Re: [WiX-users] Is there the way to pass installed product path to the major upgrade installer

2013-03-27 Thread AK
Hi Gabriel! Unfortunately your link http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/02/21/from-msi-to-w ix-part-5-custom-actions.aspx has not opened, but the message is clear. Thanks! -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Heat, XSLT, and Difxapp

2013-03-27 Thread Gabriel Ivanes
I change my mind. Hardcored oemsetup.inf in global wxs with difxapp:driver. Then, heat harvest driver's file and exclude oemsetup.inf. Obvious. Le %:Date:, Gabriel Ivanes [1]g...@fastmail.net a écrit: Hi there, I want to automat heat with difxapp. I use heat this way : heat

[WiX-users] Wix prerequisites

2013-03-27 Thread C L
Hi, i'm not sure if i'm posting this at the right place. I'm actually working on the automation of setup files by building wix project using a tfs server. The thing is I don't want to perform a full install of Visual Studio on the build server to build my .wixproj files. I didn't find anywhere

Re: [WiX-users] Wix prerequisites

2013-03-27 Thread Neil Sleightholm
You can build wixproj files without installing VS, just install WiX (and .NET). Neil Hi, i'm not sure if i'm posting this at the right place. I'm actually working on the automation of setup files by building wix project using a tfs server. The thing is I don't want to perform a full install of

Re: [WiX-users] Wix prerequisites

2013-03-27 Thread Rob Mensching
This topic in the manual may be helpful as well: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/daily_builds.htm On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.comwrote: You can build wixproj files without installing VS, just install WiX (and .NET). Neil Hi, i'm not sure if

[WiX-users] Adding a new page to the bootstrapper...

2013-03-27 Thread StevenOgilvie
Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has added a new page to the bootstrapper? What I want to do is have the Welcome page (my welcome page has two radio buttons to select the install they want to launch), click Next, which goes to a 2nd page that describes what pre-requisites will be installed if

Re: [WiX-users] Wix prerequisites

2013-03-27 Thread C L
It's not a problem to install wix on our build server, but when trying to generate the msi files an error came out about a missing reference to an assembly whose name makes me think it is related to Visual studio. The assembly is VSLangProj.dll.I can find it on VS install directory when

Re: [WiX-users] Wix prerequisites

2013-03-27 Thread Rob Mensching
What command did you run that caused the error? Can you share out all the error details? That doesn't sound familiar. On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:35 AM, C L clemobil_l...@hotmail.com wrote: It's not a problem to install wix on our build server, but when trying to generate the msi files an error

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a new page to the bootstrapper...

2013-03-27 Thread Rob Mensching
Unfortunately, wixstdba doesn't support that today. On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:23 AM, StevenOgilvie sogil...@msn.com wrote: Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has added a new page to the bootstrapper? What I want to do is have the Welcome page (my welcome page has two radio buttons to select

Re: [WiX-users] Wix prerequisites

2013-03-27 Thread Keith.Douglas
C L, We don't use a build server, but I created a front end to WiX for our developers on one of our Server 2003 boxes and learned a bit about its prerequisites that way. Unfortunately I don't remember what prereqs per se were needed (I think SP1 for .NET 3.5 was one odd one, and WIC - but this

Re: [WiX-users] Wix prerequisites

2013-03-27 Thread Rob Mensching
Once you have candle and light running there isn't anything else necessary on the build side. On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:45 AM, keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca wrote: C L, We don't use a build server, but I created a front end to WiX for our developers on one of our Server 2003 boxes and learned

[WiX-users] WixUI_Minimal, removing license agreement dialog

2013-03-27 Thread Graham Allwood
Hi, Is it possible to skip the license agreement dialog in the WixUI_Minimal install set? Or do I have to define my own UI set. How would this be done?? Thanks for your help Graham Allwood -- Own the Future-Intelreg;

Re: [WiX-users] Wix prerequisites

2013-03-27 Thread C L
My mistake, i thought my error was coming from a wix component but in fact, the reference to the VS2010 assembly was defined in the business code i was trying to build in order to generate the msi. Sorry for wasting your time and thanks anyway for your reactivity :) C L From:

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Minimal, removing license agreement dialog

2013-03-27 Thread Graham Allwood
OK, I have got a bit further. I am using this in my wxs... UI Id=WixUI_SkipLicenseAgreement UIRef Id=WixUI_InstallDir / Publish Dialog=InstallDirDlg Control=Back Event=NewDialog Value=WelcomeDlg1/Publish Publish Dialog=WelcomeDlg Control=Next Event=NewDialog

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Minimal, removing license agreement dialog

2013-03-27 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Graham, Try this: UI Id=WixUI_InstallDir TextStyle Id=WixUI_Font_Normal FaceName=Tahoma Size=8 / TextStyle Id=WixUI_Font_Bigger FaceName=Tahoma Size=12 / TextStyle Id=WixUI_Font_Title FaceName=Tahoma Size=9 Bold=yes / Property Id=DefaultUIFont Value=WixUI_Font_Normal /

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Minimal, removing license agreement dialog

2013-03-27 Thread Neil Sleightholm
This should help http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html. This is a very common request one day I'll get around to submitting a change to make it optional. Neil -Original Message- From: Graham Allwood [mailto:gallw...@sdasoftware.net] Sent: 27 March

[WiX-users] Activation Keys

2013-03-27 Thread Hugh Moran
Does WIX offer any inbuilt support for activation keys? If I want a setup to prompt and verify an activation key, ensuring it is not being reused and so on and so forth - what does WIX offer and what additional tools/services should I consider? Thanks Hugh Moran President Morantex

Re: [WiX-users] Activation Keys

2013-03-27 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Activation should be done inside your application. Any checks you put into a MSI can easily be subverted. -Original Message- From: Hugh Moran [mailto:hugh.mo...@morantex.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:01 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Activation

Re: [WiX-users] Activation Keys

2013-03-27 Thread Rob Mensching
+1 On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Hoover, Jacob jacob.hoo...@greenheck.comwrote: Activation should be done inside your application. Any checks you put into a MSI can easily be subverted. -Original Message- From: Hugh Moran [mailto:hugh.mo...@morantex.com] Sent: Wednesday, March

Re: [WiX-users] Activation Keys

2013-03-27 Thread Christopher Painter
+1 Also, please be sure to provide an easy offline experience. Those of us who have worked inside buildings that are black holes know how damn painful this is. (I'm looking at you InstallShield!) From: Rob Mensching r...@robmensching.com Sent:

[WiX-users] Running Patch Uninstall from command line uninstalls whole app

2013-03-27 Thread robe070
When I use this command it uninstalls the whole app: msiexec /package my.msi /uninstall my.msp This also does the same thing: msiexec /package my.msi MSIPATCHREMOVE=my.msp but this just uninstalls the patch: msiexec /package my.msi /uninstall my.msp /qb Why might a quiet execution not uninstall

Re: [WiX-users] Running Patch Uninstall from command line uninstalls whole app

2013-03-27 Thread robe070
And how do you add a condition to RemoveExistingProducts? - warm regards Rob Goodridge -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Running-Patch-Uninstall-from-command-line-uninstalls-whole-app-tp7584691p7584692.html Sent from the