Re: [WiX-users] Custom Font Color for Dialog Subtitle

2013-11-13 Thread Shira1992
@ Bob: you said: You can add your own localization strings to add a text style. Otherwise, no; the strings in the subtitle don't have a text style so they get the default style. But you donĀ“t say how I get it work. Can you tell it? -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Does anyone have a VSIX example

2013-11-13 Thread Phill Hogland
I do not have direct experience with this, but from studying the source code for another purpose, I think you need to do something like: Fragment ComponentGroup Id=ProductComponents Directory=INSTALLFOLDER Component Id=ProductComponent File Id=VSIXProject.vsix

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Font Color for Dialog Subtitle

2013-11-13 Thread Alain Forget
You probably need to go into the WiX source (found here: https://wix.codeplex.com/downloads/get/58) and get the a copy of the .wxl and .xml files of the theme your installer uses. In my case, these were the RtfTheme files in the BalExtension. You can then edit these local copies however

Re: [WiX-users] util:UpgradeSearch like util:ProductSearch

2013-11-13 Thread John Cooper
I have one product under development where that would be very useful since I need to know the state on repair to fix up permissions on multiple databases. Currently, I work around it by detecting the WCF service assemblies for each, but detecting the Upgrade Code for each would be much cleaner

Re: [WiX-users] Creating multiple Minor Updates

2013-11-13 Thread Nagesh Hora
Thanks Blair... When i apply the patch. I don't see the changed .dll applied. On going through the logs i see below log. MSI (s) (14:74) [23:44:05:695]: File:Component Name;Won't Overwrite;Won't patch;Existing file is of an equal version Do I have to change version

Re: [WiX-users] Creating multiple Minor Updates

2013-11-13 Thread Chaitanya
Add a Tag in Property tag Property Id='REINSTALLMODE' Value='amus'/ On 13-11-2013 20:46, Nagesh Hora wrote: Thanks Blair... When i apply the patch. I don't see the changed .dll applied. On going through the logs i see below log. MSI (s) (14:74) [23:44:05:695]: File:Component Name;

Re: [WiX-users] Creating multiple Minor Updates

2013-11-13 Thread Phil Wilson
You need to increment the file versions for patched files, basically because updates are based on them. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367835(v=vs.85).aspx Something like REINSTALLMODE=amus is not a good idea. If you have included merge modules from 3rd parties, or Microsoft merge

Re: [WiX-users] Creating multiple Minor Updates

2013-11-13 Thread Jacky Liang
Is there any way to unsubscribe from this mailing list? -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:39 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating multiple Minor Updates You need to

Re: [WiX-users] Creating multiple Minor Updates

2013-11-13 Thread Alain Forget
At the bottom of every e-mail, there is this link where you can do it: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users See the bottom of the page; put your e-mail address there and unsubscribe. -Original Message- From: Jacky Liang [mailto:jli...@kierantimberlake.com] Sent:

[WiX-users] Creating Wix Pure patch with Melt.exe and Pyro.exe fails

2013-11-13 Thread TimM
I have been testing the 2 patching methods for WiX: Using Patch Creation Properties Using Purely WiX I have created basic samples for both and got both of them working okay so I am now try a real install upgrade patch. So I get the .msi and .wixpdb files for say version 1.0 and for version 1.1

[WiX-users] Request for release of wix38 branch

2013-11-13 Thread Chirayu Shishodiya
Hello, We are writing a Visual Studio 2013 extension and would be very grateful if we could get the awesome changes on your wix38 branch. Are you looking to release off that branch soon? Thanks for the fantastic work you guys have done so far on Wix Toolset! Chirayu

Re: [WiX-users] Request for release of wix38 branch

2013-11-13 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Yes, http://www.joyofsetup.com/2013/10/31/wix-v3-8-rc-available/ -Original Message- From: Chirayu Shishodiya [mailto:chirayu.shishod...@red-gate.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 1:45 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Request for release of wix38

Re: [WiX-users] Creating Wix Pure patch with Melt.exe and Pyro.exe fails

2013-11-13 Thread TimM
Here is part of my build log and all are referring to binary and merge Id's that are listed in fragment files and referencing the path that our build machine created for the build: D:\BuildAgent72\work\9f69624fb270635f\BoardSW\install\win\SMART Product Drivers \Core_x86PNPDrivers.wxs(158) : error

Re: [WiX-users] Strange and interesting problem with major upgrades

2013-11-13 Thread kirannhegde
Thanks Blair for the quick response. I should have been more clear.. What i meant was that all of the .msi installers were configured for major upgrades. I figured out the problem. The problem is with the bootstrapper C++ code. One last thing: With AlwaysInstallElevated, when the installer runs

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Font Color for Dialog Subtitle

2013-11-13 Thread Blair Murri
For MSI UI, Text Styles are described in the following paragraph from the page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/aa367524.aspx Controls can have a predefined font style. To set the font and font style of a text string, prefix the string of displayed characters with {\style} or

Re: [WiX-users] Creating multiple Minor Updates

2013-11-13 Thread Blair Murri
Nagesh, Phil is correct. See the file versioning rules on MSDN. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/aa368599.aspx -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:39 AM To: General discussion about the WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Creating Wix Pure patch with Melt.exe and Pyro.exe fails

2013-11-13 Thread Blair Murri
That looks like a melt bug to me. Please file it and if you can please link a copy of the/a repro. Blair Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:05:11 -0800 From: timmay...@smarttech.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating Wix Pure patch with Melt.exe and Pyro.exe

Re: [WiX-users] Strange and interesting problem with major upgrades

2013-11-13 Thread Blair Murri
There are several possible things that can lead up to a 1625 (forbidden) error code (only way to disambiguate them is via a verbose log) and by definition if two MSI files share the same ProductCode it is NOT a major upgrade. Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:21:00 -0800 From: kirann.he...@gmail.com

[WiX-users] Burn: checking free disk space

2013-11-13 Thread Alexey Larsky-RUS
Hi, IMO, useful thing to check minimal free disk space for whole burn bundle, running before installation start as condition. http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-disk-space-usage-calculation-td6984846.html

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Font Color for Dialog Subtitle

2013-11-13 Thread Shira1992
Thank you for answering! @ Blair: Where and how can I edit the TextStyle table? I tried it in the localization wxl file, in the file where the dialogs are defined and also in the normal wxs file. But nothing worked. -- View this message in context: