Re: [WiX-users] Several questions

you can create a dll with your C# code and make your required functions available in dll. this dll cane be registered as binary in WIX code base and it's exposed function can be run as custom actions during installation. - Original Message - From: Rob L pir...@yahoo.com To:

Re: [WiX-users] WiX vs NSIS

NSIS. We have initially NSIS based installer which was migrated to WIX after some time. MSI based installers are future of windows installation technology. Regards, Sanjay Rao On 4/17/2013 6:32 PM, Nick Miller wrote: Hey guys, thank you for all of your great responses. Allow me to provide

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Upgrades when only revision number changes

/ note at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370859%28v=vs.85%29.aspx and /Windows Installer only uses the first 3 parts of the version in upgrade scenarios/ at http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major_upgrade.htm Regards, Sanjay Rao On 12/17/2012 5:39 PM, Ed Tenholder

Re: [WiX-users] Install the Visual C++ redistributables file vcredist_x86.exe

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Re: [WiX-users] Install the Visual C++ redistributables file vcredist_x86.exe

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[WiX-users] remote installer + bootstrapper

capability to launch installer on multiple machines in one go. Can anybody give some pointers that how to start on this ? Many-many thanks in advance. Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current

[WiX-users] remote installer + bootstrapper

capability to launch installer on multiple machines in one go. Can anybody give some pointers that how to start on this ? Many-many thanks in advance. Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current

[WiX-users] block installation of 32 bit installaer if 64 bit installer is already installed

Hi, I want to block installation of 32 bit installer if 64 bit installer is already installed on same machine. Is there ant straight way in Wix to detect the platform of a installed package ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Sanjay Rao

[WiX-users] how to create a single component in output wxs file for whole directory using heat

installer become faster or not after having a less number of components. Does anybody knows that how to create minimum number of components for one directory using heat ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Enable your software

[WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

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Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2011/1/14/ARPINSTALLLOCATION-and-how- to-set-it-with-the-WiX-toolset but I don't know how you would recall that. Neil -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: 02 February 2011 19:01 To: wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

what will be way to do this using WIX ? I ruled out the registry storing/retrieving method, because there is a considerable amount of xml needs to be written for it. I would not mind it if there is some straightaway method of getting older install location using WIX. Regards, Sanjay Rao On 02

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3.5 released!

will source written for 3.0 work into 3.5 ? -Regards, Sanjay Rao On 31-01-2011 21:51, Tony Juricic wrote: Yey!!! -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 10:07 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset

Re: [WiX-users] Wix upgrade process does not consider 4th part of the version string

Hi, This is not a better solution at all. Sometimes user can support same version upgrade. On the other times he can have support of modifying the existing installation using installer. We cannot stop installation in case of same version. Regards, Sanjay Rao On 16-01-2011 18:47, Rob

[WiX-users] Wix upgrade process does not consider 4th part of the version string

the first 3 parts of the Is there any way in Wix to take care of 4th part of version string in upgrade process ? OR Do I need to dive into clumsy custom action thing to take care this ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Sanjay Rao Digital Media Group, Interra Systems s...@interrasystems.com

[WiX-users] Can we launch an MSI installer on a remote machine ???????????

Hi, Can we launch an MSI installer on a remote machine ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Sanjay Rao Digital Media Group, Interra Systems s...@interrasystems.com Phone: +1-408-873-1212 http://www.interrasystems.com -- Increase

[WiX-users] how to get error code returned by custom action

Hi, Does anybody have any idea, how to get the error code returned by a custom action? I want to display a dialog box based upon the return code of the custom action. Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Start uncovering the many

[WiX-users] how to detect that a anti virus or firewall is stopping from running a custom action

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Re: [WiX-users] not able to access unc locations in deffered custom actions

or other code running as the installing user I can guess it might be fine, but with impersonation turned off you're running with the system account, and that rarely has any network privileges. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent

Re: [WiX-users] not able to access unc locations in deffered custom actions

access the network. This is why trying to do your own custom copying in these situations is frequently a bad idea. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 10:55 AM To: General discussion for Windows

[WiX-users] not able to access unc locations in deffered custom actions

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[WiX-users] Installer crashes on windows 2008 server

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Re: [WiX-users] Installer crashes on windows 2008 server

But it does not have issues if I do not click on return button. rahul.ekb...@sungard.com wrote: Hi, Windows 2008 is with very high security. So please check do you have permissions on registry, folder (drive), temp folder etc. Thanks, Rahul -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao

[WiX-users] browse for backup directory

various events unknown to me. Regards, Sanjay Rao Pally Sandher wrote: The stock WiX UI's are found lacking when it comes to MSP support. You'll find a lot of the text controls on certain dialogs e.g. ProgressDlg is conditioned with AND NOT PATCH so you end up with blank dialogs which you'll

[WiX-users] How to detect which older version is already present on target machine ?

how to detect which older version of product is already present on target machine ? Regards, Sanjay -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit

[WiX-users] Problem in patch creation

for this. Thanks Regards, Sanjay Rao ÿþ ***** Log starting: 2010-07-14 11:13:57 ***** INFO: Using Pcp Path: E:\WixTest\WixInstaller\update.pcp. INFO: Using Temporary

[WiX-users] Problem in patch creation

Hi, I am creating a patch for my installer. I have my base version installer and new installer. when I try to create patch, It fails(logs attached). Does anybody have any idea ? Thanks Regards, Sanjay Rao ÿþ ***** Log starting: 2010-07-09 13:17:19

[WiX-users] how to select the previously installed features by default while upgrading

Hi, I have a installer which has three independent features. user can select any of them. when user upgrades to newer version, how can I select only those features which were installed with previous version ? Regards, Sanjay Rao

Re: [WiX-users] Feature specific Custom Actions

use this condition to execute your custom action Custom Action='CutomActionID' After='InstallInitialize'![CDATA[(FeatureID2)]] /Custom -Sanjay Rao Boris Klyachko wrote: Hi there I need to perform some custom actions only if a particular feature of my product has been selected

[WiX-users] how to disable/remove Entire feature will be installed on local hard drive option from feature selection tree

Hi All, I have a installer which has 3 features. These features do not have sub features. Can I disable Entire feature will be installed on local hard drive option from feature selection tree. Regards, Sanjay Rao

Re: [WiX-users] services stops at logoff

as a cause. There's nothing that appears odd in the registration that would cause that, so I'm wondering about code in the service itself. -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 10:50 PM To: General discussion for Windows

[WiX-users] wix installer is very slow.

installation. - I want make this time down to around 10-15 minutes. What are possible schemes for that ? - Is there any mechanism to define force upgrade for each component ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- This SF.net email is sponsored

[WiX-users] Go back to previous version

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Re: [WiX-users] Go back to previous version

Message- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: 07 July 2010 11:34 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Go back to previous version Hi, We use msi installer for our software and we are using WIX toolset for that. After

Re: [WiX-users] Go back to previous version

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Re: [WiX-users] wix installer is very slow.

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[WiX-users] installer for both platforms(32 bit and 64 bit)

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Re: [WiX-users] installer for both platforms(32 bit and 64 bit)

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Re: [WiX-users] Go back to previous version

Any body have any idea about this ? Sanjay Rao wrote: If I put files in CommonAppData, In that case also files generated by newer version are not valid for older version. Is there any way to backup older files/setting up a restore point for a particular directory. Pally Sandher wrote

[WiX-users] services stops at logoff

Hi All, I have a installer which installs 3 services(auto-start). services stops when user logoff. Can I install services in such a way that services won;t stop at logout. Regards, Sanjay Rao -- This SF.net email

Re: [WiX-users] services stops at logoff

='ownProcess' makes any difference ? Thanks for your reply. Blair wrote: Do the services happen to be marked Interactive? -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 10:18 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the text of the license agreement dialog

you can do it by defining a WixVariable element under product element. WixVariable Id=WixUILicenseRtf Value=res/License.rtf / Adi Sashkis wrote: Hi all, It's my first time using Wix and I am currently working on my installer's UI. In order to produce my UI I am using the UI Wizard with the

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction on Uninstall but not upgrade

use condition (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=ALL) cge wrote: I have a custom action that should only run on uninstall, but not run during an upgrade. After browsing the list archives and other sites, I came up with the following: Custom Action='SetUnDeployParams'

Re: [WiX-users] VB script CA fails only on my laptop

Sanjay Rao |Andy.Kruger wrote: I have sequenced following VB script CA in the InstallDirDlg that validates the Install path entered by the user. CustomAction Id=ValidePath Return=check VBScriptCall=Main Property=VALIDATEPATH/ And on the Next button, Publish Event=DoAction Value=ValidatePath1

Re: [WiX-users] VB script CA fails only on my laptop

sorry for typing mistake. function name is 'MSIProcessMessage'. Sanjay Rao wrote: your custom action execution failed. you can use 'm MSIProcessMessage' to insert log messages in msi log file. Use this function in your custom action code to debug exactly what is failing on your system

Re: [WiX-users] Looking for assistance using WIX to rollbackan install upon failure of a custom action.

set your custom action attributes as below - return = check if your custom action return non-zero value the installation fails and roll backs. Peter Shirtcliffe wrote: Add this: InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=your custom action's Id Before=InstallFinalize /

Re: [WiX-users] Avoid install on removable drives

this C++ custom action can check drive type. use a C++ custom action and display a error message if drive is not valid. //char AppPath[_MAX_PATH]; char appName[_MAX_PATH]; char appDir[_MAX_PATH]; char appDrive[_MAX_PATH]; _splitpath_s(

[WiX-users] installer is not deleting start menu entries, registry values and services installed

Hi, when I run uninstallation on windows XP, it does not deletes start menu entries, registry values, and services installed at this machine. Please suggest something if u find anything wrong in my code. code for start menu entries is - !-- ***start menu shortcuts at target machine ***

[WiX-users] File copying issue

to pick the value of property, whilw other custom actions are able to find this value. if remove Execute=deffered from this custom action then this custom action is also able to pick value. Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Download

[WiX-users] version upgrade problem

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Re: [WiX-users] Show Dialog from Custom Action

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Re: [WiX-users] Conditions for Uninstall/Remove Only

try out this one. (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE=ALL) for more details u can see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/320921/how-to-add-a-wix-custom-action-that-happens-only-on-uninstall-via-msi -Sanjay little.forest wrote: How can I create conditions for a custom action to run for

Re: [WiX-users] Service Control / Service Install Wix 3.0/3.5 ICE03 Error

make a separate one more component having servicecontrol' element only. On 18-03-2010 10:30, Michael Schlitt wrote: Does anyone know how to get past the following error in Wix 3.0/3.5 for installing a service. The below code works fine in Wix 2.0. Has there been a major change that I am

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect whether a service is running or not

table isn't the exe name - it's actually the internal name of the service. Is that perhaps the issue? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:08 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX

[WiX-users] How to detect whether a service is running or not

or not. In this way I can prompt user to manually stop the services. Any type of help in this reagard would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect whether a service is running or not

. Is anybody have any idea ? Is there any way using WIX, to know that a particular service is running or not. In this way I can prompt user to manually stop the services. Any type of help in this reagard would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Sanjay Rao

[WiX-users] windows services installed using wix installer not removed on windows server 2008

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[WiX-users] list of all standard control events

Hi, I want to get a list of all standard control events used in publish element. Can anybody help me out ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online

[WiX-users] How to remove a option from feature selection tree

Hi, I don't want to have a option entire feature will be installed on your hard drive on my each feature in feature selection tree. How can I get rid of this ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- The Planet: dedicated

[WiX-users] How to add a custom dialog in uninstall process using Wix

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Re: [WiX-users] How to add a custom dialog in uninstall process using Wix

I am not aware, how to show dialogs via custom actions. Please help with some sample code. Thanks Regards, Sanjay Rao Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) wrote: You may only show dialogs during uninstallation via a custom action, the dialogs from the msi won't be shown. Best regards

[WiX-users] when files have been actually removed from install directory during uninstall process

Hi, I want to execute a custom action during uninstall process. Where should I put this in installexecutesequence ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take

[WiX-users] icon change of the installer

using WIX, then is there any way to wrap my msi installer into an executable having a customized icon and unchanged GUI ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take