[WiX-users] Propertys read in with RegistrySearch, manipulated after that in the UI

Hey everyone, Which action evaluates which features to be installed? In my different features I use conditions to decide what to be installed or not (Condition Level=1NAME = test/Condition, installed If NAME=test), and depending on if the property gets set with a RegistrySearch or in my own

[WiX-users] msi Log when called from setup.exe

Hi All, When I click on msi to install, I get an error message to install the software using setup.exe only. How can I bypass this and install from msi directly. Basically I need to create install log file. msiexec /i file.msi /l*v file.log I am expecting workarounds or

Re: [WiX-users] msi Log when called from setup.exe

Balakrishna.BK wrote: Hi All, When I click on msi to install, I get an error message to install the software using setup.exe only. How can I bypass this and install from msi directly. Basically I need to create install log file. msiexec /i file.msi /l*v file.log I am expecting

[WiX-users] New user and a Question

Hi, My name is Mark Knox, I work for a large UK college where my job is to ensure that the software that is needed by the student and staff is installed on the network. i found WIX when I needed to install a small program on the network with the capacity to remove it afterwards silently. As

Re: [WiX-users] How long can be an String?

Friedrich, Oliver schrieb: AFAIR its not the Value, that is too long, but the identifier, that should not be longer than 255. Qt_accessible_qtaccessiblecompatwidgets1Modul.57F8AC9F_2E4B_4879_A18C_172F2EB1.0 Try to shorten it a bit. Oliver Friedrich Consultant - Software Solutions

Re: [WiX-users] How long can be an String?

Well, ICE03 claims following in Windows-SDK: The string's length is greater than the column width specified by the column definition. Note that the installer does not internally limit the column width to the specified value. See Column Definition Format. So it seems to depend on the Table,

[WiX-users] How to force the .msi run as Administrator

We have a .msi file built from Wix toolset which calls one of the VS SDK tool. So if the .msi is ran in Vista, even if you are a member of Administrator group, it will failed. However, if run it as Administrator (Right click cmd.exe, choose Run as Administrator, then call the .msi from the

[WiX-users] Forced remove of folder and files within

Hi there, I manually create a logs folder during installation using the CreateFolder option. During the lifetime of the application this directory is written to with some logs files. Therefore, when I come along to delete this directory, because it contains files the installer does not know

Re: [WiX-users] How long can be an String?

Friedrich, Oliver schrieb: Well, ICE03 claims following in Windows-SDK: The string's length is greater than the column width specified by the column definition. Note that the installer does not internally limit the column width to the specified value. See Column Definition Format. So

[WiX-users] permanent='yes'

Hello- I read that permanent='yes' attribute in the Component tag makes the component un-installable. I am facing the problem with one of the components in our product when the permanent flag got included due to the infamous copy and paste. I read that this sets a regKey but couldn't find the

Re: [WiX-users] How to force the .msi run as Administrator

You need to make sure that your bootstrapper has one of the magical Vista strings within it like setup or install. This will instantly elevate the priveledges within Vista unless it has a corresponding Manifest file telling it not to. I get the impression that you're calling the MSI file

Re: [WiX-users] msi Log when called from setup.exe

Msi logging can also be enabled via the registry. The log will be created in your %temp% folder (just type that in your windows explorer address bar and you'll be taken to the correct location). In order to enable logging, copy the following into a file with a .reg extension and then double

Re: [WiX-users] Problem after WiX upgrade

Some more info on my problems: - The log file of msiexec /i shows this: MSI (c) (C8:AC) [15:57:48:335]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0 MSI (c) (C8:AC) [15:57:48:335]: *** RunEngine: *** Product: scheme48.msi *** Action: *** CommandLine:

Re: [WiX-users] Propertys read in with RegistrySearch, manipulated after that in the UI

Tobias Bengtsson wrote: Which action evaluates which features to be installed? CostFinalize In my different features I use conditions to decide what to be installed or not (Condition Level=1NAME = test/Condition, installed If NAME=test), and depending on if the property gets set with a

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling MSI app after files get deleted

Jeelan Sheriff wrote: I have an MSI, whose dependent files gets copied to %SystemDir%. If these files are accidentally deleted by the user, I am having issues while uninstalling the app. Is there a way for me to 'ignore' these kind of errors during uninstall of the apps. Depends on the

Re: [WiX-users] How to force the .msi run as Administrator

Xin Liu (Person Consulting) wrote: We have a .msi file built from Wix toolset which calls one of the VS SDK tool. Please be more explicit. Which tool? As a custom action or a build-time tool? Can you show a code fragment? -- sig://boB http://bobs.org

Re: [WiX-users] permanent='yes'

Saranath Aravamudhan wrote: I read that permanent='yes' attribute in the Component tag makes the component un-installable. I am facing the problem with one of the components in our product when the permanent flag got included due to the infamous copy and paste. I read that this sets a regKey

Re: [WiX-users] Forced remove of folder and files within

dave_c wrote: Is there an easy way in Wix to delete this folder and the files contained in it and if there is an example I'd appreciate it. Take a look at RemoveFile and RemoveFolder. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org -

Re: [WiX-users] wix for Office 2007 .net 2.0 shared add-in

Patrick, I'm looking at doing something very similar (albeit with Office 2003 for now). I'd be interested in what you find out, since I'm just starting with WiX as well. If you want to detect Office 2007 though, couldn't you just look at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\12\ and see if it exists?

Re: [WiX-users] Forced remove of folder and files within

Thanks Bob, I've changed my code to DirectoryRef Id='intface' Directory Id='logs' Name='logs' Component Id=logs Guid={6FA20250-4987-4196-8CEF-4EFFB7DB4683} SharedDllRefCount=no KeyPath=no NeverOverwrite=no Permanent=no Transitive=no Win64=no Location=either

Re: [WiX-users] wix for Office 2007 .net 2.0 shared add-in

Chris, You should look at the Creative Commons add-in: http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2006/06/20/641202.aspx There is a tool in the wix toolset that allows you to generate wix XML out of an existing MSI. With that, it might be easiest for you to reverse-engineer the MSI of this add-in and

Re: [WiX-users] How to force the .msi run as Administrator

If you are an administrator and you install the MSI then it will elevate when it goes to the InstallExecuteSequence (and work!) while the UI sequence runs as standard user. If it's failing even though you are an administrator then you are perhaps installing something from the UI sequence. If this

[WiX-users] NAnt Task Documentation

Is there any documentation on the Wix NAnt tasks? In the assembly I can see three tasks: LightTask, CandleTask and LitTask. But I can't find any docs for them. I'm going to look at the source build files too see how they're used (and I guess I could look directly at the task source). But docs are

Re: [WiX-users] How to Use WiX 3.0 with Vista

Bob, Thank you very much for that clarification. Now that I have that error cleared-up, a new one appears when LIGHT is running: C:\...\TEST.msi : error LGHT0204 : ICE39: PID_WORDCOUNT value in Summary Information Stream is not valid. Source image flags must be 0, 1, 2, or 3. I've checked the

Re: [WiX-users] WiX3 Error: The primary key xxx is duplicated in table 'Registry'

I'll try both. (I have tried to get an assignment agreement before but never received a reply.) Thanks Neil From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 February 2007 18:21 To: Neil Sleightholm Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX3 Error: The primary

[WiX-users] NAnt Task Documentation

Is there any documentation on the Wix NAnt tasks? In the assembly I can see three tasks: LightTask, CandleTask and LitTask. But I can't find any docs for them. I'm going to look at the source build files too see how they're used (and I guess I could look directly at the task source). But docs are

Re: [WiX-users] Patch Uninstall Help - SOLVED

Hi Everyone I finally worked out why I was having issues uninstalling my patch and thought I would share the solution in case others come across it. The problem was the version of MsiMsp.exe and PatchWiz.dll that I was using to create the patch - I was using Windows Installer 3.0 to install

[WiX-users] Custom actions that are part of shared components

I am attempting to create reusable Components that package up a few files, etc., that are common to multiple installer packages. The windows installer correctly uses reference counting to ensure that the elements of my component get installed once and only once even (when I install multiple

Re: [WiX-users] How to Use WiX 3.0 with Vista

MJW wrote: Now that I have that error cleared-up, a new one appears when LIGHT is running: C:\...\TEST.msi : error LGHT0204 : ICE39: PID_WORDCOUNT value in Summary Information Stream is not valid. Source image flags must be 0, 1, 2, or 3. That doesn't seem right. The doc says that the

Re: [WiX-users] Patch Uninstall Help - SOLVED

Emma Hanna wrote: I finally worked out why I was having issues uninstalling my patch and thought I would share the solution in case others come across it. The problem was the version of MsiMsp.exe and PatchWiz.dll that I was using to create the patch -- I was using Windows Installer 3.0 to

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions that are part of shared components

Stephen Walch wrote: My problem occurs when I try to add CustomActions for registering and deregistering my components. (If you must know, it involves making STSADM.EXE calls to register a SharePoint Feature.) I have not figured out a way to associate my CustomActions with specific

Re: [WiX-users] Registry keys not removed after uninstall

Emma Hanna wrote: When I install then uninstall my app all registry keys created on install are completely removed as expected. However if I apply a patch to the install and then attempt to uninstall the original application, the registry keys are left behind -- but everything else is

[WiX-users] Permission element and setting permissions on folder...

I want to set the following permissions on my folder: read execute, list contents, read, write, modify. How do I set these permissions? The Permission element has GenericAll which gives full control. Setting both GenericRead=yes and GenericWrite=yes gives read write permissions only, but

Re: [WiX-users] Propertys read in with RegistrySearch, manipulated after that in the UI

Thanks bob, I understand how to make them secure, but how do one make a property public? Regards, Tobias From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 26 februari 2007 17:03 To: Tobias Bengtsson Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Propertys read in with

Re: [WiX-users] How to force the .msi run as Administrator

How to extract the registration information? I heard there are some tools which can output a Wix include file containing the registration information. But regit.exe doesn't provide that functionality. Thanks, Xin From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:31