Re: [WiX-users] How do i invoke a dialog from a sucessful or un-sucessful registry search?

2007-09-28 Thread Rob Hamflett
Craig0ss wrote: > but this clearly rong > > where do i put the condition? and waht would it look like ? Try this: OLD Rob > > Thank you > > Craig > > > Rob Hamflett wrote: >> You use a element in InstallExecuteSequence to show the dialog, and >> use a condition based on >> the property

Re: [WiX-users] How do i invoke a dialog from a sucessful or un-sucessful registry search?

2007-09-28 Thread Craig0ss
this is what i have done so far i have now got the diaolg showing regardless of if the reg key is found or not :S here is my reg key search and this appears to be working Now this is wher i get confused (sorry im still a noob) Im not quite sure what to do from here, in the Instal

Re: [WiX-users] How do i invoke a dialog from a sucessful or un-sucessful registry search?

2007-09-28 Thread Rob Hamflett
Giving it a sequence of one will mean it will run before anything else has the chance to do anything, including looking for your reg entry. Try After="AppSearch". Rob Craig0ss wrote: > HI > > Thanks for your input, i think im gettin there, but still not quite, so here > is what i have so far

Re: [WiX-users] How do i invoke a dialog from a sucessful or un-sucessful registry search?

2007-09-28 Thread Craig0ss
HI Thanks for your input, i think im gettin there, but still not quite, so here is what i have so far The Search: And the Code you suggested (this is under the InstallUISequence) OLD This is all i have in regarding this, and its not doing anything when i run the installer. wh

Re: [WiX-users] Escaping Special Characters

2007-09-28 Thread Chris Ridd
On Friday, September 28, 2007, at 01:59PM, "Srinivas Tirupati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >How can we display a Text which has quotes in a wix dialog > >Like --> Check for the section "Trouble S hooting" in Installation Guide >Tried using \ but no use:( > >Thanks and Regards >Srinivas T Th

[WiX-users] Flag or Property for Remove

2007-09-28 Thread Srinivas Tirupati
Hi I want to show my own dialog at the end of the installation instead of the default ExitDailog I want to show only if the action is install and its successful I want to show the default ExitDialog if the action is remove. How can I do this ? I tried doing this NOT Insta

Re: [WiX-users] Please Help .. MSI error ...

2007-09-28 Thread Kelly Leahy
Go to c:\program files\microsoft visual studio8\common7\tools (if you have VS2005 installed) and run errlookup.exe put the number into the box and you'll see it change to: 0x80110404 you'll see the message: The object is already registered So... not sure what that means in your case - I'm as

Re: [WiX-users] How do i invoke a dialog from a sucessful or un-sucessful registry search?

2007-09-28 Thread Craig0ss
Hi thanks again for your input ive pretty much got this working now, well its shows the dialog when the reg search is true and doesnt show the dialog when the reg search is false, however im gettin a problem further down the installUi sequence which to be fair is nothing to do with this particula

Re: [WiX-users] can I use MD5 of file/dir for Id values?

2007-09-28 Thread Kaveh Goudarzi
Hi Chris, Thats interesting. Wow it's been a while since I thought of tcl/tk (which I loved actually :-) ) ... While on the autogeneration subject how do you deal with shortcut creation? do you exclude files to which you want to create shortcuts in the auto generated step and

[WiX-users] Escaping Special Characters

2007-09-28 Thread Srinivas Tirupati
How can we display a Text which has quotes in a wix dialog Like --> Check for the section "Trouble S hooting" in Installation Guide Tried using \ but no use:( Thanks and Regards Srinivas T - This SF.net email is sponsore

[WiX-users] COM+ available in V3

2007-09-28 Thread daveog
Hi all, Can someone tell me if COM+ is available in V3 and if so which version. I have seen 2 postings which seem to be at odds with each other. The posting at http://www.nabble.com/COM%2B-in-V3-tf3878725.html#a10991426 refers to version 3.0.3001.0 which I cannot locate whilst the posting

[WiX-users] Custom UI help

2007-09-28 Thread Anidil
I use a custom wix ui library , My_WixUI_InstallDir.wixlib to create my MSI.I get the following related error during link time. error LGHT0112 : Unresolved reference to symbol 'UI:My_WixUI_InstallDir' in section 'Product:E2486DE6-CC2E-48C0-AD20-C2C142FA1636'. Other than UI dialog wxs's,what oth

Re: [WiX-users] can I use MD5 of file/dir for Id values?

2007-09-28 Thread Chris Ridd
On 28 Sep 2007, at 16:09, Kaveh Goudarzi wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Thats interesting. Wow it's been a while since I thought of tcl/ > tk (which I loved actually :-) ) ... While on the autogeneration > subject how do you deal with shortcut creation? do you exclude > files to which

Re: [WiX-users] Please Help .. MSI error ...

2007-09-28 Thread Christopher Painter
Here's a tip... when you get a big negative decimal number like that, convert it to hex and drop the high order byte and add 0x ( hex ) in front of it. Then google or refer to SDK documentation. --2146368508 -> 80110404 -> 80110404 -> 0x80110404 -> Google reveals hits dealin

[WiX-users] Please Help .. MSI error ...

2007-09-28 Thread daveog
Hi all, I am getting the following error in my msi log file MSI (s) (EC:C8) [15:39:14:809]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI1A74.tmp, Entrypoint: ComPlusPrepare MSI (s) (EC:AC) [15:39:14:840]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=ComPlusRollbackInstallExecute,,) MSI (s

[WiX-users] Determine which Version of Windows installer is installed

2007-09-28 Thread Craig0ss
Hi I need to identify using wix the version of the windows install that is current installed on the sytem, is this done by a reg entry or .dll et etc thank you -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Determine-which-Version-of-Windows-installer-is-installed-tf4533681.html#a1293

[WiX-users] Backup files

2007-09-28 Thread Levon Levonian
Hi All, There is a third party product already installed on user's system. I created an install that adds some extended functionality to that existing product. For that, my install has to replace several .asp/.js files. My add-on installs just fine, and the new extended functionality is there.

[WiX-users] Leave behind the files modified by user during uninstall

2007-09-28 Thread Alex Davis
Hi I'm writing an SDK installer for installing the libraries/code-samples of the SDK. During uninstall, I would like to leave behind any code-sample files that have been modified by the user. Is there a way in WiX for me to achieve this (without using Custom Actions)? Thanks. __

Re: [WiX-users] [WiX-commits] Wix 2 and service

2007-09-28 Thread Rob Mensching
Wix-users is the correct place to ask this… Why don’t you just use the ServiceInstall and ServiceControl elements? That’s what they are for. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gonzalo Diethelm Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 15:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WiX