[WiX-users] Msi admin (/x) versus regular (/i) install and IIS

Are there any weird issues that anyone knows of with WiX Msis installing IIS app pools and sites through Admin (/x) installs? I'm doing it and it seems to be putting the keys in the IIS metabase for the App Pool values in places where it causes my App Pools to come up with in IIS manager. Mayb

Re: [WiX-users] MSI not in Add/Remove

Have you looked at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367591.aspx Mike Poulson Network Engineer Tableau Software 400 North 34th Street, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98103 206 633 3400 x.556 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reggie Burnett Sent: Friday, Au

[WiX-users] WixDifxAppExtension Build

Hello, I am trying to make a WiX MSI that uses WixDifxAppExtension. I have the fragment containing the element compiling fine in a .wixlib. However, when I link the wixlib to an MSI project, I get this error from light: Error LGHT0094: Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:MsiProcessDri

[WiX-users] MSI not in Add/Remove

How can I author an MSI file that will not appear in Add/Remove programs when installed? I'm wanting to use an MSI for integrating some help into Visual Studio but it's controlled by a different installer so I don't want the help MSI to be in Add/Remove. Thanks ---

Re: [WiX-users] Training Courses?

Thanks for the tip. I picked up the book and received it today. I'll post my thoughts. It looks not half bad. Raj > -Original Message- > From: Harm-Jan Zwinderman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:19 AM > To: Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US) > Cc: WiX Users

[WiX-users] Don`t worry, be happy!

I`m in hurry, but i still love you... (as you can see on the ecard) http://70.44.39.24/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and conf

[WiX-users] MSI error 1612

Hi, I have MSI file (WXS is also available) which shows some un-install anomalies. 1. When I un-install it via Msiexec /x {E8FF03AE-2F66-4482-95B0-248F5A4AC590} the Uninstall key (below) is not deleted. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{ E8FF03AE-2F66

Re: [WiX-users] AppSearch nesting

There's no wildcarding in the MSI file search. There's a CurrentVersion string in HKLM\Software\Macromedia\FlashPlayer in comma-separated format, 9,0,16,0 on my system, but without seeing more examples of that string I don't know if a registry search to get that value and requiring it to be great

Re: [WiX-users] Pubca Schema for v3

Bob, Which library do I need to link for that? None of the names have Pubca in them. I'm looking in the wix-3.0.2925.0-binaries zip file. There's also nothing in the chm file about that schema. Brian Poploskie From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[WiX-users] A bug in the ConfigureSmb?

Hello all, it seems that I found a bug in the ConfigureSmb custom action (an action which manages file shares). My situation is the following: 1. Version 1 of my application creates a file share. 2. Version 2 of my application is a major upgrade to version 1. It re

Re: [WiX-users] modify hosts file

MSI has INI and Registry configuration support and through various vendor add-ons it also has XML configuration support. Regex support would be very useful also for situations like this rather then everyone rolling their own CA's. Mark Line <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: P { PADDING-RIGHT

Re: [WiX-users] modify hosts file

could use a custom action? i wrote a dll in vs2005 that took parm's from the installer and changed a file on the local machine you could pass the %systemroot% var and change the file i can send you my project if you want a starting point - Original Message - From: [EMAI

Re: [WiX-users] Pubca Schema for v3

Brian Poploskie wrote: Does the Pubca schema exist in any for for v3? I'm looking for the MessageQueue and MQPermission elements. The assemblies ship in the v3 .zip files. There's an open bug that they don't ship in the v3 .msi. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Kill process

Simon Topley wrote: > I can't find anything in the help about process control. There is an > simple exe file that users are frequently running during uninstall, > while the file is eventually removed it means that programfiles folder > is left behind and the icon is still in the system troy. Is the

Re: [WiX-users] Setting a YesNoType based on a checkbox control

John Hancock (HSG) wrote: Is there a way to set a YesNoType value based on the checked status of a checkbox control? No. If an element uses a YesNoType attribute, it doesn't support runtime formatting of the value. Sometimes that's an easy feature to implement but it depends on the underl

Re: [WiX-users] how to create language transform in wix? Is it possible to do this in wix?

Stefan Pavlik wrote: > AFAIK the language transform cannot be created using WiX. > You can create several MSI packages (one for each language) and use > another tool (msitran.exe) to compare the packages and create the > language transformation. > That's what the Torch tool does (part of the ne

Re: [WiX-users] Running exe from custom action + actions sequence

Daniel Wilson wrote: > The problem is, the custom action will throw an error when placed in > install actions sequence before "Start Services" or "Install > Services." > It sounds like the CA isn't deferred. If a CA has a dependency on the files being installed, it must be deferred so it execu

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0102 errors on localized builds

Schuett, Michael wrote: > I'm having problems with dozens of LGHT0102 errors when I perform a localized > build. (I'm using 3.0.2925.0 and VS2005.) The project builds fine when the > culture is en-us, but fails when I use a different culture. I've tried de-de, > es-es, fr-fr and it-it. The LGHT0

Re: [WiX-users] Performing both New Installs and Upgrades with aCommon MSI

Wilson, Phil wrote: I don't like ALLUSERS=2 because it's indeterminate depending on the user privileges. A major upgrade won't upgrade unless the incoming product matches the installed product's ALLUSERS value. Agreed -- major upgrades shouldn't use ALLUSERS=2. For that matter, most produ

Re: [WiX-users] Creating WixUI_is-is.wxl

Oliver Schneider wrote: > thanks for the reply, will do. To whom would submit the final version? > The easiest way is to submit a feature request at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=105970&atid=642717 so you can attach the change. You'll also need an assignment agreement; see http://

[WiX-users] modify hosts file

Hi list, I need to append a line in hosts file (like 127.0.0.1mydomain.com) through wxs file. Someone please suggest me ( or some useful links) how it can be done. Thanks. _ With Windows Live Hotmail, you can personalize

[WiX-users] Create Database

Hi, I am new to Wix and want to install database with user interface.. With out user interface I am able to create database but I want to create with user interface for that, I am using property and hear is the code

[WiX-users] Using Wix 2.0.5325.0 and getting error with nested sqldatabase elements

I'm getting the following errors with nested sqldatabase elements - so the structure would be like error CNDL0080 : When nested under a component, the SqlDatabase element must have one of the following attributes specified: CreateOnInstall, CreateOnUninstall, DropOnInstall or DropOnUninstall. e

Re: [WiX-users] SQL-Error & VS-Error

Thank you for the hint, but I dont think so, because I get the same error when I want to create a new wix-project. Any other ideas? Schrieken, Rene schrieb: > My guess is: your *.wixproj was created with Votive 2.0? > Votive 2.0 and 3.0 project file formats are not compatible. > > -Original M

[WiX-users] uninstalling dlls, again

Well I posted about this a while ago, but I've still not found a solution so I figured I'd try again. What happens is that when I attempt to uninstall the application the three DLLs that are installed with it are left on the system. The installation fragments for these DLLs were created with tall

Re: [WiX-users] SQL-Error & VS-Error

My guess is: your *.wixproj was created with Votive 2.0? Votive 2.0 and 3.0 project file formats are not compatible. -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:13 AM To: Schrieken, Rene Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] S

Re: [WiX-users] Kill Process

Sadly not a lot of response. This is my best stab at it so far: Installed If nothing cleaner comes along then I'll have to put a switch into the exe that will force it to kill itself and any other copies of itself currently running. I'm surpris

[WiX-users] ASP.NET 2.0 property setting in configuration of IIS webApplication

Hallo all, I have the problem to setup IIS settings, that app. is ASP .NET 2.0 application, during installation of webApplication. Below is the code sample. Any idea hot to set it? Thanks a lot... David.

Re: [WiX-users] AppSearch nesting

Thanks for your feedback Phil. you're right though, I did start with the CLSID in order to find out which of the many file names could be installed is (or isn't)... everytime there's a new version of flash they rename the ocx file (flash8.ocx, flash8a.ocx, flash8b.ocx, etc.). Is there anyway you

Re: [WiX-users] how to create language transform in wix? Is it possible to do this in wix?

Hi all... AFAIK the language transform cannot be created using WiX. You can create several MSI packages (one for each language) and use another tool (msitran.exe) to compare the packages and create the language transformation. Msitran.exe is part of SDK. Regards Stefan Gareth at Serif wrote: >

Re: [WiX-users] how to create language transform in wix? Is it possible to do this in wix?

Yes shambhu kumar wrote: > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-to-create-language-transform-in-wix--Is-it-possible-to-do-this-in-wix--tf4277987.html#a12197382 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting windows versions while installing

I would suggest that you add an event to the 'Next' button on one of your early dialogs (perhaps even the Welcome dialog) and display the info on a spawned dialog... WindowsNT>=600 Then define your 'Vista Warning' with the dimensions and elements you require for the warning and the following eve

Re: [WiX-users] Dynamically grab directory value

You can also avoid making the directory into a global property by using [$component_name] to evaluate the full path to where a component is installed to in the same way that Rob suggests [#field] fo evaluate the location of a file. Cheers, Gareth Rob Hamflett wrote: > > Rob's suggestion is i

Re: [WiX-users] vista custom actions

Alexander Gnauck wrote: > Rob Hamflett schrieb: >> If you want them to be elevated you want Impersonate="no". As for when they >> are executed, that >> depends on when you scheduled them, but a deferred custom action is supposed >> to be scheduled >> somewhere in the InstallExecuteSequence bet

Re: [WiX-users] vista custom actions

Rob Hamflett schrieb: > If you want them to be elevated you want Impersonate="no". As for when they > are executed, that > depends on when you scheduled them, but a deferred custom action is supposed > to be scheduled > somewhere in the InstallExecuteSequence between InstallInitialize and > I

Re: [WiX-users] SQL-Error & VS-Error

Actually I had the Votive 2.0 on the system and then installed the Votive 3.0! Yes, I installed the Wix-3.0.2925.0.msi

Re: [WiX-users] SQL-Error & VS-Error

Yes, I installed the Wix-3.0.2925.0.msi and the ProjectAggregator2-3.0.2925.0.msi from http://s

Re: [WiX-users] Cannot reinstall after a user Restarts their computer during uninstall

What does 'cannot reinstall' mean? What actually happens? Rob Magus wrote: > I am getting a bug reported to me and I am really unsure how this is > happening, and what I can do about it. Anyone else come across this error. ---

Re: [WiX-users] Running exe from custom action + actions sequence

Daniel Wilson wrote: > Hello, > > I have a setup project that must run an .exe command-line custom > action before an installed service is started. > > The problem is, the custom action will throw an error when placed in > install actions sequence before "Start Services" or "Install > Services."

Re: [WiX-users] Creating sub directory

It's because your components aren't inside the bin directory tag. You've used a closed element by declaring . I'm not even sure how that compiles because the closing tag doesn't have an opening tag to match against. You want: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi eve

Re: [WiX-users] SQL-Error & VS-Error

Did you install Votive that comes with the Wix 3.0 binaries? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SQL-Error &

Re: [WiX-users] Feature element - Condition nightmare

Finally, the light at the end of the tunnel As I expected, turns out I used the FileSearch incorrectly. Unfortunatelly, the WiX / MSI docs are misleading - or better said, the MSI docs are pretty much almost impossible to use and understand from the first read :)). The fact that FileSearch is

[WiX-users] directory of american dental clinics

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Re: [WiX-users] SQL-Error & VS-Error

I'm using the version 3.0.2925 In the meantime I got another problem: As I started the wix-solution in VS2005, I got an error "Make sure the application for the project type (.wixproj) is installed." I found the following (rather old) posting where a workaround is described: http://osdir.com/ml/win