[WiX-users] Silent Installation

Hello Everyone, This is regarding Disk Space. How to check the diskspace? If space is not available in default location(ie C:\\) incase of Normal Installation, User can change the path, but incase of silent install, it should automatically selects another loc, (which loc has available space)

[WiX-users] Pull ata smack o the contrary.

According to the Broadband Stakeholders Group the government is. According to mi2g this is the largest number of attacks to take place in a single day. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through

Re: [WiX-users] FileSearch not working for minor version?

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nitin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am having trouble with detecting if a file is installed, I am using the following code, however it seems that WIX sets the property even if MinVersion is 7.10.3191.0 What does your verbose log say? -- The Direct3D Graphics

[WiX-users] Wrapper Custom Action to invoke DLL

What is a Wrapper Custom Action? what is its significance? how is it different from Type1 custom action? How do i create a wrapper CA that invoke a DLL and pass the result back to an MSI property?Please help Thanks Anidil -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Problem in WIX

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Deepak Krishna [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1. How to use two binary file in a single custom Action in WIX? What for? Tell us the goal, not the task you think you need to accomplish in order to reach your goal. 2. How to pass a binary file as a

[WiX-users] set %PATH%

I know this may cause some issues with people disagreeing, but i'm in no position to change what our program does until I have a working WIX installer that I can then play with it and change things accordingly, however, currently the application requires it's path to be in the PATH environment

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut Targets and Shared Components

I don't see a problem with what you've done, but I haven't tried it or tested it. Did you run the ICE suite and ensure that your solution didn't generate new ICE errors or warnings? I did not receive any additional ICE errors or warnings. I was able to compile an msi and it all worked. My

Re: [WiX-users] set %PATH%

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jason Rivers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have these Lines: Fragment DirectoryRef Id=TARGETDIR Component Id=EnvPathSet Guid=2D5030EF-6D11-4F48-B183-D1AE2EF87B61 Environment Id=EnvPathSet Action=set Name=PATH Part=last System=yes

Re: [WiX-users] set %PATH%

On 10/22/07, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jason Rivers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have these Lines: Fragment DirectoryRef Id=TARGETDIR Component Id=EnvPathSet Guid=2D5030EF-6D11-4F48-B183-D1AE2EF87B61 Environment

Re: [WiX-users] set %PATH%

Jason, Would you happen to be checking the path on an existing command line window, or have you opened a new one? The path of existing command line windows does not change when the system is updated (there isn't really any good way to do this, since the user could have changed the path

Re: [WiX-users] Wix CA

This works for us: CustomAction Id=SetLoadDB Property=LoadDB Value=quot;[#JAMSDBAEXE]quot; LOAD/UI=[UILevel]/ CustomAction

Re: [WiX-users] set %PATH% [SOLVED]

Thanks for that Kelly, looks like it's just been a long day. I had also missed off the \bin\ off the end after [INSTALLDIR], which is why my app still wasn't seeing the DLL. so this is now Solved. /J On 10/22/07, Kelly Leahy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason, Would you happen to be checking

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3 Sql Extension not executing SqlScript

Apparently WiX v3 is working differently than WiX v2 that I use. Good luck! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amy Rosewater Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:45 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Question on CheckBox

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jaguar 36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a dialog that has a password and a confirm password edit control. They are both set to Password=3D'yes'. I also have a checkbox that reads Display Password. What I want to do is to be able to display the Password

Re: [WiX-users] Question on CheckBox

Thanks! Will try this method! To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:35:14 -0600 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Question on CheckBox In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jaguar 36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a dialog that has a password and a

[WiX-users] Operating System language detection

Does anyone know hoe to determin the language of the operating system? I'm aware that the MSI Engine stores the locale, which you can configure in the control panel. However, there must be something deeper as some of Microsoft's KB updates (xmllite WIC, for example) seem to fail if the OS is

Re: [WiX-users] Confusing UI Issue

I think the problem is with your SpawnDialog event... try NewDialog instead. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Confusing-UI-Issue-tf4646232.html#a13344788 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[WiX-users] error in selection tree(urgent plz help)

hi this z the code for the dialog Custom setup. when i m running the msi all the features r getting listed but when i do right click on features a message UIText is missing instead of strings i defined in UITxt table. the Dialog is defined as Dialog Id=CustomSetup Width=374 Height=266

Re: [WiX-users] heating COM componnents and getting LGHT0130 on generated registry data

Karim MacDonald wrote: I may see if I can fix this particular bug on my own system. I don't know how patch submissions work, but naively expect that I might then be able to submit a patch for inclusion at some date? Sure. You'd need to submit an assignment agreement to get it included;

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Mondo.wxs + AdminInstallUI

RussGreen wrote: I did the UI-less admin install and the error still occurred so it's safe to say it's not in my UI. OK, so the next step is to take out your UI authoring (e.g., UIRefs). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Dialog disappearing instantly

Nitin Chaudhari wrote: Now the problem is I can see the PrereqCheck dialog, but it instantly disappears and the Installing dialog is shown. Is there any way I can block the Installing dialog and force the user to do some action in PrereqCheck dialog? That's up to the dialog being shown.

Re: [WiX-users] Confusing UI Issue

conkerjoe wrote: Publish Event=SpawnDialog Value=SetupTypeDlg![CDATA[1]]/Publish SpawnDialog is to create pop-up dialogs; use NewDialog to replace the current dialog with a new one. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] HI WIX 3.0 FileShare question

Krishna Sapkota (Solutions IQ) wrote: This is what I was trying but it didn't work. It creates the physical folder named [BLA] in the InstalledDIR and creates the file-share on it. It does not create the D:\Share1 folder but creates a folder named [BLA]. You need to use a custom action

Re: [WiX-users] FilePath manipulation in WIX

Nitin Chaudhari wrote: Once I have this path I want to split it in directory (D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\ADDINS) and file (OTKLOADR.DLL) and then use it in directorysearch and filesearch to finally see if the given dll has the required version. You need to write a custom

Re: [WiX-users] Operating System language detection

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gareth at Serif [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know hoe to determin the language of the operating system? Have you tried looking at the SystemLanguageID property? It is determined by calling GetSystemDefaultLangID. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline

[WiX-users] Automated testing?

I'm wanting to do some automated testing of my installers, testing upgrades from previous versions, doing some regression testing and doing a thorough testing of the various combinations of features available. Has anyone done something similar? How have you gone about it? I do my testing

Re: [WiX-users] FilePath manipulation in WIX

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nitin Chaudhari wrote: Once I have this path I want to split it in directory (D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\ADDINS) and file (OTKLOADR.DLL) and then use it in directorysearch and filesearch to finally

[WiX-users] COM+ Application Setup Identity Problem

Hi, I'm using WiX and the pca extensions to install a COM+ Application and would like to set the COM+ Application to run under the 'Local System' identity. I've tried using the 'Identity' attribute (I assume thats its intention) on the ComPlusApplication element but can't seem to alter the

Re: [WiX-users] Automated testing?

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anyone done something similar? How have you gone about it? I've done some of it, but it wasn't particularly easy. I do my testing manually at the moment using virtual machines (Virtual PC 2007) to be able rollback to

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ Application Setup Identity Problem

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm using WiX and the pca extensions to install a COM+ Application and would like to set the COM+ Application to run under the 'Local System' identity. Are you sure about that? Running as Local System is almost always a security

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

Hi all, Installing the runtime from VS2005 SP1 using the merge module (yes, correct version) does NOT work on Vista while it works *perfectly* on 2003 server - both clean installs of the respective OS. Both OSes need the runtime installed for the program to run. The install log on Vista

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ Application Setup Identity Problem

After a long pile of digging through the source, I have discovered that the COM+ custom actions basically just manipulate members of the ICatalogObject interface. So, when you specify the Identity attribute, that sets the Identity property of the Application object in the Applications collection

Re: [WiX-users] Operating System language detection

GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, I think. -- Mike Dimmick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gareth at Serif Sent: 22 October 2007 17:15 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Operating System language detection Does anyone

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ Application Setup Identity Problem

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mike Dimmick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Richard is right that Local System is far too privileged. You should consider using Local Service, if you don't need network credentials, or Network Service (authenticates as the machine account in the domain), if you

Re: [WiX-users] Operating System language detection

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mike Dimmick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, I think. Hmm! I wonder how that is different from GetSystemDefaultLangID and when they would return different values? -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for

[WiX-users] custom action executing managed executables

Dear all, I read robmen's article on managed custom actions. I have an installer type activity to execute that I must do during installation (installing performance counters). You need to be admin to do that, so I have to run it within the installation. We want to execute the

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3 Sql Extension not executing SqlScript

Just a quick bit of extra info on WiX version numbers: The first two digits of the Build part (major.minor.build.revision) are the 'project month number'. I think for WiX 3.0 this started at 10 and has incremented every month since. The second two digits are the day within the month. WiX 3.0 is

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

This is probably a timely posting/read for you: http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team/archive/2007/10/20/integration-hurdles-for-exe-custom-actions.aspx Daniel Doubrovkine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I read robmen’s article on managed custom actions.

Re: [WiX-users] Operating System language detection

The latest documentation I'm using - which accompanied VS2005 (must update this...) says that for GetSystemDefaultLangID, [t]he return value is the language identifier of the system locale. Which I think means it's the result of using the LANGIDFROMLCID macro on the return value of

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3 Sql Extension not executing SqlScript

Amy, Our DB installation process originally specified the SQL instance by name regardless of it being the default instance or not. We discovered that if we named the default instance (MSSQLSERVER) DB creation would fail with unknown error after 10-15 minutes of churning along. Changing our

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

WiX includes functionality to call the LoadPerfCounterTextStrings and UnloadPerfCounterTextStrings APIs and create the registry entries required. See the PerformanceCategory and PerformanceCounter elements in the Util schema. This feature is new in WiX v3.0. If still using WiX 2.0, you can

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

I just changed two of my installers to not compress any files. It builds fine. The MSI itself is at the top most level. However, with one of the two MSIs almost all of the files are also at the topmost level rather than being in their respective subfolders. The files are being picked up from the

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

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chad Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just changed two of my installers to not compress any files. It builds fine. The MSI itself is at the top most level. However, with one of the two MSIs almost all of the files are also at the topmost level rather

[WiX-users] A better TALLOW - PARAFFIN

Hello, As you all know, Tallow for WiX 2.0 can be a bit, how shall we say it, troublesome. :) I developed a better tool, PARAFFIN, which creates an easier to use WiX fragment and also handles updating the WiX fragment as files are added and removed from your directories. It's turned the hours and

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

Adam Majer-2 wrote: Installing the runtime from VS2005 SP1 using the merge module (yes, correct version) does NOT work on Vista while it works *perfectly* on 2003 server - both clean installs of the respective OS. Both OSes need the runtime installed for the program to run. The install