[WiX-users] WiX and MSI architecture question
Hello all, Being new to MSI and WiX I have several architecture questions however I will restrict it to one for now. My company pushes webchanges to our website which customer's see however we would like to speed the testing process up by implementing MSI packages for deployment. Due to our systems, we release everything in incremental changes, which lends itself well to MSP files. My question is whether it would make more sense to use MSI's everytime, or can we use MSP files without a previous MSI base? Thanks, -jdix - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Merge Module and Upgrade element?
Hello all, So it appears that you cannot have an Upgrade element under a Module element. You can only have it under a Fragment or a Product. So , in a merge module, what is the proper way to do a dependent install? Meaning: - My merge module installs certain dlls and registers them all. - I want to detect if the current version or a newer version is installed and just exit without installing. - I want to detect if no version or a previous version is installed and install over it. Basically the same functionality as an element. How do you do that from a merge module? - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Associating Icons to File Types
Thanks for all the help... much appreciated. From: James Finnigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 5:17 PM To: James Finnigan [MSFT]; Rob Mensching; Dan Beall; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: Associating Icons to File Types Follow the directions at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969376.aspx, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969377.aspx, and optionally http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969375.aspx. Make sure you populate OpenWithProgids so that your registration isn't. A shellexecute with any file path will do launch it with the association program. The first two are just a set of best practices and an example scenario following them. The third is for set user defaults. This allows users to set your application as default from the windows UI, (or yours), and is capable of updating the userchoice registry key that overrides the regular registration mechanisms. I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have in this space as I've been looking at it a lot lately. (Also, the documentation is a little wrong - MSDN has been notified but this was only brought up yesterday. Dashes in file extensions are very much allowed, and it doesn't mention that extension characters need to be kept in the ASCII range (so no fancy Unicode characters). Also, don't register a long and short file extension - just register the long file extension.) HTH, James From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 2:05 PM To: Dan Beall; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Associating Icons to File Types You want an Extension and possibly a ProgId. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Beall Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 09:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Associating Icons to File Types Can anybody point me to instructions for: (1) Associating an icon to a particular file type (2)Launching the application to which that file type is associated when the icon is double-clicked Thanks! Dan - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] launch on exit
How do we make this application to launch only if the check box is checked? Guess in this case it wont validate and execute based on the check box status..correct me if i'm wrong Andrew T Hopper wrote: > > You can launch an application at the end of a setup in a couple of ways, > but here are two: > > Include the following custom action definition and set a property (I named > mine SOMEMAGICPROPERTY, I’m sure you can come up with a better name) and > call this CA after the files have been placed on the hard drive: > > ... > ExeCommand="" Execute="deferred" Impersonate="yes" Return="asyncNoWait"/> > ... > > ... >After="InstallFiles"> > ... > > ... > > If you’re already using WixUI, another way would be to leverage Bob > Arnson’s addition of the optional check box to ExitDialog and have the app > launched when the user clicks the Finish button: > > ... > FileKey="F_MYAPPLICATIONSID" ExeCommand="" Execute="immediate" > Impersonate="yes" Return="asyncNoWait"/> > ... > Id="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOXTEXT" Value="Launch < name>> " />... >Order="1" Event="DoAction" > Value="LaunchApplication">WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX... > > Hope this helps! > -Andy Hopper > _ > Learn. Laugh. Share. Reallivemoms is right place! > http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/launch-on-exit-tf4235462.html#a12476612 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Getting file version from a component in the database
In your WiX file specify [EMAIL PROTECTED]"$(var.ProductVersion)", and then you would need a build script to get the version out of your DLL and call e.g. "candle file.wxs -dProductVersion=1.2.3" In Make you could put it into a VERSION variable and call "candle file.wxs -dProductVersion=$(VERSION)" Rob ChrisChambers wrote: > Hi, > > We would like to assign the version of a DLL in one of the components to the > product version. This would mean we didn't have to change the Installer > each time we rebuilt the product. We thought we might be able to get the > version out of the file and assign it to a property but we're struggling to > find a way to do it. > > Does anybody have any ideas? > > Thanks for your time. > > Chris Chambers. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Getting file version from a component in the database
Hi, We would like to assign the version of a DLL in one of the components to the product version. This would mean we didn't have to change the Installer each time we rebuilt the product. We thought we might be able to get the version out of the file and assign it to a property but we're struggling to find a way to do it. Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks for your time. Chris Chambers. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Getting-file-version-from-a-component-in-the-database-tf4376540.html#a12474757 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Launch a second installer from MSI
You can e.g. specify, the module has to be installed: can't control how they're installed. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
