[WiX-users] Newbie issue with custom input

2009-12-24 Thread Curt Holden
I am running WiX version 3.0.5419.0. I am building an installer for a program that transforms data. The program reads data from an input directory and writes the transformed data to an output directory. I want the user to be able to specify the input and output directory during the installation

Re: [WiX-users] WiX, InstallShield and combining multiple MSIs

2009-12-24 Thread Rob Mensching
Fastest way to get what you want working might be to use dark.exe to turn everything into its' respective Features and Components then creating a new Product element to contain them all. Just merging MSIs isn't possible since you have to consider how they all come together. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at

Re: [WiX-users] WiX, InstallShield and combining multiple MSIs

2009-12-24 Thread Carter, Patrick
Thanks for the reply Bob. Is there a reasonable way of extracting the MSI's into their individual components and features and then rebuilding them into a single install? Sorry if the questions are naïve, I am reading documentation all through Christmas to get up to speed! I have tried Install

Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7

2009-12-24 Thread Tony Juricic
I am not sure if I understood the question well and if my previous response makes sense. But this is how would I try doing it if I had to do it and if WiX didn't let me do declaratively: Even if MSI (or more correctly parts of install) run with elevated privileges, I think that immediate custom

Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7

2009-12-24 Thread Tony Juricic
Because of various other factors, I require from users to have admin rights when installing and running the app. So this is not a problem for me (at least not for now). But you don't have to be admin to install the application. Administrator can approve of certain MSI to be installed by non-el

Re: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using customaction

2009-12-24 Thread Schrieken, Rene
smoke.exe - cub myCub.cub myMSI.msi >> smoke.log (use two >> to redirect output, that will open the file for append, instead of create) Van: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc] Verzonden: do 24-12-2009 6:46 Aan: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XM

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with checkbox

2009-12-24 Thread Igor Lemsky
Yes, but one of them is used during install dialog sequence and another - in uninstall. On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:41 PM, John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) < john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > Are you saying that you are using two checkboxes to change the value of a > single Pr