[WiX-users] Logging in EXE custom action

I have to spawn an exe as a custom action that I have complete control over. I am using the CAQuietExe to do this. I need to log some info when this runs to the install log. Is this possible? My first thought was to pass the MSIHANDLE to the exe but I do not know if this is per-process which

Re: [WiX-users] Tough scenario copying files

before InstallFiles and just attempt to unlock it and gracefully exit if it's unnecessary? -Original Message- From: Jack Sojourn [mailto:jack.sojo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:02 PM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Tough scenario copying files I

[WiX-users] Tough scenario copying files

I have a situation where on install a file in my msi may be in use on upgrades. I have a custom action that will get rid of any lock on the file. however this custom action has to be run as a 64bit process which it does now. so I need to run the custom 64bit exe file during install before

[WiX-users] Burn with no custom ui for localization

I have a project that builds 7 msi and then creates mst transform files for the non-English ones. I then have a burn bootstrapper that has one msipackage with displayinternalui=true. however I need to get rid of the custom burn ui so that only the msi ui is displayed. this goes for the

Re: [WiX-users] Burn with no custom ui for localization

2014-01-29 Jack Sojourn jack.sojo...@gmail.com: I have a project that builds 7 msi and then creates mst transform files for the non-English ones. I then have a burn bootstrapper that has one msipackage with displayinternalui=true. however I need to get rid of the custom burn ui so

[WiX-users] running code to pick the correct msi to run

basically I have 6 different localized msi. I want to have one msi/exe that selects the correct one based on some logic. (the logic contacts a website to get some json identifying the correct language to use. if offline it defaults to English or ui culture) I know I can create a mst transform

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting a different product install

: Is there some reason you can't do a major upgrade to remove it? If you know its UpgradeCode you can get it uninstalled. Phil Wilson On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Jack Sojourn jack.sojo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello...I need to detect if a totally different product is installed and if so

[WiX-users] Detecting a different product install

Hello...I need to detect if a totally different product is installed and if so uninstall it. I figure I can use a custom action to spawn the uninstall. not sure if that will be a problem but does anyone know first how to detect if a different product is installed? preferably by an install guid.

Re: [WiX-users] Noobie Help

/ MsiProperty Name=USING_EXUIH_SILENT Value=1/ Payload Name=vc_red.cab SourceFile=Sources\PreReqs\Vcredist_2010_SP1\x64\vc_red.cab/ /MsiPackage Le %:Date:, Jack Sojourn jack.sojo...@gmail.com a écrit: Thanks Jacob. You wouldn't have any example code

[WiX-users] Noobie Help

Hello...I am new to wix and installation programming in general. I have a pretty simple setup requirement but am not sure how to do it. My first hurdle is the redist install. I know I should use the Merge Id and Microsoft_VC100_ATL_x86.msm or Microsoft_VC100_ATL_x64.msm. However what I need to

Re: [WiX-users] Noobie Help

it an InstallCondition of VersionNT64 and a DetectCondition based on a variable you define with a search. -Original Message- From: Jack Sojourn [mailto:jack.sojo...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 12:32 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Noobie Help