Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Is it possible it only works because you are using an official Microsoft key and that gives permissions to load something else? They key I generated was simply done with sn -k mykey.snk is that appropriate? I'll raise a bug so this isn't lost. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
from the error message, a plausible explanation is the key used is one that is used is also used in an InternalsVisibleToAttribute and the code takes advantage of this On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: Is it possible it only works because you are using

[WiX-users] Launch condition based on feture selection

2009-01-08 Thread Chandra Vuppala
Hi, My Requirement is based on feature selection I have to install Database or BizTalk applications or Client Application with single installer on a machine. User can install all this in one machine or in multiple machines. Problem is when I install in multiple machines using single installer.

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Do you mean copy the hint paths from the 2008 project? The 2005 project doesn't have any hint paths in it. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited n...@x2systems.com mailto:n...@x2systems.com From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Thu

[WiX-users] Issue Regarding Uninstallation Customization !!

2009-01-08 Thread gaurav.dutta
When we try to install an already installed setup we are presented with the Maintainance dialog ( Repair/remove/change). I want only the remove option in the MaintainaceTypeDlg..I know that i can disable the other two options but i prefer to hide the two options or may be skip the whole

Re: [WiX-users] Games Explorer Integration

2009-01-08 Thread John Cooper
From: johnpcoo...@live.co.ukto: johnpcoo...@live.co.uksubject: RE: Games Explorer IntegrationDate: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:33:29 + Sorry about that I did a search but it didn't show up at the time. [WiX-users] Games Explorer IntegrationFrom: John Cooper johnpcoo...@li... -

[WiX-users] MSP update display version not updateed after patch installation

2009-01-08 Thread Cohen, Roy
MSP update display version Hi all, I am creating MSP patch for one of my installations and it works fine - the patch replace the files of the GA version But when I am looking in the add/remove programs click here for support information the Version change and keeps the GA version * the GA

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT

2009-01-08 Thread Jeremy Lew
The service in question is a .NET service which consists of a bunch of (local) .NET assemblies, two of which are C++/CLI mixed-mode assemblies (hence the CRT dependency). How could ServiceControl attempt to start a service if none of the managed assemblies have been committed? -Original

Re: [WiX-users] Privileged custom actions

2009-01-08 Thread Jeremy Lew
The service is not installed in the GAC. I was researching #2 already but haven't yet been able to figure out how to set service-specific permissions using Permission. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:52 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Deleting per user data on a per machine install

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Raymond Chen suggests don't do it because there is no good way to do it. -Original Message- From: aprameya rao [mailto:aprameya@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 21:28 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Deleting per user data on a per machine install

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
That's it! I totally forgot about this. You have to use the same public key token (or modify the build system to use your public key token) or the InternlsVisibleTo won't match up. Been so long since we changed the keys that I forgot about this step. -Original Message- From: Simon

Re: [WiX-users] Defining components and Files in Wix Installer.

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
0. -sfrag gave me a ComponentGroup. 1. I think it is a feature request. 2. ComponentGroupRef or ComponentRef from your main.wxs to the heat Fragments. -Original Message- From: Maheswaran.Selvaraj [mailto:maheswaran.selva...@proteans.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 23:08 To:

[WiX-users] Component Catalog

2009-01-08 Thread Kjartan Þór Kjartansson
Hi, Early last year there was some conversation about a component catalog, http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg05473.html. Now I think something like that would be what I need for my current project in the future, we are now aggregating files from 10 seperate

Re: [WiX-users] Launch condition based on feture selection

2009-01-08 Thread Scott Sam
Don't check in a launch condition. Check for the pre req's using properties then use the properties in a condition under each feature. Set the level to 0 if pre-req is not present. That way the feature won't be an option if pre-reqs aren't there. -Original Message- From: Chandra Vuppala

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I am not sure I follow, I can't use the same key that is yours and you don't ship the private part (quite correctly) and if you use the public key you can't run the code. The build process allows you to supply your own key via OFFICIAL_WIX_BUILD then everything is signed with my key. I can see

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with error handling of managed custom actions

2009-01-08 Thread vexilar
Where is the DTF documentation? Jason Ginchereau wrote: From the DTF documentation for Session.Message: The messageType parameter may also include message-box flags from the following enumerations: System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxDefaultButton,

[WiX-users] MMC 3 as an installation prerequisite

2009-01-08 Thread Andrew Lee
I'm using WiX to write an installer for an application which includes a MMC 3.0 snapin. Does anyone know how to detect from within an installer if MMC 3 is installed on the system? I haven't found any obvious MMC 3.0 specific registry entires and the MMC executable itself has a myriad of

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Sleightholm wrote: I am not sure I follow, I can't use the same key that is yours and you don't ship the private part (quite correctly) and if you use the public key you can't run the code. src\Votive\sconce\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs has InternalsVisibleTo for votive*.dll with the

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall fails due to CRT

2009-01-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Jeremy Lew wrote: The service in question is a .NET service which consists of a bunch of (local) .NET assemblies, two of which are C++/CLI mixed-mode assemblies (hence the CRT dependency). How could ServiceControl attempt to start a service if none of the managed assemblies have been

Re: [WiX-users] Privileged custom actions

2009-01-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Jeremy Lew wrote: The service is not installed in the GAC. I was researching #2 already but haven't yet been able to figure out how to set service-specific permissions using Permission. PermissionEx as a child of ServiceInstall. (The stock LockPermissions table doesn't support services,

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
In src\Votive\sconce\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs you'll see the key tokens for the last couple keys we've used. You'll need your own in there to make your own official build of Votive. Thanks for the reminder Simon. -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com]

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Sleightholm wrote: Do you mean copy the hint paths from the 2008 project? The 2005 project doesn't have any hint paths in it. I'm wondering whether without the hint paths, it's picking up wrong versions. But I think the InternalsVisibleTo fix is the right one. -- sig://boB

[WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder

2009-01-08 Thread DE�K JAHN, G�bor
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:02:44 -0800, Colin Fox wrote: Colin, I'm unaware of any limitations of CAB files that would get in my way. My understanding of my problem is that WiX doesn't support this kind of operation. Well, actually, it's Windows Installer that doesn't support it, it's not a WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder

2009-01-08 Thread Colin Fox
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:10 AM, DEÁK JAHN, Gábor d...@tramontana.co.huwrote: On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:02:44 -0800, Colin Fox wrote: Colin, I'm unaware of any limitations of CAB files that would get in my way. My understanding of my problem is that WiX doesn't support this kind of

Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder

2009-01-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Colin Fox wrote: First - The fragment file that Heat produces has absolute paths for all the file references, which is unacceptable in a multi-developer project. This directory is going to change maybe once every couple of years, so there is no point in rebuilding the .wxs fragment for every

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Neil Sleightholm
That was it, thank you very much. I will be documenting the things I find on my blog but will also try to update the WiX help file in the near future. I will also see if there is some way to automate this. Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com]

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
I'm not sure it should be automated. Making official builds isn't something we expect other people to be doing regularly. -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:30 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML

Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder

2009-01-08 Thread Colin Fox
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Bob Arnson b...@joyofsetup.com wrote: Colin Fox wrote: First - The fragment file that Heat produces has absolute paths for all the file references, which is unacceptable in a multi-developer project. This directory is going to change maybe once every

[WiX-users] Error code 2356 when msi created from candle light exes

2009-01-08 Thread Kalvagadda, SivaKrishna (MLX Technology)
Hi, I am facing an issue in creating the .msi using candle.exe and light.exe. I am able to create MSI using above candle and light exes but when I try to install its throwing The error code is 2356. But when I create the msi using visual studio (same wxs file) I am able to install the msi

Re: [WiX-users] Error code 2356 when msi created from candle light exes

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Verbose log file should show the error. -Original Message- From: Kalvagadda, SivaKrishna (MLX Technology) [mailto:sivakrishna_kalvaga...@ml.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 16:30 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Error code 2356 when msi

Re: [WiX-users] Error code 2356 when msi created from candle light exes

2009-01-08 Thread Kalvagadda, SivaKrishna (MLX Technology)
Hi, Could you let me know to how to enable verbose log. I am very much new to WIX. Thanks. Regards, Siva, -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 7:32 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder

2009-01-08 Thread Richard
In article b1d6bf7c0901081544u2da653abgb9d3fee1a5977...@mail.gmail.com, Colin Fox greenene...@gmail.com writes: So, to recap: Apparently the only way to bundle in a directory with a big bunch of files is to use Heat to produce a .wxs file. But I can't figure out to get that .wxs file

Re: [WiX-users] Error code 2356 when msi created from candle light exes

2009-01-08 Thread Wilson, Phil
This looks like some kind of merge issue. Are you referencing an HTML Help merge module (containing hhctrl.ocx) that might have that cab file in it (or not...)? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Kalvagadda, SivaKrishna (MLX Technology) [mailto:sivakrishna_kalvaga...@ml.com]

[WiX-users] Installing Files to multiple drives....

2009-01-08 Thread Kalvagadda, SivaKrishna (MLX Technology)
Hi, I have a requirement of installing the files on to multiple drives (D,E,F). I used below code to install E,D, when I install the package it is creating E drive section perfectly but coming to D drive it is installing that section also in E drive except the folder BusCntdfasdfasf which is

Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder

2009-01-08 Thread Curtis Jewell
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:44:36 -0800, Colin Fox greenene...@gmail.com said: Before I even get to that stage though, I've got another little problem with Heat output. There are 3 different output templates Heat can use - Product, Fragment and Module. The one that most closely matches what I'm

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Neil Sleightholm
But if you don't do official builds you can't run them on any machine but ones that trust the public key - not something that I think is a good idea. So, for example, if you needed a fix and it hasn't made it in to the build you would need to build an official build. I assume I must be alone in

Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder

2009-01-08 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Take a look at mallow (there is v3 version here: http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/mallow-for-wix-v3.html) it might do what you want. Neil -Original Message- From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 January 2009 23:45 To: General discussion for Windows Installer

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Yep. This need has never come up in the 4.5 years WiX has existed externally. -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 22:14 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Building signed

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect program running and display a message box

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
You *can* do it v2. You just need to write the CustomAction or port CloseApplication down... lots more work than v3. -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 22:24 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Neil Sleightholm
But I thought signing was relatively new. I have been using a customised v2 build for over a year. It's just me then :-) Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: 09 January 2009 06:25 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML

Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Signing is not new. None of this is new. -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 22:39 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Building signed WiX Source But I thought signing was

[WiX-users] DB deployment

2009-01-08 Thread Lokesh Kumar A
Hello, IS there way we could run the SQL Scripts from MSI and roll back the scripts in case of failure? Does WIX has any feature to support this? Thanks, Lokesh -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It

Re: [WiX-users] DB deployment

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes. -Original Message- From: Lokesh Kumar A [mailto:loke...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 22:56 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] DB deployment Hello, IS there way we could run the SQL

Re: [WiX-users] DB deployment

2009-01-08 Thread Peter Björkman
Have a look at the sqlextension http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=SqlExtension -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: den 9 januari 2009 08:07 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DB