Looks like the Merge Module doesn't pass validation and your install is
inheriting all those failures. You might try running smoke.exe on the MSM
before merging it into your MSI.
Some of the errors are pretty scary:
ICE27 is really a structural thing and could be very bad for your install.
WiX v2 *is* out of beta. It has been for a good many months
(http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2008/02/17/WiX-toolset-on-SourceForge-marked-ProductionStable.aspx).
We're going to have to do an SP1 to add the MSI4.5 features to WiX v2 in
the not too distant future but that will be 100%
What's the problem exactly? That syntax should be just fine.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mumford
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 16:40
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Maybe a bug in the File element?
I'm trying to rename my file
I understand this approach, but it's very Microsoft-Windows-like: a
project that lasts years. I am fine using wix in its beta form, but
that's because I am both management and development. Had I been only
management, I wouldn't have made this call.
My 0.02c is that it would greatly benefit wix
I expected this answer, unfortunately I have such a thing as a silent
upgrade.
This scenario is extremely frustrating. The only way I can upgrade a
service during a major upgrade is by suppressing InstallServices /
DeleteServices, which is far from ideal (since I will never be able to
add a
Another alternative is to patch the old installer to know about
upgrading before you upgrade it. This requires a bootstrapper to
apply the patch to the old version before you upgrade it, but its
something that I've done before to patch deficiencies in the old
version that interfered with the
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:10 PM
WiX v2 *is* out of beta. It has been for a good many months
(http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2008/02/17/WiX-toolset-o
n-SourceForge-marked-ProductionStable.aspx). We're going to
have to do an SP1 to
I wasn't intentionally keeping it keeping it quiet. smile/
I'm still struggling to figure out the best way to use the communication
outlets provided on SourceForge. If you go to the SourceForge page for WiX
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/ you'll see a mention in the news there and
that
I've been using the difx:Driver tag to installer a scanner driver - got that
working OK. Now I'd like to installer a printer driver using the same
technology. The problem is that when I unzip the printer install files it has
two subdirectories under the root directory (containing the INF file).
Interesting. Let's go back and look at the things that are driving the WiX v3
release.
1. Bugs. WiX v2 was marked stable by pushing a number of bugs to WiX v3
(especially Votive bugs). There are still a lot of bugs open that need to be
fixed. I do not just want to push a bunch of WiX v2
No love here either.
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Christopher Painter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I tried it a few times but that doesn't seem to light up the project
template for me on 2005.
*Jason Ginchereau [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote:
The templates were installed properly, but I think
Ryan O'Neill wrote:
I've found out the cause of this. It is because the button that
advanced on to the next form did not have an EndDialog action.
Therefore the dialog had not finished so the sequencing was all awry
and the target directory did not get set.
Should we always terminate a
Steffen Guhlemann wrote:
version 3.0.4123 introduced a bug with missing dlls.
The problem is that we downgraded the version of mergemod.dll. See
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/27/the-case-of-the-missing-mergemoddll-in-wix-v304123/.
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polshin wrote:
I am also using your Merge ( *.msm - flashplayermergemodule.msm ) module to
include flash-installation suport in my desktop (Win32) application. So to
build *.msi i am using WiX 3.0 . And i have the following trouble - during
build I get error message:-
The errors are
dB. wrote:
This scenario is extremely frustrating. The only way I can upgrade a
service during a major upgrade is by suppressing InstallServices /
DeleteServices, which is far from ideal (since I will never be able to
add a new service).
Nor will you be able to uninstall the service.
My
Kiran Subhedar (Sogeti) wrote:
I am trying to use the 'CloseApplication' CA to avoid installation if
any instances of Visual Studio are running. The action does not work
properly and the installation continues even if VS is open.
I tested the CA by specifying 'notepad.exe' as the target and
Hehehe... just got done blogging about how to make a single-.EXE package
with .NET yesterday. The methodology I used can be used for both managed
and unmanaged projects (although it's admittedly much easier for managed
projects). It may help a little, though its not exactly what you're
Hi Bob,
I am afraid but the log shows that the CA ran successfully, although it doesn't
touch the property. Whereas this works with all the other application exes.
Wonder why it doesn't work for VS exe. Any clues?
Thanks,
Kiran
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 27,
I am installing the following modules:
Merge Id=MM_CRT Language=0
SourceFile=$(var.REDIST)msvcrt.msm DiskId=1 /
Merge Id=MM_CP60 Language=0
SourceFile=$(var.REDIST)msvcp60.msm DiskId=1 /
Merge Id=MM_CIRT Language=0
SourceFile=$(var.REDIST)msvcirt.msm DiskId=1 /
Merge
Did you try looking at iexpress? I've never used it, but John suggested it last
week for building a wrapper exe. Just open a cmd window and type iexpress for
the wizard.
Neil
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Leahy [EMAIL
PROTECTED]
I've seen sample code in blogs like:
hr = WcaGetProperty(LSQLSERVERPASSWORD, pszPassword);
ExitOnFailure(hr, Failed to get property);
.
LExit:
.
ReleaseString(pszPassword);
and I started following this style in my custom actions. However, I
don't know how are
wcautil is built on top of dutil. WiX Custom Action Utility library has
only MSI related stuff. Delivery Utility library has a bunch of functions
that I've collected in the many years I've been writing C++ stuff (you can find
some old stuff that is of questionable quality sometimes smile/).
Rob,
I think you completely nailed it when you say We could cut the
bootstrapper (again) to focus solely on bugs and probably finish WiX
v3 sooner but I believe the bootstrapper is more important than that.
This is a typical dilemma of any software project. If Wix cost 100$ you
could make
Fair.
Of course, I don't think we should be looking to take over the world with the
WiX toolset (we probably need more people answering questions and improving the
overall documentation before getting thousands and thousands more users
smile/) but I'm always open to suggestions about what we
That means there will be no bootstrapper in WiX v3 and no improvement to the
IIS CustomActions to better handle IIS7. Basically, imagine the WiX v3
toolset functionality of today plus fixing ~150 bugs.
Thoughts?
My $0.02:
I've been using the Platform SDK MSI bootstrapper with WiX to
If I'm not mistaken, the legality behind contribution from the Microsoft
standpoint is the issue on having so noted hackathon.
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Luke Bakken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That means there will be no bootstrapper in WiX v3 and no improvement to
the IIS CustomActions
We -- those who are currently developing with WiX, those who are stuck
in purgatory with Windows Installer but InstallShield's interpretation
of it, and those who will be writing an installer in the near future --
are in dire need of a decent bootstrapper. I see shining examples of
good
The problem is that everyone has to sign an assignment agreement and so far few
people have been willing/able to do that.
From: Brian Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 13:04
To: Luke Bakken
Cc: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WIX
WiX 2.0 doesn¹t have a built in Setup.exe bootstrapper, but WiX 3.0 does,
you can¹t ³wrap² the .MSI into the Setup.exe but you can use it as something
that launches your MSIs elevated.
Have you tried PaquetBuilder for wrapping the MSI into a .EXE ?
As far as I can tell, the main reason to use a
Joel, the experience you describe is what I've heard regularly enough to
believe that WiX v3 needs a bootstrapper.
The bootstrapper framework you ask for only needs time to develop. The design
is basically squared away and we've been fortunate to have input from all of
those teams you listed
Hi,
how to configure application pool to run as integrated mode with WIX iis
extension?
I look at the wix help file and search web, but still have no idea yet.
Thanks for help!
Zhisheng
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I am working on a rather complex project using Wix 3 beta. It is
expected that we will eventually generate frequent patches and minor
upgrades (i.e. hotfixes and SPs) so a stable standard Wix plus patching
functionality would be very desirable. Within next few months, if
possible :)
If MSI SDK
Ah, I've never heard of iexpress. Seems simple and pretty much perfect,
except that it doesn't seem to recognize an MSI file as a valid file to
run as the Install Program entry. My MSI doesn't show up in the
dropdown list and typing the name manually ends up with an error during
the actual
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
See Rich's reply: You can patch the existing product but that's still
not going to give you silent uninstall/reinstall.
I guess I'm not seeing why it can't be a silent upgrade...
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I have an application that installs a website on a port which can be
modified by the user at install time. The problem is that if they try to
uninstall it from Add/Remove Programs I get an error because it tries to
uninstall the website using the default port specified and not the port
specified
It sounds like your registration is happening in the wrong 'stage' of the
install... Just because you're elevated in some places, it doesn't mean
the entire run of the install is elevated. I think the elevation only
occurs during the installexecutesequence, and only during the server side
Hi Bob,
So I figured out why this one is failing and the reason is a bit weird. So if I
open VS as an administrator, then the MSI does not detect the VS instance else
if I open VS by simply clicking the VS link in Programs, the MSI does detect VS.
I am executing the MSI on Vista. I think this
I've often thought about creating and marketing my own bootstrapper product.
I know the stories and requirements inside out as I've done serviced product
lines with vastly more complex prereq requirements then vs and office. The
problem is I could only write in in C# as my C++ skills
To All,
So when I attempted to do this in my service install element I am still getting
the Failed because of required permissions. Would it be possible to see a
complete snippet of this being used?
My ServiceInstall Element is nested under a Component element with a File
element whose
You all speak like a bunch of engineers :)
From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:28 PM
To: Rob Mensching; dB.; Daniel Hughes; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WIX 3.0 release date
I've often thought about creating and
You are not man enough if you are not long enough. http://www.pugieaps.com/
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Kiran Subhedar (Sogeti) wrote:
So I figured out why this one is failing and the reason is a bit
weird. So if I open VS as an administrator, then the MSI does not
detect the VS instance else if I open VS by simply clicking the VS
link in Programs, the MSI does detect VS.
I am executing
dB. wrote:
You all speak like a bunch of engineers :)
There are rarely enough program managers on open-source projects.g
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Richard wrote:
See Rich's reply: You can patch the existing product but that's still
not going to give you silent uninstall/reinstall.
I guess I'm not seeing why it can't be a silent upgrade...
Maybe...if the keypath didn't change and the component otherwise stayed
the same, the
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