Re: [WiX-users] Problem to uninstall database with wix 3.0

2008-06-10 Thread Miloš Milovanović
Dear All, I submitted this email some time ago. Do you have some clue what is the problem? Thank you in advance! Milos -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miloš Milovanovic Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 11:16 AM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Running .exe file as part of OS startup

2008-06-10 Thread Anidil
How do i run the startup application with elevated privileges on windows Vista? Wilson, Phil wrote: That registry entry is processed when a user logs on, not when the OS starts up. So if the request is really for when the OS starts up I think a service is the only choice. If it's really

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with DTF Custom action invoked via PushButton Event : DoAction

2008-06-10 Thread Krishna Nadiminti
Thanks for the reply Jason. 2. Based on reports from you and Amy on this list, it would seem the bug is not entirely fixed. I'll have to investigate further. Are there certain API calls that often cause the CA to die? (Setting properties?) Well, what I'm really doing is getting / setting

Re: [WiX-users] Bug with NetFx:NativeImage?

2008-06-10 Thread Neil Enns
But what does that have to do with the command-line passed to NGEN? Neil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:34 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] Running .exe file as part of OS startup

2008-06-10 Thread Stefan Pavlik
Anidil wrote: How do i run the startup application with elevated privileges on windows Vista? It is not possible without user interaction. The application needs to use manifest with line: requestedExecutionLevel level=requireAdministrator uiAccess=false / regards Stefan -- Stefan

[WiX-users] Vista: per-user installation without administrator privileges

2008-06-10 Thread Andreas Hellwig
Hi, I'm working on an installer that allows the user to choose, wether to install the program only for himself or for all users on this machine. All works fine on Win2k and WinXP systems. The only system I have problems with, is Windows Vista. With the Per-User installation I allways get the

Re: [WiX-users] Source vs. target

2008-06-10 Thread Jason
I would highly suggest reading Rob's series of blog posts Deciphering the MSI Directory table.. Part 1 - http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2005/06/21/431294.aspx Part 2 - http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2005/06/28/433241.aspx Part 3 -

Re: [WiX-users] Source vs. target

2008-06-10 Thread Durwin Wright
Thanks for providing the references to this series of blog posts. I read several of these posts and was extremely impressed. It clarified several questions that I had about the directory element. It is fantastic to see all of these topics listed in one place. Durwin Wright | Sr. Architect |

Re: [WiX-users] GatherAppPools and MSVBDPCADLL in Wix

2008-06-10 Thread Alex Duong
Thank you! That fixed my problem. - Alex --- On Mon, 6/9/08, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] GatherAppPools and MSVBDPCADLL in Wix To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Light 2.0.5805.0

2008-06-10 Thread Jim Williams
Thanks Bob, that did the trick! Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 10:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Light 2.0.5805.0 Jim

[WiX-users] Getting a file version in wix

2008-06-10 Thread Adam Isbell (Volt)
Hi, I need to get the version of a file while working in a .wxs file. The issue is I am registering a PowerShell snapin and the BUILDVERSION I am getting from the MS build system does not match exactly with the version of the actual dll. So, within wix I need to get the correct version

[WiX-users] IIS Website Identifier / Site Id

2008-06-10 Thread Neil Sleightholm
When you use WiX to create a new website in IIS 6 it creates it with an Identifier or Site Id of one more than the last website that was created (this is the same as IIS 5). If you create it manually then IIS sets the Identifier to a number based on the hash of the site name - the algorithm for

Re: [WiX-users] IIS Website Identifier / Site Id

2008-06-10 Thread Andrew Burgher
Hi Neil, This would definitely be a welcome addition to the WiX toolset; and would be great if you could help make it happen. For installs targeting IIS6 my view is that the hashed id should be the default behaviour - but also supporting specification of an explicit identifier would give alot of

Re: [WiX-users] Bug with NetFx:NativeImage?

2008-06-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Enns wrote: But what does that have to do with the command-line passed to NGEN? Um, sorry, re-read your message. You're saying without /AppBase, NGen fails with a syntax error? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Getting a file version in wix

2008-06-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Adam Isbell (Volt) wrote: Hi, I need to get the version of a file while working in a .wxs file. The issue is I am registering a PowerShell snapin and the BUILDVERSION I am getting from the MS build system does not match exactly with the version of the actual dll. So, within wix I need to

Re: [WiX-users] Vista: per-user installation without administrator privileges

2008-06-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Andreas Hellwig wrote: Is there a way to avoid the UAC for the Per-User installation, and only get it for the Per-Machine installation? No. Unfortunately, MSI in Vista puts the flag for no-elevation-required in the package summary info. That means you can't change it at install time,

Re: [WiX-users] Vista: per-user installation without administrator privileges

2008-06-10 Thread Christopher Painter
But you could write a bootstrapper that caches and tweaks the package based on user input before calling into the install.nbsp;nbsp; I know of several tools and package authors that follow this pattern. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or

Re: [WiX-users] Source vs. target

2008-06-10 Thread Chris Mumford
yes, thanks a bunch Jason. Those little gem's helped me fiture out the answer to my quetion. On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would highly suggest reading Rob's series of blog posts Deciphering the MSI Directory table.. Part 1 -

Re: [WiX-users] Bug with NetFx:NativeImage?

2008-06-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Enns wrote: Yes, that's what our dev told me. OK, definitely file a bug then. I haven't seen one on it. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place

[WiX-users] Redistrbution of WiX with a Commercial or Open Source Product

2008-06-10 Thread Durwin Wright
I apologize if this question has been asked before. I have just joined this email group about two weeks ago. We have a product that is released under a commercial license and an open source license (GPL v2). We are starting to look at using WiX to package our runtime as an MSI with a simple