[WiX-users] Missing files after upgrade

2015-01-21 Thread Richard Ulrich
: CM_CP_base.bin.Geom.dll; Installed: Absent; Request: Local; Action: Null MSI (s) (3C:58) [09:35:01:514]: Component: CM_CP_pl3d.bin.PointLine3D.exe; Installed: Absent; Request: Local; Action: Null What could go wrong here, and what can I do to prevent it? Rgds Richard

Re: [WiX-users] Auto-Updater

2014-10-31 Thread Richard Ulrich
, but there are so many error messages, that I figured this would be the minimum required. Next, I generated a new bundle from my application. When I run it, it still doesn't fetch the feed from the webserver. What am I missing? Rgds Richard Am Donnerstag, den 30.10.2014, 15:14 + schrieb Hoover, Jacob

Re: [WiX-users] Auto-Updater

2014-10-30 Thread Richard Ulrich
Thanks for the link. I couldn't spot any reference to that feature in the youtube video. On github I couldn't figure out if it is included in 3.9, as there is only one 3.8 tag. Is there any documentation or an example on how to use it, and how the feed needs to be formatted? Rgds Richard Am

[WiX-users] Signed mails dropped

2014-10-30 Thread Richard Ulrich
to this list. For other mailing lists on sourceforge this was never a problem. Is this a known problem? Is there a reason to filter out signed messages? Rgds Richard -- ___ WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Auto-Updater

2014-10-30 Thread Richard Ulrich
should fetch it without me having to provide a custom dll? What led me to believe it was no longer necessary was this conversation: https://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg62199.html Rgds Richard Am Donnerstag, den 30.10.2014, 05:41 -0700 schrieb Phill Hogland: The video

Re: [WiX-users] Auto-Updater

2014-10-28 Thread Richard Ulrich
Richard Am Montag, den 27.10.2014, 13:24 +0100 schrieb Richard Ulrich: I found old references to clickthrough and DotUpdater. But they both seem to be discontinued and abandoned. Rgds Richard Am Donnerstag, den 23.10.2014, 13:50 +0200 schrieb Richard Ulrich: Hi, I switched to WiX

[WiX-users] Conditional config edit not writing node attributes

2014-10-17 Thread Cote, Richard
I'm using the WixUtilExtension, and specifically XmlFile, to conditionally configure a list of items that eventually appear in a GUI combo box. I have several check boxes on an installer dialog and when each is checked (true) I want to write to an element into a configeration file. Initially

[WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Richard Silverstein
I'm new to Wix and having trouble including directories. I read about Heat and Fragments and it appears I'm doing it by the example, but my directory and its files are not getting included after the install. My install.bat has: c:\program files (x86)\wix toolset v3.8\bin\candle fragment.wxs

Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Richard Silverstein
your example into an MSI and ran it and it works great. Notepad.exe and Readme.txt installed. Remember if you are on a 64-bit system you need to look in C:\Program Files (x86)\Example to find your installed files. -Original Message- From: Richard Silverstein [mailto:rsilverst

Re: [WiX-users] help needed including directories

2013-07-12 Thread Richard Silverstein
You need to reference the component/componentgroup from within a feature in order for Wix to include it. Feature Id=DefaultFeature Level=1 ComponentRef Id=ApplicationFiles/ ComponentGroupRef Id= SampleGroup / /Feature -Original Message- From: Richard

Re: [WiX-users] Using transforms (regular) to install mulitple times per application

2013-03-14 Thread Richard Norman
Ok, I am working with Jonathan today in my day job capacity and I have an understanding of PROBABLY what is happening. If the WiX-devs list is better for this, let me know... Based on the install logs and the way BURN appears to work, transforms seem a bit limited in how BURN handles

Re: [WiX-users] Burn Engine Operations (WAS: Using transforms (regular) to install multiple times per application)

2013-03-14 Thread Richard Norman
. Richard Norman TechX - Technology eXperts Technical Support Consulting Phone: 559.464.5042 Web: http://on.fb.me/Ztd9ns Sent from Windows Mail From: Richard Norman Sent: ‎March‎ ‎14‎, ‎2013 ‎10‎:‎35‎ ‎AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using

[WiX-users] FW: iis:WebFilter - global deployment to IIS7.5 (wix version 3.6 and 4.0)

2013-01-07 Thread Richard . Oliver
Hi I'll swing this one around again before filing a bug report in case it was missed during the holiday period. Apologies if this is bad etiquette. Richard Oliver Developer, Systems Architecture, IT Development Information Technology The Open University Berrill Building, Level 2 North 01908 6

[WiX-users] Transition from InstallShield to WiX

2012-12-28 Thread Richard J Otter
it is involved with the msi GUI. (huh?) I assumes a bootstrapper for WiX would be like the bootstrapper for IS in that it could install prerequisites. Thanks. Richard -- Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API

[WiX-users] iis:WebFilter - global deployment to IIS7.5 (wix version 3.6 and 4.0)

2012-12-21 Thread Richard . Oliver
is able to offer some assistance here or on stack overflow I'd much appreciate it. This is my work email so I may not respond until early January. Happy Holidays Thanks Richard Oliver Developer, Systems Architecture, IT Development Information Technology The Open University Berrill Building, Level 2

[WiX-users] Wix problems

2012-10-24 Thread Richard Compton
I have an installer that we are currently using. I am using a Bootstrapper. When I click on the installer it does nothing. The log file shows the following. [0690:1054][2012-10-24T08:43:02]: Burn v3.6.2221.0, path: C:\Users\Owner6\Desktop\CurveImage-1_2_0-live.exe, cmdline: ''

Re: [WiX-users] Wix problems

2012-10-24 Thread Richard Compton
Message- From: Richard Compton [mailto:rich.comp...@curvedental.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:41 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix problems I have an installer that we are currently using. I am using a Bootstrapper. When I click on the installer

Re: [WiX-users] Wix problems

2012-10-24 Thread Richard Compton
. Neil -Original Message- From: Richard Compton [mailto:rich.comp...@curvedental.com] Sent: 24 October 2012 15:41 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix problems I have an installer that we are currently using. I am using a Bootstrapper. When I click

Re: [WiX-users] Wix problems

2012-10-24 Thread Richard Compton
, are there any sub folders? It may be as Neil suggested that you are using an outdated version (non-stable release). -Original Message- From: Richard Compton [mailto:rich.comp...@curvedental.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:58 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling Sql2005 Express as part of a burn install chain.

2012-07-03 Thread Richard Mayes
Completely forgot about in-place upgrades, it's been so long since I've done one! Now I just need to work out how to detect it correctly... Thanks Richard On 2 July 2012 17:03, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: Instead of uninstalling why not do an upgrade to the SQL2005 instance

[WiX-users] Uninstalling Sql2005 Express as part of a burn install chain.

2012-07-02 Thread Richard Mayes
Hi Currently one of our product uses Sql2005 express and I have created an installer that can detect if there is an instance available and if not install Sql2008R2. Is it possible to detect that the instance is Sql2005 and uninstall that before installing Sql2008R2? Richard Mayes Mobile

Re: [WiX-users] Updating from V 3.6.2424.0 to Version 3.6.3014.0

2012-06-28 Thread Richard Mayes
I've been getting similar errors, however when I build again they seem to go. I had it on a build a few versions back but then it seemed to go and now has come back. As it builds fine the second time, it's just an irritation for me... Richard Mayes Blog: http://blog.slinkysoftware.com Twitter

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Richard Mayes
Why don't you just use the msbuild commandline if you already have the wixproj? Just call msbuild in the same directory to the sln or wixproj and it will find it. Richard Mayes Blog: http://blog.slinkysoftware.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/caveman_dick On 27 June 2012 15:24, Dan Muller

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Richard Mayes
the build machine won't need to have wix installed. Check http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/daily_builds.htm for info on how to to that. Richard Mayes Blog: http://blog.slinkysoftware.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/caveman_dick On 27 June 2012 18:15, Dan Muller dmuller...@comcast.net wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Error from heat with remote share as directory

2012-06-26 Thread Richard Mayes
Although I don't know what it was for I'm sure we don't actually need it anymore! :) Richard Mayes Blog: http://blog.slinkysoftware.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/caveman_dick On 25 June 2012 20:29, Rob Mensching r...@robmensching.com wrote: GetShortFileName seems to be failing. Not sure how

[WiX-users] Error from heat with remote share as directory

2012-06-25 Thread Richard Mayes
() at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilFinalizeHarvesterMutator.Mutate(Wix wix) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Mutator.Mutate(Wix wix) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Heat.Run(String[] args) Anyone know what this is and if/how I can resolve it? Richard Mayes Twitter: http

Re: [WiX-users] Examples of Burn

2012-05-30 Thread Richard Mayes
if I'm wrong. Doing it as a separate application will mean it will be much easier to test though. Richard Mayes Mobile: +447740357239 On 29 May 2012 22:05, Werner Strydom werner.stry...@workshare.com wrote: Hello, Where can one get an end-to-end example of writing your own burn UI? I have been

Re: [WiX-users] Burn running sql script/ batch /command script in chain.

2012-05-30 Thread Richard Mayes
How about using ExePackage to run windows cmd and the command-line you need to run with the /c switch Richard Mayes On 30 May 2012 16:17, Benjamin Bennett benbenn...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to use burn as bootstrapper.I have figured out how to install sql server express and the third

Re: [WiX-users] Burn SQL Server 2008 Uninstall not being called.

2012-05-25 Thread Richard Mayes
useful and mean you don't have to remove the /QS param. Richard Mayes Blog: http://blog.slinkysoftware.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/caveman_dick On 25 May 2012 17:01, Benjamin Bennett benbenn...@gmail.com wrote: Notes I seen this http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name

Re: [WiX-users] Rebooting System and Continuing with Bundle immediatly after .Net 4.0 was installed

2012-05-22 Thread Richard Mayes
I would assume that the exitcode values are not working correctly as I force a reboot when installing Windows Installer 4.5 but I don't bother checking the exit codes (omit the value attribute). Do you really need to reboot after installing dotnet? Richard Mayes On 22 May 2012 08:17, Simon

Re: [WiX-users] Rebooting System and Continuing with Bundle immediatly after .Net 4.0 was installed

2012-05-22 Thread Richard Mayes
it (sorry can't remember why). It maybe worth removing the /q flag to check that dotnet is actually being installed correctly. Richard Mayes Blog: http://blog.slinkysoftware.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/caveman_dick On 22 May 2012 10:27, Simon Chromow simon.chro...@bewotec.de wrote: I need

Re: [WiX-users] Error when doing a REG_MULTI_SZ registry search within Burn.

2012-05-19 Thread Richard Mayes
as that mentions REG_MULTI_SZ specifically. Richard Mayes Blog: http://blog.slinkysoftware.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/caveman_dick On 19 May 2012 08:54, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: It looks like the documentation doesn't match this could you confirm which is correct? This http

Re: [WiX-users] Launch an msi after installation

2012-05-18 Thread Richard Mayes
to use a bootstrapper to launch the two msi's one after the other. Take a look at Burn the Wix bootstrapper http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/authoring_bundle_intro.htm *Richard Mayes* ***Blog:* http://blog.slinkysoftware.com *Twitter:* http://twitter.com/caveman_dick On 18 May 2012 09:17

[WiX-users] Error when doing a REG_MULTI_SZ registry search within Burn.

2012-05-18 Thread Richard Mayes
Variable=SQLServerInstalled / I'm running the latest source on codeplex (3.6.2907) Thanks Richard -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has

[WiX-users] Odd Service Stop Error

2012-02-07 Thread Richard Martin
I have an installer that stops three services, but get an error: MSI (s) (90:44) [12:11:17:558]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=StopServices,Description=Stopping services,Template=Service: [1]) Action 12:11:17: StopServices. Stopping services MSI (s) (90:44) [12:11:17:558]: Executing op:

[WiX-users] .NET config best practices

2012-01-24 Thread Richard Martin
I'm confused about best practices to use when deploying and maintaining .NET *.config files via MSI. Our app uses the UnityContainer to manage type injection and type configuration, some of which is environmental, meaning type config changes at each customer site. This Unity configuration is

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper

2011-02-09 Thread Richard
In article 4d52c165.4030...@kutulu.org, Mike Edenfield kut...@kutulu.org writes: The bootstrapper redistributable components don't appear to ship with the v7.1 Windows SDK. This could be a result of MS deprecating Visual Studio's setup packages in favor of using InstallShield (blech)

Re: [WiX-users] AUTO: Kenneth L Resler is out of the office. (returning 01/03/2011)

2010-12-24 Thread Richard
...and noone on the internet cares. Folks, you should never configure your I am on vacation messages to broadcast out to mailing lists. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/

Re: [WiX-users] Showing a dialog warning users they are upgrading.

2010-11-29 Thread Foster, Richard - PAL
, Richard -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 9:57 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Showing a dialog warning users they are upgrading. Publish Dialog=WelcomeDlg Control=Next Event

[WiX-users] Showing a dialog warning users they are upgrading.

2010-11-24 Thread Foster, Richard - PAL
in the list archives etc. Can anyone suggest what the problem is? Regards, Richard Richard J Foster B.Eng Software Engineer Peek Traffic Corporation Sustainable Solutions for Traffic Technologies - THINK PEEK 2906 Corporate Way Palmetto, FL 34221 Phone: (941) 845-1223

Re: [WiX-users] Documentation links are broken

2010-11-05 Thread Richard
In article blu111-ds20548e692caa0ab568b81ecd...@phx.gbl, Blair os...@live.com writes: Current sources are all on Codeplex now. Anything still on SF is stale. OK, but trunk on codeplex is essentially empty. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download

Re: [WiX-users] Documentation links are broken

2010-11-05 Thread Richard
In article e1penhv-0001v8...@shell.xmission.com, Richard legal...@xmission.com writes: In article blu111-ds20548e692caa0ab568b81ecd...@phx.gbl, Blair os...@live.com writes: Current sources are all on Codeplex now. Anything still on SF is stale. OK, but trunk on codeplex

Re: [WiX-users] Documentation links are broken

2010-11-05 Thread Richard
In article blu111-ds2a83513ffdb8daacacd...@phx.gbl, Blair os...@live.com writes: The docs in the sources are in source-code form, distributed between various .XSD files in various directories and the code under src\chm. OK, I'll have a look. As I understand it, the failures in

Re: [WiX-users] Documentation links are broken

2010-11-04 Thread Richard
In article aanlktinspsxlesglxcb3ab69sw3radsdbv68oe4wx...@mail.gmail.com, Rob Mensching r...@robmensching.com writes: Correct, the website publish process is really flimsy. It's been in place since 2005 and heavily based on XSL which Fredrik (who built the process) loves but I hate

Re: [WiX-users] Documentation links are broken

2010-11-01 Thread Richard
In article 68c3161b99102f4ab682cfe6aa27c7f414cea...@ru-exstrcl1.ru.corp.acronis.com, alexander.nevs...@acronis.com alexander.nevs...@acronis.com writes: All links on documentation page (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/main. htm) are broken! Is documentation moved somewhere else?

Re: [WiX-users] Executing user-interactive stuff in InstallExecuteSequence ?

2010-07-29 Thread Richard
In article blu111-ds1a8e9f279888902a16435cd...@phx.gbl, Blair os...@live.com writes: What is considered best practice is to fail the installation attempt from InstallExecuteSequence with an error message indicating that the previous product must be removed first. This should then show up

Re: [WiX-users] Progress Text update

2010-07-29 Thread Richard
In article 009c01cb2f4d$58a5a8b0$09f0fa...@gmail.com, ALive aliv...@gmail.com writes: If it is possible just add some Thread.Sleep(3000); or some WinAPI analog like ::Sleep(DWORD); to simulate long process work, in this case you'll be able to see the text. I believe the progress text

Re: [WiX-users] Supersede Patch

2010-07-26 Thread Richard
In article aanlktikjvo5mb+pd9tz=a4cyjz+jobfnw6org0ytc...@mail.gmail.com, James Poole w...@slowcommotion.com writes: I seem to recall this being possible, but I am getting an error Uninstallation of the patch package is not supported when I try to install the second patch that supersedes

Re: [WiX-users] Spawn dialog from Spawned dialog

2010-06-11 Thread Richard
In article 1276315312254-5170676.p...@n2.nabble.com, gapearce mr_gapea...@yahoo.com writes: Can I do that? I'd like to spawn a different dialog from a spawned dialog. You mean like a new modal dialog opened from an existing modal dialog? Yeah, I think you can do that, although I don't

Re: [WiX-users] User Identifier Windows

2010-05-14 Thread Richard
In article 097f198560bb9341b6781cb7946b81cc1833977...@va3diaxvs101.red001.local, Carolina Zuqueto Amaral carolina.ama...@conv.com.br writes: Is there a property what informs the user identifier Windows ? The environment variable USERNAME is filled with the user's account name. -- The

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Richard Horsley
Could you create an .msp to patch the original installer to add these files? -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:k...@quipsy.de] Sent: 01 April 2010 10:30 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation We have to write a

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Richard Horsley
. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation In theorey we could, but: Will this solve the problem? Will the user be able to see that the module was installed? -Original Message- From: Richard Horsley [mailto:richard.hors...@eicltd.com] Sent: Donnerstag, 1. April 2010 11:42

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Richard Horsley
do is have the installer create shared files as well as the installed product and make one of these an .inf file that contains the installed information that your support desk can check to see if the product was EVER installed. Richard Horsley -Original Message- From: Markus Karg

[WiX-users] Heat harvesting and fragment/component generation.

2010-03-31 Thread Richard Horsley
. Is there any way to get heat to place all files from the same subfolder within the same fragment/component, or is this not considered best practice? Richard Horsley DISCLAIMER Please consider the environment before

Re: [WiX-users] Heat harvesting and fragment/component generation.

2010-03-31 Thread Richard Horsley
this help information heat dir directory path -out imp.wxs -template:product -scom -sreg -sfrag -gg -suid From: Richard Horsley [mailto:richard.hors...@eicltd.com] Sent: Wed 3/31/2010 1:46 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Heat harvesting

[WiX-users] MSI patching for two versions of the same MSI?

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Horsley
' Version='1.2' Supersede='yes' ComponentRef Id=component0/ /PatchFamily /Fragment /Wix Help is much appreciated! Richard DISCLAIMER Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

Re: [WiX-users] MSI patching for two versions of the same MSI?

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Horsley
/ /Feature Media Id=1 EmbedCab=yes Cabinet=product.cab / /Product /Wix I'm looking into your suggestion of making one patch for each msi and then merging them to make one that will work for both. I'll let you know if I make progress! Thanks, Richard -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher

Re: [WiX-users] MSI patching for two versions of the same MSI?

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Horsley
patches to get ALL clients to 1.2 and from there everything should work great. Thanks for your help! This should now work for me going forwards. Regards, Richard -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: 25 March 2010 10:53 To: General discussion

Re: [WiX-users] Beginner's Question: 32 Bit MSI on 64 Bit OS

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Horsley
as it sees fit. Regards, Richard -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:k...@quipsy.de] Sent: 25 March 2010 11:11 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] FW: Beginner's Question: 32 Bit MSI on 64 Bit OS Dear WiX Community, we need to write a MSI file that has

Re: [WiX-users] MSI patching for two versions of the same MSI?

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Horsley
stop causing myself problems in the future, so thanks a lot for your help! Many thanks, Richard -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: 25 March 2010 11:59 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSI patching

Re: [WiX-users] Beginner's Question: 32 Bit MSI on 64 Bit OS

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Horsley
, this is the defauly behaviour of the standard x86 variables on x64 machines. Richard -Original Message- From: Lodhiya, Harshil [mailto:harshil.lodh...@eclipsys.com] Sent: 25 March 2010 12:12 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Beginner's Question: 32 Bit

Re: [WiX-users] MSI patching for two versions of the same MSI?

2010-03-25 Thread Richard Horsley
Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Richard Horsley [mailto:richard.hors...@eicltd.com] Sent: 25 March 2010 12:23 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSI patching

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with XmlConfig

2010-03-06 Thread Richard Fine
On 05/03/2010 02:00, Bob Arnson wrote: On 3/4/2010 3:50 PM, Richard Fine wrote: MSI (s) (48:34) [19:55:31:273]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSIBFC7.tmp, Entrypoint: ExecXmlConfig What's after that line? There should be a bit of logging if it couldn't

[WiX-users] Problem with XmlConfig

2010-03-04 Thread Richard Fine
normally. There are no warning or debug messages of any sort saying that XmlConfig can't do its thang. Yet the element doesn't get removed. The timestamp on the config file changes, but the element is still in there. WI thinks that the install succeeded. Anyone know what's going on? - Richard

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Values to a Merge Module

2010-02-28 Thread Richard
You defined a configurable value, but haven't defined how/where that configurable value is substituted into the data of the merge module before being merged into the MSI. Look at the Subsitution tag in the WiX schema reference as well as the MSDN documentation on configurable merge modules:

Re: [WiX-users] Property not set by Custom Action?

2010-02-11 Thread Richard
In article 8b05023b1002110645p2eac15fbi79b2b478546cc...@mail.gmail.com, Jake Boone jakeboon...@gmail.com writes: No, the InstallUISequence. In order to set properties in the UI sequence through a CA, the CA must be an immediate CA. Additionally, if you are setting properties in an

Re: [WiX-users] Scope of a property

2010-02-11 Thread Richard
In article 11d0172190691a40ac32bae21f609be2047...@exchange2010.wedge.iita, Harvey, John Ctr USAF Warfighter's Edge john.har...@wedge.hpc.mil writes: The Exit dialog happens at the very end after the InstallExecuteSequence. I= s it not part of the InstallUISequence? Or is some of the UI

Re: [WiX-users] 2 SpawnDialog events does not work for

2010-02-09 Thread Richard
In article a4e1f201002090041k65c0d5ccl220bac2844df0...@mail.gmail.com, Bimali Ponnamperuma bimal...@gmail.com writes: Can anybody help me with the original question. i,e, why does the 2nd dialog get propted every time even though it has satisfied the condition 1 ? Because you're not

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-26 Thread Richard
In article blu111-ds5f00f8c0c0830bc25ae63cd...@phx.gbl, Blair os...@live.com writes: If the non-transformed instance of the product is installed, the Upgrade table will never be evaluated because the FindRelatedProducts action skips itself for maintenance mode operations. To some degree

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to go into Modify Mode

2010-01-25 Thread Richard
In article 1264193852.10007.0.ca...@garman-linux, Kevin Garman gar...@scadaware.com writes: I have a multi-instance (transforms) installer and [...] What exactly do you mean by this? What do the transforms do? Its my experience that if you want to manipulate a base MSI with transforms

Re: [WiX-users] Patching custom actions

2010-01-19 Thread Richard
In article 89030b4a18eccd45978a3a6b639d1f24030ac82...@fl01exmb01.trad.tradestation.com, Tony Juricic tjuri...@tradestation.com writes: At which point in the patching process are custom actions that are executing the updated ones? If they are custom actions that execute out of installed

Re: [WiX-users] UI Custom Action displays dialog behing MSI

2009-12-18 Thread Richard
What does the dialog do? What you are describing is not the right way to do this, IMO. That's why its not working the way you want; Windows Installer isn't designed to support this. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download

Re: [WiX-users] UI Custom Action displays dialog behing MSI UI

2009-12-15 Thread Richard
Use MsiProcessMessage to display message boxes, not MessageBox. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/ Legalize Adulthood! http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com

Re: [WiX-users] Validation on UI dialogs

2009-12-10 Thread Richard
In article 4d6ef6e1711cde4e93d1f1e591a614d6345...@nl1mail0302.global.sdl.corp, Igor Paniushkin ipaniush...@sdl.com writes: It is not really related to your question, but I had a question about popup message box from custom action and I got an answer from Bob Arnson: Set a property in

Re: [WiX-users] How Do I Verify Group Membership?

2009-12-09 Thread Richard
You create /local/ accounts and groups, not domain accounts. If you also need domain permissions, then your installation instructions specify what local accounts/groups need to be added to what domain group. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download

Re: [WiX-users] Validation on UI dialogs

2009-12-09 Thread Richard
In article 481222.60726...@web30401.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Sankaranarayanan loony...@yahoo.com writes: For validating the fields in Custom UI for empty / null values - I am calling a Custom action on DoAction event of the Next Button and spawing a new dialo g if all the input values are

Re: [WiX-users] how to change style of Control

2009-12-09 Thread Richard
In article fc8c44cef7807d4bbb771659436fd8445e39b60...@wa1annxvs011.redppe.local, Baris Taze bt...@microsoft.com writes: Is there a way to change the style of a Control in WixUI? For example, background color, foreground color, font size, font type (bold, italic), font name (Tahoma,

Re: [WiX-users] How Do I Verify Group Membership?

2009-12-09 Thread Richard
shrug I don't think I would try to cram this into the installer. If the installer isn't going to change the group membership, then it shouldn't be gathering the information to query the group membeship. Do it after installation time with a standalone configuration utility. That way they can

Re: [WiX-users] How Do I Verify Group Membership?

2009-12-07 Thread Richard
If you have special security needs, the best approach is to create a user or group with exactly the permissions that you need and have your code run as that user or as a member of that group. When you uninstall your application you remove the created user/group. -- The Direct3D Graphics

Re: [WiX-users] Refresh dialog upon checking checkbox

2009-11-24 Thread Richard
Well, first of all, you know that you shouldn't be asking for usernames and passwords, right? You should be creating accounts with *exactly* the permissions you need and setting your code to run under those credentials. When your application is removed, you remove the created user. This is

Re: [WiX-users] Refresh dialog upon checking checkbox

2009-11-23 Thread Richard
In article d91a1dd8a8f2ba459644b8f3b7e517ddad079cd...@exvmbx015-4.exch015.msoutlookonline.net, Tom Crozier tcroz...@rackwise.com writes: All - Is there a way to refresh a dialog when checking a checkbox? I have a dialog with a checkbox control on it to give the user the ability to

Re: [WiX-users] How can I pass values between dialog boxes

2009-11-20 Thread Richard
In article bay112-w17f0787cea4f94922e1829c7...@phx.gbl, Uday Kumar uda...@hotmail.com writes: In wix-msi how can I pass the values between two dialog boxes. I will select one item from combo box of first screen/dialog, based on the selection, secon d screen combo box should populate. How

Re: [WiX-users] best way to deploy C++ runtime?

2009-11-15 Thread Richard
For the benefit of others, this appears to be by design. By default, your application is bound to the old runtime, even though the merge modules get updated (so you can't distribute the old runtime unless you saved a copy of the merge modules before you updated). However, if you define

Re: [WiX-users] best way to deploy C++ runtime?

2009-11-14 Thread Richard
In article bay122-ds39e8ccf0f56e8d035b5c9cd...@phx.gbl, Blair os...@live.com writes: Which is exactly the reason so many people ship the policies when they install the runtimes. Everything I saw describing how to use the merge modules with WiX recommended against using the policy MSMs.

Re: [WiX-users] best way to deploy C++ runtime?

2009-11-13 Thread Richard
OK, I did a little testing and the results surprised me because the working solution goes against the advice of not including the policy MSM. Scenarios are as follows, all on Windows XP SP 3: - No MSMs, run the vcredist_x86.exe, install my application, my app launches - Payload MSM, install my

Re: [WiX-users] best way to deploy C++ runtime?

2009-11-13 Thread Richard
In article 682e56117f9ba0419d5247669e3f742d836478e...@invsfoxxchmbx02.corp.com, Wilson, Phil phil.wil...@wonderware.com writes: Richard would have to look at his code's manifest and see what redirection exists on the machine for that particular runtime Dll. Hmm OK, this is giving

Re: [WiX-users] best way to deploy C++ runtime?

2009-11-11 Thread Richard
In article bay122-ds7e44a9b780fe6af49ee05cd...@phx.gbl, Blair os...@live.com writes: If you are forced by any other constraint to elevate your setup, make it a perMachine installation (especially on platforms without UAC) and install the runtime in SxS shared mode (either MSM or EXE

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback and uninstall sequences...

2009-11-11 Thread Richard
In article bay122-ds449eed411daf09a4ab577cd...@phx.gbl, Blair os...@live.com writes: To keep your own sanity and make sure that repairs, etc. don't mess things up, it is best to do what the built-in standard actions effectively do and have an immediate CA or two (the only one(s) you ever

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback and uninstall sequences...

2009-11-11 Thread Richard
In article 2ca537e1091016j30f5b672k13d256cece2ba...@mail.gmail.com, Tony yellowjacketl...@gmail.com writes: I know deferred actions only have access to CustomActionData property, what about rollback actions? Do either have access to other session data like features, etc? Rollback

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback and uninstall sequences...

2009-11-10 Thread Richard
In article 2ca537e10911101230v21ed97e1sabffc232fc58b...@mail.gmail.com, Tony yellowjacketl...@gmail.com writes: During rollback, all actions executed since the InstallInitialize are run again in reverse order (assuming conditions are met), correct? And the Rollback property is set. Are

[WiX-users] best way to deploy C++ runtime?

2009-11-10 Thread Richard
OK, so I need to deploy the VS 2008 C++ runtime (w/ATL security fix) and I'm reading the documentation in Visual Studio that says that using the merge modules will install the runtime as side-by-side assemblies. Further, it says that this will require administrative priveleges in order to install

Re: [WiX-users] LZMA compression?

2009-11-03 Thread Richard
In article 162de7480911021842v75b9ecc1j99622cf647134...@mail.gmail.com, Wesley W. Terpstra wes...@terpstra.ca writes: On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Richard legal...@xmission.com wrote: In article 162de7480911020831o4b123747xc933d27b4fbf8...@mail.gmail.com, =A0 =A0Wesley W. Terpstra

Re: [WiX-users] LZMA compression?

2009-11-02 Thread Richard
In article 162de7480911020831o4b123747xc933d27b4fbf8...@mail.gmail.com, Wesley W. Terpstra wes...@terpstra.ca writes: [...] For such a big savings in download-time I think that's a reasonable trade-off. Have you been receiving complaints about download times? Doing the simplest thing

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-11-02 Thread Richard
In article d91a1dd8a8f2ba459644b8f3b7e517ddac0ee4e...@exvmbx015-4.exch015.msoutlookonline.net, Tom Crozier tcroz...@rackwise.com writes: My application is installed at an enterprise level where there are separate S QL servers, SSRS servers and IIS servers and even if you have admin

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-11-01 Thread Richard
In article d91a1dd8a8f2ba459644b8f3b7e517ddac0ee4e...@exvmbx015-4.exch015.msoutlookonline.net, Tom Crozier tcroz...@rackwise.com writes: The lengthy CA validates the users credentials [...] Why does your application need a user's credentials? If your application needs to do something

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Richard
In article d91a1dd8a8f2ba459644b8f3b7e517ddac0ee4e...@exvmbx015-4.exch015.msoutlookonline.net, Tom Crozier tcroz...@rackwise.com writes: !-- In the TestDlg I do the following-- Control Id=TestButton Type=PushButton X=100 Y=100 Width=66 Height=18 Text=Test TabSkip=no Default=yes

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Richard
In article d91a1dd8a8f2ba459644b8f3b7e517ddac0ee4e...@exvmbx015-4.exch015.msoutlookonline.net, Tom Crozier tcroz...@rackwise.com writes: Richard - Sorry I didn't see your post until now. The order they are declared in is the order they are assigned as can be seen in the ControlEvent

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Richard
In article d91a1dd8a8f2ba459644b8f3b7e517ddac0ee4e...@exvmbx015-4.exch015.msoutlookonline.net, Tom Crozier tcroz...@rackwise.com writes: Is there some simpler method to allow me to put up a Please wait dialog while a long CA is running and then have it taken down. Let me take a step

Re: [WiX-users] UI Display question

2009-10-31 Thread Richard
In article d91a1dd8a8f2ba459644b8f3b7e517ddac0ee4e...@exvmbx015-4.exch015.msoutlookonline.net, Tom Crozier tcroz...@rackwise.com writes: As far as the async goes there are 2 synchronous methods for calling CA's Che ck and Ignore. And there are 2 async methods asyncWait and asyncNoWait.

Re: [WiX-users] InstallExecuteSequence modifying Dialogs

2009-10-30 Thread Richard
In article 5e7723298293ea4b8c5fac913740a9cc212b5...@tk5ex14mbxw652.wingroup.windeploy.ntdev.microsoft.com, Dan Giambalvo danie...@microsoft.com writes: During our InstallExecuteSequence we decrement an install count for the user via a Custom Action. What does the install count mean?

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