[WiX-users] How to distinct between Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008?

I have programmed a bootstrapper application with WiX 3.9 which - among others - installs IIS Express (if needed) and then activates the IIS features via a MsiPackage. In my MsiPackage i have the follwing options for Windows 8: / (VersionN

Re: [WiX-users] How to use dism.exe in WiX ExePackage for IIS feature activation?

Sorry Phill, i was a little bit misleaded by that answer from Harbinder Singh in Stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24439602/wix-burn-install-iis-if-not-yet-installed/24491306#24491306 Now i found it out. The ExeCommand of my CustomAction must look like that: One questi

Re: [WiX-users] How to use dism.exe in WiX ExePackage for IIS feature activation?

Thank You Phill, but i now i have a security problem or something like that. I have made a testinstaller, which installs a simple WPF-application with a single mask. In that installer i implemented the customaction like that: [...]

[WiX-users] How to use dism.exe in WiX ExePackage for IIS feature activation?

I have made a bootstrapper project with WiX 3.9. In this project i install IIS Express and then i activate the IIS features. Until now i added the Dism.exe from my computer as a resource and activated the features like that: This works fine, but i think it would be better to use the Dism.exe wh

Re: [WiX-users] What can cause an error when setting a bootstrapper variable?

Thank You very much Rob for that hint! Only one question left. I have now experimented with two variants to solve the problem. 1. Setting the property Hidden to "no" Not bad because we have to make no other changes in the variable's definition. But unfortunately the variable value will not be encr

Re: [WiX-users] What can cause an error when setting a bootstrapper variable?

Sorry Phill, i have made a copy-paste-error. Of course i defined the bundle-variable like that (type=string): And in my ViewModel i set the variable in the PropertySetter: public string DbUser { get { return _dbUser; }

[WiX-users] How to create a sql server login without creating a database?

I have programmed a bootstrapper-project with WiX 3.8. While the installation i want to create a sql server login with sql-authentication. So i embedded in the Product.wxs of my MSI-Project the following component. But when i take a loo

Re: [WiX-users] What can cause an error when setting a bootstrapper variable?

In my case, i have defined some bundle variable like this example: And in my GUI i set that variable: Bootstrapper.Engine.StringVariables["DB_USER"] = value; I have tested the bootstrapper on a virtual machine (Hyper-V) with OS Windows 8 and had absolutely no problems. Last friday my

[WiX-users] What can cause an error when setting a bootstrapper variable?

I have programmed a bootstrapper-project with WiX 3.8. In the bundle i have defined a few overridable variables like this one for the name of the databaseuser: In the viewmodel of my GUI i set the variable in the property-setter: public string DbName { get

[WiX-users] How to create a sql server login with sqlauthorization?

I have programmed a bootstrapper project with WiX 3.8. In my setup i create in my MSI a new local user (if he doesn't exist). Then i'm installing (as a prerequisite) SQL Server Express and create a SQL Server instance called "SQLEXPRESS". After this i want to create a SQL Server login with SQLAuthe

Re: [WiX-users] How to install a new user?

Thank You very much Phill! You're absolutely right and i had totally forgotten, that there is a tiny difference between german and english OS. I always tried to add my user to the group "Administrators" but it had to be "Administratoren". I heeded Your advice and used Your C#-code in my GUI-ViewMo

[WiX-users] How can i use variables in SqlString?

I want to create a new SQL Login, so i tried this with the following SqlString: Unfortunately the brackets around the variables like MyUser and MyDatabase are not accepted by the compiler. How can i use variables in the SqlString-element? Thanks in advance! Patrick

[WiX-users] How to create a SQL login?

I have a real big problem. I have made a bootstrapper-project with WiX 3.8, which installs the setup files on a physical drive and makes a webdeployment. My setup-files include a MDF-file with a database. As a prerequsite SQL Server Express is installed with the following InstallCommand, which gene

[WiX-users] How to install a new user?

I have made a bootstrapper-project with WiX 3.8. The chain includes the installation of the prerequisite SQL Server Express 2012. In the InstallCommand for SQL Server Express i'm using an user and his password. That user must be installed before the prerequisite, so i added to an MsiPackage, which

Re: [WiX-users] How to find out the installlocation from WiX Bootstrapper after installation?

Thanks a lot for Your explanations! I have defined now a property in my GUI, which contains the complete installfolder-path. That's a little bit tricky but what shall You do? Goodbye and have a nice day! Patrick -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.

Re: [WiX-users] How to find out the installlocation from WiX Bootstrapper after installation?

Thank You Nick, but that's not exactly, what i need, because me and my customers are using the EXE-file, which is generated by the build of the bootstrapper-project. Is there a chance to find the path of the final installfolder by - per example - Bootstrapper.Engine.StringVariables[...]? I have mad

Re: [WiX-users] How to install SqlLocalDb.msi in Bootstrapper?

Thanks a lot! That works. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-install-SqlLocalDb-msi-in-Bootstrapper-tp7598322p7598327.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

[WiX-users] How to install SqlLocalDb.msi in Bootstrapper?

Hello, I have made a Bootstrapper-project with WiX 3.8. As part of the prerequisites SQL Server LocalDb shall be Installed. At first i tried to install it with SQL Server Express by adding it to the features like that: But this doesn't work, which means SQL Server LocalDB is not ins

[WiX-users] How to find out the installlocation from WiX Bootstrapper after installation?

Hello, I have made a Bootstrapper-project in which i have defined an overridable variable for the installocation of my application. In the MsiPackage i have a hierarchy of subfolders under that installlocation. Here an example for better understanding: