the root
certificate has already been installed - Windows tries to automatically
download it. On a plain Server 2008 machine for example installation
fails if it has never been connected to the Internet because the
signature can't be
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On 16 Jul 2013, at 13:27, "Gonzalez, John" wrote:
> I have the same, or similar, issue. It is not expected and showed up around
> the 9419 build release. Currently have no ETA of a fix.
>
idea what I'm doing wrong?
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On 23/08/2013 15:20, Alain Forget wrote:
> Don't WiX-built MSIs have no UI by default?
>
> See the second paragraph of
> http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/user-interface
>
> So just follow the steps of the Getting Started tutorial, and don't do
> anything in the UI section?
I think there's a
On 23/08/2013 21:58, Rob Mensching wrote:
> Might be related to: http://wixtoolset.org/issues/3643/
Thanks, that was the problem.
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uction is there some other way Windows is likely to
have the updated certificates? Or, should I remove the signature on the
installer and MSI file to avoid this problem? Or is there a way to ask
Burn to skip the verification s
x27; pages. In particular, people have complained to me about the
fact that when uninstall completes it reports "Setup Success".
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On 28 Aug 2013, at 14:28, Steven Ogilvie wrote:
> Yes exactly
>
> BA is using the same property for Setup/Uninstall for the success/failure
> string
>
> I fixed th
n, because I don't know what that means (and I
> have yet to figure out where and how to modify .wxl files).
>
> Alain
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:39 AM
> To: General discussi
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On 28 Aug 2013, at 18:13, Steven Ogilvie wrote:
> You want me to make the change for 3.8 or your going to make the change?
>
> I can send you my code for the BA if you want :)
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bru
org/releases/ ?
>
> If so, how will I be able to add text to the Setup Complete box? My apologies
> if I seem a tad dense, but this is very unfamiliar territory for me.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 20
_CONTROL_FAILURE_HEADER, FALSE);
>}
>else
> {
>ThemeControlEnable(m_pTheme,
> WIXSTDBA_CONTROL_FAILURE_HEADER, TRUE);
>}
>
> That should be it :)
>
> Cheers,
>
Aug 2013, at 14:48, "Steven Ogilvie" wrote:
>
>> No sorry
>>
>> I am not using 3.8 I am using 3.7 with the Extended BA from Neil
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk]
>> Sent: August-30-13 9:00 A
Can't Steven put the change in the public domain and someone who's already
signed the agreement can commit it?
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On 31 Aug 2013, at 04:10, Bob Arnson wrote:
> On 28-Aug-13 13:29, Steven Ogilvie wrote:
>> > FontId="2" HideWhenDisabled="yes"
>> DisablePrefix="ye
x.codeplex.com yourself?
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> bootstrapper/installer
>
> If you like to post diff on the code plea site I'll add it to the extended
> BA.
>
> Neil
>
> On 30 Aug 2013, at 14:48, "Steven Ogilvie" wrote:
>
>> No sorry
>>
>> I am not usin
On 18/09/2013 14:08, Steven Ogilvie wrote:
> So it is not currently supported?
I don't think so. At least, the WixStdBA doesn't.
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On 9/23/2013 5:23 AM, Steven Ogilvie wrote:
> Check out VersionNT and NTProductType (Google them to get the proper values
> for the two OS's you want)
Or read my reply :)
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> The rest (of us) buy the book
> (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735626286?ie=UTF8&tag=sedodream-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0735626286)
Note that the link is for the first edition, not the s
None of the builds via wixtoolset.org are working. For example trying to
download 3.8.1007 results in the broken link
http://wixtoolset.org/downloads/v3.8.1007.0/wix38.exe.
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On 10/11/2013 5:42 PM, Bruce Cran wrote:
> None of the builds via wixtoolset.org are working. For example trying
> to download 3.8.1007 results in the broken link
> http://wixtoolset.org/downloads/v3.8.1007.0/wix38.exe.
>
After refreshing each page it now works.
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you have a Globalsign cert, you might want to use timestamp.globalsign.com
instead etc.
And for the MSI file, you might want to add:
/n text-that-should-appear-in-UAC-elevation-prompt-description
Otherwise, the description will contain a randomly-generate
sk for running signtool,
SignFile - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164304.aspx. But I
ended up writing my own implementation which retries 10 times with
pauses in-between to try and handle network problems which prevent the
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On 10/28/2013 1:35 PM, Andrew Makhorin wrote:
> Is there any way to tell the installer to always install original files
> provided in .msi on repairing/reinstalling the product?
See
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759262%28v=ws.10%29.aspx?ppud=4#BKMK_Repair
.
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for details of what can go wrong. You're supposed to import just the
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2 characters - anything more than that
and it fails with an "Insufficient buffer" error. Could something
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I guess the OP is talking about native binaries, not .NET assemblies
since he mentioned signtool - sn is the .NET signing tool.
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On 12/18/2013 1:23 PM, John Cooper wrote:
> You'll have to correctly handle the case where a binary cannot be signed
> because it has references to unsigned
On 12/18/2013 1:21 PM, John Cooper wrote:
> If you're signing more than a dozen or so files in one pass, you've got
> bigger problems. :) Besides which, like many build-related tasks, signing
> is an activity best done in the same project generating the binary.
+1. Unless you're talking about
On 1/28/2014 3:27 PM, Phill Hogland wrote:
> There are other similar reports on the internet which are not related to Wix,
> so the root problem is probably more along the lines that Christopher
> suggested. When you recompiled did you consider using
> MsiPackage/@SuppressSignatureVerification?
T
I'm using WiX 3.9.120.0 - in Burn, is util:ProductSearch supposed to log
errors when it doesn't find a matching product? I'm using:
The log contains:
[13E8:23D4][2014-01-30T12:01:15]e000: Error 0x80020005: Failed to copy
variant value.
[13E8:23D4][2014-01-30T12:01:15]e000: Error 0x80020005: F
o replace the "random number" with the name of the
> MSI file or ProductCode.
> How do I do that?
> Maybe you could point me to the right area in the documentation.
You can set it with the /d flag if yo
going against the UI guidelines, or if they
instead mean "immediate" in terms of workflow, not time - i.e. users
aren't allowed to interact with the UI between clicking the button and
getting the elevation
hether or not the
button has the shield icon: I'm wondering if it should use the shield
icon on the button at all if the elevation request doesn't happen
straight away. I'm tending towards yes, since it's a sign that the
action that wi
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> XP SP3 box.
>
> Please suggest any solution to this problem.
You should get a log by running "msiexec /l*vx msilog.txt /i . That'll tell you what the installer is doing at each step.
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:53:41 -0700
Thai-Hoa Nguyen wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to create a SSL certificate during install
> time. I don't think makecert.exe is allowed to distribute. Please
> give me your suggestions.
Could you use openssl to generate the certificates
of neat.
How about
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.windows.devel.wix.user/55266 ?
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> How can i set ARPSIZE according to real total size of files, user
> selected to install?
> Are there some other solutions of this problem?
I don't know if it helps, but
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg558108.aspx explains how
the size is
codeplex.com/SourceControl/list/changesets?branch=wix35 .
By the way I think Microsoft recommends a desktop icon not be created
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> that's it, everyone benefits.
There are some good answers on stackoverflow.com. For example
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/471424/wix-tricks-and-tips . I think
you can also make
ut I think Microsoft
recommends not uninstalling the driver when a user runs the
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The documentation for Burn says that a BA should call Shutdown() when
it's finished. However, there doesn't seem to be such a method, while
Quit() does exist. Has this been renamed at some point and the
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See the thread "Burn: bootstrap a single MSI, not showing BA UI at all"
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e WiX installer is especially ugly - the UI that
developers get via Burn is much nicer (without the RSS feed, a different
layout etc.), if incomplete in places. For example there's no
explanation that a reboot is required at the end, just "R
eep it up to date as much as possible :)
I've also started creating a mirror at http://bluestop.org/wix -
currently just a few files from codeplex exist at
http://bluestop.org/wix/releases/ . I think I have plenty of bandwidt
for me to configure my server for a weekly rsync or
something since I already do that for hosting other open source software.
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still use multi-page wizard applications on OS X for things like
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to be loaded. Since that's already been
deleted, my custom action is failing. Should I be scheduling
MsiProcessDrivers earlier in the InstallExecute sequence, or do people
just avoid DIFx and use DPinst etc. for drivers?
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On 03/11/2011 11:54, Bruce Cran wrote:
> I'm writing an installer for a WDF driver, and am finding that
> MsiProcessDrivers is being run after files have been removed. The
> problem is that according to the documentation, I need to run
> WdfPostDeviceRemove() after the service
utput,
String file)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Run(String[] args)
Has anyone else come across this and know what the problem might be?
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> [C:\cygwin\home\mymsi.wixproj]
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> I'm trying to add both the Visual C++ 2010 CRT and MFC merge modules to
> my project, but when I link I get:
>
>2>Product.wxs(23): error LGHT1055: The AdminUISequence table
> contains an action
>
On 24/11/2011 02:45, Michael Janulaitis wrote:
> What does '=3' mean?
See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368012%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
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gt; Not a big deal, just wondering...
See the 1st answer at
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Applications seem to differ between installing files under system32,
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is that files shouldn't be installed under syst
(the DTF help
> files also fail in the same way).
CHM files only work if they're trusted: that normally means they
need copied to a local disk first, and if downloaded from the Internet
they need unblocked - in the General tab of the file'
Authenticode signature: if someone
modifies the database after it has been signed then the signature will
be marked as invalid and any user attempting to run/open it will be
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> MSI produced behave as a major upgrade?
You can set Product/@Id to "*" to automatically produce a new Id.
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> -Original Message-
> From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk]
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 5:06 AM
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Avoiding hard-coding the path to the WiX SDK
> wh
and which
launches the build so that it copies all the headers, libraries and tlb
files from 'Program Files' to 'inc' and 'lib' directories under my
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http://groups.csail.mit.edu/uid/sikuli/ it seems Sikuli is flexible
enough to automate the button clicking involved in instal
On Wednesday 17 February 2010 08:01:35 iPetr wrote:
> Hello!
> I need the Windows Installer XML toolset version 3.0.4805. Can any body
> provide me this version of WiX?
>
You should be able to get the specific version from the repository and build
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applications won't find the DLLs at runtime, forcing the users to either copy
them to system32, or to their own application directory. I've been unable to
find any Microsoft documentation recommending locati
fosi...@8
referenced in function _filevers...@12
4>c:\users\bruce\desktop\sctpdrv\wix\objfre_wxp_x86\i386\setup.dll :
error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals
Do I need to link in another library, or has something else changed
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> I upgraded WiX from a version from a couple of months ago to 3.5.1710.0
> and started getting the following linker errors:
>
Sorry, I saw the answer just seconds after posting: I needed to add
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Bob Arnson wrote:
> On 6/2/2010 10:47 AM, Bruce Cran wrote:
>
> >> Stop="both" Remove="uninstall"/>
>
> That might work but note that MSI explicitly says it doesn't support
> drivers as services.
>
;InstalledComponent1".
The registry values are automatically created during installation and
removed during uninstallation as standard.
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Is there currently any simple way to associate a checkbox with feature
installation for a specific MSI? From what I've read the only way would be to
do conditional installation with ADDLOCAL MsiProperty's set to the feature
name, e.g.
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You must restart your computer to complete the rollback of the software.
I'm wondering why it mentions 'rollback' because in this case the reboot
is pending following a successful installation of a driver.
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wcautil.lib in 3.7 is 528KB vs. 1.5MB in 3.6.
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On 30/11/2012 21:39, Steven Ogilvie wrote:
> Thanks very much Bruce...
>
> Do you know if this will be done for 3.7?
Since we've had 3.7 RC I suspect not. I suspect it's quite low down the
priority list and so would need someone to contribute a pat
Has anyone else found that the "cancel" button on the error retry dialog
in WixStdBA doesn't work (in 3.7 RC)? I find clicking it displays the
same error with an OK button before just retrying anyway. The error when
this occurs is "Could not access network locati
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