Re: [WiX-users] QuickTime is installing when it is already installed.

2015-07-01 Thread Bob Arnson
FWIW, you don't need the AND NOT clause in your InstallCondition. If the DetectCondition is true, Burn knows it doesn't need to install it. The InstallCondition at that point can only uninstall the package. ___ FireGiant  |  Dedicated

Re: [WiX-users] Condition Table not processed during Administrative Installs

2015-05-26 Thread Bob Arnson
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367541%28v=vs.85%29.aspx says During an administrative installation, the installer creates a source image for all features in the product except those feature with 0 in the Level column of the Feature table.

Re: [WiX-users] How to force .NET prerequisite installation before Burn MBA starts

2015-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
The pre-req bootstrapper only kicks in if the managed bootstrapper application can't be loaded. If it can, it doesn't evaluate pre-req packages. ___ FireGiant  |  Dedicated support for the WiX toolset  |  http://www.firegiant.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Resolve Burn standard path variables in mba prior to Apply

2015-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
IBootstrapperEngine.FormatString ___ FireGiant  |  Dedicated support for the WiX toolset  |  http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: Friday, 24 April, 2015 17:46 To:

Re: [WiX-users] Moving mba from NetFx40 to NetFx 4.5.1

2015-03-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Mar-15 14:13, Phill Hogland wrote: I moved my mba from NetFx40WebClient to NetFx451Web. Previously I did not run into the errors related to WixMbaPrereqPackageId and WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl, as they are defined in NetFx40.wxs. Since they are not defined in NetFx451.wxs in the

Re: [WiX-users] Calling C API in WiX Standard Bootstrapper Application

2015-03-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Mar-15 18:59, egcastr wrote: I need to call a C API as part of my bootstrapper to determine if a particular feature exists on chip. BA functions will let you do that. See the sample code in the source code at src\burn\Samples\bafunctions. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Searching wix issues

2015-02-28 Thread Bob Arnson
There's no UI for it but it's a straightforward query string: http://wixtoolset.org/issues/search/?search=joyofsetup http://wixtoolset.org/issues/search/?search=bob+arnson On 25-Feb-15 15:33, Phill Hogland wrote: From time to time I come across a thread that suggests that a feature request

Re: [WiX-users] Lux rocks! Thanks!

2015-02-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Feb-15 20:56, Phill Hogland wrote: Now I can follow a TDD red to green pattern, creating a test and then adding code to the CA/wixext until the red is resolved. That was the goal. :) It takes a certain amount of discipline but it can be worth it. Thanks Bob and everyone involved! I did

Re: [WiX-users] Using Lux and Nit

2015-02-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Feb-15 14:47, Nick Ramirez wrote: As far as a robust test, this is pretty weak. Setting a property is just a small part of the install process. But the sum total of an installation is to put files on the system, configure the registry, install and start services, etc. You're mixing unit

Re: [WiX-users] Using Lux and Nit

2015-02-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Feb-15 13:18, Phill Hogland wrote: MSBuild project which would do the Test, and then if no failures, build the Package, however my observation is that I can only get either the Test 'build' or the 'package' build to work. That seems likely. MSBuild projects generally have one output so

Re: [WiX-users] Installing .Net 4.0.3 Prerequisites required for managed bootstrapper

2015-01-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Jan-15 04:52, dscottie wrote: I'm trying to get Burn to install .Net 4.0.3 - if it is not already installed - prior to kicking off my managed bootstrapper, which itself specifically requires 4.0.3 to run properly. You need to use WiX v3.9 to get ExePackage/@PrereqSupportPackage to

Re: [WiX-users] CompilerExtension extending util:User

2015-01-26 Thread Bob Arnson
On 26-Jan-15 10:38, Phill Hogland wrote: I want to extend the behavior of the util:User element to hide the service account from the logon screen. If I am going at this the wrong way, what is the correct approach? The best approach is probably the custom attribute. In WiX v3.x, extensibility

Re: [WiX-users] RollbackBoundry - Can't Upgrade or uninstall bundle.

2015-01-20 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Jan-15 10:20, Phill Hogland wrote: This log was created while Upgrading Bundle 9.1.0.6, while Bundle 9.1.0.5 was installed (AND while Bundle 9.1.0.4 was also incorrectly listed in ARP, as it should have been removed by the Upgrade of 9.1.0.5). This is the log you want to focus on. It

Re: [WiX-users] RollbackBoundry - Can't Upgrade or uninstall bundle.

2015-01-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Jan-15 15:37, Phill Hogland wrote: I have noticed, in several different bundles and rollback situations, that if a Bundle/@Chain contains a RollbackBoundry, and when a msi package fails during install, right after the RollbackBoundry, that at least sometimes, the Bundle is left in a

Re: [WiX-users] Modifying a MSPs contents

2015-01-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Jan-15 14:35, Tunney, Stephen wrote: Rob, Bob, et al, is there any dark magic out there that can assist in this quest? No. DTF can read a lot and write a bit. Reassembling packages isn't on the todo list for either DTF or Wix.dll. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] How to check an install is already present on a machine before allowing an install

2015-01-05 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Jan-15 20:58, Kevin Palmer wrote: This works great during installation and blocks the install if the installer is not present however when trying to uninstall the application the condition always blocks.

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper and buttons...

2014-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Dec-14 16:44, Steve-Ogilvie wrote: I have modified the theme for the boostrappers I am using but I noticed on the Welcome screen hitting the enter key does not advance to the next screen is this a bug in 3.8 or as designed? Themes don't currently expose a way to set default buttons. --

Re: [WiX-users] Wix bootstrapper new instance opened problem

2014-11-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Nov-14 04:37, Jože Jenkole wrote: I have some difficulties with Wix bootstrapper. The problem is: I want to install some prerequisites in my installation process, so in one of the exe packages I have troubles. When this exe package is installed (with some drivers inside) another

Re: [WiX-users] Help getting started with custom actions

2014-11-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 26-Nov-14 23:45, Nicolás Alvarez wrote: I'm not sure how to handle rollback. Suppose A.msi is already installed, I install B.msi, the update-index CA runs, and for some reason installation fails and rolls back. The correct result is to have the index with only pluginA.dll in it, as it was

Re: [WiX-users] Compression Level

2014-11-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 31-Oct-14 18:48, Phill Hogland wrote: The cause of the problem detailed in this thread is that I had defined a single cab cache path without considering either $(Configuration) or $(Platform). The fact that a different compression level was specified than the cached cab file was ignored.

[WiX-users] WiX v3.9 released

2014-10-31 Thread Bob Arnson
WiX v3.9 released Friday, October 31, 2014 The production/stable release of WiX v3.9 has been released. You can download it from here http://wixtoolset.org/releases/v3.9/stable. Read more about the release at Rob's blog

Re: [WiX-users] Using Lux and Nit

2014-10-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Oct-14 12:59, Phill Hogland wrote: This results in NIT8104: Package Failed: Fatal error during installation Yet another bug. The Lux custom actions are written in DTF and they aren't set up for .NET 4.0. I have a pull request ready: https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/pull/160 --

Re: [WiX-users] Using Lux and Nit

2014-10-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Oct-14 19:15, Phill Hogland wrote: I see that I still have the -ext WixUtilExtension on the above candle command. I removed it but Light still fails saying that 'User' Table is not defined. I can't find anything else in my project related to the User table. When I first started this

Re: [WiX-users] Use of MsiLogging in Burn driven MSI

2014-10-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Oct-14 18:01, Phill Hogland wrote: I have a chain of Burn driven MSIs. I implemented a MSILOGGINGVALUE property (and related variable which Burn initializes and the mba overrides). If the MSILOGGINGVALUE property is provided to the package I do a conditional SetProperty action on

Re: [WiX-users] VS2013 cant load wixproj with daily builds

2014-10-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Oct-14 18:06, sceiler wrote: To my understanding this shouldnt happen with the use of wix binaries checked in to TFS. You must install WiX to be able to build inside Visual Studio. You can build outside Visual Studio (e.g., command line or Team Build) using the checked-in WiX binaries.

Re: [WiX-users] Using Lux and Nit

2014-10-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Oct-14 14:11, Phill Hogland wrote: Since building in VS2013 with the Target Test fired after the Target Build results in the invalid SQL error in Nit, I created a cmd batch file to mimic the command line instructions in the chm. Lux and Candle succeed, but Light fails with LGHT0182

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling Custom Bootstrapper UI with no .Net

2014-10-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Oct-14 07:29, James McConville wrote: Thanks Bob... so there is no way to just use the default UI that doesn't depend on .Net? Just anxious that my uninstall is only responsible for taking things off rather than putting them on, then off. BAs are responsible both for UI and for

Re: [WiX-users] On uninstall, group is not removed from user

2014-10-05 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Oct-14 01:58, Nick Ramirez wrote: I was afraid that setting RemoveOnUninstall to yes or not putting it there at all would have the effect of removing the existing user from the system. That doesn't happen with @CreateUser=no. Thankfully, that does not happen. However, it also doesn't

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling Custom Bootstrapper UI with no .Net

2014-10-05 Thread Bob Arnson
On 03-Oct-14 06:02, James McConville wrote: What I would like to know is, what will happen if I uninstall .Net, and then try and uninstall my app, will I still be able to uninstall? It will install .NET so your BA can run. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Burn MBA MS .NET 4.5.x Prerequisite

2014-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Oct-14 03:25, Orzyszek Andreas wrote: The problem i’m faceing is that if I run the setup on a machine with .Net 4.0 Full installed the .Net 4.5.2 is not installed before my custom MBA is started. That's by design. If your BA can be loaded, it is. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] On uninstall, group is not removed from user

2014-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Sep-14 16:33, Nick Ramirez wrote: RemoveOnUninstall=no ... When I run this installer, the existing user is updated so that it is now a member of the Administrators group. However, on uninstall, the membership is not removed from that user. Is there something else I need to add to make

Re: [WiX-users] What's the best way to deal with configuration data?

2014-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-Oct-14 18:43, Colin Sim wrote: I have some questions about how best to deal with install or setup configuration data. Install defaults in per-machine locations (e.g., HKLM or ProgramData). The first time the app runs, copy it to the running user's per-user locations (HKCU/AppData). --

Re: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: V C++ 2013 redist detection

2014-08-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Aug-14 17:59, Phill Hogland wrote: util:ProductSearch ProductCode={13A4EE12-23EA-3371-91EE-EFB36DDFFF3E} Variable=vc2013_x86_SP1 Result=state / I recommend against using a product code search: If a user has a later version of the runtime installed, it won't be detected. (The VC runtimes

Re: [WiX-users] .NET 4.5.2 and MBA

2014-08-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Aug-14 15:04, James Welle wrote: To verify my understanding, since my bundle is going to require .NET 4.5.2, I should also make that the prereq for my MBA? If so, I guess the disadvantage I see to this is that most users will now see that prereq UI instead of just seeing my custom

Re: [WiX-users] .NET 4.5.2 and MBA

2014-08-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Aug-14 17:08, James Welle wrote: However an MBA does not inherently require .NET4. It could use any version. That's why I think it is a bug that those variables exist in NetFx4.wxs at all. Every bundle that uses a custom MBA should have to define those variables. The pre-req BA works

Re: [WiX-users] .NET 4.5.2 and MBA

2014-08-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Aug-14 17:13, Sean Hall wrote: The reason that the WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl variable is missing for 4.5.1 and 4.5.2 is that there is no official direct link to the license agreement for those versions. I'm guessing that the WixMbaPrereqPackageId hasn't been added because both variables

Re: [WiX-users] Multilingual Bundles

2014-08-07 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Aug-14 04:36, Tobias S wrote: Here working with Satelite MSIs or duplicating the installer logic across several MSIs or transforming an MSI seems not the first choice... It depends. You can still have a single source. Seems preferable to me than transforms. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Multilingual Bundles

2014-08-04 Thread Bob Arnson
On 04-Aug-14 10:43, Tobias S wrote: What are the best approaches for MSIs within multilingual bundles? Keep neutral resources in one package, localized resources in another package, one per language (i.e., lang pack). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading from Wix 3.5 to 3.8 and Visual Studio 2013

2014-07-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Jul-14 08:51, Chetan Dabade wrote: i scanned my whole machine but couldn't find file *Common.wxs* and in addition under Installer.wxs file there is a variable declared as: *WixVariable Id=WixUICostingPopupOptOut Value=1 Overridable=yes /* while googling i found the above mentioned

Re: [WiX-users] Using external cabs

2014-07-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Jul-14 13:09, Phill Hogland wrote: So when this MSI is added to a bundle, I assume that Payload element should be used with the MsiPackage element to specify the MSI and the cabinet files. No need. WiX automatically harvests the external cabinets and loose files from an MsiPackage at

Re: [WiX-users] 3.9.702 Bundle update behavior

2014-07-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Jul-14 19:34, Hoover, Jacob wrote: I did some digging today, and if I revert my change then in the case of Bundle A launching Bundle B for an update, it's an async update and when A completes it tries to clean B. It may be a fringe case, but I could see this causing issues if B

Re: [WiX-users] Microsoft office: click to run

2014-07-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Jul-14 13:04, Wesley Manning wrote: Interesting. Microsoft office came out with their own install technology called Click to run. Here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/click-to-run-introduction-HA1 01850493.aspx Never heard of it before. Wonder why they created that

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn - Error 0x80070570: Failed to extract all files from container, erf: 1:4:0

2014-06-26 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/25/2014 10:01 AM, Anton Iermolenko wrote: Does Wix Bootstrapper extract something into the directory where Setup.exe is located? No but you can use Process Monitor from SysInternals to watch everything it does. It'll pinpoint when the error occurs. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn - Error 0x80070570: Failed to extract all files from container, erf: 1:4:0

2014-06-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/23/2014 4:50 AM, Anton Iermolenko wrote: [14A0:0310][2014-06-21T20:02:35]w322: Skipping cross-scope dependency registration on package: PrerequisitesMsi, bundle scope: PerUser, package scope: PerMachine Is this intentional? You might want to make both packages per-machine.

Re: [WiX-users] Applying two patches causes version number confusion

2014-06-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/23/2014 5:17 PM, George Fleming wrote: 1. In PatchCreation element, the Id attribute is different, auto-generated GUID is used each time we patch. That means you're not using WiX to build the patches but a tool like MsiMsp. Nothing WiX can do to change the outcome. That's why pure-WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to re-compile

2014-06-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/20/2014 1:24 PM, Kyle Corsi wrote: Error: light.exe : error LGHT0001 : Item has already been added. Key in dictionary: 're g73E8E70EB9CA78EDD5C4CA9264E4E34F' Key being added: 'reg73E8E70EB9CA78EDD5C4CA9 264E4E34F' Which version of WiX are you using? -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Build warning request

2014-06-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/15/2014 3:30 PM, Tunney, Stephen wrote: Think I have time to squeeze this in for 3.9? Depends on the scope of the fix. Deadline for low-bar changes was 6-June. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Open source

Re: [WiX-users] Build warning request

2014-06-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/14/2014 3:02 AM, Rob Mensching wrote: That sounds a lot like: Yep. If it's not working, it could be a bug in Melt. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis

Re: [WiX-users] Build warning request

2014-06-12 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/12/2014 1:15 PM, Tunney, Stephen wrote: Can we perhaps put a compiler warning in if a bindpath isn't used? Bind paths are a great idea but penalizing the other methods just seems mean. :) And perhaps also add a build error when a user tries to use pure wix patching method without a

Re: [WiX-users] Torch output, how to force wixmst XML output instead of CAB

2014-06-12 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/12/2014 3:40 PM, Tunney, Stephen wrote: I had posted this question earlier but I guess it got lost in the piles of emails going out to your adoring fans ;) No, I'm just busy. :) In my torch command I have -xi -xo set, and I'm still getting a cab file with a .wixmst extension? How do I

Re: [WiX-users] Remove Cancel Button from Uninstall UI

2014-06-12 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/12/2014 6:12 PM, Robert Harrison wrote: Quick question: How to eliminate the cancel button from the UI dialog that shows when uninstall? I am using WiXUI_FeatureTree and also referencing WiXUI_Common. I would modify the existing dialog but my problem is that I don't know which dialog

Re: [WiX-users] Burn error when parsing msi version

2014-06-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/9/2014 5:32 PM, Ed wrote: Wix is allowing me to create msi files with a large number in the fourth version index (6-digit numbers, i.e. 11). How are you authoring that? If you put such a version as a literal string, the compiler will fail with an error message saying you can't do

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in torch - wixmst output is not in XML format

2014-06-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/9/2014 9:06 AM, Tunney, Stephen wrote: It might be a case of The Mondays but I'm at a loss at what you are getting at :( What are these other files that might get output by torch? How can I supress their output? Rename the .wixmst to .cab and open it in explorer. You'll see binaries

Re: [WiX-users] Burn error when parsing msi version

2014-06-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/9/2014 6:01 PM, Carter Young wrote: Your getting the error because the number is ignored all together, regardless of type, int long string doesnt matter... its unable to parse because there is no underlying code in burn that says parse 4th digit Burn supports all four places of version

Re: [WiX-users] Burn error when parsing msi version

2014-06-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/9/2014 6:51 PM, Ed wrote: I understand the build version must be less than 65536, but I believe that refers to the third index in the version number. Product versions must be less than or equal to 255.255.65535.65535. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370859%28v=vs.85%29.aspx makes

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0136: error importing table 'Upgrade'

2014-06-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/8/2014 5:31 PM, Phill Hogland wrote: {07C06662-0FF5-4B22-94F4-1251C75F11DA}9.0.121 .01 WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED Is the line-feed.0 literal? If so, you broke your Product/@Version value. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in torch - wixmst output is not in XML format

2014-06-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/8/2014 11:13 AM, Tunney, Stephen wrote: Re: [WiX-users] Bug in torch - wixmst output is not in XML format -xo doesn't produce a text file if there are files in the output (which is pretty often). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: different bundles, same msi package - not detected

2014-04-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 22-Apr-14 13:58, Bruce Cran wrote: I have two different products/bundles that install different versions of the same msi package. I had expected that the bundle would detect the existing installation of the msi and log it as an upgrade, but instead it's logging it as absent and the

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: doing an Administrative Installation

2014-04-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Apr-14 14:00, Bruce Cran wrote: We package our MSI using Burn, and have had a request to allow users to dump the files in one of the MSIs to a directory instead of installing them - i.e. doing an Administrative installation

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle fails to verify signature of payload

2014-04-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-Apr-14 08:32, Pally Sandher wrote: Anyone seen this before? I've bundles built using WiX v3.6 which are failing to apply a patch which has been signed by a renewed code signing certificate. The bundle was signed by the previous certificate which expired last month but both the bundle

Re: [WiX-users] How to do in wix v3.8 what setupbld.exe did

2014-03-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Mar-14 05:45, Dan Watson wrote: 1) I understand the power of Bootstrapper project in bundling multiple MSI setups (the Office installation being a good example) but is there an equivalent of Burn command that would package my MSI setup as setupbld.exe did with a command switches? No.

Re: [WiX-users] WixExtension: how to use a messages.xml file

2014-03-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Feb-14 14:45, Phill Hogland wrote: Is there a way to display an Information message to the Output window, without having to set the 'Verbose' property and without it being either an Error or a Warning. I don't think so. The info logging level doesn't really exist. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] ICE03 or Unresolved reference

2014-03-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Mar-14 22:12, Dmitry Nechaev wrote: There is no way for me to fix ICE03 error for this MSM using InsureTable for the last dozen of tables commented out in the code above. WiX doesn't know what those tables are so it can't create them. If the merge modules are fundamentally broken, you

Re: [WiX-users] Require fields/disable InstallButton in bootstrapper

2014-03-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Mar-14 14:02, Joel Dart wrote: ... but I cannot figure out how to set ButtonNameState based on a different variable or how to reevaluate such a condition. You could use BA functions in WiX v3.8 and later but that would only let you set the variables once, as part of planning. WixStdBA

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Command line not passed to second MSI package

2014-03-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Mar-14 17:04, Phill Hogland wrote: I have a bundle with an mba and several nearly identical MsiPackages (which install various printer drivers). So except for a different path to the msi the bundle MsiPackage authoring is identical for each driver package. The thing that I noticed is

Re: [WiX-users] offline install

2014-03-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Mar-14 16:44, Rob Mensching wrote: NETFX 4.0 is required. And installed by the bundle if needed. ProjectAggregator2.msi is only necessary if you have VS2008 installed. VS2005 only. I thoroughly enjoyed nuking that from v3.8 setup. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] WixExtension: how to use a messages.xml file

2014-02-26 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Feb-14 10:34, Phill Hogland wrote: candle.exe(0,0): error CNDL0001: Stream is not a valid resource file. Open the extension in ILSpy (etc) and make sure the name is what you're expecting. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] alt key in bootstrapper messes up the foreground/background of controls

2014-02-26 Thread Bob Arnson
On 26-Feb-14 18:33, Hoover, Jacob wrote: I can reproduce a bug where releasing the Alt key doesn't clear the accelerator key with WixStdBA. What does clear the accelerator key mean? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Suppress bundle caching and registration in ARP

2014-02-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 24-Feb-14 20:41, Jun Yin wrote: Is it possible to suppress bundle caching and registration in ARP (Add/Remove Programs or Program and Features). No. Burn is not a fire and forget bootstrapper. See http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2012/6/25/b-is-for-bundle-and-thats-good-enough-for-me

Re: [WiX-users] Creating Web Installer

2014-02-21 Thread Bob Arnson
On 17-Feb-14 07:17, Periyasamy Chinnu wrote: I am using Wix 3.6. I would like to create web installer using wix burn. I saw the link for adding executable files in remote payload element and it works. Like this how can i specify for msi?. RemotePayload is just to avoid having the packages

Re: [WiX-users] Using wix in a form of compiler service?

2014-02-21 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Feb-14 12:08, Nikolay Belyh wrote: Is there a way to use WiX in a form of a library (no executables) Sure. All the WiX .exes are just wrappers around wix.dll. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Managing the

Re: [WiX-users] WixExtension: how to use a messages.xml file

2014-02-21 Thread Bob Arnson
On 15-Feb-14 18:31, Phill Hogland wrote: In studying the source code I notice that the GamingExtension and the IISExtension, among others, have a data\messages.xml in the wixext project You need to run MsgGen as part of the build, like in a BeforeBuild target. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Code signing issue and soon-to-be-released patch

2014-02-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Feb-14 11:18, Hoover, Jacob wrote: I think this is more than just resigning Unless you were doing the particular thing they're now ruling out, you shouldn't have to re-sign anything. Will this impact Wix and Burn as a similar technique was used to put the BA, Manifest, resources,

Re: [WiX-users] wix38.exe vs wix38-binaries.zip not the same?

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Feb-14 10:22, Tony wrote: Bob do you want me to file a bug, or has this been done already? Please file a new one. There was a bug on ComPlus but not the others. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Android

Re: [WiX-users] Digitally signed MSI with signed external CAB's

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Feb-14 14:56, Hoover, Jacob wrote: To answer my own question, don't use an outdated MSI with a newer CAB file (though I am still not certain why it caused the issue). I was under the impression that if the CAB was signed there was no additional verification done on the CAB. If in

Re: [WiX-users] CompilerExtension text string reported as invalid identifier

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Feb-14 19:33, Phill Hogland wrote: In one test scenario it works as expected, but in another scenario the 'text' 'string' which is passed to one of the columns results in the value being treated as an 'identifier', which I do not understand. How are you setting the fields? -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Digitally signed MSI with signed external CAB's

2014-02-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Feb-14 10:11, Hoover, Jacob wrote: I've been signing and deploying for several years now, but with the latest release I've ran into a strange problem. The first error complains about a difference in size between the certificate in the CAB verses what's in the package. The second

Re: [WiX-users] Error message during package build: File version for Assembly not found

2014-02-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Feb-14 05:22, Holpp, Stefan wrote: MSBUILD : PKG error : ID E6125: *** : File version for Assembly 'C:\dir1\dir2\someExample.dll' (feature 'EXAMPLE') not found. ... [C:\WS\TEST.wixproj] That's not a WiX error message. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] wix38.exe vs wix38-binaries.zip not the same?

2014-02-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 04-Feb-14 07:40, Tony wrote: votive install contains wixcomplusextension.dll and wixmsmqextension.dll wix38-binaries contains retina.exe (and config) That would be a bug. I think Complus was added for v3.9. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] candle is throwing stackoverflowexception

2014-02-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 04-Feb-14 17:42, Martin Alley wrote: I found the instructions in using this extension in a sample WiX setup project a little confusing. I don’t get why the reference should be added as a project reference It shouldn't. There's nothing to hook up .csproj references as WiX extensions. Use

Re: [WiX-users] [SPAM] Component Attributes

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 31-Jan-14 11:42, Phill Hogland wrote: I am probably over looking something simple, but in a Wix Custom Table Row element, how do I indicate that I want the data in that row (to be passed to a CA) to be a component's attributes? Not sure what you mean. Attributes are usually represented as

Re: [WiX-users] ListView Example for the Theme.xml in the Bootstrapper project

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 29-Jan-14 14:59, Barnes, Karen wrote: I would really like to see an example of how the list view works with the a custom theme file in the bootstrapper project. It appears to allow me to enter in the item within my VS2012 Bootstrapper project, but once I added it, then my

Re: [WiX-users] Burn custom bootstrapper and ARPINSTALLLOCATION?

2014-02-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Jan-14 10:52, Daniel Madill wrote: However, in my original MSI I set the ARPINSTALLLOCATION property so that the install location shows up in ARP. I would like to do the same thing with my new burn-based installer. However, burn creates its own ARP entry for the bootstrapper. How do I

Re: [WiX-users] Burn removes package it should not

2013-12-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Dec-13 12:16, Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) wrote: I expect to see the bundle install the upgraded msi and to leave the unchanged package in place. But Burn installs the upgrade and then removes the unchanged package even through the InstallCondition for package #2 evaluates True From

Re: [WiX-users] WixFirewall CA

2013-12-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 16-Dec-13 08:44, Graham Harwood wrote: My question is, what reason does the CA for the firewall not update an application rule if one already exists? The quarter came up tails. :) That was the behavior I needed when I designed the firewall extension. Both behaviors are right. It'd be

Re: [WiX-users] ICE Errors and how to resolve

2013-12-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 12-Dec-13 13:40, Brian Enderle wrote: I have the following ICE errors and am not sure how to track down the root cause or how to repair. Can someone explain how I can find the cause of these errors and fix them? I am trying to use the Crystal Reports 13.0.7 MSM file to deploy CR with my

Re: [WiX-users] Feature request

2013-12-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 12-Dec-13 14:52, Tunney, Stephen wrote: Can melt simply rebase the wixpdb if I were to point it to an already existing melt output directory? I basically don't want to have melt re-output everything to the -x argument again. Nothing on the help syntax for 3.7 indicates a way of doing

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3.8 released!

2013-11-28 Thread Bob Arnson
The final build number is 3.8.1128.0. On 28-Nov-13 11:48, Nicolás Alvarez wrote: 2013/11/28 Rob Mensching r...@robmensching.com: WiX v3.8 released: http://wixtoolset.org/releases/v3.8/stable Read more about it here: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2013/11/28/wix-v3.8-released A big

Re: [WiX-users] Build WiX Projects via msbuild using TFSPreview Hosted Build Servers

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Nov-13 09:23, John Cooper wrote: I know that part of the issue is that some of the ICE stuff (supplied by Microsoft) still depends on VBS. The other part is that CIS departments are loath to give rights to run the Windows Installer Service to not-true-and-not-human administrators.

Re: [WiX-users] error CNDL0001 : Cannot set column 'SecureObject' with a null value because this is a required field

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Nov-13 19:36, Suryadeep Biswal wrote: I am getting an System.InvalidOperationException while compiling a WXS file with util:PermissionEx element under RegistryKey element. I am using WIX build 3.6.3303.0. Known bug that was fixed in WiX v3.7. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - WACK, unresolvable warnings?

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Nov-13 11:33, Simon Gustavsson wrote: I'll just have to live with that warning. However, to me, it looks like the version warnings are just an oversight. Is that so? Burn writes the DisplayVersion value instead. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Build WiX Projects via msbuild using TFSPreview Hosted Build Servers

2013-11-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Nov-13 17:12, Blair Murri wrote: Bob, I would love to find where the setting is to allow non-admin service accounts to perform per-user windows installer operations. I've searched for it without success. I'm sure I could get some administrators to loosen that particular restriction on

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.8RC VS2012 VSIX Extension Question

2013-11-03 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-Nov-13 11:26, Christopher Painter wrote: So that made me wonder, has this part of WiX been updated for VS2013 in WiX 3.8? Nope. Please file a bug. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Android is increasing in

[WiX-users] WiX v3.8 RC available

2013-10-31 Thread Bob Arnson
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2013/10/31/wix-v3-8-rc-available/ -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to

Re: [WiX-users] Purely WiX Patching when a patch family consists of component groups across multiple cabs

2013-10-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Oct-13 11:21, Tunney, Stephen wrote: Now I am getting an error in melt.exe. Looks like a path issue or WiX DLLs not being added to the GAC for some reason. Copying files from the SDK folder to the bin folder have resolved this issue but this is likely a bug in 3.7's installer. As

Re: [WiX-users] WIX Uninstall and Repair not working

2013-10-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Oct-13 04:43, Selva wrote: *1. To show the Splashscreen i have applied *DelayStart* for 5sec but its not working. There's no variable used for that purpose. 2. During UnInstall, the VBagent.msi is not getting uninstalled when we uninstall the Master Package. Check the Burn log to see

Re: [WiX-users] Purely WiX patching and FeatureRef

2013-10-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Oct-13 20:38, Tunney, Stephen wrote: Adding DirectoryRef to the same boat as FeatureRef. I've added all directoryRefs, including the one that includes the component that I know has been updated and still no dice. :( When used in patch family filtering, only a ComponentRef will include

Re: [WiX-users] Purely WiX patching and FeatureRef

2013-10-28 Thread Bob Arnson
. Thanks for everything so far! WiX rocks!! :) -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: October-28-13 9:37 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Purely WiX patching and FeatureRef On 28-Oct-13 20:38, Tunney, Stephen wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action projects missing in WiX 3.8/VS2013

2013-10-21 Thread Bob Arnson
There was a separate bug for templates: http://wixtoolset.org/issues/4093/ That's now fixed and available in WiX v3.8.1021.0. On 21-Oct-13 13:39, Hoover, Jacob wrote: SHA-1: 2414f339da083a2ffaa52fe4f26868e4fe8205e0 * Merge branch 'bugs_3839_4093.2' of

Re: [WiX-users] Get InstallCondition from MBA (modify action)

2013-10-21 Thread Bob Arnson
On 16-Oct-13 09:20, Michael Stoll wrote: Is it possible to access the InstallCondition attribute from a MBA, when the launch action is modify? No, that's not exposed to the BA. Please file a feature request. It can be additional detail added to the BA manifest. -- sig://boB

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