Re: [WiX-users] Questions on MSI produced by WIX

Aiqing Chen wrote: Q1: If I don't want to use patch or service pack to install these new features, could I produce a new MSI which is only with these new features components and has the same produce code/name as the existed running product system, No. If you don't want to provide a pat

Re: [WiX-users] SchedXmlFile: Error 0x8007007a: failed to copy value:

Duohong Xia wrote: > When I run my msi, I get following error message. > If I cut the value shorter, the msi works fine. > Is an issue about buffer, and how to increase buffer > size? > Which version of WiX are you using? Limits were increased in later versions. You might also want to look at

Re: [WiX-users] Changing license text in Wix 3 'Mondo' UI

Mike Dimmick wrote: > See http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=37445657 for a > previous time this question was answered. > It's also documented in WiX.chm. Is there something we can do to make it more discoverable? -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ---

Re: [WiX-users] Tallow from WiX 2.0.5112.0 is generating deprecated wxs file

Stefan Pavlik wrote: > tallow -d direcotry > will generate deprecated wxs file. > > The File @src attribute is deprecated. > > should I open the bug for it? > > Please. It's an easy fix but the chances of anyone remembering at WiX night are fairly low without a bug to remind us. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Can't make DiskPrompt to work

Igor Maslov wrote: > Error 1311. Source file not found(cabinet): > C:\projects\depot\test\build\IMAGE\DISK1\Group2.cab. Verify that the file > exists and that you can access it. > Media prompts rely on the volume label; you won't get prompted if you're installing from a hard drive. -- sig://

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling

Carl Quirion wrote: > So my question is, why Action is "null" on Component "Parent" when > Feature "Parent" clearly has "Absent" as action... > Result is my Child1 subdirectory get deleted, along with his dlls, > ocxs and exes. but the parent directory which contains other dlls, ocx > and exes s

[WiX-users] Questions on MSI produced by WIX

Hi, all I'm trying to work out some kind of service pack installer, which will install new features on the installed system without any effect on the existing running services. Anyone could help me the following questions about Installer package using WIX produced? For example: I have instal

Re: [WiX-users] Votive for Orcas

There aren't any plans to add explicit support for Votive in Orcas until Orcas actually ships. I've got too much other stuff on my plate right now to add support for another platform. J Sorry about that. Justin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peli de Halleux S

Re: [WiX-users] Votive for Orcas

There aren't any plans to add explicit support for Votive in Orcas until Orcas actually ships. I've got too much other stuff on my plate right now to add support for another platform. J Sorry about that. Justin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peli de Halleux Sent:

[WiX-users] Wix Coding Standards

Hi, Is there a coding standards document for Wix on sourceforge that recommends best practices for developing Wix XMLs and custom actions? Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated. -- Thanks . . . Anand. -

[WiX-users] Votive for Orcas

The Wix v3 installer currently does not detect Orcas CTP. Is it planned to support it? - 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

[WiX-users] SchedXmlFile: Error 0x8007007a: failed to copy value:

When I run my msi, I get following error message. If I cut the value shorter, the msi works fine. Is an issue about buffer, and how to increase buffer size? Thank you. === Action ended 15:09:27: InstallFiles. Return value 1. Action start 15:09:27: SchedXmlFile. SchedXmlFile: Err

[WiX-users] Condition display of dialog

I have an msi with 2 custom dialogs in it. The first one has a single edit that the user will enter a registration code in. The next button has a Custom Action called ValidateRegCode that calls to a helper dll to validate the users entry. If the user has entered a valid registration code the

Re: [WiX-users] using HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer; HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress

Yeah I just found that. Thanks From: Laurence Starks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:33 PM To: Mike Poulson; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] using HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer; HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre

Re: [WiX-users] using HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer; HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372909.aspx describes the _MSIExecute mutex and a method for querying the installer service for status. Laurence From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Poulson Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 2:12 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourcef

Re: [WiX-users] Pre-Processor Directives ??

NP, great I ended up just defining them myself for now, but can't wait till its supported. Ryan PerlmanApplications Developer | +1(425) 703-8659 office | +1(206) 354-0838 mobile | IISBLK\5285 [cid:image001.png@01C7658A.3A1E6070] Sent using

Re: [WiX-users] Pre-Processor Directives ??

Yep, I'm "close" to having it back. :) For now, you can just define those variables yourself and pass them into the command line. If you're using a .wixproj with MSBuild/Votive, then you can define them in the property variable. In Votive, the property pages will give you access to that prope

Re: [WiX-users] using HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer; HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress

No. The MSI SDK documents the correct way to detect that an install is running. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Poulson Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 2:12 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] using HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

Re: [WiX-users] Pre-Processor Directives ??

Supported in Votive v2, not supported in Votive v3 (although Justin keeps telling me he's "close"). I want the feature back too. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Perlman Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 3:32 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-u

Re: [WiX-users] Changing license text in Wix 3 'Mondo' UI

Set the WixUILicenseRtf variable to the path of an RTF-format license. You can do this on the light.exe command line - specify -dWixUILicenseRtf=. See http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=37445657 for a previous time this question was answered. -- Mike Dimmick -Original

[WiX-users] Pre-Processor Directives ??

According to the Documentation that I have found on the net. If you add a Wix Project to your solution you should be able to get the files of the project thru preprocessor Directives such as $(var.MyApp.TargetDir). But when I do this I get an Error Message stating Undefined Preprocessor variabl

[WiX-users] Changing license text in Wix 3 'Mondo' UI

I'm building an installer in Wix 3, and I'm using the mondo UI set. The license agreement it displays is the CPL. I need to change this to our own license agreement. Is it possible to do this without completely recompiling the wix UI DLL? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Ch

[WiX-users] using HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer; HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress

Is it acceptable and supported to use HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer;HKLM\Software\Microso ft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress to detect if there is an installer currently running? Is there a better way (API)? Thanks -

[WiX-users] FASTOEM=1 Error 1639

I got the 1639 error (Info 1639. Invalid command line argument. Consult the Windows Installer SDK for detailed command line help.) while using FASTOEM=1 for my command line. Any idea how to fix it? Thanks in advanced. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FASTOEM%3D1-Error-1639-

Re: [WiX-users] Trouble adding /0 (via [~] to a property

You can't use "\0" because the Windows Installer treats Properties as strings. The WiX toolset uses a "MAGIC_SZ_CHAR" or something like that to separate it's CustomActionData. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Coill Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:58 PM To: wi

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

Well for us using "exotic" ui cultures (sv-FI over here) that isn't included defaulting to os culture isn't the best idea, and you'll probably end up with questions about missing localization replacements? Personally, I'd default to en-US, but that's just me.. On 3/13/07, Justin Rockwood <[EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

Good points. I don't necessarily like defaulting to en-US, just because WiX is being used quite heavily in other locales (German, Russian, and Dutch are ones that come to mind). However, defaulting to the OS culture makes a lot of sense. Let me know if you have any other suggestions as you dig more

[WiX-users] Trouble adding /0 (via [~] to a property

I am trying to send my deferred custom action, multiple strings separated by \0 I tried �, but for some reason that gave me 0x0A (new line). I read online that [~] is the proper way to add \0, but this seems to create an entire string of \0 equal to the number of items in the string beyond it (+2

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling

I have the same problem as Jason. Ive installed only features: Parent, Child1 (and left out Child2, Child3) Ive launched my uninstall using msiexec /x [MyMsi.msi] /l*vx uninstalllog.txt Here's what my log shows: MSI (s) (A0:A0) [11:49:13:209]: Feature: Child1; Installed: Local; Request: Abse

Re: [WiX-users] Sample web application wxs file

Bob, Since I have not (yet) needed to deploy a web application, take the following with caution! Because it is an in-house application, and not intended for widespread distribution to potentially remote sites you might be able to get away with a single component (assuming no optional choice

Re: [WiX-users] Sample web application wxs file

Thanks for the information Richard, very helpful. It definitely gives me some things to think about, but also raised a few additional questions for me: Since I'm trying to create a web application installer, there aren't really any "executables". It's basically a collection of DLLs, .aspx files, .c

Re: [WiX-users] How to change string lengths

In my experience the product name is the name of the app and shouldn't change when you localise the app. For example, when John goes to Spain he doesn't start calling himself Juan, he's still called John. Sorry I couldn't answer your technical queries. -- View this message in context: http://w

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

Ah, that did it, thanks. Probably just a bug with the settings not being saved in both cases. I know I've done the same thing more than once. As for Justin's question, the only thing I can think of off the top of my head is to at least automatically define the en-US culture when adding the

Re: [WiX-users] Can't make DiskPrompt to work

I can see error1302 in the Errors table. Log file shows different error: - Action 10:12:42: InstallFiles. Copying new files InstallFiles: File: test.exe, Directory: C:\Program File

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

Chris, If you add the en-US to the field, then open the advanced properties below that, then save, it does save the culture. The important step is the advanced properties for some reason. Jared M. Ashman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

Do you mean adding the wxl file or the wixlib/wix extension (dll)? I notice that this experience is perhaps not the most intuitive. Any suggestions on how I can make this more obvious or easier to discover in Votive? Thanks, Justin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behal

Re: [WiX-users] Locate a required file during an install

Here's a sample of what you're (hopefully) looking for. As I understand it, you want the user to browse to a directory where getyour existing files are, and then you want to verify them. The attached include files are put together from a couple of our products, and have had the usual secret st

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

I noticed that field, but adding a culture value to it doesn't appear to do anything. I tried en-US, en-US;, and even the example en-US;ja-JP listed below the textbox, and I still got the same errors. Adding the wxs file directly seems to be the only thing that works. From: Levi Wilson [mailt

[WiX-users] Tallow from WiX 2.0.5112.0 is generating deprecated wxs file

Hi all, the output of tallow (version 2.0.5112.0) is deprecated. e.g.: tallow -d direcotry will generate deprecated wxs file. The File @src attribute is deprecated. should I open the bug for it? regards Stefan -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies s.r.o. | www.whi

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

Maybe that's what it was...that it was TOO easy :-) I usually miss those. On 3/13/07, Simon Dahlbacka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, (at least "semi obvious") Using votive you select project properties (right-click project -> properties, select linker tab) specify e.g. "en-US" in the Culture

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

Yes, (at least "semi obvious") Using votive you select project properties (right-click project -> properties, select linker tab) specify e.g. "en-US" in the Cultures textbox, and add a reference to WixUIExtension On 3/13/07, Chris Bardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the reply-I manag

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

You can customize the bitmaps by adding elements to your wxs file. here are a few that you can modify: There are more too, such as various icons and such, which I think you can find in the source code. I'm not sure how you can modify the command-line parameters to WiX if you're using VS fo

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

Thanks for the reply-I managed to get it to work by adding a copy of the .wxl to the project, but I can't find anywhere to modify the light command line in the project. Am I just missing something obvious? On a semi-related note, is there something special you have to do with Votive to customi

Re: [WiX-users] Use InstallUtil.exe from target system

Friedrich, Oliver wrote: I've heard about that extension, but in latest build of WiX3 I can't find anything about it, no documentation, no ".dll" to reference to. Unfortunately, it's one of those things in WiX v2 that haven't yet been ported to v3. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org -

Re: [WiX-users] Use InstallUtil.exe from target system

Hi Bob, >Have you tried the MMC extension in WiX? It already supports registering >snapins without you having to write any custom actions. I've heard about that extension, but in latest build of WiX3 I can't find anything about it, no documentation, no ".dll" to reference to. Please tell me m

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

When using WiX UI stuff from the WixUIExtension DLL in version 3, you need to add: "-ext WixUIExtension -cultures:en-us" To the light command-line. This should take care of a lot of those warnings. On 3/13/07, Chris Bardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been going through the tuorial at ht

[WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

I've been going through the tuorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ and adapting to some of the v3 changes as I go, and I've run across a problem with adding UI elements. If I put in the UIRef elements and I get an unresolved symbol reference. Makes sense, since there's no reference to the

[WiX-users] Locate a required file during an install

I'm working on an installer that depends upon files that the user has received prior to performing the installation. Our current installer (not windows installer based) prompts the user to browse for the location of the files... I'm trying to replicate this, but I'm not exactly sure how to go abou

Re: [WiX-users] Sample web application wxs file

Bob, As far as features / components are concerned, you probably want to look at the Microsoft installer documentation. Very basically though, "Features" are what the end user sees (e.g. "Word", "Excel", etc), and have a one-to-many mapping with the "Components" (word.exe, wordsupportfile.d

[WiX-users] Sample web application wxs file

For some reason, I'm having some trouble following the WiX Tutorial provided online. I was wondering if anyone on the list might happen to have a sample of a WiX source file for installing an ASP.NET web application that they wouldn't mind sharing. I really feel like if I could look at a good sampl

Re: [WiX-users] Use InstallUtil.exe from target system

Friedrich, Oliver wrote: So I thought I just could use a filesearch for the InstallUtil.exe and use that in a custom action to execute with the parameter of our Mmc-SnapIn. Have you tried the MMC extension in WiX? It already supports registering snapins without you having to write any cus

Re: [WiX-users] Creating SqlDatabase with/without Windows Authentification

Thanks Dana, I've just found the same solution about an hour ago. Just a note for people having similar problem: The property used by the radio button and in the condition must be a global property (e.g. the name of it should only have capitals) otherwise it doesn't work. Peter Dana Gutride

Re: [WiX-users] Creating SqlDatabase with/without Windows Authentification

This is not possible within the sql database tag right now. There is a bug/feature request in for this exact functionality, but as far as I can tell, it hasn't been added yet. The only way to do this is to have two sqldatabase tags in separate components and then add conditions for the component

[WiX-users] How to change string lengths

Hi, For MSIs localized to some languages, validating using Orca, I found 2 issues for which I could find no solution. 1) The data in a particular column is longer than the default (255). This is shown as a warning by Orca. I changed the width in the WXS-file, but I found that the length loops-bac

Re: [WiX-users] Problems adding Firebird ODBCDatasource with Wix

Bob Arnson wrote: > Anzi wrote: >> MSI (s) (68:74) [10:03:09:630]: Doing action: InstallODBC >> Toiminta alkoi 10:03:09: InstallODBC. >> MSI (s) (68:74) [10:03:09:630]: Note: 1: 2711 2: ODBCDriverManager64 >> > > I don't know anything about installing ODBC data sources, but see > http://msdn2.m

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceArgument

This is almost certainly because you don't have the 'start services' right. Be aware that not even the Administrator has this at first. When you try to do this from the Services panel as an Administrator, it gets added at that point. You'll need a custom action to set this right. Rob Bei

[WiX-users] Use InstallUtil.exe from target system

I do not understand why I need to package binary streams for using InstallUtil in my Setup. Since our setup installs an entire .NET-solution, the framework needs to be installed on the target system, and therefore InstallUtil is present on the target system. So I thought I just could use a fil

[WiX-users] setup expiry

Hi, Is there a way to set the expiry date for the setup package? Our requirement is; 'after a particular date users should not be able to install our product'. Any pointers/help would be highly appreciated! thanks Vij - Need Mail bonding? Go to