Re: [WiX-users] Error when doing a REG_MULTI_SZ registry search within Burn.

2012-05-20 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-May-12 03:54, Neil Sleightholm wrote: This http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/util_xsd_registrysearch.htm says that util extension RegistrySearch supports @Format=raw and mentions REG_MULTI_SZ in the @ExpandEnvironmentVariables section but not specifically in the Format attribute.

Re: [WiX-users] service uninstall fails if ServiceControl does not specify install= ???

2012-05-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 17-May-12 20:20, Dave Combs wrote: MSI (s) (9C:24) [17:03:39:948]: Component: CMP_162; Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Null That usually indicates something else, expressed earlier in the log, is preventing the requested action, such as violating the component rules. Try it in

Re: [WiX-users] Specifying source subdirectory

2012-05-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 16-May-12 12:52, Martin Sustrik wrote: C:\Users\me\libxs\foo.wxs(98) : error LGHT0103 : The system cannot find the file 'foo.h'. See How To: Specify source files in wix.chm. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] MSI projects fail to build after upgrading to v3.6.2914.0

2012-05-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 16-May-12 05:28, Pally Sandher wrote: Just don't need them. Never got around to using WiX only for patching so I don't see any use for them. There's nothing in WiX today that needs them, other than patching, but that might change; there's lots of good info that's pre-digested in a way that

Re: [WiX-users] light.exe error when merging VC100 merge modules for both x86 and x64

2012-05-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-May-12 11:32, Gareth wrote: But you can install 64-bit dlls withoin a 32-bit package - they're just files. Not if they're marked as a 64-bit component that goes into a 64-bit part of the file system. Then they're special. then how can a 64-bit operating system interogate a bespoke file

Re: [WiX-users] Error when doing a REG_MULTI_SZ registry search within Burn.

2012-05-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-May-12 15:53, Richard Mayes wrote: Error 0x80004001: Unsupported registry key value type. Type = '7' RegistrySearchValue failed: 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server', HRESULT 0x8000400 Like MSI, Burn doesn't support getting the value of a multi-sz string. However, if all you want to

Re: [WiX-users] MSI projects fail to build after upgrading to v3.6.2914.0

2012-05-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 15-May-12 06:34, Pally Sandher wrote: at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.BindDatabase(Output output, String databaseFile) in e:\delivery\Dev\wix36_public\src\wix\Binder.cs:line 1582 Definitely a bug, please file. Workaround is to not suppress .wixpdb output. --

Re: [WiX-users] MSI projects fail to build after upgrading to v3.6.2914.0

2012-05-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 15-May-12 10:53, Pally Sandher wrote: Done - https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailaid=3526942group_id=105970atid=642714 Thanks. Fixed for Monday's build. I am curious, however: Why do you suppress .wixpdb generation? Is it a question of perf? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] light.exe error when merging VC100 merge modules for both x86 and x64

2012-05-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-May-12 04:53, Gareth wrote: Hi Bob, thanks for your input, but why would it ever be necessary to include 32-bit merge modules in a 64-bit package? When you have a 64-bit component like a shell extension but everything else is 32-bit. MSI doesn't support a 32-bit package with 64-bit

Re: [WiX-users] light.exe error when merging VC100 merge modules for both x86 and x64

2012-05-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-May-12 11:45, Gareth wrote: Up until now I have been able to merge VC90 merge modules of both x86 and x64 varieties into the same package without any problem. That's legal in an x64 package only. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Image PushButton Help

2012-05-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-May-12 09:51, Dmuller720 wrote: But the question is still, can someone help me get a picture as the image for a rectangular button? Use @Bitmap=yes and @Text=Binary/@Id of bitmap. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] WiX support for (gulp!) WinNT4

2012-05-05 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-May-12 11:51, Quinton Tormanen wrote: The schema is 200, and when built back in 2010 using the same source and toolset it worked up until the path validation. Are you using the same OS on the build machine? MSI (c) (88:6F): Note: 1: 2203 2: rmcwin.msi 3: -2147286779 MSI (c) (88:6F):

Re: [WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file

2012-05-05 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-May-12 04:22, Kristjan Laane wrote: I looked at the docs for the Product element and it is not clear to me from this URL whether the Name property, for instance, is formatted or not: It turns into the ProductName property, which cannot itself contain property references. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Image PushButton Help

2012-05-05 Thread Bob Arnson
On 04-May-12 16:00, Dmuller720 wrote: I assume that the ImageSource attribute is what I want to use, but I am not sure. However, the ImageSource is not recognized and causes an error. It's not part of any version of WiX I'm aware of. Where did you see it? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] building a custom bootstrapper application from wixstdba

2012-05-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 30-Apr-12 10:17, jean claude klodjan wrote: - is it possible to generate abal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication/ element, which would use a custom BA.dll ? Yes. It's permitted under a BootstrapperApplicationRef element, so you'll need a separate BootstrapperApplication for your custom BA.

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle failing to build after upgrading to latest release (3.6.2823)

2012-05-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 30-Apr-12 11:10, Pally Sandher wrote: Unfortunately still happens with 3.6.2328.0. Heath's fix came in v3.6.2830.0. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will

Re: [WiX-users] WiX support for (gulp!) WinNT4

2012-05-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-May-12 11:17, Rob Mensching wrote: I bet you're using the WixUI and that has a custom action in it to verify paths. You'll have to hack that out (basically, create your own UI) to get it all to run on NT4. See wix.chm on WIXUI_DONTVALIDATEPATH for how to skip validation. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file

2012-05-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Apr-12 17:03, Kristjan Laane wrote: Thanks for the info Bob - but what determines whether a localized string is formatted or not? Whether it appears in a field that's documented as being formatted. Many fields are but some are required to be string literals and aren't formatted, so

Re: [WiX-users] Standard bootrapper with Wix - how to specify relative paths

2012-05-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-May-12 19:18, Uma Harano wrote: But the way I want it to work is as follows: My media has a Setup.exe. At this level, I have a support folder that contains the msi package that I want to bootstrap. So I want the Setup.exe to launch the msi from this Support folder. Burn doesn't work

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch value created by first msi as input to second msi in chain

2012-05-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-May-12 16:34, Brian C wrote: I have what appears to be a simple chained install using burn, where I would like to do a RegistrySearch to read a key created by the first msi, and use that to install the second msi to a subfolder of that location. Burn doesn't support that today. All

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper hangs

2012-04-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Apr-12 16:07, Alexander Lamaison wrote: I'm trying to create a custom no-UI bootstrap application by subclassing CBalBaseBootstrapperApplication. It gets as far as my OnStartup method but then hangs. What are you doing in OnStartup? How are you calling Detect? -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle fails on WIN2K machine .exe is not a valid Win32 application

2012-04-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Apr-12 08:08, Alexander Lamaison wrote: Is there a way round this? Can I easily compile the bootstrapper application myself with VS 2005? You'd have to do the same thing to all of Burn too. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Pass data into localization wxl file

2012-04-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Apr-12 07:20, Kristjan Laane wrote: But I could not get the property to work as well: !(loc.Message_Foo) still returns the static unevaluated string for me, being literally Foo blah blah [Property1]. That means you're trying to use properties in a string that isn't formatted. --

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - Uninstall from programs features causes reinstall of WiX built MSI package

2012-04-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Apr-12 10:32, Pally Sandher wrote: I'm quite happy to use the cutting edge (in some ways it's preferable) but I get a little irked when things I've been led to believe are the standard ways of doing things with Windows Installer by yourself other WiX contributors/developers are

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - MSIPackage InstallCondition evaluates to false, attempts minor upgrade

2012-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Apr-12 10:06, Pally Sandher wrote: Why is it attempting to uninstall the patch when the condition is false the patch has AllowRemoval=no? Because Burn always attempts to uninstall a package that's present when its install condition is false, and Burn doesn't know the patch is

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle failing to build after upgrading to latest release (3.6.2823)

2012-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Apr-12 11:45, Pally Sandher wrote: Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Linker version 3.6.2823.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0001: An item with the same key has already been added.

Re: [WiX-users] Burn feedback

2012-04-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 22-Apr-12 17:06, Neil Sleightholm wrote: That isn't the way it is coded, I coded it, so I'm familiar. I didn't know about the support for a license-less BA, so I didn't code for that possibility. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Burn feedback

2012-04-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 23-Apr-12 07:04, Pally Sandher wrote: SuppressOptionsUI=yes hides the Options button. Cheers Bob (although if there was documentation for BalExtension...). There is, at least for WixStandardBootstrapperApplication Element (Bal Extension). It doesn't seem to be getting on the Web site for

Re: [WiX-users] Burn feedback

2012-04-22 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Apr-12 12:34, Pally Sandher wrote: The bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication/@LicenseUrl attribute's value cannot be an empty string. If you want the value to be null or empty, simply remove the entire attribute. The bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication element must have a value

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn Theme problem for WixStandardBootstrapperApplication

2012-04-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-Apr-12 16:56, Wesley Manning wrote: I'm using WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.HyperlinkLicense and have created a custom theme by modifying the hyperlinklicence theme xml file. I found when I try to put an image inside the installPage element the image is shown in the Modify

Re: [WiX-users] upgrade didn't remove the earlier product from ARP

2012-04-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 29-Mar-12 07:31, Kyle Lee wrote: However, if I upgrade Office from Office 2003 to Office 2007 and then perform the MSI upgrade, not only Word 2003 feature / Word 2007 feature were installed, but also there are two entries (MyProduct v1.0 and MyProduct v2.0) in ARP. If I tried to uninstall

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Burn LogoFile doesn't work on Windows XP

2012-04-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-Apr-12 05:57, Milan Kaše wrote: Try to use PNG image format for the LogoFile instead of the ICO format. Yep: LogoFile uses GDI+ to load the image and GDI+ doesn't support icons. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language installer

2012-03-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Mar-12 10:26, Dave Mateer wrote: 99.9% of the payload in my installer is the same between the various languages. The canonical way is to have one language-neutral installer and n language-specific installers. Is there any way to officially do this without duplicating the content? I

Re: [WiX-users] Install 3.6 on clean VM

2012-02-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 17-Feb-12 05:07, Tobias S wrote: d) Is there a bug or is it not completely implemented ? Yes, there are bugs, already filed. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with

Re: [WiX-users] Dialog templates?

2012-02-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Feb-12 10:50, victorwhiskey wrote: So is there a way I can define the font size and color for title/subtitle/description...? and have all dialogs use that? No, but you can use TextStyle to change font size and color. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Licensing revisited

2012-02-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Feb-12 11:29, Rob Mensching wrote: I am not a lawyer so my comments cannot provide you legal advice but my legally uneducated understanding of the license is that the output of the tools is not OSS. Of course, any use of a WiX extension or Burn includes code licensed under the CPL... --

Re: [WiX-users] Burn command line parameters

2012-02-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Feb-12 15:57, David L. Beckwith wrote: MyBA.exe WIN8=1 and MsiProperty Name=WIN8 Value= How do I get it into Value? The command line is passed to the BA in the command (BOOTSTRAPPER_COMMAND.wzCommandLine in C++). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] dark and custom UI

2012-02-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Feb-12 12:03, David McCabe wrote: I'm having a few problems with dark. The MSI I'm attempting to decompile was built with WiX 3.5 and a modified form of WiXUI_InstallDir, by copying WiXUI_InstallDir.wxs into aUI section and modifying: Did you keep the WixUI_Mode property? The UI

Re: [WiX-users] Very simplest bundle not working

2012-02-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 15-Feb-12 10:15, Rob Mensching wrote: File a bug, but I'm not exactly sure how to investigate. I'm (obviously) not seeing the same problem. And if you're installing the WiX toolset, then you aren't either (at least once).smile/ Both bugs involve per-user packages... -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Very simplest bundle not working

2012-02-15 Thread Bob Arnson
Please add that to the bug... On 15-Feb-12 11:57, Peter Hull wrote: I've done a bit of playing around and it seems to be linked to install conditions, i.e. if I change my bundle's chain to Chain MsiPackage Id=one SourceFile=install.msi Compressed=yes InstallCondition=

Re: [WiX-users] Error creating a bundle with a colon in the name: error LGHT0001: length cannot be less than zero

2012-02-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Feb-12 12:22, Sam Morris wrote: doesn't replace any colons already in the Prefix attribute, so later on the Binder gets confused when it splits the string on colon characters... Yep, not good. I can file this as a bug if someone can add me to the project (sf Anyone can file bugs. --

Re: [WiX-users] Included reference pulls in WixUI_Advanced

2012-02-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Feb-12 17:08, Derrick Brown wrote: [Show Dialog=InstallDirDlg After=WelcomeDlg]UPGRADING_OLDER_PRODUCT AND NOT INSTALL_LOCATION_FOUND[/Show] You can't use Show for that; once the first modal dialog is shown, you have to publish control events to manage the back/next flow. --

Re: [WiX-users] BootstrapperApplication.DetectMsiFeature not fired

2012-02-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Feb-12 06:44, Alexander Krivács Schrøder wrote: I'm using the WiX v3.6 Beta (v3.6.2221.0) here. This functionality has worked before, but now, the DetectMsiFeature event does not fire at all upon calling Engine.Detect(). Did you set MsiPackage/@EnableFeatureSelection? -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] exit code for msu packages

2012-02-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Feb-12 22:47, Grant Samuels wrote: I noticed support has recently been added for the ExePackage/ExitCode in order to provide some control in a reboot scenario, there is currently no option for MsuPackage/ExitCode. Because MSUs return standard exit codes:

Re: [WiX-users] Using burn to install the same package in two different locations

2012-02-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Feb-12 10:29, Christian List wrote: My first burn installer installs: msi package A to location 1 msi package B to location 1 My second burn installer installs: msi package A to location 2 That won't work: The product is already installed so Burn won't install it again. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Burn without UI

2012-01-31 Thread Bob Arnson
On 31-Jan-12 09:12, Alexander Lamaison wrote: Is it possible to have a bootstrapper made with burn that doesn't show any UI? The WixStdBA supports the /silent switch for no-UI installations. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Visual C++ 2010 Merge Module

2012-01-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Jan-12 04:14, Joost van Zoest wrote: I have made an installer in WIX which embeds 2 merge modules: the Microsoft_VC100_CRT_x86.msm merge module, and my own module (let's call this one MyMergeModule.msm for now). When I embed the VC merge module before MyMergeModule, I get a lot of

Re: [WiX-users] Install 3.6 on clean VM

2012-01-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Jan-12 07:00, Neil Sleightholm wrote: To help me provide some more information on this bug (no text on install UI) could someone let me know what is required on Windows 7 to enable the UI to work? .NET v4 I am assuming there is something as the same UI does not appear the same on

Re: [WiX-users] Install 3.6 on clean VM

2012-01-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Jan-12 12:53, Neil Sleightholm wrote: On XP you get a UI that looks like the standard BA UI - although my XP machine didn't have .Net4 on it. Ah, yes, that's the WixStdBA in pre-req mode. Any managed BA gets it to bootstrap .NET 4.0 if necessary before trying to load the managed BA

Re: [WiX-users] Bundled Installer Not installing under ALLUSERS

2012-01-27 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Jan-12 09:55, DuBois, Joseph wrote: As you can see from the snipet below I am attaching the ALLUSERS to the individual packages, but not sure how to attach it to the BUNDLE. MsiProperty Name=ALLUSERS Value=1/ Right but if WiX, while building the bundle, thinks that all your

Re: [WiX-users] Struggling to get bal:Condition to work (wix burn)

2012-01-26 Thread Bob Arnson
On 26-Jan-12 11:18, Boyd Ludlow wrote: I know that a bug currently exists when using burn that it errors rather than asking for elevated rights. What bug is that? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Try before you

Re: [WiX-users] WIX - Issue with filenames that have two $$ in them.

2012-01-26 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Jan-12 21:52, Josh Suereth wrote: Actually, I caught the pre-processor docs. Replacing every $ with $$ works. I just had to get my regex replacement correct. Sorry for the bum email. I think it's still a bug. $ introduces a preprocessor variable reference but $$ should be necessary

Re: [WiX-users] Bundled Installer Not installing under ALLUSERS

2012-01-26 Thread Bob Arnson
On 26-Jan-12 15:02, DuBois, Joseph wrote: Have aBundle which is installing severalMsiPackage(s) which we have set theMsiProperty Name=ALLUSERS Value=1/ to load the individual packages under all users, but it isn't installing the Bundle itself under ALLUSERS. If your packages are all per-user

Re: [WiX-users] global property set in server is not passed to the client

2012-01-26 Thread Bob Arnson
On 26-Jan-12 14:37, T. Kuro Kurosaka wrote: I thought properties named with all uppercase letters are in global effect, and passed between the server and the client, back and forth. It's one-way only, client to server. There's no way to set a property in the server and have it available for

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Bootstrapping Issues

2012-01-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Jan-12 17:50, Andrew Collier wrote: I'm trying to build a bootstrapper msi but I'm running into issues: Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Does it work if you use MSBuild? There's a bootstrapper project template for Visual Studio. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle registers itself as separate product and can't be removed - 3.6.2520 problem only

2012-01-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Jan-12 03:37, Peter Bulyaki wrote: One of the many requirements towards our installer is that the bundle installer itself should not be a separately installed product - only the MSIs. See the Bundle element doc: DisableRemove YesNoType wix_xsd_simple_type_yesnotype.htm Determines

Re: [WiX-users] WIX - Issue with filenames that have two $$ in them.

2012-01-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Jan-12 11:46, Josh Suereth wrote: I'm trying to bundle up Scala's documentation using WIX. Right now, the light program is exiting with error LIGHT0083 that it can't find the files I'm bundling. I have a file named Utility$$Escape$.html and it's printing in the error message that its

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: patch for bundle

2012-01-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Jan-12 04:15, Vadym Verba wrote: Here is usecase: I have old v1.0 bundle installed and new patch bundle with patches only (totally new bundle with new upgrade code or with the same one?). You'll have to do some additional work to associate the bundles. I haven't done it, so I'm not sure

Re: [WiX-users] Signing the burn bootstrapper

2012-01-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 24-Jan-12 15:09, Paul Fazio wrote: However, when I attempt to install I get the following error: Setup failed while installing the MSIs. Unspecified error. Where? The Burn log will have additional details, like an error code. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: patch for bundle

2012-01-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 24-Jan-12 10:02, Vadym Verba wrote: I have a small but a very vital question: how to patch bundle? Build a new bundle that contains the patches, either by themselves or with the original packages. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle registers itself as separate product and can't be removed - 3.6.2520 problem only

2012-01-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 24-Jan-12 07:14, Peter Bulyaki wrote: So I would rephrase my question: is there a way to install a bundle without registering it not only in Programs and Features, but in general with Windoes Installer as a separate product? Bundles aren't MSI products. They need to run (and therefore be the

Re: [WiX-users] When install exe built with burn, UAC dialog says Unknown Publisher

2012-01-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 24-Jan-12 05:11, scott.lang...@appsense.com wrote: I invoked MSBuild with the build project command from within the VS2010 IDE. The Sign* targets don't run by default. Set the SignOutput property to true and call the Signing target. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] When install exe built with burn, UAC dialog says Unknown Publisher

2012-01-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 23-Jan-12 10:29, scott.lang...@appsense.com wrote: And tried to override the Signxxx targets, but as far as I can tell, they don't get called. How did you invoke MSBuild? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] Error 0x80004005: Failed to initialize built-in variable value 'ProgramFilesFolder'.

2012-01-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 23-Jan-12 05:36, Peter Bulyaki wrote: I am not allowed to comment on the bug so should I file this as a new one? I re-opened it; please add your results. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Keep Your Developer

Re: [WiX-users] Installer hanging while doing FileCost - ID: 2951181

2012-01-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 23-Jan-12 10:17, Dirk Kuypers wrote: I am just facing a similar problem like described in the ticket above. See http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/10/09/experimental-results-part-ii/. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Weekly Builds?

2012-01-22 Thread Bob Arnson
On 21-Jan-12 23:48, Sunny Li wrote: Just tried out the weekly build 3.6.2520, I think there is a bug in the wix.ca.targets. Please file a bug. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Try before you buy = See our

Re: [WiX-users] difx extension and perMachine installs

2012-01-21 Thread Bob Arnson
On 17-Jan-12 17:16, Peter Hull wrote: I'd still like to hear if anyone has any comments on a per-user install which includes a device driver - is it always better to do it per-machine. Drivers are per-machine resources so a per-user installer that includes one can't offer the benefits of

Re: [WiX-users] Updating from 3.6.1022 to v3.6.2221 result in Error 1056.

2012-01-21 Thread Bob Arnson
On 17-Jan-12 05:58, Per Næsgaard Andersen wrote: [Mixed Platforms/Debug] [some path]\Fls.Xxx.Install\Fls.Xxx.Install.wxs(58,0): error LGHT1056: The Property table contains a row with primary key(s) 'MsiHiddenProperties' which cannot be merged from the merge module '[some

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? --

Re: [WiX-users] Possible bug in Lux

2012-01-12 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Jan-12 17:48, John Cooper wrote: Test NVPPTb.SetEditNetTcpBinding.Header failed with unknown operation. That's bad. But thanks for the repro! Can you file a bug on SF? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] Signing the burn bootstrapper

2012-01-12 Thread Bob Arnson
On 12-Jan-12 05:47, Nick Ball wrote: I haven't started using burn yet - but I'd like to - and signing will be an issue for us. At the moment, I hand an unsigned MSI over to the release manager for signing. He is the only person with access to the certificate. Can we still do this with burn?

Re: [WiX-users] Applying a patch (.msp) doesn't increase the product version

2012-01-12 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Jan-12 03:00, Ulrich Proeller wrote: The switch -sf in the pyro command was added the get rid of a duplicate key error. That's likely the root cause of your problem. Fix the underlying bug before trying workarounds. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade Patching - Preventing Downgrade

2012-01-07 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Jan-12 16:33, Hoover, Jacob wrote: Is there a way of informing an end user that a patch is not valid (due to a newer patch all ready being applied)? Check patch applicability. That's what Burn does. The 1.0.2 MSP won't be applicable to a 1.0.3 product. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Assembiles FROM the GAC

2012-01-07 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Jan-12 16:58, Daniel Sniderman wrote: These are SQL Server related DLL's - so I can't assume they will be on the GAC of the target machine - and I'd like to simply continue to include them as files in the MSI - i.e. I don't want to GAC them on the target machine. You probably don't

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs doesn't refresh sometimes

2012-01-07 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Jan-12 09:05, Bruce Cran wrote: From a verbose install log I see that MainEngineThread is returning ERROR_SUCCESS_REBOOT_REQUIRED (3010) - I wonder if WI only checks for ERROR_SUCCESS when determining if it should refresh the list, or not the other ERROR_SUCCESS_* values? If so, would

Re: [WiX-users] MSI not elevating properly

2012-01-04 Thread Bob Arnson
On 04-Jan-12 10:30, Scharp, Craig wrote: I have a MSI with several dialogs including a choice of features. It is elevating privileges correctly (showing the UAC Popup) for my deferred actions, but I can't seem to get it to popup before the welcome dialog. MSI doesn't support elevated UI or

Re: [WiX-users] Can't find source code for WixUI_InstallDir.wxs

2012-01-04 Thread Bob Arnson
On 03-Jan-12 12:28, Alan Goode wrote: Thanks for the reply Rob,, but could you be a little more specific? Does that mean that I need to connect to source control using TortoiseSVN and download the source from there? If you just want to look at the source (and not build it), use the sources

Re: [WiX-users] Help Uninstall

2012-01-04 Thread Bob Arnson
On 03-Jan-12 10:07, abgrallyann...@free.fr wrote: I'm working with Wix 3.6, Installation goes well, but I've an issue when I try to uninstall. My detection process allows users to install (if package is absent) or uninstall( if package is present). After the uninstallation, I launch my

Re: [WiX-users] Are Visual Studio Add Item Wizards supported with Votive

2012-01-04 Thread Bob Arnson
On 03-Jan-12 17:15, Robert Brunhuber wrote: more time in debugging (the loading of) my wizard, I'd like to know if these wizards are supported in votive, or if anyone succeeded in creating one. Votive uses MPF so inherits its support for wizards but doesn't add anything of its own. --

Re: [WiX-users] Hiding the MsiRMFileInUse dialog

2011-12-31 Thread Bob Arnson
On 30-Dec-11 10:46, David P. Romig, Sr. wrote: How can I prevent the installer from raising the MsiRMFilesInUse dialog and always select Do not close the applications without user interaction? See Using Windows Installer with Restart Manager in the MSI SDK. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - how to detect if .net framework is installed

2011-12-31 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Dec-11 13:51, Jacob Langston wrote: I am unable to specify PropertyRef except under a fragment node. Is there a way to do the following in the bundle node? PropertyRef Id=NETFRAMEWORK35/ No. Those checks rely on running inside an MSI package, which isn't the case for a bundle.

Re: [WiX-users] Possible bug in Lux

2011-12-31 Thread Bob Arnson
On 22-Dec-11 16:21, John Cooper wrote: In partial answer to my own post, it appears that the Value attribute can be formatted for Property Value Tests, but cannot be formatted for Multi-Value Property Tests and Name-Value Pair Property Tests. Would be nice to allow formatted values for

Re: [WiX-users] Customizing the text in built-in dialogs

2011-12-31 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Dec-11 07:47, Neils Christoffersen wrote: I compile and install, but my custom message doesn't show up. It's still Copying new files. Am I missing something? You need to add a UIRef Id=WixUI_ErrorProgressText / to pull in the default authoring, which you can then override. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Removing through the UI mode does not prompt for privileges

2011-12-31 Thread Bob Arnson
On 22-Dec-11 08:23, Stelios Kyprou wrote: Ok it seems that Remove=ALL was not set for the following reason: One of the features had a conditional installation, as following: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/05/16/make-sure-features-are-always-enabled-so-they-can-be-removed/ -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Clickthrough project

2011-12-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 12-Dec-11 07:43, Francois Human wrote: Where can I find documentation or a tutorial on how to use the Clickthrough Project? ClickThrough is currently unsupported. It will come back in a new form in a future version of WiX. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] WiX burn, uninstallation fails

2011-12-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Dec-11 16:01, Sunny Li wrote: [0AFC:05D0][2011-12-14T15:53:26]: Error 0x80004005: Failed to open container: WixAttachedContainer. Known bug that's been fixed for the next build. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] When you create a diff patch of several previous releases, the delta can not be specified in the pyro.

2011-12-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Dec-11 02:52, Toru Takeguchi wrote: pyro -delta .\v1.3.0\patch.wixmsp -out .\v1.3.0\Product.msp -t RTM .\v1.3.0\Diff-v1.2.0.wixmst -t RTM .\v1.3.0\Diff-v1.1.0.wixmst pyro.exe : error PYRO0001 : The specified arguments are not within the range of valid values parameta managed Exception

Re: [WiX-users] Wix bundle, turn off verbose logging for MSI

2011-12-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Dec-11 21:25, Sunny Li wrote: Is there anyway to turn off the verbose logging for the MSI's included in the WiX bundle? No. If not, is there anyway we can log the msi errors into the bundle log? MSI doesn't support that. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] WixStdba UI features

2011-12-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Dec-11 19:17, Ian Williams wrote: Is there any way I can keep the standard bootstrapper and get something like selectable items? No, WixStdBA doesn't support feature selection. I've looked at http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wixstdba_intro.htm, but the completely customizing

Re: [WiX-users] Burn, ManagedBootstrapperApplication, SQL and Custom Detection

2011-12-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Dec-11 13:43, Roy Chastain wrote: Is there a mechanism to employ a custom detection in the Burn ManagedBootstrapperApplication that would affect the install/no install status of an ExePackage? OnPlanPackageBegin lets you change the request state. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Can't use property expansion in Control-Publish

2011-12-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Dec-11 02:09, Nevskiy, Alexander wrote: On executing light.exe I got the following error: error LGHT0094 : Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:[CustomSerialValidateProp]' in section 'Product:{3E8964C7-5FA5-4740-A3D6-191E2043963C}' According to

Re: [WiX-users] Building Burn

2011-12-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Dec-11 16:19, Brad Wildenborg wrote: and am using NAnt 0.91. I'm mostly just after getting access to the Burn utility, so if anyone could help me get it built or link to where I could download a prebuilt version, that would be wonderful. It's part of every WiX v3.6 build: x86\burn.exe.

Re: [WiX-users] Admin access for ICEs and NIT

2011-12-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Dec-11 12:35, Gary Gocek wrote: Is it correct to say that if LIGHT is allowed to run the internal consistency evaluators (ICEs, light runs them by default), and if NIT is used to run unit tests, that the account performing these actions requires admin rights? (WIX 3.5, Windows Server

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Uninstall - MaintenanceTypeDlg, VerifyReadyDlg Dialog sequence is Shown Twice

2011-12-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Dec-11 11:29, Robert Hermann wrote: Anybody have any ideas Use Orca to look at the ControlEvent table. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is

Re: [WiX-users] Burn + Launch Payload EXE after bootstrapp installation

2011-11-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 22-Nov-11 03:18, ppremk wrote: 2. How to launch a payload file (exe) after installing running the bootstrapper? I am using my own custom theme file and noticed that there is a launch button, I am not sure how to include a launch condition into that section. Create a Variable named

Re: [WiX-users] Enable ICMP usign WixFirewallExtension

2011-11-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Nov-11 05:26, Michael Stoll wrote: is it possible to enable/create a ICMP Firewall exception using WixFirewallExtension? No, that's not supported. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- All the data

Re: [WiX-users] Indirect ComboBox Property

2011-11-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Nov-11 19:38, Keith Moore wrote: This dialog will result in an empty ComboBox list because theControl property is referencing indirectly but in theComboBox element I have no way of dereferencing it. Is this a bug or is there some syntax of which I am not aware? Looking at the MSI

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