Re: [WiX-users] Proposed adjustments the WiX v2 and WiX v3 roadmap.

That all sounds fine to me personally, as long as I can start investing my time in refactoring all of our installers with WiX v4 (and its bootstrapper!) sometime around the time you would said it would be available. Joel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 3.0 release date

We -- those who are currently developing with WiX, those who are stuck in purgatory with Windows Installer but InstallShield's interpretation of it, and those who will be writing an installer in the near future -- are in dire need of a decent bootstrapper. I see shining examples of good bootstrappe

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

With no spam filtering on the list, it's sometimes half of all email. Joel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sleightholm Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:48 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] wix mailing lis

Re: [WiX-users] MSI's and unknown publisher

Wait, are you saying it's possible to add that entry? I was under the impression that the way Windows Installer caches MSIs, it can no longer authenticate the digital signature of the file as it has been changed. Joel Peterson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B

Re: [WiX-users] WriteMetabaseChanges: failed to open '/LM/W3SVC/4/'key, retrying 0 time(s)...

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Re: [WiX-users] Building a setup.exe

Hi Rob. I can't begin to tell you how much any work in this regard means to a lot of us. I'm waiting until I find a decent, customizable bootstrapper solution before switching all of our installations to WiX. I'd love to see more information on where you're going with it. I've put quite a lot o

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

I think half the subscribers to this mailing list are waiting for that. :) Joel Peterson Quality Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance Engineer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Painter Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

It needs something called a "bootstrapper" wrapped around it. Joel Peterson Quality Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Afshin Sepehri Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:53 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] upgradable merge modules

Couple comments. 1. I really wish http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/10/Bootstrapper/ was more of a how-to. It isn't really intuitive on how to use all of this tooling in Visual Studio 2005, or where to find it. 2. WiX really needs a better bootstrapper as a part of what it offers. If it

Re: [WiX-users] Vista & unknown publisher

Just want to point out that even if you sign your MSI, you will still get a "Unknown Publisher" on uninstallation. It's sort of a sad limitation that is explained here: http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team/archive/2006/10/19/new-wind ows-installer-4-0-webcast-scheduled-and-q-a-from-lua-web

Re: [WiX-users] Where is Tallow for WiX 3?

heat.exe is your new, better friend. Joel Peterson Quality Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of S C Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:42 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Where is Tallow for W

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

After installing Visual Studio 2005 SP1, the WinSxS Merge Modules will be available in [ProgramFilesFolder]Common Files\Merge Modules. Unless you had a pre-release version of Visual Studio 2005 installed on your system. There's a bug where only the 64-bit Merge Modules would be updated by Visual

Re: [WiX-users] WiX at TechEd 2007?

Is there any place in particular where I should be making noise in regards to getting a BOF or breakout session going? Joel Peterson Quality Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 12:19 PM To: Peterson, Joel; wix-users

[WiX-users] WiX at TechEd 2007?

This is more for Rob and Bob, but if anyone else has any details I'd love to hear them. It actually crossed my mind to ask this as I was reading Rob's blog on the Designed for Operations Workshop. Is there any details for WiX-related breakout sessions, Birds of a Feather sessions, and/or Techni

Re: [WiX-users] Windows 98 and ALLUSERS

> I know... but I still have people out there that haven't for some reason. Do us all a favor and drop support for them so we don't have to support them as well. :) Joel Peterson Quality Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Be

Re: [WiX-users] What happened to Tallow.exe

Kudos again on that name. It's just about 100 times better. Tallow hasn't been used in making candles in a long, long time. Joel Peterson Quality Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cullen Waters Sent: Thurs

Re: [WiX-users] How to specify different INSTALLDIR than default"Program Files"

Hi Anil. The Windows Installer SDK maintains a list of System Folder Properties that you can use for this sort of thing: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372057.aspx ProgramFiles64Folder

Re: [WiX-users] help with Tallow.exe error on Vista

I've had all sorts of issues getting OCX to self-register on Vista, and eventually beat them out by making sure the installer was running elevated. You're most likely correct, Mike. I bet tallow.exe needs that manifest. Joel Peterson Quality Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] Comparing two MSIs

PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:37 PM To: Peterson, Joel; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Comparing two MSIs A lot of our installers are pretty complex, and use a bunch of tables. I was hoping for something more automated. From: Peterson, Joel [mail

Re: [WiX-users] Comparing two MSIs

Orca is a fair good tool and will allow you to eyeball compare the tables, not sure it has any automatic comparison feature. Joel Peterson Quality Assurance Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cullen Waters

Re: [WiX-users] ConfigureSQL Bug

I figure I might as well add to this discussion. I'm a daily WinDbg with GFlags user/addict, to the point where I can go from a vanilla system to a full debug system in a few minutes (it'd be faster if it weren't for the delay of downloading symbols from the Microsoft Symbol Server). Following is a

Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

ke them generic enough to solve all of the different problems we all face here. That, and often their solutions need to be scaled (down) such to be more useful by "smaller applications". From: Peterson, Joel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:58 To

Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

Get some examples from the Office, Exchange, and Visual Studio teams, and you're set. Their bootstrappers are awesome. Joel Peterson Quality Assurance Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent:

[WiX-users] New Official Installation Technology? CBS? What?

I saw this while doing some digging as to why PowerShell RTM isn't available for Vista: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/11/15/windows-powershell-w indows-vista.aspx > So what's the difference between the Vista and XP/Server release of PowerShell? Is it just the installer? Why d

Re: [WiX-users] How to prompt to terminate process on uninstall

Hi Jeff.   The custom needs be placed in the proper sequence, such as before RemoveAllFiles. WiX, or more accurately MSI, isn’t organized towards stages of installation, but allows you to schedule events based on those stages.   Joel Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]  

Re: [WiX-users] Fragments, Cabinets, and Light, Oh My!

Or even better, Heat should have a switch to throw each directory’s contents into its own . That would be very cool.   Joel Peterson Quality Assurance Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED]   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peterson, Joel

Re: [WiX-users] Fragments, Cabinets, and Light, Oh My!

help, Simon.   Joel Peterson Quality Assurance Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED]   From: Simon Dahlbacka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:25 PM To: Peterson, Joel Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments, Cabinets, and

[WiX-users] Fragments, Cabinets, and Light, Oh My!

Hi all.   I’m using WiX 3.0.2211.0. My installer is pretty basic, but I have a driver set provided by a partner that I want to have in its own .WXS, since creating modular installers is a good thing to do. I’ve attached both .WXS files (redacted and simplified); Product.wxs is the main an

[WiX-users] Windows Installer/MSI Books?

Hi all.   Are there any decent books on the core architecture of Windows Installer and MSI (seriously, there are enough books on InstallShield)? I feel that having a deep understanding on the Windows Installer architecture would give me a better foundation in knowing what I should and sho

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3, VS2005, and Preprocessor Environment Variables

Visual Studio handles paths.   Thanks again!   Joel Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]   From: Cullen Waters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:53 PM To: Peterson, Joel; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] WiX v3, VS2005, and

[WiX-users] WiX v3, VS2005, and Preprocessor Environment Variables

Hi all.   I know that when you open cmd.exe, it loads all of the environment variables and caches them. If you were to navigate to System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables and add a new System variable named “testvar”, typing “cd %testvar%” in the existing cmd.exe wouldn’t work. You’d

Re: [WiX-users] WiX UI Control Repository?

.   Thanks for the insight on the Microsoft installers. I figured they weren’t MSI UI, but they are some of the best.   Joel Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]   From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 8:01 PM To: Peterson, Joel Cc: wix-users

[WiX-users] WiX UI Control Repository?

Hi all.   I’m sure I already know the answer to some of these questions, but I must ask. Is there a repository of user-submitted WiX UI content? Are there any available templates of some of the more popular dialogues that are used in MSI installers? Is there an unwritten spec to adhere to

Re: [WiX-users] tallow in v3?

Heat.exe is your new friend. The WiX Tutorial is still v2, but with enough v2 experience and some reading through the WiX Users mailing list, v3 is very easy to pick up. Joel Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tor

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3 in Team Foundation Build

Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:44 AM To: Mike Dimmick; Peterson, Joel; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] WiX 3 in Team Foundation Build   Mike is correct.  However, ideally, you’d look at getting the policy in the domain tweaked so you

Re: [WiX-users] No messages from WiX-Users for 2 days

The wonders of SourceForge, I imagine. Are there any specific details of this outage? I'm glad I was busy enough with other tasks in the last few days; my email about TFS Build integration wasn't holding me up. :) Joel Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[WiX-users] WiX 3 in Team Foundation Build

Hi all.   I’m new to this list so please correct me if this has already been discussed. I’ve installed the latest weekly build of WiX 3 on my development system and also on my Team Foundation Server/Team Foundation Build.   The WiX solution builds fine on my development system, in all D