Re: [WiX-users] Reopen Burn triggers virus checker - ID: 3431068

2012-01-14 Thread Peter Hull
I've used an old (2004?) version of InstallShield and it generated a setup.exe and the msi separately. I'm assuming that setup.exe is their bootstrapper and was well-known enough to go onto the AV makers white-lists. When burn is released hopefully its engine could also be white-listed,

Re: [WiX-users] Completely revert installation on install failure

2012-01-14 Thread Kevin Hebert
Anyone have any suggestions about this? Thank you. On 1/11/2012 12:06 PM, AxiomaticImpact wrote: My installer is installing a service (which starts automatically upon installation) and a program. Now, if the install fails for any reason, the service is still installed, but fails to start.

Re: [WiX-users] UK Localization

2012-01-14 Thread jamie benson
This is a requirement of my current work. I've actually got a translation file for UK English and was wondering where to submit them to the WIX team. This is very important to us and I'm shocked it isn't available already. US English looks unprofessional over this side over the pond and I'm sure

Re: [WiX-users] UK Localization

2012-01-14 Thread jamie benson
Apologies I put 1033 by mistake when I meant 1252 as has been commented by on by another poster. On 14 January 2012 17:52, jamie benson jamieben...@gmail.com wrote: This is a requirement of my current work. I've actually got a translation file for UK English and was wondering where to submit

[WiX-users] More than one transformation (.mst file) for Pyro.exe?

2012-01-14 Thread Ulrich Proeller
In the WIX tools description, it is said that Pyro can take more than one .mst file to create a patch that addresses multiple versions. When calling Pyro with more than one .mst file, I get an error message Additional argument 'Setup_DE_2.0.0.0.wixmst' was unexpected. Can Pyro currently take

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing file in MSI before it's installed

2012-01-14 Thread Bill Tutt
From wcautil.h (which includes dutil.h) #define ExitTrace WcaLogError #define ExitTrace1 WcaLogError #define ExitTrace2 WcaLogError #define ExitTrace3 WcaLogError From dutil.h: #define ExitOnFailure(x, s) if (FAILED(x)) { ExitTrace(x, s); goto LExit; } #define ExitOnFailure1(x, f, s) if

Re: [WiX-users] Completely revert installation on install failure

2012-01-14 Thread Jeremy Farrell
Yes, David Watson did at 2012-01-11 18:09:28 GMT: Rollback should and does happen automatically. If you have any custom actions they need to cater for this. What does a verbose log say? How are you installing the service, are you using the ServiceInstall element? From: Kevin Hebert

Re: [WiX-users] Signing the burn bootstrapper

2012-01-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Jan-12 01:41, Peter Hull wrote: Bob: would it be possible to have the burn engine signed (by Microsoft) in the released WiX 3.6 That would mean that the UAC prompt would show Microsoft as the owner of your bundle. or have an option to specify the burn engine in the .wxs file - as I

Re: [WiX-users] MergeModules being removed on upgrade

2012-01-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Jan-12 12:20, Schley Andrew Kutz wrote: My WiX installer removes the VC10 redistributable merge modules on upgrade. Merge modules aren't atomic; their contents are mixed into the .msi. In this case, you're running into a known bug in MSI in how it deals with assemblies:

Re: [WiX-users] Possible bug in Lux

2012-01-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 12-Jan-12 12:52, John Cooper wrote: Bug is 3473007. Thanks; I'll take a look. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now!

Re: [WiX-users] More than one transformation (.mst file) for Pyro.exe?

2012-01-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Jan-12 13:00, Ulrich Proeller wrote: When calling Pyro with more than one .mst file, I get an error message Additional argument 'Setup_DE_2.0.0.0.wixmst' was unexpected. Can Pyro currently take more than one transformation or not? Yes it can. What command line are you trying? --