[WiX-users] Wix + MSBuild + content files
BindPaths was exactly what I was looking for...
Thanks
Cristian Prieto
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Rob Mensching
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Why do you want to copy your content to the obj directory? Are you
modifying the content in some way as it goes to the obj directory? If not,
I would just add the content folder as a BindPath and let WiX do all the
heavy lifting grabbing the content and including it into the MSI
appropriately.
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Cristian Prieto
kement...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'kement...@gmail.com');
wrote:
So, in this moment my only options would be:
1. Copy manually the bitmap files to the temporary directory where wix is
compiling the msi file, probably in the BeforeBuild Target of the wixproj
file.
2. Modify the wxs or wxi file where the dialog specify the images and
pass
a $(var.artdirectory) property (as a DefineConstants) in the MSBuild
file.
==
3. (This is the ideal way but it will take time), Modify wix.targets,
find
the way where I could specify Content / and allow the option to copy
those Content to the temporary compile directory (obj/longnamehere)... If
this is not needed maybe it could be using another property like
OtherFiles /
Am I right or missing something?
Cristian Prieto
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Rob Mensching
r...@robmensching.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'r...@robmensching.com');
wrote:
Not sure Content items are supported by the wix.targets.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Cristian Prieto
kement...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'kement...@gmail.com');
wrote:
Hi Wix user list!
I've been trying to solve a very small issue with a manually created
Wix
proj file and resource files...
My wixproj file (done without Visual Studio but by hand) looks like
this:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
Project DefaultTargets=Build xmlns=
http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003;
ToolsVersion=4.0
PropertyGroup
ParentDirectory$([System.IO.Directory]::GetParent('$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)'))/ParentDirectory
ParentDirectory
Condition=!HasTrailingSlash('$(ParentDirectory)')$(ParentDirectory)\/ParentDirectory
ArtDirectory Condition=$(ArtDirectory) ==
''$(ParentDirectory)art/ArtDirectory
ArtDirectory
Condition=!HasTrailingSlash('$(ArtDirectory)')$(ArtDirectory)\/ArtDirectory
/PropertyGroup
Import Project=$(WixTargets) /
!-- blah blah blah, common Wix properties --
!-- Art file is here --
ItemGroup
Content Include=$(ArtDirectory)SetupSplash.bmp
LinkSetupSplash.bmp/Link
/Content
/ItemGroup
ItemGroup
Compile Include=$(SourcePath)setup.wxs /
Compile Include=$(SourcePath)SetupDialogs.wxs /
/ItemGroup
/Project
Ok, I just removed a few lines that were too verbose... but as you
may
see
it looks ok...
Now, The problem is with the art... my project structure looks like
this:
src
* setup (the wixproj is here)
* art (banners and images are here)
So, in build time the art stuff should be copied to the temporary
build
directory for the wix package, I know that I could use a copy task
but
I
want to void it.
I was expecting that using the Content tag the art bmp file would be
copied
to the temporary wix build directory, but it is not... I already
tried
with
OtherFiles tag...
Is there any way to specify resource files like this without doing
the
Copy
task manually in MSBuild? am I missing something?
I know that I could solve all of this just creating the wixproj in
Visual
Studio and linking manually the files, but I really wanted to avoid
it
(for
learning purposes).
Thanks for any help!
Cristian Prieto
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Re: [WiX-users] -----SPAM----- variables not working...
You seem to be mixing up pre-processor instructions and runtime, are you trying to get the user domain and logon when you run the msi? If so you can use [LogonUser] in your property (I am not sure if that includes the domain though). Neil Hi all, I have these two set: ?define LogonUserName = [%USERNAME]? ?define LogonDomainName = [%USERDOMAIN]? Then this property: Property Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Secure=yes Value=$(var.LogonDomainName)\$(var.LogonUserName) / but when I use it at runtime I see this: [%USERDOMAIN]\[%USERNAME] thanks, Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-no t-working-tp7580709.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix + MSBuild + content files
Hey Cristian.. Do you just installed a virus/Trojan or something? All the email
addresses in your reply got some java script added to it!
Better check your system!
As for everybody else; be very carefull when replying to this mail!
Best regards,
Albert van Peppen
transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay
in receipt.
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Verzonden: 21 September 2012 08:53
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Onderwerp: [WiX-users] Wix + MSBuild + content files
BindPaths was exactly what I was looking for...
Thanks
Cristian Prieto
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Rob Mensching
r...@robmensching.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'r...@robmensching.com');
wrote:
Why do you want to copy your content to the obj directory? Are you
modifying the content in some way as it goes to the obj directory? If
not, I would just add the content folder as a BindPath and let WiX do
all the heavy lifting grabbing the content and including it into the
MSI appropriately.
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Cristian Prieto
kement...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
'kement...@gmail.com');
wrote:
So, in this moment my only options would be:
1. Copy manually the bitmap files to the temporary directory where
wix is compiling the msi file, probably in the BeforeBuild Target of
the wixproj file.
2. Modify the wxs or wxi file where the dialog specify the images
and
pass
a $(var.artdirectory) property (as a DefineConstants) in the MSBuild
file.
==
3. (This is the ideal way but it will take time), Modify
wix.targets,
find
the way where I could specify Content / and allow the option to
copy those Content to the temporary compile directory
(obj/longnamehere)... If this is not needed maybe it could be using
another property like OtherFiles /
Am I right or missing something?
Cristian Prieto
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Rob Mensching
r...@robmensching.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
'r...@robmensching.com');
wrote:
Not sure Content items are supported by the wix.targets.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Cristian Prieto
kement...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
'kement...@gmail.com');
wrote:
Hi Wix user list!
I've been trying to solve a very small issue with a manually
created
Wix
proj file and resource files...
My wixproj file (done without Visual Studio but by hand) looks
like
this:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? Project
DefaultTargets=Build xmlns=
http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003;
ToolsVersion=4.0
PropertyGroup
ParentDirectory$([System.IO.Directory]::GetParent('$(MSBuildProjectD
irectory)'))/ParentDirectory
ParentDirectory
Condition=!HasTrailingSlash('$(ParentDirectory)')$(ParentDirectory)
\/ParentDirectory
ArtDirectory Condition=$(ArtDirectory) ==
''$(ParentDirectory)art/ArtDirectory
ArtDirectory
Condition=!HasTrailingSlash('$(ArtDirectory)')$(ArtDirectory)\/Art
Directory
/PropertyGroup
Import Project=$(WixTargets) /
!-- blah blah blah, common Wix properties --
!-- Art file is here --
ItemGroup
Content Include=$(ArtDirectory)SetupSplash.bmp
LinkSetupSplash.bmp/Link
/Content
/ItemGroup
ItemGroup
Compile Include=$(SourcePath)setup.wxs /
Compile Include=$(SourcePath)SetupDialogs.wxs /
/ItemGroup
/Project
Ok, I just removed a few lines that were too verbose... but as
you
may
see
it looks ok...
Now, The problem is with the art... my project structure looks
like
this:
src
* setup (the wixproj is here)
* art (banners and images are here)
So, in build time the art stuff should be copied to the
temporary
build
directory for the wix package, I know that I could use a copy
task
but
I
want to void it.
I was expecting that using the Content tag the art bmp file
would be
copied
to the temporary wix build directory, but it is not... I already
tried
with
OtherFiles tag...
Is there any way to specify resource files like this without
doing
the
Copy
task manually in MSBuild? am I missing something?
I know that I could solve all of this just creating the wixproj
in
Visual
Studio and linking manually the files, but I really wanted to
avoid
it
(for
learning purposes).
Thanks for any help!
Cristian Prieto
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Re: [WiX-users] UI upgrade succeeds, but silent upgrade fails
Are you mixing up minor and major upgrades ?
Major upgrades use the upgrade table and replace the old product with the new
one. You don't specify REINSTALL or REINSTALLMODE on the command line. The
upgrade code should be the same and the product code and version different.
Minor upgrades repair and update the existing installation using a new
version of the MSI. You do use REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE but the upgrade
table is not used. The upgrade code should be the same and the product code
too: only the version differs.
The MajorUpgrade element is just a convenient shorthand for using the upgrade
table. You can leave it commented out for now.
-Original Message-
From: Alec [mailto:alecs...@gmail.com]
Sent: 21 September 2012 04:30
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI upgrade succeeds, but silent upgrade fails
I tried silently upgrading 19.0.1 on top of 18.3 with the following code
snippet:
Upgrade Id=E8805AF3-CF50-4092-BE57-220A8C51E2AA
UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect=yes Minimum=19.0.1
IncludeMinimum=no Property=NEWERVERSIONDETECTED/ UpgradeVersion
OnlyDetect=no Maximum=19.0.1 IncludeMaximum=no
Minimum=18.0.0 IncludeMinimum=yes
Property=OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED/
/Upgrade
CustomActionRef Id=WixExitEarlyWithSuccess/
InstallExecuteSequence
RemoveExistingProducts After=InstallInitialize/
Custom Action='PrepareForInstall' After='InstallInitialize'NOT Installed
AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE/Custom
Custom Action='SetJavawPath' Before='InstallServices'NOT
Installed/Custom
Custom Action=Upgrader After=InstallHelperActionNOT
Installed/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence
The log file has the following entries:
Doing action: FindRelatedProducts
Action start 12:01:15: FindRelatedProducts.
PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED property. Its value is
'{4B43BAEB-553B-4FAD-9219-C55DA3492D89}'.
Skipping action: WixExitEarlyWithSuccess (condition is false)
Doing action: AppSearch
FindRelatedProducts. Return value 1.
AppSearch.
...
Windows Installer installed the product. ... Product Version:
19.0.1. Product Language: 1033. .. Installation success or error
status: 0.
It looks like upgrade should have succeeded, but in reality 18.3 is there and
19.0.1 is not.
I noticed that we have MajorUpgrade element commented out (see above).
Should it be uncommented? (Sorry I don't work with WIX a whole lot).
Thanks,
Alec
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[WiX-users] How to create a website with HTTPS using WIX
Hi Team, Could you please let me know how to create a website with HTTPS and below is the code, what I am working util:User Id=AppPoolUser CreateUser=no Domain=DOMAIN Name=[APPPOOLUSER] Password=[APPPOOLPWD] RemoveOnUninstall=yes/ iis:WebAppPool Id=AppPoolId Name=AppPool Identity=other User=AppPoolUser RecycleMinutes=600 ManagedPipelineMode=integrated/ iis:WebSite Id=ID Description=APP-IT1 AutoStart=yes Directory=INSTALLLOCATION StartOnInstall=yes WebApplication=WebAppID iis:WebAddress Id=Webadreess Port=8080 IP=* Header=[HOSTNAME] Secure=yes/ /iis:WebSite I was able to create a website with HTTPS from the above but when I try to access it from IIS, it’s not accessible. I believe we should add SSL certificate to website to make it run. Please let me know how we can create that SSL Certificate from WIX and make website accessible with “HTTPS” -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-create-a-website-with-HTTPS-using-WIX-tp7580728.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How does WiX bootstrapper determine UI language
Hello, I created a bootstrapper with WiX that includes four different localizations (English, German, French, and Dutch). But I actually wonder, how the bootstrapper detects and determine the language to display the UI. When the bootstrapper runs on an English OS, it's in English. When run on a German OS, it's in German. However, it seems that it totally ignores all system regional settings, i.e. if I run it on an English OS, it's in English, no matter what I set in the system settings. Other that using -lang (which works for all four localizations), I do not get another language than the original OS one. Is this a bug? Is this behavior by design? It there any option/setting to influence this? Do I have to adapt WiX source code for this? Thanks for any insights on this. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Wix Question related to closing process using util:CloseApplication
HI, I am using Wix 3,6. I have an issue, while uninstalling the application I want to close a process which is basically a system tray icon. When the uninstallation process starts it pop's up a dialog asking the user to close the application (The following application should be closed before continuing the install). I don't want this dialog to appear but instead do the closing automatically. I tried the following, but no luck. InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=WixCloseApplications Before=InstallInitializeInstalled/Custom Custom Action=StartMonitor After=StartServicesNOT Installed/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence util:CloseApplication Id=CloseMonitor Target=Monitor.exe CloseMessage=yes RebootPrompt=no Installed /util:CloseApplication I want the wix to detect the applications and close them as part of uninstallation process. No need of showing the dialog box prompt. Can anyone please help me to implement it. It works fine with it is installed from command prompt with /qn switch but without /qn switch I get the dialog (The following application should be closed before continuing the install). Can someone please help me on how to fix this. I was checking some forums and many pople had stated that util:CloseApplication does not close the system tray icon processes. Is it true? Thanks in advance. Sanam. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Wix Question related to closing process using util:CloseApplication
HI, I am using Wix 3,6. I have an issue, while uninstalling the application I want to close a process which is basically a system tray icon. When the uninstallation process starts it pop's up a dialog asking the user to close the application (The following application should be closed before continuing the install). I don't want this dialog to appear but instead do the closing automatically. I tried the following, but no luck. InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=WixCloseApplications Before=InstallInitializeInstalled/Custom Custom Action=StartMonitor After=StartServicesNOT Installed/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence util:CloseApplication Id=CloseMonitor Target=Monitor.exe CloseMessage=yes RebootPrompt=no Installed /util:CloseApplication I want the wix to detect the applications and close them as part of uninstallation process. No need of showing the dialog box prompt. Can anyone please help me to implement it. It works fine with it is installed from command prompt with /qn switch but without /qn switch I get the dialog (The following application should be closed before continuing the install). Can someone please help me on how to fix this. I was checking some forums and many pople had stated that util:CloseApplication does not close the system tray icon processes. Is it true? Thanks in advance. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Passing overridable variables to bootstrapper from file
Hi, With just MSI files you could pass property values from command line and also from a file. We have moved to use burn and instead of properties we pass variables when running the exe file. Is there a possibility to pass the variables from a file? This kind of functionality is needed for silent installation with custom configuration. Thanks in advance, Janne Salonkangas -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Populate a list box from a custom action
Thanks Christopher, I had a look bur my function still is not working. Does
anyone know if there is any documentation on the WcaAddTempRecord because
I'm not even sure on the attributes or that. At the minute I have:
hr = WcaAddTempRecord(hTable, hColumns, LListBox, NULL, 0, 4,
LCOMPORT, 1, buffer, insertError);
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com]
Sent: 20 September 2012 15:16
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; General
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Populate a list box from a custom action
I have an example in C# using DTF at:
http://blog.iswix.com/2008/05/how-dtf-is-going-to-help-me-become.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12492769/wix-remove-old-program-folder-be
fore-install
I know your using C++ so you'll have to look at what the underlying function
is for each class/method in DTF and then see what tricks WiX
provides for creating records and what not. Then of course there's all
the wonderful casting you have to do in C++.
Eitherway, maybe it'll just validate the general flow and help you catch
something thats missing. (like 3 vs 4 fields)
From: Peter Shirtcliffe pshirtcli...@sdl.com
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 5:55 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Populate a list box from a custom action
Your call to wcaaddtemprecord looks ok. The only thing I can guess at is
that you need to specify all 4 columns of the ListBox table, rather than
just the
3 you have.
The other difference from my code is that I also have MSIDBERROR insertError
= MSIDBERROR_NOERROR; And I give insertError as the 4th argument.
-Original Message-
From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent: 20 September 2012 10:58
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Populate a list box from a custom action
Hi I have a Custom Action in C++ that gets the Com ports of a machine and I
need to get these into a listbox in my staller. I have the following but it
is the wcaAddTempRecord is not working and I cannot find any good
documentation on this. Thanks
extern C UINT __stdcall GetDatascanPort(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
{
AssertSz(FALSE, debug here);
DebugBreak();
HRESULT hr = S_OK;
UINT er = ERROR_SUCCESS;
HKEY keyHandle;
DWORD i,openStatus,cb_value_buffer,cb_buffer,dwType;
char value_buffer[100],buffer[10];
MSIHANDLE hTable = NULL;
MSIHANDLE hColumns = NULL;
hr = WcaInitialize(hInstall, GetDatascanPort);
ExitOnFailure(hr, Failed to initialize);
WcaLog(LOGMSG_STANDARD, Initialized.);
if (RegCreateKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
HARDWARE\\DEVICEMAP\\SERIALCOMM,
0,
,
REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
KEY_QUERY_VALUE,
default_sa(),
keyHandle,
openStatus ) == ERROR_SUCCESS )
{
for (i=0;;i++)
{
cb_value_buffer = sizeof(value_buffer);
cb_buffer = sizeof(buffer);
if (RegEnumValue(keyHandle, i, value_buffer,
cb_value_buffer,
NULL,
dwType,
(unsigned char *) buffer,
cb_buffer) !=
ERROR_SUCCESS)
break;
if (dwType != REG_SZ || strlen(buffer) 6)
continue;
}
hr = WcaAddTempRecord(hTable, hColumns, LListBox, NULL, 0, 3,
LCOMPORT, 1, LItem 1);
RegCloseKey(keyHandle);
if (hTable)
MsiCloseHandle(hTable);
if (hColumns)
MsiCloseHandle(hColumns);
return WcaFinalize(hr);
}
LExit:
er = SUCCEEDED(hr) ? ERROR_SUCCESS : ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE;
return WcaFinalize(er);
}
My list box is, it has a sample list item:
Control Type=ListBox Property=COMPORT Id=Comport Width=80
Height=40 X=80 Y=165
ListBox Property=COMPORT
ListItem Text=COM 3 Value=0/
/ListBox
Kind Regards,
Natalie Carr
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[WiX-users] Simple UI with license agreement
Hello, I would like to have a simple UI comprising Hello, EULA, and completion. Using UICommon is ok, but can't include the license agreement. Using UIInstallDir and UIFeatureTree have license but Can't exlude dir or custom dialogue. Do you have any hint how to proceed? Regards, Branko -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] What is a rollback boundary?
Reading through the source code and just doing some experimentation helped me figure it out. But in case anyone else is looking for a practical definition: Error during MSI 3 here means rollback to the last boundary. Uninstall MSI 2 and 3, but keep 1 since it was before the boundary: Chain MsiPackage ... / *RollbackBoundary /* MsiPackage ... / MsiPackage ... / /Chain If boundary is not vital, we will continue on at the next boundary. If error hit during MSI 2, rollback MSI 2, but since it's not vital, continue on at the next boundary, installing MSI 3. In the end, we keep MSI 1 and 3, essentially skipping MSI 2: Chain MsiPackage ... / *RollbackBoundary Vital=no /* MsiPackage ... / *RollbackBoundary /* MsiPackage ... / /Chain -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/What-is-a-rollback-boundary-tp7579098p7580735.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Populate a list box from a custom action
A production example
MSIDBERROR insertError = MSIDBERROR_NOERROR; //
Value is not changed on success.
MSIHANDLE registryView = NULL;
MSIHANDLE registryColumns = NULL;
hr = WcaAddTempRecord(registryView, registryColumns,
// Out parameters.
LRegistry,
// Table name.
insertError,
// Store any insert error in this variable.
1,
// The column number of the key we want uniquified.
6,
// The number of columns we're adding. Column values follow.
LEncodedValue, //
Primary key.
msidbRegistryRootLocalMachine,
// Root
(LSOFTWARE\\SDL\\Studio2\\Tracking\\ + GUIDString).c_str(), //
Key
NULL,
// Name
binaryString.str().c_str(),
// Value
COMPONENT_NAME.c_str()
// Component_. Foreign key into the Component table. We use user defined
component with predetermined name.
);
if (registryView != NULL)
MsiCloseHandle(registryView);
if (registryColumns != NULL)
MsiCloseHandle(registryColumns);
-Original Message-
From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent: 21 September 2012 14:18
To: chr...@iswix.com; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Populate a list box from a custom action
Thanks Christopher, I had a look bur my function still is not working. Does
anyone know if there is any documentation on the WcaAddTempRecord because I'm
not even sure on the attributes or that. At the minute I have:
hr = WcaAddTempRecord(hTable, hColumns, LListBox, NULL, 0, 4,
LCOMPORT, 1, buffer, insertError);
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com]
Sent: 20 September 2012 15:16
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; General discussion
for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Populate a list box from a custom action
I have an example in C# using DTF at:
http://blog.iswix.com/2008/05/how-dtf-is-going-to-help-me-become.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12492769/wix-remove-old-program-folder-be
fore-install
I know your using C++ so you'll have to look at what the underlying function
is for each class/method in DTF and then see what tricks WiX
provides for creating records and what not. Then of course there's all
the wonderful casting you have to do in C++.
Eitherway, maybe it'll just validate the general flow and help you catch
something thats missing. (like 3 vs 4 fields)
From: Peter Shirtcliffe pshirtcli...@sdl.com
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 5:55 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Populate a list box from a custom action
Your call to wcaaddtemprecord looks ok. The only thing I can guess at is that
you need to specify all 4 columns of the ListBox table, rather than just the
3 you have.
The other difference from my code is that I also have MSIDBERROR insertError
= MSIDBERROR_NOERROR; And I give insertError as the 4th argument.
-Original Message-
From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent: 20 September 2012 10:58
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Populate a list box from a custom action
Hi I have a Custom Action in C++ that gets the Com ports of a machine and I
need to get these into a listbox in my staller. I have the following but it
is the wcaAddTempRecord is not working and I cannot find any good
documentation on this. Thanks
extern C UINT __stdcall GetDatascanPort(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
{
AssertSz(FALSE, debug here);
DebugBreak();
HRESULT hr = S_OK;
UINT er = ERROR_SUCCESS;
HKEY keyHandle;
DWORD i,openStatus,cb_value_buffer,cb_buffer,dwType;
char value_buffer[100],buffer[10];
MSIHANDLE hTable = NULL;
MSIHANDLE hColumns = NULL;
hr = WcaInitialize(hInstall, GetDatascanPort);
ExitOnFailure(hr, Failed to initialize);
WcaLog(LOGMSG_STANDARD, Initialized.);
if (RegCreateKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
HARDWARE\\DEVICEMAP\\SERIALCOMM,
0,
,
REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
KEY_QUERY_VALUE,
default_sa(),
keyHandle,
openStatus ) == ERROR_SUCCESS )
{
for (i=0;;i++)
{
cb_value_buffer = sizeof(value_buffer);
cb_buffer = sizeof(buffer);
if (RegEnumValue(keyHandle, i, value_buffer,
cb_value_buffer,
NULL,
dwType,
(unsigned char *) buffer,
cb_buffer) !=
ERROR_SUCCESS)
break;
if (dwType != REG_SZ || strlen(buffer) 6)
continue;
}
hr = WcaAddTempRecord(hTable, hColumns, LListBox, NULL, 0, 3, LCOMPORT,
1, LItem 1);
RegCloseKey(keyHandle);
if (hTable)
MsiCloseHandle(hTable);
if (hColumns)
MsiCloseHandle(hColumns);
return WcaFinalize(hr);
}
LExit:
er = SUCCEEDED(hr) ? ERROR_SUCCESS : ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE;
return WcaFinalize(er);
}
My list box is, it has a sample list item:
Control Type=ListBox Property=COMPORT
Re: [WiX-users] variables not working...
Using the env. Variable retrieves it from my local environment at build time... so if someone else runs the install on another machine they see my domain\my user logon :) Which won't work Thanks, Steve -Original Message- From: MikeGa [mailto:mjgalla...@comcast.net] Sent: September-20-12 11:59 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] variables not working... StevenOgilvie wrote I have these two set: ?define LogonUserName = [%USERNAME]? ?define LogonDomainName = [%USERDOMAIN]? Then this property: Property Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Secure=yes Value=$(var.LogonDomainName)\$(var.LogonUserName) / but when I use it at runtime I see this: [%USERDOMAIN]\[%USERNAME] Have you tried defining the variables this way: ?define LogonUserName=$(env.USERNAME)? ?define LogonDomainName=$(env.USERDOMAIN)? I think you could even combine them and make one variable that you could use: ?define LogonAccount=$(env.USERDOMAIN)\$(env.USERNAME)? Property Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Secure=yes Value=$(var.LogonAccount) / -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-not-working-tp7580709p7580717.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection
Any answer to this? Greg Beaty greg.bea...@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.comwrote: This is what I tried, in OnDetectRelatedBundle() save the operation. In OnPlanRelatedBundle() if the saved operation == BOOTSTRAPPER_RELATED_OPERATION_NONE (which from previous emails I believe indicates that the version matches) then set *pRequestedState = BOOTSTRAPPER_REQUEST_STATE_ABSENT. This didn't work and caused the setup to go into an infinite loop launching itself again and again. Does my code look correct? Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 17 September 2012 18:39 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection You should be able to request ABSENT for the OnPlanRelatedBundle() of the bundle that has the same version. The default is NONE so it stays. On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: The BootstrapperApplication can override the default logic to do whichever you want. However, the wixstdba does not, so you get the default behavior of the engine. If you have time I'd be interested to know how, I have looked at this and as far as I can tell it is baked in to the Engine and I couldn't find any way to override it. Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 17 September 2012 17:28 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection The default upgrade logic in the Burn engine does not block and does not upgrade bundles with the same version. That is pretty arguably wrong (and is the bug Neil is referring to). smile/ The BootstrapperApplication can override the default logic to do whichever you want. However, the wixstdba does not, so you get the default behavior of the engine. Most likely, if you continue to rebuild the Bundle but keep the version the same, you have multiple bundles registered on your machine. Go to ProgramsFeatures (aka: ARP) and remove them all. Package reference counting with all those Bundles still installed will likely be very confusing. smile/ -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] variables not working...
Steven Ogilvie wrote Using the env. Variable retrieves it from my local environment at build time... so if someone else runs the install on another machine they see my domain\my user logon :) Which won't work Well, that was a doh moment *lol* Sorry about that. The CA method posted earlier would work or you could use SetProperty which creates the type 51 CA for you. Something like this would do it: SetProperty Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Value=[%USERDOMAIN]\[%USERNAME] Before=InstallInitialize Sequence=execute / -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-not-working-tp7580709p7580739.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Assigning WebApplication to non-existent WebAppPool doesn't fail installation, although should
Dear All I use the following code to create a WebApplication in IIS and assign it to a specific Application Pool. iis:WebAppPool Id=AppPool_Wcf Name=$(var.WCF_APP_POOL) / iis:WebSite Id=Web_site Description=$(var.WEB_SITE_DESCRIPTION) SiteId=[SITEID] iis:WebAddress Id=Web_Address Port=*/ /iis:WebSite DirectoryRef Id=TARGETDIR Directory Id=SITEPATH Directory Id=WCF_VIRT_DIR Name=$(var.WCF_VIRT_DIR) Component Id=IIS_Wcf Guid=$(var.deploy.wcf.guid) KeyPath=yes iis:WebVirtualDir Id=Wcf_VirtualDir Alias=$(var.WCF_VIRT_DIR) WebSite=Web_site Directory=WCF_VIRT_DIR iis:WebApplication Id=Wcf_Application Name=$(var.WCF_VIRT_DIR) WebAppPool=AppPool_Wcf / /iis:WebVirtualDir /Component /Directory /Directory /DirectoryRef App Pool should already exist, as it's shared with some other applications. If it doesn't exist, setup succeeds, assigning Web Application to a mysterious Invalid Application Pool (can be seen in web app Properties). The application even works! How can I make installation fail if App Pool is not found? Regards, Ivan Boyko Software Build Manager UK, Staines, Riverside House, Ground Floor, North. Phone: +44 1753 488-108 - Need help from SCM team? Raise a trackerblocked::http://s280r2:8011/mwiki/index.php/How_To_Raise_a_Tracker _ The information contained in or attached to this email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are not authorised to and must not disclose, copy, distribute, or retain this message or any part of it. It may contain information which is confidential and/or covered by legal professional or other privilege (or other rules or laws with similar effect in jurisdictions outside England and Wales). The views expressed in this email are not necessarily the views of Centrica plc, and the company, its directors, officers or employees make no representation or accept any liability for its accuracy or completeness unless expressly stated to the contrary. British Gas Trading Limited (company no: 03078711) British Gas Services Limited (company no: 3141243) and Centrica Energy (Trading) Limited (company no: 02877397), are all wholly owned subsidiaries of Centrica PLC (company no: 3033654). Each company is registered in England and Wales with a registered office at Millstream, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 5GD. British Gas Services Limited (BGS) and Centrica Energy (Trading) Limited are both authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA registration numbers are 490568 and 232514, respectively). BGS is authorised and regulated by the FSA for insurance mediation services. British Gas Trading Limited is an appointed representative of BGS for insurance mediation services (FSA registration number: 439467). -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Burn mangaged installer and IIS Administration
Hi, I'm working on an installer which creates a virtual directory in IIS. The installer has a managed bootstrapper application (Burn) and lets the user select the website to which install the virtual application to. For the selection process, I enumerate all installed websites on the local IIS using the Managed API for IIS. However, it seems that even reading the current IIS configuration required elevation. So it would seem the entire Bootstrapper has to be elevated, which has some smell IMHO. What is the best practice in this scenario? Kind regards, Henning Krause -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How to add a .aspx to Error Pages under a website
Hi Team,I have devolped one customErros.aspx page and now would like to add this page to Error Pages of a website in IIS using WIX*Note: Please find the attached attachment* http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/file/n7580742/Error_Page_of_a_website.jpg -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-add-a-aspx-to-Error-Pages-under-a-website-tp7580742.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix + MSBuild + content files
Thanks for the info Albert, I just checked the source from the email and looks like a js script attached to Rob signature... It looks like a trackiing script by a company named appdynamics or something... Cristian Prieto On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Albert van Peppen alb...@insad.nl wrote: Hey Cristian.. Do you just installed a virus/Trojan or something? All the email addresses in your reply got some java script added to it! Better check your system! As for everybody else; be very carefull when replying to this mail! Best regards, Albert van Peppen transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] -----SPAM----- variables not working...
Sigh, now I am getting nothing... I have tried: SetProperty Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Value=[%USERDOMAIN]\[%USERNAME] Before=InstallInitialize Sequence=execute / where LogonDomainName is: ?define LogonDomainName = [%USERDOMAIN]? how hard can it be to get a system variable at runtime? Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-not-working-tp7580709p7580744.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to create a website with HTTPS using WIX
Well if you're creating a website versus using an existing one, then pretty much all of your IIS authoring needs to be in components. That's a pretty unusual pattern in practice. Usually, my app pool, virtual directory, and web applications authoring is in components but I use the website elements only to identify an existing website. In any case, I'm not seeing any components at all in your sample which would create a host of issues. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer – ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Nageswara Rao [mailto:nagmittapa...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 5:24 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to create a website with HTTPS using WIX Hi Team, Could you please let me know how to create a website with HTTPS and below is the code, what I am working util:User Id=AppPoolUser CreateUser=no Domain=DOMAIN Name=[APPPOOLUSER] Password=[APPPOOLPWD] RemoveOnUninstall=yes/ iis:WebAppPool Id=AppPoolId Name=AppPool Identity=other User=AppPoolUser RecycleMinutes=600 ManagedPipelineMode=integrated/ iis:WebSite Id=ID Description=APP-IT1 AutoStart=yes Directory=INSTALLLOCATION StartOnInstall=yes WebApplication=WebAppID iis:WebAddress Id=Webadreess Port=8080 IP=* Header=[HOSTNAME] Secure=yes/ /iis:WebSite I was able to create a website with HTTPS from the above but when I try to access it from IIS, it’s not accessible. I believe we should add SSL certificate to website to make it run. Please let me know how we can create that SSL Certificate from WIX and make website accessible with “HTTPS” -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-create-a-website-with-HTTPS-using-WIX-tp7580728.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Customize UI Sequence
Hi All I'm trying to customize the sequence of the UI by removing the license dialog. I tried to follow the instructions here: http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html but keep on getting compile errors that there are duplicate ids. I based my custom .wxs file on WixUI_Minimal.wxs. Here are some examples of the errors I am seeing: Error 1366 Location of symbol related to previous error. E:\delivery\Dev\wix36_public\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\WixUI_Minimal.wxs 56 1 Error 1367 Duplicate symbol 'Property:WixUI_Mode' found. This typically means that an Id is duplicated. Check to make sure all your identifiers of a given type (File, Component, Feature) are unique. C:\Projects\..\WixUI_Product.wxs33 1 I have no idea why there is a clash of ids with the file I used as a template i.e. WixUI_Minimal.wxs?? I have definitely changed the Id of my UI element Fragment UI Id=WixUI_Appname. Any help appreciated. Thanks TRex -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] -----SPAM----- variables not working...
Hmm, have you checked the verbose log on this? I wouldn't expect these variables to exist if this is happening after the MSI elevates (as that process is running as system). You need to gather the attributes in user mode and pass them to the elevated process via a property. From several examples I have seen (Ex: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3459998/get-an-environment-variable-into-a-wix-property), the syntax is correct [%ENVVARNAME] for getting environment variables at runtime. Also, can you attempt this without the ?define ... as a test case? (Or you could just use Orca or InstEdit to view the output after a build.) Your previous comment was confusing as you weren't using the define in the SetProperty custom action, but you were still referring to it. -Original Message- From: StevenOgilvie [mailto:sogil...@msn.com] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 10:37 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] -SPAM- variables not working... Sigh, now I am getting nothing... I have tried: SetProperty Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Value=[%USERDOMAIN]\[%USERNAME] Before=InstallInitialize Sequence=execute / where LogonDomainName is: ?define LogonDomainName = [%USERDOMAIN]? how hard can it be to get a system variable at runtime? Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-not-working-tp7580709p7580744.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] variables not working...
%Id is used to probe environment variables. So your instinct about scripts was near the mark. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:17 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] variables not working... That %VariableName syntax, I'm not familiar with that in WiX. It reminds me of parameter values in a Windows shell script? Are you wanting to collect the domain\username from the person who launches the installer? If that's the case, if you wanted them to pass that in on the command line, you could use the syntax: msiexec /i myInstaller.msi DATABASE_USERNAME=thisdomain\Fred. I don't /think/ it will complain about using a backslash in the value. You would not need to declare the DATABASE_USERNAME in your WiX markup. Or add a UI to the installer where the user can enter in that info via a text box control. Or are you wanting to do something different? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-not-working-tp7580709p7580712.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to create a website with HTTPS using WIX
When I'd created a new website in IIS and wanted to bind a certificate to the IP address, I didn't find a WiX element that would do it. At the time, I used a shell script to do this binding, using netsh. I ran the shell script as a custom action. This probably isn't the most robust way to do it. So I am eager to hear alternatives. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-create-a-website-with-HTTPS-using-WIX-tp7580728p7580749.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] variables not working...
Could you use a custom action to get the environment variables at install time? In managed code: System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(String name) I'm not sure if there's a declarative way of doing this in WiX. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-not-working-tp7580709p7580750.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] variables not working...
Did you try my suggestion of LogonUser? SetProperty Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Value=[LogonUser] Before=InstallInitialize Sequence=execute / The problem is that this will only return the name and not the domain so you might have to resort to a custom action. I don't think reading the environment variables will work as the MSI is in the context of the msiexec service not the user that is logged on. Neil -Original Message- From: StevenOgilvie [mailto:sogil...@msn.com] Sent: 21 September 2012 16:37 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: -SPAM- Re: [WiX-users] -SPAM- variables not working... Sigh, now I am getting nothing... I have tried: SetProperty Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Value=[%USERDOMAIN]\[%USERNAME] Before=InstallInitialize Sequence=execute / where LogonDomainName is: ?define LogonDomainName = [%USERDOMAIN]? how hard can it be to get a system variable at runtime? Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-not-working-tp7580709p7580744.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How does WiX bootstrapper determine UI language
It probes like this: Root of BA\ + GetUserDefaultUILanguage() Root of BA\ + GetSystemDefaultUILanguage() Root of BA\ On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 4:10 AM, Harald Dersch harald.der...@vasco.comwrote: Hello, I created a bootstrapper with WiX that includes four different localizations (English, German, French, and Dutch). But I actually wonder, how the bootstrapper detects and determine the language to display the UI. When the bootstrapper runs on an English OS, it's in English. When run on a German OS, it's in German. However, it seems that it totally ignores all system regional settings, i.e. if I run it on an English OS, it's in English, no matter what I set in the system settings. Other that using -lang (which works for all four localizations), I do not get another language than the original OS one. Is this a bug? Is this behavior by design? It there any option/setting to influence this? Do I have to adapt WiX source code for this? Thanks for any insights on this. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Passing overridable variables to bootstrapper from file
The BA gets the command-line and can pass that on to variables if it desires. The wixstdba does this if you mark the variables to allow to be set from the command-lne. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Salonkangas, Janne (GE Healthcare) janne.salonkan...@ge.com wrote: Hi, With just MSI files you could pass property values from command line and also from a file. We have moved to use burn and instead of properties we pass variables when running the exe file. Is there a possibility to pass the variables from a file? This kind of functionality is needed for silent installation with custom configuration. Thanks in advance, Janne Salonkangas -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Burn mangaged installer and IIS Administration
You'd have to spin of a separate process that can elevate. We've talked about adding somethig like this to Burn for IIS because they made a huge API blunder and required read operations to be elevated. sigh/ Of course, that thing hasn't been implemented yet. Maybe you'd like to contribute it? On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Henning Krause m...@henningkrause.euwrote: Hi, I'm working on an installer which creates a virtual directory in IIS. The installer has a managed bootstrapper application (Burn) and lets the user select the website to which install the virtual application to. For the selection process, I enumerate all installed websites on the local IIS using the Managed API for IIS. However, it seems that even reading the current IIS configuration required elevation. So it would seem the entire Bootstrapper has to be elevated, which has some smell IMHO. What is the best practice in this scenario? Kind regards, Henning Krause -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection
Heh, heh, yeah, you'll go into an infinite loop if the two equal bundles keep upgrading each other. I bet you ended up with thousands of burn processes running trying to upgrade each other. Heh. You probably need to throw in the relationType provided from the Command line to make sure you don't start another upgrade when you are doing an upgrade. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Gregory Beaty greg.bea...@gmail.comwrote: Any answer to this? Greg Beaty greg.bea...@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: This is what I tried, in OnDetectRelatedBundle() save the operation. In OnPlanRelatedBundle() if the saved operation == BOOTSTRAPPER_RELATED_OPERATION_NONE (which from previous emails I believe indicates that the version matches) then set *pRequestedState = BOOTSTRAPPER_REQUEST_STATE_ABSENT. This didn't work and caused the setup to go into an infinite loop launching itself again and again. Does my code look correct? Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 17 September 2012 18:39 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection You should be able to request ABSENT for the OnPlanRelatedBundle() of the bundle that has the same version. The default is NONE so it stays. On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: The BootstrapperApplication can override the default logic to do whichever you want. However, the wixstdba does not, so you get the default behavior of the engine. If you have time I'd be interested to know how, I have looked at this and as far as I can tell it is baked in to the Engine and I couldn't find any way to override it. Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 17 September 2012 17:28 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection The default upgrade logic in the Burn engine does not block and does not upgrade bundles with the same version. That is pretty arguably wrong (and is the bug Neil is referring to). smile/ The BootstrapperApplication can override the default logic to do whichever you want. However, the wixstdba does not, so you get the default behavior of the engine. Most likely, if you continue to rebuild the Bundle but keep the version the same, you have multiple bundles registered on your machine. Go to ProgramsFeatures (aka: ARP) and remove them all. Package reference counting with all those Bundles still installed will likely be very confusing. smile/ -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix Question related to closing process using util:CloseApplication
CloseApplication sends a close message to the process in question. That's basically it. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:17 AM, Chandrasekaran, Suman (GE Healthcare) suman.chandraseka...@ge.com wrote: HI, I am using Wix 3,6. I have an issue, while uninstalling the application I want to close a process which is basically a system tray icon. When the uninstallation process starts it pop's up a dialog asking the user to close the application (The following application should be closed before continuing the install). I don't want this dialog to appear but instead do the closing automatically. I tried the following, but no luck. InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=WixCloseApplications Before=InstallInitializeInstalled/Custom Custom Action=StartMonitor After=StartServicesNOT Installed/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence util:CloseApplication Id=CloseMonitor Target=Monitor.exe CloseMessage=yes RebootPrompt=no Installed /util:CloseApplication I want the wix to detect the applications and close them as part of uninstallation process. No need of showing the dialog box prompt. Can anyone please help me to implement it. It works fine with it is installed from command prompt with /qn switch but without /qn switch I get the dialog (The following application should be closed before continuing the install). Can someone please help me on how to fix this. I was checking some forums and many pople had stated that util:CloseApplication does not close the system tray icon processes. Is it true? Thanks in advance. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] variables not working...
Change Sequence to ui, and then in the install execute sequence, you will probably want to abort if the property isn't assigned. This means users double clicking the MSI would get the value assigned from the install ui sequence, but automated deployments or quiet/silent installs would be forced to pass the domain\username as a property on the command line. I assume this is a per machine MSI not a per user MSI. If you need to get more extravagant, then you would be looking at passing UserSID to a CA and decoding the account info. string userSid = session.CustomActionData[UserSID]; SecurityIdentifier sid = new SecurityIdentifier(userSid); NTAccount ntAccount = (NTAccount)sid.Translate(typeof(NTAccount)); string username = ntAccount.ToString(); or you could look at some existing projects like http://msiext.codeplex.com/ -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 12:07 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] variables not working... Did you try my suggestion of LogonUser? SetProperty Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Value=[LogonUser] Before=InstallInitialize Sequence=execute / The problem is that this will only return the name and not the domain so you might have to resort to a custom action. I don't think reading the environment variables will work as the MSI is in the context of the msiexec service not the user that is logged on. Neil -Original Message- From: StevenOgilvie [mailto:sogil...@msn.com] Sent: 21 September 2012 16:37 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: -SPAM- Re: [WiX-users] -SPAM- variables not working... Sigh, now I am getting nothing... I have tried: SetProperty Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Value=[%USERDOMAIN]\[%USERNAME] Before=InstallInitialize Sequence=execute / where LogonDomainName is: ?define LogonDomainName = [%USERDOMAIN]? how hard can it be to get a system variable at runtime? Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-not-working-tp7580709p7580744.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection
So only set *pRequestedState = BOOTSTRAPPER_REQUEST_STATE_ABSENT if BOOTSTRAPPER_RELATION_NONE == relationType ? Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 21 September 2012 18:23 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection Heh, heh, yeah, you'll go into an infinite loop if the two equal bundles keep upgrading each other. I bet you ended up with thousands of burn processes running trying to upgrade each other. Heh. You probably need to throw in the relationType provided from the Command line to make sure you don't start another upgrade when you are doing an upgrade. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Gregory Beaty greg.bea...@gmail.comwrote: Any answer to this? Greg Beaty greg.bea...@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: This is what I tried, in OnDetectRelatedBundle() save the operation. In OnPlanRelatedBundle() if the saved operation == BOOTSTRAPPER_RELATED_OPERATION_NONE (which from previous emails I believe indicates that the version matches) then set *pRequestedState = BOOTSTRAPPER_REQUEST_STATE_ABSENT. This didn't work and caused the setup to go into an infinite loop launching itself again and again. Does my code look correct? Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 17 September 2012 18:39 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection You should be able to request ABSENT for the OnPlanRelatedBundle() of the bundle that has the same version. The default is NONE so it stays. On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: The BootstrapperApplication can override the default logic to do whichever you want. However, the wixstdba does not, so you get the default behavior of the engine. If you have time I'd be interested to know how, I have looked at this and as far as I can tell it is baked in to the Engine and I couldn't find any way to override it. Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 17 September 2012 17:28 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection The default upgrade logic in the Burn engine does not block and does not upgrade bundles with the same version. That is pretty arguably wrong (and is the bug Neil is referring to). smile/ The BootstrapperApplication can override the default logic to do whichever you want. However, the wixstdba does not, so you get the default behavior of the engine. Most likely, if you continue to rebuild the Bundle but keep the version the same, you have multiple bundles registered on your machine. Go to ProgramsFeatures (aka: ARP) and remove them all. Package reference counting with all those Bundles still installed will likely be very confusing. smile/ -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Burn mangaged installer and IIS Administration
Hi Rob, You'd have to spin of a separate process that can elevate. We've talked about adding somethig like this to Burn for IIS because they made a huge API blunder and required read operations to be elevated. sigh/ But with an additional elevated process the use would have to go through the elevation process two times - once for the detection and once for the installation, or am I wrong? Of course, that thing hasn't been implemented yet. Maybe you'd like to contribute it? I only do managed development - so, I think this would be a problem, wouldn't it? Kind regards, Henning -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Burn UI simple example doubt
Hello all, My need to develop is custom UI is as follows: 1. - I want the user to select which msi to install (using checkbox) 2. - Depending on which msi user selects , my next UI page would be get more information from the user needed for the selected MSI. So, have googled about this , I found that I have to develop a WPF installer which would show pages 1 and 2 and send those values back to my managed BA; which then installs the MSI. Is this an okay design to follow or there could be a better/easy UI approach to the above problem ? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-UI-simple-example-doubt-tp7580492p7580760.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] variables not working...
Neil Sleightholm wrote I don't think reading the environment variables will work as the MSI is in the context of the msiexec service not the user that is logged on. -Original Message- From: StevenOgilvie [mailto: sogilvie@ ] Sent: 21 September 2012 16:37 To: wix-users@.sourceforge Subject: -SPAM- Re: [WiX-users] -SPAM- variables not working... Sigh, now I am getting nothing... I tried this to verify it this morning and the install log shows that the type 51 created by SetProperty fired off: MSI (s) (0C:60) [10:36:29:726]: Doing action: SetDATABASE_USERNAME Action 10:36:29: SetDATABASE_USERNAME. Action start 10:36:29: SetDATABASE_USERNAME. MSI (s) (0C:60) [10:36:29:726]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding DATABASE_USERNAME property. Its value is '32BitWin7\test_user'. Action ended 10:36:29: SetDATABASE_USERNAME. Return value 1. MSI (s) (0C:60) [10:36:29:726]: Doing action: InstallInitialize and the property is found at the end of the install when the properties are dumped: Property(S): DATABASE_USERNAME = 32BitWin7\test_user So you should see those sort of entries in your install log. I didn't use any defines at all. I just added the SetProperty element under Product so that it was included in the install: SetProperty Id=DATABASE_USERNAME Value=[%USERDOMAIN]\[%USERNAME] Before=InstallInitialize Sequence=execute / In Orca, the CA's row in the CustomAction table looks like this: SetDATABASE_USERNAME51 DATABASE_USERNAME [%USERDOMAIN]\[%USERNAME] A set command shows that the values match that of the user and domain. USERDOMAIN=32BitWin7 USERNAME=test_user It worked with both a local account and a domain account. Does the install log show the CA firing off? Is the CA visible in the CustomAction table using Orca? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-not-working-tp7580709p7580761.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] UI upgrade succeeds, but silent upgrade fails
Thank you for clarifying this for me, Peter!
I ran the MSI without REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE and it worked like a charm!
Your explanation was perfect and Rob's response provided further
clarifications on this page
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/526707/major-vs-minor-upgrade-in-windows-installer
Thanks,
Alec
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe pshirtcli...@sdl.com wrote:
Are you mixing up minor and major upgrades ?
Major upgrades use the upgrade table and replace the old product with the new
one. You don't specify REINSTALL or REINSTALLMODE on the command line. The
upgrade code should be the same and the product code and version different.
Minor upgrades repair and update the existing installation using a new
version of the MSI. You do use REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE but the upgrade
table is not used. The upgrade code should be the same and the product code
too: only the version differs.
The MajorUpgrade element is just a convenient shorthand for using the upgrade
table. You can leave it commented out for now.
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Sent: 21 September 2012 04:30
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI upgrade succeeds, but silent upgrade fails
I tried silently upgrading 19.0.1 on top of 18.3 with the following code
snippet:
Upgrade Id=E8805AF3-CF50-4092-BE57-220A8C51E2AA
UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect=yes Minimum=19.0.1
IncludeMinimum=no Property=NEWERVERSIONDETECTED/ UpgradeVersion
OnlyDetect=no Maximum=19.0.1 IncludeMaximum=no
Minimum=18.0.0 IncludeMinimum=yes
Property=OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED/
/Upgrade
CustomActionRef Id=WixExitEarlyWithSuccess/
InstallExecuteSequence
RemoveExistingProducts After=InstallInitialize/
Custom Action='PrepareForInstall' After='InstallInitialize'NOT Installed
AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE/Custom
Custom Action='SetJavawPath' Before='InstallServices'NOT
Installed/Custom
Custom Action=Upgrader After=InstallHelperActionNOT
Installed/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence
The log file has the following entries:
Doing action: FindRelatedProducts
Action start 12:01:15: FindRelatedProducts.
PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED property. Its value is
'{4B43BAEB-553B-4FAD-9219-C55DA3492D89}'.
Skipping action: WixExitEarlyWithSuccess (condition is false)
Doing action: AppSearch
FindRelatedProducts. Return value 1.
AppSearch.
...
Windows Installer installed the product. ... Product Version:
19.0.1. Product Language: 1033. .. Installation success or error
status: 0.
It looks like upgrade should have succeeded, but in reality 18.3 is there and
19.0.1 is not.
I noticed that we have MajorUpgrade element commented out (see above).
Should it be uncommented? (Sorry I don't work with WIX a whole lot).
Thanks,
Alec
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[WiX-users] Bundle upgrade rollback removes the entire product other than bundle ARP entry
Hi, During bundled upgrade, if the uninstall of the old bundle fails, this invokes a rollback on MSI upgrade. This in turn causes the MSI to be uninstalled instead of just rolling back to re-install the previous version of MSI. The version of wix am using is 3.6.2803.0. Is this a known issue with any work-arounds or fix in later builds? Thank you! Shruthi -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Bundle-upgrade-rollback-removes-the-entire-product-other-than-bundle-ARP-entry-tp7580763.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection
I would say UPGRADE != relationType otherwise you'll be messing with add-on and patch bundles too, I think. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.comwrote: So only set *pRequestedState = BOOTSTRAPPER_REQUEST_STATE_ABSENT if BOOTSTRAPPER_RELATION_NONE == relationType ? Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 21 September 2012 18:23 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection Heh, heh, yeah, you'll go into an infinite loop if the two equal bundles keep upgrading each other. I bet you ended up with thousands of burn processes running trying to upgrade each other. Heh. You probably need to throw in the relationType provided from the Command line to make sure you don't start another upgrade when you are doing an upgrade. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Gregory Beaty greg.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Any answer to this? Greg Beaty greg.bea...@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: This is what I tried, in OnDetectRelatedBundle() save the operation. In OnPlanRelatedBundle() if the saved operation == BOOTSTRAPPER_RELATED_OPERATION_NONE (which from previous emails I believe indicates that the version matches) then set *pRequestedState = BOOTSTRAPPER_REQUEST_STATE_ABSENT. This didn't work and caused the setup to go into an infinite loop launching itself again and again. Does my code look correct? Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 17 September 2012 18:39 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection You should be able to request ABSENT for the OnPlanRelatedBundle() of the bundle that has the same version. The default is NONE so it stays. On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: The BootstrapperApplication can override the default logic to do whichever you want. However, the wixstdba does not, so you get the default behavior of the engine. If you have time I'd be interested to know how, I have looked at this and as far as I can tell it is baked in to the Engine and I couldn't find any way to override it. Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 17 September 2012 17:28 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Upgrade Detection The default upgrade logic in the Burn engine does not block and does not upgrade bundles with the same version. That is pretty arguably wrong (and is the bug Neil is referring to). smile/ The BootstrapperApplication can override the default logic to do whichever you want. However, the wixstdba does not, so you get the default behavior of the engine. Most likely, if you continue to rebuild the Bundle but keep the version the same, you have multiple bundles registered on your machine. Go to ProgramsFeatures (aka: ARP) and remove them all. Package reference counting with all those Bundles still installed will likely be very confusing. smile/ -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint
Re: [WiX-users] Burn mangaged installer and IIS Administration
1. Today, yes. Fixing the engine to help would be interesting. Funny thing is that it is only IIS that seems to have this problem. 2. Not going to help fix the Burn engine with managed code, no. smile/ On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Henning Krause m...@henningkrause.euwrote: Hi Rob, You'd have to spin of a separate process that can elevate. We've talked about adding somethig like this to Burn for IIS because they made a huge API blunder and required read operations to be elevated. sigh/ But with an additional elevated process the use would have to go through the elevation process two times - once for the detection and once for the installation, or am I wrong? Of course, that thing hasn't been implemented yet. Maybe you'd like to contribute it? I only do managed development - so, I think this would be a problem, wouldn't it? Kind regards, Henning -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] variables not working...
Finally got it to work CustomAction Id=CA_SetProperty_DATABASE_USERNAME Property=DATABASE_USERNAME Value=[%USERDOMAIN]\[LogonUser]/ UI ProgressText Action=CA_SetProperty_DATABASE_USERNAMECA: Setting database username.../ProgressText /UI placed in both execute and UI sequence: InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action='CA_SetProperty_DATABASE_USERNAME' After='CA_SetProperty_DATABASE_NAME'/Custom InstallUISequence Custom Action='CA_SetProperty_DATABASE_USERNAME' After='CA_SetProperty_DATABASE_NAME'/Custom thanks to all who helped!! Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/variables-not-working-tp7580709p7580766.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
