Re: [WiX-users] Exception message during installation

2012-07-24 Thread Phil Wilson
That looks like a message box from a custom action. It's vaguely possible it's coming from a WiX CA, but either way, you'll need to get a verbose log of the install to see where it's coming from. Phil W -Original Message- From: Kannan24 [mailto:skan...@syncfusion.com] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [WiX-users] How to save return code from a command line CustomAction?

2012-07-05 Thread Phil Wilson
There are a few things that may be worth mentioning... ExeCommand='[TARGETDIR]Windows\System32\net.exe user wsdUser wsdPasswd' That doesn't look right. TARGETDIR is your application folder, typically the browsable one, and having it prefix the system folder seems wrong. Also, if you need the

Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple entries in add/remove programs

2006-09-01 Thread Phil Wilson
(or add) features. Using features like this is generally safer if the two components you're referring to are connected in some way and perhaps sharing files. Phil Wilson From: vij [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:37 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple entries in add/remove programs

2006-08-31 Thread Phil Wilson
It may be that features are what you could use. If each component is in its own feature then users can go to the single entry in Add/Remove and choose to add or remove each feature. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stefan

Re: [WiX-users] Search for a GAC component

2006-08-26 Thread Phil Wilson
Calling Assembly.Load and checking the GlobalAssemblyCache property should work. Another alternative might be the obscure IAssemblyCache::QueryAssemblyInfo call (C++). Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Kaplan Sent: Friday

Re: [WiX-users] Any idea what might cause this 1603 error or how to figure it out?

2006-08-25 Thread Phil Wilson
This is a list of some of the possible causes for 1603: http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=Q107182 Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:22 PM To: Joe Kaplan Cc

Re: [WiX-users] How to show FilesInUse dialog _always_ ?

2006-08-08 Thread Phil Wilson
Sequence the custom action before files get copied so yes, somewhere early in the sequence is fine. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexander Biryukov Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 1:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Question about repeat installation of the same MSI

2006-07-29 Thread Phil Wilson
version of your product it will be silently uninstalled. Whether there is an older version or not, every install will be an install of a new product. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter G. Sakhno Sent: Wednesday, July 26

Re: [WiX-users] FW: InstallUtil and GACing the same assembly

2006-07-12 Thread Phil Wilson
I don't *think* this surprises me. In the standard search for assemblies (as in MSDN "How the runtime locates assemblies") if the assembly is in the GAC it gets used, and if there's also one in the application folder it gets ignored. Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mai

Re: [WiX-users] password is incorrectly set during ServiceInstall

2006-07-10 Thread Phil Wilson
is missing when the service is started. If it doesn'r start at reboot time, this can be a dependency on another service that you haven't configured. As an aside, you should look at MsiHiddenProperties as a way of not exposing passwords in a log! Phil Wilson From

Re: [WiX-users] ERROR_INSTALL_PACKAGE_VERSION

2006-06-16 Thread Phil Wilson
This typically means that schema of the MSI file (such as 200 for MSI 2.0) is higher than the current version of MSI on the system. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 7:45 AM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall - questions

2006-06-13 Thread Phil Wilson
and these ref counts get set on folders you might get into the situation where the folder and therefore the files it contains cannot be removed because there is a SharedDlls ref count on that folder. This is just another reason to not cause msidbComponentAttributesSharedDllRefCount to be set. Phil Wilson

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