Hi,
I want to add a dialog box into my installer's uninstalling process.
custom dialog have a check box, which will ask user to delete/keep user
setting data of the application. User setting data files usually
created in application installation directory after installing the
application.
Hi everybody,
we have more products sharing the same shared libraries and I'd like to
clarify some things, before I proceed.
1) Shared component between two products using same KeyPath and same Guid.
- From earlier discussion I understand this is the proper solution and
in my tests everything
You may only show dialogs during uninstallation via a custom action, the
dialogs from the msi won't be shown.
Best regards,
Sebastian Brand
sebast...@instyler.com
Geisenfelder Str. 53a
85053 Ingolstadt, Germany
EU VAT ID: DE219712370
Phone: +49 841 4544567
www.instyler.com
I am not aware, how to show dialogs via custom actions. Please help with
some sample code.
Thanks Regards,
Sanjay Rao
Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) wrote:
You may only show dialogs during uninstallation via a custom action, the
dialogs from the msi won't be shown.
Best regards,
On 1/7/2010 1:11 AM, Bryan Reich wrote:
New member to the community. How do I file a bug?
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=105970atid=642714 (also
linked from http://wix.sourceforge.net/).
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Thanks.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Rob Mensching r...@robmensching.com wrote:
Fundamentally, yes.
You can optimize a bit by building a .wixout at step 3 then running light
with a different .wxl to generate each MSI from the .wixout. That'll save
some linking time.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010
I am setting up CI utilizing CCNet and MSBuild. I've come to the realization
that MSBuild will not work with a Web Deployment Project (vdproj) to create an
MSI. Therefore, I am attempting to utilize WiX as the intermediary as I do
not want to install Visual Studio on the build box. We are
So I created a Wix Solution and added it to my Team Build process as the last
solution to build. But I am using source files inside WiX that aren't created
until after my solutions have built and deployed... So how do I delay the WiX
compile.
Specifically my problem is on the AfterDrop target
candle.exe, light.exe etc are installed by default to
C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin
Wix isnt distributed with any OS. It was going to be in Visual Studio
but this never happened so the only distributions are on the sourceforge
project page.
-Original Message-
From:
What are the exact failures you are seeing? If it is an install failure, can
you send along the verbose log file?
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Jeannie Efird jeannie.ef...@theaba.orgwrote:
I am setting up CI utilizing CCNet and MSBuild. I've come to the
realization that MSBuild will not
It isn't there, is it compatible with Windows Server 2008? Are there any
prerequisites? Could I have gotten a bad drop?
-Original Message-
From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:16 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML
1. Good. This is really the only correct solution.
2. The Windows Installer manages the folder the Component is installed to
for each Product. Thus, changing the installation folder works fine. The
KeyPath is just the File or RegistryKey or ODBC Driver (does anybody use
this anymore?). Note: you
I still don't understand. Did you install the WiX3.msi (which installs the
binaries and MSBuild targets files correctly)? The WiX toolset is not built
into the operating system but is compatible with everything from Windows XP
and up.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Jeannie Efird
You'll have to edit the wix.targets file to build after the AfterDrop target
or run your .wixproj after the other things build. Or, do your SQL Database
manipulation earlier in the build process.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Kerber, Cameron
cameron.ker...@philips.comwrote:
So I created a Wix
I'm going to do a clean drop. To ensure that this is accurate, can you provide
the url that DOES NOT have the Votive UI that requires VS, as that is not going
to be loaded on the build box?
-Original Message-
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Sent: Thursday, January
It should be self-contained. This is the download link. I would suggest
uninstalling the toolset, downloading this and reinstalling, just to be
sure.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/files/WiX%20v3.0%20%28stable%29/3.0.
5419.0%20RTM/wix3.0.5419.0-x86-setup.zip/download
If that doesnt fix it,
Server 2008 is x64 only (unless you're using an Itanium system which is
rather unlikely). Try looking in C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows
Installer XML v3\bin\
Does WiX show up in the ARP list?
Palbinder Sandher
Software Deployment IT Administrator
T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500
F: +44 (0) 141 945
I did a clean drop, at the url below. The first message is that is a
prerequisite dialog box stating that the Votive toolkit couldn't be installed
because VS 2005 / 2008 is not located on the machine. (By design). I just
reinstalled and they have appeared in the designated folder, go figure.
It didn't:
I did yet another clean drop. The first message is that is a prerequisite
dialog box stating that the Votive toolkit couldn't be installed because VS
2005 / 2008 is not located on the machine. (By design). I just reinstalled
and they have appeared in the designated folder, go
I did yet another clean drop. The first message is that is a prerequisite
dialog box stating that the Votive toolkit couldn't be installed because VS
2005 / 2008 is not located on the machine. (By design). I just reinstalled
and they have appeared in the designated folder, go figure.
Well if it didn't show up in the ARP list didn't show up in the
directory I pasted below then you didn't install it since it sounds
like you never uninstalled it before reinstalling it just confirms
that.
Also pasting the same text into 3 replies isn't necessary. We can read
it the first time
Hi All,
What would be the best way to add a custom ErrorLog Dialog that is
only displayed if an error occurs during installation and it would
appear right at the end of the installation in that case. The idea is
that this ErrorDialog would contain the install log and there would be a
button to
Sorry for what amounts to account management spam, but the emails I received
when I signed up gave me my password, but nowhere does it say what my user ID
is. I assumed it must be my email address, but the login form only lets me type
15 characters. My email stripping off the domain doesn't
Bug 2927773 has been opened to track. Thanks.
-Original Message-
From: Bryan Reich [mailto:bryan.re...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:12 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix bug when converting class/progID set
You'll have to do some pretty major MSBuild/TeamBuild hacks to perform the
database deployment before the wix solution is built. Are you using VSTS DB
project files to maintain your database schema? Are you using it's deployment
feature to generate the *.sql? If so, are you deploying the
Does anyone have any pointers towards using a setup.ini file for setting
parameters of an install?
-Original Message-
From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:52 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
(Apologize for the previous off-topic email)
We actually did something similar to this using a 2nd build script. The first
build script build everything EXCEPT the installers, and then as the last step
of the build script, we executed the second build script to create the
installers
Is there some way we can disable (abort install action) if someone
were to launch our msi with the /a (administrative install) or /f
(repair) options? We can hide the actions in the UI, but when
launched via command-line they can still occur, we'd like to disable
them for now.
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Tony
I setup a Custom Action to call a simple command line utility I created that
installs an SSL certificate. It keeps failing so I took the contents of the log
file that have the Custom Action arguments and execute them manually in a
command window. Of course, the certificate installs correctly. I
Have you considered using the iis:Certificate (and related) elements instead
of your own custom action? These will likely have fewer bugs (lower chance of
setup failure) than a custom-coded solution, as well as handle repair,
uninstall, patching, etc. correctly.
Part of the philosophy
I'm not too familiar with Administrative installs, but I would assume
you could condition something in the AdminExecuteSequence and
AdminUISequence to abort the install.
Aborting if a repair is triggered sounds like a very strange request,
what if your KeyPaths are damaged and you have advertised
We did this in one case by using a Condition as follows:
Condition Message=your error messageACTION~lt;gt;ADMIN/Condition
I know that works for advertise. I think there can be similar logic for repair.
--
Bryan
-Original Message-
From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com]
Sent:
The second questions asks if you can set registry values/write file
changes/whatever else that running the preagent.exe would have done for you
to avoid using it.
Is preagent.exe needed by your installation after it is complete or only
when installing, repairing, upgrading, and possibly removing
From what few details you provide I assume your CA is an immediate CA that
adds temporary rows to the Registry table. Is that correct?
-Original Message-
From: Andy2k8 [mailto:appr...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:44 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject:
Well not really. An admin install isn't anything to do with the actual running
installed product, it just extracts the files out, which is probably what you
want to prevent (why?). If you think you've concealed your files by preventing
an admin install, good luck with that! Also, beware that an
No clue (I don't know mine either, and I also initially registered via
email).
One of the early emails from the automated admin gave me this as an admin
portal of sorts:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/options/wix-users/Bryan.Reich%40microsof
t.com - I took the liberty of changing it from my
You could simply drop the AdminExecuteSequence (and AdminUISequence) tables.
That would prevent administrative installations. I also echo the question of
why.
Disabling repair is a bigger why?.
If you are referring to the Repair button in the Programs and Features
window just add the ARPNOREPAIR
Use the dumpbin.exe utility with the /IMPORTS switch on your release custom
action dll to see what files it depends on. Check to see if any of those
files are missing from the default path of your target machine. If they are,
research to see what would be required to statically link to their
We never patch, so that won't be an issue. Thanks for the suggestion
regarding admin installs.
In the past we have never really supported repair either. So, we
strive to prevent it from being triggered. We always use the
ARPNOREPAIR, but the question of automated repair came up and we
noticed
Tony, I'm echoing Phil and Blair here..
Phil wrote:
What is the problem that you believe disabling repair will solve?
Blair wrote:
If you have custom actions or other issues that break when repair is run,
you should seek to fix those instead of disabling repair
You shouldn't have to support
I saw one thread on this in the archives with no response. So, I figured the
time may be ripe to ask again.
I have an installation for a web site that is working really well so far except
for this one little snag. I've plumbed everything in for the site I install to
use https except for the
Hi,
I want to execute a custom action during uninstall process. Where should
I put this in installexecutesequence ?
Regards,
Sanjay Rao
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Whereever you want, use add Installed as condition. This tells the
installer to run the customaction if the application is being uninstalled.
Best regards,
Sebastian Brand
sebast...@instyler.com
Geisenfelder Str. 53a
85053 Ingolstadt, Germany
EU VAT ID: DE219712370
Phone: +49 841
Hi Rich,
I think the Certificate tags are for installing a new certificate, not
using an existing. Rob? J
Best regards,
Sebastian Brand
sebast...@instyler.com
Geisenfelder Str. 53a
85053 Ingolstadt, Germany
EU VAT ID: DE219712370
Phone: +49 841 4544567
www.instyler.com
Thanks for this detailed explanation.
Sanjay, you'll have to create a custom action that shows your dialog and
then run this custom action from the MSI. The dialog itself is within the
custom action DLL. So when you create the custom action from the C++
template, just add a Windows form dialog
The current custom actions require the certificate be supplied in the MSI. I
think that would be a great feature request, or possibly even better, a
contribution.
-Original Message-
From: Rich Daniel [mailto:rdan...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:01 PM
To: General
Whenever I execute/run my MSI on Windows VISTA / Win 7, Windows shows a UAC
message asking:
'Do you want to allow the following program to install software on the
computer?
Program name: Some random number.msi
Why does the program name specify some random number like 'a62738.msi'? Is
there
repair cannot be disabled in Windows Installer due to the way it is put
together. The best you can hope for is to reject an attempt to repair with
an error message directing the user to remove-the-reinstall.
-Original Message-
From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com]
Sent:
Installed as a condition will also run it when the application is being
patched or repaired.
Use REMOVE if the removal of any feature is reason to run your custom
action. Have Windows Installer search the value of REMOVE for the name of
the related feature (or for the term ALL) to be more robust.
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