[WiX-users] Installutil in wix

Hi, Is it possible to register dlls using installutil command in wix? Thanks, Sandun -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on

[WiX-users] Build a own UIExtension-Dll

Hello, I would build my own UI into an WebAppUIExtension.dll, I already have an WebAppUI.wixlib. I have seen the code of the UIExtension shipped with WiX and i get an WebAppUIExtension.dll, but without the UI themselves. I have included the AssemblyInfo.cs, UIDecompiler.cs and UIExtension.cs

[WiX-users] Multilanguage msi

Hi All, Can any one tell me, how to make one msi which will support more than one language. I have one wix installer currently it supports only english language. But I want to make one msi for multiple languages and not different msi for different language. Is there any way to do this in wix?

[WiX-users] ServiceInstall Least Privilege

Vista has Service Hardening which I would like to enable with WiX v2. Is there an element/attribute available? So far, I see that the relevant specs around SH use sc privs and friends to specify a running context. If there is no element, then the alternative is a custom action?

Re: [WiX-users] [Re: UN-Install Issue...]

Dear Palbinder Sandhe, Thank you for valuable information shared with me. I am trying to get rid off the issue of getting user input using custom UI dialog, But actually not getting idea how to add it. Also apology for re-sending same request since my smtp settings was changed somehow and I

Re: [WiX-users] Installutil in wix

It's possible to register DLL's by using heat.exe to harvest the self-registration information outputting a fragment to add to your project. Heat.exe has a page in the WiX.chm under Tools and Concepts and by running it with the /? Flag it gives plenty of information on how to use it to get the

Re: [WiX-users] [Re: UN-Install Issue...]

See this blog post by one of the list posters, Neil Sleightholm. It should point you in the right direction to achieve what you are trying to do - http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html Good luck. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44

[WiX-users] Current Date

HI I want to store the Current Date in a the app.config file. Is there any constant available in WIX? Thank you Anweshi -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM)

Re: [WiX-users] Build a own UIExtension-Dll

Yes, this works, but it dont fit in my needs. My UI have to be used in many projects, so I maked a new solution and get a .wixlib But i can't use the .wixlib, because it references the bitmaps, etc.. absolutely. I need an .wixlib with embedded bitmaps. So i thought, this is done, when i create

Re: [WiX-users] Current Date

Take a look in the MSI SDK Documentation, I think the properties are [Date] and [Time]. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited n...@x2systems.com mailto:n...@x2systems.com From: Anu Dev [mailto:queryl...@yahoo.com] Sent: Mon 20/04/2009 12:19 To: WIX

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall Least Privilege

Calin Iaru wrote: Vista has Service Hardening which I would like to enable with WiX v2. Is there an element/attribute available? Yes, but only in WiX v3 and on Windows 7/MSI 5.0. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

[WiX-users] Hyperlink in EULA

Hi How can I insert Hyperlink in RTF file. This hyperlink is part of EULA and i am adding it in the WIX License Dialog Thank you Anweshi -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around

[WiX-users] Custom Dialog - Property Setting

Dear All, I want to create installer for my application which check existence of a database file located somewhere. If it found the file, it should ask the user whether to replace it or not. Till now I have succeed in checking and launching a custom dialog as mentioned above. I have provided

Re: [WiX-users] Build Error in light.exe when building with VS2005

Bob, Many thanks for the reply. I re-jigged the project structure (closer to how I actually wanted it) and the problem has gone away. Many thanks for your help anyway. Cheers, Nick. Bob Arnson-6 wrote: nickheppleston wrote: I am running the latest build of WiX 3.0 with Votive. I am using

Re: [WiX-users] Current Date

Thank you that worked :). Any idea how to put UTC time? From: Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 5:26:58 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Current

Re: [WiX-users] Current Date

Actually its taking the local format set on the machine.. I want to specify, particular format . Is there any way to do this... From: Anu Dev queryl...@yahoo.com To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] Two problems: Not deleting files, and icon does not display.

On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:58 -0700, Rob Mensching r...@wixtoolset.org wrote: 1. MSI SDK says the RemoveFolders only removes a folder if it is empty. You need a CustomAction to recurse all of the directories and add them to the RemoveFolders table plus add the files to RemoveFiles table. Well,

Re: [WiX-users] Building wix from visual studio 2008 using HeatDirectory/HeatTask

Hello Brian, thanks for your response below. It solved just about everything for me. Now I have a problem with the heat output: File Id=filECAD2FA36BABE7788C7D38952DE30E56 KeyPath=yes Source=SourceDir\ So I tried to do this here: Adding this: HeatDirectory PreprocessorVariable=$(var.MyVar) .../

Re: [WiX-users] Current Date

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370905.aspx#date__time_properties Short answer: no. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated

Re: [WiX-users] Hyperlink in EULA

http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2006/05/30/610950.aspx Short answer: you can't. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated

Re: [WiX-users] Building wix from visual studio 2008 using HeatDirectory/HeatTask

Hey Brian, Which version of heat.exe are you using? Is it this weeks drop? Second, if you could show more or your source wixproj that would be great. Also, the PreprocessorVariable takes only var.MyVar not $(var.MyVar). Do you know about the VSProject harvestor extension? This might work for

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Dialog - Property Setting

From your code fragment it seems like you're trying to use the inner text of your publish tags to set your property. Inner text doesn't work like that, it's generally used as a condition on the element (with some exceptions like Text Controls). Try modifying the code for your yes and no buttons

Re: [WiX-users] Current Date

It wouldn't be too hard to write a custom action using DTF (assuming .Net is on your target). Neil -Original Message- From: Anu Dev [mailto:queryl...@yahoo.com] Sent: 20 April 2009 14:32 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Current Date Actually its taking the

Re: [WiX-users] Building wix from visual studio 2008 using HeatDirectory/HeatTask

Thanks Brian I am using the latest drop of wix. Brian, no I didn't know about the project harvester. That is basically what I am trying to do. Is there any info on how to use it anywhere? On Apr 20, 2009 5:38 PM, Brian Rogers rogers.br...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Brian, Which version of heat.exe

Re: [WiX-users] Question about windows installer 3.1, selfextracting archive and reboot problem

Please leave the wix discussion alias in the thread. They know about the bootstrapper that is being developed in WiX v3. From: GOTH(Thomas Gois) [thomas.g...@skidata.com] Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 11:18 PM To: Blair Murri Subject: AW: Question about

[WiX-users] Wix Coder forums

Would anyone know of any forums or coding sites kinda like CodeGuru, DevShed, etc that would be dedicated to Install Development using Wix? If not, there might be some benefit to having such a forum or site. I guess the question would be would anyone be interested in such a site? Jim

[WiX-users] Files not being installed before custom action being executed...

What could be the problem with this? The scenario is that several scripts are copied in during InstallFiles, and executed just before InstallFinalize. But when it executes, the files aren't copied to the output directories at the point where it tries to run them. How can I (or should I?) force

[WiX-users] Registring CDO.dll - Heat ouput same as before, but Light now giving error

Hi, I'm in the process of migrating more WiX files to the latest version of WiX. I'm using 3.0.5217 and found this error that wasn't occurring in an older version of WiX: error LGHT0130 : The primary key 'regFB26914512AFF203D5986383999BD192' is duplicated in table 'Registry'. Please remove

[WiX-users] Esc key hit can't cancel during installation

I have two dialogs in my setup program... one is the welcome screen and another is the installation progress dialog. In both the dialogs I have a button called 'Cancel' and its 'Cancel' property is set to 'yes' for both the dialogs. When I am on the 'Welcome screen' dialog, if I press the 'Esc'

[WiX-users] RemoveFiles custom action. (was Re: Two problems: Not deleting files, and icon does not display.)

I think I get the idea now... I have to apply SQL statements to the installer database itself to do the insertion using the MsiDatabaseOpenView and MsiView* methods. Oh, fun! At any rate, the code is currently at

Re: [WiX-users] Files not being installed before custom action being executed...

Hey David, You would need to run these as deferred custom actions in order to have access to system files. Thanks, Brian Rogers Intelligence removes complexity. - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:37 PM, David Bartmess david.bartm...@wallst.comwrote: What could be

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Coder forums

Hey James, There is not a officially support site for this information. It is mainly posted on the forums. However, other sites, such as http://www.wixwiki.com, do try to focus on this type of sharing. Thanks, Brian Rogers Intelligence removes complexity. - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com

Re: [WiX-users] Registring CDO.dll - Heat ouput same as before, but Light now giving error

Roy, It might be worth you opening a bug. However, you should not be installing CDO on your own. There could likely be other pieces that need to be installed that are not harvested from the DLL itself. This would invalidate the installation of CDO on the system and could cause large problems. You

Re: [WiX-users] CustomizeDlg - Location text

Bob Arnson wrote: Jul 20, 2007; 11:20am Craig Ward wrote: Jul 20, 2007; 04:47am I'm experiencing a slight problem with the CustomizeDlg's Location control. When installing, this dlg correctly displays the target directory, and (again correctly) allows me to browse for a new path. However,

Re: [WiX-users] .Net Framework question

Hey Andy, For an official answer I would pose this question in a different forum ( http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/netfxsetup/thread/f3f4a75b-9b7d-444d-aa4f-6c01d6f62f72 ). Thanks, Brian Rogers Intelligence removes complexity. - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Wed, Apr 1,

Re: [WiX-users] CA scheduling question

Jason, If you already have custom actions doing this you could put the files you are looking for into the Binary table in the MSI and stream them over (immediate CA - deferred CA) and then invoke you actions on those files. This is generally the less touchy way of getting references to needed

Re: [WiX-users] Extract a file using custom action routine

Hey Sudripta, No, there is not a direct way to do this during a running installation. If you are only focused on a single file you could put the file in the Binary stream table and then pass it to a CA (immediate CA - deferred CA) that both writes it to this location AND removes it. This file

Re: [WiX-users] Registring CDO.dll - Heat ouput same as before, but Light now giving error

I was about to say the same thing. There is a redist, ExchangeCDO.exe, that wraps an MSI file: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2714320D-C997-4DE1-986F-24F081725D36displaylang=en containing a CDO.Dll version of 6.5.8067.0. There are other related downloads at this kb

Re: [WiX-users] Registring CDO.dll - Heat ouput same as before, but Light now giving error

Hi Brian, I found this website http://www.cdolive.com/cdo7.htm which lead me to this MS Collaboration Data Objects, version 1.2.1 (6.5.8067.0) download link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2714320d-c997-4de1-986f-24f081725d36displaylang=en I'm going to talk to the

Re: [WiX-users] Files not being installed before custom action being executed...

I can't run them as deferred because when I try to mark them as deferred, the compiler gives me an error about it. Seems the Property custom actions can't be run as deferred, and they need to be run at the same time as the other custom actions the QtExecCmdLine is used in. -Original

Re: [WiX-users] Files not being installed before custom action being executed...

Hey David, You will need to create an intermediate custom action ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370543(VS.85).aspx) that sends the deferred custom action the values you need. What you are looking to do, calling Regasm.exe, is not the preferred way of achieving the goal. You could

[WiX-users] Access public properties from within modules

In my setup program, I have a main wix file and a merge module. In my main wix file, I am looking for any earlier versions of the product and if I find one, I set a property called 'MYAPPFOUND'. Upgrade Id='$(var.UPGRADE_CODE)' UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect='no' Property='MYAPPFOUND'

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFiles custom action. (was Re: Two problems: Not deleting files, and icon does not display.)

Curtis Jewell wrote: I think I get the idea now... I have to apply SQL statements to the installer database itself to do the insertion using the MsiDatabaseOpenView and MsiView* methods. Oh, fun! http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/07/01/semi-custom-actions/ -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] .Net Framework question

I got the answer. It does vary and that is the reason we have .Net language packs available. Brian Rogers wrote: Hey Andy, For an official answer I would pose this question in a different forum (

Re: [WiX-users] Installutil in wix

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I need to install dlls using the 'installutil' command. And those dlls are built as x64. It seems that heat doesn't extract all the install information. (I guess this happens because the dll is x64) This is what I got from heat.. Component