Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

2010-08-20 Thread Chunlin Liu
Yes, they are the same. The MSP just updated files only, no any component change. -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 8:00 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] (no subject) They are the s

Re: [WiX-users] UpgradeGUID question

2010-08-20 Thread Sohail Somani
Oh, I'm trying to keep it simple here :) On 10-08-20 4:14 PM, Blair wrote: > Or, alter your upgrade table to something that allows whatever your SxS > story is. > > -Original Message- > From: Sohail Somani [mailto:soh...@taggedtype.net] > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:38 PM > To: wix-

Re: [WiX-users] Shared files/registry question

2010-08-20 Thread Sohail Somani
Awesome, thanks. I'm probably going to stick with ComponentGroupRef as the code generating my installers already works with that :D On 10-08-20 4:12 PM, Blair wrote: > Actually, wixlib and ComponentGroup/ComponentGroupRef. > > -Original Message- > From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] > Sen

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

2010-08-20 Thread Blair
They are the same between the old and the new merge modules? -Original Message- From: Chunlin Liu [mailto:c...@esri.com] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 1:38 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] (no subject) Yes, they have the exact same Co

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

2010-08-20 Thread Chunlin Liu
Yes, they have the exact same Component Guids. They were included in both setup through the same mergemodule. -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 12:39 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] UpgradeGUID question

2010-08-20 Thread Blair
Or, alter your upgrade table to something that allows whatever your SxS story is. -Original Message- From: Sohail Somani [mailto:soh...@taggedtype.net] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:38 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UpgradeGUID question On 10-08-19 1

Re: [WiX-users] Shared files/registry question

2010-08-20 Thread Blair
Actually, wixlib and ComponentGroup/ComponentGroupRef. -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 1:12 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Shared files/registry question wixlib -Original Me

Re: [WiX-users] Shared files/registry question

2010-08-20 Thread Blair
wixlib -Original Message- From: Sohail Somani [mailto:soh...@taggedtype.net] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 1:14 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Shared files/registry question Hi, I have 4 products for which I need installers. Each installer requires 3 DLLs

Re: [WiX-users] WebBrowser control in custom UI dialog

2010-08-20 Thread Blair
Only via your own UI (either embedded, external (requires a bootstrapper where you can place your UI), or in your own bootstrapper before starting the MSI transaction. You could use IDCRL from a custom action. -Original Message- From: Pratapa Reddy Sanaga [mailto:pratap.san...@gmail.com]

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules Question

2010-08-20 Thread Chris Lord
Thanks Blair. On 08/20/2010 03:54 PM, Blair wrote: > If the new version of the file has the same name as the old file and goes > into the same directory, keep the component's guid the same. > > -Original Message- > From: Chris Lord [mailto:chris.l...@atterotech.com] > Sent: Thursday, Augus

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules Question

2010-08-20 Thread Blair
If the new version of the file has the same name as the old file and goes into the same directory, keep the component's guid the same. -Original Message- From: Chris Lord [mailto:chris.l...@atterotech.com] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 9:13 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installe

Re: [WiX-users] Big problem with IIS and not IIS components!!

2010-08-20 Thread Blair
Set the SKIPCONFIGUREIIS property to some value when you detect that you are not installing and haven't already installed any of your features that do need IIS. -Original Message- From: Igor Lemsky [mailto:igor.lem...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 3:22 AM To: General discussi

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

2010-08-20 Thread Blair
The shared files should also share the exact same Component Guids and component composition (what is inside of each component). -Original Message- From: Chunlin Liu [mailto:c...@esri.com] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 10:47 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] (no s

Re: [WiX-users] wix shortcut "run as administrator".

2010-08-20 Thread Wilson, Phil
It's because it's an advertised shortcut that has the intentional effect of doing resiliency check on the feature the target component belongs to. I think there's an advertised attribute for shortcuts you can set to "no", IIRC. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: MYFLEX [mailto:shrin

[WiX-users] (no subject)

2010-08-20 Thread Chunlin Liu
Hi, I has two product MSI setups, A.msi and B.msi. They have some shared files installed to "Program Files\Common Files". I need update some of them in our Service Pack. I created A_sp1.msp and B_sp1.msp to update those shared files. I have A and B installed on one machine. I also applied A_sp1

[WiX-users] MSP uninstall issue related to update shared files

2010-08-20 Thread Chunlin Liu
Hi, I has two product MSI setups, A.msi and B.msi. They have some shared files installed to "Program Files\Common Files". I need update some of them in our Service Pack. I created A_sp1.msp and B_sp1.msp to update those shared files. I have A and B installed on one machine. I also applied A_sp1

[WiX-users] ShortCuts Win 7

2010-08-20 Thread James Green
Hi All, I've just followed this example http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm to the letter in my own script but still no short cut. Do I need to be doing something else for this to work on Windows 7? Thanks, James LalPac Limited registered in England

Re: [WiX-users] SourceDir

2010-08-20 Thread Kyle McClellan
Set the PreprocessorVariable. It's an optional string parameter that will substitute SourceDir for another variable name (ex: var.Dir). -Original Message- From: Satyaprakash J [mailto:sat...@smartek21.com] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 2:54 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] Release feature of Installshield in WIX

2010-08-20 Thread Christopher Painter
This is something I've been meaning to tackle as I make extensive ( and I mean really extensive ) use of Product Configurations and Release Flags in InsallShield.    Basically with WiX you have to break everything out into fragments and then instead of using release flags you use FeatureRef and

[WiX-users] Release feature of Installshield in WIX

2010-08-20 Thread akshi_gupta
Hi All, I have a couple of questions regarding WIX. How can I have multiple releases(like in Installshield) with one project? Also is it possible to specify any property like PRODUCTCODE during building the project? Thanks, Akshi -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-w

[WiX-users] SourceDir

2010-08-20 Thread Satyaprakash J
Hi I run the following command to generate the attached .wxs file. heat dir "\\192.168.10.61\Share\WebAppBuildDef\WebAppBuildDef_20100808.2\Debug" -gg -sfrag -sreg -template:product -out directory.wxs -cg WebAppComponentGroup In the directory.wxs file the Source attribute of