Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3
I think there may be differences between having managed custom action support in Wix versus inventing your own way to launch a managed assembly. Wix doesn't have to support managed CA's, you can do that yourself. One could also write an extension for Wix (I would if I had the time). The unmanaged API for loading and manipulating .NET and App Domains gives you quite alot. If your installed product needs a particular version of .NET installed to run, why not use some CA logic using that version of .NET to save time and cost? I haved coded a lot of unmanaged C++ in my day but I am back to my analogy of moving a pile of sand with a small spoon (native) or with a wheelbarrow and shovel (managed). It seems that the only serious potential for a conflic arises when launching a 2.0 custom action on Windows Server 2003 and also needing to install assemblies in the GAC as Rob Mensching referenced something Carolyn Napier had said. (If I have that correct) So, if this is not a problem, then what is the issue? I would want to see Windows Installer on Windows 2003 loading Framework 1.1 to install a 2.0 assembly verified. Regards, greenaj Brian Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, this is only one of many things that would be a much needed and appreciated change. Installations are becoming much larger then the default of 32K files and overall size is causing installation for 1GB plus installs to take too long. From a previous email thread I wrote to the wix-user group (Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize): *Why can't we write to a reserved location of the installed MSI database to keep our configuration changes on the machine instead of going nuts on the registry? Why, after all these years, do they still not support COM+, XML, IIS or invoking COM (MS has or makes the technology for all of these). Why can't we have better UI? Why isn't there an easy way to do data manipulation for text (string values)? How about some Regex? How about multiple codepages per package? * It is time for an overhaul... On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Christopher Painter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Provided they can get past their strategic decision, perhaps the MSI team should talk to the Silverlight team. They seem to have addressed the tactical problems: http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2007/05/10/side-by-side-in-process-clrs-start-with-silverlight.aspx Regardless, there should be more then enough brain trust in Redmond to get past this and safely give developers what they clearly want. *Rob Mensching [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: Note that in my blog entry ( http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/04/19/Managed-Code-CustomActions-no-support-on-the-way-and-heres.aspx) I explain the work that has to be done to work around the evil interaction between .NET Framework, GAC and Windows Installer. Every suggested implementation that I've seen on the internet that describes how to incorporate managed code custom actions into an MSI package does not address that problematic interaction. Personally, I continue to focus on creating CustomActions in native code so that WiX does not force all of you to have the .NET Framework installed before installing a package that uses one of the standard WiX CustomActions (which seems to be fairly common). I don't want to presume that everyone is building an application that has a dependency on the .NET Framework. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:13 To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes: I have head people preach dillegently about the evil of managed custom action s. The evil stems from the way .NET, the GAC, Windows and the MSI runtime interact. Its not the custom action per se, but the way that .NET code will be run in a process during install time. There is a reason that the experts are all unanimously saying that managed custom actions are a bad idea. You are free to ignore all that accumulated expertise but it doesn't seem like a wise thing to do. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download Legalize Adulthood! - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored
Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3
Hi, I think there may be differences between having managed custom action support in Wix versus inventing your own way to launch a managed assembly. Wix doesn't have to support managed CA's, you can do that yourself. One could also write an extension for Wix (I would if I had the time). Been there, done that: http://www.infinitec.de/articles/development/wixmanagedcustomactionextension .aspx Needs to be recompiled to get it working with the latest WiX version. Kind regards, Henning Krause smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Addin files in a transform
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to add a couple files using a transform to an already existing MSI that contains all of its files in an embedded cabinet. I understand that I'll need to add the files to a new Feature that will contain new Component(s) for the files. I would like to keep the new files in a new embedded cabinet, but I understand it might not be possible to add the new cabinet in the transform to the _Streams table. Must the cabinet file be external, or is their a way to use the Binary table to embedd the files? TIA greenaj The transformation file (MST) can change only the logic of the MSI package. It is not possible to change the cabinet file using the transform. Of course you can add some files to Binary table (using transform) but you need to have separate custom action to extract the file from Binary table and copy it to desired place. BIG disadvantage of such approach is that you need to create separate custom actions for installing, uninstalling, rollbacking the files 'installed' from Binary table. Simple answer to your question is that it is not possible. regards Stefan -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies s.r.o. | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | 811 03 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Main +421 2 5443-5502 | Direct +421 2 5930-0735 - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] $(var.StaticComponentsRoot)\..\..\a\b\c\aa.xml
How built that wix code? The $(var.StaticComponentsRoot) is a project wide variable which seems to be used a folder path. So if the variable is C:\a\b then the file must be in C:\d\e\f because of two .. which point to the parent of the current folder... Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Software - http://www.instyler.com On Apr 30, 2008, at 6:14 , shiri wrote: Hi, I am new to WIX, when am seeing the code of my project I encountered it , Please let me know what does it means. we have a tag like Binary Id=aa.xml SourceFile=$(var.StaticComponentsRoot)\..\..\d\e\f\aa.xml/ what does it mean? where the file aa.xml should be placed if I am assigned StaticComponentsRoot=a\b\? regards, shiri -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/%24%28var.StaticComponentsRoot%29%5C..%5C..%5Ca%5Cb%5Cc%5Caa.xml-tp16975382p16975382.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Using !(loc.MYVAL) in if condition
Hi, Wondering if there's possibility to use !(loc.MYVAL) in if condition? For example ?if !(loc.MYVAL)=1 ? Do ?endif ? - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Asking the user a yes/no question
You will have to add a custom dialog with two buttons. There's no built in MessageBox.Show() or something similar. Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Software - http://www.instyler.com On Apr 30, 2008, at 6:51 , Ben Greene wrote: Hi, I’ve been searching the archives trying to find out if I can do this, but I can’t find out how I’d go about it. I would like to be able to pop up a message box, asking the user a question, with ‘yes’ and ‘no’ buttons. If the user presses ‘Yes’, I would like a CustomAction to execute. Is this possible? Thanks - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Asking the user a yes/no question
When would you like the Modal dialog to appear? If during the UI sequence, just create a Dialog with Yes and No controls and call it with a SpawnDialog ControlEvent. From the Yes control's ControlEvent you can then call a DoAction ControlEvent to fire your CA. If not from the UI Sequence, I don't really reccomend this since all user input should be collected up front. Do the same thing as above only set a PUBLIC property ( and list it in SecureCustomProperties ) and then use that during the execute sequence to conditionally call your custom action(s) ( uninstall, install, rollback, commit ) Ben Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Ive been searching the archives trying to find out if I can do this, but I cant find out how Id go about it. I would like to be able to pop up a message box, asking the user a question, with yes and no buttons. If the user presses Yes, I would like a CustomAction to execute. Is this possible? Thanks - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3
Sure, vendor specific `standard custom actions` should be native because not everyone using them use managed code.But that doesn't mean downlevel CA's created by users should be and the vendor tool should do what your talking about to assist. For the 2003 GAC issue, IMO PublishAssemblies is broken anyways since it can't even get an assembly in place to use it to start a service that has a dependency on it. For this reason I typically put those components in a seperate package and bootstrap it prior to my main MSI. I don't concern myself with DLL Hell issues because that's what the GAC was designed for. I also don't concern myself with uninstalling these assemblies since if MS can reccomend System32 be Perm then why not GAC be Perm? I also think the CLR version problem is overstated. Everywhere I work I see a bias towards .NET 2.0. .NET 3.0 and 3.5 haven't updated the CLR. So if everyone agrees to ship CA's targeting the .NET 2.0 until MSI supports multiple CLR's per process then that should be good enough. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think there may be differences between having managed custom action support in Wix versus inventing your own way to launch a managed assembly. Wix doesn't have to support managed CA's, you can do that yourself. One could also write an extension for Wix (I would if I had the time). The unmanaged API for loading and manipulating .NET and App Domains gives you quite alot. If your installed product needs a particular version of .NET installed to run, why not use some CA logic using that version of .NET to save time and cost? I haved coded a lot of unmanaged C++ in my day but I am back to my analogy of moving a pile of sand with a small spoon (native) or with a wheelbarrow and shovel (managed). It seems that the only serious potential for a conflic arises when launching a 2.0 custom action on Windows Server 2003 and also needing to install assemblies in the GAC as Rob Mensching referenced something Carolyn Napier had said. (If I have that correct) So, if this is not a problem, then what is the issue? I would want to see Windows Installer on Windows 2003 loading Framework 1.1 to install a 2.0 assembly verified. Regards, greenaj Brian Rogers wrote: Yes, this is only one of many things that would be a much needed and appreciated change. Installations are becoming much larger then the default of 32K files and overall size is causing installation for 1GB plus installs to take too long. From a previous email thread I wrote to the wix-user group (Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize): *Why can't we write to a reserved location of the installed MSI database to keep our configuration changes on the machine instead of going nuts on the registry? Why, after all these years, do they still not support COM+, XML, IIS or invoking COM (MS has or makes the technology for all of these). Why can't we have better UI? Why isn't there an easy way to do data manipulation for text (string values)? How about some Regex? How about multiple codepages per package? * It is time for an overhaul... On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Christopher Painter wrote: Provided they can get past their strategic decision, perhaps the MSI team should talk to the Silverlight team. They seem to have addressed the tactical problems: http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2007/05/10/side-by-side-in-process-clrs-start-with-silverlight.aspx Regardless, there should be more then enough brain trust in Redmond to get past this and safely give developers what they clearly want. *Rob Mensching * wrote: Note that in my blog entry ( http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/04/19/Managed-Code-CustomActions-no-support-on-the-way-and-heres.aspx) I explain the work that has to be done to work around the evil interaction between .NET Framework, GAC and Windows Installer. Every suggested implementation that I've seen on the internet that describes how to incorporate managed code custom actions into an MSI package does not address that problematic interaction. Personally, I continue to focus on creating CustomActions in native code so that WiX does not force all of you to have the .NET Framework installed before installing a package that uses one of the standard WiX CustomActions (which seems to be fairly common). I don't want to presume that everyone is building an application that has a dependency on the .NET Framework. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:13 To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes: I have head people preach dillegently about the evil of managed custom action s. The evil stems from the way .NET, the GAC, Windows and the MSI runtime interact. Its not
Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3
I read through that blog entry but I saw the comment about a cleaner approach is to call the custom action in a separate process. I didn't look at the code but everything described in the blog entry talks about using a DLL hosted in the Custom Action Server to create an AppDomain and load the managed code. That will end up tattooing the Windows Installer Custom Action Server with the version of the .NET Framework your AppDomain was hosted by. Then you can hit the GAC and load issues mentioned in my blog entry. That's a partial solution. It may work for your particular scenario but isn't something that should be considered applicable for general use. The Windows Installer team has to look at the general use case and we try to do the same here on WiX. Adding an extension was a very nice touch to make it easier to adopt though. It is very high on my list of things to complete, to make it that extensions don't have to always be recompiled to work with the latest WiX toolset (which hopefully would take care of that problem). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Krause, Henning Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 23:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3 Hi, I think there may be differences between having managed custom action support in Wix versus inventing your own way to launch a managed assembly. Wix doesn't have to support managed CA's, you can do that yourself. One could also write an extension for Wix (I would if I had the time). Been there, done that: http://www.infinitec.de/articles/development/wixmanagedcustomactionextension .aspx Needs to be recompiled to get it working with the latest WiX version. Kind regards, Henning Krause - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3
Brian, all very good questions for the Windows Installer team. smile/ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Rogers Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 21:33 To: Christopher Painter Cc: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3 Yes, this is only one of many things that would be a much needed and appreciated change. Installations are becoming much larger then the default of 32K files and overall size is causing installation for 1GB plus installs to take too long. From a previous email thread I wrote to the wix-user group (Need a custom action with UAC elevated privileges before InstallInitialize): Why can't we write to a reserved location of the installed MSI database to keep our configuration changes on the machine instead of going nuts on the registry? Why, after all these years, do they still not support COM+, XML, IIS or invoking COM (MS has or makes the technology for all of these). Why can't we have better UI? Why isn't there an easy way to do data manipulation for text (string values)? How about some Regex? How about multiple codepages per package? It is time for an overhaul... On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Christopher Painter [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Provided they can get past their strategic decision, perhaps the MSI team should talk to the Silverlight team. They seem to have addressed the tactical problems: http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2007/05/10/side-by-side-in-process-clrs-start-with-silverlight.aspx Regardless, there should be more then enough brain trust in Redmond to get past this and safely give developers what they clearly want. Rob Mensching [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note that in my blog entry (http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/04/19/Managed-Code-CustomActions-no-support-on-the-way-and-heres.aspx) I explain the work that has to be done to work around the evil interaction between .NET Framework, GAC and Windows Installer. Every suggested implementation that I've seen on the internet that describes how to incorporate managed code custom actions into an MSI package does not address that problematic interaction. Personally, I continue to focus on creating CustomActions in native code so that WiX does not force all of you to have the .NET Framework installed before installing a package that uses one of the standard WiX CustomActions (which seems to be fairly common). I don't want to presume that everyone is building an application that has a dependency on the .NET Framework. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:13 To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes: I have head people preach dillegently about the evil of managed custom action s. The evil stems from the way .NET, the GAC, Windows and the MSI runtime interact. Its not the custom action per se, but the way that .NET code will be run in a process during install time. There is a reason that the experts are all unanimously saying that managed custom actions are a bad idea. You are free to ignore all that accumulated expertise but it doesn't seem like a wise thing to do. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download Legalize Adulthood! - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.netmailto:WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.netmailto:WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http:/mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2.
Re: [WiX-users] Using !(loc.MYVAL) in if condition
No, loc is processed at Bind time and that condition is evaluated at Preprocess time. Order of operations: 1. Preprocess 2. Compile 3. Link 4. Bind From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Albert Shamsiyan Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 03:14 To: Wix-Community (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Cc: Albert Shamsiyan Subject: [WiX-users] Using !(loc.MYVAL) in if condition Hi, Wondering if there's possibility to use !(loc.MYVAL) in if condition? For example ?if !(loc.MYVAL)=1 ? Do ?endif ? - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3
Hi Rob, I read through that blog entry but I saw the comment about a cleaner approach is to call the custom action in a separate process. I didn't look at the code but everything described in the blog entry talks about using a DLL hosted in the Custom Action Server to create an AppDomain and load the managed code. That will end up tattooing the Windows Installer Custom Action Server with the version of the .NET Framework your AppDomain was hosted by. Then you can hit the GAC and load issues mentioned in my blog entry. Yes you are right here. My C++ skills are not good enough to implement this solution. But since all the stuff in that entry is full open source - maybe someone jumps on the train and implements some sort of IPC for that. I could certainly do the part on the managed side... Kind regards, Henning Krause smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
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Re: [WiX-users] Addin files in a transform
Thanks, but I did managed to add the files by having them in another cabinet file, so that they are installed as files within Installer Components. It works, but the cab files must not be inside the original package. These files are added to a new Feature, Components, And Files within the MST file. As I understand, _Streams can not be modified. Having the CAB in the same folder as the MSI and MST is acceptable. Regards, Aris J. Green Stefan Pavlik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to add a couple files using a transform to an already existing MSI that contains all of its files in an embedded cabinet. I understand that I'll need to add the files to a new Feature that will contain new Component(s) for the files. I would like to keep the new files in a new embedded cabinet, but I understand it might not be possible to add the new cabinet in the transform to the _Streams table. Must the cabinet file be external, or is their a way to use the Binary table to embedd the files? TIA greenaj The transformation file (MST) can change only the logic of the MSI package. It is not possible to change the cabinet file using the transform. Of course you can add some files to Binary table (using transform) but you need to have separate custom action to extract the file from Binary table and copy it to desired place. BIG disadvantage of such approach is that you need to create separate custom actions for installing, uninstalling, rollbacking the files 'installed' from Binary table. Simple answer to your question is that it is not possible. regards Stefan -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies s.r.o. | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | 811 03 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Main +421 2 5443-5502 | Direct +421 2 5930-0735 - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
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Hi folks, I've been a lurker and an occasional answerer (if that's a word) on this list. We are looking to build an installer for our product, and we're looking for recommendations for someone to bring in as outside help for the task. We're looking for someone with WiX and MSI experience that could help us get a relatively simple install process set up as well as help us understand our alternatives for patching, upgrades, etc. Our environment is a bit unusual, so you have to be willing to help us do some things that may not be the most 'recommended' practices for installers -- while we're totally interested in hearing about best practices, you must understand that our needs may dictate doing things in a less than traditional way, and you must be willing to bow to the will of our users. I would expect this to be a very short-term project, probably no more than a week in duration - basically we'd like an assessment of our business requirements, some recommendations, some WiX work to build a proof of concept with a RTM, some patches, and a second major release. We are undertaking this project 6 months before our release so that we will have plenty of testing time, and plenty of time to 'eat our own dog food'. If you have any recommendations of folks that could help with this, please contact me with details. Thanks, Kelly Leahy Milliman, Inc. ** This communication is intended solely for the addressee and is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Unless indicated to the contrary: it does not constitute professional advice or opinions upon which reliance may be made by the addressee or any other party, and it should be considered to be a work in progress. Unless otherwise noted in this email or its attachments, this communication does not form a Statement of Actuarial Opinion under American Academy of Actuaries guidelines. **- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Asking the user a yes/no question
Thanks for your help, that was exactly what I was looking for. I'm having a slight problem with my implementation though. After the question dialog pops up, the install isn't proceeding to the next dialog, but staying on the same dialog. I tried adding the 'Order' attribute, but then the AskConfigureSQL dialog didn't show at all. Here's the relevant section of my customized WixUI_Modo.wxs file: Publish Dialog=SetupTypeDlg Control=TypicalButton Event=SpawnDialog Value=AskConfigureSQL1/Publish Publish Dialog=SetupTypeDlg Control=TypicalButton Event=NewDialog Value=VerifyReadyDlg1/Publish Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 30 April 2008 10:25 PM To: Ben Greene; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Asking the user a yes/no question When would you like the Modal dialog to appear? If during the UI sequence, just create a Dialog with Yes and No controls and call it with a SpawnDialog ControlEvent. From the Yes control's ControlEvent you can then call a DoAction ControlEvent to fire your CA. If not from the UI Sequence, I don't really reccomend this since all user input should be collected up front. Do the same thing as above only set a PUBLIC property ( and list it in SecureCustomProperties ) and then use that during the execute sequence to conditionally call your custom action(s) ( uninstall, install, rollback, commit ) Ben Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've been searching the archives trying to find out if I can do this, but I can't find out how I'd go about it. I would like to be able to pop up a message box, asking the user a question, with 'yes' and 'no' buttons. If the user presses 'Yes', I would like a CustomAction to execute. Is this possible? Thanks - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http:/mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ%20 - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
