Re: [WiX-users] Optional installation of website based on feature

Are you solve it? I have same issue. I need to optional install virtual dir under existing Default Web Site and some client features must be installed on the compurers without IIS. stuart.manton wrote: > > > We have a product which include a number of features. One of these > features > inst

[WiX-users] feature and merge module

Hi, Can I create a feature in a merge module (directly or indirectly)? It looks like not in wix 3.0. I don't quite understand why. Any explanation is greatly appreciated! Thanks, Zhisheng _ Helping your favorite cause is as easy

Re: [WiX-users] Service is not starting on Windows Vista

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I was just worried if is it something related to impersonate privileges? The logs seem to show some errors related to Impersonate privilege. Regards, Sneha Sneha Gharpure wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a service installed on windows vista. The startup type for this > se

[WiX-users] Custom command line parameters in Wix

Hi, Can we write custom command line switches in Wix? Here's my scenario. I want to have an optional switch -AUTOLOGIN in the command line, then evaluate if the switch is specified in Wix xml. Any help on this appreciated. Thanks, Sri ---

Re: [WiX-users] building wix

Luke Bakken wrote: > It would be a smaller effort to get the current build to be > "bulletproof" for someone doing a CVS checkout. I've already done this > to some degree as I have a local vendor branch of WiX to which I've > applied several important patches for our installers (the patches have >

Re: [WiX-users] Include whole directory-structure (like including a jre)

Patrick Schläpfer wrote: > I'd like to use with ant, as it's a java application I'd like > to pack into a msi within the ant build process > This application needs its own java-runtime. > That's fine -- WiX doesn't care what you're installing. Use Heat to generate your setup authoring and chec

Re: [WiX-users] building wix

Christopher Painter wrote: > Yes, I would volunteer for such an effort. I know I've been told to > `put up or shut up` before but I never helped out because I'm not the > strongest C# application developer. However in the build / release > role I'm very comfortable and I feel that it's somethi

Re: [WiX-users] Heating Directories with Identically Named Files

Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US) wrote: > Regarding that undefined behavior, what I'm seeing is that candle > warnings about component id length are becoming errors reported by light > as duplicate component ids. They are duplicate components because in > the wixobj file the id fields are empty. A

Re: [WiX-users] Heating Directories with Identically Named Files

Hey Raj, As a side note on this, I wrote a little app that goes over the heat generated output and uses the lower-case, variablized value of the Source attribute of the File elment. I then take that element and hash to generate a, more then likely, unique file ID. The process looks something like

Re: [WiX-users] Include whole directory-structure (like including a jre)

I'd like to use with ant, as it's a java application I'd like to pack into a msi within the ant build process This application needs its own java-runtime. Am 12.2.2008 20:31 Uhr schrieb "Bob Arnson" unter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Patrick Schläpfer wrote: >> Also need then a reference to >> >>

Re: [WiX-users] Setting Uninstall/.../InstallLocation in registry

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wix-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Daniel > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:13 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Setting Uninstall/.../InstallLocation in registry > > I'm sure this has bee

Re: [WiX-users] Heating Directories with Identically Named Files

Thanks again, Bob. Regarding that undefined behavior, what I'm seeing is that candle warnings about component id length are becoming errors reported by light as duplicate component ids. They are duplicate components because in the wixobj file the id fields are empty. At least that is my current

[WiX-users] Setting Uninstall/.../InstallLocation in registry

I'm sure this has been asked before, but as there doesn't seem to be a workable search mechanism for the archives (that I could find!), I'll ask at the risk of being redundant... I have a WIX project, originally created by running dark.exe against an MSI produced by a VS deployment project. One o

Re: [WiX-users] building wix

On Feb 12, 2008 1:21 PM, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Painter wrote: > > Oh come on... I'm sure a company as big as MSFT can come up with a > > little bit of hosting space for open space projects. > > I'm sure. But it's weeks/months of effort so we can make building from > so

Re: [WiX-users] building wix

Yes, I would volunteer for such an effort. I know I've been told to `put up or shut up` before but I never helped out because I'm not the strongest C# application developer. However in the build / release role I'm very comfortable and I feel that it's something I could do to help the cause.

Re: [WiX-users] Tallow output and incorrect registration absolute path

Best practice is to use a file ID Formatted value, in this example you would use [#file_0]. -- Mike Dimmick _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Jaworski Sent: 12 February 2008 14:43 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Tallow

Re: [WiX-users] WIX PerformanceCounter element failing on Windows 2000

0x800700cb is a Win32 error code re-encoded as an HRESULT (0x8007 == error | FACILITY_WIN32). Win32 error code 0xCB == 203 decimal is ERROR_ENVVAR_NOT_FOUND. The PerformanceCounter elements create a table which is processed at install time to create an .ini and .h file suitable for passing to

[WiX-users] Web site with a subdirectory in a different app pool

Hi, I need my WiX installer to create the following structure in IIS but I'm unsure of what should be nested where: - AppPool 1 - AppPool 2 - Main Web Site (runs in AppPool 1) - Directory 1 - Directory 2 - Directory 3 (runs in AppPool 2) Can someone provide the basic structure

Re: [WiX-users] Scrollabletext control

Sajo Jacob wrote: Has someone does something like this in a scrollabletext box? I know that the scrollabletext control requires that only rich text be loaded but I wanted to embed text assigned to a property coming in from a VBScript There's no support in the rich-edit control for formatt

[WiX-users] Scrollabletext control

Has someone does something like this in a scrollabletext box? I know that the scrollabletext control requires that only rich text be loaded but I wanted to embed text assigned to a property coming in from a VBScript I tried this code and different variations of escape sequences but it just shows *

Re: [WiX-users] building wix

I have a hard time believing it would take months to complete. I make a living ripping apart and refactoring .NET solutions that were stored in other SCC/WIT systems and checking them into TFS proper. A project the size of WiX wouldn't take me more then a few days to migrate. I'd als

Re: [WiX-users] building wix

Christopher Painter wrote: > Oh come on... I'm sure a company as big as MSFT can come up with a > little bit of hosting space for open space projects. I'm sure. But it's weeks/months of effort so we can make building from source .zips easier? Bad ROI. Codeplex still doesn't have mailing lists,

[WiX-users] WIX PerformanceCounter element failing on Windows 2000

Hello, I have a problem with installing creating performance counters using PerformanceCounter element in Wix 3. It works great on Windows 2003 and later, but fails on Windows 2000. The error code returned by the performance counter custom action is 203, which translates to "The system could no

Re: [WiX-users] building wix

Oh come on... I'm sure a company as big as MSFT can come up with a little bit of hosting space for open space projects. Just go to the CodePlex group and say `We are the poster child for Microsoft Open Source and we are using SourceForge instead of CodePlex because they have feature xyz

Re: [WiX-users] Include whole directory-structure (like including a jre)

Patrick Schläpfer wrote: > Also need then a reference to > > > ... > Which produces a huge definition file... > Any ideas, suggestions? > Use the heat tool with the -sfrag switch: It generates a ComponentGroup that you can reference in with ComponentGroupRef. -- sig://boB http://joyofs

Re: [WiX-users] Custom UI

Shaber, David wrote: I am working on converting a set of MSIs, that are currently being built using InstallShield, to WIX. One of the requirements is that the MSIs have an Error Dialog but no other Dialogs (these MSI are run by a larger installer, so they don't need any UI except if the insta

Re: [WiX-users] building wix

Christopher Painter wrote: > Why not just go to CodePlex?The TFS/MSBuild model kills the > CVS/NAnt model, IMHO. I know you guys said you had some issues > building unmanaged code but surely it can't be that bad. That would "solve" the problem of limited web space by eliminating it entirel

[WiX-users] Include whole directory-structure (like including a jre)

I'm somehow stuck. How can I add a directory structure as in jre (java runtime) to an msi. It's kind of very bad, having to add ... Which produces a huge definition file... Any ideas, suggestions? - Thi

Re: [WiX-users] Service nightmare

How does the application detect the service? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anidil Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:41 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Service nightmare When i create a service

Re: [WiX-users] Service is not starting on Windows Vista

The service is crashing - this isn't a WiX issue. When you say "running the exe through the command prompt": If you mean just running the exe then that's a pointless exercise because a service executable is required to be started by the SCM, not a command prompt. Phil Wilson -Original Mes

Re: [WiX-users] How to test if user is an administrator

People keep saying that, but keep in mind that it probably won't work on Vista, where the recommendation is a type 19 custom action in the execute sequence which is typically when you know whether you're running elevated or not. Guidelines for Packages, second bullet: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/

[WiX-users] Custom UI

Hello, I am working on converting a set of MSIs, that are currently being built using InstallShield, to WIX. One of the requirements is that the MSIs have an Error Dialog but no other Dialogs (these MSI are run by a larger installer, so they don't need any UI except if the install fails). I am

[WiX-users] Check for file existence: anything better than GetFileAttributes()?

Sorry this is not a wix question, I'm trying to find whether a file exists using a CA, doesn't work for me because when the user selects a file, the property contains the whole path, so it'd just more trouble if I need to write another CA to break the path up. I tried GetFileAttributes() and it w

Re: [WiX-users] Error after update: Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:ConfigureSmb' in section 'Fragment'

Chris-461 wrote: > > Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:ConfigureSmb' in section > 'Fragment' > Hi, try cleaning your intermediate files to perform a full rebuild. ConfigureSmb was replaced by ConfigureSmbInstall and ConfigureSmbUninstall in 3801. hth Dominik -- View this message

[WiX-users] Tallow output and incorrect registration absolute path

In WiXv2 tallow's output looks like this: ... After installation in IDE's references I can find registered component, but its registration path is different (C:\WiXSetups\DB\Libs\AttachW.ocx) than real localisation after installation: (C:\Program Files\DB\Libs

[WiX-users] Service nightmare

When i create a service manually using the following commands : sc create "Service" binpath= "\..\service.exe" start "Service" from the Windows CLI, service gets created and started and the application detects the service. But when i use and elements inside the wix source code,application doe

[WiX-users] Service is not starting on Windows Vista

Hi, I have a service installed on windows vista. The startup type for this service is "Automatic". The service is not starting after reboot. When i try starting the service from Service Control Manager, the error is something like "Windows could not start the service on Local Computer Error 1067:

[WiX-users] Error after update: Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:ConfigureSmb' in section 'Fragment'

Hello, I changed the toolset from version release 3.0.3210 to the current release 3.0.3808 When I candlelight my project now, I get following error for all FileShare-Tags: / Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:ConfigureSmb' in section 'Fragment'/ Do I have to change anything in my project

[WiX-users] Single patch for multiple products

Hi all, Sorry for being so "long" in describing my problem :), but... I encountered a problem with applying a patch in the following scenario. I have a setup project with 2 configurations which I build. Configuration 1 - the product has the Product Id GUID1 - the product has a component with Id CO

Re: [WiX-users] how to add pre / post build steps to wixproj

It looks like you're using Wix 2.0/Votive 2.0. Votive 2.0 does not have an msbuild compatibale format. Switch to Votive 3.0 and your trick should work. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fgc Sent: dinsdag 12 februari 2008 9:34 To: wix-users@li

[WiX-users] Re: Microsoft's merge modules problem in WiXv2

For now, tlbinf32 causes build problem, but there is another problem during installation that is caused by: MS VB virtual machine v5: MSVBVM50.7DD453CA-76BD-40F2-8F85-FA7DFA0D244D. If this MM is commented there is no errors during installation. I hope that MSVBVM v6 will be sufficient, but tlbinf3

[WiX-users] how to add pre / post build steps to wixproj

Hi all, I'm looking for a way to add pre and post build steps to the wixproj project. According to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg02422.html it seems to be possible already but I did not find out how to make it work. I have the following wixproj file: