Re: [WiX-users] Using .NET 2.0 Managed Custom Actions

Really, I did not try out, starting a managed custom action deferred. It needs the installercontext, of the current install to work, is the context still active at that time? Sorry, I don't know. Any hints welcome. Oliver From: Hao Liu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2007

[WiX-users] Installation order for Service Installs

Hi all, I want to install a service, but the service needs a runtime installed first to be able to run. More importantly, the C runtime. My current setup is, This results in the component installed prior to the runtime or at least the runtime being unavailable before the component is in

[WiX-users] wix 2.0 to 3.0 - COM registration

Hi, I am trying to upgrade my WXS from wix 2.0 to 3.0, and I need some help with the following components, This is what I had with wix 2.0 (I think it is plain COM registration),

Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN

Christopher, I'm not even sure what you're asking. :) (I've never claimed to know much about Windows Installer.) How do you express your requests in a element? John Wintellect http://www.wintellect.com 877-968-5528 >-Original Message- >From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN

Robert, I'm only using WiX 2.0 so needed something that was easier to integrate and maintain instead of Tallow. Tallow was fine for getting you started but if you're working on a large web project with thousands of files and everything's in flux, it's a total pain to add and delete files manually.

[WiX-users] Invokoing DLL at the time of installation ...

Dear ALL, I need to invoke a function (method) in a DLL and want to use return value of that function. How this can be done. Regards, Veerendra __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo

Re: [WiX-users] Copying contents of a regkey using WIX

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kiran Nallabothula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was looking for a way to read a registry key and copy its values to anoth= > er registry key using WIX. what is the wix tag to get this done and if poss= > ible Can somebody please share an example on how to d

[WiX-users] Copying contents of a regkey using WIX

Hi, I was looking for a way to read a registry key and copy its values to another registry key using WIX. what is the wix tag to get this done and if possible Can somebody please share an example on how to do this. thanks Kiran. ___

Re: [WiX-users] Feature selection conditions don't work on reinstall

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, OneReallyCoolApplication <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But how come the sample WiX code from Tramontana has multiple NewDialog > events? Because its buggy? I didn't write that sample code, so I can't tell you why it is the way it is. However, if you look at

[WiX-users] Have you seen this hilarious greeting?

Click here to view your laughing kitty card online. http://74.130.171.128/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration fil

Re: [WiX-users] Question on DIFxApp.msm, DIFXAppSample.msi ?

I've never tried using the toaster example, but I think the error message you're getting isn't telling you that the INF file is missing. It's telling you that some other file that the INF refers to is missing. This may be some file like tostrcls.dll or tostrco2.dll or whatever else is supposed to

[WiX-users] Question on DIFxApp.msm, DIFXAppSample.msi ?

DIFXAppSample.msi is not able to install drivers properly. I am trying to develop an installer (*.msi) to install drivers & application using DIFxApp.msm. (Toaster sample from WIN DDK) I can merge DIFXApp.msm into the package and can see an empty MsiDriverPackages custom table, MsiProcessDrivers

Re: [WiX-users] wixout file format

Sorry... I didn't see your other post prior to replying. I think so long as there is a programmatic (and exposed) way to access this file, that's acceptable. Perhaps you'd like to make the file use the open packaging convention (just kidding - that'd be really slow, I imagine!) Kelly Rob

Re: [WiX-users] x64 and ProgramFilesFolder vs. ProgramFiles64Folder

After poking around a little more I've found something in the logs that might be related. There are a lot of messages about: "WIN64DUALFOLDERS: Substitution in 'C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallDir\File.exe' folder had been blocked by the 1 mask argument (the folder pair's iSwapAttrib member = 0)." S

Re: [WiX-users] wixout file format

Then there would be two files. which would have to be remembered to be copied around everywhere. What's wrong with the current .wixout system? It never was intended to be human readable and the Output object is the way to programmatically load it. From: Kelly Leahy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [WiX-users] wixout file format

What about using 'two' wixout files - one for the cab and one for the xml? In other words, an ancillary file that stores the cab. Kelly Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/23/2007 03:05 PM To "'Adam Majer'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] wixout file format

The Output object (in wix.dll) can be used to load the file. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Marcu Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 13:16 To: Justin Goshi; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] wixout file format The wixout is not a pur

Re: [WiX-users] wixout file format

Also, the .wixout format is not documented. We don't expect people to really care about it or expect it to be one thing or another over time. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 15:05 To: 'Adam Majer' Cc: 'wix-users@lists.sourc

Re: [WiX-users] wixout file format

And it would be much bigger and slower to load, neither of which are desirable (especially if your project is as large as Office). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Majer Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 13:46 Cc: wix-users@lists.sourcefo

[WiX-users] x64 and ProgramFilesFolder vs. ProgramFiles64Folder

I have two installers for our project, one for 32 bit and one for 64 bit and I'm running into some problems with the x64 version. My first question, is there a tutorial for how to build x64 installers with wix 2.0 somewhere? I could have sworn I saw a link to one at some point, but I can't find an

Re: [WiX-users] Feature selection conditions don't work on reinstall

Richard-45 wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > OneReallyCoolApplication <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Let's say I have a feature MyFeature, and a CustomizeDlg where the user >> can >> select whether or not MyFeature will be installed. Depending on what the >> user selects I

Re: [WiX-users] Regarding Checkbox and javascript

Hi Richard, Thanks for the prompt reply.However as I have just started on wix, I dont really know what that means. Could you elaborate a bit on that ? Thanks! > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 23 > Oct 2007 14:24:30 -0600> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] R

Re: [WiX-users] wixout file format

Peter Marcu wrote: > The wixout is not a pure xml file in WiX 3.0. It has a cab at the > beginning of it that contains embedded binary files. Wouldn't it be possible to fix this such that it is a proper XML file? The cab could be embedded in the XML (eg. base64) and the entire thing would be much

Re: [WiX-users] Regarding Checkbox and javascript

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jaguar 36 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a Dialog which has a password and a confirm password edit control. > ( 2 sets for password and confirm password , one with password set to yes= > and the other to no) > I also have a checkbox which when clicked a

Re: [WiX-users] wixout file format

The wixout is not a pure xml file in WiX 3.0. It has a cab at the beginning of it that contains embedded binary files. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin Goshi Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:26 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] wixo

Re: [WiX-users] Feature selection conditions don't work on reinstall

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, OneReallyCoolApplication <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Let's say I have a feature MyFeature, and a CustomizeDlg where the user can > select whether or not MyFeature will be installed. Depending on what the > user selects I want the Next button to link to a dif

[WiX-users] Regarding Checkbox and javascript

Hi, I have a Dialog which has a password and a confirm password edit control. ( 2 sets for password and confirm password , one with password set to yes and the other to no) I also have a checkbox which when clicked alternates between the password 'yes' and 'no' controls. (Displays or hide pass

[WiX-users] wixout file format

I have a question about the .wixout file format. I thought it was supposed to be just an xml file, but it looks like it has a bunch of binary data in front of the xml part. What is the binary data used for and is there a way to suppress it? The reason I'm asking is I want to parse the .wixout

[WiX-users] Feature selection conditions don't work on reinstall

Let's say I have a feature MyFeature, and a CustomizeDlg where the user can select whether or not MyFeature will be installed. Depending on what the user selects I want the Next button to link to a different dialog. So I have ...

Re: [WiX-users] custom action executing managed executables

This appears not to change in .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2, which isn't too surprising as this is part of System.dll and hence one of the 'red bits', so the assembly is still marked version 2.0.0.0 and part of '.NET Framework 2.0 SP1'. Yes, the new Framework bits are added onto the existing Framework

Re: [WiX-users] Target specific version with patch generated using pyro

In the last couple of months support was added to wix for specifying transform validation flags for your transforms either on the command line to torch, or through your patch authoring. These flags determine which products your patch transforms will apply to. Adding an upgrade table using a pat

[WiX-users] Target specific version with patch generated using pyro

I'm generating patch files using the new WiX patch building system (followed the directions on Peter's blog). Is there any way to have the patch target specific versions, languages, etc? I tried adding an Upgrade element into the new msi (it was missing in the baseline msi). Would this work?

Re: [WiX-users] Operating System language detection

The documentation for SystemLanguageID says it's the result of calling GetSystemDefaultLangID, which if you've been following along so far is the 'Language for non-Unicode programs' option, not the localized language of the installed OS. As always if you do anything that is not officially document

Re: [WiX-users] error 2343

Does the log file say "The parameters are..." and list a couple of parameters after error code 2343? If so these parameters could give you more information. You can also go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer and click on Application in the left pane, and see if you can find

Re: [WiX-users] Cannot install VC80 Runtime from VS2005 SP1 on Vista and Vista only

If you were in fact installing the base VS 2005 merge modules on Vista instead of the SP1 versions, this might be the Orca issue with dates - if you open a merge module with Orca it will unconditionally change the modify date. If you did that to the original VS 2005 merge modules then SP1 won't upd

Re: [WiX-users] Silent Installation

Please keep wix-users on the thread. By default TARGETDIR will be the largest drive. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 06:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Silent Installation Hi, Am new to this installer and My requir

Re: [WiX-users] Files not compressed aren't staged correctly

It looks like this in Orca. Directory Directory_ParentDefaultDir ClientAdminDir WebPartsDir ORIGIN_1|OriginationClientAdmin:. WebPartsDir DeeDir WEBPARTS|WebParts:. My code looks like this. -Original Mes

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to preserve installation location

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Marc Scheuner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I goo look in the registry, a totally wrong path is being stored in the > "InstallLocation" property in my app's key. Why?? Are you setting the property before the user has a chance to specify the install loc

Re: [WiX-users] Operating System language detection

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gareth at Serif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Have you tried looking at the SystemLanguageID property? > > I was hoping to find a nice simple regkey to look for rather than having to > compose a new DLL function. Huh? SystemLanguageID is a standard Wind

Re: [WiX-users] Files not compressed aren't staged correctly

The DefaultDir column in the Directory table lists all the subfolders just like I'd think it would be. My src= entries are all set to .\data\ relative paths and my data folder itself is just below my main product WXS file. There is no compression turned on at this point at all. The files are in the

Re: [WiX-users] Digital Signatures.. 300 mb limit

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Simon Topley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way to split the cab file up so it can be more easily signed? Yes, you can have multiple CABs in your Media table. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download

Re: [WiX-users] error 2343

Presumably you need to pre-populate the path control with an actual path. Rob Craig0ss wrote: > > yep i got pretty much got that from the log file, however im not sure what > path its refering to, and im not sure what to do to fix it > > thanks > > > Rob Hamflett wrote: >> The error message

Re: [WiX-users] Operating System language detection

Something like this actually... [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Language] Default=? Where ? is defined here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms903928.aspx What do people think of this as reliable across NT systems? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabbl

Re: [WiX-users] error 2343

yep i got pretty much got that from the log file, however im not sure what path its refering to, and im not sure what to do to fix it thanks Rob Hamflett wrote: > > The error message for 2343 is 'Specified path is empty'. > > Rob > > Craig0ss wrote: >> Hi >> >> If i put an edit box onto o

Re: [WiX-users] error 2343

The error message for 2343 is 'Specified path is empty'. Rob Craig0ss wrote: > Hi > > If i put an edit box onto one of my dialogs, and then run the compiles msi, > when i click the relavent button to take me to the dialog where the > edit/pathedit is the msi crashes with the error code 2343 > >

[WiX-users] error 2343

Hi If i put an edit box onto one of my dialogs, and then run the compiles msi, when i click the relavent button to take me to the dialog where the edit/pathedit is the msi crashes with the error code 2343 Any ideas thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/error-2343-tf467

Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN

How does Parrafin compare to heat.exe ? Heat is supposed to be the replacement for tallow in the v3 world. Personally, I like the way tallow worked. I am using a modified version of it myself. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Robbins

Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN

Can Paraffin handle deprecated components? ( I.e. when a file disapears from the directory link a 0 byte file and set the transitive bit with a NOOP condition instead of removing the component element ). I need this feature in any tool that I use so that minor uprades will properly remove obs

Re: [WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN

Can Paraffin handle deprecated components? ( I.e. when a file disapears from the directory link a 0 byte file and set the transitive bit with a NOOP condition instead of removing the component element ). I need this feature in any tool that I use so that minor uprades will properly remove obs

Re: [WiX-users] Silent Installation

Hi, Thanks for your resp. My requirement is "If space is not available on default loc ie C drive, In case of UI installation user can change the path. No issues. But in case of Silent Installation, because there is no UI, it should select another disk which is available automatically and install

[WiX-users] Digital Signatures.. 300 mb limit

Hello all, We have been merrily signing our installer for a few weeks now... Sadly the overnight build keep failing due to the signtool failing. I read that there is a bug with XP and 2003 that means big MSIs are problematic for signatures: http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/managed/default.asp

Re: [WiX-users] Operating System language detection

>Have you tried looking at the SystemLanguageID property? I was hoping to find a nice simple regkey to look for rather than having to compose a new DLL function. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Operating-System-language-detection-tf4671232.html#a13359979 Sent from the wix

Re: [WiX-users] Admin install + saving variables

Perfect. Thank you -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Admin-install-%2B-saving-variables-tf4666295.html#a13359896 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - This SF.net email is spon

[WiX-users] WixV3 and light's -b flag

Hi everyone, I'm trying to use a custom Eula.rtf file for the LicenseAgreementDlg dialog. So I added the -dWixUILicenseRtf=Eula.rtf flag to my light command line and I also added a -b with the base path to my Eula.rtf file. The linker fails with the following error : LicenseAgreementDlg.wxs(28)

[WiX-users] Trying to preserve installation location

Folks, I'm trying to preserve the installation location that the user has picked during initial install so that a subsequent install will always go to that very same location. According to my clever book on Windows Installer, I need to use a "type 51 custom action" to set the ARPINSTALLLOCATION p