: >> My question then is how can I using Wix set the entry to *not* &g

Re: [WiX-users] SxS MFC merge module needs to write to System32. Why?

2012-07-30 Thread Chris Dahl
having is that our installer is trying to install it, but it's in use currently by another process. And that process isn't responding to the Restart Manager messaging correctly, which forces a reboot. Surely there must be a way to do this? Thanks in advance

[WiX-users] SxS MFC merge module needs to write to System32. Why?

2012-07-29 Thread Chris Dahl
was my understanding that these merge modules should be writing to the SxS location, so why is this happening? Thanks in advance. - Chris. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways

[WiX-users] Completely suppress any FilesInUse dialogs

2012-05-24 Thread Chris Robison
idden=yes, that doesn't suppress it. The only mention online to success is setting the Attribute column in the Dialog table for FilesInUse to 0. I haven't found a way to do this in WIX. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would route around this dialog completely, but it doesn't look

Re: [WiX-users] WixExitEarlyWithSuccess not working for me

2012-05-23 Thread Chris Lord
with the only option to repair or remove. Was there a reason for trying to stop the user installing the update again? Chris Lord Attero Tech, LLC 1315 Directors Row, Suite 107 Fort Wayne, IN 46808 Ph: 260-496-9668 ext. 377, Fax 260-496-9879 email: chris.l...@atterotech.com Confidentiality N

Re: [WiX-users] Proper way to Register COM TypeLib

2012-05-22 Thread Chris Lord
on you need to know about using heat to extract the COM registration information. Chris Lord Attero Tech, LLC 1315 Directors Row, Suite 107 Fort Wayne, IN 46808 Ph: 260-496-9668 ext. 377, Fax 260-496-9879 email: chris.l...@atterotech.com Confidentiality Notice: This message is intended solely for t

Re: [WiX-users] Installer prepending garbage at the beginning of batch file

2012-04-12 Thread Chris Robison
Yeah, the UTF-8 suggestion was it. I reencoded the file to ANSI. Thanks so much. Chris 2012/4/12 Dirk Räder > 2012/4/12 Chris Robison : > > I have a batch file that I'm packaging into an installer and when it gets > > installed on a machine, the installer seems to be put

[WiX-users] Installer prepending garbage at the beginning of batch file

2012-04-12 Thread Chris Robison
I have a batch file that I'm packaging into an installer and when it gets installed on a machine, the installer seems to be putting garbage text at the beginning of the file. This is causing execution problems. Any suggestions?

[WiX-users] Disabling System32 folder redirection

2012-04-10 Thread Chris Robison
I have a need to install files into the System32 folder on a x64 system. The installer seems to be redirecting everything to the SysWOW64 folder no matter what I try. Is there a way to do this? Chris -- Better than sec

Re: [WiX-users] Windows service event source

2012-03-29 Thread Chris Robison
You know what, I figured it out. That source doesn't have to do with installer at all. I just had to set the service name in code in the ServiceBase class for it to display correctly. Chris On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Chris Robison wrote: > So I have that in there, but the eve

Re: [WiX-users] Windows service event source

2012-03-29 Thread Chris Robison
t; http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/util_xsd_eventsource.htm > > > > > > An event source in windows is really just some registry entries. The > EventSource extension is some compiler synatical sugar that simlifies > > authoring this. Your Installer class isn'

[WiX-users] Windows service event source

2012-03-28 Thread Chris Robison
I'm using the latest weekly build of Wix. The ServiceInstall feature doesn't create a properly named event source for the service. The event source for a service turns out to be Service1. The service installer built into .NET does it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Tha

Re: [WiX-users] Burn blows up when upgrading a bundle with mixed privilege packages

2012-03-21 Thread Chris Hynes
Done. Thanks! What are your thoughts on using Burn like this to be both an installer and autoupdate? Good idea, bad idea...? Chris On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > Please open a bug (with all this information) to track the issue. > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 a

[WiX-users] Burn blows up when upgrading a bundle with mixed privilege packages

2012-03-20 Thread Chris Hynes
the bleeding edge with Burn here, but any help tracking down the issue would be very much appreciated. Having a simple silent auto update would be so cool and I'm close enough I can taste it. Thanks! Chris Hynes Foundry 57 --- PER USER PROJE

Re: [WiX-users] Installing multiple applications

2012-02-01 Thread McKinnon, Chris
complexity of the custom action to add the NTFS junctions. I guess another downside I hadn't thought of is that I'm currently limited to NTFS. Thanks, Chris -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 5:18 PM T

[WiX-users] Installing multiple applications

2012-02-01 Thread McKinnon, Chris
t addressed. I'm wondering if there is a better solution? I looked at using "codebase" but didn't like having to specify specific DLL information. And I think it would be inappropriate to use the GAC as the DLLs are for a specific app (rather than DLLs that could be us

Re: [WiX-users] UK Localization

2011-12-20 Thread Chris Lord
ayout itself makes any difference to an installer though. As for whether it's possible, I cant say but unless they have a specific reason for needing it to be British (or welsh for example), in my opinion, it's probably not worth the effort. As to whether it should be done..w

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Uninstall - MaintenanceTypeDlg, VerifyReadyDlg Dialog sequence is Shown Twice

2011-12-06 Thread Chris Lord
what the values of certain properties are but like you, I dont have anything for VerifyReadyDialog other for the "Back" buttons either. Not sure I can assist any further though I am going to try my installer now to make sure mine doesnt do the same!!! Chris -Original Message

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Uninstall - MaintenanceTypeDlg, VerifyReadyDlg Dialog sequence is Shown Twice

2011-12-06 Thread Chris Lord
Robert, You've only posted what the "back" buton does for the VerifyReadDlg. What do you have for the "Remove" button? Chris -Original Message- From: Robert Hermann [mailto:rob.herm...@nicewareintl.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 3:43 PM To: wix-us

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_InstallDir always installs to the same directory

2011-08-04 Thread Chris Lord
he is far more experienced than I when it comes to doing this!), it look like you have everything correct. I had a quick glance at Nick Ramirez's book and it/he also does the same thing as you albeit with a slightly different name so the verbose log may be the way to go. Chris BTW,

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_InstallDir always installs to the same directory

2011-08-04 Thread Chris Lord
Joe, My setup has INSTALLDIR property inside the UI section itself rather than on own, like this ... ... <\UI> And this works fine for me. Can't hurt to try it. Chris On 08/04/2011 10:57 AM, Joe Tilley wrote: > I'm using WixU

Re: [WiX-users] A question about MSI capabilities

2011-05-23 Thread Chris
run I expect that's what I'll continue to do then. I'm currently deploying two MSI's exactly that way; unfortunately as I made the mistake of using InstallShield originally, I have to maintain two setup scripts (albeit with only tiny differences between them; I store them as XM

[WiX-users] A question about MSI capabilities

2011-05-21 Thread Chris
olders for limited users, regardless on whether or not the OS will redirect the write. According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd408068%28VS.85%29.aspx, %LocalAppData%\Programs\Vendor is an acceptable location to install per-user binaries. -- Chris -

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade solved!

2011-05-06 Thread Chris Lord
it can be installed that way or does indeed the page need updating in some way? Chris On 05/06/2011 08:23 AM, Sam Morris wrote: > On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 12:58:09PM -0400, Chris Lord wrote: >> Chaining installers is a general no-no and Microsoft recommend you don't >> do it. Seco

Re: [WiX-users] Run 2 MSI´s at the same time

2011-05-06 Thread Chris Lord
Christoph, This should answer your question. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368010%28v=VS.85%29.aspx Chris On 05/06/2011 09:56 AM, Christoph Goetz wrote: > Hello, > > i want to run a second msi ( dotnet 4.0 ) while my setup is runnig. > > Is there a way to run this

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade

2011-05-04 Thread Chris Lord
hieve. If you need to install a second application, the recommended method is to use a bootstrapper such as dotNetInstaller or WiX's own "Burn" facility. Its likely to cause you a lot less headaches in the long run. Chris On 05/04/2011 11:37 AM, Sam Morris wrote: > I am running

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with CustomAction and major upgrade

2011-05-04 Thread Chris Lord
hieve. If you need to install a second application, the recommended method is to use a bootstrapper such as dotNetInstaller or WiX's own "Burn" facility. Its likely to cause you a lot less headaches in the long run. Chris On 05/04/2011 11:37 AM, Sam Morris wrote: > I am running

Re: [WiX-users] Win 32 and 64 bit installer.

2011-04-25 Thread Chris Lord
o run two MSI's then I suggest using a bootstrapper such as Burn. In your case, the bootstrapper could detect which OS is installed and select the appropriate MSI to run Chris On 04/25/2011 03:56 PM, Orlando wrote: > Hi to all, > > This might be an old question. Eventhough I have

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-Instance Major Upgrades

2011-04-14 Thread Chris Lord
Tyler, Problem 1 - In order for a major upgrade to work, you have to call RemoveExistingProducts to remove older versions. Given your post, I don't see that in your execute sequence. Problem 2 - I can't offer any advice for that, sorry. Chris On 04/14/2011 12:35 PM, Tyler Wal

Re: [WiX-users] How can I abort the install?

2011-03-08 Thread Chris Lord
help with that. Chris On 03/08/2011 01:51 PM, Wang, Miaohsi wrote: > Dear All, > > I am working on a WiX installer that allows the user to install either the > product or a third-party software. If the user selects to install the > third-party software, the installer should l

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall an installed product.

2011-03-02 Thread Chris Lord
ion you release, assuming you are doing major upgrades, the Product GUID and Package GUID must change BUT the Upgrade GUID must remain the same for EVERY version of that product. Chris -Original Message- From: Kevin Burton [mailto:kev...@buyseasons.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 2:58

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall an installed product.

2011-02-25 Thread Chris Lord
Kevin, If you are doing Major upgrades, your product ID must for change whilst your Upgrade ID must remain the same. Chris On 02/25/2011 01:48 PM, Kevin Burton wrote: > The product id and package id are: > > > > > Since the package id is all '?' I assume th

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall an installed product.

2011-02-25 Thread Chris Lord
lp you diagnose what's happening. Chris On 02/25/2011 11:05 AM, Kevin Burton wrote: > What is the syntactic sugar? I thought I was following > > http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php#4.2 > > > So the question is why doesn't this work (what am I missing)? And, is th

Re: [WiX-users] Where is DesktopFolder?

2011-01-25 Thread Chris Lord
o a higher version, you may be limit the OS's the MSI can be installed upon. Chris On 01/25/2011 05:32 PM, Kevin Burton wrote: > If I invoke msiexec it says that I am using Windows (r) Installer. V > 5.0.7600.16385. > > Kevin Burton > Senior Software Engineer > BUYSEASON

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall shortcut?

2011-01-25 Thread Chris Lord
Kevin All you need to know about ICE and more http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369554%28v=VS.85%29.aspx Chris On 01/25/2011 04:11 PM, Kevin Burton wrote: > I think I figured it out. I was confused since this link was about adding a > shortcut I thought that the registry val

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall shortcut?

2011-01-25 Thread Chris Lord
Kevin The reason for it being there is stated in the text of the example you originally posted a link to. There is also a link off that page to here : http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm See the text in step 2 Chris On 01/25/2011 03:31 PM, Kevin Burton

Re: [WiX-users] Where is DesktopFolder?

2011-01-25 Thread Chris Lord
Kevin What version of windows installer are you targeting. Looks like this parameter is only available in Windows Installer 4 and onwards. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368276%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Chris On 01/25/2011 03:34 PM, Kevin Burton wrote: > I am trying to refere

Re: [WiX-users] suppressing start on exit

2011-01-25 Thread Chris Lord
John Apologies from stating the obvious but why not just remove the option to run after install altogether. That way, it does not matter if a reboot is required or not. Chris On 01/25/2011 02:43 PM, John Lalande wrote: > Is there some way to run my custom action in the UI sequence j

Re: [WiX-users] Having a reference counter for components

2010-12-02 Thread Chris Ridd
mewhere on the CA that uninstalls the app pool? Does it matter if the component has a non-versioned file as a keypath? Cheers, Chris -- Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap int

Re: [WiX-users] VC80 runtime is in pkgs, but not installed

2010-11-30 Thread Chris Ridd
instead of the "753" one we'd checked into our source repos did fix the problem. Is there a good reason to include the policy merge modules (what and where exactly are they)? The wix.chm file suggests there i

Re: [WiX-users] VC80 runtime is in pkgs, but not installed

2010-11-29 Thread Chris Ridd
727.4053 of the runtime library, and our logging suggests we're trying to install 8.0.50727.762. Interesting! I'll try repackaging using the MSM from the machine I used to do the build instead, and see what happens. Cheers, Chris --

[WiX-users] VC80 runtime is in pkgs, but not installed

2010-11-29 Thread Chris Ridd
here anything else I could look for in the verbose logs? Cheers, Chris -- Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by opti

Re: [WiX-users] Running Third Party Installer as a part of installation

2010-11-04 Thread Chris Lord
Vasu, If the additional application has its own installer then you have no option except to use a bootstrapper as you can't start one installer from within another (called chaining). Can't help with the second part I am afraid. Chris On 11/04/2010 11:46 AM, Vasu Chakkera wrote:

Re: [WiX-users] How to add billboards

2010-10-29 Thread Chris Lord
Not done this myself but I note there's a section on it in Nicks WiX book (available from PacktPub.com) which I got last week and just starting to read :) On 10/29/2010 03:40 PM, Tom Crozier wrote: > I have searched the web and have tried playing around with adding billboards > to my installer

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall in a different fragment?

2010-10-26 Thread McKinnon, Chris
in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: McKinnon, Chris [mailto:cmckin...@atb.com] Sent: 26 October 2010 03:25 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a managed custom action from a UI control

2010-10-26 Thread McKinnon, Chris
.wxs" (dialog definition) and "WixUI_InstallDir" (UI definition) if you download the WiX source code. When you call your VBScript, you can get your path using the property name: Function DeleteFiles() Dim path path = Session.Property("INSTALLDIR") .. Do deleting he

[WiX-users] ServiceInstall in a different fragment?

2010-10-25 Thread McKinnon, Chris
like to keep my files in one fragment and actions on another. I'm guessing "no" because there's no way to specify the "binPath" of the service but I thought I'd ask. Thanks, Chris McKinnon The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may cont

Re: [WiX-users] UI missing after VerifyReadyDlg

2010-10-25 Thread McKinnon, Chris
1 I'd like to keep the validation code but it's not 100% necessary as this is an "in-house" install. Any ideas why this would be happening would be appreciated. Thanks, Chris McKinnon -Original Message- From: McKinnon, Chris [mailto:cmckin...@atb.com] Sent: Monday

Re: [WiX-users] UI missing after VerifyReadyDlg

2010-10-25 Thread McKinnon, Chris
is means there's something in my custom UI code causing the problem. But I don't see it. I've cleanup anything I thought might be causing issues. I'm still hoping that someone has had this happen to them before and has an idea what is going on. Thanks, Chris McKinnon -O

Re: [WiX-users] UI missing after VerifyReadyDlg

2010-10-22 Thread McKinnon, Chris
1 1 Decrypting Web.config... Decrypting App.config... Encrypting Web.config... Encrypting App.config... Thanks, Chris -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Fr

Re: [WiX-users] UI missing after VerifyReadyDlg

2010-10-22 Thread McKinnon, Chris
olEvent, Dialog, and InstallUISequence tables are now looking similar. However, when I run the MSI, I'm still missing the ProgressDlg. Thanks, Chris -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 1:06 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows I

[WiX-users] UI missing after VerifyReadyDlg

2010-10-22 Thread McKinnon, Chris
v1.2 from scratch or if I'm upgrading from v1.1 to v1.2. Any insight into this would be appreciated! Thanks, Chris McKinnon | Programmer Analyst | Information Technology - Application Services 140, 6715 8th Street NE | Calgary, Alberta | T2E 7H7 Phone: 403-541-4121 ATB Financial Where

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a managed custom action from a UI control

2010-10-19 Thread McKinnon, Chris
yExists_Result") = "no" End If DirectoryExists = ERROR_SUCCESS End Function It's still frustrating that the DLL approach didn't work. Thanks, Chris McKinnon -Original Message- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a managed custom action from a UI control

2010-10-19 Thread McKinnon, Chris
know if there's anything else I can do to track down this issue. Thanks, Chris McKinnon -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:06 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling a m

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a managed custom action from a UI control

2010-10-18 Thread McKinnon, Chris
;. Action ended 11:44:30: CheckArchiveDirectory. Return value 1. Action 11:44:30: VerifyReadyDlg. Dialog created Anyone have any ideas what would be causing the hang? It was thinking it might be permissions or a group policy setting but then running the custom action should fail every time. Thank,

[WiX-users] Calling a managed custom action from a UI control

2010-10-15 Thread McKinnon, Chris
l, so I know the DLL is partially working. These custom actions are scheduled in the InstallExecuteSequence after "InstallFinalize", however. Thanks, Chris McKinnon The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may contain privileged information. It is intended only for th

Re: [WiX-users] Simple Upgrade/Reinstall Question

2010-10-15 Thread Chris Lord
Alex, If you want to do upgrades then you have to use an upgrade code and the upgrade code must remain the same throughout all your versions. FindRelatedProducts searches for the upgrade code. If it find one that matches it knows it's found a related product. Chris On 10/14/2010 07:

Re: [WiX-users] Convert AllUsers Install to PerUser

2010-10-14 Thread Chris Lord
install the new one as two separate actions. In order to do that, you'll need a bootstrapper. Chris On 10/14/2010 01:32 PM, John Bergman wrote: > Does anyone have any experience as to how to do this? > > Currently, we install as an all-users piece of software; mostly becaus

Re: [WiX-users] Simple Upgrade/Reinstall Question

2010-10-14 Thread Chris Lord
latter and update it once per release version. If I try an install on my test system, and I have forgotten to regress back to a previous version or a completely clean machine, I get an error. Chris On 10/14/2010 01:30 PM, John Bergman wrote: > I could not get this to work, and still have

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade removes all files

2010-10-01 Thread Chris Lord
are pros and cons to using one method over the other but I am not the person to tell you what they are (I use the first option in my installs). Chris On 10/01/2010 10:13 AM, Simon Chromow wrote: > Hello, > > > > I have a problem with running an upgrade to newer version with Wix. >

Re: [WiX-users] Automatic remove of older version

2010-09-30 Thread Chris Lord
e problems. Finally, you might want to consider adding a check to prevent people downgrading. The link I sent has information on how to do that. Hope that helps Chris On 09/30/2010 03:44 PM, marric01 wrote: > Hi, > > I made an installer with WIX 3.5 that deploy things for a BI Solution

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules Question

2010-08-20 Thread Chris Lord
Thanks Blair. On 08/20/2010 03:54 PM, Blair wrote: > If the new version of the file has the same name as the old file and goes > into the same directory, keep the component's guid the same. > > -Original Message----- > From: Chris Lord [mailto:chris.l...@atterotech.c

[WiX-users] Component Rules Question

2010-08-19 Thread Chris Lord
ller. All the remaining files are the same as before. What do I have to do with the component GUID for the component that contains the altered file? Should it change or not? Thanks Chris -- This SF.net email is sp

Re: [WiX-users] How to add FeatureTree

2010-08-11 Thread Chris Lord
not know. Chris On 08/11/2010 04:23 PM, little.forest wrote: > Thanks Chris. > > > I removed "MyWixUI_InstallDir" which is the copy of WixUI_InstallDir with some > changes. I got it compile and run. But some problems: > 1. The "change install dir" page is gone

Re: [WiX-users] How to add FeatureTree

2010-08-11 Thread Chris Lord
, then remove your other UIrefs and just use FeatureTree on its own. If you use a custom UI sequence then your only option, I think, is to add the individual dialogs you need to your custom UI. You won't be able to use WixUI_FeatureTree as is. Chris On 08/11/2010 03:28 PM, little.forest

Re: [WiX-users] How to add FeatureTree

2010-08-11 Thread Chris Lord
Did you already have a UIRef in your wxs before you added the FeatureTree UIRef? On 08/11/2010 03:00 PM, little.forest wrote: > We'll need to add a new component. And we'd like the end user to choose to > install it or not. > > I found the FeatureTree maybe a fit for us. So I add these code: >

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall not removing files

2010-08-10 Thread Chris Lord
Having said that, I note the name attribute is the same for all the files. You might want to check if that is acceptable. On 08/10/2010 06:25 PM, Chris Lord wrote: > Run the uninstaller from the command line and get a verbose log. That > should tell you the reason. > > On 08/10/2

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall not removing files

2010-08-10 Thread Chris Lord
Run the uninstaller from the command line and get a verbose log. That should tell you the reason. On 08/10/2010 05:48 PM, Sudhakar Pasupuleti wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to understand why uninstall is not removing files. Here is the > WIX file. > > > > > Dis

Re: [WiX-users] installing files to user's application data folder

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Lord
able to access the file as its in another users files and thus the installer can't remove it and leaving files behind is considered bad installation design. If you are doing a per-machine install, then you should place the file into a common folder rather than a specific user folder. Chri

Re: [WiX-users] updating the version number automatically

2010-07-27 Thread Chris Lord
With all due respect, I think you've missed what Pally was telling you. 2010.2.0.0 is an invalid version number for a product version. The first number (Microsoft calls that the major version number) must be less than 255. Since yours is 2010, its invalid and you can't use it. This is also wh

Re: [WiX-users] installer for both platforms(32 bit and 64 bit)

2010-07-07 Thread Chris Lord
Short answer.no. But if you just need a single installer, look into using a bootstrapper which can run either your 32-bit or your 64-bit MSI depending on the environment it's being installed into. On 07/07/2010 09:07 AM, Sanjay Rao wrote: > Can we use a single MSI installer on both platfor

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with getting RemoveExistingProducts to work

2010-05-25 Thread Chris Lord
Jeff, What does the verbose log say? Chris On 05/25/2010 02:55 AM, s...@pacaccess.com wrote: > Prior to my upcoming release I used a VisualStudio deployment project to > create the installer. For my upcoming release I've built an installer > using Wix. Everything seems to be wo

Re: [WiX-users] "disk space requirements" message appearing (and not going away)

2010-03-17 Thread Chris Lord
nto a Win XP machine. I had to cancel the install and restart it and then everything was good. As far as I know this one remains unresolved. Chris s...@pacaccess.com wrote: > In my installer, at various times I'm getting a message which says, > "Please wait while the installer

[WiX-users] Problems starting a service

2010-02-23 Thread McKinnon Chris
icy has been pushed out to the servers that is causing the problem. Does anyone know of a setting or policy (that I haven't mentioned above) that would prevent a service from starting? Thanks, Chris McKinnon -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Problems-starting-a-service-tp462

[WiX-users] Can XmlConfig preserve existing values?

2010-02-18 Thread Chris Rudolph
odified Repaired Thanks, Chris -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why

Re: [WiX-users] First user impressions and questions

2010-02-03 Thread Chris Lord
I believe this is what you are suggesting. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368010%28VS.85%29.aspx As the document says, this is a deprecated feature and should not be used. Instead, you need to use a bootstrapper to call the required installers one at a time. -Original Messag

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Studio Project Reference to a WCF Service

2010-02-02 Thread Chris Carlson
MyService {DA5A3B41-F7D3-419b-A970-C28D6C0A3A4A} (your GUID may vary) Chris -Original Message- From: Rob Jarratt (MCS UK) [mailto:rjarr...@microsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:23 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Visual Studio

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