Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading one of multiple installed instances, round 2

2011-09-14 Thread Daniel Pratt
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > On 14-Sep-11 19:12, Daniel Pratt wrote: > > uninstall mode. I've tried many different permutations of command lines, > but > > the typical error message is "Invalid command line argument. Consult the > > Windows Installer SDK for detailed comm

[WiX-users] Installed software listed in SNMP 'hrSWInstalled' applications

2011-09-14 Thread wigyxz-p...@yahoo.com
I've got some MSI software packages created with WiX that I install on Windows 7 systems with group policy. I'm using the linux 'snmpwalk' app to query each Windows PC to list the 'hrSWInstalled' applications. I'm seeing some applications listed in the output (mostly MS applications, but some t

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading one of multiple installed instances, round 2

2011-09-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Sep-11 19:12, Daniel Pratt wrote: > uninstall mode. I've tried many different permutations of command lines, but > the typical error message is "Invalid command line argument. Consult the > Windows Installer SDK for detailed command line help". > > Now I suppose that this error message is tr

Re: [WiX-users] Command-line property use with ?

2011-09-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Sep-11 10:29, Sheehan, Andrew wrote: > A better question to ask everyone, is how can I set a from a > command-line property within a ? Or, is there a better way? The Burn engine processes only a few command-line switches; it doesn't directly support NAME=VALUE arguments. That's somethi

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading one of multiple installed instances, round 2

2011-09-14 Thread Michael Osmond
Hi Daniel With a Major Upgrade you are essentially installing a new product and uninstalling an old one, so I found the commandline needed the MSINEWINSTANCE=1 set for upgrading the instance. Also try searching the Wix-Users email archive as there are some very good emails on how people have

[WiX-users] Upgrading one of multiple installed instances, round 2

2011-09-14 Thread Daniel Pratt
This post is a follow-up to my previous post(s) in this forum, wherein I've been trying to figure out a way to reliably upgrade a single instance of a multiple-instance installation. I had determined to try again to set up the installation to do a "major upgrade", but it appears I have failed (agai

Re: [WiX-users] Command-line property use with ?

2011-09-14 Thread Sheehan, Andrew
A better question to ask everyone, is how can I set a from a command-line property within a ? Or, is there a better way? -Original Message- From: Sheehan, Andrew [mailto:andrew.shee...@childrens.harvard.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:22 AM To: General discussion for Wind

[WiX-users] Command-line property use with ?

2011-09-14 Thread Sheehan, Andrew
Hi All, I've been looking for a solution that allows me to capture a command line property, with a ? I need to pass a value from the bundled executable, to one of its embedded 's. Anyone know if this is possible, or has done it? Thanks, Andrew --

[WiX-users] Attention WIX gurus

2011-09-14 Thread Perrone, Matthew
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Re: [WiX-users] Patch Custom Action not invoked on main productuninstall

2011-09-14 Thread Arun Kumar
Hi David, I specified custom action in WIX file in this manner: (Installed) AND (NOT PATCH) AND (REMOVE="") AND (NOT EXECUTEMODE~<<"N") Also tried various alternatives like: 1 NOT PATCH REMOVE=ALL And few more, but in all above cases un

Re: [WiX-users] Remove Virtual Directories from IIS while uninstallingapplication

2011-09-14 Thread David Watson
Make a verbose log when you uninstall to see what the issues are. -Original Message- From: Divyesh Ajmera [mailto:ajmera.divy...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 September 2011 19:12 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Remove Virtual Directories from IIS while uninstallingapplica

Re: [WiX-users] Patch Custom Action not invoked on main productuninstall

2011-09-14 Thread David Watson
What is your failing condition? -Original Message- From: Arun Kumar [mailto:arun_jku...@persistent.co.in] Sent: 14 September 2011 06:35 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patch Custom Action not invoked on main productuninstall Hello All Ag

Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: iis website creation fails for windows server 2008R2 with SP1

2011-09-14 Thread David Watson
How is it failing? Check a verbose log. -Original Message- From: Bhaumik Barot [mailto:bhaumik...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 September 2011 19:00 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Fwd: iis website creation fails for windows server 2008R2 with SP1 -- Forwarded mes

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 3.6 IIS 7 installer causing 'Site 1 has no root application defined, so the site will be ignored.' error on uninstall

2011-09-14 Thread David Watson
I don't see in your snippet where you are persisting the VIRTUALDIR property, I see you try to reload it with a registry search. Does it get set properly in the uninstall log? -Original Message- From: Nick Porter [mailto:porter.nicho...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 September 2011 18:57 To: Gener