On 6/19/2010 4:06 AM, Stefan Kuhr wrote:
is it possible to use the DefaultVersion attribute for unversioned files?
No. DefaultVersion just sets the File.Version column. See the MSI SDK
doc for the File table for limitations.
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On 6/21/2010 5:49 PM, Matt Johnson wrote:
Is this a safe approach?
No. It's undocumented internal MSI data. Every time somebody mucks with
it, there's one more reason the MSI team has to waste time supporting
broken apps instead of moving the platform forward.
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On 6/21/2010 5:36 AM, Bijay Agarwal wrote:
I have to check for the presence of a product. If the product is absent I
need to use a warning msg and then continue the installation without exiting.
Check the WiX setup source code; it has a warning dialog like you're
describing.
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On 6/15/2010 4:33 AM, Óscar Alberto wrote:
I have created a msi with customized bitmaps (the company logo and all
that stuff). While doing a normal installation, the images looks good;
the problem comes when I try to make a patch: the msp file continues
using the default bitmaps.
Check a
On 6/8/2010 1:47 AM, vijay chander wrote:
Here i'm trying to attain functionality through COM DLL which would be
similar to installation using the following command:
msiexec /i sampleInstaller.msi PROPNAME=1 /qb
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/05/30/feature-conditions-and-ui/
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On 6/11/2010 4:05 PM, Alan Sinclair wrote:
Unavoidably in AppV2.MSI Myfile.inf has moved to a new component, CompB,
with new GUID.
That violates component rules, so all bets are off.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367849%28VS.85%29.aspx
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On 6/8/2010 12:20 PM, bpackard wrote:
embedded, the other may not be. When the Package is set to Compressed=yes
the external file cannot be found - the msi expects it to be in the
SourceRoot, even though it is supposed to be in a subordinate folder.
That's how MSI works with loose files in an
On 6/8/2010 6:22 PM, Adam Langley wrote:
C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\candle.exe
-dTasks=D:\TFSBuild\Temp\Product\Installers_v1.0_Trunk\Sources\Tasks\
Put quotes around the entire -d argument.
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On 6/9/2010 9:04 PM, John Ketchpaw wrote:
Using this config file,
WiX v3.5 contains an updated .config file for SfxCA.
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On 6/7/2010 8:10 AM, warne warne wrote:
Hi, is it any way possible possible to do a minor upgrade and automatically
remove related products in the background?
No, that's a major upgrade.
The scenario is I made some bug fixes to our product that dont seem to
warrant a major upgrade. My
On 6/7/2010 2:48 AM, Bijay Agarwal wrote:
Property Id=ADDLOCAL Value=ALL/
The MSI doc says you should not set ADDLOCAL to all. Use AddLocal in
Publish elements instead. Then check a verbose log to see which features
are being installed.
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On 6/7/2010 12:13 PM, pmarkey wrote:
Is there a way to ensure the system will use the custom version of Error1730
instead of the default version found in the WixUI_en-us.wxl file without
modifying the default version directly?
Just include it without the Overridable attribute; it will
On 6/7/2010 8:58 PM, Manuel Aude wrote:
Property Id=DOTNET35SP1INSTSomeDir\dotnetfx35.exe/Property
That won't work -- you can't install the .NET Framework as a custom action.
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On 6/2/2010 7:06 PM, Nathan Zaugg wrote:
I think I now have some insight. The reason I can't connect is
because WIX detected that SQL Server was using a file that was
included in the installation and stopped SQL Server during the
uninstall.
WiX doesn't do that (unless you tell it to)
On 6/2/2010 10:47 AM, Bruce Cran wrote:
ServiceControl Id=sctp_service Name=Sctp Start=install Stop=both
Remove=uninstall/
That might work but note that MSI explicitly says it doesn't support
drivers as services.
The sctp service (a kernel driver) works without problems during
On 6/2/2010 3:25 AM, Rob Hamflett wrote:
I'm seeing some behaviour I don't understand. If you modify an installation,
but don't actually add
or remove any features, then I thought nothing happened. If I delete a
folder before the modify,
then the installer repairs it. I'm not seeing
On 5/27/2010 5:14 AM, xx wrote:
author a dialog with a sequence number of -1 reveals that the Wix
publish dialog tag refuses to take negative numbers. Unless I missed
something, I suspect that I may probably be able to replace any dialog,
but not the ExitDialog, UserExit and FatalError
On 5/26/2010 12:14 PM, Nick Ramirez wrote:
Anyone know more about the -1 action state during the UI portion?
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/04/09/feature-states-in-component-conditions/
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On 4/29/2010 3:57 AM, vunder wrote:
this.schema =
LoadXmlSchemaHelper(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(),
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.Xsd.InterBase.xsd);
Check your extension assembly using ILDasm or Reflector to make sure the
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On 4/27/2010 1:56 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote:
Also, which do you think should work - building from the zip or cvs or
both?
CVS
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On 4/26/2010 7:18 PM, gapearce wrote:
I think you need to check one more bit. The example you linked to
previously doesn't check the suite name.
It does:
if (VER_SUITE_WH_SERVER == (ovix.wSuiteMask VER_SUITE_WH_SERVER))
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On 4/27/2010 11:23 AM, glenneroo wrote:
InstallUISequence
Custom Action=ReadConfigFiles After=InstallDirDlg /
Show Dialog=ServerConfigDialog After=ReadConfigFiles /
/InstallUISequence
Once the UI sequence starts the modal wizard pages, processing is
controlled by control events,
On 4/28/2010 1:35 AM, Navid Azimi-Garakani wrote:
MSI (s) (24:DC) [22:30:46:016]: Doing action: InstallServices
MSI (s) (24:DC) [22:30:46:016]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText
Action start 22:30:46: InstallServices.
Action ended 22:30:46: InstallServices. Return value 1.
That's the log
On 4/26/2010 10:42 PM, Navid Azimi-Garakani wrote:
Is this late enough so upgrade does not modify anything outside of the
feature?
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On 4/26/2010 10:53 AM, Nick Ramirez wrote:
I've looked through the source code for Light and I think I've generally got
a good idea about the order of things. I'm just not sure we've found all the
ways to optimize.
Difficult to say without really knowing your system. In general,
On 4/25/2010 6:41 PM, gapearce wrote:
Thanks for the hint, Bob. I ran the installer and produced a log, but I
don't see anything obviously wrong in there. (But I'm a noob). I ran this
on a WH Server, using V3.0.5419 of WiX, and it prevents me from installing.
Which release of WHS? I
On 4/26/2010 2:21 AM, Lisa Gracias wrote:
I know the Winamp installer uses NSIS, but does Wix (or rather, Windows
Installer) have something similar that would let me create a checkbox tree?
Nope. You can get a feature tree or you can get checkboxes but not even
a checkbox list view.
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On 4/25/2010 4:17 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote:
The details are here
http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-create-wix-build-mach
ine.html, they are all broken in CVS for 3.5 and not in the binaries zip
at all.
That's the same as in v3.0, right? Like I said, any that are missing
On 4/26/2010 2:22 PM, Navid Azimi-Garakani wrote:
Is it possible to upgrade only a specific feature within an MSI?
No, but if you use late scheduling for RemoveExistingProducts,
components that are unchanged in the upgrade product won't be modified
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On 4/22/2010 12:45 PM, Pally Sandher wrote:
If only I could get the same sort of improvements out of msimsp.exe too
They don't have multiple cabs, so the same approach doesn't work.
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On 4/23/2010 6:24 PM, Alan Sinclair wrote:
File Id=lwf.cat CompanionFile=lwf.inf Name=lwf.cat Vital=yes
Source=Z:\sdk\install\lwf.cat /
Can you file a bug? Companion files should be versioned files; ICE60
implies they must be.
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Check a verbose log for the WixQueryOsInfo custom action.
On 4/22/2010 6:34 PM, gapearce wrote:
Bump?
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On 4/25/2010 8:26 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote:
Rob, could I suggest that as a first step we (I don't mind helping if that
helps) get the source zip file working? At the moment it is not complete and
that is why I use CVS. Also, as of 3.5.1623.0 it fails to build due to
missing/incorrect
On 4/22/2010 7:29 PM, Sascha Beaumont wrote:
No, heat doesn't harvest 64-bit information.
I just do a find/replace (sed would work from the command line if it
needs scripting)
Find: Guid=*
Replace: Guid=* Win64=yes
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On 4/21/2010 8:41 PM, Nick K wrote:
If I create merge modules, and then place each merge module into its own .cab
(for the final .msi), will that tell light not to un-pack and re-pack all the
files?
No. Merge modules have their own embedded .cabs but their files need to
be sequenced
On 4/21/2010 7:08 AM, stevenjly...@hbosplc.com wrote:
Will ServiceInstall 'update' an existing service?
Probably, but note that it will also uninstall the service when the
product is uninstalled.
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On 4/22/2010 1:08 PM, Younie, Bradford wrote:
Now, I need to produce a 64-bit version of the same product, but I build it
all on a 32-bit computer. When heat tries to harvest the data from the 64-bit
DLL and TLB, it fails. I understand why it fails: it can't load the 64-bit
DLL on a 32-bit
On 4/22/2010 1:57 PM, Nick Ramirez wrote:
We'd like to optimize our calls to Light and any info about the order of
things would really help.
It would also be implementation-dependent and likely to change. What are
you looking to optimize?
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On 4/17/2010 5:53 AM, S.P wrote:
I want to create an install package with WiX,but light command is very very
slow. It takes about 5 hours to run and create the install package. My
install package will copy 45478 files and 2190 folder on system.So it
includes a large number of files to
On 4/16/2010 6:43 PM, Vishwajit Walke wrote:
LicenseDlg - SharePointversionDlg - SharePointWebAppPortDlg - Initiates
Spawn dialog on certain condition - PortNotAvailableDlg
From this SpawnDialog PortNotAvailableDlg, I've two options :
1. Click Next To Navigate to next Custom
On 4/14/2010 5:08 PM, Sironi, Mark wrote:
I did some digging in the Wix2010.targets file and found the below
target, ResolveProjectReferences. It looks like the secondMSBuild/
command should be invoked to actually build the project (based on the
comments). However when the build runs via
On 4/16/2010 9:04 AM, Thomas Kehl wrote:
Mmhh - this isn't a warning - ist an error - I cannot compile it with this.
Is there a switch, that I can handle this as a warning and ignore it?
It's not supported -- that's why it's an error. The MSI SDK is clear
that 32-bit packages cannot
On 4/14/2010 11:07 AM, Dariel Marlow wrote:
That's exactly why it is of concern; it doesn't remove the temp directory
after running. The other is not a native-code custom action, both are managed.
Probably one is run from an installed assembly and the other is in the
Binary table? Please
On 4/13/2010 9:52 PM, Dariel Marlow wrote:
I have another installer that is running with elevated privileges and its
deferred custom actions are executing from the windows\installer directory. I
can't find why one runs from the program files directory while the other runs
from windows
On 4/14/2010 9:26 AM, Johann Taferl, T-AU wrote:
try using the windows installer clean up to delete the entry in your
software list.
Avoid MsiZap at all costs: It modifies MSI's knowledge of what's
installed but doesn't actually remove any resources. Instead of mucking
around with
On 4/14/2010 2:58 AM, Erich Nurr wrote:
now only the defined value ( - ) will be set and not the Value of the
Property which should be like:
c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe
You're not setting that property; you're setting the property
ASPNETREGIIS. Don't
On 4/13/2010 10:02 PM, puyo puy wrote:
Thanks for your quick response. Is that possible to detect the spelling check
feature and display “Feature already installed” when it already installed by
other product?
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On 4/13/2010 6:23 AM, John Aldridge wrote:
That seems to have done the trick... no crashes for a week now, and we
were getting one every few days. Thank you!
Good to know but you shouldn't have to; there's a bug lurking there.
Could you turn on verbose MSBuild logging and capture another
On 4/13/2010 6:11 PM, Dariel Marlow wrote:
When running the deferred custom action, a directory is created in the
installation directory. The log files says that the custom action is being
extracted to a temporary folder. Why is it not doing this in the typical temp
directory?
On 4/13/2010 10:43 AM, Erich Nurr wrote:
Warning 2 The 'ASPNETREGIIS' Property contains '[ASPNETREGIIS]'
in its value
which is an illegal reference to another property. If this value is a
string literal, not a property reference, please ignore this warning. To
set a property
On 4/13/2010 8:18 PM, puyo puy wrote:
I got
multiple products that will deploy the same feature. For example Word,
Excel and PowerPoint standalone MSI will deploy
spelling check feature. If any of these
products already installed spelling check feature, running other products
setup
On 4/12/2010 10:27 AM, Michael Clark wrote:
I have a PowerShell snapin that I'd like to use the ps:SnapIn however
when I use it my SnapIn gets registered with the wrong name and version
number. If I use the InstallUtil.exe program the snapin gets registered
properly. Anyone have any Idea as to
On 4/13/2010 10:38 AM, Rodney Schuler wrote:
RegistrySearch Id=TheirProductName Root=HKLM
Key=Software\TheirCompany\TheirProduct\[THEIRCURVER]\[THEIRCURLANG]
Name=ProductName Type=raw/RegistrySearch
You can't rely on using the results of one AppSearch in another like
that because
On 4/13/2010 9:04 AM, Jeffrey Bindinga wrote:
Where should I be looking in this case?
Verbose log. It will show you what MSI decided to do with each feature
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On 4/11/2010 11:21 PM, jeff00seattle wrote:
I read within some blog pertaining to WiX, is that the preferred layout
style is to separate the definition of the directory Directory from the file
components that are within it by using DirectoryRef, and listing the
components within these.
On 4/12/2010 1:01 AM, Sascha Beaumont wrote:
Are you planning to support installation on Win9x systems?
If so, then yes you should address this warning. However if you're not
planning to support Win9x systems you can safely ignore this
limitation.
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On 4/12/2010 7:48 AM, MYFLEX wrote:
what are the steps i should follow to work with visual studio 2010?
Download WiX v3.5 from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/. WiX v3.0
doesn't know about VS2010.
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On 4/12/2010 7:15 AM, Pally Sandher wrote:
No problem. It's only been posted to the list 5 times in the last 3
months it's only the 3rd result when searching for WiX Remove license
dialog on Google so it's easy to never have come across it before.
Hey, it's #2 on Bing.
On 4/12/2010 8:00 AM, Benjamin Podszun wrote:
(Maybe related: Why is heat generating a component per file anyway?
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/
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On 4/12/2010 3:26 PM, lewisv wrote:
I figure a custom action called after costinitialize could get the locations
just fine. Even return the default directories as needed. My question though
is how to organize the directory xml, and put my directories in there.
If you're setting the target
On 4/12/2010 5:35 PM, Dan Thompson (SBS) wrote:
What's the roadmap for 3.5? Like, when will it be released? I'm hesitant to
ship an MSI built by a non-release version of WiX.
When it's ready is the stock answer.
On 4/12/2010 9:33 PM, Navid Azimi-Garakani wrote:
I realize that this has been a long standing
issuehttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=9EE4B5B02235CB43ACFE2376CC2F11F0D03891%40ntxbeus04.exchange.xchg
but I am working on getting the WiX toolset to compile and run as
On 4/10/2010 12:01 PM, Thomas Svare wrote:
Thanks Bob. We've got some dll's that support the current versions of
MS Exchange and we only build the 64 bit versions.
Yep, that's a use case that Heat doesn't currently cover. It's only
going to get more important as time goes on, but it's a
On 4/9/2010 4:21 PM, Jan Bilek wrote:
We are executing one application (as a deferred CA with Impersonate
attribute set to 'No') during the installation process to create a
registry key with permissions for user who started the installation.
1. Per-machine installers should avoid setting
On 4/9/2010 10:34 AM, Scharp, Craig wrote:
I would like to run a custom action that runs if the install fails. Has
anyone successfully done that? I f so, any suggestions would be great.
See Custom/@OnExit in WiX.chm and InstallExecuteSequence Table in the
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On 4/8/2010 5:27 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote:
But there wouldn't be any project references as they are external
assemblies.
OK. Feel free to file the bug; there are others in the triage team that
are more sympathetic to harvesting.
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On 4/9/2010 3:52 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote:
Therefore, when one has a question one needs to formulate it so that the
question demonstrates understanding. A general format for a question is I'm
trying to ... I have tried ... I read that ... I don't understand why ... Can
you
On 4/9/2010 8:15 AM, Pally Sandher wrote:
InstallPrivileges can only be set to either limited or elevated. I'm
assuming you mean InstallScope in which case yes that's all it does
according to the documentation -
InstallScope controls the package elevation bit (equivalent to
On 4/8/2010 9:46 PM, Patrick van der Velde wrote:
I've noticed that the MSI files created by WiX have some of their file
properties (e.g. Authors, Revision number etc.) set to values that
must be produced by WiX. However I'm uncertain how to go about
setting those values.
They're set by
On 4/9/2010 8:06 AM, Andy Clugston wrote:
You sure? Still looks closed.
I hate bad Web apps. Open now.
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On 4/9/2010 4:41 AM, Simon wrote:
the file: c:\users\[USER]\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.tmp\ is not a valid
installation package for the product
Does anyone have an idea what could be causing this?
Check a verbose log. Sounds like the upgrade needed the original package
but your
On 4/9/2010 12:46 PM, Thomas Svare wrote:
SelfReg. How do I harvest registration information from 64 bit dlls?
Heat doesn't support 64-bit DLLs. Use it on the 32-bit version; unless
it's a horribly-written DLL, the self-reg info will be essentially the
same, once it's put in a 64-bit
On 4/7/2010 9:55 PM, Jeff Perrigo wrote:
I am trying to do an admin install of an MSI with a conditional feature and I
need the feature to be installed regardless of the condition.
As documented, admin installs install all features except those with
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On 4/6/2010 6:31 PM, Alex Ivanoff wrote:
3.5.1602 still no project/item templates in VS 2008 SP1.
There's no bug on that issue. Please file one with details.
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On 4/8/2010 6:58 AM, Rhodes, John wrote:
Does anyone know if there any issues or even if its possible to run Wix 3.0
integrated with VS2010?
No, WiX v3.0 doesn't support it. There are no breaking changes in the
core toolset, so I'd recommend v3.5 over trying to hack bits of it into
v3.0.
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On 4/6/2010 5:23 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote:
I have checked this again and using heat with the options -pog:Binaries
-pog:Satellites -pog:Content the referenced assemblies are not
included.
I thought they'd end up as Content.
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On 4/7/2010 7:49 AM, Andy Clugston wrote:
WixIIsExtension.dll version: 3.0.5217.0
Try upgrading to WiX v3.0 RTM.
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On 4/6/2010 1:04 PM, Michael Schlitt wrote:
I believe you have make something in the Component section point to a KeyPath
and if there is not something in the Component Section that points to KeyPath
then create a Registy Key that does this for you.
This occurs when the package doesn't
On 4/7/2010 1:16 PM, Andrew Ziem wrote:
My MSI installs an application called SideCIC.EXE. It needs to
initialize a Windows Event Viewer container which can be done if I run
'SideCIC.EXE /initialize'.
WiX includes the EventSource element to create event sources without the
need for fragile
On 4/8/2010 4:54 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote:
Afraid not, Content just includes icons, images etc (mainly useful for
web apps). I have checked this with 3.0 and 3.5. I feel this is quite a
big hole in the project harvester, is it worth a bug report?
You can try.g I don't think it's a bug
On 4/8/2010 11:08 AM, Xmun wrote:
Is there a way to launch two applications?
WiX provides the custom actions to launch one; if you want two, you need
to author those additional custom actions yourself.
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On 4/8/2010 1:14 PM, Sam Domonkos wrote:
I know this is not specifically WiX 3.5, but I have a custom action that
will run on XP 32bit, Windows7 32 and 64bit, but will not run on Windows
Server 2008 R2.
Use Dependency Walker to see if the DLL has dependencies you're not
accounting for.
On 4/8/2010 9:55 AM, Andy Clugston wrote:
Upgrading to the RTM (5419) did not help. Same issues.
I reopened the old bug. Please attach sample authoring and a verbose log
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I added another request: I got a report that the bug occurs most often
on Virtual PC virtual machines and it seems to be a common issue on
various blogs.
On 4/4/2010 2:50 PM, Bob Arnson wrote:
Please see http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/04/04/bug-hunting/ for
details how you can help track
Please see http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/04/04/bug-hunting/ for details
how you can help track down the bug.
On 4/3/2010 4:58 PM, s...@pacaccess.com wrote:
I have a similar problem. It doesn't happen 100% of the time, and it
doesn't have anything to do with large number of files (I only have
On 4/2/2010 6:08 PM, Rajendra Magar wrote:
Whenever I try to install my msi, I get a popup dialog with the message
Please wait while the installer finishes determining you disk space
requirements. and Return button.
This is right after I accept the terms in the License Agreement followed by
On 4/1/2010 6:55 AM, John Aldridge wrote:
I have a Votive(MSI) project in Visual Studio which sometimes crashes
right at the end of the build with the traceback
Try setting the RunWixToolsOutOfProc property in your .wixproj file and
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On 4/1/2010 9:28 AM, Viv Coco wrote:
shown to the user to modify as needed (I give the user the chance to
change it by running notepad.exe with my conf file during installing)
You can't run UI during InstallExecuteSequence. You should let the user
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On 3/31/2010 8:41 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote:
Afraid not that only gets the primary output not referenced assemblies.
Aren't they in the content output group?
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On 3/31/2010 6:06 AM, Pally Sandher wrote:
gives the same error (as expected). I can work around this simply by
adding a RegistryValue to each component setting it as the KeyPath for
those components but does anyone know if this is expected behaviour or a
bug with these types of components?
On 3/30/2010 9:11 AM, Trond Andersen wrote:
Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder
ProgramFilesFolder provides the default. Check a verbose log to see what
MSI thinks the Program Files folder is named.
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On 3/31/2010 2:31 PM, little.forest wrote:
Actually we asked the vendor first, but they told us sorry, we don't support
Wix...
They don't have to support WiX, just MSI.
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On 3/31/2010 8:55 AM, Markus Karg wrote:
tried to link it using LIGHT. LIGHT says that there is a duplicate in
that fragment, so we checked the fragment. In fact, there is no
duplicate:
What's the exact error message?
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On 3/31/2010 6:50 PM, Dan Thompson (SBS) wrote:
We are upgrading our toolset to use .NET 4.0, but I found that light.exe
failed, because it thought that a particular file was not a valid assembly.
Not surprising, since light.exe probably uses standard reflection APIs, and
can't grok a .NET
On 3/31/2010 4:07 AM, Michael Bednarek wrote:
However, what about keeping track of additional files like config files, text
files, etc for your application?
There's nothing in WiX to communicate with build systems about the
payloads. Feel free to file a feature request -- or implement it! --
Please keep wix-users on the thread so everyone can participate.
You can reschedule overridable custom actions by including them
(optionally with a new condition) in your InstallExecuteSequence (and
other *Sequence elements).
On 3/30/2010 11:13 AM, Christopher Hughes wrote:
Hi Bob,
You
On 3/28/2010 1:40 PM, Vishwajit Walke wrote:
Publish Dialog=SharePointWebAppNameAndPortDlg Control=Back
Event=Newdialog Value=SharepointVersion1/Publish
...
Note : The error description for the code 2812 is The event[2] is not
recognized in the Windows Installer Error Message
On 3/29/2010 11:34 AM, Jeff Yates wrote:
I had wix 3.0 installed and built four wix projects in vs 2008 sp1; 1
library and 3 installers referencing that wixlib. I compiled alll with
pedantic warning level. Everything worked. Now, I have installed the beta of
3.5 and the installers fail to
On 3/29/2010 3:56 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote:
I am afraid that is how heat works, it only finds the primary output and
no referenced assemblies. If you want the referenced assemblies then you
have to heat those projects or files independently.
Or use the -pog switch, right?
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On 3/29/2010 12:52 AM, si wrote:
So it appears light is doing something funky based on the .h file
extension. Is there any way to avoid this?
WiX includes .h files and they work. Anything else odd?
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