Thanks Tony, can anyone tell me what I need to do next, seems like I am having one of them weeks which ensures nothing goes to plan. I have included the code so maybe someone can say where next, even to the point of what I have over looked.
Thanks Joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 January 2007 12:24 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: WiX-users Digest, Vol 8, Issue 113 Send WiX-users mailing list submissions to wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of WiX-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Registry key for com dll... (Bob Arnson) 2. Re: Info Dialog (Bob Arnson) 3. Re: automatically launching .Net framework install if it (.Net framework) is not present (Bob Arnson) 4. Re: Set firewall exception (Andr? P?nitz) 5. OK Why does this not work (Joe O'Sullivan) 6. Re: OK Why does this not work (Tony Hoyle) 7. Re: DIFx prompt shows up behind UI (J. J. Farrell) 8. Build an shared side-by-side assembly merge module (Frank B?ttner) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:13:12 -0800 From: Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registry key for com dll... To: John Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed John Cole wrote: > Now I can change the value but since a user can re-target an installation, I > need to be able to set that value in the registry at installation time. The > same problem exists for files in C:\Windows\System32, those should be set to > the installers system 32 variable. > Use [#fileId] formatted string to get the installed path of the file. See "Formatted" in the MSI SDK for details. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:10:43 -0800 From: Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Info Dialog To: Jonas Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Jonas Abrams wrote: > > I would like to display a dialog during my install if a specific > condition is met. But after displaying the message I would like allow > the user to continue with the installation. > One approach is the one I took with the WiX v3 installer: It shows a dialog early in the UI sequence, before the wizard has started. It offers OK and Cancel buttons. Take a look at src/Setup/Product.wxs and VStudio.wxs for the PrerequisitesDlg. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=wix-users/attachments/200 70116/f1f646c9/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:12:12 -0800 From: Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] automatically launching .Net framework install if it (.Net framework) is not present To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > However I want my setup to launch Microsoft Component installer SDK or > .Net framewrok installer to automatically install the .Net framework > if needed. You can't do that from your .msi because .NET is installed via MSI and you can't have two MSIs running simultaneously. The current Visual Studio bootstrapper has been discussed on this list recently and seems to be the leading favorite for bootstrappers ready to use. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=wix-users/attachments/200 70116/c1f9b901/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:19:06 +0100 From: Andr? P?nitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Set firewall exception To: <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > David Thielen > It's all peer to peer, no server. So each AddIn listens for the UDP > broadcasts and replies to the broadcaster saying they exist. > > The broadcast occurs at startup and if the number of replies is greater > than the license allows that AddIn is disabled. So the first N can run, > the rest cannot. I can imagine a couple of scenarios - intentional and less intentional - where the answer won't reach the sender and so the sender would startup no matter how many instances of the plugin are already running. It's much harder to imagine how reliable licence management is supposed to work under such circumstances... Andre' PS: A bit more on topic: I also think that such configuration is not the business of the installer as it is very likely to fail and rollback will be messy. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:24:39 -0000 From: "Joe O'Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [WiX-users] OK Why does this not work To: <WiX-Users@lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I have spent to long looking at the same thing. This to me means I am missing something very easy. Here is my code <?xml version='1.0'?> <Wix xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi'> <Product Id='{308B164C-47F0-4f28-9DCE-7977275267DB}' Name='My Installer' Language='1033' Version='1.0.0.0' Manufacturer='It is me'> <Package Id='{2E3F9933-5681-429a-BD56-7B2B5A9D4214}' Description='Windows Installer package for My files' Comments='Installer for My Installer database' Manufacturer='It Is Me' InstallerVersion='200' Compressed='yes' /> <Media Id='1' Cabinet='product.cab' EmbedCab='yes' /> <Directory Id='SourceDir' Name='SourceDir'> <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFDir'> <Directory Id='Top' Name='Top' LongName='Top Level'> <Directory Id='FL' Name='FL' LongName='FolderT'> <Component Id='MyComponent' Guid='{C12C3500-2376-4c7d-B40F-9007A6EC59A9}'> <File Id='MyEXE' Name="MyE" LongName='MyExecutable.exe' DiskId='1' src='MyExecutable.exe' /> </Component> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> <Feature Id='MyFeature' Title='My 1st Feature' Level='1'> <ComponentRef Id='MyComponent' /> </Feature> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action='ManagedInstall' After="InstallFinalize" /> </InstallExecuteSequence> <CustomAction Id="ManagedInstall" Directory='FolderT' ExeCommand='"[ProgramFilesFolder]\Top Level\FolderT\MyExecutable.exe" ' Return='check'> </CustomAction> </Product> </Wix> This will compile fine when I run it I get "The Installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The Error Code is 2721" What am I doing wrong arrrgh! :-} ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:37:20 +0000 From: Tony Hoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] OK Why does this not work To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Joe O'Sullivan wrote: > This will compile fine when I run it I get "The Installer has encountered an > unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with > this package. The Error Code is 2721" > > What am I doing wrong arrrgh! :-} That's 'can't find custom action'. That CustomAction definition looks wrong to me. You haven't defined what FolderT is and you're trying to run it before the file is actually installed (I think.. someone will be along to correct me in a minute). Tony ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:43:20 -0800 (PST) From: "J. J. Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFx prompt shows up behind UI To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:52 PM Quinton Tormanen wrote: I've just switched from our own custom action (calling a DLL function) to using DIFxApp with WiX. I've found that I have to leave the DriverPlugAndPlayPrompt set to "yes", or the install will fail on Vista if my USB device isn't plugged in when the install runs. However, almost as bad, I've found that on Vista, with this prompt enabled, the prompt shows up entirely hidden behind the Windows Installer UI, which leaves the user with only the Cancel button enabled and a hidden prompt. This is definitely going to mess up a lot of our customers. I realize that this question is on the fine line between DIFx and WiX, but I'm hoping that there is a workaround in WiX, or perhaps someone with experience with using DIFx in WiX that can help with this issue: How do I make the DriverPlugAndPlayPrompt either display in FRONT of my UI, or not at all on Windows Vista? That's usually caused by using the wrong parent window. There's nothing WiX can do about it but it might be a bug in DifxApp they can fix by getting the right parent window. I have a problem in the same general area, and this sounds like a clue to it. For historical reasons I'm doing driver installation from deferred custom actions (written in C) using the SetupAPI on Windows 2000 and 2003. I have a similar problem in that prompts from SetupAPI pop up behind the installer UI, sometimes entirely hidden by it. Several SetupAPI functions have a 'handle' parameter described as Optional pointer to the window handle to the window that owns any dialog boxes that are generated during installation, such as for disk prompting or file copying. If Owner is not specified, these dialog boxes become top-level windows. At the moment I'm setting these SetupAPI parameters to NULL. I'm guessing from Bob's message that I can solve this problem by passing a handle to the Installer UI window instead of NULL. Does this sound right? I know almost nothing about Windows UI programming, so my main question is: how should a C deferred custom action get hold of a handle to the installer UI window for passing to these SetupAPI routines? Thanks for any suggestions, or pointers in the right direction if I've got this all wrong. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/RE%3A--WiX-users--DIFx-prompt-shows-up-behind-UI-tf302 6760.html#a8408778 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:23:43 +0100 From: Frank B?ttner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [WiX-users] Build an shared side-by-side assembly merge module To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hello, how can I build an merge module witch will be installed as shared side-by-side assembly under the WinSxS folder under the OS. The files that must installed are C++ files compiled with the VS C++ 2005 Express. So I thing it must be possible. But how. At first I have build an default merge module but the files in it will be installed in the directory where the application is installed. But so every of my apps has an copy of the merge module files(witch waste much space). So I will only need one copy of it. And to escape the DLL hell I will use the side-by-side assembly system. Thanks for your help Frank -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 4285 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=wix-users/attachments/200 70117/9e98b5b1/attachment.bin ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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