Dear WiX Support,
I've been trying to add a text file to an MSI package to be used by a custom
action, but without success. I have added two files to the Binary table as
shown below.
Binary Id=CustomActions.dll
SourceFile=..\CustomAction1\bin\Release\CustomAction1.CA.dll /
Binary
Dear All,
I followed an example from a book (Wix 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows
Installer XML by Nick Ramirez, Chapter 16) to create a WiX bootstrapper
application DLL. The project in this example has a WPF view and references the
Microsoft.Practices.Prism assembly from SilverLight and
Thank you, Blair. - Miaohsi
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From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 8:07 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.6: How to populdate a Combobox based on the
value another Combobox
Hello Everyone,
I am trying to create a dialog box that has two combo boxes and the list items
of the second combo box depends on the value of the first one. In other words,
if the user changes the selected item in the first combo box, the list items in
the second combo box are updated
product.wxs file I have:
DialogRef Id=GenericErrorDlg/
Then in my SQLConnectionDlog.wxs I have:
Publish Event=SpawnDialog Value=GenericErrorDlg
Order=4![CDATA[DATABASE_CONNECTION_ERROR = 0]]/Publish
Steve
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From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: July-25
Hello all,
I am trying to use SelectDbDlg in my WiX 3.6 project as shown below:
Publish Event=NewDialog Value=SelectDbDlg/Publish
When I built the install program I got the error below:
error LGHT0094: Unresolved reference to symbol 'Dialog:SelectDbDlg' in section
'Fragment:'
Note that I've
Hi Blair,
Thank you for your help. I tried your suggestion and have a problem getting it
work. Below is how the custom action, WriteModulesXml, is setup. This CA tries
to access session.Features.
Declaration:
CustomAction Id=WriteModulesXml BinaryKey=CustomAction1.dll
Thanks a lot, Blair. That helps. - Miaohsi
-Original Message-
From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 6:04 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.6: How do I consolidate languages?
Not certain (is that
Dear All,
I am trying to find a way to loop through the Feature tree and detect the
install state and install action for each one of the features in my C# custom
action. Below is what I've found that I could use:
FeatureInfo FeatureState = session.Features[feature_name];
From the FeatureState
Dear all,
I am converting an InstallShield project to WiX 3.6. The script below is
executed in the InstallShield installer and I am having the problem of
duplicating this in my C# WiX custom action. One WiX property related to this
issue that I found from googling is SystemLanguageID, and
Thank you very much for the information. - Miaohsi
-Original Message-
From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 3:00 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Need heat.exe to include extra file source subfolder
I'm
Hi Blair,
Thank you for your help. The log file seems to indicate that the installation
completed successfully, as shown below by the last part of the log file. Please
let me know what else to look for.
Thanks a lot,
Miaohsi
MSI (s) (48:B8) [15:30:06:234]: Executing op:
Hi Blair,
Sorry, I was looking at the wrong file. Please ignore my previous mail. Below
is the part of the logging that you wanted to take a look. I can see a few
errors here, including my install program Client.msi. Can the failure of
Client.msi installation cause the setup prerequisite to
Hello,
I am trying to include the MS SQL CE 3.5 SP2 as part of my setup prerequisites.
However, this part rolls back after it completes. I turned on the
DisplayInternalUI to see the last dialog box of the installation. After that,
MSSQL CE got uninstalled and I got two install log files in the
Message-
From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: 23 January 2012 19:53
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Our WiX patch installer is very slow
Dear All,
We create both our product base installer (version 6.0) and its upgrade
installer (version 6.0.1
Dear All,
We create both our product base installer (version 6.0) and its upgrade
installer (version 6.0.1) in WiX. We also create the patch installer in WiX.
However, the resulting msp file runs really slow (It takes longer than 30
minutes to complete.). In contrast, the patch installer
Hello,
Inside my download zip file of WiX 3.5, I found a file in the below path:
wix35-sources.zip\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\InstallDirDlg.wxs
Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but hope this helps.
Regard,
Miaohsi
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From: Alan Goode
Hello All,
In our bootstrapper we are using a RegistryCheck to check a registry value and
save the value in property PENDING_RENAME. If the value exists, the
bootstratpper should fail and display an error message. The FailIf statement is
shown below:
FailIf Property=PENDING_RENAME
Dear All,
We are facing a problem that the DiskCostDlg does not show correct numbers.
When we changed the target install location from C drive to D drive, the
numbers for required space on the drives remained roughly the same. Any help
will be much appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
Miaohsi
***
I couldn't say. Almost all our installers have a single feature so it's not
something I have an in-depth knowledge of. Can you not trigger control events
from the UI ?
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From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: 25 October 2011 23:38
To: General
] How to display the list of features to be installed
The first 4 properties under Feature Installation Options Properties would
be the place to start.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370905%28VS.85%29.aspx#feature_inst
allation_options_properties
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From: Wang
Dear All,
We would like to display before entering the Execute sequence the list of
features that the user selects to install, but do not know what the best
approach would be. Specifically, the implementation involves getting the
feature install status and organizing the features to install
, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Wang, Miaohsi miaohsi.w...@invensys.comwrote:
Hi Rob,
I added the two standard actions into the InstallExecuteSequence as you
described (without attributes), but the result is the same. Those merge
module files are still not getting registered when feature Server
).
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Wang, Miaohsi miaohsi.w...@invensys.comwrote:
Dear All,
We have two features (Client and Server) in an WiX installer and both of
them include a merge module, called CFI. Some of the CFI files are
self-registering. During the install runtime, if we select both
Dear All,
We have two features (Client and Server) in an WiX installer and both of them
include a merge module, called CFI. Some of the CFI files are self-registering.
During the install runtime, if we select both features to install, then these
CFI files register properly. However, if we
\Classes and
HKCU\Software\Classes for per user installs.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724475(VS.85).aspx
-Original Message-
From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: 30 June 2011 16:35
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX
Hello All,
I created a bootstrapper that installs .NET 3.5 on the target machine if it is
not present. The problem is that after its installation, the bootstrapper
prompts the user to reboot the machine. Is there a way to avoid this prompt?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Regards,
Miaohsi
***
Dear All,
I have an x86 installer which needs to create a registry key under
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node on 64-bit machines. I created a component to do
the task. The component installs fine but does not create the key on x64
systems. Is there a way to accomplish this with WiX? Your help
and
HKCU\Software\Classes for per user installs.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724475(VS.85).aspx
-Original Message-
From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: 30 June 2011 16:35
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Can
Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
-Original Message-
From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:08 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can an x86 msi create
Dear All,
Is there a way to enable the keyboard shortcut on a control on an install
dialog? For example, instead of clicking on the Next button, the user can
simply press the n key while holding down the Alt key to proceed to the next
dialog. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Value=SelectionDialog /
/Control
-Original Message-
From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 11:41 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Control keyboard chortcut
Dear All,
Is there a way to enable
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Hope that helps some.
Chad
P.S. Another link to try for more sites in case the one above doesn't
work.
http://tinyurl.com/3sn7tso
-Original Message-
From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 1:31
registry keys in order to isolate yourself from
possible differences between OSes.
-Original Message-
From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: 23 May 2011 23:29
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] What registry keys/values
Dear All,
After searching on the Internet, I'm still not sure about the exact registry
keys/values to modify such that future Repair/Modify will use the msi that we
cache locally on the machine hard drive. So far I have found value name
LastUsedSource under the following two keys:
Dear All,
After installing our product, doing Modify/Repair from the Add Remove
Programs window requires the original install package to be in the same
location where the product is installed from. Does anyone know how to cache msi
locally such that Modify/Repair the product via Add Remove
of actions that cache the MSI in
a set location and handle any cleanup and registration that is required.
Mat Skildum
-Original Message-
From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 10:44 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset
Hi Umesh,
Thanks a lot for the idea. The problem seemed to have been resolved after we
switched the custom actions that initialize the target folder values to type 35
(setting a directory value) from type 51 (setting a property value) and
schedule them after CostFinalize.
Thanks,
Miaohsi
Dear group,
We are creating an install program that allows the user to install the
application files into three changeable locations, EXEROOT, PROGDATAROOT, and
USERDATAROOT as shown below. These locations are given some default values at
the beginning of the UI sequence before the Welcome
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Could not harvest data from a 64bit dll
IIRC, the bug is still open. Did you find that it was resolved?
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Wang, Miaohsi
miaohsi.w...@invensys.comwrote:
Hi Rob,
Has this issue been resolved
Hi Rob,
Has this issue been resolved? I tried using the heat.exe from WiX 3.5.2519 to
extract COM data from a 64-bit dll and failed.
Thanks,
Miaohsi
-Original Message-
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 4:00 PM
To: General discussion
Dear All,
I am working on a WiX installer that allows the user to install either the
product or a third-party software. If the user selects to install the
third-party software, the installer should launch the third-party installer,
wait for it to complete, and then exit the install. Does
Dear All,
I created an empty C++ custom action (a CA that does nothing) in VS2008 using
its C++ CA dll template and tried to call the CA from a WiX 3.5 install
program. I got the error below recorded in the install log file during the
install:
CustomAction1: Error 0x80070715: Failed to get
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From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 9:05 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom action entrypoints
Hi Christopher and anyone who can help,
Thanks a lot for responding to my question. I
Dear All,
We need to create a shortcut inside the application shortcut folder for an
executable that exists in a merge module. I searched for a while in the
Internet but did not find the exact information that I need. Currently I have
the code below that does not work nor compile:
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From: Wang, Miaohsi miaohsi.w...@invensys.com
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Wed, November 3, 2010 2:56:39 PM
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom action entrypoints
Hello,
I created
Hello,
I created a second custom action dll because of the max 16 entrypoint limit. I
included the two CA dll's in my WiX install project as shown below:
Binary Id=CustomActions1.dll
SourceFile=.\CustomActions\CustomActions1\bin\Release\CustomActions1.CA.dll /
Binary
at it seems to have one of the
following three values: Intel [for x86], amd64 [for x64], and IA64
[for ia64].
-Original Message-
From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:18 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject
Hi Everybody,
I have been trying to detect whether the platform is 32-bit or 64-bit using
property VersionNT64 in my MSVS 2008 bootstrapper, but cannot get it to work
correctly. The detection statement is as follows:
BypassIf Property=VersionNT64 Compare=ValueExists Value=N/A for
ValueExists
Hi Everybody,
I have been trying to detect whether the platform is 32-bit or 64-bit using
property VersionNT64 in my MSVS 2008 bootstrapper, but cannot get it to work
correctly. The detection statement is as follows:
BypassIf Property=VersionNT64 Compare=ValueExists Value=N/A for
ValueExists
Hello,
We are getting two ICE errors when building the msi:
light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0204: ICE03: Not a valid foreign key; Table:
Registry, Column: Value, Key(s):
reg915A9E650BB0D354565B781E5858F979.58162F94_0C12_465B_AC53_1CA2F709F44B
light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0204: ICE69:
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