Re: [WiX-users] WIN64DUALFOLDERS Issue - Installer modifying values obtained from registry

2013-04-25 Thread Shashank Padmanabhan (Aditi Technologies Private LTD)
Yup, this is for an excel addin. it's a 32 bit app. On a 64 bit PC it installs in the x86 folder. I got a workaround for the solution. The ExitDialog on button click, I called a custom action to modify the EXCELPATH and immediately after that the excel is launched post install. -Original

[WiX-users] MSI INstaller rolles back.

2013-04-25 Thread chennam
Hi I have a installer created which gets installed successfully on Dev Environments ,but when installed on UAT and Test environments the installer rolls back what ever it has installed. Not sure what could be issue be with.If it is related to IIS .Please provide me sample code snippet how the rel

Re: [WiX-users] Including "third party" DLLs for installer to use

2013-04-25 Thread GregS
This problem is solved now. For the record, I used Nick's CopyResource idea and it worked. For anyone else who tries this solution, there are two additional things worth pointing out: 1) Copying a resource in this way can leave it behind on the target computer in the temporary installation folder

Re: [WiX-users] WIN64DUALFOLDERS Issue - Installer modifying values obtained from registry

2013-04-25 Thread Hoover, Jacob
The question is where in the registry is it reading it from... the 32 or 64 bit hive. On my machine, the 32 bit hive has the 32 bit path and the 64 bit hive has the same 32 bit path. This makes sense to me as I have a 32 bit version of office installed. I don't think this is Wix specific, as I'm

Re: [WiX-users] Trouble with DotNet

2013-04-25 Thread Nick Miller
No one ever replied to this, however I was able to find the answer on my own. For anyone else who runs into this problem, here is the answer: If your managed bootstrapper application is complied for .Net 4.5, your BootstrapperCore.config needs to state the following: -Origin

[WiX-users] Creating MDF & LDF paths when creating a SQL Database

2013-04-25 Thread Jeremiah Flud
Has anyone been able to create the MDF and LDF paths when specifying a path via command line? I've tried adding the method but it will not create the folder. However, if the folder path exists it works. I would like the end user to

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall registry Keys not working

2013-04-25 Thread Rob Mensching
Does the verbose log file say the Component is being removed? On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 7:53 AM, David Steadman wrote: > All > > I been trying to have registry key unistalled from a system, the keys > get created but on install they still remain , > > I have tried the following after the syntax

[WiX-users] Uninstall registry Keys not working

2013-04-25 Thread David Steadman
All I been trying to have registry key unistalled from a system, the keys get created but on install they still remain , I have tried the following after the syntax but nothing is working.. am I doing something wrong, ForceDeleteOnUninstall="yes" Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall" I even tri

Re: [WiX-users] After restart, Bundle loses non-default InstallFolder value

2013-04-25 Thread rowbot
Ah, I was still using a pre-change build.. doh It does work, however the log reports that after the reboot, InstallFolder is (re-)initialized to the default value, but the correct value is shown in the pararmeters passed through on the MSI command line (and the Variable dump). Slightly logging bu

Re: [WiX-users] WIN64DUALFOLDERS Issue - Installer modifying values obtained from registry

2013-04-25 Thread Rob Mensching
It's not a bug in the WiX toolset. It's a behavior of the Windows Installer (aka: MSI). You should ask them why they made that decision. It frustrates developers all the time. On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:33 PM, Shashank Padmanabhan (Aditi Technologies Private LTD) wrote: > Isn't this a bug in WI

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle - NET4.5 - WinXP(and other unsupported OS'es) [P]

2013-04-25 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Classification: Public Check the NTProductType - numeric product type from OS version information. private const int VER_NT_WORKSTATION = 1; private const int VER_NT_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER = 2; private const int VER_NT_SERVER = 3; private const int VER_SUITE_SMALLBUSINESS = 1; private const int VER_SU

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle - NET4.5 - WinXP(and other unsupported OS'es)

2013-04-25 Thread Sam Boman
Using the: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa370556.aspx .NET 4.5 can run on: Windows 7 (v6.1 and SP1) and also Windows Server 2008 R2 (v6.1 without any SP). This condition matches Windows 7: (VersionNT = v6.1 AND ServicePackLevel >= 1) But how to match the Windows Server 2008 R2, as it h

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle - NET4.5 - WinXP(and other unsupported OS'es)

2013-04-25 Thread Sam Boman
I ask the same thing, any examples of the: "Bundle/@Condition attribute" //Sam On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Nick Miller wrote: > Is there anywhere where I can see an example of this? I tried using the > same condition I have for .Net 4.5 and it still skips the prereq and tries > to run the