Re: [WiX-users] Installers on the newer, fussier OS'es

2011-08-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 12-Aug-11 10:11, Mark Modrall wrote: Are there options one can specify in Wix to get past all the extra security dialogs on 2008, I hope not, if a trojan could say nah, it's cool, go ahead and install me. or do you have to change policies on the box or something? An

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing system32 folder on 64bit machines

2011-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Aug-11 10:26, Mark Simonetti wrote: I used to use innosetup and oddly {sys} somehow pointed to the correct folder, though I'm guessing it did something underhand like use WindowsFolder and simply appended system32, which is what I'm thinking of doing at the moment unless anyone has a

Re: [WiX-users] How to disable Cancel button on ProgressDlg?

2011-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Aug-11 19:24, Marc Bauer wrote: I'm trying to disable the Cancel button on ProgressDlg and my That requires a custom action; see Hiding the Cancel Button During an Installation in the MSI SDK. If you want to do so to avoid handling rollback, note that many other situations cause rollback

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

2011-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Aug-11 09:22, Daniel Pratt wrote: I did not intentionally invoke patching in this process. I'm not aware of any other way for files to be baselined (though I could be wrong). Baseline cache is used to uninstall patches, which doesn't apply to any other type of update. I'd suggest setting

Re: [WiX-users] Create Database failed

2011-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-Aug-11 15:46, JesseBearden wrote: If an installation has InstalledPrivileges=Elevated then are deferred/impersonated custom actions run with elevated privileges on a UAC enabled environment? No; impersonation means run with the identity and privileges of the user launching the install.

Re: [WiX-users] Installing Microsoft Enterprise Library's merge module with Wix

2011-08-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Aug-11 12:30, Leigh Wetmore wrote: I used Orca to inspect the merge module, and all of the files are placed directly in TARGETDIR (whereas the other merge modules I use tend to have their files placed in a subfolder of TARGETDIR with Name=. - perhaps this is the difference). Or perhaps

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade: Setting AllowSameVersionUpgrades=yes leads to ICE61

2011-08-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Aug-11 20:47, Sameer Arora wrote: If however, I change AllowSameVersionUpgrades to yes I am faced with compilation error below: The ICE error is trying to tell you that you're doing something weird. Since that's the behavior you want, just suppress it. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] File is not overwritten despite all evidence and logic to the contrary

2011-08-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Aug-11 16:30, Daniel Pratt wrote: MSI (s) (24:58) [14:19:27:090]: Source for file 'fil1A0D420C18871D13362FD2189A753C67' is uncompressed, at 'C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed\E0EBAC857F0FC4949A9EF21E1014B912\10.1.15\'. InstallFiles: File: Course Demographics Report.rdl,

Re: [WiX-users] .Net pre-requisite check when using Managed Bootstrapper application in Burn

2011-08-07 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Aug-11 13:31, shruthi02 wrote: Doesn't the Bundle Condition attribute only support built in variables and not NETFRAMEWORK40FULL (or registry search results). In addition, it doesn't support custom error messages. Is this correct? Yes. I wasn't able to get a Condition element within a

Re: [WiX-users] .Net pre-requisite check when using Managed Bootstrapper application in Burn

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Arnson
On 04-Aug-11 10:18, shruthi02 wrote: am asking for is launch conditions in Bundle that runs before loading the bootstrapper dll. Bundle/@Condition -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon

Re: [WiX-users] WebAppPool unexpected attributes

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Arnson
On 03-Aug-11 21:01, Atul Kolhatkar wrote: The iis:WebAppPool element contains an unexpected attribute 'ManagedPipelineMode' The iis:WebAppPool element contains an unexpected attribute 'ManagedRuntimeVersion' Those attributes are supported in WiX v3.5 and later. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Conditions not working at all

2011-07-31 Thread Bob Arnson
On 30-Jul-11 10:07, Marc Bauer wrote: Condition Message=Previous version of MyApp installed.UNINSTALLNSIS AND NOT Installed/Condition Launch conditions indicate the condition that are required for install to proceed; if the condition isn't met, the install is canceled with the specified

Re: [WiX-users] Mondo UI not using custom Exclamation icon. Bug?

2011-07-31 Thread Bob Arnson
On 29-Jul-11 19:05, john.burak wrote: Does anyone know an example of where the WiX exclamation icon is used? It's only used by WaitForCostingDlg, which is disabled by default. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] How to keep Service settings after Patch?

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
On 29-Jul-11 04:04, Vadym Verba wrote: Next I have a patch that updates these services, but after its application the Start type back to Automatic. That becomes a big problem when you have a lot of such services and it is vital to keep Start type. So what I want to do here is to do not update

Re: [WiX-users] Mondo UI not using custom Exclamation icon. Bug?

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
On 29-Jul-11 15:38, john.burak wrote: I'm trying to build an installer using the Mondo UI with custom graphics. They seem to work except for the exclamation icon, which instead uses a graphic that is neither what I specified or the stock Mondo exclamation icon. Is this a bug I should report?

Re: [WiX-users] Is there a WiXlib viewer/decompiler?

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
On 29-Jul-11 09:37, Peter Shirtcliffe wrote: Now that I think a bit more about it, there was a thread about the wixlib format not being properly public and you weren't supposed to rely on it staying the same, so beware any tool you may write might be abruptly rendered invalid. The format can

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.6.1518.0 to 3.6.1915.0 issue

2011-07-20 Thread Bob Arnson
On 20-Jul-11 16:20, John Bergman wrote: After updating from WiX 3.6.1518.0 to WiX 3.6.1915.0, I have started encountering some sort of dependency issue from MSBuild. It's tough to narrow down four months of changes. Before beta, we recommend teams pick up WiX builds monthly to narrow down the

Re: [WiX-users] How do you add data containing a tab in a custom table

2011-07-20 Thread Bob Arnson
On 20-Jul-11 17:59, Robert Perona wrote: When there are tabs in the custom table data a compilation error occurs, as if the compiler thinks the tab is attempting to create another column. I have tried an actual tab, xml escaped tab (#x9;), and msi escaping a tab ([{tab}], where {tab} is an

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple results for WiX FindFile

2011-07-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Jul-11 09:15, Barry Wark wrote: I then run the command-line invocation via a custom action using [MATLABEXE] as the exe. This works well for finding a single Matlab installations under C:\Program Files\MATLAB, but the MATLABEXEproperty appears to get the path to only one installation if

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Jul-11 10:20, Mark Modrall wrote: Package Id=* Description=Prospero Forums Server Installer Comments=bar InstallerVersion=300 Platform=$(var.PPlat)/ Try Compressed=yes. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Burn title and ARP

2011-07-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Jul-11 11:16, Dan Puza wrote: I have our prerequisites set as Permanent (SQL Server, .NET Framework, Windows Installer); and it would be confusing to suddenly have two ARP entries for the upcoming version our application, one from the bootstrapper, and one from the MSI. Set

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Jul-11 11:10, Mark Modrall wrote: 1) Looking at the installer log, it's unpacking into a directory other than the INSTALLDIR; throughout I've been a little confused going to 3.5 about the relation of INSTALLDIR and TARGETDIR; did TARGETDIR supplant/replace INSTALLDIR? As noted

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Jul-11 12:25, Mark Modrall wrote: For #2, we have some installation stuff we only want done once (the stuff that the custom action does). So the first thing the custom action exe does is try to check the registry setting to see if it's been done (that's what's failing now). When the

Re: [WiX-users] Best practice for combined 32/64bit installer

2011-07-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Jul-11 23:35, Adam Langley wrote: Aside from a bootstrapper that runs the correct MSI, is there some accepted practice for achieving this with a single MSI? No, nothing's changed. If you have to write to 64-bit portions of the file system, you need a 64-bit .msi package. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with SmartCabbing under Wine 1.3.24, can smartcabbing be disabled?

2011-07-19 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-Jul-11 16:47, Nathan Coulson wrote: I was wondering if it was possible to disable SmartCabbing I use Wix 3.5 under linux, but it looks like wine may not have what wix needs to support this feature. It can't be disabled (because of course it works on Windowsg). But I'm not sure that's

Re: [WiX-users] Burn title and ARP

2011-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Jul-11 19:12, Dan Puza wrote: Is there a way to set the title of the bootstrapper without creating an Add Remove Programs entry for the bootstrapper? No, at least right now Bundle/@Name is what shows the bundle in ARP. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] ComPlusInstallExecute Error 0x80110414 on Windows 2000

2011-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Jul-11 14:15, Joe Mik wrote: ComPlusInstallExecute: Error 0x80110414: Failed to save changes 0x80110414 is COMADMIN_E_USERPASSWDNOTVALID (The identity or password set on the application is not valid). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Subscribe Events

2011-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Jul-11 14:44, Brad Lemings wrote: Is it possible for an external program or embedded script to subscribe to events (e.g. SetProgress)? No. The closest is an external UI handler, which can handle progress messages however. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes?

2011-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Jul-11 11:46, Brad Lemings wrote: How do you set WixShellExecTarget if you want to launch two applications in the same Wix file? You'd need two more custom actions, one to set the WixShellExecTarget property and one to call WixShellExecute. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] DTE OutputFileName vs OutputName - possible wix bug?

2011-07-17 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Jul-11 00:24, Rory Primrose wrote: I've found that a WiX project that includes a fullstop in the OutputName property returns a truncated value for the OutputFileName property. The build output is not affected with this issue and the correct msi file name is produced. This appears to

Re: [WiX-users] Burn using an old copy of an embedded msi

2011-07-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Jul-11 11:18, Roy Chastain wrote: Currently I have the InstallCondition for the .MSI set to 1 to always force it to run regardless of whether Burn thinks it is installed or not. I guess another way to ask the question is, what would make Burn realize that a file, msi, exe etc - not

Re: [WiX-users] can't eliminate Error 2343 for InstallDirDlg.wxs in Toolset 3.5

2011-07-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 12-Jul-11 10:54, Peter Stein wrote: It seems I can't get rid of this 2343 Error no matter how I set the WIXUI_INSTALLDIR property. How did you set it? As documented, its value must be the name of the directory property you want to specify. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] CertificatePath in Certificate element does not work

2011-07-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Jul-11 10:26, mylan wrote: InstallCertificates: Error 0x80070057: Invalid Certificate.Attributes. Please file a bug. A workaround is to specify @Overwrite=no. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- AppSumo

Re: [WiX-users] Sample Config Edit and Save?

2011-07-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Jul-11 12:15, Steve Craft wrote: I have an .exe.config file with 5appSettings/ values. I need a GUI with 5 textboxes to capture end-user input, and then update the .exe.config. How should that be done? I am not sure if UAC allows for an exe to be edited like this. Use XmlFile to

Re: [WiX-users] Max. File Size

2011-07-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Jul-11 09:21, Daniel Madill wrote: Multi-part CABs can get the total size of a set of files past 2GB, possibly to 64K * 2GB, but no one file can exceed 2GB. Maximum size of all files in one folder (uncompressed) 2GB Maximum size of all files in one folder (compressed) 2GB Neither of

Re: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes?

2011-07-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Jul-11 13:02, Brad Lemings wrote: Just wondering what the typical Wix conventions are for displaying release notes near the end of an installation sequence. See How To: Run the Installed Application After Setup and replace myapplication.exe with myreleasenotes.html. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] General part (feature) in different products.

2011-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Jul-11 09:06, Shal Philipp wrote: We have such a problem: We have several products with general part (feature). Components (files) in this feature maybe different in newer versions. Some products can be installed together. If you're sharing components, they must all follow the component

Re: [WiX-users] ExitDialog will not unload after application launches

2011-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-Jul-11 16:36, Sidky Macatangay wrote: Any idea on how this can be resolved? You need both Publish elements: one to launch and one to close the dialog. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- All of the data

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp does not properly rollback to the old driver when doing a major upgrade

2011-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-Jul-11 15:27, jjbean wrote: In many cases, I've found that even when using the win32 api directly, it's not possible to rollback uninstalled drivers, the exact behavior is very platform dependent. In many cases, the api returns reboot required, at which point there is no chance of

Re: [WiX-users] What is the usage of Name and SrouceFIle on the xxxPackage statement?

2011-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Jul-11 08:41, Roy Chastain wrote: I ASSUMED that SourceFile meant that it would find the file on the local system and embed in the output. Given that there is a DownloadUrl specified, that behavior does not make too much sense. Light uses the source file to get information about the

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Jul-11 08:50, Roy Chastain wrote: What are the purposes of these two variables and is this something that needs to be emulated when authoring an install with a prereq of .NET 3.5 SP1? They're used by the Burn managed bootstrapper app to manage installing .NET. They're still needed but

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Jul-11 13:26, Roy Chastain wrote: Are you trying to tell me that the Burn bootstrapper REQUIRES .NET 4.0 to run? No, it doesn't require any version of .NET. Obviously, if you want to use a managed BA, .NET is required and as I said above: note that the current managed BA has only

Re: [WiX-users] General part (feature) in different products.

2011-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Jul-11 13:10, Shal Philipp wrote: May be there is some recomendations from Microsoft not to change file composition of feature that is shared? Will be glad to see some. It will be good argument in an argue. Yes, in the MSI SDK. Various blogs also cover it, such as

Re: [WiX-users] unhandled exception in light

2011-06-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Jun-11 14:40, Thomas Svare wrote: I got about 6% better compression with 7-Zip compared to WinRAR but unfortunately my file is still too big to attach (40.3MB). Is there another alternative to making the crash dump available? Something like SkyDrive

Re: [WiX-users] Manually building a Votive project

2011-06-08 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Jun-11 16:18, Francisco Gabriel Malbrán wrote: I wanted to tell you that I was able to compile by using *only* WiX installation and WiX's tools (candle, light). I say *only* because I dont use anymore msbuild, but if WiX relies on .NET to work then there is an implicit use of .NET. In

Re: [WiX-users] ConfigureIIs rollback

2011-06-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 31-May-11 09:52, Vadym Verba wrote: When web site is installed by installer and it crashes later, the rollback doesn't delete created web site at all. Logs show that there are no any Rollback CAs for ConfirugeIIs, just StartMetabaseTransaction, RollbackMetabaseTransaction and

Re: [WiX-users] No Browse button in CustomizeDlg in Change mode

2011-06-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Jun-11 16:14, Alex Galperin wrote: But when user runs the same setup packages again and tries to install additional features that were not installed at first time, there is no way to configure path to them, because Browse button is hided. That's by design: Components can't be moved

Re: [WiX-users] Manually building a Votive project

2011-06-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 31-May-11 13:33, Francisco Gabriel Malbrán wrote: Yet I would like to establish the simplest dependencies to compile. ie: only Wix 3.5 (no need of .net framework) Is this possible? No, WiX requires .NET. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] unhandled exception in light

2011-06-06 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Jun-11 09:08, Thomas Svare wrote: I'm able to log a bug, 3310378, but I can't add my crash dump attachment. I'm guessing that it is too large but I'm not getting any fail to add information. The file in question is 43MB. Is there a files size limitation for attachments? Is there

Re: [WiX-users] deferred task with elevated impersonation

2011-05-29 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-May-11 06:36, Martin Kulov wrote: How can I execute deferred task with elevated privileges under user's running the installer credentials? MSI doesn't support that except by running the entire .msi from an elevated process. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] unhandled exception in light

2011-05-29 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-May-11 15:31, Thomas Svare wrote: After several missed opportunities I've finally got a crash dump and was able to run a quick analysis. Using Wix 3.6.1706.0 light crashes intermittently on our build machines. This crash was also observed with 3.5 release. I'm continuing to look

Re: [WiX-users] Possible bug in WixUIExtension ?

2011-05-29 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-May-11 18:12, DexterSinister wrote: All I'm doing is adding a single dialog after CustomizeDlg ... and it works fine during the initial installation, but when I try to use the 'Change' option through Add/Remove Programs [in Win7 Pro SP1 32 or 64 bit], the VerifyReadyDlg only has 'Back'

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Reboot management

2011-05-21 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-May-11 04:03, Vadym Verba wrote: I have one msi package withScheduleReboot After='InstallFinalize' /, but Burn always install package with argument in command line REBOOT= ReallySuppress and the one before last line in log file is Apply complete, result: 0x0 restart: No. So how to

Re: [WiX-users] Developer with WiX experience needed; proper incremental build support

2011-05-21 Thread Bob Arnson
On 19-May-11 11:50, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote: The wix2010.targets file imported by your .wixproj project will need to be customized to make this work as you expect. The changes will likely need to completely replace some of the targets defined in wix2010.targets with versions that

Re: [WiX-users] Yet Another Question on Shortcuts and HKLM

2011-05-21 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-May-11 11:11, Francisco Gabriel Malbrán wrote: And for confirmation: Is this definitely an error in the ICE57? No, it's not wrong; it's telling you about something you probably don't care about. Though most packages are per-user or per-machine by design, ALLUSERS is a public property and

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-16 Thread Bob Arnson
On 16-May-11 14:07, Kevin MacDonald wrote: behind the times. All I know is that they have specifically requested a single MSI. That requires the use of an embedded chainer, which requires MSI 4.5 or later. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Failure Injection for Upgrade/Rollback Testing

2011-05-16 Thread Bob Arnson
On 16-May-11 18:22, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote: What would be an easy way to simulate (or cause) a failure during a major upgrade to demonstrate the results of a rollback? See WixFailWhenDeferred in WixUtilExtension. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Integrity of WiX binaries

2011-05-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-May-11 12:56, John Robbins wrote: WiX Team: My company will pay for the certificate. Let me know where to send the check. Leave $60 in unmarked bills in the garbage can at the entrance to Mine Falls Park. Walk away slowly.g The biggest issue I see, aside from the work involved in

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: secure Bundle Variables

2011-05-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 10-May-11 10:15, Vadym Verba wrote: Is there any workaround to make this more secure? Not at present. Please file a bug. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-May-11 13:32, Wilson, Phil wrote: Well being picky you don't need MSI 4.5 if all you want to do is install a collection of MSI files wrapped in your custom UI using MsiSetExternalUIRecord - that's always been an option. MSI 4.5 gives you transaction support (so you don't need to

Re: [WiX-users] dark.exe : warning DARK1057

2011-05-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-May-11 16:32, john.bu...@telvent.com wrote: 1.) According to Orca, IsolateComponents, as well as the other actions mentioned in these errors, are not in the InstallUISequence table as the error says. Rather they are in the ModuleInstallUISequence table. Is the error message inaccurate

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: installing IIS6, WindowsRoles, MSDTC

2011-05-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-May-11 09:00, Vadym Verba wrote: I wonder if there any possibility to declare IIS6, WindowsRoles, MSDTC installation inside Bundle chain? They use Windows executables from System32 folder, so theoretically it should not be embedded in a container ExePackage doesn't run .exes that exist

Re: [WiX-users] Downloading files with burn

2011-05-15 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-May-11 10:17, Michael Stoll wrote: AFAIK the file is downloaded / required when 'ux requested' is 'Present'. So what I'd like to do is check if the current state is 'Present' and then set 'ux requested' to 'None'. I know how modify the requested state in the ux (managed). But how do I

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Detecting: additional Package info

2011-04-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Apr-11 12:13, Vadym Verba wrote: 1) DetectPackageCompleteEventArgs contains PackageId. Where could I use this information? Could I somehow get access to .msi itself, described in Chain with detected PackageId? You can use it to set properties on that package or make decisions about

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction that needs to figure out the destination path

2011-04-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Apr-11 03:06, Rune Moberg wrote: A little googling seems to suggest that the proper way to do this would be by using a deferred action. If I understand this correctly, the deferred action will be executed by the installer service and has a good chance of running elevated. Fine, except I

Re: [WiX-users] VC++ redistributable questions

2011-04-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Apr-11 09:52, Tobias S wrote: - With this implementation the VCRedist installer runs at a point where the user can run the installation unattended (for bootstrapper normally waiting until completion necessary - not considering Burn here as it is in beta) - Most installs run in UI mode,

Re: [WiX-users] Registering a WMI interface

2011-04-28 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Apr-11 13:33, Skildum, Mathew wrote: Does anyone have any incite as to what happens during WMI registration? Unfortunately, it requires running code, either the mofcomp.exe tool or using the IMofCompiler interface. Nobody's donated any code to WiX to support WMI registration. --

Re: [WiX-users] hopefully simple question about customizing the standard WiX dialog sets

2011-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Apr-11 11:15, Dave Combs wrote: My simple solution was to change the name of these custom actions in my copy (to KzSetDefaultPerUserFolder, etc.) and to any references to them, without changing their contents. You could also just delete your copy of them and reuse the ones in the

Re: [WiX-users] Burn Standard Bootstrapper questions

2011-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 20-Apr-11 13:50, David Watson wrote: This one is just weird [01A0:1594][2011-04-20T18:43:11.426+00:00]: Error 0x80070002: Failed to open bundle registry key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Google Chrome Burn enumerates all the uninstall registry keys when looking for

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction that needs to figure out the destination path

2011-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 23-Apr-11 20:33, Aaron Klor wrote: a similar manner. If the CA is deferred, (again, unless I'm mistaken) you'll only have access public properties (directory ids and such defined in ALLCAPS), but you should be able to get the paths you need. Deferred custom actions can only get a couple of

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use the EventSource element gives component element contains an unhandled extension element error

2011-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 20-Apr-11 09:39, Patrick van der Velde wrote: I'm using the VS2010 shell with the latest weekly build of Wix 3.6 installed. In my project I've referenced: - WixNetFxExtension - WixUtilExtension Verify with verbose build output that candle.exe is getting an -ext command-line switch. --

Re: [WiX-users] unhandled exception in light

2011-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 21-Apr-11 11:47, Thomas Svare wrote: Grasping at straws I set the number of threads to use during cab creation to 1 but that did not help. I'm at the point where I need to debug and I was wondering if the Wix 3.5 symbols are available? I did not see them on SourceForge. In the

Re: [WiX-users] Scrollable Control

2011-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Apr-11 13:03, lokanath devineni wrote: Does anybody know the scrollable control that supports wix properties embedding? None do. Note that properties are an MSI concept, not a WiX concept. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] hopefully simple question about customizing the standard WiX dialog sets

2011-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 22-Apr-11 14:53, Dave Combs wrote: If I change the UI Id in KaazingUI_Advanced from WixUI_Advanced to something else (and change the reference in my base .wxs file), I get tons of You must do that to avoid duplicating the one in WixUIExtension. duplicate symbol errors. Please provide the

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Font Color for Dialog Subtitle

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 04-Apr-11 15:35, Francisco Gabriel Malbrán wrote: I would like to know if there is any way to change the Dialog's subtitle font color independently from the text in the content of a dialog. You can add your own localization strings to add a text style. Otherwise, no; the strings in the

Re: [WiX-users] ICE60 and DefaultLanguage

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Apr-11 07:21, Pally Sandher wrote: warning LGHT1101: The DefaultLanguage '0' was used for file 'SALFLIBC.DLL' which has no language. Specifying a language that is different from the actual file may result in unexpected versioning behaviour during a repair or while patching. Either

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.6 Burn ExePackage Problem -- How to run EXE in place instead of caching?

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Apr-11 12:31, John Robbins wrote: I've played around trying to get thePayload element to work but nothing I've tried tells Burn just run the one in the directory .\PreReq\CrystalReportsXIR2\ under MyBurnSetup.exe. Burn always runs packages from the cache; if @Cache=no then Burn

Re: [WiX-users] Redefining Preprocessor Variables

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Apr-11 16:36, Amber Scouras wrote: Is there any way to redefine a preprocessor symbol? ?undef? it first. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload

Re: [WiX-users] Component condition question

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Apr-11 19:43, Greg wrote: I have a component with the following condition: lt;![CDATA[UPGRADE_FROM_VERSION= 6.1.8.85 AND InstallModeRemove]] That's problematic for two reasons: 1. InstallMode is an internal property and isn't guaranteed. 2. String comparison operators don't work

Re: [WiX-users] Sql component ignored during msp install

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 29-Mar-11 03:53, Tobberoth wrote: Indeed, it seems that the feat_newsql is ignored even though I've set REINSTALL=ALL on the command line and even though the feature is coded like this: Reinstall won't install a feature for the first time; for that, you need ADDLOCAL. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.6 Burn ExePackage Problem -- How to run EXE in place instead of caching?

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Apr-11 22:07, John Robbins wrote: Hope you don't mind another question. :) Why does Burn expand into the %TEMP% directory and copy to the cache directory? Why not just extract the files from the EXE directly into the cache directory? The installer I'm working on with everything is

Re: [WiX-users] Component condition question

2011-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Apr-11 20:48, Greg wrote: Is this a bad idea: I am setting InstallMode in a custom action, for example when the Change button is selected: Session.Property(InstallMode) = Change Sorry, I forgot that I renamed install mode for WixUI. There's no conflict. I understand the potential

Re: [WiX-users] Creating just a web app pool on Server 2008 R2 with IIS 7.5, WiX 3.5 RTM

2011-02-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 16-Feb-11 21:34, John Robbins wrote: Good to know my beloved PDF files are there for 3.6. Good job! Sadly, we are using 3.5 for this project. :( Yeah, this was only in v3.6, as of late December. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] admin vs. non-admin

2011-02-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 17-Feb-11 05:15, Lukas Haase wrote: And what is the option in my case? I.e. when there are already deployed per-machine packages and I want to change to per-user? MSI doesn't support upgrades in that case. You might be able to use a bootstrapper. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Planning: package customization

2011-02-18 Thread Bob Arnson
See my recent reply to John Robbins: Use MsiProperty children with Value values that refer to Burn variables. Your UX can call IBootstrapperEngine::SetVariable* and Burn will evaluate the MsiProperty/@Value when it builds the command line for install/etc. On 18-Feb-11 11:06, Vadym Verba

Re: [WiX-users] Burn and MSI properties

2011-02-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Feb-11 11:23, John Robbins wrote: As I need a boot strapper to install a bunch of third party components as well as my various MSI files as well. Because Burn installs the .MSI files silently, I need to set have my UX/BA do the prompting for databases, web sites, etc. That's easy, but

Re: [WiX-users] wix200x.targets missing from 3.6?

2011-02-16 Thread Bob Arnson
On 14-Feb-11 14:06, John Thornborrow wrote: I've just updated my installation to 3.6.1321.0, and when reloading existing wix projects, I am prompted with Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Wix\v3.x\wix200x.targets' is denied. Error. Upon checking, this is because

Re: [WiX-users] How to use the InstallCondition on a MsiPackage

2011-02-16 Thread Bob Arnson
On 16-Feb-11 13:35, Gregg Swanson wrote: How do I use the InstallCondition on a MsiPackage? Burn expressions support the same syntax as MSI, so you'd use FOO = ALL -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- The ultimate

Re: [WiX-users] admin vs. non-admin

2011-02-16 Thread Bob Arnson
On 16-Feb-11 17:13, Lukas Haase wrote: However, what happens when program with same UpgradeCode is first installed globally as administrator and the next version installed as non-admin user? MSI doesn't support a per-machine package upgrading a per-user package, or vice-versa. It's best to

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Mode property in dialog sets WiXUI_*.wxs

2011-02-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Feb-11 08:43, Tobias S wrote: Just did some dialog modifying. When combining WiXUI_FeatureTree.wxs + WiXUI_InstallDir.wxs I mentioned the property WixUI_Mode which is set accordingly to the name of the dialog theme. Has this property Property Id=WixUI_Mode Value=FeatureTree / some

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFoldersEX error in VS2005

2011-02-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Feb-11 01:29, ERWLive wrote: Error4The Component element contains an unhandled extension element 'util:RemoveFolderEx'. Please ensure that the extension for elements in the 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/WixUtilExtension' namespace has been provided. That almost always

Re: [WiX-users] -reusecab doesn't work on dynamic views

2011-02-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Feb-11 09:44, maksim.vazhe...@emc.com wrote: Robocopy to a temp directory is not a very good solution for it... There can be problems, if many people will build package at one time on a build server, there can be not enough space in %temp% directory. Use hard links. They take up no

Re: [WiX-users] Incorrect ICE81 when using PackageCertificates

2011-02-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Feb-11 13:23, Mike Edenfield wrote: Since I am referencing the MsiDigitalCertificate record in MsiPackageCertificate, I shouldn't be getting this warning. I'm assuming that the ICE validation routines run by WiX aren't updated for Windows Installer 4.5; is there a way to get them

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFoldersEX error in VS2005

2011-02-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Feb-11 10:55, Rob Mensching wrote: I *think* Bob fixed this in a recent build. That was just a schema fix. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFoldersEX error in VS2005

2011-02-13 Thread Bob Arnson
On 13-Feb-11 14:25, ERWLive wrote: The output window is included below. -ext looks properly set. It works for me on Visual Studio 2010: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xmlns:util=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension;

Re: [WiX-users] Burn MsiPackage, ExePackage, and UI

2011-02-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-Feb-11 20:11, Hoyt, David wrote: I'm chaining several MSIs and believe it or not, I want to show the UIs of each package. Is there a way to turn that on/off per package (and subsequently remove the default burn UI's install location?)? Not today. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Missing REMOVE button on Windows XP for non-admin user

2011-02-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 31-Jan-11 08:49, Poulopoulos, Vassilis wrote: If I create a trivial installer and specify ALLUSERS 1 then the Add/Remove Programs window does not show a 'Remove' (or any other) button if I'm logged as a non-admin user. Other installed applications however do, and clicking on the their

Re: [WiX-users] ALLUSERS property yields Error 1001?

2011-02-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Jan-11 03:44, Rune Moberg wrote: Error 1001. An exception occurred while uninstalling. This exception will be ignored and the uninstall will continue. However, the application might not be fully uninstalled after the uninstall is complete. -- The specified service does not exist as an

Re: [WiX-users] WixCreateInternetShortcuts: Error 0x8000ffff:failed toset shortcut

2011-02-01 Thread Bob Arnson
On 31-Jan-11 14:23, Chad Petersen wrote: Thanks for your help. Turns out the customer did not have IE or any other browser installed on this particular computer. Hadn't run into that before. Heh, funny. Can you enter a feature request to add a ContinueOnError attribute, like exists for some

Re: [WiX-users] Install skips welcome page

2010-11-30 Thread Bob Arnson
On 30-Nov-10 02:17, Neil Sleightholm wrote: If you run the install on a clean machine then the welcome page is displayed during the initial page and then it jumps straight to the licence page. That's not the welcome page; it just looks like it.

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