We have been using /layout delivered in the October beta version. It
functioned fine other than not always using the local copy which I think has
since been fixed.
With all the discussion about /layout, what is the direction you are
planning on taking.
Rob Mensching-7 wrote
>
> As noted above,
Rob Mensching-7 wrote
>
> If the Bundle is author correctly, you should get those extra files
> correctly. They are called "layout-only Payloads".
>
Is this something new? I'm using the "Official" October beta release and
can't find anything about a layout-only payload.
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 09:22
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> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
>
> Interesting discussion. That brought me to the point to run wix36.exe
> /layout. As expected in a firewal
rrectly if used today? I bet all those CAB files it would download
> from Microsoft.com are long gone.
>
> James
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 19:34
> To: General discussion for Window
bet all those CAB files it would download
from Microsoft.com are long gone.
James
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From: "John H Bergman (XPedient)"
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 1:04 PM
To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset."
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
To reinforce a comment earlier about this being Microsoft's apparent
direction as well
ohnst...@inn-soft.com]
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And this is why there needs to be a simple "off-line bundle" file ready to
download. Seems like it shouldn't be too ha
ups (i.e. having more than *just* a
web setup). Dog-food that! :)
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Interesting discussion. That brought
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Dogfooding is very important. It's the way we lear
Interesting discussion. That brought me to the point to run wix36.exe
/layout. As expected in a firewall protected company environment the
web bootstrapper didn't work (see below log). Also I expect different
behaviors in different company environments using different "web
download proxy virus scan
eone to download
> the exe and then run it with the /Layout is a pain.
>
> Neil
>
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> From: Albert van Peppen [mailto:alb...@insad.nl]
> Sent: 05 March 2012 16:52
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> toolset.
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From: Albert van Peppen [mailto:alb...@insad.nl]
Sent: 05 March 2012 16:52
To: chr...@iswix.com; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
I agree 100% with this. That is basically why I keep the entire history of WiX
in my repository
oing their own thing, it is
better for me to not waste my time, and just get the offline installer.
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From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 15:49
To: Rob Mensching; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re:
On 05/03/2012 17:13, Bruce Cran wrote:
> There was a rather lengthy discussion about this wrt driver
> development at
> http://www.osronline.com/cf.cfm?PageURL=showlists.cfm?list=NTDEV a few
> days ago.
The link to the actual thread is
http://www.osronline.com/showthread.cfm?link=220737
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> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 9:14 AM
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> Cc: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro); chr...@iswix.com
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
>
> On 05/03/2012 17:03, Castr
On 05/03/2012 17:03, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote:
> Often corporate policies restrict internet access in such a way where asking
> each development machine to download the packages is actually very painful.
> Local caches (which should be accessible directly on the target server _or_ a
>
nsider the environment before printing this e-mail
> -Original Message-
> From: Albert van Peppen [mailto:alb...@insad.nl]
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 8:52 AM
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> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
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Rob,
Regarding /l
Windows Installer XML
toolset."
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
1. The WiX install *does* chain NETFX 4 in because that is needed before
the WiX BA can show UI (since the WiX BA is written in WPF).
2. Dogfooding is the primary reason.
3. We save *significant* bandwidth using Burn beca
t;Bruce Cran"
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> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 8:43 AM
>
> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset."
>
>
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
>
>
> On 05/03/2012 14:01, keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca wrote:
>
> > The below news is somewhat di
Bruce is correct. You will need to be connected to the internet to get the
executable and then run the /layout switch. The /layout switch will create
a full "DVD" image locally that will not need internet access.
Doing all this on a Mac was never a goal.
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Bruce Cra
r XML toolset."
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
On 05/03/2012 14:01, keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca wrote:
> The below news is somewhat distressing for those of us who have no
Internet connection at all on our development workstations and have to use
others (non-development machines)
On 05/03/2012 14:01, keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca wrote:
> The below news is somewhat distressing for those of us who have no Internet
> connection at all on our development workstations and have to use others
> (non-development machines) to get such access. Is downloading the /layout way
> and t
ement du Canada
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From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk]
Sent: March-05-12 2:43 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
On 05/03/2012 07:04, Dirk Räder wrote:
> will there be any kind of offline installer availa
2012/3/5 Bruce Cran :
> On 05/03/2012 07:04, Dirk Räder wrote:
>>
>> will there be any kind of offline installer available? I mean a real
>> installer that does all the necessary registry and environment
>> operations, not the /layout switch that just drops the file structure.
>
>
> /layout just ge
On 05/03/2012 07:04, Dirk Räder wrote:
> will there be any kind of offline installer available? I mean a real
> installer that does all the necessary registry and environment
> operations, not the /layout switch that just drops the file structure.
/layout just gets any .cab or .msi files that the
2012/3/4 Rob Mensching :
> Note there is a bug on WixBA that it does not support layout.
>
> Also, you don't have to use Burn this way. Just theoption, that we chose
> for WiX itself.
>
> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Bruce Cran wrote:
>
>> On 04/03/2012 15:48, John H Bergman (XPedient) wrote:
Note there is a bug on WixBA that it does not support layout.
Also, you don't have to use Burn this way. Just theoption, that we chose
for WiX itself.
On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Bruce Cran wrote:
> On 04/03/2012 15:48, John H Bergman (XPedient) wrote:
> > I did notice that I could not ins
I thought there was a bug on that... it'll be fixed eventually.
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Bruce Cran wrote:
> On 03/03/2012 16:37, John H Bergman (XPedient) wrote:
> > On mine the Updating Gear was constantly turning, (probably by design,
> but I thought Id mention it).
>
> I think it's b
On 04/03/2012 15:48, John H Bergman (XPedient) wrote:
> I did notice that I could not install 3.6.2207 unless I was connected to the
> internet. Does that restriction still apply, and is it going to continue to
> apply?
Yes, it's a design feature: Wix36.exe is just the bootstrapper - it
downlo
for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Cc: John H Bergman (XPedient)
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
On 03/03/2012 16:37, John H Bergman (XPedient) wrote:
> On mine the Updating Gear was constantly turning, (probably by design, but I
> thought Id mention it).
I think it's because it&#x
On 03/03/2012 16:37, John H Bergman (XPedient) wrote:
> On mine the Updating Gear was constantly turning, (probably by design, but I
> thought Id mention it).
I think it's because it's looking for files in on the Sourceforge server
and not finding them (since they've been removed).
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On mine the Updating Gear was constantly turning, (probably by design, but I
thought Id mention it).
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From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 6:02 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users
On 02/03/2012 21:55, Larry Fluckiger wrote:
> I'd love to see the new look. Can anyone point me to some screenshots?
There's a screenshot at
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2012/01/22/the-new-wixtoolset-org-and-weekly-builds/
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I'll post one when I install it on my notebook this weekend.
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From: Larry Fluckiger [mailto:larry...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 3:56 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow!
I'd love to see th
I'd love to see the new look. Can anyone point me to some screenshots?
- Larry
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From: John H Bergman (XPedient) [mailto:john.berg...@xpdnt.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:29 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users
It's been a while since I updated, so I grabed the latest build and installed
it...
I just wanted to take a minute to say KUDOS! The new installer (metro-ized) is
an awesome improvement! Nice work!
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