Re: [WiX-users] heat fragments go one directory too low

2015-03-16 Thread Eric Teutsch
Thanks for this hint. Turns out that -srd is command-line position dependent. I had appended it to the end of the command line, where it didn't seem to do anything, but moving it in front of the -out made it work. Eric -Original Message- From: Nir Bar [mailto:nir@panel-sw.com

[WiX-users] heat fragments go one directory too low

2015-03-13 Thread Eric Teutsch
Hi, I'm harvesting (WiX3.8) a whole lot of dynamically generated documentation files, which are in a subdirectory NEWDOCS. I'm using the following command-line: heat dir ./newdoCs -gg -template fragment -out ./docs.wxs -sfrag -suid -cg HelpFiles -var wix.MySource -dr DOCFOLDER -directoryid

[WiX-users] How to allow autogenerated ComponentGroup to autogenerate Guids

2014-07-10 Thread eric
I used heat.exe to generate a .wxs file that lists all the files that I want to install. I told heat to put them in a ComponentGroup so I could reference them from another (hand-generated) .wxs file. However, the autogenerated file specifications look like this: Component

Re: [WiX-users] How to allow autogenerated ComponentGroup to autogenerate Guids

2014-07-10 Thread eric
Thanks, neslekkim! I am using commandline, and the DirectoryRefId was what I was missing. Once I fed that into heat (with -dr MyInstallDir), it started working. neslekkim wrote commandline or msbuild? On commandline you can add -gg to generate guid's when heat is run, or -ag to use *

[WiX-users] How to mix hand-generated and auto-generated .wxs content

2014-07-09 Thread eric
I have a project that has a large number of files. Between versions of our software, new files get added and some get removed. Therefore, in automating our build process, I would like to have heat auto-generate a .wxs file (let's call it files.wxs). But then there are certain hand-generated

Re: [WiX-users] How to mix hand-generated and auto-generated .wxs content

2014-07-09 Thread eric
Thanks, scubasteve2! That got me through my current error and led me on to my next. I'll go ahead and post that as a separate question, though. Thank you so much! scubasteve2 wrote Sounds like you need to give a component group name in your heat call -cg MyComponentGroup Add the wxs

Re: [WiX-users] heat throws error on Windows 7

2014-06-30 Thread eric
Thanks for the help, scubasteve! In my hunt, I realized that it was choking on some ruby files that I hadn't intended to include anyway. Once I removed them, the harvesting process went fine. I didn't investigate further to see if it was indeed permissions issues, but one way or the other, you

Re: [WiX-users] heat throws error on Windows 7

2014-06-23 Thread eric
It does, indeed. I realized that it runs fine in Cygwin, but not from the Windows commandline. Any idea why that might be? I would prefer not to have to set up Cygwin on our build server. scubasteve2 wrote Does ./MyFolder exist? -- View this message in context:

[WiX-users] heat throws error on Windows 7

2014-06-21 Thread eric
I ran heat from the commandline with a command in the following form: heat dir .\MyFolder -gg -template product -out out.wsx But when I did, I got the following error: Windows Installer XML Toolset Toolset Harvester version 3.8.1128.0 Copyright (c) Outercurve Foundation. All rights

[WiX-users] Drive selection

2014-04-30 Thread Eric Chaland
Hello, I'm using a Property to force the install on the C:\ drive. However, I'd like to display the option to select another drive location but not a folder. Is this possible? Property Id=ROOTDRIVE![CDATA[C:\]]/Property Thanks in advance for your help. Eric

Re: [WiX-users] Application pool creation

2014-04-28 Thread eric foka
. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: eric foka [mailto:nanafo...@yahoo.fr] Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 3:27 PM

[WiX-users] Application pool creation

2014-04-25 Thread eric foka
Hi I am using Wix to create an application pool with an identity of a  custom account. When I do a major upgrade the application pool is stopped.  and I get a service unavailable message when I try to access the website that uses this application pool. the application pool is stopped and I get

[WiX-users] Wix 3.7 - ServiceInstall and ServiceControl sample

2014-04-24 Thread Eric Chaland
Hello, I'm starting to use Wix to create an installer for our application. I need to install Tomcat 7 and deploy some wars in the background. I'm having difficulties starting the Tomcat service. I couldn't find any sample online. I hope someone can help me out as I am currently stuck. This is

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.7 - ServiceInstall and ServiceControl sample

2014-04-24 Thread Eric Chaland
the log from where the service is being created, it will help! --Pavan -Original Message- From: Eric Chaland [mailto:echal...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 8:25 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix 3.7 - ServiceInstall and ServiceControl sample

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.7 - ServiceInstall and ServiceControl sample

2014-04-24 Thread Eric Chaland
/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence -Original Message- From: Eric Chaland [mailto:echal...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 2:58 PM To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.7 - ServiceInstall and ServiceControl sample I'm not really sure how

[WiX-users] Custom action to run .bat file to install service

2014-04-23 Thread Eric Chaland
=RunBat_Cmd After=InstallFinalize/ /InstallExecuteSequence Eric -- Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet

[WiX-users] Installing Tomcat silently

2014-04-20 Thread Eric Chaland
=no Vital=yes Compressed=yes PerMachine =yes Name=Apache Tomcat 7.0.42 SourceFile=Payload\Resources\apache-tomcat-7.0.42.exe InstallCommand=/s /D=$(var.tomcatDir) UninstallCommand=/s /uninstall InstallCondition=JavaInstalled_x64 /ExePackage Eric

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-08 Thread Eric Stott
Following up, the tutorial, when running, should show the dialog, however it doesn't: this.Core.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow(sourceLineNumber, CustomAction, ShowMessageImmediate); What am I missing? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http://biztalk.stottcreations.com http://hl7

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-07 Thread Eric Stott
Yes, the xsd is contained in the assembly The header has xmlns:awesome=http://mydomain.com/AwesomeSchema; The node in product look like this (which resolves in Visual Studio) awesome:SuperElement Id=super1 Type=RockStar/ Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-07 Thread Eric Stott
Visual Studio. Like my original question, I see that there is both candle and light, but the command provided doesn't make sense: where do you run it, in the Wix project or the c# class project? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http://biztalk.stottcreations.com http://hl7

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-07 Thread Eric Stott
Okay, I just followed your steps, and it works! What I don't understand: Instead of just referencing the project, I have copy the assembly from the source to the wix project directory to then be referenced. Why? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-07 Thread Eric Stott
But it doesn't work if you simply reference the project. Is that a Wix issue, or is it my total lack of understanding of a fundamental Visual Studio behavior? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http://biztalk.stottcreations.com http://hl7.stottcreations.com http

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-07 Thread Eric Stott
Thanks for the explanation. Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http://biztalk.stottcreations.com http://hl7.stottcreations.com http://esb.stottcreations.com On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Nick Ramirez nickra...@hotmail.com wrote: It's a WiX thing, but a good thing. By adding

[WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-06 Thread Eric Stott
to candle and light are in the wix project. when I execute the candle.exe I reference the Product.wsx and then -ext Do I run candle from the Wix project folder, or from the extension project. Am I missing something blatantly obvious? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http

[WiX-users] How To Check the SIZE of a File During Installation

2014-03-03 Thread eric foka
How to check the SIZE of a file during installation? Can somebody help? -- Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually

Re: [WiX-users] How To Check the SIZE of a File During Installation

2014-03-03 Thread eric foka
not like the answers we all gave you last week??  What purpose  are you looking to achieve by determining the file size?? Carter Quoting eric foka nanafo...@yahoo.fr: How to check the SIZE of a file during installation? Can somebody help

Re: [WiX-users] How To Check the SIZE of a File During Installation

2014-03-03 Thread eric foka
I got it before but It didn't help me because the file doesn't have a version and I want to use the file size to  check this. Thx. Le , eric foka nanafo...@yahoo.fr a écrit : I got it before but It didn't help me because the doesn't have a version and I want to use the file size to  check

Re: [WiX-users] How To Check the SIZE of a File During Installation

2014-03-03 Thread eric foka
/files_and_registry/check_the_version_number.html Carter Quoting eric foka nanafo...@yahoo.fr: I didn't rich my purpose with the answers you gave me last week. I want to check the size of a file to continue or not the  installation like It done the check of the version to continue

Re: [WiX-users] How To Check the SIZE of a File During Installation

2014-03-03 Thread eric foka
Phill Hogland has right, the path was not not good. It's work fine with a good path. Thanks guys! Le Lundi 3 mars 2014 15h40, Phill Hogland phogl...@rimage.com a écrit : There is a FileSearch in the Wix schema: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/filesearch.html In this

[WiX-users] How to get file size

2014-02-28 Thread eric foka
How can I get a file size and store it in a registry? Thx. -- Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own

[WiX-users] How to check the size of a file

2014-02-28 Thread eric foka
I tried something like this to to check the file size but it'not working. Property Id=FILESIZE       DirectorySearch Id=FILESIZE Path=ProgramFiles\App\bin         FileSearch Name=erlsrv.exe MinSize=156000/       /DirectorySearch     /Property Condition Message=This application requires .NET

Re: [WiX-users] How to get file size

2014-02-28 Thread eric foka
Quoting eric foka nanafo...@yahoo.fr: How can I get a file size and store it in a registry? Thx. -- Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade, detecting feature state in vbscript custom action

2013-02-27 Thread Eric Prévost-Dansereau
table, but I don't define any InstallUISequence in my .wxs. In a verbose log, I can see that the MigrateFeatureStates action is executed, and the features are set to the right state. What could be wrong? Thank you. Eric Prévost Le 2013-02-20 16:55, Eric Prévost-Dansereau a écrit : Hi, I

[WiX-users] MajorUpgrade, detecting feature state in vbscript custom action

2013-02-20 Thread Eric Prévost-Dansereau
InstallFinalize. Thank you. Eric Prévost -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Prerequisites on Windows 2012 Server and the Server Manager requirement

2013-02-05 Thread Eric Schultz
For me, running dism.exe only worked if I put in the full path. Not sure why that is. Eric On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: DCIM should be on the path so adding C:\Windows\system32 shouldn't be necessary. -Original Message- From: Hoover

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Prerequisites on Windows 2012 Server and the Server Manager requirement

2013-02-04 Thread Eric Schultz
/enable-feature /featurename:netfx3 If the inner command fails, it's error code is returned. ExeRunner can be downloaded at https://exerunner.codeplex.com/releases/view/101384. I hope this fulfills everyone's needs. Eric On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Hans ter Horst hoshis...@gmail.com wrote

[WiX-users] VersionMsi and Bundle Conditions

2013-01-30 Thread Eric Potter
But when I try to run my installer on the target machine I get an error that says The specified program requires a newer version of Windows If I take the condition out, it works fine. What am I missing? Thanks Eric

Re: [WiX-users] VersionMsi and Bundle Conditions

2013-01-30 Thread Eric Potter
I have seen it on Windows 7 and on Windows XP with Windows Installer 4.5 installed. -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today:

Re: [WiX-users] VersionMsi and Bundle Conditions

2013-01-30 Thread Eric Potter
I used the bal:Condition and it worked. Thank you. But I had to chance the version number from 405 to v4.5. bal:Condition Message=Your message goes here VersionMsi = v4.5/bal:Condition In the future, how do I know which version number syntax to use in various places?

[WiX-users] ExePackage that requires .NET installed earlier in Bundle

2013-01-29 Thread Eric Schultz
before it can be used by the Sql Server install. I tried putting a RollbackBoundary after the .Net install but it didn't seem to help. Any one have any suggestions? Thanks, Eric -- Eric Schultz, Developer Advocate, Outercurve Foundation http://www.outercurve.org eschu...@outercurve.org

[WiX-users] Installing 32-bit and 64-bit components in same bundle

2013-01-03 Thread Eric Schultz
file that people can run in all cases that will install the appropriate dependencies and version. Can that be done with a Wix bundle? If so, do you have any tips that I could use to understand how to do that? Eric -- Eric Schultz, Developer Advocate, Outercurve Foundation http

[WiX-users] sql:SqlDatabase and Windows XP SP3

2012-10-29 Thread Eric Potter
known issues with windows xp and the sql component? Where should I be looking for diagnostic information? thanks Eric -- The Windows 8 Center - In partnership with Sourceforge Your idea - your app - 30 days. Get started

Re: [WiX-users] Burn support for 32bit and 64bit .NET Framework 4 pre-requisite

2012-05-08 Thread Eric St . John
your own authoring for installing .Net 4, I suggest you use the package group that is provided in the NetFx extension. Just add a reference to WixNetFxExtension.dll and include a PackageGroupRef Id='NetFx40Web' / in your chain. Regards,Eric From: r...@robmensching.com Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23

[WiX-users] bootstrap / chainload setup.exe or vbscript from msi without burn

2012-05-07 Thread Eric Nichols
Subject: bootstrap / chainload setup.exe or vbscript from msi without burn From reading about burn, it allows you to chain several msi's together from an exe. I am looking for functionality that would allow me to chain several exe's from an msi. I have found examples that require 'dummy' files

[WiX-users] Running ProjectInstaller with Wix?

2011-06-30 Thread Eric Goforth
Hello, I have an in-house developed windows service that's written in VB.NET and targets the .NET 4.0 framework. I'm trying to install it using wix, as I am doing with several other in-house developed windows services. This service has a ProjectInstaller.vb. Inside the InitializeComponent sub

[WiX-users] Bug in 3.5 Votive?

2011-06-21 Thread Eric Teutsch
I've got an undefined preprocessor variable in my .wxs file, but when I entered it into the Define preprocessor variables: edit box as var.Variable=abc it made no difference. I then tried the probably really wrong way of $(var.Variable)=abc At this stage the Votive editor wouldn't let me undo

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSIs together

2011-05-12 Thread Hambright, Eric
A bootstrapper is going to be an executable file that contains a package of your different installers. I'm currently using NSIS for a bootstrapper while burn is under development. It won't be a single MSI, but rather an executable. Microsoft Installer supports chaining of .MSIs together as of

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-05 Thread Eric Goforth
Thanks Rob, I'd like to avoid having to upgrade all our projects at this time. Is there a version at http://wix.sf.net/releases that will work with my \Microsoft\WiX\v3.5\Wix2010.targets style wix projects? -Eric On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:31 AM, Rob Mensching r...@robmensching.com wrote

[WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Eric Goforth
. Thanks, -Eric -- Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Eric Goforth
)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets Is v3.x\Wix.targets a newer version than v3.5\Wix2010.targets, it seems older to me. Both myself and the other developer are opening the .wixproj files with VS 2010. Thanks, Eric On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:57 PM, jhennessey jack.hennes...@hyland.com wrote: It looks

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Eric Goforth
Thanks, it looks like he has 3.5.1419, I have 3.5.2415. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:40 PM, jhennessey jack.hennes...@hyland.com wrote: All builds will say Windows Installer XML Toolset 3.5 but you need to check the actual build version (I think the latest is 3.5.2430.0). v3.x\Wix.targets is

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading wixproj

2011-01-04 Thread Eric Goforth
Hmmm, I'm on codeplex (http://wix.codeplex.com/releases/view/44406) right now and I don't see a way to download 3.5.1419, is it possible to do that? I checked out http://wixtoolset.org/ too, but it looks like that's just a place-holder site for now. -Eric On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Eric

[WiX-users] Light Error LGHT0001 on custom table with binary column

2010-10-24 Thread Eric Schultz
doesn't occur. I've tried multiple files and absolute and relative paths and nothing seems to make any difference. The relevant Wix code is included below. Does anyone have any suggestions? Eric CustomTable Id=CO_PACKAGE_PROPERTIES Column Id=package_id Nullable=no Category=Guid Type=string

[WiX-users] Custom TimeDate Column Sample

2010-10-23 Thread Eric Schultz
of data I'm supposed to putting in the Data element. I've included the relevant code below but does anyone have a sample of creating a custom table with a TimeDate column? Eric CustomTable Id=CO_PACKAGE_PROPERTIES --- bunch of other columns -- Column Id=publish_date Nullable=yes Type=int

[WiX-users] Force silent install always

2010-09-20 Thread Eric Schultz
and if so, how? Eric -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev

Re: [WiX-users] Detect .NET Framework 3.0

2010-09-06 Thread Eric Teutsch
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wixnetfxextension.htm shows also NETFRAMEWORK40FULL and NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENT -Original Message- From: Ian Ceicys [mailto:ian.cei...@noblegroupinternational.com] Sent: September 6, 2010 16:48 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] WriteIIS7ConfigChanges error in Wix 3.5.1714

2010-05-17 Thread Eric St . John
This is similar to a number of bugs I recently fixed in the IIS Extension. It looks like I may have missed one. I will take a look. I have opened bug 3002703 to track the issue. Thanks!Eric From: chilavegp...@mail.ru To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 14:22:23

Re: [WiX-users] IIS error during Repair Installation?

2010-05-17 Thread Eric St . John
This was actually a bug in the IIS custom actions. It should be fixed in the latest build : 3.5.1714.00. Please give it a try. -Eric From: houssam.ham...@netiks.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 12:03:46 +0300 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] IIS error during Repair

Re: [WiX-users] WriteIIS7ConfigChanges error in Wix 3.5.1714

2010-05-17 Thread Eric St . John
Can you confirm your scenario: Website exists with virtual dirs. Your installer locates the site and installs virtual dirs with different paths. On uninstall, all virtual dirs, regardless of path, are removed. Do you think you could attach your repro source to the bug? Thanks, Eric

[WiX-users] With per-user install, some files are placed in the all-users location.

2009-10-16 Thread Eric Anderson
obvious. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks, Eric -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take

Re: [WiX-users] With per-user install, some files are placed in the all-users location.

2009-10-16 Thread Eric Anderson
gets set and who sets it. -Original Message- From: Eric Anderson [mailto:eand...@microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 1:51 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] With per-user install, some files are placed in the all-users location

Re: [WiX-users] With per-user install, some files are placed in the all-users location.

2009-10-16 Thread Eric Anderson
I believe the problem may have been that their identifiers were all uppercase. Changing them to mixed case resolved the issue. -Original Message- From: Eric Anderson [mailto:eand...@microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 4:16 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML

[WiX-users] LGHT0204 - directory not in removefile table despite my attempt to remove it

2009-08-14 Thread Eric Napier
Hello Wix group. I'm following http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm to create a shortcut to my app. I want a menu structure like Programs/Company/Flv Viewer/shortcut_to_app Light is giving me the following error: error LGHT0204 : ICE64: The directory

[WiX-users] specifying multiple values for a property

2009-08-10 Thread Eric Napier
to implement this? Thanks Eric Napier -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core

Re: [WiX-users] conditionally append to a directory

2009-07-27 Thread Eric Napier
message -- From: Eric Napier napi...@gmail.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:56:50 -0500 Subject: [WiX-users] conditionally append to a directory I want to alter the install path for single user installations. Specifically, when ALLUSERS=, I want to append

[WiX-users] conditionally append to a directory

2009-07-26 Thread Eric Napier
I want to alter the install path for single user installations. Specifically, when ALLUSERS=, I want to append a 'Software' subdirectory to the end.I've tried a type 51 action like this: CustomAction Id=append_to_install_path Property=HostDir Value=[HostDir]Software / (HostDir is the usual end

[WiX-users] filesearch not finding file

2009-07-22 Thread Eric Napier
I want to fail an installation if a file (msi.ini) is present. My filesearch element doesn't seem to be finding my file. I've confirmed the file is there. If I remove the filesearch element, the directory search finds the directory and fails the install. However, when I include the filesearch

Re: [WiX-users] filesearch not finding file

2009-07-22 Thread Eric Napier
with an MSI package a component search would be more reliable - it doesn't depend on directory locations, and it works if the user changes the install folder from the default Program Files location. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Eric Napier [mailto:napi...@gmail.com] Sent

Re: [WiX-users] filesearch not finding file

2009-07-22 Thread Eric Napier
the log)? 2009/7/22 Eric Napier napi...@gmail.com: Component search is a better choice except that I won't know the old component guid. So instead I'm checking for the presence of this file. If it's there, I want to fail the install. -- Forwarded message -- From: Wilson

[WiX-users] inifilesearch doesn't execute

2009-07-21 Thread Eric Napier
I'm having a problem with an ini file search. I'm trying to disallow installation based on the presence of a value in an ini file. However, OLDVALUE (the item for which I'm searching) is never set. I've confirmed the presence of the item in the ini file. The path is correct. Examining the log, I

Re: [WiX-users] inifilesearch doesn't execute

2009-07-21 Thread Eric Napier
Installer XML toolset.' wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:45:36 -0700 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] inifilesearch doesn't execute Hi Eric, Are you sure that msi.ini file is in the default windows folder? Alex -Original Message- From: Eric Napier [mailto:napi

[WiX-users] controlling install location based on the value of ALLUSERS

2009-07-16 Thread Eric Napier
If ALLUSERS is 1, I want to install to ProgramFilesFolder. If ALLUSERS is blank, I want to install to LocalAppDataFolder.Any recommendations for how to accomplish this? Thanks -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge

[WiX-users] renaming a file with install time argument

2009-07-02 Thread Eric Napier
SomeArgument arrived via msiexec param. What is the best way to do this? Thanks, Eric Napier -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing wxl file strings from c# custom actions.

2009-05-20 Thread Eric St . John
Did you try http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_error.htmYou can also try http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_uitext.htm The error table should only be used to associate text with error strings, UIText table is your general purpose bag-o-strings. -Eric From: v-sad

Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-20 Thread Eric St . John
Have you considered using a WixLib to do this? Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 20:17:30 -0700 From: jonathan.new...@ni.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR Hi Bob, The problem is that the exe

Re: [WiX-users] How to use PathEdit?

2009-05-20 Thread Eric St . John
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372835(VS.85).aspx you will see that the message states Control [3] on dialog [2] needs a property linked to it. I suggest setting the contr...@property attribute: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_control.htm -Eric Date: Wed, 20

Re: [WiX-users] Using INSTALLDIR in MSM That Eventually Reflects the MSIs INSTALLDIR

2009-05-20 Thread Eric St . John
of your products that need the registry keys, then add a componentref to the components in the wixlib that contain the keys you need to reuse. FWIW I don't really understand why you wouldn't include the file in the MSM. -Eric Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 11:06:22 -0400 From: sonukap...@gmail.com

Re: [WiX-users] How to use PathEdit?

2009-05-20 Thread Eric St . John
to use PathEdit? Thanks for checking. To what should the attribute be set? The page doesnt say it or I dont see it. On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Eric St.John eric.st.j...@hotmail.comwrote: See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372835(VS.85).aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com

Re: [WiX-users] Reference Paths do not update Reference Hintpath - ID: 2767279

2009-05-19 Thread Eric St . John
that the .USER file is only used in VS, not on the commandline (e.g. msbuild foo.wixproj). Can you let me know if this is what is happening? Regards,Eric Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 12:13:34 +0800 From: mhip...@snowdengroup.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Reference Paths do

Re: [WiX-users] UAC prompt on feature modification after installation

2009-05-19 Thread Eric St . John
).aspx. One other option is to determine if the credentials will work by inspection rather than execution. Can inspect the database to determine if the specified user has access, without actually connecting to it? -Eric Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:38:20 -0500 From: bphilp...@sqlsentry.net To: wix

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Using a binary key from external merge module in Wix 3

2009-05-14 Thread Eric St . John
Hello Mukesh, Have you tried setting SuppressModularization=yes on the binary element of your merge module? -Eric From: magra...@microsoft.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:54:20 +0800 Subject: [WiX-users] FW: Using a binary key from external merge module

Re: [WiX-users] UAC prompt on feature modification after installation

2009-05-14 Thread Eric St . John
A quick search turned up this KB, not sure if it will help.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180548 -Eric Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 16:16:26 -0500 From: bphilp...@sqlsentry.net To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] UAC prompt on feature modification after installation When

Re: [WiX-users] Preserve registry settings on upgrade

2009-05-14 Thread Eric St . John
be more maintainable and performant than all the registry searches and properties if you have a lot of registry values, but its a custom action so it will likely have bugs :). -Eric Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:56:08 -0500 From: alex.ivan...@shavlik.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re

Re: [WiX-users] Heat and Directory Harvesting - Design Rationale

2009-05-13 Thread Eric St . John
the original product broken. See Organizing Applications into Components:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370561(VS.85).aspxand Defining Installer Components: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368269(VS.85).aspx -Eric From: ree...@duckcreektech.com To: wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Localization file

2009-05-13 Thread Eric St . John
: Re: [WiX-users] Localization file I don't know where to do that. -Original Message- From: Eric St.John [mailto:eric.st.j...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:44 PM To: wix-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Localization file Have you set wixlocalizati...@culture

Re: [WiX-users] Localization file

2009-05-13 Thread Eric St . John
) that uses loc variables and are building a language that is not included with the extension. en-US is included with WixUIExtension. -Eric Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 11:55:54 -0400 From: james.macdiar...@eds.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Localization file

Re: [WiX-users] Files in use

2009-05-12 Thread Eric St . John
is different about the sequence that trips up the above special case logic in RM. -Eric Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:02:39 +0100 From: n...@x2systems.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Files in use Even with it disabled I still think it is used. From the log: MSI (s

Re: [WiX-users] How to check for installed package in WiX 3.0 ?

2009-05-12 Thread Eric St . John
That doesn't work because those are product code guids, not component guids. Try a registry search under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{productcode}. Also consider a search under HKCU if both your product and the dependency are per-user products. -Eric To: wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Localization file

2009-05-12 Thread Eric St . John
Have you set wixlocalizati...@culture to en-US for the localization files you expect to be used when specifying Cultures=en-US? -Eric Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:44:46 -0400 From: james.macdiar...@eds.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Localization file

Re: [WiX-users] Create a button and use it to launch a URL?

2009-05-11 Thread Eric St . John
Try the following, it uses the shell exec custom action to open the browser: CustomAction Id=LaunchUrl BinaryKey=WixCA DllEntry=WixShellExec Execute=immediate Return=check Impersonate=yes / Control Id=PrivacyButton Type=PushButton X=55 Y=199 Width=145 Height=28 Text=!Privacy Statement

Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio

2009-04-03 Thread Eric Brown (REDMOND)
Tried using underscores and renaming; still get the same error (CNDL0150: Undefined preprocessor variable). -Original Message- From: Jason Ginchereau [mailto:jason...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:55 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using

Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio

2009-04-03 Thread Eric Brown (REDMOND)
seems to match. Chris On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Eric Brown (REDMOND) eric.br...@microsoft.com wrote: Tried using underscores and renaming; still get the same error (CNDL0150: Undefined preprocessor variable). -Original Message- From: Jason Ginchereau [mailto:jason

Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio

2009-04-03 Thread Eric Brown (REDMOND)
do more to help right now, but I'm wrestling TFS and Team Build, and it's winning. Chris On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Eric Brown (REDMOND) eric.br...@microsoft.com wrote: Also, there is that yellow warning icon on the project reference. I don't know what that means, and I can't find

Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio

2009-04-03 Thread Eric Brown (REDMOND)
11:22 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio how does the ProjectReference tag look in your .wixproj file? On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Eric Brown (REDMOND) eric.br...@microsoft.com wrote: Multiple times.   It always

Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio

2009-04-03 Thread Eric Brown (REDMOND)
are not supported as project references as they do not use msbuild. Please correct me if I'm wrong though.. /Simon On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Eric Brown (REDMOND) eric.br...@microsoft.com wrote: ProjectReference Include=..\simple\simple.vcproj Namesimple/Name Project{51fd4fe2-5128

[WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio

2009-04-02 Thread Eric Brown (REDMOND)
I just installed Wix3.0.4805.0-x64-setup from Sourceforge, and I'm trying to build a very simple installer from Visual Studio 2008. I've created a WIX project as well as my application project; however, when I add a reference to my application project, the 'references' item has a yellow

[WiX-users] Restoring SQL Database with Sqlstring in WiX v3

2009-01-29 Thread Eric Latendresse
' ContinueOnError='no' ExecuteOnInstall='yes' SQL=RESTORE DATABASE Suite FROM DISK = '[DATABASEDIR]SuiteBlank.bak' WITH MOVE 'Suite_Data' TO '[DATABASEDIR]Suite_Data.mdf', MOVE 'Suite_Log' TO '[DATABASEDIR]Suite_Log.ldf',REPLACE/ /Component Eric -Original Message- From

Re: [WiX-users] Restoring SQL Database with Sqlstring in WiX v3

2009-01-29 Thread Eric Latendresse
Thanks David. I got this to work! Seems that putting USE master; in front of the script did the trick. Which makes complete sense now. So sending your code helped! I appreciate your time! Eric -Original Message- From: David Reed [mailto:david.r...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday

Re: [WiX-users] Creating SQL Database with WiX v3

2009-01-28 Thread Eric Latendresse
Still getting the error and no way to debug? Are there any other options? This way of restoring a database SHOULD work, right? Eric -Original Message- From: Eric Latendresse [mailto:elatendre...@optimum-solutions.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:32 AM To: General discussion

Re: [WiX-users] Creating SQL Database with WiX v3

2009-01-28 Thread Eric Latendresse
, unlock it, then run the restore script? Eric Latendresse -Original Message- From: Eric Latendresse [mailto:elatendre...@optimum-solutions.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:59 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating SQL Database

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