Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Spud
Thanks Dave. Luckily for us the items we want to store can reside in an unsecured folder, so I don't need to jump through that hoop. I'm getting failed installs due to hash match failures, but in the scheme of things its probably best I create another topic. Thanks for your feedback :) --

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Spud
I've changed my mind re separate question :) Unless I'm understanding this incorrectly so long as it does not change, the sharedcomponents.msi (which holds a number of third party dll's that will not change) only needs to be in one place (i.e. the DownloadURL in the MsiPackage element will not

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Rob Mensching
If the hash doesn't match then the Bundle expects a different MSI than the one you are putting on the URL. You can't change the MSI without updating the Bundle's that reference it. The WiX toolset shares the ProjectAggregator.msi across many versions of the Bundles because the

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Spud
Thanks Rob, Yep, my MSI isn't changing. I don't seem to be able to determine why it thinks the hash doesn't match. If build 153 created the MSI, and builds 153, 154, 155 etc are looking at the same DownLoadURL location (and presumably the same target hash values), why do Bootstrappers 154 and

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Spud
OK. I should have known - rob was right all along (smile) *Assuming* that WiX generates it's hash values the same way as the ms File Checksum Integrity Verifier (http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/f/4/cf454ae0-a4bb-4123-8333-a1b6737712f7/windows-kb841290-x86-enu.exe) then the hash values of

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Spud
I think I've been having a few blonde moments. (sigh) My build is re-creating this static msi file each build, so that the file date is changing. If I just build the thing and include the file as a static resource instead then it *will* be the same hash value. I need to get out more... --

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread ptr
I ran into the same issue. Everytime the msi is built its check sum is indeed different and the bundle stores this information. What you can do is skip the msi build step unless it has actually changed and copy it the desired location so that when the bundle builds it picks the same msi everytime

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Rob Mensching
Note there are more things than the file date that change with every build (namely the PackageCode). File date will not affect the file hash. On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Spud andysmi...@gmail.com wrote: I think I've been having a few blonde moments. (sigh) My build is re-creating this

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-10 Thread David Watson
The username and password could be stored encrypted in the bundle (when passwords are supported or in a custom BA). I've done this in MSIs / custom chainers before with custom actions, also for persisting credentials in the registry. Dave -Original Message- From: Spud