Re: [WiX-devs] Issue & possible solution: Burn Startup-Screen is shown twice (on Windows XP) if bootstrapper contains driver-installation

2013-11-10 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I have not tested this so it is purely from memory but I seem to remember that the "Run" key happens before the logon is complete i.e. no taskbar. Other than this looking odd and the user not being able to use the OS during the install I am not sure if it makes a difference. (This may have been

Re: [WiX-devs] Issue & possible solution: Burn Startup-Screen is shown twice (on Windows XP) if bootstrapper contains driver-installation

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Nov-13 17:15, Tobias Erichsen wrote: a.) an administrative one: I have not signed the assignment stuff yet which I want to do We need a signed assignment agreement; we can't accept someone contributing your change as their own--it's still your change. b.) I must admit to my shame that I

Re: [WiX-devs] Resolution "meh"

2013-11-10 Thread Blair Murri
I agree, with the proviso that we add a glossary of resolution terms to the issue tracker. Bob Arnson wrote: On 10-Nov-13 01:55, Rob Mensching wrote: > Ohhh, I really like that. I also can say "suspended" much easier than "niche" > (I feel it sounds funny over the mike). I like their explanat

Re: [WiX-devs] Issue & possible solution: Burn Startup-Screen is shown twice (on Windows XP) if bootstrapper contains driver-installation

2013-11-10 Thread Tobias Erichsen
Hi Blair, two problems about the pull-request: a.) an administrative one: I have not signed the assignment stuff yet which I want to do as soon as possible since I told Rob that I'd want to contribute an extension to install software-only (non-pnp) drivers to get rid of my existing CA-dll which

Re: [WiX-devs] Issue & possible solution: Burn Startup-Screen is shown twice (on Windows XP) if bootstrapper contains driver-installation

2013-11-10 Thread Blair Murri
It doesn't matter so much because even if it lies it will still give a different answer between XP (and downlevel) and Vista (and uplevel) even if we get behind in the manifests. Tobias, I vote you put together a pull request for 3.8 soon. Blair Tobias Erichsen wrote: Hi Bob, would it poss

Re: [WiX-devs] Issue & possible solution: Burn Startup-Screen is shown twice (on Windows XP) if bootstrapper contains driver-installation

2013-11-10 Thread Tobias Erichsen
Hi Bob, would it possible for you to incorporate my proposed changes in the next RC of 3.8? I think the changes are not that "severe" and will fix the problem with using driver-installs in burn on Windows XP. For all other OS-versions nothing will change... Best regards, Tobias _ Von:

Re: [WiX-devs] Creating chocolatey packages for Wix

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 31-Oct-13 18:59, Justin Dearing wrote: > From the technical side of things, there is a nuget package with > msbuild tasks for building nuget files. So I can generate the > chocolatey package generation to nuget.pkg. What's involved in that? It doesn't sound like it would have to be part of th

Re: [WiX-devs] Resolution "meh"

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Nov-13 01:55, Rob Mensching wrote: > Ohhh, I really like that. I also can say "suspended" much easier than "niche" > (I feel it sounds funny over the mike). I like their explanation *except* for > the "prime candidate" part. We'd rather people go after Open bugs before > going after Resolv

Re: [WiX-devs] Issue & possible solution: Burn Startup-Screen is shown twice (on Windows XP) if bootstrapper contains driver-installation

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Nov-13 12:07, Bruce Cran wrote: Since OsGetVersion() uses GetVersionEx(), it might break for Windows 8.1 and newer which I think lie about being Windows 8 -- you're supposed to use the version helper API now. Not a problem for Burn: I added the WinBlue compatibility GUID to the manife

Re: [WiX-devs] Issue & possible solution: Burn Startup-Screen is shown twice (on Windows XP) if bootstrapper contains driver-installation

2013-11-10 Thread Bruce Cran
Since OsGetVersion() uses GetVersionEx(), it might break for Windows 8.1 and newer which I think lie about being Windows 8 - you're supposed to use the version helper API now. http://www.osronline.com/ShowThread.cfm?link=247792 "And it continues. I was absolutely gobsmacked to learn that the Ge

Re: [WiX-devs] Issue & possible solution: Burn Startup-Screen is shown twice (on Windows XP) if bootstrapper contains driver-installation

2013-11-10 Thread Tobias Erichsen
...now again with signature disabled as this seems to break the size-limit of the mailing-list... Even if the other solution with the named object sounds like the most elegant version, I'd would probably go with the simplest (k.i.s.s), as the room for breakage is the least (and not being total

Re: [WiX-devs] [SPAM] Re: Wix 3.5 Heat Cannot harvest 64-Bit COM DLL Registry Data

2013-11-10 Thread roberthyang
Roger Orr was kind enough to review my code, and I've made several commits to the fork, incorporating fixes based on his comments. I'm still ramping up on git; please pardon the mess. Enjoy. -Rob roberthyang wrote > The fork URL is as follows : > > https://wix.codeplex.com/SourceControl/networ

Re: [WiX-devs] Managed code vs. native code.

2013-11-10 Thread Christopher Painter
"For all end users" would mean that 100% of end users don't have the prerequisite and I think that's far, far from reality. I believe it is an acceptable experience for the occasional user to be told to go install a foundational piece of software. For those who don't want that, they can wrap