[WiX-users] How to debug MSI properties?
Our kit has a feature that's depending on VS90_IDE_VC_PROJECTSYSTEM_INSTALLED being defined. I'm installing onto a VMWare image with VS2008 and (only) Visual C++ installed, and the feature fails to install. The feature that depends on VS2005 seems to install properly onto a similarly configured VMWare image with VS2005 and (only) VC++. Is there any way I can get a dump of the MSI properties that are defined during an installation? Thanks. - Barry Tannenbaum - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Resetting Visual Studio Addins
Our product includes a Visual Studio addin. For the most part everything works fine, but occasionally we need to reset the addin. Visual Studio documents the /resetaddin option to do this: devenv /resetaddin MyAddin.Connect We can include the command in our documentation, but it would be much cooler to do the right thing automatically in our installer. Unfortunately in addition to resetting the addin, the command also brings up the IDE. I can force the IDE to exit by adding /command exit to the command line, but that results in the IDE window flashing up onto the screen and then going away. I've managed to get this into our Wix script with the following entries: CustomAction Id=VS2005ResetAddin Property=VS2005DEVENV ExeCommand=/resetaddin MyAddin.Connect /command exit Return=asyncNoWait / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=VS2005ResetAddin Before=InstallFinalize / /InstallExecuteSequence CustomAction doesn't appear to have any way to influence the initial window state, and even if I try to from the command line with start /min devenv /resetaddin MyAddin.Connect /command exit I get the window flash. Can anybody suggest any way to suppress the display of the IDE window? Thanks. - Barry - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] save logfile
Yes, the attached code is only a simplified version. the real code uses a different directory and a random name. But my problem is, that the file is not even created if i use only the installexecute-sequence. and i would prefer to use that sequence. regards Bernd Buddell, James schrieb: Can you put the date and time in the log file name? Or use /l*v+ on the command line to append to the old log file? Cheers, James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 August 2008 14:07 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] save logfile I need to save the logfile of the installation-process everytime. If i use the InstallUISequence it works, but not if i use the InstallExecuteSequence. Why? InstallUISequence Custom Action=EnableLog Sequence=1/Custom /InstallUISequence or InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=EnableLog Sequence=1/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence Binary Id=CustomLogs.vbs SourceFile=CustomLogs.vbs / CustomAction Id=EnableLog BinaryKey=CustomLogs.vbs VBScriptCall=LogEnable Return=check / function LogEnable Session.Installer.EnableLog voicewarmup, C:\setup.log end function ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Debug / Release version of dependencies
I usually have my WiX installer as a project inside of my Visual Studio solution. When I do a build, I want the installer to be built using the Debug files in Debug mode, or the Release files in Release mode. What I do to accomplish this is that I pass a pre-processor property to WiX named Configuration and set Configuration to either Debug or Release in the build settings. Then inside of my WiX file, I use $(var.Configuration) in the file paths. At compile time, WiX's preprocessor will replace $(var.Configuration) with either Debug or Release. This allows the same build script to load debug files in a debug build or release files in a release build. I hope that this helps to answer your question. From: Charlebois, Cameron TMC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 1:07 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Debug / Release version of dependencies I am a WIX noob so please bear with me. I setup a WIX project, made it dependant on the projects I want to distribute/package in my MSI. When I compile my WIX project all of the other projects compile and I can get the latest versions of the files. Everything works and is wonderful. The problem is that I usually keep my projects in a debug configuration which means that when I do this I get the debug versions of my projects. I need the release versions (there is a bunch of post-build and stuff that is very, very time consuming that only happens with a release version). So is there a way to get the release version into my WIX MSI or is this beyond WIX's scope? I haven't found anything in the tutorial or when Googling for changing which version gets built during the WIX compile of the MSI. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -Cam - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] adding mimemap to Webvirtualdir
Hi all, I want to know how the iis:mimemap tag works, it seems to need an id but do not know how to add an MIME element although in the helpfile is written that it schould be child of Wix tag. Second thing is that I want to add a wildcard mime (after I know how to add a MIME to a webvirtualdir) like „*,C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll,0,All or is it better to call a vbscript instead? Thanks Peter - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] dynamically fill a combobox
Hi Phil,
Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately I am not very
common with vbscript but it seems the best language for Windows Installer
Custom Actions. Is it also possible to set one value as default (because I read
the MSI SDK and it seems that there is no column for this)?
Is there also a nice source where I can gain some examples of customactions
using vbscript?
Greetings Peter
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Collected but not used by me, this VBScript used in a custom action may help:
Function Combo()
' This function initializes and then sets variables to set values for the four
columns
' of the ComboBox table (Property, Order, Value and Text). Then a function is
called to add
' the row of values to the table.
' Initialize variables used for each column of the ComboBox table
Dim ComboProp
Dim ComboOrder
Dim ComboValue
Dim ComboText
' Set properties for each of the four columns
ComboProp = COMBO
ComboOrder = 1
ComboValue = Dog
ComboText = Dog
' Call function to add this row of values to the ComboBox table
addToComboBox ComboProp, ComboOrder, ComboValue, ComboText
'Repeat Process as needed
ComboProp = COMBO
ComboOrder = 2
ComboValue = Cat
ComboText = Cat
addToComboBox ComboProp, ComboOrder, ComboValue, ComboText
ComboProp = COMBO
ComboOrder = 3
ComboValue = Frog
ComboText = Frog
addToComboBox ComboProp, ComboOrder, ComboValue, ComboText
ComboProp = COMBO
ComboOrder = 4
ComboValue = Bird
ComboText = Bird
addToComboBox ComboProp, ComboOrder, ComboValue, ComboText
End Function
Function addToComboBox(ByVal ComboProp, ByVal ComboOrder, ByVal ComboValue,
ByVal ComboText)
' This function takes values passed into it from the function call and uses
these values to create
' and execute a view within the current session of the Windows Installer
object. This view is based
' on a SQL query constructed using the values passed into the function. If you
wish to get a deeper
' understanding of how this function works you should read up on the Windows
Installer object
' model in the Windows Installer SDK.
' Initialize variables
Dim query
Dim view
' Construct query based on values passed into the function.
' NOTE: The ` character used is not a single quote, but rather a back quote.
This character is typically
' found on the key used for the ~ symbol in the upper left of the keyboard.
query = INSERT INTO `ComboBox` (`Property`, `Order`, `Value`,
`Text`) VALUES (' ComboProp ', ComboOrder , ' ComboValue ',
' ComboText ') TEMPORARY
' This statement creates the view object based on our query
Set view = Session.Database.OpenView(query)
' This statement executes the view, which actually adds the row into the
ComboBox table.
view.Execute
End Function
=
Phil Wilson
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To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] dynamically fill a combobox
Hi,
I want to use a custom action to fill dynamically a combobox. But I do not know
how the output of the custom action should look like. I only think to know that
I have to bind a property to the ouput to get the selected item of the combobox.
Regards, Peter
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[WiX-users] dynamically fill a combobox
Hi, I want to use a custom action to fill dynamically a combobox. But I do not know how the output of the custom action should look like. I only think to know that I have to bind a property to the ouput to get the selected item of the combobox. Regards, Peter - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] choosing Website and changing Virtual Directory
Hi Matt, Sorry, I think I expressed myself a little bit confusing. I never have written vbscript code but your example is pretty much that what I was looking for. I realized after a while that there is a VBScriptCall attribute for the Custom Actions so its not so hard to implement it. Meanwhile I did some evil reverse engineering and took the custom action of Visual Studio Websetup to gain the entries. But unfortunately I do not know who it works, it only gives me the result. So I can show now the entries in the Combobox and I can get the choosen /LM/W3SVC/2 for example but I do not know what the Wix iis:Website really needs so that I can dynamically install to a specified Website of the IIS. Greetings Peter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] choosing Website (not Webserver) and changing Virtual Directory I don't totally understand what you mean about Custom Action vbscript. I'm not sure if you mean you don't know vbscript as a language for Custom Actions or you don't understand the VBScript in adsutil. If it's the later, fear not, as I was over-complicating it a bit by saying use adsutil - I've included these snippets come from http://www.iisfaq.com - I've not tested them at the mo though as i don't have an IIS setup i can test them on. this VBScript will list the websites on the webserver: Set objIIS = getObject(IIS://LocalHost/W3SVC) For each objSite in objIIS if (objSite.Class = IIsWebServer) then WScript.Echo Website: objSite.Name - objSite.ServerComment end if next I believe this will give you the virtual folders for a given website ID: Set objIISSite = getObject(IIS://LocalHost/W3SVC/Add the website ID here---) For each objVirDir in objIISSite if (objVirDir.Class = IISWebVirtualDir) then WScript.Echo VirtualDir: objVirDir.Name end if next If it's the former, that is you don't know much about custom actions and vbscript, i'm sorry to say i can't help much with that - i've not written any custom actions myself for a long time... Matt Matt Thompson PERSHING Tel: 020 7864 8000 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule
Hi Rob, I have just decompiled the mergemodules made by Visual Studio, which I use and searched for the property that sets the path. In my main wxs I overwrite the property with the one choosen in the dialog. I think it is not a good solution but I do not get along with the Windows Installer SDK because WiX is much more easier to handle :). But I am about to working me through the MSI SDK because it seems that its really necessary if you want to write a more proper installer than using such „workarounds“. Greetings Peter From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule Yes, the Directories that are parented to TARGETDIR can be “reparented”. The MSI SDK talks about how you can author your Merge Module’s directory table to be retargetable. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 02:12 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule Hi, Is there a posibility to change the parent Directory of a merge module? At the moment I am using a custom action that changes the directory below TARGETDIR. All files of this target will be installed fine, but all Subfolders are installed to „[TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir“. It is a Merge module created by VS2005 but i think that does not matter. So I just search some kind of property to set Module Retargetable Folder for all subfolders. Even the log is telling me nothing but the directory Ids reference to the [TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] choosing Webserver and changing Virtual Directory
Yes Rob I have realized that its not so easy. But the post of me is wrong because I want to choose the website (perhaps you have read it from the mail list ) and now I am at the point where I gain the /LM/W3SVC/1 for example, but what does not know what the iis:website or iis:webadress in WiX need to reference it to the right website of the IIS. Or is there some documentation about it? From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] choosing Webserver and changing Virtual Directory You'd need a CustomAction to gather the WebAddress information then use properties to set that. It's a lot more complicated that the VDir scenario. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 04:50 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] choosing Webserver and changing Virtual Directory Hi all, I am searching a posibility how I could let the customer choose the webserver (like in the Visual Studio WebSetup) and to change the Virtual Directory. I think changing the Virtual Directory should not be a big problem, just adding a Textbox and triggering a custom action setting the property of the Virtual directory new. But how can I gain access to the webserver list so that I can choose one and how can I tell Wix that it should use this Webserver? Greets Peter - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Events of the Publish Tag
Is there a source where I can get to know about all Standard Events you can use in the Publish Tag of the Controls? Unfortunately I can not find anything about it in the help. I am using wix v3 - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] choosing Website (not Webserver) and changing Virtual Directory
I feel so sorry for this post. On Czech Windows you can create so called „webovy server“ and it seems to be the wrong translation because I have seen an English system now and there you create Website. Thats what I wanted to know, how I could choose from the installed Websites on the system, where it has to deploy the webapplication. I can not find an action or something else to read this out. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:50 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] choosing Webserver and changing Virtual Directory Hi all, I am searching a posibility how I could let the customer choose the webserver (like in the Visual Studio WebSetup) and to change the Virtual Directory. I think changing the Virtual Directory should not be a big problem, just adding a Textbox and triggering a custom action setting the property of the Virtual directory new. But how can I gain access to the webserver list so that I can choose one and how can I tell Wix that it should use this Webserver? Greets Peter - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] choosing Website (not Webserver) and changing Virtual Directory
Hi Matt, Thanks for the answer. If I am seeing it right, I have to use first the ENUM Parameter to find out how many Sites are hosted on this IIS and after that I have to parse for each Site the Server Comment parameter. But even if I can realize this I am not able to use Custom Action vbscript because I do not knot how it works :( I think it could be a solution but i do not think that I can get it work. Perhaps you can show me what I have to do. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] choosing Website (not Webserver) and changing Virtual Directory I recalled what the script was - adsutil.vbs - see this for more info http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d3df4bc9-0954-459a-b5e6-7a8bc462960c.mspx?mfr=true Matt Thompson PERSHING Tel: 020 7864 8000 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] shing.co.uk Sent by: To wix-users-bounces [EMAIL PROTECTED] @lists.sourceforg [EMAIL PROTECTED] e.net cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] .net, 25/09/2007 12:18 wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject Re: [WiX-users] choosing Website (not Webserver) and changing Virtual Directory Off the top of my head I'm not sure exactly how you'd do this but I've got some experience scripting IIS so thought I'd reply. There's a VBScript with the IIS resource kit that can be used to query the Metabase - maybe you could borrow the code from that, for a custom action, to enumerate the websites available and put them in a drop down? Matt Thompson PERSHING Tel: 020 7864 8000 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] .cz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To .cz wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent by: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net wix-users-bounces cc @lists.sourceforg e.net Subject Re: [WiX-users] choosing Website (not Webserver) and changing 25/09/2007 12:02 Virtual Directory I feel so sorry for this post. On Czech Windows you can create so called „webovy server“ and it seems to be the wrong translation because I have seen an English system now and there you create Website. Thats what I wanted to know, how I could choose from the installed Websites on the system, where it has to deploy the webapplication. I can not find an action or something else to read this out. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:50 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] choosing Webserver and changing Virtual Directory Hi all, I am searching a posibility how I could let the customer choose the webserver (like in the Visual Studio WebSetup) and to change the Virtual Directory. I think changing the Virtual Directory should not be a big problem, just adding a Textbox and triggering a custom action setting the property of the Virtual directory new. But how can I gain access to the webserver list so that I can choose one and how can I tell Wix that it should use this Webserver? Greets Peter - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt
[WiX-users] choosing Webserver and changing Virtual Directory
Hi all, I am searching a posibility how I could let the customer choose the webserver (like in the Visual Studio WebSetup) and to change the Virtual Directory. I think changing the Virtual Directory should not be a big problem, just adding a Textbox and triggering a custom action setting the property of the Virtual directory new. But how can I gain access to the webserver list so that I can choose one and how can I tell Wix that it should use this Webserver? Greets Peter - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule
Hi, Is there a posibility to change the parent Directory of a merge module? At the moment I am using a custom action that changes the directory below TARGETDIR. All files of this target will be installed fine, but all Subfolders are installed to „[TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir“. It is a Merge module created by VS2005 but i think that does not matter. So I just search some kind of property to set Module Retargetable Folder for all subfolders. Even the log is telling me nothing but the directory Ids reference to the [TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] telling WiX to get files from Team Foundation Server
@all interested to this post, After a little bit work with it I actually found out that this works. If you create an msm via VS2005 and reference it in your WiX project it will work with a little trick. First You need the Id of the module, which you can gain from VS but if you just add the mergemodule, the package seems to be installed to a subdirectory of /dev/null . After I added a component with a file in it to the directory which contains the mergemodul as well as I added this component to the feature with the mergemodul it installed to [TARGETDIR]\”inVSspecifiedfolder”. If you want to change the specified folder (especially if you use these msm’s in other VS setups with the “Module Retargetable Folder” thing) you just look through the logfile or the decompiled wxs of dark and search for the id of the Directory. You will also see that VS add a custom action to set the folder and this action is triggered Before=CostInitialize so you can write your own CA in your wix project, specify the folder and trigger the event after CostInitialize… although I think it’s not the best way and there is certainly a better way because I don’t know what will happen if the hard drive is full etc. But this works for now :-) Thanks Richard! Regards, Peter From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WiX-users] telling WiX to get files from Team Foundation Server Peter, That sounds like it might just work…. I suspect you should also find that the directory may not be as much trouble as you think. Remember that your Merge element (as opposed to any MergeRef used to tie the contents of the merge module to a feature) will typically be placed inside a Directory anyway… and you have complete control over where the Merge element gets placed. Hope it works for you! If it does, please report back here, as I am sure others would be interested too! :-) Regards, Richard From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:02 AM To: Foster, Richard - PAL Subject: RE: [WiX-users] telling WiX to get files from Team Foundation Server Hi Richard, After having a pretty good lunch I got an idea, but I dont know if WiX could possible do the trick. So I can let do Visual Studio do the merge modules and instead of creating a msi by Visual Studio I reference these msm files in a wxs. I was not able to try it yet, but I think there will be a problem with the directories I think (because at the wixtutorial the directories where specified in the merge modules as well as in the msi file)… but could that be some kind of workaround? Regards, Peter * C O N F I D E N T I A L I T Y N O T I C E * --- The content of this e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this communication in error, be aware that forwarding it, copying it, or in any way disclosing its content to any other person, is strictly prohibited. Quixote Traffic Corporation is neither liable for the contents, nor for the proper, complete and timely transmission of (the information contained in) this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail immediately and delete the material from any computer. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] telling WiX to get files from Team Foundation Server
Hi WiX-Team, I am new to WiX and testing it for about a week, because we need to customize the standard Setup of Visual Studio for our webapplication. The problem is that we got a pretty big webapplication (about 3000 files and 200 folders to deploy) and we are using VS 2005 with Team Foundation Server. So here is the problem concerning WiX, I was not able to find any solution in WiX to told it to get every File of the Repository folder (especially new checked-in files), the only thing I found was to write to the wxs the folderstructure and then adding the files, but it is really time consuming to do this and its not really an autobuild. Also heat was not able to create a wxs file for me because it does always exit with a System.ArgumentNullException. If I decompile the setup of Visual Studio with dark it creates me a 2MB wxs file with no real structure at all. So is there a possibility to solve this case, or perhaps is there some kind of workaround or other technology that could help me out, because I do not find a post in the mailing list concerning this problem (or perhaps I was only not able to find it) Regards, Peter Huster - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Install to ROOTDRIVE
I am looking to have my application default to installing on the same drive that they have Windows installed on. I believe that is called the ROOTDRIVE. However using the following it defaults to whatever drive the installer is launched from. Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=CompanyFolder Name=CompanyName Directory Id=INSTALLLOCATION Name=ProductName How can I change the above so that it defaults to the root drive where they installed Windows? Thanks Darrell - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Overwrite an Existing File (More Info)
Oddly enough the file was the original file. I can't explain why. I did end up finding I could set the following property and this overwrites all of the files. Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ Darrell Wilson, Phil wrote: This is confusing - the log says Overwrite, hash doesn't match source file, and all that means that it DID replace the file on disk. If it wasn't going to replace it you'd see something like Won't Overwrite; Won't patch;Existing file is unversioned and unmodified - hash matches source file Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:36 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Overwrite an Existing File (More Info) Looking into this I found the following from the Windows Installer Log. MSI (s) (BC:A8) [16:12:38:802]: Executing op: FileCopy(SourceName=iumwmdfq.con|docinfo.exe.config,SourceCabKey=config, DestName=docinfo.exe.config,Attributes=512,FileSize=11567,PerTick=32768, ,VerifyMedia=1,CheckCRC=0,,,InstallMode=58982400,HashOptions=0,HashP art1=-1712850835,HashPart2=1231145881,HashPart3=-146243111,HashPart4=472 064521,,) MSI (s) (BC:A8) [16:12:38:802]: File: C:\docinfo\docinfo.exe.config; Overwrite;Won't patch;Existing file is unversioned and unmodified - hash doesn't match source file How do I version files or tell WiX that I would like this file installed anyways? Darrell darrell_list wrote: I am moving my project from the install being just unzipping it to being installed through a WiX created installer package (via Visual Studio Plug In). I ran into an issue where WiX will not overwrite files in the folder with the newer files from the installer. Keep in mind this is not an upgrade since there was no installer for the last version of my program. How can I get my WiX package to overwrite existing files if they exist in the folder prior to the installation? Thanks, Darrell - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- -- Check out http://www.invariantsystems.com for utilities for Declude, Imail, mxGuard, and ORF. IMail/Declude Overflow Queue Monitoring, SURBL/URI integration, MRTG Integration, and Log Parsers. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Overwrite an Existing File (More Info)
Looking into this I found the following from the Windows Installer Log. MSI (s) (BC:A8) [16:12:38:802]: Executing op: FileCopy(SourceName=iumwmdfq.con|docinfo.exe.config,SourceCabKey=config,DestName=docinfo.exe.config,Attributes=512,FileSize=11567,PerTick=32768,,VerifyMedia=1,CheckCRC=0,,,InstallMode=58982400,HashOptions=0,HashPart1=-1712850835,HashPart2=1231145881,HashPart3=-146243111,HashPart4=472064521,,) MSI (s) (BC:A8) [16:12:38:802]: File: C:\docinfo\docinfo.exe.config; Overwrite;Won't patch;Existing file is unversioned and unmodified - hash doesn't match source file How do I version files or tell WiX that I would like this file installed anyways? Darrell darrell_list wrote: I am moving my project from the install being just unzipping it to being installed through a WiX created installer package (via Visual Studio Plug In). I ran into an issue where WiX will not overwrite files in the folder with the newer files from the installer. Keep in mind this is not an upgrade since there was no installer for the last version of my program. How can I get my WiX package to overwrite existing files if they exist in the folder prior to the installation? Thanks, Darrell - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- -- Check out http://www.invariantsystems.com for utilities for Declude, Imail, mxGuard, and ORF. IMail/Declude Overflow Queue Monitoring, SURBL/URI integration, MRTG Integration, and Log Parsers. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
