Re: [WiX-users] ICE57 errors on a per-machine install

On 25-Aug-11 16:05, Bernie Schoch wrote: > I have a per-machine install. Not exactly. Because that's controlled by the ALLUSERS public property, a user could pass in "ALLUSERS=" to try to make it a per-user install. So ICE57 is telling you that. You can choose to ignore or pacify it. -- sig://

Re: [WiX-users] How to Troubleshoot Bootstrapper Application Startup?

On 23-Aug-11 15:38, Cody Batt wrote: > Errors went away and now it works! Can anyone shed some light on the > functional difference between BootstrapperApplication and > BootstrapperApplicationRef? (ie when to use each?) The former defines a BA; the latter pulls in a BA defined elsewhere (WixBalE

Re: [WiX-users] How to show installation path for those features which cannot customize.

On 23-Aug-11 23:26, shengyixing wrote: > Now what I want is, to display the installation path for those feature, even > it cannot customize path, thus show its default installation path. I don't think it's supported. The MSI SDK says: The SelectionTree control uses the SelectionPathOn event to

Re: [WiX-users] Explosion of LGHT0311 errors in WiX 3.5

On 21-Aug-11 18:56, Jeremy Stanley wrote: > What went into the MSI database before? Were unrepresentable > characters simply replaced by question marks or something? Yes. > And is there any way I can revert to this behavior? None that I know of. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: logging

On 18-Aug-11 03:00, Vadym Verba wrote: > There is LogLevel parameter that Engine.Log() method accepts and I wonder how > can I set this LogLevel to log specific messages? Some special keys from > command line? Some Engine property that must be initialized in BA? They're not currently exposed to th

Re: [WiX-users] Explosion of LGHT0311 errors in WiX 3.5

On 18-Aug-11 19:08, Jeremy Stanley wrote: > But the real question here is, what changed? Why didn't WiX 3.0 bug me about > these problems? Because WiX v3.0 didn't check as thoroughly for codepage problems. IOW, the problems always existed, WiX is just telling you about them now. > It seems prep

Re: [WiX-users] BA DetectRelatedMsiPackage downgrade detection

On 16-Aug-11 05:45, Alexander Krivács Schrøder wrote: > In implementing my own bootstrapper application, I've implemented the > DetectRelatedMsiPackage event to be informed of MajorUpgrades if an msi with > a lower version number is installed, and this works fine. However, the > RelatedOperation

Re: [WiX-users] Can i Install Another msi from my MSI..

On 16-Aug-11 05:38, Pally Sandher wrote: > Yes it's possible, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368010.aspx&; > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204770.aspx#concurrent_installs > but you shouldn't do it for the reasons listed on those pages. Unlike other "discouraged" techn

Re: [WiX-users] Digital certificate patching

On 17-Aug-11 09:27, Peter Shirtcliffe wrote: > The problem is that we use the admin install patching method (because the > build numbers of all our files change with each build) and we would need to > add a DigitalCertificateRef element to the patch family, only no such element > exists. No idea o

Re: [WiX-users] Create Database failed

On 13-Aug-11 20:49, JesseBearden wrote: > I believe, going forward, I'll just use the command line option for > SQL to add the current user on new installs and try to write a custom > action that will give the current user the necessary rights(Since > Local System is an "Admin") for existing ins

Re: [WiX-users] Need help on error LGHT0132 The assembly file 'any.dll' appears to be invalid. Please ensure this is a valid assembly file and that the user has the appropriate access rights

On 15-Aug-11 15:11, Helali Bhuiyan wrote: > I am trying to write a new MSI for our only dll. The Wix version is > 3.5.1932.0. That version was released six months before WiX v3.5 RTM. Try the RTM build and see if the problem still occurs. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Handling exceptions within wix

On 15-Aug-11 09:32, Robert Hermann wrote: > The Exit Dialog appears after the install session is completed. So it has no > access to any of the > Session.Item("some session variable"). Is this correct ? Yes. > When you say temporary file, do you mean to have the custom action write to a > tempor

Re: [WiX-users] Installers on the newer, fussier OS'es

On 12-Aug-11 10:11, Mark Modrall wrote: > Are there options one can specify in Wix to get past all the > extra security dialogs on 2008, I hope not, if a trojan could say "nah, it's cool, go ahead and install me." > or do you have to change policies on the box or something? An

Re: [WiX-users] Compiler Extensions and Component Rules

On 12-Aug-11 08:41, Maillet, Ed wrote: > The v1 installer puts the cert in the machine store. > The cert needs to be updated since it going to expire. > The v2 installer is a Major Upgrade and needs to install the updated cert > (same cert name but with new expiration date) > > How does that work

Re: [WiX-users] Create Database failed

On 11-Aug-11 01:31, JesseBearden wrote: > Well, that makes sense then. I had assumed that, but couldn't figure out why > my uninstall worked and dropped the database, but I believe using the same > username gave me "ownership" of that particular database, allowing me to > drop it. That's why the

Re: [WiX-users] Handling exceptions within wix

On 12-Aug-11 16:17, Robert Hermann wrote: > I need this information to be echoed back into the installer. Once the install session ends, its properties go away with it. You need another mechanism, like a temporary file. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Create Database failed

On 10-Aug-11 15:46, JesseBearden wrote: > If an installation has InstalledPrivileges="Elevated" then are > deferred/impersonated custom actions run with elevated privileges on a UAC > enabled environment? No; impersonation means "run with the identity and privileges of the user launching the inst

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

On 09-Aug-11 09:22, Daniel Pratt wrote: > I did not intentionally invoke patching in this process. I'm not aware of any other way for files to be baselined (though I could be wrong). Baseline cache is used to uninstall patches, which doesn't apply to any other type of update. I'd suggest setting

Re: [WiX-users] How to disable "Cancel" button on "ProgressDlg"?

On 10-Aug-11 19:24, Marc Bauer wrote: > I'm trying to disable the "Cancel" button on "ProgressDlg" and my That requires a custom action; see "Hiding the Cancel Button During an Installation" in the MSI SDK. If you want to do so to avoid handling rollback, note that many other situations cause ro

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing system32 folder on 64bit machines

On 09-Aug-11 10:26, Mark Simonetti wrote: > I used to use innosetup and oddly {sys} somehow pointed to the correct > folder, though I'm guessing it did something underhand like use > WindowsFolder and simply appended "system32", which is what I'm thinking > of doing at the moment unless anyone has

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

On 08-Aug-11 16:30, Daniel Pratt wrote: > MSI (s) (24:58) [14:19:27:090]: Source for file > 'fil1A0D420C18871D13362FD2189A753C67' is uncompressed, at > 'C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\E0EBAC857F0FC4949A9EF21E1014B912\10.1.15\'. > InstallFiles: File: Course Demographics Report.rdl, Direc

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade: Setting AllowSameVersionUpgrades="yes" leads to ICE61

On 08-Aug-11 20:47, Sameer Arora wrote: > If however, I change AllowSameVersionUpgrades to "yes" I am faced with > compilation error below: The ICE error is trying to tell you that you're doing something weird. Since that's the behavior you want, just suppress it. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetu

Re: [WiX-users] Installing Microsoft Enterprise Library's merge module with Wix

On 08-Aug-11 12:30, Leigh Wetmore wrote: > I used Orca to inspect the merge module, and all of the files are placed > directly in TARGETDIR (whereas the other merge modules I use tend to have > their files placed in a subfolder of TARGETDIR with Name="." - perhaps this > is the difference). Or per

Re: [WiX-users] .Net pre-requisite check when using Managed Bootstrapper application in Burn

On 05-Aug-11 13:31, shruthi02 wrote: > Doesn't the Bundle "Condition attribute" only support built in variables and > not NETFRAMEWORK40FULL (or registry search results). In addition, it doesn't > support custom error messages. Is this correct? Yes. > I wasn't able to get a "Condition element" with

Re: [WiX-users] WebAppPool unexpected attributes

On 03-Aug-11 21:01, Atul Kolhatkar wrote: > The iis:WebAppPool element contains an unexpected attribute > 'ManagedPipelineMode' > The iis:WebAppPool element contains an unexpected attribute > 'ManagedRuntimeVersion' Those attributes are supported in WiX v3.5 and later. -- sig://boB http://joyof

Re: [WiX-users] .Net pre-requisite check when using Managed Bootstrapper application in Burn

On 04-Aug-11 10:18, shruthi02 wrote: > am asking for is launch conditions in Bundle that runs before loading the > bootstrapper dll. Bundle/@Condition -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- BlackBerry® DevCon Americas,

Re: [WiX-users] Conditions not working at all

On 30-Jul-11 10:07, Marc Bauer wrote: > UNINSTALLNSIS AND > NOT Installed Launch conditions indicate the condition that are required for install to proceed; if the condition isn't met, the install is canceled with the specified message. Your condition is being met, so there's no error. -- sig:

Re: [WiX-users] Mondo UI not using custom Exclamation icon. Bug?

On 29-Jul-11 19:05, john.burak wrote: > Does anyone know an example of where the WiX exclamation icon is used? It's only used by WaitForCostingDlg, which is disabled by default. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- G

Re: [WiX-users] How to keep Service settings after Patch?

On 29-Jul-11 04:04, Vadym Verba wrote: > Next I have a patch that updates these services, but after its application > the "Start type" back to Automatic. That becomes a big problem when you have > a lot of such services and it is vital to keep "Start type". So what I want > to do here is to do not

Re: [WiX-users] Mondo UI not using custom Exclamation icon. Bug?

On 29-Jul-11 15:38, john.burak wrote: > I'm trying to build an installer using the Mondo UI with custom graphics. > They seem to work except for the "exclamation icon", which instead uses a > graphic that is neither what I specified or the stock Mondo exclamation > icon. Is this a bug I should re

Re: [WiX-users] Is there a WiXlib viewer/decompiler?

On 29-Jul-11 09:37, Peter Shirtcliffe wrote: > Now that I think a bit more about it, there was a thread about the wixlib > format not being properly public and you weren't supposed to rely on it > staying the same, so beware any tool you may write might be abruptly rendered > invalid. The format c

Re: [WiX-users] How do you add data containing a tab in a custom table

On 20-Jul-11 17:59, Robert Perona wrote: > When there are tabs in the custom table data a compilation error occurs, as > if the compiler thinks the tab is attempting to create another column. > I have tried an actual tab, xml escaped tab ( ), and msi escaping a tab > ([{tab}], where {tab} is an act

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.6.1518.0 to 3.6.1915.0 issue

On 20-Jul-11 16:20, John Bergman wrote: > After updating from WiX 3.6.1518.0 to WiX 3.6.1915.0, I have started > encountering some sort of dependency issue from MSBuild. It's tough to narrow down four months of changes. Before beta, we recommend teams pick up WiX builds monthly to narrow down th

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with SmartCabbing under Wine 1.3.24, can smartcabbing be disabled?

On 19-Jul-11 16:47, Nathan Coulson wrote: > I was wondering if it was possible to disable SmartCabbing > > I use Wix 3.5 under linux, but it looks like wine may not have what > wix needs to support this feature. It can't be disabled (because of course it works on Windows). But I'm not sure that's

Re: [WiX-users] Best practice for combined 32/64bit installer

On 19-Jul-11 23:35, Adam Langley wrote: > Aside from a bootstrapper that runs the correct MSI, is there some accepted > practice for achieving this with a single MSI? No, nothing's changed. If you have to write to 64-bit portions of the file system, you need a 64-bit .msi package. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

On 19-Jul-11 12:25, Mark Modrall wrote: > For #2, we have some installation stuff we only want done once (the stuff > that the custom action does). So the first thing the custom action exe does > is try to check the registry setting to see if it's been done (that's what's > failing now). When

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

On 19-Jul-11 11:10, Mark Modrall wrote: > 1) Looking at the installer log, it's unpacking into a directory other than > the INSTALLDIR; throughout I've been a little confused going to 3.5 about the > relation of INSTALLDIR and TARGETDIR; did TARGETDIR supplant/replace > INSTALLDIR? As noted bef

Re: [WiX-users] Burn title and ARP

On 19-Jul-11 11:16, Dan Puza wrote: > I have our prerequisites set as Permanent (SQL Server, .NET Framework, > Windows Installer); and it would be confusing to suddenly have two ARP > entries for the upcoming version our application, one from the bootstrapper, > and one from the MSI. Set ARPSYS

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

On 19-Jul-11 10:20, Mark Modrall wrote: >Comments="bar" InstallerVersion="300" Platform="$(var.PPlat)"/> Try Compressed="yes". -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Dat

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple results for WiX FindFile

On 19-Jul-11 09:15, Barry Wark wrote: > I then run the command-line invocation via a custom action using > [MATLABEXE] as the exe. This works well for finding a single Matlab > installations under C:\Program Files\MATLAB, but the MATLABEXEproperty > appears to get the path to only one installation

Re: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes?

On 18-Jul-11 11:46, Brad Lemings wrote: > How do you set WixShellExecTarget if you want to launch two applications in > the same Wix file? You'd need two more custom actions, one to set the WixShellExecTarget property and one to call WixShellExecute. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] Subscribe Events

On 18-Jul-11 14:44, Brad Lemings wrote: > Is it possible for an external program or embedded script to subscribe to > events (e.g. SetProgress)? No. The closest is an external UI handler, which can handle progress messages however. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Burn title and ARP

On 18-Jul-11 19:12, Dan Puza wrote: > Is there a way to set the title of the bootstrapper without creating an Add > Remove Programs entry for the bootstrapper? No, at least right now Bundle/@Name is what shows the bundle in ARP. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] ComPlusInstallExecute Error 0x80110414 on Windows 2000

On 18-Jul-11 14:15, Joe Mik wrote: > ComPlusInstallExecute: Error 0x80110414: Failed to save changes 0x80110414 is COMADMIN_E_USERPASSWDNOTVALID (The identity or password set on the application is not valid). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] DTE OutputFileName vs OutputName - possible wix bug?

On 18-Jul-11 00:24, Rory Primrose wrote: > I've found that a WiX project that includes a fullstop in the OutputName > property returns a truncated value for the OutputFileName property. The build > output is not affected with this issue and the correct msi file name is > produced. This appears t

Re: [WiX-users] Writing to ProgramFolder with Custom Action Dll in C++

On 14-Jul-11 18:31, Michael Ganz wrote: > MsiGetPropertyA(hInstall, "INSTALLDIR", _pcKeyPath,&_dKeyPathLen); > ... > MsiSetPropertyA(hInstall, "KEYWRITESUCCESS", "0"); > Deferred custom actions can't read or write property values. See "Obtaining Context Information for Deferred Execu

Re: [WiX-users] CertificatePath in Certificate element does not work

On 13-Jul-11 10:26, mylan wrote: > InstallCertificates: Error 0x80070057: Invalid Certificate.Attributes. Please file a bug. A workaround is to specify @Overwrite="no". -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- AppSumo P

Re: [WiX-users] can't eliminate Error 2343 for InstallDirDlg.wxs in Toolset 3.5

On 12-Jul-11 10:54, Peter Stein wrote: > It seems I can't get rid of this 2343 Error no matter how I set the > WIXUI_INSTALLDIR property. How did you set it? As documented, its value must be the name of the directory property you want to specify. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Burn using an old copy of an embedded msi

On 13-Jul-11 11:18, Roy Chastain wrote: > Currently I have the InstallCondition for the .MSI set to "1" to > always force it to run regardless of whether Burn thinks it is > installed or not. I guess another way to ask the question is, "what > would make Burn realize that a file, msi, exe etc -

Re: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes?

On 11-Jul-11 13:02, Brad Lemings wrote: > Just wondering what the typical Wix conventions are for displaying release > notes near the end of an installation sequence. See "How To: Run the Installed Application After Setup" and replace "myapplication.exe" with "myreleasenotes.html." -- sig://bo

Re: [WiX-users] Max. File Size

On 11-Jul-11 09:21, Daniel Madill wrote: > Multi-part CABs can get the total size of a set of files past 2GB, possibly > to 64K * 2GB, but no one file can exceed 2GB. > Maximum size of all files in one folder (uncompressed) 2GB > Maximum size of all files in one folder (compressed) 2GB Neither of

Re: [WiX-users] Sample Config Edit and Save?

On 11-Jul-11 12:15, Steve Craft wrote: > I have an .exe.config file with 5 values. > > I need a GUI with 5 textboxes to capture end-user input, and then update the > .exe.config. > > How should that be done? I am not sure if UAC allows for an exe to be edited > like this. > Use XmlFile to edit

Re: [WiX-users] General part (feature) in different products.

On 06-Jul-11 13:10, Shal Philipp wrote: > May be there is some recomendations from Microsoft not to change file > composition of feature that is shared? Will be glad to see some. It will be > good argument in an argue. Yes, in the MSI SDK. Various blogs also cover it, such as http://robmensching.

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

On 06-Jul-11 13:26, Roy Chastain wrote: > Are you trying to tell me that the Burn bootstrapper REQUIRES .NET 4.0 > to run? No, it doesn't require any version of .NET. Obviously, if you want to use a managed BA, .NET is required and as I said above: > note that the current managed BA has > only

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp does not properly rollback to the old driver when doing a major upgrade

On 01-Jul-11 15:27, jjbean wrote: > In many cases, I've found that even when using the win32 api directly, it's > not possible to rollback uninstalled drivers, the exact behavior is very > platform dependent. In many cases, the api returns "reboot required", at > which point there is no chance of r

Re: [WiX-users] What is the usage of Name and SrouceFIle on the xxxPackage statement?

On 06-Jul-11 08:41, Roy Chastain wrote: > I ASSUMED that SourceFile meant that it would find the file > on the local system and "embed" in the output. Given that there is a > DownloadUrl specified, that behavior does not make too much sense. Light uses the source file to get information about the

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

On 06-Jul-11 08:50, Roy Chastain wrote: > What are the purposes of these two variables and is this something that > needs to be emulated when authoring an install with a prereq of .NET 3.5 > SP1? They're used by the Burn managed bootstrapper app to manage installing .NET. They're still needed but

Re: [WiX-users] ExitDialog will not unload after application launches

On 01-Jul-11 16:36, Sidky Macatangay wrote: > Any idea on how > this can be resolved? You need both Publish elements: one to launch and one to close the dialog. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- All of the data ge

Re: [WiX-users] General part (feature) in different products.

On 06-Jul-11 09:06, Shal Philipp wrote: > We have such a problem: We have several products with general part > (feature). Components (files) in this feature maybe different in newer > versions. Some products can be installed together. If you're sharing components, they must all follow the componen

Re: [WiX-users] Manually building a Votive project

On 07-Jun-11 16:18, Francisco Gabriel Malbrán wrote: > I wanted to tell you that I was able to compile by using *only* WiX > installation and WiX's tools (candle, light). I say *only* because I dont > use anymore msbuild, but if WiX relies on .NET to work then there is an > implicit use of .NET. I

Re: [WiX-users] unhandled exception in light

On 07-Jun-11 14:40, Thomas Svare wrote: > I got about 6% better compression with 7-Zip compared to WinRAR but > unfortunately my file is still too big to attach (40.3MB). Is there another > alternative to making the crash dump available? Something like SkyDrive

Re: [WiX-users] unhandled exception in light

On 02-Jun-11 09:08, Thomas Svare wrote: > I'm able to log a bug, 3310378, but I can't add my crash dump attachment. > I'm guessing that it is too large but I'm not getting any fail to add > information. The file in question is 43MB. Is there a files size limitation > for attachments? Is ther

Re: [WiX-users] Manually building a Votive project

On 31-May-11 13:33, Francisco Gabriel Malbrán wrote: > Yet I would like to establish the simplest dependencies to compile. ie: only > Wix 3.5 (no need of .net framework) > > Is this possible? No, WiX requires .NET. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] ConfigureIIs rollback

On 31-May-11 09:52, Vadym Verba wrote: > When web site is installed by installer and it crashes later, the rollback > doesn't delete created web site at all. Logs show that there are no any > Rollback CAs for ConfirugeIIs, just StartMetabaseTransaction, > RollbackMetabaseTransaction and CommitMetab

Re: [WiX-users] No "Browse" button in CustomizeDlg in "Change" mode

On 05-Jun-11 16:14, Alex Galperin wrote: > But when user runs the same setup packages again and tries to install > additional features that were not installed at first time, there is no way > to configure path to them, because "Browse" button is hided. That's by design: Components can't be moved e

Re: [WiX-users] Possible bug in WixUIExtension ?

On 25-May-11 18:12, DexterSinister wrote: > All I'm doing is adding a single dialog after CustomizeDlg ... and it works > fine during the initial installation, but when I try to use the 'Change' > option through Add/Remove Programs [in Win7 Pro SP1 32 or 64 bit], the > VerifyReadyDlg only has 'Back

Re: [WiX-users] unhandled exception in light

On 25-May-11 15:31, Thomas Svare wrote: > After several missed opportunities I've finally got a crash dump and was able > to run a quick analysis. Using Wix 3.6.1706.0 light crashes intermittently > on our build machines. This crash was also observed with 3.5 release. I'm > continuing to look

Re: [WiX-users] deferred task with elevated impersonation

On 28-May-11 06:36, Martin Kulov wrote: > How can I execute deferred task with elevated privileges under user's > running the installer credentials? MSI doesn't support that except by running the entire .msi from an elevated process. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] Yet Another Question on Shortcuts and HKLM

On 18-May-11 11:11, Francisco Gabriel Malbrán wrote: > And for confirmation: Is this definitely an error in the ICE57? > No, it's not wrong; it's telling you about something you probably don't care about. Though most packages are per-user or per-machine by design, ALLUSERS is a public property an

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Reboot management

On 18-May-11 04:03, Vadym Verba wrote: > I have one msi package with, but > Burn always install package with argument in command line "REBOOT= > ReallySuppress" and the one before last line in log file is "Apply complete, > result: 0x0 restart: No". So how to schedule reboot in Burn? Check the log;

Re: [WiX-users] Developer with WiX experience needed; proper incremental build support

On 19-May-11 11:50, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote: > The wix2010.targets file imported by your .wixproj project will need to be > customized to make this work as you expect. The changes will likely need to > completely replace some of the targets defined in wix2010.targets with > versions t

Re: [WiX-users] Failure Injection for Upgrade/Rollback Testing

On 16-May-11 18:22, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote: > What would be an easy way to simulate (or cause) a failure during a major > upgrade to demonstrate the results of a rollback? See WixFailWhenDeferred in WixUtilExtension. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

On 16-May-11 14:07, Kevin MacDonald wrote: > behind the times. All I know is that they have specifically requested a > single MSI. That requires the use of an embedded chainer, which requires MSI 4.5 or later. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] Downloading files with burn

On 13-May-11 10:17, Michael Stoll wrote: > AFAIK the file is downloaded / required when 'ux requested' is > 'Present'. So what I'd like to do is check if the current state is > 'Present' and then set 'ux requested' to 'None'. I know how modify the > requested state in the ux (managed). But how do I

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: installing IIS6, WindowsRoles, MSDTC

On 11-May-11 09:00, Vadym Verba wrote: > I wonder if there any possibility to declare IIS6, WindowsRoles, MSDTC > installation inside Bundle chain? They use Windows executables from System32 > folder, so theoretically it should not be embedded in a container ExePackage doesn't run .exes that exist

Re: [WiX-users] dark.exe : warning DARK1057

On 13-May-11 16:32, john.bu...@telvent.com wrote: > 1.) According to Orca, "IsolateComponents", as well as the other actions > mentioned in these errors, are not in the InstallUISequence table as the > error says. Rather they are in the ModuleInstallUISequence table. Is the > error message inaccu

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

On 13-May-11 13:32, Wilson, Phil wrote: > Well being picky you don't need MSI 4.5 if all you want to do is install a > collection of MSI files wrapped in your custom UI using > MsiSetExternalUIRecord - that's always been an option. MSI 4.5 gives you > transaction support (so you don't need to un

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: secure Bundle Variables

On 10-May-11 10:15, Vadym Verba wrote: > Is there any workaround to make this more secure? Not at present. Please file a bug. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability

Re: [WiX-users] Integrity of WiX binaries

On 09-May-11 12:56, John Robbins wrote: > WiX Team: My company will pay for the certificate. Let me know where to > send the check. Leave $60 in unmarked bills in the garbage can at the entrance to Mine Falls Park. Walk away slowly. The biggest issue I see, aside from the work involved in keepin

Re: [WiX-users] Registering a WMI interface

On 27-Apr-11 13:33, Skildum, Mathew wrote: > Does anyone have any incite as to what happens during WMI registration? Unfortunately, it requires running code, either the mofcomp.exe tool or using the IMofCompiler interface. Nobody's donated any code to WiX to support WMI registration. -- sig://

Re: [WiX-users] VC++ redistributable questions

On 28-Apr-11 09:52, Tobias S wrote: > - With this implementation the VCRedist installer runs at a point > where the user can run the installation unattended (for bootstrapper > normally waiting until completion necessary - not considering Burn > here as it is in beta) > - Most installs run in UI mo

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction that needs to figure out the destination path

On 27-Apr-11 03:06, Rune Moberg wrote: > A little googling seems to suggest that the proper way to do this > would be by using a deferred action. If I understand this correctly, > the deferred action will be executed by the installer service and has > a good chance of running elevated. Fine, except

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Detecting: additional Package info

On 27-Apr-11 12:13, Vadym Verba wrote: > 1) DetectPackageCompleteEventArgs contains "PackageId". Where could I > use this information? Could I somehow get access to .msi itself, described in > with detected "PackageId"? You can use it to set properties on that package or make decisions abou

Re: [WiX-users] hopefully simple question about customizing the standard WiX dialog sets

On 25-Apr-11 11:15, Dave Combs wrote: > My simple solution was to change the name of these custom actions in my copy > (to KzSetDefaultPerUserFolder, etc.) and to any references to them, without > changing their contents. You could also just delete your copy of them and reuse the ones in the orig

Re: [WiX-users] hopefully simple question about customizing the standard WiX dialog sets

On 22-Apr-11 14:53, Dave Combs wrote: > If I change the UI Id in KaazingUI_Advanced from WixUI_Advanced to something > else (and change the reference in my base .wxs file), I get tons of You must do that to avoid duplicating the one in WixUIExtension. > duplicate symbol errors. Please provide th

Re: [WiX-users] Scrollable Control

On 18-Apr-11 13:03, lokanath devineni wrote: > Does anybody know the scrollable control that supports wix properties > embedding? None do. Note that properties are an MSI concept, not a WiX concept. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] unhandled exception in light

On 21-Apr-11 11:47, Thomas Svare wrote: > Grasping at straws I set the number of threads to use during cab creation to > 1 but that did not help. I'm at the point where I need to debug and I was > wondering if the Wix 3.5 symbols are available? I did not see them on > SourceForge. In the mean

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use the EventSource element gives "component element contains an unhandled extension element" error

On 20-Apr-11 09:39, Patrick van der Velde wrote: > I'm using the VS2010 shell with the latest weekly build of Wix 3.6 > installed. In my project I've referenced: > - WixNetFxExtension > - WixUtilExtension Verify with verbose build output that candle.exe is getting an -ext command-line switch. --

Re: [WiX-users] Burn Standard Bootstrapper questions

On 20-Apr-11 13:50, David Watson wrote: > This one is just weird > [01A0:1594][2011-04-20T18:43:11.426+00:00]: Error 0x80070002: Failed to open > bundle registry key: > SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Google Chrome Burn enumerates all the uninstall registry keys when looking fo

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction that needs to figure out the destination path

On 23-Apr-11 20:33, Aaron Klor wrote: > a similar manner. If the CA is deferred, (again, unless I'm mistaken) you'll > only have access public properties (directory ids and such defined in > ALLCAPS), but you should be able to get the paths you need. Deferred custom actions can only get a couple o

Re: [WiX-users] Component condition question

On 14-Apr-11 20:48, Greg wrote: > Is this a bad idea: I am setting InstallMode in a custom action, for example > when the Change button is selected: > Session.Property("InstallMode") = "Change" Sorry, I forgot that I renamed install mode for WixUI. There's no conflict. > I understand the potentia

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.6 Burn Problem -- How to run EXE in place instead of caching?

On 14-Apr-11 22:07, John Robbins wrote: > Hope you don't mind another question. :) Why does Burn expand into the %TEMP% > directory and copy to the cache directory? Why not just extract the files > from the EXE directly into the cache directory? The installer I'm working on > with everything is

Re: [WiX-users] Sql component ignored during msp install

On 29-Mar-11 03:53, Tobberoth wrote: > Indeed, it seems that the feat_newsql is ignored even though I've set > REINSTALL=ALL on the command line and even though the feature is coded like > this: Reinstall won't install a feature for the first time; for that, you need ADDLOCAL. -- sig://boB http

Re: [WiX-users] Component condition question

On 11-Apr-11 19:43, Greg wrote: > I have a component with the following condition: > "Remove"]]> That's problematic for two reasons: 1. InstallMode is an internal property and isn't guaranteed. 2. String comparison operators don't work c

Re: [WiX-users] Redefining Preprocessor Variables

On 14-Apr-11 16:36, Amber Scouras wrote: > Is there any way to redefine a preprocessor symbol? it first. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolida

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.6 Burn Problem -- How to run EXE in place instead of caching?

On 14-Apr-11 12:31, John Robbins wrote: > I've played around trying to get the element to work but nothing > I've tried tells Burn just run the one in the directory > .\PreReq\CrystalReportsXIR2\ under MyBurnSetup.exe. Burn always runs packages from the cache; if @Cache="no" then Burn deletes

Re: [WiX-users] ICE60 and DefaultLanguage

On 07-Apr-11 07:21, Pally Sandher wrote: >warning LGHT1101: The DefaultLanguage '0' was used for file 'SALFLIBC.DLL' > which has no language. Specifying a language that is different from the > actual file may result in unexpected versioning behaviour during a repair or > while patching. Eith

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Font Color for Dialog Subtitle

On 04-Apr-11 15:35, Francisco Gabriel Malbrán wrote: > I would like to know if there is any way to change the Dialog's subtitle > font color independently from the text in the content of a dialog. You can add your own localization strings to add a text style. Otherwise, no; the strings in the sub

Re: [WiX-users] Burn and MSI properties

On 18-Feb-11 11:23, John Robbins wrote: > As I need a boot strapper to install a bunch of third party components as > well as my various MSI files as well. Because Burn installs the .MSI files > silently, I need to set have my UX/BA do the prompting for databases, web > sites, etc. That's easy,

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Planning: package customization

See my recent reply to John Robbins: Use MsiProperty children with Value values that refer to Burn variables. Your UX can call IBootstrapperEngine::SetVariable* and Burn will evaluate the MsiProperty/@Value when it builds the command line for install/etc. On 18-Feb-11 11:06, Vadym Verba wrote

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