Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Oh that's it? S easy! From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:12 PM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff MacDuff wrote: Sorry could you point me in the right direction.. never used type 51 ? You need to define the custom action: CustomAction Id=Foo Property=MYDIRECTORY Value=[%variable]\Bar / then schedule it: InstallExecuteSequence Custom Id=Foo After=CostFinalize / /InstallExecuteSequence -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
I spoke too soon as I cant get this work... here is the syntax I am using: 1. For the install directory, I am using this: Directory Id=PublicFolder Name=PubPic LongName=PublicPicturesDir 2. For the custom action I am using this: CustomAction Id=GetPublicPicturesFolder Property=PublicPicturesDir Value=[%public%]\Pictures / 3. For the install sequence I am using this: Custom Action=GetPublicPicturesFolder After=CostFinalize / What I see, is the property is set to \pictures at install time.. the [%public%] is lost completely. Also orca doesn't show the dir in the propertys section at all. Do I need to further define the property some how? From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:32 AM To: 'Bob Arnson' Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Oh that's it? S easy! From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:12 PM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff MacDuff wrote: Sorry could you point me in the right direction.. never used type 51 ? You need to define the custom action: CustomAction Id=Foo Property=MYDIRECTORY Value=[%variable]\Bar / then schedule it: InstallExecuteSequence Custom Id=Foo After=CostFinalize / /InstallExecuteSequence -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Sorry could you point me in the right direction.. never used type 51 ? From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:41 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff MacDuff wrote: I have some existing code that calls MsiSetProperty() ... couldn't I just call that, set a property, and then use that property with the MSI? No code is necessary. CustomAction/@Property,@Value creates a type 51 CA which does exactly what you need. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Does anyone else have a method to install to a directory that isn't a named directory? Surely I can somehow set the path based on environment variable? Is there a expand method within wix? Thanks, JEff From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:40 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Here is the log entry: MSI (c) (44:78) [13:58:30:775]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying ALLUSERS property. Its current value is '2'. Its new value: '1'. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:39 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir What does your log file say the value for ALLUSERS is? If it isn't 1, then you're not doing a per-machine install and you won't get the All Users profile to install into. From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:26 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir It should be per machine... is there a good way to tell? From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:24 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff, are you doing a per-machine or a per-user install? From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:14 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Looks like Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h has the list of folders. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new common directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a named folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest
[WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new common directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a named folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir' Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles' --- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new common directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a named folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir' Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles' --- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new common directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a named folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir' Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles' --- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new common directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a named folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir' Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles' --- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
The log file I just ran shows the MyPicturesFolder mapping to the current users folder, not the users\public\pictures folder which would be the machine wide pictures folder. The documentation also states that. From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:19 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Rob Mensching; 'Dana Gutride'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Is this not the place that MyPicturesFolder maps to if you're doing a per-machine install? -- Mike Dimmick From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: 27 November 2006 22:10 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new common directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a named folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir' Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles' --- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Looks like Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h has the list of folders. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new common directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a named folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir' Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles' --- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
It should be per machine... is there a good way to tell? From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:24 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff, are you doing a per-machine or a per-user install? From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:14 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Looks like Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h has the list of folders. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new common directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a named folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir' Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles' --- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I need to install some sample content into the %public%\pictures folder on the target machine but I am unsure how to do this. How do I specify a environment variable path for a directory element? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https
Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir
Here is the log entry: MSI (c) (44:78) [13:58:30:775]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying ALLUSERS property. Its current value is '2'. Its new value: '1'. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:39 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir What does your log file say the value for ALLUSERS is? If it isn't 1, then you're not doing a per-machine install and you won't get the All Users profile to install into. From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:26 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir It should be per machine... is there a good way to tell? From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:24 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff, are you doing a per-machine or a per-user install? From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 15:14 To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Looks like Windows SDK: KnownFolders.h has the list of folders. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Rob Mensching; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir No I don't off the bat... but I know that users\public\pictures is one of em J I will send some offline email and see if I can dig it up... no promises. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:10 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir I've been considering the need to create a standard CustomAction to process all the new standard directories on Vista. It sounds like we'll need to do that. Jeff, do you have a pointer to the documentation that points at all the new standard folders provided by the Vista shell? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 14:04 To: Dana Gutride; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Ok that worked, I now see all the propertys However there is no property set for c:\users\public. So since there isn't a MSI property I can latch on too... is there another method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Try specifying l*v instead of lv. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok I ran the verbose install like this: msiexec /i foo.msi /lv foo.txt however I didn't see anything in the log that shows all the propertys? I did look for the value ( c:\users\public) but it wasn't listed at all. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 1:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir My other idea: try a verbose install on vista (my vista vm isn't running right now, or I'd try it for you). Take a look at the properties at the end of the log, is the property you need in there somewhere? You might be able to use it the same way. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that it's not in the list. Users\public is new common directory introduced in Vista, it's there on every install.. if my user name was joe I would also have users\joe was well. The pubic folder contains music / docs / etc that all users inherit . Since it's not a named folder is there another way to expand the variable? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to specify a envirorment variable dir Jeff: If it's in the following list, you can use it relatively easily. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/aa372057.aspx The directory structure would look something like what is below (just the beginning, you should be able to fill in the rest. Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir' Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles' --- this is the important part, change the id to match what you find in the msdn link above. Dana On 11/27/06, Jeff MacDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any help? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 7:22 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to specify
Re: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall
Ok a follow up question, Where do I put the uninstall custom action at in the Wix file? My wix file doesnt contain any kind of remove / uninstall sections from what I can tell? -JEff From: Rob Mensching Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 1:02 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall wix\ src\ca\wixca\dll\CloseApps.cpp From: Jeff MacDuff Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:58 To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall Ahh ok.. I understand. Can you tell me more about this CloseApps CA ? Is this an existing item I can just hook into? From: Rob Mensching Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:58 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall Youd have to use a CustomAction like CloseApps to kill off more than just those files that are held in use by a process with a visible window. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:53 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall What is the correct method in the WIX file to list the process names that should / need to be killed before uninstall occurs? What we are seeing is that if process A is running the MSI at uninstall time will uninstall all of the other files ( dlls / xmls / etc ) and then prompt the user to reboot. At reboot the process A is removed. The bug is that if the user chooses not to reboot.. and clicks on the process A systray icon this will cause process A to crash since its dependent files are now gone. How do I tell the MSI uninstall process to kill process A ? Thanks, Jeff - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall
What is the correct method in the WIX file to list the process names that should / need to be killed before uninstall occurs? What we are seeing is that if process A is running the MSI at uninstall time will uninstall all of the other files ( dlls / xmls / etc ) and then prompt the user to reboot. At reboot the process A is removed. The bug is that if the user chooses not to reboot.. and clicks on the process A systray icon this will cause process A to crash since its dependent files are now gone. How do I tell the MSI uninstall process to kill process A ? Thanks, Jeff - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall
Ahh ok.. I understand. Can you tell me more about this CloseApps CA ? Is this an existing item I can just hook into? From: Rob Mensching Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:58 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall Youd have to use a CustomAction like CloseApps to kill off more than just those files that are held in use by a process with a visible window. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:53 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall What is the correct method in the WIX file to list the process names that should / need to be killed before uninstall occurs? What we are seeing is that if process A is running the MSI at uninstall time will uninstall all of the other files ( dlls / xmls / etc ) and then prompt the user to reboot. At reboot the process A is removed. The bug is that if the user chooses not to reboot.. and clicks on the process A systray icon this will cause process A to crash since its dependent files are now gone. How do I tell the MSI uninstall process to kill process A ? Thanks, Jeff - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Best way to generate GUIDS ?
This is probably a dumb question, but whats the best way to generate GUIDS for component IDS for a wix file? I have an existing file I need to go add a bunch of features too.. whats the proper way to generate all those new GUIDs I need? Thanks, Jeff - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] What is KeyPath in refrence to Registry keys
I am trying to port some Wix from one file to another, in the V1 file there are about 100 registry keys and each one with its individual component ID. I would like to consolidate all of the registry keys into 1 component. However, I can only list one of the keys with a KeyPath=yes but I dont know what keypath is or what its behavior is . Looking at the help file the definition is: Set this attribute to 'yes' to make this registry key the KeyPath of the parent component. Only one resource (registry, file, etc) can be the KeyPath of a component. So currently I am trying to figure out what keypath refers too? I cant find any more info on it and why it would be bad if the value is no. -Jeff - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Add run key entry in Vista?
So if we make the MSI install for all users.. we should be able to create a new run key entry without hitting the redirection problems? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:49 PM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add run key entry in Vista? Jeff MacDuff wrote: I need to add my application to the HKLM\windows\currentversion\Run key in the registry so that my app will start at every boot up for users. In Vista, I am having trouble setting this key through the MSI without it getting re-directed to the virtual store ( which of course doesnt help me ). Is ALLUSERS set to 1? If a package is per-user, Vista redirection kicks in. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Add run key entry in Vista?
I need to add my application to the HKLM\windows\currentversion\Run key in the registry so that my app will start at every boot up for users. In Vista, I am having trouble setting this key through the MSI without it getting re-directed to the virtual store ( which of course doesnt help me ). Does anyone know the by design / proper way to do this in vista? Thanks, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Error setting target through command line
I am trying to the TARGETDIR through the cmd line when running my MSI but it gets completely ignored. Some customers might need to overwrite the default value so they have requested this msiexec function to work. The syntax I am using is msiexec /I foo.msi TARGETDIR=c:\temp Is there any trick to getting this to work? Thanks for the help, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error setting target through command line
Ok so that worked, if I do that syntax with the I see in the log file where the targetdir gets set however it still installs to the program files directory. I then tried setting the ProgramFilesFolder to c:\temp.. again the logfile shows it being set but it still resolves the real one. Is there a trick to making this work? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Janulewicz Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 4:06 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error setting target through command line Try this: TARGETDIR=c:\temp I cant find any documentation to corroborate it, but all the auto-deployment scripts I have set public properties with quotes, even when there are no spaces or odd characters in it. I must have done that for some reason when I wrote them months and months ago, no? -Matt From: Jeff MacDuff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 3:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error setting target through command line I am trying to the TARGETDIR through the cmd line when running my MSI but it gets completely ignored. Some customers might need to overwrite the default value so they have requested this msiexec function to work. The syntax I am using is msiexec /I foo.msi TARGETDIR=c:\temp Is there any trick to getting this to work? Thanks for the help, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Ok my MSI log file doesnt have a entry for RemoveExistingProducts So that would seem to suggest that its finding the product but its not getting removed. Here is my current syntax: Upgrade Id=C9BD4428-98AC-4AD0-9646-4E212B1BB770 UpgradeVersion RemoveFeatures=All Property=MyUpgrade IgnoreRemoveFailure=yes Maximum=2.0.0 Minimum=1.0.0 ExcludeLanguages=yes / /Upgrade In my InstallExecuteSequence I have this reference: RemoveExistingProducts After=InstallFinalize![CDATA[(MyUpgrade C9BD4428-98AC-4AD0-9646-4E212B1BB770 AND (DefaultFeature = 3))]]/RemoveExistingProducts Please note that I inherited this J Does this look right? -Jeff From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:24 PM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Jeff MacDuff wrote: Is a previous version is detected, whats the action the MSI takes? It depends on what's in the Upgrade table. FindRelatedProducts finds the products; RemoveExistingProducts removes the features specified (or all if not). But RemoveExistingProducts doesn't provide UI. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
So would the new syntax be this? RemoveExistingProducts After=InstallFinalize/RemoveExistingProducts From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:02 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Jeff MacDuff wrote: In my InstallExecuteSequence I have this reference: RemoveExistingProducts After=InstallFinalize![CDATA[(MyUpgrade C9BD4428-98AC-4AD0-9646-4E212B1BB770 AND (DefaultFeature = 3))]]/RemoveExistingProducts As the Mythbusters say, There's your problem right there.g The property MyUpgrade is set to the product code of the old product being upgraded. Likely, your German product has a different product code so RemoveExistingProducts is suppressed. I'd suggest getting rid of the product code in the condition -- just use a bare MyUpgrade and the feature-action-state check. Though you can even skip that -- RemoveExistingProducts is smart enough to do nothing if no products were found during FindRelatedProducts. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
That did it it now uninstalls! Two follow up questions: Is there a mechanism to prompt the user if they want to uninstall or not Can I move the uninstall up in the order of things.. so it happens at the start of the install and not after. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:22 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Jeff MacDuff wrote: So would the new syntax be this? RemoveExistingProducts After=InstallFinalize/RemoveExistingProducts Or RemoveExistingProducts After=InstallFinalize / Assuming you have only one feature (DefaultFeature), you don't need to check its install state. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Ok thanks for all the info. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:56 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Jeff MacDuff wrote: Is there a mechanism to prompt the user if they want to uninstall or not Yes. You'll need to create a dialog and schedule it early in the UI sequence, conditioned on the property you use in UpgradeVersion. It can be a simple dialog with Upgrade and Cancel buttons. Upgrade would do nothing as the upgrade happens later; Cancel should be able to exit with something like this: Publish Event=EndDialog Value=Exit1/Publish Can I move the uninstall up in the order of things.. so it happens at the start of the install and not after. Yes. That's controlled by the After attribute. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=""> for a list of possible sequences. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Ok so I have gone through the logs a few times In the FindRelatedProducts section of the MSI it does find 1 related product however the GUID it lists is the ProductCode of the Old ( V1) MSI not the UpgradeCode. From reading WIX , it was my understanding that the new MSI (V2) should list the UpgradeCode and not the ProductCode ? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 10:08 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Jeff MacDuff wrote: The overall goal is that anytime I install the new package, it shouldprompt to remove the old package regardless of language.So if I have a English OS , with a DEU old package installed.. and I runthe new DEU package on this OS it should prompt me.That's the case I am testing and it never finds the old package. Two suggestions: 1. Check a verbose log; the FindRelatedProducts action reports a fair bit of information for products it checks for relevance based on the Upgrade table row's attributes. 2. See if the following excerpt from the FindRelatedProdcuts doc applies to you: FindRelatedProducts only recognizes existing products that have been installed using the Windows Installer with an .msi that defines an UpgradeCode property, a ProductVersion property, and a value for the ProductLanguage property that is one of the languages listed in the Template Summary Property. Note that FindRelatedProducts uses the language returned by MsiGetProductInfo. For FindRelatedProducts to work correctly, the package author must be sure that the ProductLanguage property in the Property table is set to a language that is also listed in the Template Summary Property. See Preparing an Application for Future Major Upgrades. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Is a previous version is detected, whats the action the MSI takes? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 9:28 PM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Jeff MacDuff wrote: Thats the weird thing, I am not doing anything special for English.. theres no English special syntax I dont believe. Earlier you mentioned prompting for the upgrade; MSI doesn't do that so there's gotta be something extra. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
The overall goal is that anytime I install the new package, it should
prompt to remove the old package regardless of language.
So if I have a English OS , with a DEU old package installed.. and I run
the new DEU package on this OS it should prompt me.
That's the case I am testing and it never finds the old package.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson,
Phil
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 5:50 PM
To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
So we have an upgrade table entry that will upgrade versions from 1.0.0
(including 1.0.0) up to (but not including) 2.0.0.0, and it won't
detect all languages in case that's an issue. Is that what you're
looking for?
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: Jeff MacDuff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 3:16 PM
To: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Yes, it's installed for all users.
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 2:23 PM
To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Both old and new are installed for the same users? (Both per-system or
both per-user).
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: Jeff MacDuff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:31 PM
To: Jeff MacDuff; Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Well that didn't work either.
Here is the old MSI that's installed on the machine (from property
table):
ProductVersion 1.0.0
UpgradeCode {C9BD4428-98AC-4AD0-9646-4E212B1BB770}
And here is the new MSI upgrade table
{C9BD4428-98AC-4AD0-9646-4E212B1BB770} 1.0.0 2.0.0 260
All
-Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Jeff MacDuff
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:16 PM
To: 'Wilson, Phil'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Ok I just looked and both of the version fields are null ... I will set
them to the correct values / rebuild and try it again.
-Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:27 PM
To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
UpgradeVersion has Minimum and Maximum strings that specify the range of
product versions that you want to look for and upgrade (IncludeMaximum
and IncludeMinimum are involved too). If you don't specify these values
I don't know what Wix puts in the VersionMin and VersionMax fields in
the MSI's upgrade table. You could look at the MSI's Upgrade table with
Orca to verify what's going on, but if you end up with VersionMin and
VersionMax both zero you're probably not going to get an upgrade ;=)
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: Jeff MacDuff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:15 AM
To: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
What version specs do you refer too?
Here is the WXS:
Upgrade Id=snip
UpgradeVersion RemoveFeatures=All Property=UPGRADE
IgnoreRemoveFailure=yes /
/Upgrade
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson,
Phil
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:52 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
What about version specs in your Wix UpgradeVersionElement? I don't know
how Wix behaves in the absence of them, but there's nothing in your Wix
that targets the versions you want to upgrade.
Phil Wilson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff
MacDuff
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:17 PM
To: Stefan Pavlik
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
It's still not working for me... here's what I did:
I looked at the new msi ( the one we are building now ) and in the
upgrade table it has a upgrade code.
I then looked at the old MSI in orca, and in it's property table it has
the exact same GUIDS for it's upgrade code.
Is there any execection order I need to worry about for the upgrade
check or something?
I am getting really stumped... I actually copied the upgrade code from
the old MSI via orca and put it directly into my new WIX project.. I
rebuilt but still it doesn't work.
-Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Stefan Pavlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:32 AM
To: Jeff MacDuff
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Hi,
After reading the MSDN and Wix help (at the end of my email) I think
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
What version specs do you refer too? Here is the WXS: Upgrade Id=snip UpgradeVersion RemoveFeatures=All Property=UPGRADE IgnoreRemoveFailure=yes / /Upgrade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson, Phil Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:52 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking What about version specs in your Wix UpgradeVersionElement? I don't know how Wix behaves in the absence of them, but there's nothing in your Wix that targets the versions you want to upgrade. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:17 PM To: Stefan Pavlik Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking It's still not working for me... here's what I did: I looked at the new msi ( the one we are building now ) and in the upgrade table it has a upgrade code. I then looked at the old MSI in orca, and in it's property table it has the exact same GUIDS for it's upgrade code. Is there any execection order I need to worry about for the upgrade check or something? I am getting really stumped... I actually copied the upgrade code from the old MSI via orca and put it directly into my new WIX project.. I rebuilt but still it doesn't work. -Jeff -Original Message- From: Stefan Pavlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:32 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Hi, After reading the MSDN and Wix help (at the end of my email) I think that you can ommit the ExcludeLanguages attribute since you do not use the Language attribute. Anyway I think it should work as you want. Try to check the resulting MSI file with ORCA (or any other viewer) and look at the Upgrade Table. I know that I have not help you much, but... __ msdn: Upgrade Table Language The set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts. Enter msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive in Attributes to detect all languages exclusive of those listed in Language. If Language is null or an empty string (), FindRelatedProducts ignores msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive and detects all languages. Wix Help: Language Specifies the set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts. Enter a list of numeric language identifiers (LANGID) separated by commas (,). Leave this value null to specify all languages. Set ExcludeLanguages to yes in order detect all languages, excluding the languages listed in this value. -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | SK-81103 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Tel +421(2)5930-0735 | Fax +421(2)5443-5512 - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Ok I just looked and both of the version fields are null ... I will set them to the correct values / rebuild and try it again. -Jeff -Original Message- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:27 PM To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking UpgradeVersion has Minimum and Maximum strings that specify the range of product versions that you want to look for and upgrade (IncludeMaximum and IncludeMinimum are involved too). If you don't specify these values I don't know what Wix puts in the VersionMin and VersionMax fields in the MSI's upgrade table. You could look at the MSI's Upgrade table with Orca to verify what's going on, but if you end up with VersionMin and VersionMax both zero you're probably not going to get an upgrade ;=) Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Jeff MacDuff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:15 AM To: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking What version specs do you refer too? Here is the WXS: Upgrade Id=snip UpgradeVersion RemoveFeatures=All Property=UPGRADE IgnoreRemoveFailure=yes / /Upgrade -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson, Phil Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:52 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking What about version specs in your Wix UpgradeVersionElement? I don't know how Wix behaves in the absence of them, but there's nothing in your Wix that targets the versions you want to upgrade. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:17 PM To: Stefan Pavlik Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking It's still not working for me... here's what I did: I looked at the new msi ( the one we are building now ) and in the upgrade table it has a upgrade code. I then looked at the old MSI in orca, and in it's property table it has the exact same GUIDS for it's upgrade code. Is there any execection order I need to worry about for the upgrade check or something? I am getting really stumped... I actually copied the upgrade code from the old MSI via orca and put it directly into my new WIX project.. I rebuilt but still it doesn't work. -Jeff -Original Message- From: Stefan Pavlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:32 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Hi, After reading the MSDN and Wix help (at the end of my email) I think that you can ommit the ExcludeLanguages attribute since you do not use the Language attribute. Anyway I think it should work as you want. Try to check the resulting MSI file with ORCA (or any other viewer) and look at the Upgrade Table. I know that I have not help you much, but... __ msdn: Upgrade Table Language The set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts. Enter msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive in Attributes to detect all languages exclusive of those listed in Language. If Language is null or an empty string (), FindRelatedProducts ignores msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive and detects all languages. Wix Help: Language Specifies the set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts. Enter a list of numeric language identifiers (LANGID) separated by commas (,). Leave this value null to specify all languages. Set ExcludeLanguages to yes in order detect all languages, excluding the languages listed in this value. -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | SK-81103 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Tel +421(2)5930-0735 | Fax +421(2)5443-5512 - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDE V ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Well that didn't work either.
Here is the old MSI that's installed on the machine (from property
table):
ProductVersion 1.0.0
UpgradeCode {C9BD4428-98AC-4AD0-9646-4E212B1BB770}
And here is the new MSI upgrade table
{C9BD4428-98AC-4AD0-9646-4E212B1BB770} 1.0.0 2.0.0 260
All
-Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Jeff MacDuff
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:16 PM
To: 'Wilson, Phil'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Ok I just looked and both of the version fields are null ... I will set
them to the correct values / rebuild and try it again.
-Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:27 PM
To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
UpgradeVersion has Minimum and Maximum strings that specify the range of
product versions that you want to look for and upgrade (IncludeMaximum
and IncludeMinimum are involved too). If you don't specify these values
I don't know what Wix puts in the VersionMin and VersionMax fields in
the MSI's upgrade table. You could look at the MSI's Upgrade table with
Orca to verify what's going on, but if you end up with VersionMin and
VersionMax both zero you're probably not going to get an upgrade ;=)
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: Jeff MacDuff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:15 AM
To: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
What version specs do you refer too?
Here is the WXS:
Upgrade Id=snip
UpgradeVersion RemoveFeatures=All Property=UPGRADE
IgnoreRemoveFailure=yes /
/Upgrade
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson,
Phil
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:52 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
What about version specs in your Wix UpgradeVersionElement? I don't know
how Wix behaves in the absence of them, but there's nothing in your Wix
that targets the versions you want to upgrade.
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff
MacDuff
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:17 PM
To: Stefan Pavlik
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
It's still not working for me... here's what I did:
I looked at the new msi ( the one we are building now ) and in the
upgrade table it has a upgrade code.
I then looked at the old MSI in orca, and in it's property table it has
the exact same GUIDS for it's upgrade code.
Is there any execection order I need to worry about for the upgrade
check or something?
I am getting really stumped... I actually copied the upgrade code from
the old MSI via orca and put it directly into my new WIX project.. I
rebuilt but still it doesn't work.
-Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Stefan Pavlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:32 AM
To: Jeff MacDuff
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Hi,
After reading the MSDN and Wix help (at the end of my email) I think
that you can ommit the ExcludeLanguages attribute since you do not use
the Language attribute. Anyway I think it should work as you want.
Try to check the resulting MSI file with ORCA (or any other viewer) and
look at the Upgrade Table.
I know that I have not help you much, but...
__
msdn: Upgrade Table
Language
The set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts. Enter
msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive in Attributes to detect all
languages exclusive of those listed in Language. If Language is null or
an empty string (), FindRelatedProducts ignores
msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive and detects all languages.
Wix Help:
Language
Specifies the set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts.
Enter a list of numeric language identifiers (LANGID) separated by
commas (,). Leave this value null to specify all languages. Set
ExcludeLanguages to yes in order detect all languages, excluding the
languages listed in this value.
--
Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Whitestein Technologies | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | SK-81103
Bratislava | Slovak Republic Tel +421(2)5930-0735 | Fax +421(2)5443-5512
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Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Yes, it's installed for all users.
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 2:23 PM
To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Both old and new are installed for the same users? (Both per-system or
both per-user).
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: Jeff MacDuff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:31 PM
To: Jeff MacDuff; Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Well that didn't work either.
Here is the old MSI that's installed on the machine (from property
table):
ProductVersion 1.0.0
UpgradeCode {C9BD4428-98AC-4AD0-9646-4E212B1BB770}
And here is the new MSI upgrade table
{C9BD4428-98AC-4AD0-9646-4E212B1BB770} 1.0.0 2.0.0 260
All
-Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Jeff MacDuff
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:16 PM
To: 'Wilson, Phil'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Ok I just looked and both of the version fields are null ... I will set
them to the correct values / rebuild and try it again.
-Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:27 PM
To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
UpgradeVersion has Minimum and Maximum strings that specify the range of
product versions that you want to look for and upgrade (IncludeMaximum
and IncludeMinimum are involved too). If you don't specify these values
I don't know what Wix puts in the VersionMin and VersionMax fields in
the MSI's upgrade table. You could look at the MSI's Upgrade table with
Orca to verify what's going on, but if you end up with VersionMin and
VersionMax both zero you're probably not going to get an upgrade ;=)
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: Jeff MacDuff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:15 AM
To: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
What version specs do you refer too?
Here is the WXS:
Upgrade Id=snip
UpgradeVersion RemoveFeatures=All Property=UPGRADE
IgnoreRemoveFailure=yes /
/Upgrade
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson,
Phil
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:52 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
What about version specs in your Wix UpgradeVersionElement? I don't know
how Wix behaves in the absence of them, but there's nothing in your Wix
that targets the versions you want to upgrade.
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff
MacDuff
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:17 PM
To: Stefan Pavlik
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
It's still not working for me... here's what I did:
I looked at the new msi ( the one we are building now ) and in the
upgrade table it has a upgrade code.
I then looked at the old MSI in orca, and in it's property table it has
the exact same GUIDS for it's upgrade code.
Is there any execection order I need to worry about for the upgrade
check or something?
I am getting really stumped... I actually copied the upgrade code from
the old MSI via orca and put it directly into my new WIX project.. I
rebuilt but still it doesn't work.
-Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Stefan Pavlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:32 AM
To: Jeff MacDuff
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Hi,
After reading the MSDN and Wix help (at the end of my email) I think
that you can ommit the ExcludeLanguages attribute since you do not use
the Language attribute. Anyway I think it should work as you want.
Try to check the resulting MSI file with ORCA (or any other viewer) and
look at the Upgrade Table.
I know that I have not help you much, but...
__
msdn: Upgrade Table
Language
The set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts. Enter
msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive in Attributes to detect all
languages exclusive of those listed in Language. If Language is null or
an empty string (), FindRelatedProducts ignores
msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive and detects all languages.
Wix Help:
Language
Specifies the set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts.
Enter a list of numeric language identifiers (LANGID) separated by
commas (,). Leave this value null to specify all languages. Set
ExcludeLanguages to yes in order detect all languages, excluding the
languages listed in this value.
--
Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Whitestein Technologies
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
Ok thanks for the tips.. I will review the codes again and take a look. From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:03 AM To: Jeff MacDuff; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Were all of your previous MSIs issued with the same UpgradeCode? If not, I think you need one Upgrade element per UpgradeCode. -- Mike Dimmick From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: 20 September 2006 14:11 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Any one see any issues with my syntax here? I have the ID set to the upgrade ID of the previous MSI pack again this is working in English but not in any other lang. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff MacDuff Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:26 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Our MSI is designed to prompt the user to uninstall a previous version of the product. This function is working for ENGLISH but not for any other language of the MSI. After reading the docs, I found the ExcludeLanguages=yes flag so now here is my syntax: Upgrade Id=snip UpgradeVersion RemoveFeatures=All Property=snip IgnoreRemoveFailure=yes ExcludeLanguages=yes / /Upgrade However its still not working anyone got a hint? -Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking
It's still not working for me... here's what I did: I looked at the new msi ( the one we are building now ) and in the upgrade table it has a upgrade code. I then looked at the old MSI in orca, and in it's property table it has the exact same GUIDS for it's upgrade code. Is there any execection order I need to worry about for the upgrade check or something? I am getting really stumped... I actually copied the upgrade code from the old MSI via orca and put it directly into my new WIX project.. I rebuilt but still it doesn't work. -Jeff -Original Message- From: Stefan Pavlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:32 AM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick question on upgrade checking Hi, After reading the MSDN and Wix help (at the end of my email) I think that you can ommit the ExcludeLanguages attribute since you do not use the Language attribute. Anyway I think it should work as you want. Try to check the resulting MSI file with ORCA (or any other viewer) and look at the Upgrade Table. I know that I have not help you much, but... __ msdn: Upgrade Table Language The set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts. Enter msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive in Attributes to detect all languages exclusive of those listed in Language. If Language is null or an empty string (), FindRelatedProducts ignores msidbUpgradeAttributesLanguagesExclusive and detects all languages. Wix Help: Language Specifies the set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts. Enter a list of numeric language identifiers (LANGID) separated by commas (,). Leave this value null to specify all languages. Set ExcludeLanguages to yes in order detect all languages, excluding the languages listed in this value. -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | SK-81103 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Tel +421(2)5930-0735 | Fax +421(2)5443-5512 - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Problem with install condition based on lang ID
I am having trouble getting an install condition based on land ID to work I have consulted the WIX docs and my implementation seems to be correct but since its not working I am missing something. We are building a Multilanguage MSI for a small product and we wish to only allow install on the language of the MSI AND English but not a different language. For example a Korean (KOR) MSI should be able to install on a Korean language OS and an English (ENU) language OS but not a German(DEU) language OS. At the same time, a DEU MSI should install on English and German (DEU) but not on a Korean (KOR ) OS ,etc you get the idea. My condition statement is formatted like this: Condition Message=You cannot install this version of because it is not compatible with your language version of Windows. Obtain the language version that matches the language version of Windows running on this PC.![CDATA[SystemDefaultUILanguage = $(var.LCID)OR SystemDefaultUILanguage 1033]]/Condition Var.LCID is passed in as the build language and 1033 is of course English. What we are seeing is that the MSIs can install everywhere. Thanks for help, Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Problem with install condition based on lang ID
I will run a verbose install tomorrow and see what the return is. From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 9:33 PM To: Jeff MacDuff Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem with install condition based on lang ID Jeff MacDuff wrote: Its being set through a custom Action: CustomAction Id=LanguageChecker BinaryKey=CustomDLL DllEntry=SystemDefaultUILanguage / What does a verbose log show it's being set to? More important is the timing; make sure the CA is scheduled before LaunchConditions. Perhaps there is a method to get the UI lang within the MSI itself and not use the custom action? There's SystemLanguageID, but that uses GetSystemDefaultLangID. -- sig://boBhttp://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
