Re: [WiX-devs] The names WixErrors, WixWarnings & WixVerboses don't exist in the current context

2013-06-01 Thread Dandre
Hi Philippe Are You using Resharper by any chance? If so, then you will see it underlining it as errors. Not really sure why though. But it should be able to compile in visual studio.  Regards Dandre Rob Mensching wrote:MsgGenSource items are compiled by MsgGen target in tools

Re: [WiX-devs] Coding conventions

2013-05-18 Thread Dandre
heel? Extension methods require you to know the name space first and fortunately visual studio takes care of the rest.  I'm happy to use helper methods if extension methods are going to be a problem.  Also I'm working on the main branch, is that for version 4? Thanks  Regards,  Dandr

[WiX-devs] Unit tests

2013-05-18 Thread Dandre
Hi all I see that one has to set the WIX_ROOT variable to point to the directory where your WiX source is located in order to run unit tests. Would it be better to substitute that requirement by using "AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ApplicationBase" instead? Thanks Regar

[WiX-devs] Coding conventions

2013-05-18 Thread Dandre
e could we keep a collection of libs where we can write similar methods (more helper like) to help make WiX code more readable? Should we just start of within the project file itself and then see the need for common projects later? I hope my question makes sense. Regar

Re: [WiX-devs] Compiling new WiX source code (main branch on Codeplex)

2013-05-17 Thread Dandre
s Regards, Dandre On 5/18/2013 7:16 AM, Rob Mensching wrote: Did you install HTML Help? If not, seems like the build should just turn off the stuff that uses it. Trying to keep the required software to a minimum so people can just get started and add what they need from there. On Fri, May 17, 2013

Re: [WiX-devs] Compiling new WiX source code (main branch on Codeplex)

2013-05-17 Thread Dandre
Oh never mind, should have used the 32 bit MSBuild instead of 64 bit version. But maybe being able to do both would be good? On 5/17/2013 11:55 PM, Dandre wrote: > Hi WiX devs > > I apologise if this question has been asked before but I am getting an > error while compiling WiX on

[WiX-devs] Compiling new WiX source code (main branch on Codeplex)

2013-05-17 Thread Dandre
(x86). Should I just manually update a build file or is there something that I can adjust or do to get this to work? Thanks in advance Regards, Dandre -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers com

Re: [WiX-devs] VSProject Harvester enhancements

2013-04-09 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
Hi Rob How does that work? The assignment agreement? On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > Dandre, > > Before we can really move forward with feature development we should get > an assignment agreement processed. If you are interested, I can start that >

Re: [WiX-devs] Refactor discussion

2013-04-09 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
Hi Blair But doing so will make assumptions over how the user would want the service to behave. I don't think its a good idea, unless one can update the WiX project templates for Visual Studio to allow the user to insert the service behavior that the user wants. Regards, Dandre On Fri,

Re: [WiX-devs] Personal Heat project

2013-03-28 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
Hi David That's weird, I had to find a MSBuild file to enable visual studio project harvesting to get it to work like it always have. I can't remember exactly where it is, I'll have to look. Did you try with my fork yet or did you not manage to get it to build? Regards, Dandre

Re: [WiX-devs] Personal Heat project

2013-03-28 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
Oh and just one more thing. They disabled Project harvesting from WiX 3.6 that's why you couldn't see Heat.exe running. On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:28 PM, David G. van Hoose < david.g.vanho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Dandre, > > Can you share what modifications you

Re: [WiX-devs] Personal Heat project

2013-03-28 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
just internal refactorings. This is to simplify the code a lot to make new feature enhancements simpler and easier. I've made no API changes to Heat or VS Harvester. Let me know what you think if you have a look at it. Not completely done yet but most of the grunt work is done. Regards, Dandre O

Re: [WiX-devs] Personal Heat project

2013-03-27 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
ester and then I want to apply some changes that will cause the harvester to load not just the current project but all its dependencies as well. Best of luck Regards, Dandre On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:11 PM, David G. van Hoose < david.g.vanho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, >

[WiX-devs] VSProject Harvester enhancements

2013-02-25 Thread Dandre
Sorry, I forgot to submit a link: http://wix.codeplex.com/SourceControl/network/forks/dandrejvv/WixHarvesterEnhancements?branch=wix37 -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics D

[WiX-devs] VSProject Harvester enhancements

2013-02-25 Thread Dandre
After that, I can make it so that it can pull project references, etc. It's still on the Wix 3.7 branch, but I can move it along. Thanks Regards, Dandre -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps f

Re: [WiX-devs] Request For Opinions: Test infrastructure

2013-01-09 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
Hi all Does Visual Studio have to be a prerequisite if one wishes to contribute? Would something like SharpDevelop suffice for the more C# coding contributions? If so, then using MSTest could be problematic. Regards, Dandre On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Bob Arnson wrote: > On 08-Jan-13

Re: [WiX-devs] Refactor discussion

2012-11-25 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
vester. Wouldn't you agree? Let me know what your thoughts are. Regards, Dandre On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > 4.0 will start at basically same time as 3.7. I do not expect a 3.8. > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Dandre wrote: > >> H

Re: [WiX-devs] Wix 3.7 & VS 2008

2012-11-24 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
Hi Rob Thanks for the reply. Should have checked the bug list out first. Regards, Dandre On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Rob Mensching wrote: > There is a bug open on this. If you believe any data is missing from that > bug please do add it. Thanks. > > > On Sat, Nov 24,

[WiX-devs] Wix 3.7 & VS 2008

2012-11-24 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
ough. (just need to enable the project harvesting, I remember it was turned off in 3.6) Regards, Dandre -- Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps,

Re: [WiX-devs] Refactor discussion

2012-05-14 Thread Dandre
Hi Rob Ok that sounds fine to me. I'll keep an eye on the project progress. Is there going to be a 3.7 or 3.8 update before 4.0? Regards Dandre On 15 May 2012, at 2:09, Rob Mensching wrote: This might be something to look at for WiX v4.0. Refactoring public interfaces is definitely

[WiX-devs] Refactor discussion

2012-05-14 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
ted. Thanks Regards, Dandre -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include

[WiX-devs] Harvester testing

2012-02-14 Thread Dandre
. How can I harvest the other types for testing? Regards, Dandre -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio

Re: [WiX-devs] Contribution to WiX without Visual Studio

2011-07-01 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
to > build but you can do development in SharpDevelop if you want. > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:30 AM, Dandre Jansen van Vuuren < > dandre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Rob >> >> Is there a way for me to make code contributions without Visual Studio? >> I

[WiX-devs] Contribution to WiX without Visual Studio

2011-06-30 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
Hi Rob Is there a way for me to make code contributions without Visual Studio? I especially would like to help enhance the Visual Studio project harvester (and maybe a few other things). Would I be able to code in something like SharpDevelop? Thanks Regards, Dandre

Re: [WiX-devs] Wix repair reinstall

2011-01-10 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
ked on wix-us...@lists.sourceforge.net > > Quick answer: Check out REINSTALLMODE Property. > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Dandre Jansen van Vuuren < > dandre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> How can one let Wix reinstall the files it had wh

[WiX-devs] Wix repair reinstall

2010-12-22 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
rk in Wix 3.0 but in 3.5 it no longer does. Thanks -Dandre -- Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, shoul

[WiX-devs] More descriptive error messages

2010-11-30 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
after further investigation found that the credentials specified were wrong. Is there a way to let the error that gets displayed be more specific to what went wrong? Like for example: Service couldn't be started ... credentials specified were invalid. Much appreciated. Than

Re: [WiX-devs] Building Wix 3.5 source

2010-11-05 Thread Dandre
Man that would take a while I guess. Would you then be able to compile from VS? Or would you still need to go cmd line to build everything? -Dandre On 05 Nov 2010, at 22:51, Rob Mensching wrote: Build system is (unfortunately) a mash up of NAnt and MSBuild projects. Building in VS isn&#

Re: [WiX-devs] Building Wix 3.5 source

2010-11-05 Thread Dandre
saved us from the dreaded VS installer which was so basic. Cheers Dandre On 05 Nov 2010, at 23:10, "Neil Sleightholm" wrote: I have to say I don't develop wix, I just discovered this when try to build the source for a client. I am not sure what you mean about the reshaper

Re: [WiX-devs] Building Wix 3.5 source

2010-11-05 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
locate the System.Xml assemblies in that solution. Any ideas? Thanks Regards, Dandre On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Take a look at the section on code signing here > http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-create-wix-build-machine.htmlI > think th

[WiX-devs] Building Wix 3.5 source

2010-11-04 Thread Dandre Jansen van Vuuren
al in the build process? Here is what I did to build: Opened command prompt in Admin mode Run the wixenv.bat file Ran: make ship Took installer that was found in: wix_source\build\x86\release Any help will be appreciated thanks -D