[WiX-users] having trouble validating server port for IIS websites

2009-06-08 Thread Michal Peled
Hi all, As a part of my installation, I give the user the option to create a new website. For this, I have a control in which the user can specify the new website port. Using a MaskedEdit type control, I was able to limit this field to 5 numeric characters, but found out that this has a

Re: [WiX-users] two different applications using shared folders

2008-04-08 Thread Michal Peled
? From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:22 PM To: Michal Peled Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] two different applications using shared folders Michal Peled wrote: I want to create a situation where one application

[WiX-users] two different applications using shared folders

2008-04-07 Thread Michal Peled
Hi all, I'm creating 2 installers for 2 different applications. A user can purchase and install each application by itself, but he is able to install them both as well. If they are both installed together, they share a couple of folders which both of them are using (so if one application gets

Re: [WiX-users] Installing an assembly to the GAC - how does it actinupdates?

2008-02-17 Thread Michal Peled
, 2008 11:57 PM To: Michal Peled; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Installing an assembly to the GAC - how does it actinupdates? GAC assemblies are inherently side-by-side, if you change the assembly version. However, this means updating the clients or distributing

Re: [WiX-users] Creating a new IIS website with an existing port

2008-02-14 Thread Michal Peled
Still a problem. Insights, anyone? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michal Peled Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 10:44 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Creating a new IIS website with an existing port

Re: [WiX-users] Installing an assembly to the GAC - how does it act inupdates?

2008-02-14 Thread Michal Peled
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michal Peled Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:58 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Installing an assembly to the GAC - how does it act inupdates? Hi all, I have a component with this line: File Id=yadayada Name

Re: [WiX-users] Creating a new IIS website with an existing port

2008-02-14 Thread Michal Peled
David, Thank you for the very informative answer, it made things much clearer for me. All the best, Michal. From: david adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 5:01 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Michal Peled

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall on EXE that is already installed?

2008-02-14 Thread Michal Peled
Bob Arnson replied to your previous sender: No. See the MSI ServiceInstall table doc: Component_ External key to column one of the Component Table. Note that to install this service using the InstallService table, the KeyPath for this component must be the executable file for the service.

Re: [WiX-users] How to run Conditions only on install and not onuninstall

2008-02-05 Thread Michal Peled
Per, Change your condition to : Condition Message='Share-A-space is not installed or properly configured on this machine.'COMPANYDIR AND NOT Installed/Condition Note that this way the message will only appear if your current product is not installed on the machine (this means it won't

[WiX-users] wix 3.0 : what should I use instead of AssemblyRegisterComInterop ?

2008-02-04 Thread Michal Peled
Hi all, I need to get my installation to register a .NET assembly in the way that regasm /tlb does. I saw an example for such a thing in Rob's blog, using the [EMAIL PROTECTED] attribute (set to yes). However, in my version of Wix 3.0, Candle fails with the error: error CNDL0004 : The File

Re: [WiX-users] wix 3.0 : what should I use instead ofAssemblyRegisterComInterop ?

2008-02-04 Thread Michal Peled
I saw some reference to Tallow regarding that issue, but Tallow is no longer present in Wix 3.0, so I'm still hitting a dead end. MP. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michal Peled Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 11:28 AM

Re: [WiX-users] wix 3.0 : what should I use instead of AssemblyRegisterComInterop ?

2008-02-04 Thread Michal Peled
: [WiX-users] wix 3.0 : what should I use instead of AssemblyRegisterComInterop ? Michal Peled wrote: I need to get my installation to register a .NET assembly in the way that regasm /tlb does. I saw an example for such a thing in Rob's blog, using the [EMAIL PROTECTED] attribute (set to yes

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a custom action (type 6) in apatchpackage(msp)

2008-02-04 Thread Michal Peled
Paul, You configured the Binary, but you have not created a custom action out of it. You cannot reference a Binary as a custom action, instead you should create a custom action that uses this binary and then call that custom action. An example to that would be something like: Binary

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a custom action (type 6) inapatchpackage(msp)

2008-02-04 Thread Michal Peled
. These are not-so-very-smart solutions, but I thought I should give it a go, considering the fact that I already gave you a wrong one :) MP. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michal Peled Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 1:46 PM To: Paul

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch more than once?

2008-02-04 Thread Michal Peled
Tris, What you're looking for is, as far as I know, impossible. The registry search for properties is done once in the AppSearch action, if I'm not mistaken. However, there are other ways to achieve your goal: 1. If the user enters a text that describes a value of a constant registry key, you

[WiX-users] Creating a new IIS website with an existing port

2008-02-03 Thread Michal Peled
Hi all, My installation allows the user to create a new web site during installation, providing the new site Description (name), and bindings (port number, host header etc.). The installation takes place on IIS 6.0 only, and the new website is being created using iis:website controls and

[WiX-users] how to double-check a maskedit text control?

2008-02-03 Thread Michal Peled
Hi all, I have a maskedit text control field which allows the user to input up to a 5 digits number. It goes something like that: Control Id=control1 Type=MaskedEdit X=225 Y=106 Width=30 Height=15 Sunken=yes Text=# Property=my_prop This worked great, until one of our QA personnel

[WiX-users] waiting for CostingComplete

2008-01-14 Thread Michal Peled
Attached is a bit of my XML code for the MaintenanceWelcomeDlg dialog: Dialog Id=MaintenanceWelcomeDlg X=50 Y=50 Width=370 Height=270 Title=[ProductName] [Setup] NoMinimize=yes Control Id=Next Type=PushButton X=236 Y=243 Width=56 Height=17 Text=[ButtonText_Next] TabSkip=no

Re: [WiX-users] Two questions on SelectionTree and Features.

2008-01-09 Thread Michal Peled
Brad, You could also try: Feature Id=MyFeature Title=My Feature Title AllowAdvertise=no InstallDefault=followParent Level=1 FollowParent=yes Of course, that requires you to set the modified feature as a leaf (child) of the feature you want its state to follow. MP.

Re: [WiX-users] Features as parameters

2008-01-06 Thread Michal Peled
Yes, use command line to launch the MSI with the ADDLOCAL parameter. For example: msiexec /I my.msi /qb ADDLOCAL=FEATURE1,FEATURE3 Will install Features 1 and 3. The /qb qualifier will make the installation silent (you'll only see the progress bar). Hope that's what you need. MP.

Re: [WiX-users] SetTargetPath event before CustomizeDlg

2008-01-06 Thread Michal Peled
I believe that the problem lies in your SetTargetPath event. What you're actually doing ,say the website name is MyWebsite, is to set the target path to be MyWebsite... That's not what you want. What you should do is: Publish Event=SetTargetPath

Re: [WiX-users] SetTargetPath event before CustomizeDlg

2008-01-06 Thread Michal Peled
... From: dB. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 6:43 PM To: Michal Peled; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] SetTargetPath event before CustomizeDlg I tried this before. Whatever path I put in Value I get the same problem. (I retested

Re: [WiX-users] SetTargetPath event before CustomizeDlg

2008-01-06 Thread Michal Peled
=[ProgramFilesFolder]NEW_WEBSITENAME1/Publish Anyway, using the _BrowseProperty seems like the correct way to go. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michal Peled Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:46 PM To: dB.; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

[WiX-users] Wix 3.0 : website and virtual directory created with Wix are not removed on uninstall

2008-01-02 Thread Michal Peled
In my installation, I give the user the ability to create a virtual directory (under an existing website) or to create a new website, giving the name, port number, IP and header value. All works just fine, but when I'm uninstalling, the virtual dir or the website, if created, are not removed and

Re: [WiX-users] Problem Starting service on XP

2008-01-02 Thread Michal Peled
The error message you receive implies that the service was installed but failed to start. Once getting this error (before canceling the installation or anything else), if you go to Windows Service Manager, can you start the service manually, right there in that minute? I use Wix to install and

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0 and IIS 7.0

2008-01-01 Thread Michal Peled
] Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:33 PM To: Michal Peled; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0 and IIS 7.0 You have to turn on IIS6 Metabase Compatibility, and rollback is not supported - because in their infinite wisdom the IIS team didn't implement all the IIS