[WiX-users] Apologies for "InstallValidate" spam

2010-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
Sorry. "Gmail ate my emails" due to a filter I created. Dale -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-user

[WiX-users] Conditionally execute InstallValidate?

2010-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, Looking at the log of my uninstall that was invoked like; msiexec /x MyInstal.msi /l* c:\uninstall.log I see the following; Action start 11:58:36: InstallValidate. Action ended 12:12:52: InstallValidate. Return value 1. This 14 minutes represents over 60% of the total

[WiX-users] InstallValidate question

2010-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, Looking at the log of my uninstall that was invoked like; msiexec /x MyInstal.msi /l* c:\uninstall.log I see the following; Action start 11:58:36: InstallValidate. Action ended 12:12:52: InstallValidate. Return value 1. This 14 minutes represents over 60% of the total

[WiX-users] Conditional execution of InstallValidate?

2010-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, Looking at the log of my uninstall that was invoked like;     msiexec /x MyInstal.msi /l* c:\uninstall.log I see the following;     Action start 11:58:36: InstallValidate.     Action ended 12:12:52: InstallValidate. Return value 1. This 14 minutes represents over 60% of the total uninstall t

[WiX-users] Execute InstallValidate based on condition?

2010-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, Looking at the log of my uninstall that was invoked like; msiexec /x MyInstal.msi /l* c:\uninstall.log I see the following; Action start 11:58:36: InstallValidate. Action ended 12:12:52: InstallValidate. Return value 1. This 14 minutes represents over 60% of the total uninstall t

[WiX-users] InstallValidate conditional execution?

2010-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, Looking at the log of my uninstall that was invoked like; msiexec /x MyInstal.msi /l* c:\uninstall.log I see the following; Action start 11:58:36: InstallValidate. Action ended 12:12:52: InstallValidate. Return value 1. This 14 minutes represents over 60% of the total

[WiX-users] Conditionally execute InstallValidate?

2010-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, Looking at the log of my uninstall that was invoked like; msiexec /x MyInstal.msi /l* c:\uninstall.log I see the following; Action start 11:58:36: InstallValidate. Action ended 12:12:52: InstallValidate. Return value 1. This 14 minutes represents over 60% of the total

[WiX-users] Conditionally execute InstallValidate?

2010-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, Looking at the log of my uninstall that was invoked like; msiexec /x MyInstal.msi /l* c:\uninstall.log I see the following; Action start 11:58:36: InstallValidate. Action ended 12:12:52: InstallValidate. Return value 1. This 14 minutes represents over 60% of the total

[WiX-users] Conditionally execute InstallValidate?

2010-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, Looking at the log of my uninstall that was invoked like; msiexec /x MyInstall.msi /l* c:\uninstall.log I see the following Action start 11:58:36: InstallValidate. Action ended 12:12:52: InstallValidate. Return value 1. This 14 minutes represents over 60% of the total

Re: [WiX-users] Help with MSHelp2 MSHelp - FIXED

2009-07-23 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, I'm looking to create a merge module to integrate help into Visual Studio. I've followed David's example, but vs:HelpFilter only has Fragment or Product for Parents (not Module). I tried creating a fragment and referencing that in my merge project, but that still did not work. Any tips or s

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade - feature migration

2009-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
>> Dale Quigg wrote: >> Running a verbose log during upgrade shows that FindRelatedProducts >> is working. > > Bob Arnson wrote: > What's logged for MigrateFeatureStates? Thanks Bob, There was no entry in the log for MigrateFeatureStates. It looks like this wa

[WiX-users] Major upgrade - feature migration

2009-04-24 Thread Dale Quigg
PrepareDlg. But... the feature states only match the settings in the Feature table, not what the user selected in the previous install. Any tips for what I am missing? Thanks, Dale Dale Quigg ||| Senior Build / Configuration / Installation Engineer MessageGate ||| En

Re: [WiX-users] CustomizeDlg - "Location" text

2009-04-20 Thread Dale Quigg
s showing the default value instead of the actual value. I assume this is a problem on x64 with CustomizeDlgLocation-CustomizeDlgLocation defined in WixUI_*.wxl, but I don't know how to follow it back from there. Here is a snippet of my WiX code.

Re: [WiX-users] DTF - Using Shell32.dll

2008-12-19 Thread Dale Quigg
Thanks for your help Bob. > From: Bob Arnson > > Dale Quigg wrote: >> I have a requirement to allow UNC paths. My understanding is that the >> BrowseDlg does not allow this. >> > No, mostly because MSI runs in system context except when > impersonating the user

Re: [WiX-users] DTF - Using Shell32.dll

2008-12-18 Thread Dale Quigg
Thanks Sam, Scott Sam-2 wrote: > > Why don't you use the BrowseDlg that comes with wix? > > -Original Message----- > From: Dale Quigg [mailto:da...@messagegate.com] > I'm using DTF to create a custom action to show an Open Folder dialog in > my UI. >

[WiX-users] DTF - Using Shell32.dll

2008-12-18 Thread Dale Quigg
ll32.dll' could not be opened -- 'An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. ' Any tips on what I need to successfully compile? Thanks, Dale Dale Quigg ||| Senior Build / Configuration / Installation Engineer MessageGate ||| Enterprise Email Governance

Re: [WiX-users] CA called from DoAction

2008-12-15 Thread Dale Quigg
Thanks again Richard, >> I tried to put the custom action prior to the SpawnDialog like this; >> >> >> > Order="2">1 >> > Order="1">DATAEXPORTDIR_CHECK OR DATALOADERDIR_CHECK >> > This isn't right. The Order attribute determines the order in > which events are processed. This has th

Re: [WiX-users] CA called from DoAction

2008-12-15 Thread Dale Quigg
Thanks Bob and Richard. > Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:10:40 -0700 > From: Richard > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CA called from DoAction > >> In article <4941b98f.1040...@joyofsetup.com>, >> Bob Arnson writes: >> Dale Quigg wrote: >>> I have a cu

Re: [WiX-users] CA called from DoAction

2008-12-11 Thread Dale Quigg
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:49:45 -0700 > From: Richard > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CA called from DoAction > >> "The context/handle is different from within DoAction ControlEvent >> rather then sequenced CA. MsiProcessMessage calls won't work." >> My testing confirms this. Is there any reasonabl

[WiX-users] CA called from DoAction

2008-12-11 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, I want to verify the directory the user entered in the UI exists. I created a custom action with DTF (Thanks Jason!) that works. However, my understanding from this thread http://tinyurl.com/6ovukx is that; "The context/handle is different from within DoAction ControlEvent rather then seq

Re: [WiX-users] Reinstall a component during "Change" install (Dale Quigg)

2008-11-26 Thread Dale Quigg
> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:22:40 -0800 > From: Dale Quigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Reinstall a component during "Change" install > > I resolved my situation by; > e.g. > Installed and > > NOT REINSTALL AND (NOT REMOVEALL~=&quo

Re: [WiX-users] Reinstall a component during "Change" install

2008-11-26 Thread Dale Quigg
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:33:26 -0500 > From: "Gavin Bee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Reinstall a component during "Change" install > Would doing the following work? > * Create a feature that contains all of the components that you might want > to reinstall > * Set REINSTALL=F

[WiX-users] Executing a PowerShell Script as Custom Action

2008-11-25 Thread Dale Quigg
> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:10:24 -0500 > From: "Castro, Edwin (Hillsboro)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WiX-users] Executing a PowerShell Script as Custom Action > I'm trying to execute a powershell script as custom action and I see > the powershell.exe process starts but then it appears to be

[WiX-users] Reinstall a component during "Change" install

2008-11-25 Thread Dale Quigg
ng is complete. Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can resolve this? Thanks, Dale Dale Quigg ||| Senior Build / Configuration / Installation Engineer MessageGate ||| Enterprise Email Governance - This SF.Net email i

Re: [WiX-users] DTF - SampleCA1 error

2008-11-03 Thread Dale Quigg
Thanks for your response Jason. > Somehow your MSI package has a missing or invalid LastSaveTime. > What tool are you using to build the MSI package? I used WiX 3.0.2925.0 to build the .msi. However, I used DTF from 3.0.4624.0. I rebuilt the msi using WiX v3.0.4624.0 and got the same error. >

[WiX-users] DTF - SampleCA1 error

2008-10-31 Thread Dale Quigg
r added it to WiX incorrectly. Thanks, Dale Dale Quigg ||| Senior Build / Configuration / Installation Engineer MessageGate ||| Enterprise Email Governance - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Develop

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 84

2008-08-26 Thread Dale Quigg
> From: "bryan rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WiX-users] Always have to relearn Wix every time I use it. > > Sort of a general usability post, I've noticed that WIX is in the > range of technologies that I have to relearn every time I reuse it. I wish I would have found out earlier abo

Re: [WiX-users] Installation hangs on 64-bit Windows Server 2008

2008-08-26 Thread Dale Quigg
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:27:37 -0700 (PDT) > From: "anwesha.m" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WiX-users] Installation hangs on 64-bit Windows Server 2008 > I have an MSI which works fine on 32 and 64-bit windows server 2003 and > 32-bit windows server 2008, but when I install on 64-bit window

Re: [WiX-users] Re move ending "\" from INSTALLDIR property value

2008-08-21 Thread Dale Quigg
> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:58:36 -0700 (PDT) > From: Andy2k8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WiX-users] Re move ending "\" from INSTALLDIR property value > > Is there a way to avoid the ending "\" from the INSTALLDIR value > without using custom actions? > I want to avoid that when writing the val

Re: [WiX-users] WixCA CAQuietExec does not support x64 - correct?

2008-06-20 Thread Dale Quigg
> by daleq Apr 18, 2008; 02:28pm >> From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 2:18 PM >> Actually, we *just* added 64-bit support (took for freakin' ever to >> put the build back together). I'm not sure CAQuietExec was made >> 64-bit since we only focused on the

Re: [WiX-users] WiX Snippets / Code Generators

2008-06-11 Thread Dale Quigg
Sorry for the double post. I forgot to change the subject the first time. > Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:03:45 -0700 (PDT) > From: Christopher Painter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WiX-users] WiX Snippets / Code Generators > > While I find myself having little difficulty *reading* WiX schema, > I

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 25, Issue 49

2008-06-11 Thread Dale Quigg
> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:03:45 -0700 (PDT) > From: Christopher Painter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WiX-users] WiX Snippets / Code Generators > > While I find myself having little difficulty *reading* WiX schema, > I find it more difficult to actually author it. > The intellisense is so-so,

Re: [WiX-users] Exclusive Installation of Features

2008-05-16 Thread Dale Quigg
of the project I have this; [snip] [snip] Your conditions will likely get large/messy, but it can be done. ( &FeatA=3 AND (&FeatB=3 OR &FeatC=3 OR &FeatD=3) ) OR ( etc... ) This does not enforce the restriction on installs with no UI, but hopefully the pe

Re: [WiX-users] Build Automation with NAnt

2008-05-14 Thread Dale Quigg
> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 09:08:01 -0500 > From: "Eric Latendresse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WiX-users] Build Automation with NAnt > > Does anyone have any documentation on this? I use ANT, but the concepts are probably the same. My task just calls candle.exe and light.exe with exec. Look

Re: [WiX-users] wix mailing lists open to public => more spam

2008-04-22 Thread Dale Quigg
I think that having to subscribe to wix-users is a reasonable prerequisite for people wishing to post. Dale -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: 22 April 2008 18:29 To: Rob Hamflett; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] WixCA CAQuietExec does not support x64 - correct?

2008-04-18 Thread Dale Quigg
>> I think I'm running into a problem where MSI WixCA CAQuietExec >> custom actions are run as 32-bit even on a 64-bit installer as >> Bob Arnson posted; > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 2:18 PM > Actually, we *just* added 64-bit support (took for

[WiX-users] WixCA CAQuietExec does not support x64 - correct?

2008-04-18 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, I'm creating an x64 install for a product that creates Microsoft Exchange 2007 transport agents. MS Exchange 2007 only runs on x64. I think I'm running into a problem where MSI WixCA CAQuietExec custom actions are run as 32-bit even on a 64-bit installer as Bob Arnson posted; http://www.nabb

Re: [WiX-users] MSI CustomAction - PowerShell

2008-04-16 Thread Dale Quigg
I don't understand why most of the braces come though fine, but these few don't. >>> >>> From: Alexander Shevchuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Formatted data type >>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368609(VS.85).aspx >>> >> Thank you for the pointer Alex. >> It looks like I'll be bet

Re: [WiX-users] MSI CustomAction - PowerShell

2008-04-15 Thread Dale Quigg
>> If you look very carefully, you see that a set of braces around the >> "else" portion of the command have been stripped. >> I don't understand why most of the braces come though fine, but >> these few don't. > From: Alexander Shevchuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Formatted data type > http://msdn2.m

[WiX-users] MSI CustomAction - PowerShell

2008-04-14 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, I have a Type 51 QtExecCmdLine CustomAction with a Target of (all one line) "PowerShell.exe" -NoLogo -Noninteractive -Command "& { $fn='[MG_ROOT]MG_CONFIG' ; if (Test-Path $fn) {$fn_orig='$fn' + '.orig'; Copy-Item $fn $fn_orig; cat $fn_orig | % { $_ -replace '^local.*','local_ip_address=[MG_I

Re: [WiX-users] Custom dialog text based on features selected?

2008-04-04 Thread Dale Quigg
Answering my own post. > I'm trying to create a custom dialog that contains text based on > the features selected. > It appears to me that I can only define what dialog appears next > using feature conditions like; >Value="MG_CoreServerDlg" Order="2"> I resolved by creating 3 differen

[WiX-users] Custom dialog text based on features selected?

2008-04-04 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, I'm trying to create a custom dialog that contains text based on the features selected. Assume I have Feature-A and Feature-B. If only Feature-A is selected, I want the dialog text to be; "The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Service (SMTPSVC) will be restarted" If only Feature-B is selected

Re: [WiX-users] Registry value not overwritten but no error given

2007-07-20 Thread Dale Quigg
This is not a WiX/MSI problem. I'm being "bad" and manually registering (as well as declaratively) registering a .dll that I'm pretty sure is causing the problem. Sorry to bother. Dale -Original Message----- From: Dale Quigg Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 3:

[WiX-users] Registry value not overwritten but no error given

2007-07-20 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, I have a "leftover" (after uninstall) registry value from an old InstallShield X Universal (Java based) install that is not getting overwritten by my new, WiX v3 based, .msi install. When my .msi install is complete, the registry looks like this; REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentCo

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 14, Issue 8

2007-07-02 Thread Dale Quigg
> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:58:41 +0100 > From: "Patrick Steele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WiX-users] version numbering > To: > > Hi, > > I have my version number hardcoded in multiple locations throughout my > wxs file eg > > > Is it possible for me to parameterise this, something along

Re: [WiX-users] light.exe crashes

2007-06-21 Thread Dale Quigg
> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:10:58 -0700 > From: Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] light.exe crashes > > Michael Schoneman wrote: > > Unhandled Exception: > > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.WixException: Exception of type > > 'Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.WixE

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 13, Issue 126

2007-06-19 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi Sunghwa, The value is stored in I use "301" to ensure that customers have the MSI 3.01 engine. The 3.x MSI engine has significant improvements that help patching. Dale Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:17:27 -0700 From: Sunghwa Jin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [WiX-users] ICE66: Complete

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to build WiX in ANT

2007-06-19 Thread Dale Quigg
his, which does *NOT* work (one can not combine arguments in the same arg value). I'm posting in case anyone else gets stuck on the same issue. Dale -Original Message----- From: Dale Quigg Sent: T

[WiX-users] Trying to build WiX in ANT

2007-06-19 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, I'm trying to build my WiX project using Apache Ant. When I run my candle.exe and light.exe commands in a "plain" DOS command (no WiX directories in path) the build is successful. The commands I use are; C:\PathTo\candle.exe MyProject.wxs C:\PathTo\light.exe MyProject.wixobj

Re: [WiX-users] How to override RegistrySearch property?

2007-06-07 Thread Dale Quigg
Rob and Dacian, Thanks so much for your help. > 2) How do I sequence the CA so it executes before my UI is displayed? Rob: I'd sequence it straight after AppSearch. Dacian: Put it under InstallUISequence Yes. Perfect. NOT MY_REAL_VALUE I also kept it in InstallExecut

[WiX-users] How to override RegistrySearch property?

2007-06-07 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, I have a custom dialog that includes an edit box that is pre-populated with the value of a property [MY_REAL_VALUE]. Another property, MY_FOUND_VALUE, is set via RegistrySearch. If the user did not supply MY_REAL_VALUE in the command line, I want to set MY_REAL_VALUE = MY_FOUND_VALU

Re: [WiX-users] Custom action to run cmd.exe after InstallFinalize

2007-06-04 Thread Dale Quigg
From: Erik Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:33 AM To: Dale Quigg Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom action to run cmd.exe after InstallFinalize I think the problem here is that you're misunderstanding what a CA51 does. It&#

[WiX-users] Custom action to run cmd.exe after InstallFinalize

2007-06-01 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, I'm trying to build a custom action that invokes cmd.exe after InstallFinalize. In my sample .wxs project, I have CA1, CA2, CA3. CA1 and CA3 are VbScript custom actions (I know... don't use VbScript custom actions). CA2 is where I try to invoke cmd.exe. Here's a snippet from my .wx

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to build example

2007-05-30 Thread Dale Quigg
Sorry to bother. I found the correct invocation in the WiX help under "Using the WixUI dialog library". Dale -Original Message----- From: Dale Quigg Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 11:02 AM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: Trying to build example Hi, I&

[WiX-users] Trying to build example

2007-05-30 Thread Dale Quigg
Hi, I'm new to WiX so this is likely a simple problem. I'm trying to compile the example on http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=WixUI_Custom I copied the sample http://www.wixwiki.com/images/c/c8/WixCustomSample.zip and tried to compile and link; C:\Downloads\Wix_More_Samples\WixCustomSample