'Scheduling.exe' though, so beware of ID
clashes.
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From: Sean Hall [mailto:rhal...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 16 July 2013 01:41
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Newbie question
Use a .wxi file. For more info, lo
Use a .wxi file. For more info, look at this StackOverflow question
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8495903/how-to-define-a-global-variable-in-wix
Sean
> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:46:13 -0700
> From: kpet...@otaksoft.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-u
Hi,
I do
above the product tag in my main.wxs file. I have a number of fragment
files, each handling a large number of DLLs for certain product categories.
I now want to refer to the LocalRootDir from within these fragment files
I have not been able to do this without redefining Lo
ler XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] newbie: how to reference variables ? (the doc is
confusing)
Yes i have a with a referencing 4 ExePackage using
PackageGroupRef
2013/5/29 Wesley Manning
> What is a fragment: you mean wix fragment? You say you have 4 exe to
> install so you are usi
alled before running your BA.
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From: Benjamin Mayrargue [mailto:benja...@vapolia.fr]
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:38 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] newbie: how to reference variables ? (the doc is
confusing)
Yes i h
e [mailto:benja...@vapolia.fr]
> Sent: May-29-13 8:08 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] newbie: how to reference variables ? (the doc is
> confusing)
>
> i think i misundestand something in wix philosophy.
>
> I have 4 ex
: Re: [WiX-users] newbie: how to reference variables ? (the doc is
confusing)
i think i misundestand something in wix philosophy.
I have 4 exe to install. I've created a bundle and 4 fragments.
All is working nicely.
Now i want to conditonally add a registry key when one of the fragme
i think i misundestand something in wix philosophy.
I have 4 exe to install. I've created a bundle and 4 fragments.
All is working nicely.
Now i want to conditonally add a registry key when one of the fragment is
"executed".
So i added this to the fragment:
Well, the bundle will *take any MSIs or other packages specified in your
Chain element** *and bootstrap them. It doesn't exactly create an MSI
itself.
It might be best if you give more details about what you're trying to
achieve, and where you're trying to use the above Condition element?
On 29
100% understood !
This means a 'bundle' creates a msi bootstrapped in an exe.
B.
2013/5/29 John Ludlow
> I think where you're getting confused is that there are more than one type
> of "variable" in WiX. Firstly, there are preprocessor variables and
> condition, which are referenced like thi
I think where you're getting confused is that there are more than one type
of "variable" in WiX. Firstly, there are preprocessor variables and
condition, which are referenced like this:
$(var.VariableName)
!(var.LateBoundVariableName)
$(env.EnvironmentVariableName)
!(loc.StringID)
These a
Hi all,
i have a noob question.
In this snippet there is a & and a ! before the variable MainFeature.
what does that mean ?
In the wix chm, i found the list of "Wix built-in variables.
But i'm unable to reference them, either in the bundle, or in my managed
bootstrapper. What is the correct way
That isn't WiX toolset code. Looks like IExpress stuff. I thought IExpress
was dead because it contained security vulnerabilities in it. I haven't
heard of anyone using IExpress for a few years now...
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 1:09 PM, james pruett wrote:
> Can anyone point me to how I debug this
Can anyone point me to how I debug this puppy?
It failed when I did the install.
Is there a fail-log or such?
If I am asking wrong, please let me know.
Thanks for looking
-celllurl
[Version]
Class=IEXPRESS
SEDVersion=3
[Options]
PackagePurpose=InstallApp
ShowInstallProgramWindow=0
HideExtractAnim
Cheers
Sharad Patel
Winscribe NZ
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From: Brown, Glenn [mailto:glenn.br...@savogroup.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2011 9:08 a.m.
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Newbie Visual Studio Question
Hi Folks,
I'm just starting to get the ball
Hi Folks,
I'm just starting to get the ball rolling with WIX and wanted to start off with
the basic visual studio project described in the docs. I follow the steps
(create a forms application project, create a WIX setup project, add the forms
project as a reference to the WIX setup project). M
The concept of harvesting across project references is still a bit nascent
in WiX. We tried a couple experiments in WiX v3.5 but started slipping into
a rabbit hole of issues. Things that you would expect to just work don't.
So, the harvesting feature was turned off in WiX v3.5 and you have to
expl
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From: Rune Moberg
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Sun, January 16, 2011 6:42:15 AM
Subject: [WiX-users] newbie: heat, new VS setup project and TFS
Hi all,
I finally took the plunge, downloaded WiX 3.5 (the Dec 30th edition),
installed it, and e
Hi all,
I finally took the plunge, downloaded WiX 3.5 (the Dec 30th edition),
installed it, and even read some of the documentation.
What I would like to achieve: Create a setup for one of the projects
in our main solution file and have the .msi built as part of our TFS
build.
One of the topics
s for and loads the .Net you
require.
Good Lucl
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:10:33 +
Grzegorz Borczuch wrote:
> The new visual editor for WiX was released lately and was announced
> here on this mailing-list: http://sharpsetup.eu/
I'd be interested to know how many computers running XP will
have .NET 2.0 installed already - unfortunately I get
Hi Kenneth,
The new visual editor for WiX was released lately and was announced here on
this mailing-list:
http://sharpsetup.eu/
Generally it consists of two plugins, one for VS 2008 and the other one for VS
2010.
>From what I saw, it allows you to create quite advanced installers. I didn't
>n
amazingly, this list still seems mostly accurate:
http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2007/11/20/WiX-editors
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Kenneth Tse wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to Wix and this community and would like to ask if there is any
> GUI IDE that help to develop the Wix installer (i.
Hi,
I am new to Wix and this community and would like to ask if there is any GUI
IDE that help to develop the Wix installer (i.e. installshied).
I download and install Wix on my local machine, and I see Wix template shown up
on the Visual Studio 2010, but there are no visual IDE to add install
We schedule RemoveExistingProducts after InstallValidate, so it should be
safe to change all component ids.
Are there any issues upgrading 63-bit to 64-bit (as far as Windows Installer
is concerned)?
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 23:34, Rob Mensching wrote:
> If you schedule your RemoveExistingProduct
If you schedule your RemoveExistingProducts early, that removes the previous
version of the product before installing the new one. Essentially that gives
you a clean slate to rev all of your Component GUIDs.
Pretty much all the other options mean you have to be very careful about
managing your Com
I have a few more questions. We have a 32-bit installer today with all
component ids explicitly specified. We are planning to move to 32/64 bit
installer (mutualy exclusive) with the ability to upgrade current
installations (major upgrade).
1. Should we update explicit component ids to "*"?
2. Wha
SHA1 hash of the target path. It took us a long time to come up with it but
we finally got it. You can see the code in wix\src\wix\Binder.cs -
Binder::SetComponentGuids()
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Alex Ivanoff wrote:
> > No. "*" component guids are stable, not randomly generated.
>
> If the
> No. "*" component guids are stable, not randomly generated.
If they are stable how are they generated and where the actual values
are stored? Can you explain this?
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On 03-Sep-10 01:59, Andres Juarez wrote:
> Ok, so if I use "*" as component GUIDs, this means that small updates are out
> of the questions for this approach, right?
No. "*" component guids are stable, not randomly generated.
> If a 32-bit component is contained in both a 32-bit installation
nt IDs, just as 32- and 64-bit
products should have different product codes.
Or am I reading this wrong?
Thanks
Andres
> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:40:48 -0400
> From: b...@joyofsetup.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Newbie x64 msi question
&g
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Newbie x64 msi question
>
> Hi,
> I have recently made a 64 bit MSI from a single source and I started out
> by following
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2007/08/09/4317654.aspx
>
> The trick to ma
On 30-Aug-10 01:36, Andres Juarez wrote:
> So, running candle with teh -arch switch does take care of marking the
> components at 64 bits, but if using the same Wix source file for the
> 32 and 64 bits installer with the only difference of the candle -arh
> switch, the Components GUIDS for the
Do component GUIDs have to be different?
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From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 03:54
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Newbie x64 msi question
Hi,
I have recently made a 64 bit MSI from a single source
rez [mailto:andresj_...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 30 August 2010 06:37
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Newbie x64 msi question
Hi Bob,
In your post
> http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/05/14/working-hard-or-hardly-working/.
> Use the -arch switch and you get smart defaults.
DS per components, I am
almost sure we do, but just asking.
Thanks
Andres
> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 10:56:31 -0400
> From: b...@joyofsetup.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Newbie x64 msi question
>
> On 8/4/2010 9:57 AM, Pally Sandher wrote:
>
On 8/4/2010 9:57 AM, Pally Sandher wrote:
> You need to set the Win64 attribute on your components. If it's not set
> they default to 32-bit components in an x64 package.
> An easy way to do it is to use a pre-processor variable set to "no" or
> "yes" whether you're building x86 or x64 packages res
Check out the "heat" tool.
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From: Satyaprakash J [mailto:sat...@smartek21.com]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 1:00 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Newbie question
Hi,
Please let me know if automati
-users] Newbie question
Hi,
I have created a ASP.NET application project in Visual Studio.
I have created the wxs file. Now if I add a new file to the ASP.NET application
project, it looks like we have to manually update the wxs file also. Is there
an automated way of updating the
Hi,
I have created a ASP.NET application project in Visual Studio.
I have created the wxs file. Now if I add a new file to the ASP.NET application
project, it looks like we have to manually update the wxs file also. Is there
an automated way of updating the wxs file?
Thanks
Sat
04 August 2010 13:49
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Newbie x64 msi question
Hi...
I've got some old wix scripts installing msil .net
assemblies in the gac and adding registry entries for com interop.
These things will work x64 a
Hi...
I've got some old wix scripts installing msil .net assemblies
in the gac and adding registry entries for com interop. These things will work
x64 as is, so I tried the installer without making any particular changes to
the old scripts.
What I found, though
On 2/28/2010 10:42 AM, Information Vision wrote:
> How can I get the setup to create app shortcut name and app target folder
> name based on the version of the app? Basically I need each version of the
> app to go into its own target folder and have its own unique shortcut name.
>
Use a prepro
Hi
Votive/Wix 3.0.
How can I get the setup to create app shortcut name and app target folder
name based on the version of the app? Basically I need each version of the
app to go into its own target folder and have its own unique shortcut name.
Many Thanks
Regards
Yahya
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Curt Holden wrote:
> Property="_BrowseProperty" Value="[UI_CONFIG_INPUT_DIR]"
> Order="1">1
>
...
> Width="320" Height="18" Property="UI_CONFIG_INPUT_DIR" Indirect="yes" />
>
And indirect property means that the property value is the name of
another property. Y
I am running WiX version 3.0.5419.0.
I am building an installer for a program that transforms data. The program
reads data from an input directory and writes the transformed data to an
output directory. I want the user to be able to specify the input and
output directory during the installation
If you use the SqlScript element it never installs the files on disk.
Unfortunately, it does have a bit of a performance issue so the really
big files might run really slowly.
Otherwise, I think you're looking at creating a very complex CustomAction.
Tom Crozier wrote:
> I have several large (1
I have several large (100 MB) sql scripts that I need to run after installing
our product. I would like to create a separate Media cabinet to include them in
(which would NOT get installed onto the user's system) and run the scripts from
there, since I don't want to waste the time and bandwidth
Hello.
I'm new to installers and wix in particular, therefore, maybe, stupid
question, but I didn't find answer on the surface.
I have a product 9for which I want to make an installer) that consists of:
1. kernel-mode driver, that is root-enumerable pnp device (software only);
2. accompanying ser
I have some birt functionality that creates a number of files and directories
under web inf that remain after uninstall.
I understand that i need to explicitly remove the files. I understand that
the removefiles node requires a component parent and since these files arent
installed there is no co
kkmca wrote:
>> My question is do i need to create a component reference to these files
>> created after installation in order to remove them?
>>
No, you just need a component; it doesn't have to be a component that
installed the files.
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To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about removing files created by
application
kkmca wrote:
>
> I have some birt functionality that creates a number of files and
> directories under web inf that remain after uninstall.
>
> I understand that i need to explicitly remove the files. I understand that
> the removefiles node requires a component parent and since these files
>
Alpert, Stephen R (GE Healthcare) wrote:
> The system cannot find the file "MyApplication.exe" which is the
> reference above (var.MyApplication.TargetFileName)
>
TargetFileName contains just the file name; you need to use TargetPath
like your File element.
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kkmca wrote:
> i added the configuration to the wxs for the custom action and the installer
> fails to complete - the logging is crytpic
>
Make sure you're getting verbose logs. Then search for "return value 3"
to find the point of failure.
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i am trying to add the quiet execution custom action to an installer and
having difficulty -
i added the configuration to the wxs for the custom action and the installer
fails to complete - the logging is crytpic
Property(C): DBDRIVER = oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
=== Logging stopped: 8/14/2
Just starting out. wxs includes:
under Product. When compiling, I get:
The system cannot find the file "MyApplication.exe" which is the
reference above (var.MyApplication.TargetFileName)
The same reference is used in a File tag with no apparent error:
If I
Weinstein, Scott wrote:
> I've attmpted to add
> After="FindRelatedProducts">NEWAPPFOUND
> But I have no UI for this package.
>
> Could that be the problem?
>
No, with OnlyDetect="yes" there won't be any attempt to uninstall the
newer version. But it might be interesting: Try installi
e?
--Scott
I've updated my .wxs to the following -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:05 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer X
I recommend going through the WiX v2.0 tutorial (
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/) and making a localized project, then
convert to WiX 3 format.
That being said, here's the WiX 3 locale files (4 of them have been moved to
the new format, the rest you have to modify but those are easy changes).
ht
> I'm totally newbie about WIX. I've just downloaded the last v3 version
> (3.0.2925.0) and I'm playing around with it.
That's a pretty old release, you get the latest drop here:
http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/
> Moreover, if i try to define
> any other Culture in the Light setttings (
Hi,
I'm totally newbie about WIX. I've just downloaded the last v3 version
(3.0.2925.0) and I'm playing around with it.
I've got some basic questions that I've been unable to find in the
documentation:
- I would like to make an multi-language installer, that let's you
select the language.
Weinstein, Scott wrote:
> Here's what the log has:
>
> MSI (c) (D0:84) [09:55:37:131]: Doing action: FindRelatedProducts
> MSI (c) (D0:84) [09:55:37:131]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText
> Action 9:55:37: FindRelatedProducts. Searching for related applications
> Action start 9:55:37: FindRelatedPr
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] newbie question about uninstalling
Weinstein, Scott wrote:
> For some reason my install packages is not detecting the prior
install,
> and the upgrade process is not working. I'm unable to see what I've
done
> w
Weinstein, Scott wrote:
> For some reason my install packages is not detecting the prior install,
> and the upgrade process is not working. I'm unable to see what I've done
> wrong and hoping it's a simple thing.
>
Generate a verbose log during installation of the upgrade package and
see what
One small difference that I can see between yours and mine which is working
is that you don't specify the Language in your UpgradeVersion elements.
Also, this isn't required to upgrade, but to prevent downgrade:
NEWAPPFOUND
Just making sure you had that too.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 9:36 AM,
Hello -
For some reason my install packages is not detecting the prior install,
and the upgrade process is not working. I'm unable to see what I've done
wrong and hoping it's a simple thing.
Here's what I have:
When I
Tris Hodges wrote:
Error 1 Unresolved reference to symbol 'Property:URadioButtonGroup2'
in section
'Fragment:'. E:\Developments\WixTest\WixProject\WixProject.wxs 78 1 WixProject
RadioButtonGroup's Property attribute points to a Property element
defined elsewhere; the error is that it can't fi
Hi,
I am a newbie using Wix 3 in VS2005 and having trouble using RadioButtons...
Error 1 Unresolved reference to symbol 'Property:URadioButtonGroup2' in section
'Fragment:'. E:\Developments\WixTest\WixProject\WixProject.wxs 78 1 WixProject
What have I missed out? Any hints appreciated thanks.
mark.modrall wrote:
I was just wondering what did if not flag missing
dependencies.
It writes rows into the ModuleDependency table, but WiX doesn't read
them at the moment.
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I was just wondering what did if not flag missing
dependencies.
Thanks
Mark
From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 5:36 PM
To: mark.modrall; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] newbie question
If you&
id that, the aim is to only fix serious bugs in version 2.0.
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Sent: 28 January 2008 16:19
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] newbie question
Hi...
I've inherite
Hi...
I've inherited a build system that does its msi packaging with wix
2.0. Since I inherited the build system, I've also inherited the
complaints about it. While investigating one of them I ran into
something that struck me as odd, and I was hoping someone here might
comment on it.
Hi,
I just started looking at WiX and am very intrigued by the ClickThrough
project vision. I have downloaded and installed the Wix 3.0 MSI, which
seems to have included the ClickThrough ui app. I haven't found any
documentation on how to use ClickThrough or what I really need to put into
the fie
On 10 Oct 2007, at 11:55, Anton Filippov wrote:
> Hi.
>
> msiexec /i ...msi /quiet TARGETDIR=C:#Temp
> ?
Is that # meant to be a backslash?
Cheers,
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Hi.
msiexec /i ...msi /quiet TARGETDIR=C:#Temp
?
On 10/10/07, Rad Ricka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> sorry for asking a newbie question; but googling didn't help much.
>
> Could somebody please point me to an example that allows specific path for
> TARGETDIR dir when running msiexec
Hello,
sorry for asking a newbie question; but googling didn't help much.
Could somebody please point me to an example that allows specific path for
TARGETDIR dir when running msiexec with /quiet switch and offers
a different default TARGETDIR path when run interactively?
Many thanks,
R.--
DirectorySearch and FileSearch?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jessi Darling
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 13:39
To: wix-users
Subject: [WiX-users] Newbie Question
Is there a way that I can search for a file that exists on the server without
having to hard
Is there a way that I can search for a file that exists on the server
without having to hard code the path or use a registry search? Then string
it into this property?
When I try to use a file exists, even with a registry search, it returns
that the file cannot be found.
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this helps,
Regards,
Richard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Robertson
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:42 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Newbie question about shortcut uninstall
Please excuse a stupid
Please excuse a stupid question from someone who has only been using WiX for
a few days... I'm installing a shortcut to the start menu, but putting up a
dialog to let the user change the name of the shortcut. This works fine, but
when it comes to uninstall time the shortcut is not getting removed.
Title: RE: [WiX-users] NEWBIE
problem
That's why you have
Features. They tie groups of Components together.
That said I'm not one
to defend the data model of Products -> Features -> Components. I
have issues with it, but it's what the Windows Installer
Title: RE: [WiX-users] NEWBIEproblem
Yes it's just odd to think
about half of a partial class being in one component and the other half in
another when neither can work without the other :-)
thanks very much for the quick reply.
outstanding service! :-)
From: Rob Mensching
[m
mponents.
Does that help?
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Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:36 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] NEWBIEproblem
Hi,
First just a warning - this is my first foray into
Hi,
First just a warning - this is my first foray into wix.
I am trying to build a wxs file to install an asp.net web service and an
asp.net web app that is a front end to it.
If I understand the logical and constructs
correctly then each of these is a and because I want the
user to be able t
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