Re: [WiX-users] How to install VC++ redistributable package at the beginning of installation?

ACKH wrote: I recommend that you statically link the runtime into your custom action dll. That way you don't need to deploy anything to run the custom action I tried linking the CLR statically by replacing the command line argument in project properties to /MT (it was /MD earlier) But

Re: [WiX-users] build wix on win xp

Hi neil, your blog is great and i got all of the build running but dtf. I installed sandcastle builder in the source directory of wix (external\sandcastle..) but it's not working, check my first mail for the compiler output.

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development

Richard schrieb: In article 49958e53.2090...@artizan.com, Thomas S. Trias tomtr...@artizan.com writes: Because not everyone requires the .NET framework and for most packages, a custom UI written in .NET is overkill. [...] If you want to do it all within an MSI, just use a

[WiX-users] Modem - Allow users for incoming connections

Hello, after a modem installation, the users who are allowed for incoming connections can be set. In my case I want the users I created to be allowed for incoming connections, which means their checkboxes at the Incoming Connections-Properties should be checked. How can I set the rights for a

[WiX-users] Creating a WHS add-in

I'm trying to create an add-in for Windows Home Server. I've settled for the major update, removing any previous version of the add-in. But I'm facing two issues: - WHS is creating an additional registry key in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Home Server\RegisteredAdditions. This key isn't

Re: [WiX-users] build wix on win xp

What does it say in the build log? -Original Message- From: Andreas Owen [mailto:ao...@1eeurope.ch] Sent: 18 February 2009 09:40 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] build wix on win xp Hi neil, your blog is great and i got all of the build running but dtf. I

Re: [WiX-users] Creating a WHS add-in

First I have to say I know nothing about WHS but presumably you are calling some interface to register the addin, is there an unregister addin interface you could call on uninstall? In use files should be automatically replaced when you restart. You can also use the util:CloseApplication to stop

Re: [WiX-users] Creating a WHS add-in

First I have to say I know nothing about WHS but presumably you are It's full of surprises :-) calling some interface to register the addin, is there an unregister addin interface you could call on uninstall? No, all it does is monitor its \\whsmachine\software\add-in folder. Drop an add-in

Re: [WiX-users] Creating a WHS add-in

Hopefully someone else with WHS experience can help. I think it fails due to the necessity of a major upgrade: you have to uninstall that file while it's in use. I thought that should work as well but I guess the uninstall wants a reboot. Neil -Original Message- From: Michael Herger

Re: [WiX-users] build wix on win xp

Hi neil here's the log file: Buildfile: file:///C:/Documents and Settings/own/Desktop/wixV3Download/wix3-sources/wix.build Target framework: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Target(s) specified: inc [property] Target framework changed to Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. [property] Read-only property

[WiX-users] DTF Embedded UI Problem

In an effort to learn the new functionality, I built the WPF sample found in wix3-sources and tried to consume it in a product. My WXS looks like this: Package InstallerVersion=405 Compressed=yes / UIRef Id=WixUI_Mondo / UI Id=Embedded EmbeddedUI Id=WPF

Re: [WiX-users] DTF Embedded UI Problem

Hi, When looking into using an EmbeddedUI, I did a bit of research on the mailing list, and remember seeing a post that suggested that the embedded will not work without a .dll suffix on the Id of the EmbeddedUI element. I have successfully used the latest WIX and a project derived sample last

[WiX-users] kein Betreff

hi, I am trying to let the user pick a file and store the path into a property while the installation is running. I allready wrote to this mailinglist, and there was the advise to look at the browse dialog. But the problem ist, there you can only look for orders and not files. I tried .net: I

[WiX-users] WiX solution build error...

Hello WiX community, This is probably a silly question... I'm trying to build WiX solution and keep getting the error: Couldn't find Platform SDK directory - please ensure the Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 SDK or Visual Studio 2008 is installed VS 2008 is installed. As far as I

Re: [WiX-users] Feature request: extending PermissionEx element with inheritance option

I failed to find the one you're talking about, thus created a new one: 2612975 Thank you. -- Yan -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:53 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re:

Re: [WiX-users] WiX solution build error...

I think it is supposed to be optional but I never managed to get a build to work without it. Neil -Original Message- From: Yan Sklyarenko [mailto:y...@sitecore.net] Sent: 18 February 2009 14:52 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] WiX solution

Re: [WiX-users] build wix on win xp

It looks like it is MakeSfxCA.exe that is failing and returning 9009 - I don't know what that means. One think that caught me out was getting .Net 2.0 in the path, are you running 'call %VS90COMNTOOLS%\vsvars32.bat' before your build? Another thing to try is moving the source from your desktop

Re: [WiX-users] What keeps borking my ICE validation by registering VBScript and JScript under HKCU?

I found the exact same problem and (after a lot of investigating) found that on my machine, it was PSPad causing the problems. Every time I launched PSPad (ran the app, not install it), it was attempting to reregister vbscript.dll. Since it runs unelevated, vbscript gets registered in my user

[WiX-users] Silent Installation of a single feature

Hello Everyone, Please let me know how I can install a single feature silently...I have tried using msiexec /i abc.msi /passive ADDLOCAL=Feature1. This does not work... If I use msiexec /i abc.msi /passive ADDLOCAL=ALL, then it installs all the features...But, that is not what I want. Please

[WiX-users] 1 msi for all localization

Hi All I am Looking for a way to roll up all the files that are created through my wix project into 1 msi for all languages. If I am crazy then say so, I may not understand how installation on different cultures is suppose to work. The application I am trying to roll up is translated into 17

[WiX-users] Launch Conditions

I'm trying to create a launch condition that makes sure SharePoint is installed. I thought this was the way to do it: Property Id=INSTALLDIR RegistrySearch Id='SharepointRegistry' Type='raw' Win64='no' Root='HKLM'

Re: [WiX-users] Launch Conditions

Hi Colin, It is: Property Id=XXX RegistrySearch Id=YYY ... / /Property Condition ... XXX /Condition NOT: Property Id=XXX RegistrySearch Id=YYY ... / /Property Condition ... YYY /Condition Also, you want Property's Id to be in all uppercase. The only time when you need CDATA in

Re: [WiX-users] Silent Installation of a single feature

Using ADDLOCAL=Feature1 on a silent command line is the documented way to do this. Create a log and see what it tells you about the feature and its components. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Vuchuru, Surekha (SBT US EXT) [mailto:surekha.vuchuru@siemens.com] Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] Silent Installation of a single feature

Hi Phil, I generated a log file and it gives the following error. MSI (s) (60:24) [14:04:22:909]: Doing action: DropDatabases.cmd Action start 14:04:22: DropDatabases.cmd. MSI (s) (60:24) [14:04:23:034]: Note: 1: 2753 2: DropDatabases.cmd DEBUG: Error 2753: The File 'DropDatabases.cmd' is not

[WiX-users] creating wix extensions

Hi: Can I create a wix extension in a language other than a .net based language (specifically c++)? Alternatively, if I create a table in a custom action (what is the api call to do this, and which library is it in?) how long does this table last? I'm trying to decide whether to create an

[WiX-users] any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use if setting designer/api runtime settings?

any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use if setting designer/api runtime settings? I tried the following two options and the first, currently commented out, doesn't work because it doesn't drop the file

Re: [WiX-users] Silent Installation of a single feature

You are trying to run a custom action of the general type installed as part of the app by running something (DropDatabases) that is not being installed, most likely because it is not part of Feature1 that you are installing. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Vuchuru, Surekha (SBT

[WiX-users] Error code 0x654 thown by light.exe on x64 machine

Hi All, I am new to wix, and got stuck to get my first wix project run. I need some help. Here is my problem: I have a Windows server 2008 x64 machine and I used wix 3.0.5006.0 x64 binaries. When I build my wix project, I got the following error: light.exe : error LGHT0216 : An

Re: [WiX-users] Error code 0x654 thown by light.exe on x64 machine

Here is my wxs file which gives the error. Thanks a lot, Nan ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:netfx=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/NetFxExtension; Product Id=* UpgradeCode=guid Version=1.0.0.0 Language=1033 Name=MyProduct

[WiX-users] util:EventSource not creating event source

Hi, We are attempting to create event log source for a clean install of our app. Here is the excerpt that attempts to install the logs. Note that all the other steps complete successfully, except the EventSource commands. As far as we know all the rights/permissions should be in place. The

Re: [WiX-users] kein Betreff

Hey Dieter, You are now experiencing the limitations of the Windows Installer UI. If you must do what you are looking to do, you will need to create your own external UI handler or embedded handler. Thanks, Brian Rogers Intelligence removes complexity. - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development

In article 175249.83492...@web36603.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Christopher Painter chr...@deploymentengineering.com writes: LOL, tell that to Microsoft DevDiv then. I can think of plenty of their inst alls that require .NET and use external UI's. Show me one where the *only* requirement for

[WiX-users] DTF - install, rollback and uninstall

I a DTF authored custom action how can you tell the mode it is running in, e.g. install, rollback or uninstall? Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited n...@x2systems.com mailto:n...@x2systems.com -- Open

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0 + MSBuild Issues

You are a blinding, brilliant light :). Thanks, that looks like it did the trick. Since I was able to set the first DefineConstants parameter from the MSBUILD project, I kept thinking I should be able to get that working, but your method does exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I was

Re: [WiX-users] creating wix extensions

Hey Sean, WIX extensions are based in managed code (.net). You could use managed C++ to develop the extension, but not native code. I am curious how you are comparing a custom action to a WIX extension. An extension, typically, is used to modify the input .wxs file to the output .wixobj file and

Re: [WiX-users] kein Betreff

Thanks for the response. What do you mean with handler? It must be possible with a Type1 CA, isn't it? -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Brian Rogers rogers.br...@gmail.com Gesendet: 19.02.09 01:00:18 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development

As usual, you are misquoting me Richard. I was replying to the statement: An installer and it's UI should be as fast as possible and should run on blank windows 2000 systems. In this way, it must not use .Net (and Java and so on ...) Besides, if the poster really wated the fastest possible

Re: [WiX-users] DTF Embedded UI Problem

You are right, changing the ID to have .dll fixed the problem. The problem of course is the MSI SDK topic on the MsiEmbeddedUI table doesn't mention this a problem and r Candle/Light/Validation don't catch it. Either way I think it's a bug in WiX because if I edit just that table in WiX it

Re: [WiX-users] How to get VS90_PROJECTTEMPLATES_DIR path

Throndorin wrote: So I want to know if there is a way to get the correct real path to this macro outside the installer. I know there is an MSI object available for example. Check out MSI functions, such as MsiGetComponentPath. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Avoid Multiple Instances of Installer

Anweshi D wrote: How to avoid multiple instances of Installer. Right now I can run 2 instances of the MSI file. I am using WIXUI_INSTALLDIR. After the installation begins then the other instance gets an error that one instance is running. I would like to stop the user running a second

Re: [WiX-users] 1 msi for all localization

Black, Ty wrote: I am Looking for a way to roll up all the files that are created through my wix project into 1 msi for all languages. MSI doesn't support that. The closest is one .msi package and n language-specific transforms. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] kein Betreff

Dieter Janzen wrote: I am trying to let the user pick a file and store the path into a property while the installation is running. I allready wrote to this mailinglist, and there was the advise to look at the browse dialog. But the problem ist, there you can only look for orders and not

Re: [WiX-users] WiX solution build error...

Yan Sklyarenko wrote: I'm trying to build WiX solution and keep getting the error: Couldn't find Platform SDK directory - please ensure the Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 SDK or Visual Studio 2008 is installed It's looking for the value InstallationFolder in

Re: [WiX-users] util:EventSource not creating event source

Greg Silin wrote: We are attempting to create event log source for a clean install of our app. Here is the excerpt that attempts to install the logs. Note that all the other steps complete successfully, except the EventSource commands. EventSource is implemented as registry values, so

Re: [WiX-users] Error code 0x654 thown by light.exe on x64 machine

Nan Zang wrote: I have a Windows server 2008 x64 machine and I used wix 3.0.5006.0 x64 binaries. When I build my wix project, I got the following error: light.exe : error LGHT0216 : An unexpected Win32 exception with error code 0x654 occurred: This installation package could not be

Re: [WiX-users] DTF - install, rollback and uninstall

Use Session.GetMode(InstallRunMode) -- it's just a very thin wrapper around the MsiGetMode Win32 API (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370125.aspx) -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 2:51 PM To: General

Re: [WiX-users] DTF Embedded UI Problem

I did an MSI package diff and found the real source of the problem. It's not the ID that's wrong, it's the Name attribute ( FileName column of the MSI ). It seems WiX doesn't require a Name attribute and if you give it an Id attribute it uses it for the Name attribute. Either way, filing a

[WiX-users] What's wrong with this custom action?

Can someone tell me what's wrong with this custom action? I can run the command manually, but the installer always failed Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=INSTALLLOCATION Name=CATests Component Id=comp_devcon.exe DiskId=1 KeyPath=yes

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development

In article 210143.99329...@web36607.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Christopher Painter chr...@deploymentengineering.com writes: As usual, you are misquoting me Richard. Its not misquoting you when I quote you verbatim. Give me a break, get a life or both. I was replying to the statement: Everyone

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development

Whoever said I was adding a .NET dependency solely for the sake of the installer? I create installers in a product line environment and every single core asset we have has a dependency on .NET 3.5 Sp1. But you know what? I'm not even going to discuss this with you anymore. You are stuck in

[WiX-users] Log file generation

Hi All, Can anyone tell me, how to generate log file for my installation process. I want log file for whatever installer does during installation process. Thanks, Hukum -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development

In article 53566.71452...@web36606.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Christopher Painter chr...@deploymentengineering.com writes: But you know what? I'm not even going to discuss this with you anymore. Thank god for small miracles. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for

[WiX-users] Install to removable device

Hi I'd like to install my application to any removable device. This application should be installed to different flash drives on one computer and user could launch application at any other machine. Can wix help me to do this? ClickOnce tech is very good for my purposes, but user can't choose

Re: [WiX-users] Log file generation

Hi use msiexec /i [msiname] /l*v [logfilename]   Thank you Anweshi   With Regards, Anweshi Deverasetty, Associate Consultant, Microsoft Global Services India. http://anweshi-microsoft.spaces.live.com/   Give when others are in need , not when u have. -

Re: [WiX-users] creating wix extensions

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Re: [WiX-users] WiX solution build error...

I haven't been following this but just to warn you the latest SDK is in HKLM\\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1 - there are notes in the help file to show how to change NAnt to pick this up. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited n...@x2systems.com mailto:n...@x2systems.com