[WiX-users] Silent Custom Installation

2007-07-10 Thread Srinivas Tirupati
Hi, I have a features structure like RootFeature --- ParentFeature1 --- Feature11 --- Feature12 ParentFeature2 --- Feature21 --- Feature22 And I installed the product using this command ( silent installation ) Msiexec /i product.msi /qn

Re: [WiX-users] Sequence problem, running a custom action as early as possible

2007-07-10 Thread md5hans
Hi (again) I tried to set the PACKAGE_NAME property as a command line parameter when running my msi. I have set the property to MyDir and there exists a path c:\Geodata\index\mydir on the computer that the msi is executet on. The parameter is set but I get an error: Could not access network

[WiX-users] Passing Properties to Mergemodules

2007-07-10 Thread Mailinglist
Hello, I try to push a commandline given parameter from my setup to one of my mergemodules with a custom action. This parameter should trigger a custom action from the mergemodule. However, in the log, the property for the parameter in main setup is shown and set correctly in the msi logfile,

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Properties to Mergemodules

2007-07-10 Thread Kalle Olavi Niemitalo
Mailinglist [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Property Id=NOEXESTART Admin=no Hidden=no Secure=no / CustomAction Id=NoUserExeStart Property=NOEXESTART.AD9BF3FE-AC74-4A7D-B6E9-74FAAE910CA3 Value=1/ IIRC you should use underscores there instead of hyphens.

Re: [WiX-users] Reading from/Writing to configuration file

2007-07-10 Thread Albert Tuulas
I don't think that it is possible to read an XML file from Binary stream directly, but you can use a custom action (C++ DLL) that extracts data from binary stream to a temp folder, reads it, and sets MSI properties accordingly. It's not directly related to WiX though, but could be handy for some

Re: [WiX-users] Silent Custom Installation

2007-07-10 Thread Srinivas Tirupati
Yes all features have Level=1 But i found some information from msdn which explains why it didn't install anything :) (Source :- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144259.aspx) ADDLOCAL Rules: * Feature names are case sensitive. * To use ADDLOCAL, provide a

Re: [WiX-users] Silent Custom Installation

2007-07-10 Thread Albert Tuulas
Did you try to play with Condition Level=1 statement inside feature tag? I've got no other ideas :-) _ From: Srinivas Tirupati [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 1:45 PM To: Albert Tuulas; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Silent Custom

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Properties to Mergemodules

2007-07-10 Thread Mailinglist
Hi, the extra space came from cp into MS-Outlook, I can't determine why it does so... Well the underscores are correct, another problem I had was that some letters in the GUID where small ones in the product-tag. No it works, thank you all. Oliver Friedrich -Original Message-

[WiX-users] Heat.exe generates InprocServer32 defult value with double quotes () appended

2007-07-10 Thread Manikyam Bavandla
Hi WiX-Users Recently we have migrated from wixv2 to wixv3 toolset. In our MSI, we have two COM dlls for registering these two DLLs, we were using wixv2's smoke.exe auto-generated registry entries, in wixv3, we are using wixv3's Heat.exe generated registry entries. Here we are facing a

[WiX-users] Fw: Can you help me ?

2007-07-10 Thread Petrut Andrei
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[WiX-users] Modified version of Tallow for WiX 2.0

2007-07-10 Thread Rennie Petersen
A colleague of mine was making some automated WiX scripts, and needed some way to make scripts for .NET assemblies that are to be installed in the GAC, and registered as COM objects. He ended up making some modifications to Tallow in order to get things working the way he needed. This

[WiX-users] Uninstall option

2007-07-10 Thread nareshkrishnakumar kulothungan
Hi, I am creating a short cut for Uninstall option in WIX. I am able to uninstall my tool. But when I uninstall I get Windows Installer message box stating Are you sure you want to uninstall this project? with Message Title as Windows Installer and no icon adjacent to the message. How to

[WiX-users] Automatic installation.

2007-07-10 Thread nareshkrishnakumar kulothungan
Hi, I am checking whether .Net 1.1 is installed or not and if the .Net 1.1 is not installed, I will throw an error message and give the user the option to download the .Net 1.1 package automatically by creating a custom Action using VBScript. If the user clicks OK button, I will run the

Re: [WiX-users] Automatic installation.

2007-07-10 Thread Rennie Petersen
I believe that this sort of thing is best done with a bootstrap program, before starting the Windows Install process, not with a Custom Action during the install. There are many bootstrap possibilities, including one included with Visual Studio. I like the .dotNetInstaller program, which is open

Re: [WiX-users] Silent Custom Installation

2007-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Srinivas Tirupati wrote: (Source :- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144259.aspx) That's SQL doc, not MSI doc. Try Feature/@InstallDefault=followParent. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email

Re: [WiX-users] Sequence problem, running a custom action as early as possible

2007-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
md5hans wrote: I tried to set the PACKAGE_NAME property as a command line parameter when running my msi. I have set the property to MyDir and there exists a path c:\Geodata\index\mydir on the computer that the msi is executet on. The parameter is set but I get an error: Could not access

Re: [WiX-users] Modified version of Tallow for WiX 2.0

2007-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Rennie Petersen wrote: Should this source code be submitted to someone, and if so to whom? It probably won't get incorporated into WiX v2 but I'd suggest using the WiX example track: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=105970atid=654188. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall option

2007-07-10 Thread Rob Hamflett
You want to ignore the /uninstall flag and just run the MSI as normal. That way your UI will be brought up and then you can start presenting your own dialogs. Also, I notice the shortcut is based on a SystemFolder variable you're passing in. This means the shortcut is created on someone

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe generates InprocServer32 defult value with double quotes () appended

2007-07-10 Thread Mike Dimmick
Heat only records what the DLL's DllRegisterServer function writes to the registry. Fix the DLL, or stop relying on reverse-engineering the registry settings. If you're coding in C++ you know what the registry settings should be. Heat is intended for toolchains where you don't have that control

[WiX-users] CAQuietExec in merge module path problem

2007-07-10 Thread steve baker
i have a merge module that needs to fire off a CAQuietExec custom action:Property Id=QtExecDeferred Value='Tools\mytool.exe' /CustomAction Id=QtExecDeferred BinaryKey=WixCA DllEntry=CAQuietExec Execute=deferred Return=check/InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=QtExecDeferred

Re: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec in merge module path problem

2007-07-10 Thread Pierson Lee (Volt)
In order to set the property to include another property you have to use a CustomAction Try CustomAction Id=PropertyCA Property=QtExecDeferred Value=quot;[TOOLS]/mytool.exequot; / From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of steve baker Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:22 AM

[WiX-users] Component question

2007-07-10 Thread Pierson Lee (Volt)
This is a general question related to the Component / tag. If I were to set the Transitive flag within the Component / to yes would it reevaluate the conditional at the time of uninstall or is it only on Modify and installation that it looks at the Transitive flag? Thanks Pierson

[WiX-users] Deleting .Net 2.0 user config files on uninstall.

2007-07-10 Thread Josh
Hi all, I am trying to remove the .net generated user settings files from my win form application on uninstall, and am having some problems. I checked the archive for this specific issue and id not find anything. I did find another post on another blog that said developers

Re: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec in merge module path problem

2007-07-10 Thread steve baker
perfect thanks, i am pretty sure i have been bit by this one before o_OFrom: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:58:42 -0700Subject: RE: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec in merge module path problem In order to set the property to include another

Re: [WiX-users] Deleting .Net 2.0 user config files on uninstall.

2007-07-10 Thread Josh
Sorry to waste your time. I will try the homedrive and homepath environment variables and hard code the other path and see if that works. And yeah, the username environment var will get me the

Re: [WiX-users] Starting two services in one installation?

2007-07-10 Thread Kevin Burton
Thank you. I managed to remove the service. All of the help was certainly appreciated. From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:20 PM To: 'Kevin Burton'; 'John Vottero'; 'Bob Arnson' Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Starting two

Re: [WiX-users] Component question

2007-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Pierson Lee (Volt) wrote: If I were to set the Transitive flag within the Component / to yes would it reevaluate the conditional at the time of uninstall or is it only on Modify and installation that it looks at the Transitive flag? Just repair. The MSI doc: If this bit is set, the