Re: [WiX-users] How to access BootstrapperApplicationdata.xml from wix extension

2014-02-25 Thread tom
Ok , I use a preprocessor extension and looks like it is working -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-access-BootstrapperApplicationdata-xml-from-wix-extension-tp7592877p7592907.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive

Re: [WiX-users] How to access BootstrapperApplicationdata.xml from wix extension

2014-02-25 Thread tom
Ha sorry I solve other issue my problem is that I need to get the Directory name out of the MSI if the directory is a configurable directory the manifest only contain the directory ID I need the name to be able to show the default path for a feature the problem is that the path for the MSI

[WiX-users] Is this a Bug in Wix Bootstrapper command line?

2014-02-25 Thread Farrukhw
I already posted a related problem here: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Managed-BA-command-line-not-effective-td7592884.html and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21989084/wix-managed-ba-command-line-not-effective, which is about command line passed during upgrade.

Re: [WiX-users] Creating Web Installer

2014-02-25 Thread Saravanan
Thanks Bob, It is working. I have another one doubt, how can we get the downloading package name. I should show the downloading msi package name in UI. I have created a custom BA. In which Event i will get the acquiring package name? Thanks, Saravana -- View this message in context:

[WiX-users] Getting current downloading package name in BA for Web installer

2014-02-25 Thread Saravanan
Hi All, I am using Wix 3.7. I have created custom bootstrapper application for creating web installer setup. It downloads and install the MSI file from server. MSI file installation is started once download complete. I am not facing any problem with this operations. I have some doubts in

Re: [WiX-users] WixExtension: how to use a messages.xml file

2014-02-25 Thread Phill Hogland
Actually it turns out that it is not actually working. It was working' in the sense that the above changes allowed the Compiler Extension project to compile succesfully. However in a nost project, if the compiler encounters any message related to this XML file it throws the following exception.

Re: [WiX-users] Is this a Bug in Wix Bootstrapper command line?

2014-02-25 Thread rw1017
Hi! If you're using TestBA written by bryan, you'll have to manually interpret your parameters. You'll have to implement what the BA will do when these are passed. The results you see from your other post is correct. Since you don't have the implementation, it won't run the uninstall. Go

Re: [WiX-users] How to run our exe while .msm file triggered for installation - Merge Module

2014-02-25 Thread Phil Wilson
You can't run a merge module or install it as a standalone item. Merge modules must be used at build time when an MSI file is being created. That's what the merge term is about. You can ship merge modules (like Microsoft does) so they can be included in the MSI files that users of their products

[WiX-users] Burn Bundle Uninstall Questions

2014-02-25 Thread Holger Gubbels
Hi UG, I tried to implement a complex bootstrapper installer - unfortunately I made a mistake: My Bundle consists of one msi package. The installation was successful. After installing I wanted to implement the uninstall routines. But my debug-bootstrapper do not want to recognize the

Re: [WiX-users] Suppress bundle caching and registration in ARP

2014-02-25 Thread Jun Yin
Thank you Bob for the link to the blog. In general I agree with Rob that we should consider Bundle as if it is MSI, which is cached and manageable. That is perhaps also the reason why setupexe/setupbld is retired after WiX 3.5. Typically when we author a Bundle to install one or more

[WiX-users] How to not copy a file in subsequent installations?

2014-02-25 Thread faujong
n the Product.wxs, I set Schedule=afterInstallInitialize in the MajorUpgrade so that if the installation fails, it will roll back to the previous version. Our Windows Service uses app.config that the installer copied to the installed machine. We do this by including the below line in the

Re: [WiX-users] How to not copy a file in subsequent installations?

2014-02-25 Thread John Ludlow
Have a read of this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370531(v=vs.85).aspx Now, before you do your upgrade, have a look at the file's modified and creation dates. If they match, then MSI takes that as a signal that they can be overwritten (because it sets those dates to the same value

Re: [WiX-users] How to not copy a file in subsequent installations?

2014-02-25 Thread faujong
Thank you for your reply. The first installation was today, so the app.config file date is today's date. I then today modified the app.config file on the installed folder. Do I understand it correctly that 1. when I re-install again today, it overrides the app.config file because the dates of

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Re: [WiX-users] How to not copy a file in subsequent installations?

2014-02-25 Thread Hoover, Jacob
It's date a time, not just date. -Original Message- From: faujong [mailto:fiefie.ni...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 3:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to not copy a file in subsequent installations? Thank you for your reply. The

Re: [WiX-users] How to not copy a file in subsequent installations?

2014-02-25 Thread Fiefie Niles
If that's the case, then why when I re-install today, it overrides the app.config, even though the time of the app.config in the installer and on the installed folder is different ? -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 25,

Re: [WiX-users] Suppress bundle caching and registration in ARP

2014-02-25 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes, what you said make sense. The suggestion would be to remove the custom actions that create the SKU Product ARP entry and just let Burn do it. It ends up being the same thing in the end except you need one less custom action (always a good thing!).

[WiX-users] how to keep a web site during upgrade...

2014-02-25 Thread Steve-Ogilvie
Hi, I am not sure if I can do this but... I have created a web site using the WIX IIS::WebAppPool/IIS::WebSite/IIS::WebServiceExtension/IIS::WebDir I would like to know if there is a way NOT to remove the website during an upgrade? (major upgrade, does an uninstall then install...) thanks,

Re: [WiX-users] how to keep a web site during upgrade...

2014-02-25 Thread Rob Mensching
Make the Component permanent. ___ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: Steve-Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Re: [WiX-users] how to keep a web site during upgrade...

2014-02-25 Thread Steve-Ogilvie
Then how does it get removed on an Uninstall? From: Rob Mensching-7 [via Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset] [mailto:ml-node+s687559n7592936...@n2.nabble.com] Sent: February-25-14 5:10 PM To: Steven Ogilvie Subject: Re: how to keep a web site during upgrade... Make the Component permanent.

Re: [WiX-users] how to keep a web site during upgrade...

2014-02-25 Thread Steve-Ogilvie
Then how do you uninstall it? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/how-to-keep-a-web-site-during-upgrade-tp7592935p7592937.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] how to keep a web site during upgrade...

2014-02-25 Thread Rob Mensching
Sorry, I missed the implied statement that you wanted uninstall to uninstall as well. It won't. What you're asking for is a very complex feature request that we've seen across the whole board of Windows Installer behaviors. The Windows Installer doesn't make this easy (maybe not possible in

Re: [WiX-users] Suppress bundle caching and registration in ARP

2014-02-25 Thread Jun Yin
Thank you Rob! Unfortunately, the MSIs and MSPs in our product are already authored this way as I described in my last email, that they themselves manage SKU ARP entries. And it is costly to update our MSIs and MSPs to remove such custom actions, and switch our custom bootstrapper to Burn with

Re: [WiX-users] How to not copy a file in subsequent installations?

2014-02-25 Thread Hoover, Jacob
What are the exact options you are using when reinstalling? (You can pass nasty options to msiexec to have it force overwrite things.) A verbose install log will tell you exactly why it's doing it. -Original Message- From: Fiefie Niles [mailto:fiefie.ni...@nadex.com] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [WiX-users] How to not copy a file in subsequent installations?

2014-02-25 Thread fiefie.niles
Where can I get the verbose install log from ? Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™III, an ATT 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Hoover, Jacob jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com Date:02/25/2014 5:12 PM (GMT-06:00) To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] How to not copy a file in subsequent installations?

2014-02-25 Thread John Ludlow
Follow the instructions here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223300 The simplest way for logging a single session is to start the installer with the /l switch msiexec /i c:\path\to\myinstall.msi /l*v c:\path\to\myinstall.log On 25 February 2014 23:56, fiefie.niles fiefie.ni...@gmail.com