[WiX-users] NGen with Votive

[Michael Carlisle]

Hi,

Is it possible to use the new NGen extension with votive? I'm wondering how 
to make visual studio pass the additional ext parameter when it calls candle 
and light.

Thanks,

Mike

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Re: [WiX-users] Installing IIS applications under non-Admin account ?

[Bob Arnson]

Petr Vones wrote:
> WebApplication
> WebAppPool
> WebDirProperties
> WebSite
> WebVirtualDir
>
> The installation is designed for Windows Server 2003 SP1 (thus IIS6) created 
> by Wix 2.0. Currently it needs an administrator privilege to be installed.
>
> Would be possible to run such installation under non-administrator account ? 
>   

Not with the current IIS CAs. They use Admin Base Objects which require 
elevated rights.

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Re: [WiX-users] How to do change the datatype of a standard table?

[Bob Arnson]

Leo ... wrote:
>
> Some attributes in standard tables such as the Registry table contains 
> localizable string datatype.  How do I change that datatype to 
> non-localizable string datatype in WIX? Thx!
>

Edit the columns in wix\Data\tables.xml and rebuild.

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[WiX-users] How to do change the datatype of a standard table?

[Leo ...]

Some attributes in standard tables such as the Registry table contains localizable string datatype.  How do I change that datatype to non-localizable string datatype in WIX? Thx!


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[WiX-users] Installing IIS applications under non-Admin account ?

[Petr Vones]

Hi,

I have an installation containing several ASP.NET 2.0 applications. I use 
following elements in the MSI package:

WebApplication
WebAppPool
WebDirProperties
WebSite
WebVirtualDir

The installation is designed for Windows Server 2003 SP1 (thus IIS6) created 
by Wix 2.0. Currently it needs an administrator privilege to be installed.

Would be possible to run such installation under non-administrator account ? 
It seems as there are problems with IIS metabase permissions. I was asked to 
create a special "Installation" account to perform the installation. Another 
issue is to allow run MSI Installer for non-administrator user, but there is 
a registry settings for it.

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Re: [WiX-users] FW: File in use

[Mike Dimmick]

The SDK is clear: the signature of a custom action should be:

UINT __stdcall CustomAction( MSIHANDLE hInstall )

Reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/dynamic_link_libraries.asp

In my opinion, it doesn't need to be documented in WiX documentation; we
can't rewrite all of the SDK documentation.

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Subject: [WiX-users] FW: File in use

I got it working. It seems that msiexec REQUIRES that the function being
called return an int. By changing my KioskKillerMain from returning
void to returning an int, and returning a 0, the problem vanishes.

This is something that should be documented in the WiX documentation,
and mentioned in the tutorial.

My code wasn't failing, but it wasn't returning ANYTHING to msiexec,
which tells me that something in msiexec doesn't get initialized
(since it is using garbage) until the call to the entry point of the
dll is called in the custom action. Since it didn't get initialized
prior to that point, and the function wasn't returning anything, it
just kept (and subsequently used) the garbage it had before the call.



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Re: [WiX-users] MSBuild Tasks

[Francis Kam]

Which version are you looking for? I have Michael's one, Neil's one, and
probably one or two of my own lying around somewhere. This thread was from a
while ago though. I happened to peek at the targets file of a newer build
and it's much better. Also, as Bob noted, if you're using v3, it's a lot
better too.

-Francis


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All:

Would anyone happen to have a copy of this version of wix.targets lying
around? I've been doing web searches, but the attachment
doesn't come up on the SourceForge forums... *frowny*

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Neil Sleightholm wrote:
> Would it be possible for this version of wix.targets to be adopted by
> the team as the one that is currently distributed doesn't work with
> multiple wsx files?
>
> Neil
>
> PS Thanks Michael Luke you saved me lots of time!
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Luke
> Sent: 12 May 2006 09:22
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Francis Kam'; 'Michael F. Collins,
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> Cc: 'WiX-users'
> Subject: RE: [WiX-users] MSBuild Tasks
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> I made lots of changes to the MSBuild wix.targets a while back to fix a
> few bugs, but got stymied by the (to me) ridiculous requirement of
> downloading a pdf, printing it out, filling it in in ink and posting it
> thousands of miles to Seattle, just so I could submit the changes to the
> project.  I've worked on many open source projects, and this is the
> first one I've seen with such a requirement.
>
> Anyway, I'm not going to sign and post the contributor's agreement,
> because it's way too much hassle.  Attached is the modified .targets
> file, and I relinquish all rights blah di blah for my changes.
>
> This .targets file fixes the following issues:
>
> - Made incremental builds work correctly (a task will only run if source
> files have changed)
>
> - Allowed multiple wxs files to be used in one msi
>
> - Added BeforeXXX and AfterXXX targets for each action to allow for
> build custom tasks.  This is consistent with Microsoft's existing Team
> Build targets.
>
> - Moved the path to $(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Windows Installer
> XML\Wix.targets (c:\program files\MsBuild\Windows Installer XML) to be
> consistent with MsBuild standards.  The wixtasks.dll and wix.targets
> files should both be installed to this location.
>
> To use it, you simply create an MsBuild project file (such as the
> MsBuild.proj attached) and pass that to MsBuild.
>
> Michael Luke
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Quick piece of information.  The MSBuild tasks were written by
>> somebody quickly and just handed to us.  There hasn't been any more
>> maintenance on the code since then.  At this point in time, I expect
>> you know more about how MSBuild works than anyone on the core WiX
>> development team.  Your bugs and suggestions would be much
>> appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francis
>> Kam Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:52 PM
>> To: Michael F. Collins, III
>> Cc: WiX-users
>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSBuild Tasks
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.  I've modified the wix.targets for multiple
>> output support and it seems to be working fine. I'm rather
>> inexperienced with MSBuild, so maybe I'm just missing something, but
>> isn't the only way to get an array of strings to use item groups
>> instead of properties?  You really should be able to define more than
>> one preprocessor variable from the commandline and it seems to me the
>> only way is to change DefineConstants to an item group.  I've done
>> this with minimal negative side-effects so far.  Anyhow, it's good to
>> see I'm not crazy, and this is a path that others have considered and
>> followed before me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just in case someone else is interested, what I ended up doing for
>> multiple output support was changing CompileObjOutput to an ItemGroup,
>
>> and then including:
>>
>>
>> @(Compile->'$(IntermediateOutputPath)%(filename)$(IntermediateExt)')
>>
>> The Compile target's output of course then becomes:
>>
>>  @(CompileObjOutput)
>>
>> Then I changed OutputFile in the call to Candle in that Compile target
>
>> to:
>>
>>  $(IntermediateO

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[WiX-users] FW: File in use

[Dane Anderson]

I got it working. It seems that msiexec REQUIRES that the function being
called return an int. By changing my KioskKillerMain from returning
void to returning an int, and returning a 0, the problem vanishes.

This is something that should be documented in the WiX documentation,
and mentioned in the tutorial.

My code wasn't failing, but it wasn't returning ANYTHING to msiexec,
which tells me that something in msiexec doesn't get initialized
(since it is using garbage) until the call to the entry point of the
dll is called in the custom action. Since it didn't get initialized
prior to that point, and the function wasn't returning anything, it
just kept (and subsequently used) the garbage it had before the call.

Thank you.

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 >>>The file [2][3] is being held in use by the following process: Name:
[4], Id: [5], Window Title: '[6]'.

The first problem: what the HECK are 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6?

It's a template, actual values supplied at run time. 

That log seems to show that your KioskKillerMain call failed, an error
was returned (the 3) and that becomes ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE.  It's not a
coincidence that it calls your code and then immediately gets an error,
dumps the property values and stops.  Do you actually return that 3? If
not, MSI is seeing your code fail and returning it for you. 

Phil Wilson 


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Subject: [WiX-users] File in use

I have an install package that I am working on. I created an application
to seek out and kill

any currently running instances of the application (or anything that
might be using it). That

application works perfectly. Unfortunately the install has to run
silently (no interface

what so ever beyond the default progress bar) because the customer is
using SMS to install

and popups and reboots cause SMS to think the install failed. Because it
has to run silently,

and MUST run before any files are copied to the target machine, I have
converted my little

killer app to a dll (to avoid having the cmd window popup). No problem
there. It properly

executes the dll at the proper time. Then I run into trouble. I seem to
be getting error code

1603 back (in the /l*v log file). The description of that error at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/set
up/windows_installer_error_messages.asp
 

is:

The file [2][3] is being held in use by the following process: Name:
[4], Id: [5], Window Title: '[6]'.

The first problem: what the HECK are 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6?

The Second problem: Why the heck is it talking about something being in
use?

The dll is being included via a binary element:

  

The CustomAction element is:

  

The Custom element (in the InstallExecuteSequence) is:

  NOT
Installed

So, I'm missing something. I'm not trying to execute anything, that I am
aware of, that is already on

the machine (other than something INSIDE the msi file).


The log file at that point contains:

Action start 15:56:56: InstKillKioskCmdLine.

MSI (s) (44:9C) [15:56:56:843]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI24.tmp, Entrypoint: KioskKillerMain

MSI (s) (44:20) [15:56:56:843]: Generating random cookie.

MSI (s) (44:20) [15:56:56:858]: Created Custom Action Server with PID
1576 (0x628).

MSI (s) (44:18) [15:56:56:937]: Running as a service.

MSI (s) (44:18) [15:56:56:937]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated
custom action server.

Action ended 15:56:57: InstKillKioskCmdLine. Return value 3.

Action ended 15:56:57: INSTALL. Return value 3.

Property(S): REGEDIT = Regedit.exe

Property(S): INTAVA = C:\Program Files\Intava\

Property(S): INSTALDIR = C:\Program Files\Intava\Kiosk\

Property(S): MAPS = C:\Program Files\Intava\Kiosk\Maps\

Property(S): SPRINT = C:\Program Files\Intava\Sprint\

Property(S): CONTENT = C:\Program Files\Intava\Sprint\Content\

Property(S): TempFolder = C:\DOCUME~1\danea\LOCALS~1\Temp\

Property(S): TARGETDIR = C:\

Property(S): ProgramFilesFolder = C:\Program Files\

Property(S): Manufacturer = Intava

Property(S): ProductCode = {85E95DC3-B2E9-4FB5-B634-DE0DDE236339}

Property(S): ProductLanguage = 1033

Property(S): ProductName = Intava Kiosk Setup for Sprint 2.0.0.2168

Property(S): ProductVersion = 2.0.0.2168

Property(S): UpgradeCode = {3164AE7B-15FE-474D-B0CB-7C599802CD52}

Property(S): ALLUSERS = 1

Property(S): REBOOT = ReallySuppress

Property(S): CMD = cmd.exe

Property(S): WINDOWSFOLDER = [WindowsFolder]

Property(S): AdminProperties = ALLUSERS;REBOOT

Property(S): SecureCustomProperties = ALLUSERS;REBOOT

Re: [WiX-users] UI examples & custom project

[david adams]

We use Mondo and add three additional dialogs (two that are "optional").  
The optional dialogs are controlled by Property values within the WXS file.  
In our case, if the property associated to a dialog is "0", it is not shown. 
  If it is "1", it is shown.  The button navigation is predefined in our 
updated UI wixlib to work regardless of the actual path that the property 
values create.

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Re: [WiX-users] UI examples & custom project

[Surendra Katari]

I would like to use Mono dialog order, bug need to add couple of new
dialogs. We have pretty complex dialog sequence and less time to
implement. So, exploring opportunities for code reuse.  

 

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Surendra Katari wrote: 

I am getting the following error when trying to build the UI custom
samples. Can someone help in resolving them?


The sample is broken but the basic approach should still work. What kind
of customization do you want to make?




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Re: [WiX-users] Setting Force reboot property causes error Error LGHT0217

[Bob Arnson]

KURZE, Uwe wrote:


i set the property

Force

to force a reboot after finishing installation.

but if i compile my project light.exe fails with the error:

light.exe(0,0): Error LGHT0217: An unexpected external UI message was 
received: You must restart your system for the configuration changes 
made to DOXiS Rendition Server 5.0.0 to take effect. Click Yes to 
restart now or No if you plan to manually restart later.


whats wrong?



I assume you're using WiX v3. Light in v3 runs validation, which is a 
form of installation. Try passing the -sval switch to Light; if it 
works, there might be a way to run most validations even with the Force 
REBOOT setting.


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Re: [WiX-users] I have installed latest WiX (3.0.3215) and I do not see WiX project types in 'Add Project' wizard.

[Bob Arnson]

Srdjan Jovcic wrote:


I do not know exactly what I did wrong -- I have installed Wix3.msi 
and now I have folder 'WiX' in Add New Project wizard, but there is 
nothing in it... Folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 
8\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\WiX contains three ZIP files, but for 
some reason VS doesn't like them...




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Re: [WiX-users] Using InstallFiles

[Bob Arnson]

Pallavi Patrutkar wrote:


I want that a file should get copied to the destination directory 
before I execute a custom action.


I tried using 'After=InstallFiles' for that particular custom action, 
but still this CA gets called before 'InstallFiles'.


Is there anything more to be added in my WIX file?



If a CA relies on files being installed, it must be a deferred CA 
(Execute="deferred") so it's run during the script-execution phase of 
the install.


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Re: [WiX-users] UI examples & custom project

[Bob Arnson]

Surendra Katari wrote:


I am getting the following error when trying to build the UI custom 
samples. Can someone help in resolving them?




The sample is broken but the basic approach should still work. What kind 
of customization do you want to make?


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Re: [WiX-users] How to execute tallow.exe?

[Bob Arnson]

Lynette Ooh Hooi Lin wrote:


F:\wix-bin>tallow.exe -c C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe > notepad.wxs



Tallow's -c switch is used to extract COM interop registration from a 
managed assembly. Notepad.exe isn't. What are you trying to do with Tallow?


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Re: [WiX-users] WiX Patching - Secondary Issue

[Bob Arnson]

Alan W. Waddington wrote:


I now face another issue in that the patch file does not update 
anything on my target machine.  The patch does not report any errors 
on execution and completes successfully, but on checking the 
application there is no change, neither is there a change in the 
version numbers on the files that should have been updated.




Get a verbose log when you install the patch; MSI logs what it decides 
about needing to update files.


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Re: [WiX-users] way to create merge module and avoiding codeduplication

[Bob Arnson]

Arnette, Bill wrote:
> So how do you replace a merge module with a wixlib.  A merge module has
> a cab with the files to be installed in it.  AFAIK, a wixlib has no way
> transporting the files to be installed to the final MSI.  So it seems to
> me that to use a wixlib, you need the wixlib and the binaries to be
> installed by the wixlib.  Correct?  
>   

That's true in WiX v2. In WiX v3, Derek got rid of that limitation to 
put the last stake in merge modules; .wixlibs in v3 can hold their files.

> The problem we have is that we are trying to include some components
> from an older product with a newer product.  The older product
> references the binaries to be installed with a compiler variable set to
> "..\stage\product\bin" while the new product references them with
> "stage\product\bin".  The newer product is the staging convention going
> forward.  So it seems we will have to revamp the older product's build
> to stage everything like the new product.  Correct?
>   

You can pass multiple -b switches to light to bind different 
directories, as long as there are no duplicate files that would end up 
picking up the wrong files.

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Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Files in use

[Bob Arnson]

Michael Carlisle wrote:
> I'd be interested in taking a look at the wix CloseApp but not sure 
> how I would access it?

It's not currently exposed through an extension, so you need to directly 
access it in wixca.dll.

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Re: [WiX-users] Network based installations?

[André Pönitz]

> I wrote: 
> > Mike Dimmick wrote:
> > > See 'Internet Download Bootstrapping' in MSDN Library, at
> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
> > > us/msi/setup/internet_download_bootstrapping.asp.
> > 
> > Looks very promising. 
> 
> ... however, I failed when trying to implement it.

An one more post talking to myself:

> Has anybody succeeded in creating a web based installation using
> WinXP SP2 targetting Win2k+, using Windows Installer 3.0?

It 'works' now. I just changed my initial 'https:' based setup
to 'http:'.

Is this some kind of known limitation that this kind of
installation only work over non-secure http?

Andre'

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Re: [WiX-users] Network based installations?

[André Pönitz]

I wrote: 
> Mike Dimmick wrote:
> > See 'Internet Download Bootstrapping' in MSDN Library, at
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
> > us/msi/setup/internet_download_bootstrapping.asp.
> 
> Looks very promising. 

... however, I failed when trying to implement it.

So far I have:
  - put msi, cabs, said 'setup.exe' modified by msistuff,
and instmsi{A,W}.exe on a web site.
  - start the setup.exe from there.

A dialog pops up telling me that the issuer could not be
verified (so I propbably missed to put that in somewhere,...)

I click 'execute' nevertheless.

A window named 'Windows Installer Installation Wrapper' shows
up for a very short time and that's it.

I am pretty sure the web server as such works.

I've tried to follow 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/a_url_based_windows_installer_installation_example.asp

but that seems to require Windows Installer 2.0, so far I assumed 3.0.
So maybe it's not the appropriate receipt to follow.

Moreover, I did not find setup.exe  on my system, but
sources in C:\Programme\Microsoft Platform SDK\Samples\SysMgmt\Msi\setup.exe
which I compiled.

instmsi{A,W}.exe I got from 
C:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio\COMMON\Tools\VSInst\BuildRes

Has anybody succeeded in creating a web based installation using
WinXP SP2 targetting Win2k+, using Windows Installer 3.0?

If not, should I try Windows Installer 2.0?

Any hint is appreciated.

Regards,
Andre'

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[WiX-users] Setting Force reboot property causes error Error LGHT0217

[KURZE, Uwe]

i set the property

Force

to force a reboot after finishing installation.

but if i compile my project light.exe fails with the error:

light.exe(0,0): Error LGHT0217: An unexpected external UI message was
received: You must restart your system for the configuration changes
made to DOXiS Rendition Server 5.0.0 to take effect. Click Yes to
restart now or No if you plan to manually restart later.

whats wrong?

Greetings Uwe Kurze

 

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[WiX-users] Using InstallFiles

[Pallavi Patrutkar]

Hello,

 

I want that a file should get copied to the destination directory before
I execute a custom action.

I tried using 'After=InstallFiles' for that particular custom action,
but still this CA gets called before 'InstallFiles'.

Is there anything more to be added in my WIX file?

 

Please guide me.

 

Regards,

Pallavi,

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