Re: [WiX-users] Question reagrding Wix Conditions
Not using the standard Windows Installer UI. ScrollableText controls don't have that sort of functionality. You'd need to write your own UI replacement to achieve that. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Gupta, Anshumali S (Anshu) [mailto:agup...@avaya.com] Sent: 11 March 2010 04:40 To: Gupta, Anshumali S (Anshu); wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Question reagrding Wix Conditions Hello, I am using WIXUI_INSTALLDIR dialog in my Wix setup program. In the EULA screen, I want the I agree... checkbox to get enabled only when the user has scrolled through the entire License text. Is there any way this can be done? Thanks Anshu -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Wix 2.0 to Wix 3.0
Hi Guys, Our product installer currently is WIX 2.0 and we are thinking of moving to Wix 3.0. Is it possible to do that in a patch or we have to do in a minor upgrade as there must be huge changes between wix 2.0 and wix 3.0. Thanks Anurag -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Using superscript text in a dialog?
Hi all, I searched around and didn't find this anywhere, so here goes: I have a dialog panel where i want to put COMPANY NAMEtm with the tm portion as a superscript, ie. raised 1/2 way above COMPANY NAME.Is this possible? I see discussion on how to use CodePage and create special chars like the copyright (C) symbol, but nothing about superscript, or superscripted TM at the very least :) Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Using-superscript-text-in-a-dialog-tp4716285p4716285.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] install service
Hi, I am attempting to install a windows service with wix but keep getting the following error: Service 'MyService' (MyService) could not be installed. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services. I have attempted as normal user, full admin user, but still get this message. Creating an install log, I can see the same error pessage but with Error 1923 appended. Looking this up, I can see the same erro message -ie no more info is available on this. The code in my wxs file is: File Id=MyServiceFile Name=$(var.MyService.TargetFileName) Source=$(var.MyService.TargetPath) DiskId=1 KeyPath=yes / ServiceInstall Id=MyService Name=MyService Account=NetworkService Type=ownProcess ErrorControl=normal Description=my description Start=auto any help is much appreciated. thanks. _ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] install service
If you don't specify a user it gets installed as the SYSTEM user, and in this case it should work. If you need to specify a different user then things get diffcult. I looked at this a few years ago on XP (at the time Vista wasn't out yet, so who knows what happens there) and if I remember correctly none of the other users have permission to start a service by default, even the Administrator. If you open the Services panel and change the login details for a service, then the Administrator user is auto-granted the necessary permissions (a dialog tells you so), but until that point it's not capable. I got round it by writing a deferred custom action that gave the given user the necessary rights. Thankfully it all got abandoned as we removed the option to specify the user the service ran as. Rob On 11/03/2010 16:21, Shabbir Ahsan wrote: Hi, I am attempting to install a windows service with wix but keep getting the following error: Service 'MyService' (MyService) could not be installed. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services. I have attempted as normal user, full admin user, but still get this message. Creating an install log, I can see the same error pessage but with Error 1923 appended. Looking this up, I can see the same erro message -ie no more info is available on this. The code in my wxs file is: File Id=MyServiceFile Name=$(var.MyService.TargetFileName) Source=$(var.MyService.TargetPath) DiskId=1 KeyPath=yes / ServiceInstall Id=MyService Name=MyService Account=NetworkService Type=ownProcess ErrorControl=normal Description=my description Start=auto any help is much appreciated. thanks. _ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patching a single component
I figured it out. Deep down in the comments on one of Peter Marcu's Blog posts about patching: The PatchFamily filters on components and the fragments they are contained within. E.g. if you reference a component that [is] contained within a fragment with 10 other components. The patch will contain all 11 components. - John Hopefully someone else will find this information helpful. -And -Original Message- From: Andy Glass [mailto:agl...@laserfiche.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:30 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching a single component It looks like that would work for patching using .pcp files, since when you do the required administrative install, you have control over which files are actually present. I was hoping for a solution in which I could still use the .wixpdb files to generate a .wixmst. -Original Message- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:15 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching a single component I'm not sure where this is specified in WiX patching, but the PCP file has a TargetImages table with an IgnoreMissingSrcFiles option that sounds like what you want: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372066(VS.85).aspx Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Andy Glass [mailto:agl...@laserfiche.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:46 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Patching a single component As part of my first foray into the world of patching, I have been tasked with creating hotfix patches for our product. As part of the daily build, the version numbers for all files in the product are incremented, but I only want to patch the specific files that were fixed as part of the hotfix. After reading through the tutorial, various blogs, and the mailing list archives, I got the implication that adding a ComponentRef as a child of my PatchFamily would do what I want, so I went ahead and created a patch for Component A. After installing the patch, not only was the file in Component A updated to the new version, so were all other files that had changed between the builds. Is there some way to create a patch that only includes a single file, despite the two .wixpdb files used to create it having many other differences, or would I need to generate the patch using a .wixpdb file that only contained the change for the file I wish to patch? -Andy -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77nav_id=80prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail inet.hqhelpd...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and
Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0 to Wix 3.0
Your question doesn't make sense. WiX 2.0 and WiX 3.0 are releases of the WiX toolset which you use to build MSIs (product installers) - WiX is not a product installer. To move from one to the other you just upgrade the WiX toolset on your build machine, following the instructions with the new release. Whether that's done by a patch or a minor upgrade (or, much more likely, a major upgrade or an uninstall/install) is decided by the team which creates the new release - you just do what the instructions tell you to do. Once you have the new version of WiX installed, you update your installer sources (.wxs files and relatives) to the new WiX schema. The wixcop tool in the new release should help a lot with these updates. From: Anurag Pahwa [mailto:apa...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:13 PM Hi Guys, Our product installer currently is WIX 2.0 and we are thinking of moving to Wix 3.0. Is it possible to do that in a patch or we have to do in a minor upgrade as there must be huge changes between wix 2.0 and wix 3.0. Thanks Anurag -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0 to Wix 3.0
We've already upgraded the installer sources and built the MSI (using WIX 3.0) and wanted to know if we can release a patch (MSP) that targets the MSI (built using WIX 2.0). I know we can decide whether to ship it as a patch or minor upgrade or a major upgrade but to decide we wanted to know whether its even possible to do that using a patch or not and if there are any recommendations? -Original Message- From: Jeremy Farrell [mailto:jfarr...@pillardata.com] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:24 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0 to Wix 3.0 Your question doesn't make sense. WiX 2.0 and WiX 3.0 are releases of the WiX toolset which you use to build MSIs (product installers) - WiX is not a product installer. To move from one to the other you just upgrade the WiX toolset on your build machine, following the instructions with the new release. Whether that's done by a patch or a minor upgrade (or, much more likely, a major upgrade or an uninstall/install) is decided by the team which creates the new release - you just do what the instructions tell you to do. Once you have the new version of WiX installed, you update your installer sources (.wxs files and relatives) to the new WiX schema. The wixcop tool in the new release should help a lot with these updates. From: Anurag Pahwa [mailto:apa...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:13 PM Hi Guys, Our product installer currently is WIX 2.0 and we are thinking of moving to Wix 3.0. Is it possible to do that in a patch or we have to do in a minor upgrade as there must be huge changes between wix 2.0 and wix 3.0. Thanks Anurag -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] SqlExtension bug with existing databases
All, http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=SqlExtension states: There is a serious bug with how the SqlExtension handles the SqlDatabase Element when creating a database. If a database with the same name already exists it will always be dropped. At this time it is not recommended to use the SqlExtension to create databases. Our testing suggests that this bug has been resolved sometime in the three years since that statement was written. Can someone quickly confirm that for us? We are using 3.0.5419. Thanks, Michael C. Bazarewsky -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] InstallExecuteSequence and properties from UI
Hi! First, sorry for my bad english (may be..). I have custom dialog with checkboxes, binded to properties and some actions attached to controls in this dialog. This works well. But then I need to use values of this properties in custom action, executed in InstallExecuteSequence and.. this properties always have it's initial values. Also some properties created in custom action in InstallUISequence - I can't see this properties in InstallExecuteSequence custom action (I use managed custom actions and session[property] always return null). What is wrong? -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] install service
Have you tried using the fully qualified name for the NetworkService user? Such as NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/install-service-tp4716985p4718779.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Is it possible to let WiX use User Specified value during install?
I have the following in my .wxs file now, DirectoryRef Id=DesktopFolder Component Id=mVPClientDesktopShortcut Guid=147FC92C-AC01-4CD1-A2AB-A0B889A2E12E CreateFolder/ RegistryValue Root=HKCU Key=Software\Solarsoft\mVP\Client Name=DesktopShortcut Type=integer Value=1 KeyPath=yes / Shortcut Id=AppStartDesktopShortcut Name=mVP Client Description=Solarsoft mVP Client Target=[APPLICATIONDIR]etAppStart.exe WorkingDirectory=APPLICATIONDIR / /Component /DirectoryRef This will put the etAppStart.exe under APPLICATIONDIR, since APPLICATIONDIR is a predefined variable however, let's say, I need my user to enter a value for SERVER_DIR , and SERVER_DIR is not a predefined variable, what should I do, such that I will be able to put etAppStart.exe under [SERVER_DIR]\Client Setup? I don't need to create a short cut though? I just need to put the .exe under SERVER_DIR. Please let me know.. Thanks a lot!! --- Karen Lin Software Developer Solarsoft Business Systems T 905.224. Ext 360 F 905.224.2221 www.solarsoft.com -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] InstallExecuteSequence and properties from UI
Are your properties public, meaning are their Ids uppercase? If they're not, they won't pass from the UI to the Execute phase. example: Control Id=myCheckbox Type=CheckBox CheckBoxValue=my value X=50 Y=50 Height=10 Width=150 Text=Check the box please. Property=CHECKBOX_PROPERTY / And do you see the property being set in the install log? Like... MSI (c) (98:F0) [12:04:32:046]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding CHECKBOX_PROPERTY property. Its value is 'my value'. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/InstallExecuteSequence-and-properties-from-UI-tp4718706p4719016.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Combobox Display Question/Problem
Add the ComboList=yes attribute to the control. Also, you may want to add Sorted=yes. Hope that helps. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Combobox-Display-Question-Problem-tp4677659p4719093.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] InstallExecuteSequence and properties from UI
Oh, thanks! I was not know about uppercase=public rule for msi properties. I have changed properties' names, used in custom action to uppercase and it works right. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible to install a 32-bit COM server DLL under ProgramFiles64Folder?
just put 32-bit components in the 32-bit file system. Fortunately in this case that is an option. Are there any recommendations on exactly where these components should go? We give the user a choice of install location for our 64-bit components, which defaults to Program Files\Product Name. Should we create a parallel Program Files (x86)\Product Name folder for the 32-bit components? If so, what should happen if the user decides to install the 64-bit components to a different location? One alternative that I have seen several times is to install the 32-bit components into Program Files (x86)\Common Files. Are there any drawbacks to going against the stated purpose of CommonFilesFolder (for components that are shared across applications) in this way? -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Ensuring an MSI can only be installed per-machine
ALLUSERS=2 is a valid setting. Yes, ALLUSERS=2 is valid in general, but I'm interested to know why my installer was perfectly happy with it - even when the source file contained: Condition Message=...ALLUSERS=1/Condition As Thorsten said on his reply, don't worry too much about locking that type of thing down. Thanks to both of you for the advice. I think I'll leave things as is: default to ALLUSERS=1 and if someone is competent enough to change it, hopefully they are also competent enough to deal with the problems that may occur! -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to create a big MSI like Microsoft Office
Thanks Bob but all individual team have to prepare their installer(s), I just need to consolidates all the installers and create a big MSI. Originally we want to create a big MSI and calling different MSI but window installer not allow us to do it. That is why I’m thinking of using merge modules. --- On Tue, 9/3/10, Bob Arnson b...@joyofsetup.com wrote: From: Bob Arnson b...@joyofsetup.com Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to create a big MSI like Microsoft Office To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Received: Tuesday, 9 March, 2010, 9:21 PM On 3/9/2010 12:10 AM, puyo puy wrote: mean I cannot use bootstrapper. I’m think of creating msm for each product and assign a feature for each msm. There's no need for merge modules; use a ComponentGroup instead. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- 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 Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Using superscript text in a dialog?
On 3/11/2010 9:39 AM, Tabmow wrote: I searched around and didn't find this anywhere, so here goes: I have a dialog panel where i want to putCOMPANY NAMEtm with the tm portion as a superscript, ie. raised 1/2 way aboveCOMPANY NAME.Is this possible? I see discussion on how to use CodePage and create special chars like the copyright (C) symbol, but nothing about superscript, or superscripted TM at the very least :) Any ideas or suggestions? They're characters. Use Character Map to copy the character into your .wxs/.wxl file. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible to install a 32-bit COM server DLL under ProgramFiles64Folder?
On 3/11/2010 6:02 PM, Paul Baker wrote: We give the user a choice of install location for our 64-bit components, which defaults to Program Files\Product Name. Should we create a parallel Program Files (x86)\Product Name folder for the 32-bit components? If so, what should happen if the user decides to install the 64-bit components to a different location? Personally, I'd vote for nothing. Unless a product is bigger than, say, 100MB, even folks like me who partition their drives tightly to keep small C: drives won't much care. (Remember that MSI keeps a copy of your .msi and Windows 7, it's the whole .msi.) One alternative that I have seen several times is to install the 32-bit components into Program Files (x86)\Common Files. Are there any drawbacks to going against the stated purpose of CommonFilesFolder (for components that are shared across applications) in this way? Not that I know of. The most important thing is to keep files in the right directory tree according to bitness. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to create a big MSI like Microsoft Office
On 3/11/2010 7:04 PM, puyo puy wrote: Thanks Bob but all individual team have to prepare their installer(s), I just need to consolidates all the installers and create a big MSI. That's also possible with fragments and ComponentGroupRef. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0 to Wix 3.0
On 3/11/2010 3:10 PM, Anurag Pahwa wrote: We've already upgraded the installer sources and built the MSI (using WIX 3.0) and wanted to know if we can release a patch (MSP) that targets the MSI (built using WIX 2.0). I know we can decide whether to ship it as a patch or minor upgrade or a major upgrade but to decide we wanted to know whether its even possible to do that using a patch or not and if there are any recommendations? Recommendation: Don't change your toolset between patches. That applies doubly so for major toolset revisions. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Using superscript text in a dialog?
Bob Arnson-6 wrote: They're characters. Use Character Map to copy the character into your .wxs/.wxl file. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ Hi Bob, Sorry - i don't mean to be obtuse, but i searched around for 'character map' and 'wix' and nothing jumps out at me.Is there any chance you could expand a bit on what you mean, or point me somewhere that I could read? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Using-superscript-text-in-a-dialog-tp4716285p4720033.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How to execute a custom action that depends on an assembly being installed to the GAC
Hi I have an installer that GACs a number of assemblies. Once this is done, I need to run a C# custom action (currently, this is an EXE). The problem is that this CA depends on one of the assemblies that was installed to the GAC earlier. The custom action modifies a file on disk. I know having managed code CAs are not ideal, but for now there is no real alternatives. At the moment, I have the custom actions defined as CustomAction Id=CA_Install BinaryKey=CA_BIN ExeCommand=-i Execute=commit Return=check/ CustomAction Id=CA_Remove BinaryKey=CA_BIN ExeCommand=-u Execute=commit Return=check/ InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=CA_Install Before=InstallFinalizeNOT INSTALLED OR REINSTALL=ALL/Custom Custom Action=CA_Remove Before=InstallFinalizeREMOVE=ALL/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence I've also add the WixFailWhenDeferred action to allow for injecting failures. I found that since it relies on the GAC, having Execute=commit seems to work well by making sure the assemblies are in the GAC since this happens after the publishAssembly steps. What I'm wondering is how should I deal with the following: - During an install, the custom action runs, but something after it goes wrong. The file on disk is potentially modified, but now needs to be rolled back, so I need to schedule the CA_Remove action. - During an uninstall, the custom action runs, but something goes wrong again. The file has been reverted, but since the uninstall is rolling back, the file needs to be updated to leave the machine in an installed state. - Future versions of the installer may perform additional modifications to the file on disk. In this case I might be required to schedule additional actions, or existing actions with different parameters. Questions - Which additional conditions should be added to cover rollback scenarios for install/uninstall? - Would conditioning my CAs based on properties set by my UpgradeVersion elements be sufficient to deal with upgrade scenarios? - RemoveExistingProducts is scheduled after InstallInitialze, so it always does a full removal of a product before installing the newer version. I think this might be enough to deal with upgrades and not be concerned about potential failures. Thanks, Jacques -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How to detect whether a service is running or not
Hi, I have written a msi installer, which installs three services. It work fine, but it does not stops/removes these services when I uninstall this installer from windows server 2008. Is anybody have any idea ? Is there any way using WIX, to know that a particular service is running or not. In this way I can prompt user to manually stop the services. Any type of help in this reagard would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to detect whether a service is running or not
ServiceControl Id='MyServiceControl' Name='MyServiceExeName' Start='install' Stop='both' Remove='uninstall' / mean: start the service on install, remove the service when the product is uninstalled, and stop the service both on install and uninstall. Refer to ServiceControl Element in Wix help file for more details. --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Sanjay Rao s...@noida.interrasystems.com wrote: From: Sanjay Rao s...@noida.interrasystems.com Subject: [WiX-users] How to detect whether a service is running or not To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Received: Friday, 12 March, 2010, 1:40 PM Hi, I have written a msi installer, which installs three services. It work fine, but it does not stops/removes these services when I uninstall this installer from windows server 2008. Is anybody have any idea ? Is there any way using WIX, to know that a particular service is running or not. In this way I can prompt user to manually stop the services. Any type of help in this reagard would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Sanjay Rao -- 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 Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to detect whether a service is running or not
This is not working on Windows server 2008, while un-installtion. On 11-03-2010 22:42, puyo puy wrote: ServiceControl Id='MyServiceControl' Name='MyServiceExeName' Start='install' Stop='both' Remove='uninstall' / mean: start the service on install, remove the service when the product is uninstalled, and stop the service both on install and uninstall. Refer to ServiceControl Element in Wix help file for more details. --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Sanjay Raos...@noida.interrasystems.com wrote: From: Sanjay Raos...@noida.interrasystems.com Subject: [WiX-users] How to detect whether a service is running or not To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Received: Friday, 12 March, 2010, 1:40 PM Hi, I have written a msi installer, which installs three services. It work fine, but it does not stops/removes these services when I uninstall this installer from windows server 2008. Is anybody have any idea ? Is there any way using WIX, to know that a particular service is running or not. In this way I can prompt user to manually stop the services. Any type of help in this reagard would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Sanjay Rao -- 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 Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2739 - Release Date: 03/11/10 13:50:00 -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] WIX Error during transformation
Hi
One of my friend (in cc) is having an issue while transforming the XSLT to a
WXS file.
XSLT transformation
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
xsl:stylesheet version=1.0 xmlns:xsl=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform;
xmlns:msxsl=urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt
xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
xmlns:wix=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi/WixUtilExtension;
exclude-result-prefixes=msxsl
. . .. . . .
xsl:template match=wix:fi...@source='$(var.Source)\Myfile.exe.config']
xsl:copy
xsl:apply-templates select=@* | node()/
util:XmlFile Id=AppSettingsAddNode Action=setValue
ElementPath=/configuration/appSettings Name=add Sequence=1 /
util:XmlFile Id=AppSettingsKeyAttribute Action=setValue
ElementPath=/configuration/appSettings/add Name=Enabled Value=true
Sequence=2 /
/xsl:copy
/xsl:template
Commands used to generate MSI
heat dir ..\Client\ -gg -cg Desktop -sreg -template:fragment -var
var.ClientSource -t:Transform.xslt -out Files.wxs
candle -dCurrentProductVersion=%1 -dClientSource=%CD% -out Product.wixobj
..\..\Tools\Product.wxs -ext WixUtilExtension
candle -dCurrentProductVersion=%1 -dClientSource=%CD% -out Files.wixobj
..\..\Tools\Files.wxs -ext WixUtilExtension
light -dCurrentProductVersion=%1 -dClientSource=%CD% -out Setup.msi
Files.wixobj Product.wixobj -ext WixUtilExtension
Contents of File.WXS generated after transformation
ComponentId=cmpA94A66A14AF4A2E9D38E763724E06483Directory=dir51F549FBB7FB3BCAD05BDE48299F46F8Guid={1AA6E822-FBDC-421F-A48C-B36DD387379A}
FileId=fil1DC33CD5C7EE47A2F7CFBA9F8832A414KeyPath=yesSource=$(var.ClientSource)\myfile.exe.config
util:XmlFileId=AppSettingsAddNodeAction=setValueElementPath=/configuration/appSettingsName=addSequence=1xmlns:util=_http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi/WixUtilExtensionxmlns:wix=_http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi/
util:XmlFileId=AppSettingsKeyAttributeAction=setValueElementPath=/configuration/appSettings/addName=
EnabledValue=trueSequence=2xmlns:util=_http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi/WixUtilExtensionxmlns:wix=_http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi//File
/Component
Exception details
error CNDL0200: T
he File element contains an unhandled extension element 'util:XmlFile'. Please
ensure that the extension for elements in the 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/wi
x/2006/wi/WixUtilExtension' namespace has been provided.
We have already added a reference of WIXUtilExtension as highlighted above but
still getting a reference error. Are we missing anything here.
Thank you in advance
Anweshi
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