[WiX-users] Calling functions in standard dlls

Hi: Is there a custom action with in windows installer to call a function within a standard win32 dll? Chers Sean. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3423 (20080906) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

[WiX-users] Adding directories in to the include/lib paths of visual studio c++ projects

Hi: IsCheers Sean. there a way within wix to add directories in to the include/lib paths of visual studio? __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3423 (20080906) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

[WiX-users] what setting causes current wix build output to land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land

what setting causes current wix build output to land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land? I have an existing solution deliverable containing a wix project created initially using 4004. After migrating the file to contain the wixproj file

Re: [WiX-users] does running upgrade msi or patch msi still require additional command line switches?

Thanks for the response. q1 - So is minor upgrade depicted just by a wix sources change such as the following Product Version=1.0.0.0 - 1.1.0.0 / and minor upgrade is depicted just by a wix sources change such as the following Product Version=1.1.0.0 - 2.0.0.0 /? q2 - do the same REINSTALLMODE

Re: [WiX-users] MUI Language selection during uninstallation.

Ali-Akber Saifee wrote: appropriate transform through the command line. This works fine. However, if the user switches their UI language and then uninstalls from Add/Remove Programs - the uninstallation dialog appears in the same language as it was installed in (and not in the users current ui

Re: [WiX-users] Question about linking custom action dll

Radha Vaidyanathan wrote: I downloaded the source. I could not import the VC project that comes with source. The .vcproj isn't used to build; we use NAnt to build all native code. The .vcproj is in VS2008 format and likely VS2005 can't read it. 1c:\temp\wixv3_src\src\dutil\conutil.h(73)

Re: [WiX-users] does running upgrade msi or patch msi still require additional command line switches?

Robert O'Brien wrote: q2 - do the same REINSTALLMODE switch settings apply when trying to use a patch to carry out a minor or major upgrade? Yes, though usually MSI picks the right values for you. Though patches aren't generally double-click installable; you usually need to provide a

Re: [WiX-users] what setting causes current wix build output to land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land

Robert O'Brien wrote: what setting causes current wix build output to land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land? The Cultures setting. Every culture results in a culture-specific output in the specified subdirectory. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Calling functions in standard dlls

Sean Farrow wrote: Is there a custom action with in windows installer to call a function within a standard win32 dll? No, that's not supported by MSI or supplemented by WiX. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] launch webpage on uninstall

Palbinder - thanks very much for that feedback, sounds like Wix 3.0 is perhaps the way to go. I was a little concerned about using a 'beta' labelled open source solution for a commercial product but it sounds like it's perhaps stable enough to deploy on a large scale. regards ewart

Re: [WiX-users] Property problem

Hey Mike, Just to be sure, the custom action in the InstallExecuteSequence that is using this property is being run as an Immediate action and not deferred. If it is being run as a deferred action you will need to set the

Re: [WiX-users] MUI Language selection during uninstallation.

Thanks. That makes sense. However, the uninstallation is being carried out in basic ui mode so i was hoping to leverage on the standard ui text for those dialogs. I noticed the Visual C++ Redistributable manages to do this quite well. I also noticed, that the WixLoc tables bring in the

Re: [WiX-users] what setting causes current wix build output to land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land

If I clear my wixProject | properties | build | cultures to build field and rebuild I'm still getting output in the bin\$(Configuration)\en-us folder. Is there a way to restore build output landing in bin\$(Configuration) ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[WiX-users] WiX on Linux (was: WiX under Mono)

Bob Arnson bob at joyofsetup.com wrote: Ruslan Hristov wrote: Is it possible to run WiX under Mono (and Linux)? I found a blog from 2004 that claimed it was possible, but I tried running and then compiling the latest version but there seems to be quite a few issues. You'd need a

[WiX-users] Wix3: light -reusecab broken?

Hi all, I have to generate localized MSIs for a deliverable. To do this, I build a language-neutral package, followed by each culture. In all cases, I pass -cc dir and -reusecab to light. The cabinet file is being regenerated each time light is called (I can watch the modification time and