Ok, so here is a final, tested and fully working solution, which also
takes into account a previously installed version, so in case of an
upgrade the already installed location is used by default. The steps
below are in the order of execution, figured out from the msi logs.
All of this is under a
Hi,
I added an icon to my bundle, the bundle executable now shows an icon in
explorer. However, when started I still have no icon showing on the
top-left corner of the stdba. I am using a 32x32 ico file specified in
Bundle/@IconSourceFile. Am I missing something?
Cheers:Peter
computer in
exactly the same state (which means no bundle installed in ARP as a
separate product). Users will have to uninstall each of the 7 products
individually in both cases.
Cheers:
Peter
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Bob Arnson b...@joyofsetup.com wrote:
On 24-Jan-12 07:14, Peter Bulyaki wrote
Hi,
I have a bundle installer that installs several MSIs, but the bundle itself
does not register itself as a separate product in ARP. I have created a
bundle with the latest build (2520), then I installed it. Then I tried to
uninstall it the ususal way: I uninstalled the components one by one.
as a separate product? When I install my bundle I only
want the individual products to be installed, but not the bundle.
Cheers:
Peter
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Peter Bulyaki peter.buly...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi,
I have a bundle installer that installs several MSIs, but the bundle
itself does
This bug was set to fixed, and I've been waiting for the next WiX build to
see the fix. Unfortunately the bug still appears to be there in 3.6.2520.
Error 0x80004005: Failed to initialize built-in variable value
'ProgramFilesFolder'.
Briefly the problem is that the builtin burn variable
I forgot to include the related bug:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=3419080group_id=105970atid=642714
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Peter Bulyaki peter.buly...@gmail.comwrote:
This bug was set to fixed, and I've been waiting for the next WiX build to
see the fix
Hi,
I have run into a problem with bundles. I need to run a RegistrySearch to
set a variable. Then I would like to use the content of this variable to
set another variable. However the order of executing util:RegistrySearch
and Variable cannot be changed. When I look at the logs, Variable
Hi,
Here is the bug:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=642714aid=3419080group_id=105970
The above bug was causing me lots of headaches - this bug is still not
fixed in the last 3.6 beta, and I can't spend time on building WiX from
source. Without this fix I can't use the Options
)
Before=CostFinalizeINSTALLFOLDER/SetProperty
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Peter Bulyaki peter.buly...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi,
Here is the bug:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=642714aid=3419080group_id=105970
The above bug was causing me lots of headaches - this bug is still
Hi All,
First I thought that this is an obvious question and someone asked it
already, but could not find an answer anywhere. Could someone please let me
know if the Install location textbox is setting any WixVariable or
Property at all? And if I could get FileSystemAutoComplete=yes working
Cache=no
SourceFile=c:\path\to\MyPackage.msi
MsiProperty Name='TARGETDIR' Value='[InstallFolder]' /
/MsiPackage
So is this a missing feature at the moment?
Peter
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Peter Bulyaki peter.buly...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi All,
First I thought
ok, I've just found this, I will have to update my WiX installation:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=3419080group_id=105970atid=642714
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Peter Bulyaki peter.buly...@gmail.comwrote:
I am trying this now, but it seems
Hi,
I have found the article in the WiX chm file about setting my product icon:
Icon Id=icon.ico SourceFile=MySourceFiles\icon.ico/
Property Id=ARPPRODUCTICON Value=icon.ico /
I've changed this slightly, and instead of an icon file I specifiy my main
executable (which contains the product
.
-Original Message-
From: Peter Bulyaki [mailto:peter.buly...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 8:27 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Problem with file association and harvesting files
Hi,
I have a project in which all files
, Peter Bulyaki peter.buly...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi,
Thanks for your reply. A transform in this my would be too complicated - I
run my wix builds based on conditions set in environment variables, so I
would need a conditional transform. I am not saying it is impossible to do,
but since heat is run
in the registry. So the installer
thought that something got corrupted, and it stopped with an error. I am
not 100% sure about this, but this is my theory.
Peter
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Peter Bulyaki peter.buly...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi Guys,
This is my first email to this list. I have already
Hi,
I am replying myself, I have found one possible solution.
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Peter Bulyaki
Hi Guys,
I removed the Bundle/@Name element from my wxs file, because I don't want
to see the bundle name in the Add/Remove Programs list. However, this
removed the title from
Hi,
I have a project in which all files are harvested recursively from a single
source folder. I would also like to add a file association to this project
as below:
Component Id='FileAssociation' Guid=*
File Id=AssociatedExecutable
Name=$(env.MAIN_EXECUTABLE)
Hi Guys,
I removed the Bundle/@Name element from my wxs file, because I don't want
to see the bundle name in the Add/Remove Programs list. However, this
removed the title from the bootstrapper UI too. Is there any other way to
get rid of the bundle name in Add/Remove Programs while keeping the
Hi,
It is an exe because it is a bundle installer (it is installing multiple
MSI files I assume). A bundle can't be an msi, it is because of the
limitations of the msi format.
- The exact same problem happened to me when my Windows Installer service
got broken. You should try re-registering it:
Hi Guys,
This is my first email to this list. I have already seen the very same
problem somewhere else, but there was no satisfying solution to it.
I have 7 installers created with WiX. 3 of them are windows services. Most
of them use post-install and pre-uninstall scripts in the form of batch
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