Re: [WiX-users] Multiple instance install questions

2011-06-09 Thread Michael Osmond
Hi 1. Is it possible to uninstall just a single instance, if that instance is no longer needed? Yes, Add/Remove programs will do it, or you can use the command line if you know the Instance ProductCode 2. Is it possible to upgrade just a single instance, if needed. Yes, but again you need some

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple instance install questions

2011-06-09 Thread Tyler Walters
As I am sure you have read, multi-instance can be a painful road, but YES it is possible to do both of the above. Each instance will just need to make sure to have it's own product codes and upgrade codes. Then they can be upgraded or uninstalled independently of any other instance on the system.

[WiX-users] Multiple instance install questions

2011-06-09 Thread CoolBreeze
I have a requirement to add the ability to support multiple instance installs to our website Wix installer. I've been looking at a few sites that discuss how to do this, but I have a couple of questions regarding this. 1. Is it possible to uninstall just a single instance, if that instance is no l

Re: [WiX-users] WixDependencyExtension

2011-06-09 Thread Michael Stoll
Hi, Package A ist installed conditionally (e.g. based on user selection) and requires Package B. So Package B should be installed only if Package A is installed. Of course this can be achieved with the mba, just wondered if there's a cleaner solution. Michael Am 09.06.2011 20:03, schrieb John

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade without providing or removing some previous component.

2011-06-09 Thread Jim Hewes
Sorry for my previous empty post. Must've got sent by accident. Thanks, Peter, for your ideas. I’ll consider them. >>Cant you just upgrade the older installer with the fixes to A, keeping B as it was at release, and make that available to old users for download? The old installer (pre-2010) did n

Re: [WiX-users] WixDependencyExtension

2011-06-09 Thread John Robbins
Hi, Are you talking about A.MSI must be installed before B.MSI? If so use the After attribute on the MSIPackage Element when defining B.MSI in your Burn WXS files. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_msipackage.htm for more info. John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com +1-877

Re: [WiX-users] Failed to configure IIS web svc ext

2011-06-09 Thread taiwah70
Here is the markup. Thank you for your help. Test Environment: Windows Server 2008 R2 IIS 7.5 .NET 4.0 -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml

Re: [WiX-users] moving component to another feature

2011-06-09 Thread Martin Kulov
Thanks Peter! I will only rearrange the feature/component tree. File will not be moved to another location. So major upgrade will be it. Thanks again! Martin -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 5:45 PM To: General discus

Re: [WiX-users] moving component to another feature

2011-06-09 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
You should not change the guid when moving between features. You would change it if you moved the component to another directory, which is what you might be thinking of. If you rearrange the feature-component tree then you can only use major upgrades. You won't be able to create a small or minor

[WiX-users] moving component to another feature

2011-06-09 Thread Martin Kulov
Hi, I have one component that I need to move from one feature to another. Should I change the component GUID in order to prevent orphaned files? Thanks, Martin Kulov http://www.

[WiX-users] WixDependencyExtension

2011-06-09 Thread Michael Stoll
What't the WixDependencyExtension? Any documentation on it? I'm looking for a way to tell burn that package A needs package B installed. Can this be done with WixDependencyExtension? Michael -- EditLive Enterprise is th

[WiX-users] Simple file extraction & WI vs WiX

2011-06-09 Thread Arvid Kongstad
Hello everyone, this is my first participation in the mailing list - do forgive my (hopefully) trivial questions! What I need to do is this: - 4 data files should be extracted to a specific (but "user-relative") location. - the user should decide which of the 4 files that should be extracted (chec

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade without providing or removing some previouscomponent.

2011-06-09 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Cant you just upgrade the older installer with the fixes to A, keeping B as it was at release, and make that available to old users for download ? Then make a later version of that installer with the new version of B and make that available for new users on CD. If you don't want to make an upgrade