Re: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec - Requires VC runtime redist?

2014-05-25 Thread Gabi Ganam
Happens on a clean install. More info - my service is an ATL service, and I recently discovered that it is the myapp.exe /service command that causes the service to become marked for deletion... Again - this happens on windows 2012 only! Frustrating... Thanks, Gabi. -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec - Requires VC runtime redist?

2014-05-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Are you installing this as a service using the WiX elements or trying to run the app with /service? I would strongly advise using WiX not trying to run the app. That will probably sort you other problem as well. Neil -Original Message- From: Gabi Ganam [mailto:gabi.ga...@aternity.com]

Re: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec - Requires VC runtime redist?

2014-05-25 Thread Gabi Ganam
I am using WiX to install the service, and after that, in addition, the installer runs the /service command. I don't know why it is executed, it is an old piece of code that has a very alarming comment, something like; Even though the installer installs the service, the /service command is

Re: [WiX-users] CAQuietExec - Requires VC runtime redist?

2014-05-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I would strongly advise against using the ATL service installer, from your comment it looks like it is doing something non-standard. I would find out what needs to be done when you register the service and move that in to WiX that will make for a much more robust installation. Certainly the

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Changes after converting VSDB to SQLPROJ

2014-05-25 Thread Vani Rao
Thanks John. I have a .DACPAC file created from the SSDT. What are the redistributables do I need to add for this kind of project? Thanks, Vani -Original Message- From: John H Bergman (XPedient) [mailto:john.berg...@xpdnt.com] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 1:04 AM To: General discussion

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Changes after converting VSDB to SQLPROJ

2014-05-25 Thread John H Bergman (XPedient)
Here is a Wix Fragment I use... this should get you going... Be sure to set the Guids... Hope it helps, John -=- ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; ?define SHARED3rdParty_PATH = ..\Shared\3rdParty? Fragment DirectoryRef

[WiX-users] Using '*' in Component Guids and Patches

2014-05-25 Thread Farrukhw
Hi While searching for best practices, I came across this thread http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Best-Practices-Using-quot-quot-for-GUID-automation-td5234716.html , which is discussing the use of '*' instead of GUIDs in components. As far I know, while generating