[WiX-users] Determining database permissions from custom bootstrapper / UAC issue

2015-06-24 Thread Henning Krause
Hi, I've created a custom managed bootstrapper using Burn which executes an MSI during the install phase. This MSI installs/configures a database. During the UI phase I'm currently using this SQL statement to determine whether I'm allowed to create a database: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM

[WiX-users] Determining database permissions from custom bootstrapper / UAC issue

2015-06-24 Thread Henning Krause
Hi, I've created a custom managed bootstrapper using Burn which executes an MSI during the install phase. This MSI installs/configures a database. During the UI phase I'm currently using this SQL statement to determine whether I'm allowed to create a database: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM

Re: [WiX-users] Condition on service permissions

2013-07-03 Thread Henning Krause
, 2 Jul 2013 15:37:52 + Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Condition on service permissions Ok, an immediate custom action would do the trick. Is there anything out-of-the-box that I missed? I'd really like to avoid custom actions if I can... Kind regards, Henning Krause -Original

[WiX-users] Condition on service permissions

2013-07-02 Thread Henning Krause
Hi all, I have a setup which installs three services: ServiceA, ServiceB and ManagementService. ServiceA and ServiceB are in different features but have a dependency on ManagementService, which lives in its own feature. SerivceA and ServiceB should be able to start/stop the ManagementService.

Re: [WiX-users] Condition on service permissions

2013-07-02 Thread Henning Krause
Ok, an immediate custom action would do the trick. Is there anything out-of-the-box that I missed? I'd really like to avoid custom actions if I can... Kind regards, Henning Krause -Original Message- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Dienstag, 2. Juli 2013 17:28

Re: [WiX-users] Burn mangaged installer and IIS Administration

2012-10-09 Thread Henning Krause
. The process just enumerates the features and writes them to stdout. This response is then collected by the bootstrapper. Kind regards, Henning Krause -Original Message- From: Igor Paniushkin [mailto:ipaniush...@sdl.com] Sent: Dienstag, 9. Oktober 2012 13:27 To: General discussion

[WiX-users] Burn restart behavior

2012-10-01 Thread Henning Krause
. The problem is, that I can't tell burn to restart the computer. The only way I know is the Result property in the OnApplyComplete handler. But that method is long gone... Is there another way to tell burn to restart the computer? Or do I have to implement that on my own? Kind regards, Henning

[WiX-users] Burn mangaged installer and IIS Administration

2012-09-21 Thread Henning Krause
using the Managed API for IIS. However, it seems that even reading the current IIS configuration required elevation. So it would seem the entire Bootstrapper has to be elevated, which has some smell IMHO. What is the best practice in this scenario? Kind regards, Henning Krause

Re: [WiX-users] Burn mangaged installer and IIS Administration

2012-09-21 Thread Henning Krause
Hi Rob, You'd have to spin of a separate process that can elevate. We've talked about adding somethig like this to Burn for IIS because they made a huge API blunder and required read operations to be elevated. sigh/ But with an additional elevated process the use would have to go through the

Re: [WiX-users] Burn custom managed UI not starting

2012-08-23 Thread Henning Krause
Hi, 0x80070002 means file not found. Make sure you have your file references in the bundle correct. You can also use Sysinternals ProcMon to see where the bundle tries to locate your bootstrapper. Kind regards, Henning -Original Message- From: Adkins, Christopher

Re: [WiX-users] crc error on wix 3.7 aditional downloads

2012-08-22 Thread Henning Krause
Seems to be a bug in PowerArchiver. I had the same issue and reverted to Windows Explorer to extract the files... Kind regards, Henning -Original Message- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] Sent: Mittwoch, 22. August 2012 06:39 To:

Re: [WiX-users] [Burn] Start IIS Manager after installation

2012-08-13 Thread Henning Krause
but a workaround would be to carry a 64-bit executable in your BootstrapperApplication payloads and launch that on 64-bit Windows to launch IIS Manager. Essentially a 64-bit proxy. On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Henning Krause m...@henningkrause.euwrote: I have created a managed bootstrapper

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: WixStdBA crashes wih Access violation

2012-08-10 Thread Henning Krause
violation On 09-Aug-12 09:02, Henning Krause wrote: I have investigated the issue further and come to the conclusion that it happens during an upgrade of an existing installation. It tries to do something to the existing pacakage and looks up the package in the current bundle using its id. When

[WiX-users] [Burn] Start IIS Manager after installation

2012-08-10 Thread Henning Krause
for this? Kind regards, Henning Krause -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: WixStdBA crashes wih Access violation

2012-08-09 Thread Henning Krause
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn: WixStdBA crashes wih Access violation I want to supply some extra information on this defect as requested but it seems to have gone missing. Anyone know what has happened to it? Neil -Original Message- From: Henning Krause

[WiX-users] Burn: WixStdBA crashes wih Access violation

2012-08-08 Thread Henning Krause
Hi, I'm working with the latest WIX version (v3.6.3206.0). Unhandled exception at 0x0FF45EE6 (wixstdba.dll) Setup.exe: 0xC005: Access violation reading location 0x0018. After downloading the symbols from Wixtoolset.org, Visual Studio pinpointed the exception to

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: WixStdBA crashes wih Access violation

2012-08-08 Thread Henning Krause
: [WiX-users] Burn: WixStdBA crashes wih Access violation On 08-Aug-12 12:00, Henning Krause wrote: Unhandled exception at 0x0FF45EE6 (wixstdba.dll) Setup.exe: 0xC005: Access violation reading location 0x0018. Please file a bug so it doesn't get lost in e-mail. -- sig://boB http

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: WixStdBA crashes wih Access violation

2012-08-08 Thread Henning Krause
: WixStdBA crashes wih Access violation Does this crash happen at the end of the install? My users have reported a problem when upgrading today and I updated the build to 3.6.3206 yesterday and wonder if this is the same issue. Neil -Original Message- From: Henning Krause [mailto:m

[WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper

2012-06-27 Thread Henning Krause
Hi, as part of my managed bundle, I may need to activate certain Windows Features. Since I'm targeting Windows 2008 R2 or later, I can safely use the Add-WindowsFeature and Get-WindowsFeature cmdlets. The Add-WindowsFeature would be called from a custom action. However, I want to display a

Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper

2012-06-27 Thread Henning Krause
in a 64-bit process. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Henning Krause [mailto:m...@henningkrause.eu

Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper

2012-06-27 Thread Henning Krause
going to have to find a way to force the 64-bit powershell to be called or your context will be wrong. -- John M. Cooper -Original Message- From: Henning Krause [mailto:m...@henningkrause.eu] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 8:24 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML

[WiX-users] Guidance needed on installing Windows features with Burn

2012-06-20 Thread Henning Krause
of the administrator. Now, should I put this stuff in a custom action in my setup? Or should I do this right from the managed bootstrapper? Are there any other options I have missed? Kind regards, Henning Krause -- Live

Re: [WiX-users] WiX CustomBA Debuging

2012-06-14 Thread Henning Krause
Just working on a managed bootstrapper myself... Using Debugger.Break() I can successfully attach Visual Studio to the bootstrapper application. No problem stepping through the code from there. Kind regards, Henning -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching

[WiX-users] Possible bug with Burn in perUser upgrade scenario?

2012-04-27 Thread Henning Krause
Hi, I've probably run into a bug with the latest WIX 3.6 build (see issue https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailaid=3521939group_id=105970atid=642714) on SourceForge. Basically, I've an MSI which installs a file in a per-user scenario: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? Wix

Re: [WiX-users] Possible bug with Burn in perUser upgrade scenario?

2012-04-27 Thread Henning Krause
, Henning Krause m...@henningkrause.euwrote: Hi, I've probably run into a bug with the latest WIX 3.6 build (see issue https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailaid=3521939group_id=105970 atid=642714) on SourceForge. Basically, I've an MSI which installs a file in a per-user scenario

[WiX-users] Get MSI logs when Burn chain failed

2012-02-29 Thread Henning Krause
Hi, I have a burn chainer which installs an MSI. If the MSI fails (error 1603), I only get said error code in the burn log (msi failed with error 0x80070643). That's not very helpful because 1603 is kind of a standard error message. Is it possible to get a verbose MSI log from the package? Can

[WiX-users] Burn Upgrade/Maintainance issues

2012-02-16 Thread Henning Krause
Hi all, I've created a bootstrapper using burn which works rather well. One thing however: If I execute the bootstrapper multiple times, I always get the Install sequence. The install phase will then run, but since all chained products are already installed, the system is effectively not

[WiX-users] Burn: Chain with MSI only packages fails with Directory not found error

2012-02-15 Thread Henning Krause
I'm using WiX v3.6.2610.0 Test platform: Windows 2003 x86 en, latest service pack I created a Burn Bootstrapper which installs one MSI as Per User. Depending on the state of the target machine, some prereqs have to be installed per-machine. So I created this bootstrapper: ?xml