Re: [WiX-users] Installing certificate in the 'Personal' store
Thanks for all the answers! one more question: How can I avoid leaving the password for my certificate in plaintext @ the element? Is there a way to encrypt it? (and you were right about the File tag, I replaced it with CreateFolder / because every component needs to make sure it has a directory/file/...) -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Installing-certificate-in-the-Personal-store-tp7598665p7598684.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Text files
I did something like this for a small project last week by writing a custom action. In my case, I had very specific changes to make (single line changes based on UI responses), so I wrote an action for each one with a private method implementing the boilerplate part of the change. It ended up being pretty easy to do. On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 2:30 AM, Majcica, Mario mario.majc...@bakerhughes.com wrote: Hi all, I have a need to remove some lines of text out of the .txt files I'm deploying via wix. This is pretty simple to do with XML files and I was wondering how to do it when it comes to plain text files. Any suggestion is welcome as seems google has nothing interesting to propose on this argument. Thanks Mario Majcica -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Installing certificate in the 'Personal' store
Shouldn't need CreateFolder either. Can you use a Property to store the password? Put the Hidden attribute on it. I'd check the log after that to make sure it's hidden. I am assuming the the IisExtension hides its custom action data already (CustomAction/@HideTarget). -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Installing-certificate-in-the-Personal-store-tp7598665p7598687.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] WiX books $5 until Jan 6
I saw this and thought I'd pass it along. Books on the Packt Publishers website are $5 until Jan 6. Includes the WiX book and the pre-release of the new WiX Cookbook. www.packtpub.com/all/?search=wix -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-books-5-until-Jan-6-tp7598689.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Adding service installation to wix installer
In general you just add your dependent Dlls as components under that DirectoryRef that has the service in it. Then they get installed to the same folder. The more complicated issue is that you named things (like sql lite) that often have their own redist packages. For example, Log4Net seems to come from Crystal Reports, perhaps they have a merge module you can include, maybe this http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/cr4vs2010/CRforVS_redist_install_64bit_13_0.zip --- Phil Wilson On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Justin Dyer justin.p.d...@gmail.com wrote: I am completely new to wix, so bare with me here. I have followed a guide here http://nicholasarmstrong.com/2014/08/sideloading-windows-8-apps-with-wix/ to create an installer that sideloads a windows 8.1 application. I have that working after messing with it for a while. I also want my wix installer to install a service. My service has a number of dependency DLLs such as log4net, sqlite, etc. I tried following this guide http://www.talksharp.com/wix-toolset-install-windows-service to integrate what I saw there into my existing installer that does the sideloading. At first, the installer was place the service executable in the installation directory, but there would not be any of the included DLLs necessary for it to run. I am just lost at this point trying to take those two examples and merge them into what I want working. I have added the service project as a reference to my wix project. I have also added this to my wixproj file: PropertyGroup !-- Service file harvesting -- ServiceDir..\PRISMContingencyService\bin\$(Configuration)\/ServiceDir DefineConstants$(DefineConstants);ServiceDir=$(ServiceDir)/DefineConstants /PropertyGroup ItemGroup !-- Harvest service -- HarvestDirectory Include=$(ServiceDir) InProjectfalse/InProject DirectoryRefIdINSTALLFOLDER/DirectoryRefId ComponentGroupNameComponentGroup.Service/ComponentGroupName PreprocessorVariablevar.ServiceDir/PreprocessorVariable SuppressRootDirectorytrue/SuppressRootDirectory /HarvestDirectory /ItemGroup In the config.wxi file I have a number of lines including: ?define ServiceExeName = PRISMContingencyService.exe ? And I think this is the relevant part in the Setup.wxs file that I can't figure out: Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=Sideload PRISM Contingency App Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ComponentGroup.App / ComponentGroupRef Id=ComponentGroup.PowerShellScripts / ComponentGroupRef Id=ComponentGroup.Service/ !--ComponentRef Id=$(var.PRISMContingencyService.TargetFileName)/-- /Feature UIRef Id=WixUI_Minimal / /Product Fragment Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Directory Id=INSTALLFOLDER Name=$(var.InstallFolderName) / /Directory /Directory !-- New stuff here -- DirectoryRef Id=INSTALLFOLDER !-- Create a single component which is the TestService.exe file -- Component Id=Component.ServiceComponent !-- Copies the TestService.exe file using the project reference preprocessor variables -- File Id=File.ServiceFile Source=[INSTALLFOLDER]\$(var.ServiceExeName) KeyPath=yes / !-- Remove all files from the INSTALLFOLDER on uninstall -- !--RemoveFile Id=ALLFILES Name=*.* On=both /-- !-- Tell WiX to install the Service -- ServiceInstall Id=ServiceInstaller Type=ownProcess Name=PRISMContingencyService DisplayName=PRISMContingencyService Description=Service for the PRISM Contingency Windows Application. Start=auto ErrorControl=normal Account=localSystem Vital=yes/ !-- Tell WiX to start the Service -- ServiceControl Id=StartService Start=install Stop=both Remove=uninstall Name=PRISMContingencyService Wait=yes / /Component /DirectoryRef /Fragment -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought
Re: [WiX-users] Adding service installation to wix installer
I followed the same pattern as I did with my windows app by adding wixproj with this. Shouldn't this have copied over my files? ItemGroup !-- Harvest service -- HarvestDirectory Include=$(ServiceDir) InProjectfalse/InProject DirectoryRefIdINSTALLFOLDER/DirectoryRefId ComponentGroupNameComponentGroup.Service/ComponentGroupName PreprocessorVariablevar.ServiceDir/PreprocessorVariable SuppressRootDirectorytrue/SuppressRootDirectory /HarvestDirectory /ItemGroup PropertyGroup !-- Service file harvesting -- ServiceDir..\PRISMContingencyService\bin\$(Configuration)\/ServiceDir DefineConstants$(DefineConstants);ServiceDir=$(ServiceDir)/DefineConstants /PropertyGroup On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Phil Wilson phildgwil...@gmail.com wrote: In general you just add your dependent Dlls as components under that DirectoryRef that has the service in it. Then they get installed to the same folder. The more complicated issue is that you named things (like sql lite) that often have their own redist packages. For example, Log4Net seems to come from Crystal Reports, perhaps they have a merge module you can include, maybe this http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/cr4vs2010/CRforVS_redist_install_64bit_13_0.zip --- Phil Wilson On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Justin Dyer justin.p.d...@gmail.com wrote: I am completely new to wix, so bare with me here. I have followed a guide here http://nicholasarmstrong.com/2014/08/sideloading-windows-8-apps-with-wix/ to create an installer that sideloads a windows 8.1 application. I have that working after messing with it for a while. I also want my wix installer to install a service. My service has a number of dependency DLLs such as log4net, sqlite, etc. I tried following this guide http://www.talksharp.com/wix-toolset-install-windows-service to integrate what I saw there into my existing installer that does the sideloading. At first, the installer was place the service executable in the installation directory, but there would not be any of the included DLLs necessary for it to run. I am just lost at this point trying to take those two examples and merge them into what I want working. I have added the service project as a reference to my wix project. I have also added this to my wixproj file: PropertyGroup !-- Service file harvesting -- ServiceDir..\PRISMContingencyService\bin\$(Configuration)\/ServiceDir DefineConstants$(DefineConstants);ServiceDir=$(ServiceDir)/DefineConstants /PropertyGroup ItemGroup !-- Harvest service -- HarvestDirectory Include=$(ServiceDir) InProjectfalse/InProject DirectoryRefIdINSTALLFOLDER/DirectoryRefId ComponentGroupNameComponentGroup.Service/ComponentGroupName PreprocessorVariablevar.ServiceDir/PreprocessorVariable SuppressRootDirectorytrue/SuppressRootDirectory /HarvestDirectory /ItemGroup In the config.wxi file I have a number of lines including: ?define ServiceExeName = PRISMContingencyService.exe ? And I think this is the relevant part in the Setup.wxs file that I can't figure out: Feature Id=ProductFeature Title=Sideload PRISM Contingency App Level=1 ComponentGroupRef Id=ComponentGroup.App / ComponentGroupRef Id=ComponentGroup.PowerShellScripts / ComponentGroupRef Id=ComponentGroup.Service/ !--ComponentRef Id=$(var.PRISMContingencyService.TargetFileName)/-- /Feature UIRef Id=WixUI_Minimal / /Product Fragment Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Directory Id=INSTALLFOLDER Name=$(var.InstallFolderName) / /Directory /Directory !-- New stuff here -- DirectoryRef Id=INSTALLFOLDER !-- Create a single component which is the TestService.exe file -- Component Id=Component.ServiceComponent !-- Copies the TestService.exe file using the project reference preprocessor variables -- File Id=File.ServiceFile Source=[INSTALLFOLDER]\$(var.ServiceExeName) KeyPath=yes / !-- Remove all files from the INSTALLFOLDER on uninstall -- !--RemoveFile Id=ALLFILES Name=*.* On=both /-- !-- Tell WiX to install the Service -- ServiceInstall Id=ServiceInstaller Type=ownProcess Name=PRISMContingencyService DisplayName=PRISMContingencyService Description=Service for the PRISM Contingency Windows Application. Start=auto ErrorControl=normal Account=localSystem Vital=yes/ !-- Tell WiX to start the Service -- ServiceControl Id=StartService Start=install Stop=both Remove=uninstall Name=PRISMContingencyService Wait=yes / /Component /DirectoryRef /Fragment
