[WiX-users] Using UninstallString to uninstall multiple MSIs

Hello all, When Visual Studio is uninstalled or modified it re-invokes setup.exe to guide you through the process. Whenever my application is uninstalled msiexec is invoked on my MSI file. How do I configure the system so that my setup.exe (which is a stub that can launch a number of MSIs) is

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0217 error from scheduled task only

Thanks, that seems to fix the problem. I'm running LIGHT -sval, then SMOKE. Does this do the same validation as running the LIGHT validation, or should I be sure to run LIGHT with validation in addition? steve On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Rob Mensching [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Validation.

Re: [WiX-users] Wix for a Office Add-In?

That's because people who write books like that are covering the tool ( Visual Studio/VDPROJ/ClickOnce ) and don't have the depth of knowledge or the time to cover the deployment aspects in a suitable manner or in a richer way that's not advocated by the VS people. When they do give the topic

Re: [WiX-users] Integrating documentation with Visual Studio 2008

You mean there's actually a Html Help team? Wonder what they've been doing for the past 10 or 11 years? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:35 PM To: Don Caton; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

[WiX-users] removing components marked with the Permanent attribute

Is there a way to remove components that were marked with the Permanent attribute when installed? Also, can a permanent component be upgraded? John - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't

[WiX-users] Services depending on VC++ merge modules don't start on Vista

Hi, I have a kit that installs three services (Type='ownProcess') that depends on vcredist (I'm installing the vcredist merge modules with the kit), the kit must run in xp, 2003 server and vista. If I install the services without start them on install, everything works fine and I can start the

[WiX-users] Difxapp driver installation does not return errors to Windows Installer

Hi All, I have a little question regarding difxapp. I am using the following code snipset for installing a driver: {{{ ... Component Id=c_one Guid=---- DiskId=1 difx:Driver ForceInstall=yes Sequence=0 Legacy=yes

[WiX-users] IIS entities not created or created incorrectly

We're seeing regular failures creating IIS virtual directories using WiXIISExtension (currently on 3.0.4014). Sometimes the virtual directory isn't created at all, sometimes the folder exists, but the application isn't created, and sometimes the application is created on a folder in a location

[WiX-users] Modules and Shared Resources

Hi everone! The story behind my question is rather long, so I'll ask the question up front and if you need more context you can just keep reading... Apparently, any non-standard properties referenced in an MSM are localized to the MSM. e.g. [MYPROPERTY] becomes something like

[WiX-users] Problem with IIS7 and finding the Default Web Site

Hi All, I have an install built using Wix v3.0.3907 for a web application that does IIS configuration. Specifically, the install is attempting to create a Virtual Directory under the Default Website. With Windows Server 2003 and IIS6 the install runs great. With Windows Server 2008 and IIS7

Re: [WiX-users] Services depending on VC++ merge modules don't start on Vista

It's a known change due to Vista which now uses fusion (.NET) to install the runtimes into WinSxS, with the result that behavior of these Dlls is the same as for assemblies into the GAC - they're not there until the commit. It's an unfortunate step in the wrong direction. Phil Wilson

Re: [WiX-users] Integrating documentation with Visual Studio 2008

I don't know if there is a team solely focused on HTML Help but there is a team that owns HTML Help (and untold number of things). I really don't know much about any of it. I forwarded your email to the PMs I know in VS and asked them to forward it to the right people. smile/ From: [EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] IIS entities not created or created incorrectly

Can you share out log files from the cases that don't work? Hopefully with a high consistency failure we can narrow down the problem. I'm not aware of any outstanding issues. My team uses the IIS CustomActions and things work well regularly. We do not have any nested vdirs though... From:

Re: [WiX-users] Modules and Shared Resources

Is everyone using WiX? If so, I *highly* recommend moving to .wixlibs instead of Merge Modules. You'll get a lot of wins. Personally, due to the lack of advancements in Merge Modules, I only recommend using Merge Modules when sharing with people that don't use WiX. -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with IIS7 and finding the Default Web Site

If you haven't installed the IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatability that would be the place to start. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amy Rosewater Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:08 AM To:

[WiX-users] Build behavior for WiX projects

The build-on-demand behavior doesn't seem to work as well as we expected. After experimenting with it a bit, we ran into problems when building the solution using MSBuild on the command line (in both Debug and Release) and people get confused because their setup is not building etc. As a

[WiX-users] Using wixlibs or msm's to speed build process?

We have some installers that take a while to build, and we're currently doing a lot of releases that don't change a large portion of the files in the installer (much of the installer is 'content' rather than 'system' files). Can anybody point me at a reference for how to use wixlibs or msm's

[WiX-users] looking for a consultant...

Hi folks, I've been a lurker and an occasional answerer (if that's a word) on this list. We are looking to build an installer for our product, and we're looking for recommendations for someone to bring in as outside help for the task. We're looking for someone with WiX and MSI experience

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with IIS7 and finding the Default Web Site

IIS 6.0 Management Compatibility is installed, but I am hoping it is something simple like that. A From: Chad Petersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:10 PM To: Amy Rosewater; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Problem with IIS7 and finding

Re: [WiX-users] Modules and Shared Resources

This sounds familiar to my current issue. I have an install piece that will be shared with multiple drivers that I would like to create separate merge modules for. And my custom action dll is not being found by the msi. Maybe I am looking in all the wrong places but I can't find any documentation

Re: [WiX-users] Modules and Shared Resources

For the most part, just use lit.exe instead of light.exe after candle.exe. call %wix%\lit.exe -nologo -bf -loc wixlib\%culture%.wxl -out %output%\%projectname%_%culture%.wixlib %output%\wixlib\*.wixobj if not %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 goto LitFailed On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Jared Prestwich

[WiX-users] Maintaining property values on uninstall

I'm running into an issue with my installer where it doesn't uninstall correctly since property values set during install have default values and not values that were customized during install. I'm using type 51 and 35 custom actions but I've made sure they are being called before after

Re: [WiX-users] IIS entities not created or created incorrectly

The problem: A nested WebApplication isn't created consistently. With 3.0.3110, the app was created 90% of the time. With 3.0.4014, it is almost (90%?) never created. The original query had two issues, but there's just info on one here. The other issue is with a non-nested web application not