Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn LogoFile doesn't work on Windows XP
Long shot but is your icon file a valid icon on Windows XP? Try copying it to an XP machine and assigning it to a shortcut. I seem to remember that the bit depth, icon size or alpha channel changed after Windows XP. Neil -Original Message- From: Wesley Manning [mailto:wmann...@dynagen.ca] Sent: 29 March 2012 16:23 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Wix Burn LogoFile doesn't work on Windows XP Hi, I create a burn exe and as long as I don't specify a LogoFile attribute for the bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication element I have no problems. But when I do add this attribute it works fine on Windows 7 but does not work on Windows XP. On XP the GUI does not even load. In the log I get: [07D8:081C][2012-03-29T12:16:16]: Error 0x8007000d: Failed to load theme controls. [07D8:081C][2012-03-29T12:16:16]: Error 0x80004005: Failed to create main window. [07D8:080C][2012-03-29T12:16:16]: Shutting down, exit code: 0x80004005 My XML is below. The only difference in the XML between the two cases is the LogoFile attribute. I also tried to use a Payload element for image as I seen a post by someone else using a custom theme but it didn't make a difference. Bundle Name=Dynagen Configurator Version=0.9.0.0 Manufacturer=Dynagen Technologies Inc. UpgradeCode=e5ce911c-cae5-43f8-b11e-878989f1fec5 IconSourceFile=$(var.ConfigExePath)\DynagenProgramIcon.ico HelpUrl=www.dynagen.ca Condition=NOT ( ((VersionNT=600) OR ((VersionNT=501) AND (ServicePackLevel=3))) AND (VersionMsi=301) ) BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.HyperlinkLicense bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication LogoFile=$(var.ConfigExePath)\DynagenProgramIcon.ico LicenseUrl=http://www.dynagen.ca; SuppressOptionsUI=yes / !-- -- !--Payload SourceFile=$(var.ConfigExePath)\DynagenProgramIcon.ico/-- /BootstrapperApplicationRef Chain PackageGroupRef Id='Netfx4Full' / PackageGroupRef Id=VS2010_Cpp/ PackageGroupRef Id=Shell_Installer/ /Chain /Bundle A bug or am I doing something wrong? Wes Manning -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn LogoFile doesn't work on Windows XP
Try to use PNG image format for the LogoFile instead of the ICO format. -- Milan -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] upgrade didn't remove the earlier product from ARP
On 29-Mar-12 07:31, Kyle Lee wrote: However, if I upgrade Office from Office 2003 to Office 2007 and then perform the MSI upgrade, not only Word 2003 feature / Word 2007 feature were installed, but also there are two entries (MyProduct v1.0 and MyProduct v2.0) in ARP. If I tried to uninstall v1.0 in ARP, it seemed to uninstall it, but if I refresh ARP, v1.0 re-appears, so I couldn't even uninstall v1.0. http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/16/make-sure-features-are-always-enabled-so-they-can-be-removed/ -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn LogoFile doesn't work on Windows XP
On 01-Apr-12 05:57, Milan Kaše wrote: Try to use PNG image format for the LogoFile instead of the ICO format. Yep: LogoFile uses GDI+ to load the image and GDI+ doesn't support icons. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Burn Theme
One thing I found with themes is that you have to do a rebuild. A build will not pick up any changes to the theme.xml file. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: March-30-12 12:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn Theme ThmViewer.exe might help as well. It isn't perfect right now but it can rapidly speed up thm development. On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:12 PM, robert_h_yang robert_y...@non.agilent.com wrote: I started tinkering with this, and got something like this to work : BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication LicenseFile=license.rtf LogoFile=mylogo.bmp SuppressOptionsUI=yes ThemeFile=mytheme.xml LocalizationFile=mytheme.wxl / Payload Name=myico.ico Compressed=yes SourceFile=application.ico/ /BootstrapperApplicationRef Some explanation below : 1. Some theme files can be found in the source under src\ext\BalExtension\wixstdba\Resources 2. I hacked up RtfTheme.[xml|wxl] to come up with my own Mytheme.* -- the schema is documented in the Wix 3.6 help file (as of build 2719 at least). 3. Myico.ico is used in my theme as a custom icon for the main window. Staring at WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.cpp and BalCompiler.cs helps, as does searching the source tree .. Parkes, Kevin wrote I'm exploring Burn and would like to try using my own theme with WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.Foundation. I'm probably being dense but I haven't managed to get anything working so far and the documentation isn't exactly extensive (yet). A few quick pointers as to how to get started would be much appreciated. Thanks -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn LogoFile doesn't work on Windows XP
Ok thanks, that was it. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: April-01-12 11:10 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn LogoFile doesn't work on Windows XP On 01-Apr-12 05:57, Milan Kaše wrote: Try to use PNG image format for the LogoFile instead of the ICO format. Yep: LogoFile uses GDI+ to load the image and GDI+ doesn't support icons. -- -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Wix Burn Theme problem for WixStandardBootstrapperApplication
Hi, I'm using WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.HyperlinkLicense and have created a custom theme by modifying the hyperlinklicence theme xml file. I found when I try to put an image inside the install Page element the image is shown in the Modify setup page. The image does not show up in the progress page, though. Wes -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: April-01-12 11:10 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn LogoFile doesn't work on Windows XP On 01-Apr-12 05:57, Milan Kaše wrote: Try to use PNG image format for the LogoFile instead of the ICO format. Yep: LogoFile uses GDI+ to load the image and GDI+ doesn't support icons. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] wix sql extension and localdb
Hi, As you may know, Visual Studio 11 Beta now comes with native LocalDb supporthttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/87sfaezs(v=vs.110).aspxinstead of SQL Express. I have a wix 3.6 project (that references the WixSqlExtension) that creates a database and runs some SQL scripts against this database. This runs fine when the the server name used is .\SqlExpress. However, replacing it with (LocalDB)\v11.0http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh510202.aspx (the connection string for localdb) does not work. I see the following error in the log: *InstallSqlData: Skipping ScaSqlStrsRead() - SqlString and/or SqlDatabase table not present* My questions are: - Is there a way to use WixSqlExtension with localdb? - If I write a C# CustomAction that manually creates the database using (LocalDB)\v11.0 connection string, will it work (the machine will have .NET 4.5)? Here is a msdn forum post http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/ar-SA/sqlexpress/thread/b5c9a1fa-75fc-41f2-a5d3-4b2b6ed4ebdethat is similar to this problem. Thanks, Pavan -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
