[WiX-users] (Please Ignore earlier mail)Creating an installer with spaces in the name with LIGHT command

2014-01-14 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
Hi All, I want to create an installer in WIX that has spaces in its name something as shown below: light -out C:\Pipeline Scheduler Tortoise.msi C:\TortInstall.wixobj C:\db.wixobj How can i achieve the same? Please help on this if any body has encountered this before. Regards, SuvraJyoti

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-14 Thread Phill Hogland
As Tom indicated I added custom tables with BootstrapperApplicationData=yes and then the following link was helpful in deserializing the data. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12846421/getting-display-name-from-packageid -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-14 Thread Rob Mensching
:( Wish someone would help improve the WiX toolset instead of everyone doing workarounds. :( -Original Message- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:57 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to get package

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-14 Thread Phill Hogland
I implemented the approach to passing data from my bundle via the BootstrapperApplicationData.xml to the mba some time ago. But today I came across a much easier approach. I commented out the custom table and the BootsrapperApplicationData class (which I had modified from the sample code in the

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-14 Thread Phill Hogland
Wish someone would help improve the WiX toolset instead of everyone doing workarounds. I am very interested in doing that, however aside from some sickness in the family that took me offline last week, I am still struggling with understanding the git push - pull process. I hear that the way I

Re: [WiX-users] Deleting files in a patch...

2014-01-14 Thread Phil Wilson
It looks like you hijacked an existing discussion thread, so I'll start a new one. ... Yes, that's the way it works. That might not be the best way to remove files if you decide you want them back later. An alternative is to make the component transitive and use a property to make the actual file

Re: [WiX-users] How to get package version using burn API

2014-01-14 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Tis not too difficult, and there are plenty willing to help from wix-devs. http://wixtoolset.org/development/ http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/wixdev/ Skeleton cliff notes are: 1) Join wix-devs 2) Sign the assignment agreement 3) Fork the git repository on codeplex

Re: [WiX-users] Deleting files in a patch

2014-01-14 Thread Laurene Koman
More information on the issue we're trying to solve: We need the ability to patch non versioned files /delete them if necessary, etc. (in an MSP) We have found information indicating that removing the ComponentID in the MSI will cause the Windows Installer to treat these components as User

Re: [WiX-users] Deleting files in a patch...

2014-01-14 Thread Mita Patel
Re: Deleting files in a patch. Applying the same logic to a patch does not work. We set the component id for new files that do not need to be registered to null. (to allow for deletion in future patches) Then apply the patch. Resulting in the null component id files not getting installed.

Re: [WiX-users] (Please Ignore earlier mail)Creating an installer with spaces in the name with LIGHT command

2014-01-14 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
2014/1/14 Suvrajyoti Panda suvrajyo...@contata.co.in: Hi All, I want to create an installer in WIX that has spaces in its name something as shown below: light -out C:\Pipeline Scheduler Tortoise.msi C:\TortInstall.wixobj C:\db.wixobj How can i achieve the same? Please help on this if any

[WiX-users] WiX web setup Directory name

2014-01-14 Thread Tony Jose Mampilly
Hi, I have created a websetup for one website whch installs it into IIS. During installation it installer prompts user to give virtual directory name. By default it displays a name which I have given in CDATA, now the problem comes when if already some virtaul directory is installed in IIS, then

[WiX-users] Creating registry for an application installed outside the current directory structure in WIX file

2014-01-14 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
Hi All, I am creating an wix installer. I want to create a registry entry whose path is not under the directory structure created in the WIX file. Below is what i intend to do: Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir' Directory Id='Scheduler' Name=Scheduler Directory