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From: John Lalande [mailto:j...@psrm.ca]
Sent: March-22-13 11:05 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject
I am building an installer for a product that uses WCF and needs an
exception added to the Windows firewall.
Unfortunately, I have been unable to get a FirewallException element to work
for me. I found this solution at
My installer has a check box on the final panel that starts the
application when the Finish button is clicked. However, I would like
this option to not be available if there is a reboot scheduled.
I have a custom action that sets a property named PENDINGREBOOT to
'1' and conditions on the
.
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From: John Lalande [mailto:johnlala...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:13 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] suppressing start on exit
My installer has a check box on the final panel that starts the
application when the Finish button
not matter if a reboot is required or not.
Chris
On 01/25/2011 02:43 PM, John Lalande wrote:
Is there some way to run my custom action in the UI sequence just
before the exit dialog is displayed?
Or perhaps I am doing this completely wrong and there is another, more
logical approach
I have been unable to recreate this issue here, but I am getting
reports of users attempting to upgrade to the next version of our
product getting a dialog to browse to the location of the previous
version's MSI file, which is no longer where the installing user had
it.
This is causing the
Since XP64 is based on Win2k3 64, their OS installer properties are
identical. Is there another way to distinguish the two operating systems?
We would like to add a launch condition that allows XP64 but not Win2k3
Server 64.
John
For some reason, on an upgrade or uninstall, the wizard is prompting to
close Windows Explorer. I read somewhere that using the C runtime merge
modules would cause this. But this issue cropped up about the time when we
stopped using those merge modules (and the MFC merge modules) and install
the
You should really just use ScheduleReboot and condition it on your checkbox.
See the Wix help file for more details.
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Our product includes a TAPI Service Provider (TSP) that requires that it be
installed to System32. I have read that if a file is installed in System32
it should be marked as permanent.
I have made updates to our TSP but the installer won't upgrade the version
that is installed. Is there a way
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John Lalande wrote:
DIFXAPP: ERROR 0x2 encountered while opening persistent-info key for
component '{B97A869E-A464-4A2D-9D29-38214A90C0DC}'
As I recall, DifxApp writes some data to the registry, so it fails if
users clean their registry. I'd
In our product we ship a USB driver. The installer is written with wix 2,
but since I was having difficulty using wix 2 to install the driver, I
packaged the driver in a merge module written in wix 3.
I have two users that cannot uninstall our product, thereby preventing an
upgrade, yet I have
Is it not enough to create the application shortcut as advertised to enable
self-healing?
I have Lotus Notes plug-in that is getting removed when Notes gets
uninstalled, but I would like my application to restore the plug-in DLL
using the self-healing mechanism.
I suspect the reason it isn't
a bit of effort.
These tools are awesome! Thanks!
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 1:25 PM, John Lalande [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No love here either.
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Christopher Painter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I tried it a few times but that doesn't seem to light up the project
.
*From:* John Lalande [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:22 AM
*To:* Jason Ginchereau
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] wix 3.0.4123 custom action templates
Thanks Jason!
Attached is the install log and a screenshot of the dialog I am looking for
the custom action template
During uninstallation of our product, the FilesInUse dialog appears (as
expected), the user clicks Ignore and at the end is prompted for a reboot.
However, if the user selects 'yes', the reboot does not occur.
Looking in the log there are many entries regarding files that need a reboot
to
Our product contains a feature to integrate with Lotus Notes. The feature's
Level is set to 0 (so that it is not selectable), and conditionally set to 1
if Lotus Notes is installed. If later, Notes is uninstalled, then our
product won't uninstall the Notes integration feature, leaving files in
Is there a way to remove components that were marked with the Permanent
attribute when installed?
Also, can a permanent component be upgraded?
John
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Don't
to the Secure attribute that fixed everything...
Thanks, Bob!
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Lalande wrote:
Unfortunately, setting the feature to 'Will be installed on local hard
drive' and finishing the install does not install the feature. I have
Using Wix 2, I have defined a sub-feature of the main application that will
not install when selected during a Maintenance installation (choosing
'Change').
My sub-feature is only applicable if Lotus Notes is installed, so its Level
is set to 0 if Notes is not present during the initial
ab
It is much simpler then what you are proposing. Simply add the UpgadeCode
of the old product to the Upgrade table of your new product. The old one
will be uninstalled in the same manner as a previous version...silently
during the RemoveExistingProducts action.
John
=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes /
/Upgrade
regards,
..ab
On Nov 26, 2007 7:16 PM, John Lalande [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ab
It is much simpler then what you are proposing. Simply add the
UpgadeCode of the old product to the Upgrade table of your new product. The
old one will be uninstalled
After completing what I thought were all the Vista updates necessary for our
installer, an issue came up when installing per user. One of our COM
component's (packaged as on ocx) registry entries are inaccessible in some
scenarios.
I read this entry:
I have completed the an installer that installs a ASP.Net 2.0 web
application. It works fine in Windows 2003 Server but fails on Vista with
the error message:
Cannot connect to the Internet Information Server.
(-2147221164 )
In the log file, the detail for the failure is:
ConfigureIIs:
objects today.
Maybe one day we'll update the IIS custom actions to not require that on
Vista. It's a pretty large work item though.
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *John Lalande
*Sent:* Friday, September 14, 2007 09:43
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
of IIS. You have to make
sure that they are installed before you start your installation. How do
you check to make sure that IIS is installed?
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *John Lalande
*Sent:* Friday, September 14, 2007 1:39 PM
*To:* Rob Mensching
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Regards
David.
2007/9/11, John Lalande [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I am writing an installer that creates a web site in IIS using WiX,
unfortunately the version of asp.net is always set to v1.1.4322 when I
need
it to be 2.0.50727.
Is there a way
if it is shown
correctly in restart manager. Do you have a hidden window that it may be
picking up instead?
Thanks,
James
*From:* John Lalande [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Friday, September 07, 2007 5:59 AM
*To:* Bob Arnson; James Finnigan
*Cc:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
I am writing an installer that creates a web site in IIS using WiX,
unfortunately the version of asp.net is always set to v1.1.4322 when I need
it to be 2.0.50727.
Is there a way to set this using WiX?
John
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be what you're seeing -
checking what Bob told you is a good way to see where the breakdown is.
HTH,
James
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 5:07 PM
To: John Lalande
Cc: wix-users
Richard
It certainly is not a silly question and was worth checking. I checked and
the program does not depend on its location. If I install to a non-default
folder I can run the program from its shortcut.
I am starting to think that perhaps this cannot be done as easily as the
tutorial
people to
have reported it as a bug long ago. I'm waiting for a build to finish, so
I'm going to see if I can get a minimal example working and try to reproduce
the problem here.
Regards,
Richard
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*From:* John Lalande [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent
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*From:* John Lalande [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Thursday, August 09, 2007 2:13 PM
*To:* Foster, Richard - PAL
*Cc:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Run program after installation
Richard
As per the tutorial, my custom action is defined
Following the steps outlined at the excellent tutorial at
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson8.php#8.6 works great unless the user
changes the installation directory from the default.
When going down the happy path the log says that the LaunchFile custom
action returns 0 and the program
After re-writing our InstallShield installer in WiX, my team leader would
like a major upgrade to default to the previously installed feature set as
he seen with the IS installer.
Is this something my WiX-based installer should be doing by default and I
simply missed something? Or does it
.
WiX schedules the MigrateFeatureStates action in the UI and Execute
sequences if at least one UpgradeVersion element is specified.
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *John Lalande
*Sent:* 03 July 2007 17:01
I have an issue where my current build on first start does a Repair if it
has upgraded a previous version. This does not occur with a fresh install,
only after the major upgrade.
I have logged the install of the old version, the upgrade and the Repair,
but I don't know what I should be looking
On rare occasions, we get reports that our product requires the original msi
package when attempting to uninstall.
Under what conditions does this occur? The only way I can recreate this
issue is by deleting the cached instance in C:\Windows\Installer. Is there
another way?
John
this component, this is exactly what I
want. Is there any other gotchas you know of that I should be aware of?
I appreciate your help on this.
John
On 3/2/07, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Lalande wrote:
I would like to further enhance this merge module such that if a user
later installs Act
the
components that are already installed.
Or is there a way around this?
John
On 3/1/07, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Lalande wrote:
Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'
Directory Id='ACTPATH' Name='ActDir'
Directory Id='PluginsDir' Name='Plugins
I have created a plugin for the PIM Act! This plugin dll must be installed
in a subfolder of the Act! installation directory only if Act! is installed.
I would like to package the plugin in a merge module so that different teams
at our company can use it by simply including it in their
peacefully.
Thanks for your thoughts on this.
On 1/26/07, John Lalande [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You didn't answer my question -- you want the uninstall to be canceled;
you just don't like the fatal error message, right?
That's correct, I don't like the fatal error message. And neither does
my
After an installer for our product is built, it may undergo a transformation
by a utility that we wrote...i.e. some properties are changed, Binary table
entries updated, and SummaryInformation updated. This tool uses the
installer COM API.
After this operation, the installer inexplicably grows
. It is only when one fails
during an ARP uninstall that I am having problems.
On 1/26/07, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Lalande wrote:
An interesting thought, but the LaunchCondition message *does* display.
The Fatal Error message appears after it is dismissed
Levi's right
for uninstalling.
But I would sure like to be proved wrong as my boss is putting a lot of
pressure on me about this issue.
John
On 1/26/07, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Lalande wrote:
What situations are they useful if they always show a Fatal Error
dialog in ARP?
If you determine that you need
, and returning the value
ERROR_INSTALL_USEREXIT from the CA when it fails?
On 1/26/07, John Lalande [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I understand where they might be useful; that is why I am using one.
But my experiments show that a failing launch condition during uninstall
from ARP always shows the fatal
if a failure in the ARP shows the fatal error message after the
launch condition message. They could be very useful but informing the user
of a non-existent fatal error is not very pleasant behavior.
John
On 1/26/07, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Lalande wrote:
I understand where
I have a LaunchCondition that with a custom action stops the uninstall if
the product is running.
Unfortunately, if the uninstall is initiated from the Add/Remove Programs
control panel, a Fatal Error message is displayed after I dismiss the
LaunchCondition message.
I have tested this using the
, and the fatal error is just
that the remove failed because the program was running?
On 1/25/07, John Lalande [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a LaunchCondition that with a custom action stops the uninstall
if the product is running.
Unfortunately, if the uninstall is initiated from the Add
I need a shortcut in the start menu that opens a folder.
On 1/14/07, Rob Mensching [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You mean a shortcut to a folder or a folder in the Start Menu for
shortcuts? Both should be possible.
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *John
Is it possible to install a folder shortcut in the Start Menu?
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at external UI for the setup chainer (in six months or so).
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *John Lalande
*Sent:* Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:45 PM
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* [WiX-users] clicking on checkbox pseudo labels
I have implemented
I have implemented a Launch [ProductName] checkbox according to section
8.6 of the tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu with one small change.
Because the background of the checkbox is gray (and cannot be changed) and
the background of the panel is white (which is not very attractive), I have
We have two packages, one which depends on the other and will have been
installed later than the first. I would like to author the uninstall of the
first installer to uninstall itself (of course) and, if present, the
dependent package.
Ideally, the second package would be a feature of the
very much.
On 11/26/06, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Lalande wrote:
This is much different than the behavior of my own PC. Is it possible
that there is a domain policy causing this? Our IT dept has just
started using AD to push applications and maybe they have added a
setting
that they don't completely understand.
Thanks for your time on this.
On 11/23/06, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adding *wix-users* back to the thread.
John Lalande wrote:
I copied Notepad.exe to a folder shared with Sample.wxs and changed its
name to FoobarAppl10.exe. Then I compiled. I ran
the log file for the tutorial package directly to
you for your inspection. It's only 79KB. Let me know.
Thanks very much for your time thinking about this and trying to help me
solve this problem.
On 11/22/06, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Lalande wrote:
MSI (s) (B4:74) [07:21:22
Our application is not currently officially supported on Windows 2003 (some
mumbo-jumbo about QA having to give the thumbs up). But I know it works
because Windows 2003 is what my development PC runs.
Is there a WiX way to display a warning to the user that Windows 2003 is not
a supported
PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *John Lalande
*Sent:* Tuesday, November 21, 2006 15:30
*To:* Rob Mensching
*Cc:* Bob Arnson; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling while application is running
I am not *explicitly* suppressing any dialogs. I have tried uninstalling
by right
to see when a file is in use. Is there maybe something more about
the files in use in the log file?
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *John Lalande
*Sent:* Tuesday, November 21, 2006 15:30
*To:* Rob Mensching
*Cc:* Bob Arnson; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
I have successfully convinced my employer to migrate our installers from InstallShield to WiX.However, one of our products, when upgrading from the IS-authored previous version, neglects to install one of the components (the component does get installed on a fresh install). When the application is
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Lalande
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 18:51
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrade doesn't install one component
I have successfully convinced my employer to migrate our
installers from InstallShield to WiX.
However, one of our products, when
Because it requires loading other users' registry hives, MSI doesn'tsupport cross-context upgrades. So a per-machine install can't detect
upgrade a per-user install. MsiEnumRelatedProducts likely uses the samelogic.My intent is not for a per-machine install to upgrade a per-user install. By
This works! Thanks so much, Bob and Pete!On 10/16/06, Pete Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I tried using MsiGetProductInfo with INSTALLPROPERTY_ASSIGNMENTTYPE, however the function returned
the error Unknown Property.Was I supposed to use this value with MsiGetProductInfo or is there another
I am attempting to create a custom action that will detect the previous version's ALLUSERS property, but I am having difficulty. I can get a list of ProductCodes using MsiEnumRelatedProducts, but I have found nothing in the registry that indicates whether a particular product was installed
Can custom actions be attached to control events in one of the dialog sets without modifying and recompiling the dialog set?- John
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I have an application that will allow the user to add an app shortcut. I would like to remove it during an uninstall but not a major upgrade. Right now, I have a custom action that restores the shortcut (written in C++ and doing some weirdbut there must be a way without a CA..or at least a CA that
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