Sounds like you might have a dependency on some other service running, have you checked the eventlog.
Neil -----Original Message----- From: Vijeta Khatri [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 11 February 2009 17:14 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service The requirement is to start the windows service immediately after install and also the service should start automatically after reboot. I also have the service control element defined as: <!-- Install the Service --> <ServiceInstall Id="WindowsService" Type="ownProcess" Start="auto" ErrorControl="normal" Interactive="no" Vital="yes" Account="[SERVICEACCOUNT]" Password="[SERVICEPASSWORD]" /> <!-- Start the Service --> <ServiceControl Id=" WindowsService " Name=" WindowsService " Start="install" Stop="uninstall " Remove="uninstall" Wait="yes" /> On reboot the service start up type is automatic, but the service is not in started state. It doesn't give any error on reboot. If I manually start the service after reboot, it starts without any errors. Thanks in advance for the help. Thanks, Vijeta -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: WiX-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 55 Send WiX-users mailing list submissions to [email protected] 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. How does one use a WebSite locator in order to set the file path for content? (Thomas S. Trias) 2. Re: Execute action during path installation (Tony Juricic) 3. Re: Conditional dialog after CustomizeDlg (troy hostetter) 4. Re: Windows service (Christopher Painter) 5. FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up (azurejyl) 6. Re: FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up (Matt Weber) 7. ??:Re: FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up (azurejyl) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:26:58 -0600 From: "Thomas S. Trias" <[email protected]> Subject: [WiX-users] How does one use a WebSite locator in order to set the file path for content? To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Perhaps I am missing something, but I cannot figure out how I would use the WebSite element (outside of a Component, so it acts as a locator) in order to set the path for content. If I have the following: <iis:WebSite Id="EXISTINGWEBSITE" Description="Default Web Site" SiteId="*" /> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="PATH_OF_EXISTINGWEBSITE"> <Directory Id="MyStuff" Name="MyStuff"> <Component Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE" Id="MyStuff" KeyPath="yes"> <CreateFolder /> <iis:WebDir Id="MyStuff" Path="MyStuff" WebSite="EXISTINGWEBSITE" /> </Component> ... a bunch of Component elements containing files ... </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> the metabase changes happen in the correct place, but how do I get the files to deploy to the proper directory? Do I have to write a custom action to read the IISWebSite record in order to set the PATH_OF_EXISTINGWEBSITE property? If I'm going to do that, I might as well write a custom action that takes an arbitrary Windows Installer query and returns the result as text... Thanks, -- Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:50:38 -0500 From: "Tony Juricic" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Execute action during path installation To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <[email protected]> Message-ID: <450196a1aaae4b42a00a8b27a59278e709af1...@exchange.trad.tradestation.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" It is possible to put a file into a Component containing only that file, make it volatile and change the condition for installing the component from 1 to 0. -----Original Message----- From: Brian Rogers [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:43 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Execute action during path installation Hey Grigory, I don't believe you are able to remove a file while patching. However, you can change the file that you want to delete to a 0byte file. This will be effectively the same. I don't have an example of how to run a custom action but believe you just add a new action to your patch. There is a lot more information to go with that. Please view Heaths blog. http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2005/09/12/464047.aspx Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Grigory Konovalov < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello All! > I need remove file and execute custom action during patch installation. Is > this possible? And if yes please give me small example. > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:05:23 -0500 From: troy hostetter <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional dialog after CustomizeDlg To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Would someone have an example of how to "subscribe to the feature selection events on the feature tree and set a property when the appropriate feature has been selected and reset that property when the feature is deselected." or something similar? I am not familiar yet with subscribing to feature selection events. Regards, - Troy On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:15 PM, troy wrote: > This is my first post to the user group. I am having a problem getting a > custom dialog to conditionally appear after the CustomizeDlg, which is based > on the user selecting or not selecting a feature in the CustomizeDlg. > > Here are my conditional statement(s) for CustomizeDlg: > > <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" > Value="MaintenanceTypeDlg" Order="1">WixUI_InstallMode = "Change"</Publish> > <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" > Value="SetupTypeDlg" Order="2">WixUI_InstallMode = "InstallCustom"</Publish> > <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" > Value="ServiceUserCredentialsDlg" > Order="1"><![CDATA[(&FE__SPC.WindowsService=3)]]></Publish> > <Publish Dialog="CustomizeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" > Value="VerifyReadyDlg" Order="2">1</Publish> > > Basically, I want the user to enter additional info if the Feature > "FE__SPC.SiteProvisionService" is selected. What happens is it always goes > to VerifyReadyDlg. > > Here's my Feature definition: > > <Feature Id="FE__SPC.WindowsService" Title="Provisioning > Windows Service" Level="1" AllowAdvertise="no"> > ... > > What I did was create a custom version of WiXUI_Mondo.wxs, and added the > new dialog, and then altered the Publish tags in order to determine when the > ServiceUserCredentialsDlg appears. > > I am using WiX v3.0 > > Thanks, > - Troy > > ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:08:54 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher Painter <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows service To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I'm not sure why you would require a ServiceControl element if the requirement is for autostart on reboot, not started at the end of the install. After the reboot, is the service properly created? Does it say that it's set to automatic? Will it start manually? If it tries to start and fails, does your service provide any logging/diagnostics to aid in troubleshooting the problem? Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Tue, 2/10/09, Wilson, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Wilson, Phil <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows service > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 6:58 PM > You're perhaps missing a ServiceControl element. > > Phil Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vijeta Khatri [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WiX-users] Windows service > > Hi, > > I created an installer for a windows service using Wix and > set the start up type to auto. > > <ServiceInstall Id="WindowsService" > Name=" WindowsService " > Type="ownProcess" Start="auto" > ErrorControl="normal" Interactive="no" > Vital="yes" Account="[SERVICEACCOUNT]" > Password="[SERVICEPASSWORD]" /> > > But the windows service doenst start automatically on > system reboot. Am I missing something here? > > Thanks, > Vijeta > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser > with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing > skills and code to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine > the power of local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the > Adobe AIR SDK and > Ajax docs to start building applications > today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser > with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing > skills and code to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine > the power of local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the > Adobe AIR SDK and > Ajax docs to start building applications > today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:18:36 +0800 (CST) From: azurejyl <[email protected]> Subject: [WiX-users] FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gbk Hi, I encountered a problem with FileInUse dialog. During uninstallation, if the application is running, sometimes the dialog will not show up and the uninstallation succeeds. The application will crash if continue to use at finally. Does someone meet the similar problem and what can I do to solve this problem? Thanks a lot! ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:52:35 -0600 From: "Matt Weber" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > -----Original Message----- > From: azurejyl [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WiX-users] FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up > > Hi, I encountered a problem with FileInUse dialog. During > uninstallation, if the application is running, sometimes the dialog > will not show up and the uninstallation succeeds. The application will > crash if continue to use at finally. > > Does someone meet the similar problem and what can I do to solve this > problem? I have had similar experiences with the FilesInUse dialog, although its appearance (or lack thereof) has not been restricted to uninstalls. I've never gotten around to determining why this behavior happens, however, so I don't have a definite answer for you. If you have a log handy of an uninstall that failed to show the FilesInUse dialog, you might be able to find some clues by looking at the InstallValidate action messages. This is where the checks are made for files to be removed which also happen to be currently in use by a running process. If you don't see anything there, then maybe check out messages from the various file costing actions, where the files to be overwritten/removed are determined and calculated. Matt Weber Computer Engineer EmergingSoft(tm) 7900 Xerxes Avenue Bloomington, MN 55431 952-842-7444, ext 21 [email protected] ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:28:08 +0800 (CST) From: azurejyl <[email protected]> Subject: [WiX-users] ??:Re: FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gbk I looked into a log file for uninstalling, during InstallValid action, a line reads: RESTART MANAGER: Did detect that a critical application holds file[s] in use, so a reboot will be necessary. The log indicates that a running application is found, but the FileInUse dialog is not poped up to ask the user for closing the application. Could it be something wrong with my FileInUse dialog with restart manager? -- Jiang Yongli tel:86-13857112624 msn:[email protected] ?2009-02-11?"Matt Weber" <[email protected]> ??? >> -----Original Message----- >> From: azurejyl [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:19 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [WiX-users] FileInUse dialog sometimes don't show up >> >> Hi, I encountered a problem with FileInUse dialog. During >> uninstallation, if the application is running, sometimes the dialog >> will not show up and the uninstallation succeeds. The application will >> crash if continue to use at finally. >> >> Does someone meet the similar problem and what can I do to solve this >> problem? > >I have had similar experiences with the FilesInUse dialog, although its >appearance (or lack thereof) has not been restricted to uninstalls. I've >never gotten around to determining why this behavior happens, however, >so I don't have a definite answer for you. > >If you have a log handy of an uninstall that failed to show the >FilesInUse dialog, you might be able to find some clues by looking at >the InstallValidate action messages. This is where the checks are made >for files to be removed which also happen to be currently in use by a >running process. > >If you don't see anything there, then maybe check out messages from the >various file costing actions, where the files to be overwritten/removed >are determined and calculated. > >Matt Weber >Computer Engineer >EmergingSoft(tm) >7900 Xerxes Avenue >Bloomington, MN 55431 >952-842-7444, ext 21 >[email protected] > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- >Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) >software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to >build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local >resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and >Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com >_______________________________________________ >WiX-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. 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