Re: [WiX-users] Strange error

[Cullen Waters]

That error is thrown when an included file uses a prefix that is not declared 
in the parent file.

I'm adding code to properly identify and report the error; it should be in the 
next release after Monday.

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Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 5:09 PM
To: 'Mike Dimmick'; 'Probir Chatterjee'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Strange error

I don’t know much about the error in question here, sorry. However I noticed a 
different problem with the code in this example; the  element should not 
have a SelfRegCost attribute set. This would cause the DLL to be registered 
twice possibly resulting in unexpected behavior during runtime.

Fredrik

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Dimmick
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 12:27 AM
To: 'Probir Chatterjee'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Strange error

That error message appears to be erroneously produced for any invalid XML: the 
catch handler in Preprocessor.cs which catches XmlException on loading the 
document (line 258) reports SP1ProbablyNotInstalled (error 147).

You might try adding the pca namespace to your root document's WiX element.

Alternatively, convert your s to s. Place your components 
under a  element. Then, remove the  directives from 
your main .wxs file, compile the Fragments separately, and link them all 
together with light (specifying each .wixobj you need).

CWXCom.wxs:


http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi";
 xmlns:pca="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2005/02/pubca";>
  

  


  

  

  

  


VS2005 has just told me that  is not valid under  according 
to the schema. The schema validation may be what’s causing the XmlException. 
I’m not sure why  isn’t allowed when  and  are – 
surely this is also a bug?

--
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Sent: 09 November 2006 07:58
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Strange error
Importance: High

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to create an installer using WIX and it has started giving me 
strange problems.
I need to install 2 websites, 1 webservice, 1 db and a COM component.
I could do the 1st four without any problem, but when tried putting in the code 
for COM component I have run into a strange problem

On running candle.exe, I am receiving this error:
Candle.exe : error CNDL0147 : An error has occurred that most likely indicates 
that .NET framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 has not been installed. Please see the 
following website for more information about the service pack and how to 
install it : http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=867460

I have installed .net framework 1.1 sp1 but the problem won’t go away

I am using the following file for candle and light:

d:\tools\wix-2.0.4415.0-binaries\candle.exe cwx_arabic.wxs  -ext 
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.PcaCompiler,pcaext


d:\tools\wix-2.0.4415.0-binaries\light.exe -out cwx_arabic.msi 
cwx_arabic.wixobj D:\tools\wix-2.0.4415.0-binaries\wixui.wixlib 
D:\tools\wix-2.0.4415.0-binaries\sca.wixlib -loc 
D:\tools\wix-2.0.4415.0-binaries\WixUI_en-us.wxl 
D:\tools\wix-2.0.4415.0-binaries\pubca.wixlib -ext 
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.PcaCompiler,pcaext

The code for my CWXCom.wxi looks like the following:



http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi";
 xmlns:pca="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2005/02/pubca";>
  


  

  

  



The main .wxs file refers the component as follows (I am only copy pasting the 
sections where the file is included and component is referred)

Include for the .wxi file


http://schema.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi"; >


……….
………..



  

  
  
  

  

……
…

………..

   

……..
………..
………


What am I doing wrong here?!!! I am at the end of my wits, pls help! I haven’t 
tried running on a different machine, I will try to run and post the result 
here….
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Re: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?

[Mike Dimmick]

You still need the custom action, because the File table's Attributes column
does not support clearing the Archive attribute.

 

I don't think this is a particularly common thing to do - for the reasons I
explained earlier - so do not think it justifies complicating the compiler,
the custom actions, and the documentation. Specifically, the OS will
automatically set the Archive bit when installing a new file anyway. If you
clear the flag after installing the file, the file will not be backed up on
the next incremental or differential backup, which will very much surprise
system administrators, and could cause your software not to work correctly
if the system has to be restored from the last full backup plus a
differential or a sequence of incrementals (because a critical file or
change to a critical file was not captured in the backup). On the whole I
don't think it's a good thing to do.

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: 02 December 2006 17:35
To: Rob Mensching; Lorne Laliberte; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?

 

This brings up a question that occurs to me fairly regularly reading this
list and that is is it hard to be a contributor to the wix effort and/or
does it take a long time to see contributed changes become available?

 

This seems like the kind of candidate question where it'd be nice to
recommend Lorne (if willing) add support for Archive to the  tag
instead of doing the work in a custom action.

 

Also a good time for another shout out to Rob/Bob and all the rest for all
the great work and great support/help they do/give. We seem to have burdened
so few with so much on this project.

 

One more thing I've been curisous about is is there much interest among the
readers here in springing up an effort to add external UI to this project.
I've been contemplating what it would be like to be able to define the UI in
html/xaml.


 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Rob Mensching
Sent: Tue 11/28/2006 3:05 PM
To: Lorne Laliberte; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?

It's a strange requirement and you'll have to use a CustomAction.  You might
look at the secureobj.cpp code to see how best to do that since SecureObj
can change things that were just installed.  Non-trivial amount of work to
do correctly.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lorne
Laliberte
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 14:58
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?


Thanks Mike. I'm not using the attribute directly, but I do need to be
able to clear or set it. This is for an internal project so I'm not sure
what I can say publically, but one of the requirements is control over
all of the destination file attributes.

...Lorne Laliberte

> -Original Message-
> From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:47 PM
> To: Lorne Laliberte; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?
>
> As far as I know, the Archive bit is typically only used by backup
> applications to determine if a file has changed since the
> last time it was
> backed up. The OS automatically sets the archive bit when files are
> modified. Backup tools clear it when the file has been backed up.
>
> If you're trying to give any other semantics to the Archive
> bit, the OS will
> break them.
>
> I believe, but haven't checked, that the Archive bit will
> therefore be set
> for any files created or modified by Windows Installer during an
> installation.
>
> --
> Mike Dimmick
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lorne
> Laliberte
> Sent: 28 November 2006 22:11
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?
>
> Hello list!
>
> How do you set the "Arhive" attribute for a file?
>
>  has ReadOnly, Hidden, and System XML attributes...but
> Archive is
> rejected by candle.exe.
>
> The MSI file table doesn't offer any suggestions either.
>
> Do we need to use a custom action to do this?



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Re: [WiX-users] Detect Windows installer version...

[Mike Dimmick]

This error is code 1723. It indicates that there was a problem running a
custom action implemented in a DLL.

In your case we're assuming that since it runs on one service pack but not
another, that there's some dependency that a custom action relies on which
isn't present on that version.

I note that the SxsUninstallCA.DLL in the VC8 merge module uses the
MsiEnumProductsEx API. (I extracted SxsUninstallCA from the Binary table of
Microsoft_VC80_CRT_x86.msm using Orca and examined it using Depends.exe.)
This API was added in Windows Installer 3.0, so version 3.0 is required for
using the VC8 redistributable MSMs.

You should set the Package/@InstallerVersion attribute to 300 to ensure that
at least version 3.0 of Windows Installer is installed.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod
Sent: 02 December 2006 16:36
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detect Windows installer version...

Hello,

Thanks a lot for your answer.

But... hmmm... I'm not sure my message clearly described my
problem.

The installed software runs on both WinXP SP1 and SP2 (provided
the VC8 runtime is there, and this is why I'm using the VC8 merge
modules).

Running the WiX installer (with those MSMs) succeeds on WinXP
SP2, but fails on SP1 (installation stops with the error message
I mentionned in my previous email).

The same installer without the VC8 merge modules runs on both
SP1 and SP2, so my guess is that the problem is related to
using the merge modules ; I suspect this is not supported on
WinXP SP1 unless the user upgrades Windows Installer (maybe
I'm wrong, I'm new to MSI stuff to be honest...).



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[WiX-users] FW: Background color (and other settings) for a Dialog

[John Lemire]

Have you had success with this approach? I've never been able to get the 
background bitmap to stay behind all the other controls once users started 
clicking around in the dialog. It always seems that eventually one or more of 
them gets z-ordered behind the bitmap and disappears on me... 



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Sent: Thu 11/23/2006 12:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Background color (and other settings) for a Dialog


Adrian Alonso wrote: 

How can I set the background color (and other settings) for a Dialog? 


Dialogs get their background color from Windows. If you want to change it, the 
easiest way is to use a bitmap that covers the entire dialog.


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Re: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?

[John Lemire]

This brings up a question that occurs to me fairly regularly reading this list 
and that is is it hard to be a contributor to the wix effort and/or does it 
take a long time to see contributed changes become available?
 
This seems like the kind of candidate question where it'd be nice to recommend 
Lorne (if willing) add support for Archive to the  tag instead of doing 
the work in a custom action.
 
Also a good time for another shout out to Rob/Bob and all the rest for all the 
great work and great support/help they do/give. We seem to have burdened so few 
with so much on this project.
 
One more thing I've been curisous about is is there much interest among the 
readers here in springing up an effort to add external UI to this project. I've 
been contemplating what it would be like to be able to define the UI in 
html/xaml.

 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Rob Mensching
Sent: Tue 11/28/2006 3:05 PM
To: Lorne Laliberte; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?



It's a strange requirement and you'll have to use a CustomAction.  You might 
look at the secureobj.cpp code to see how best to do that since SecureObj can 
change things that were just installed.  Non-trivial amount of work to do 
correctly.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lorne Laliberte
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 14:58
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?


Thanks Mike. I'm not using the attribute directly, but I do need to be
able to clear or set it. This is for an internal project so I'm not sure
what I can say publically, but one of the requirements is control over
all of the destination file attributes.

...Lorne Laliberte

> -Original Message-
> From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:47 PM
> To: Lorne Laliberte; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?
>
> As far as I know, the Archive bit is typically only used by backup
> applications to determine if a file has changed since the
> last time it was
> backed up. The OS automatically sets the archive bit when files are
> modified. Backup tools clear it when the file has been backed up.
>
> If you're trying to give any other semantics to the Archive
> bit, the OS will
> break them.
>
> I believe, but haven't checked, that the Archive bit will
> therefore be set
> for any files created or modified by Windows Installer during an
> installation.
>
> --
> Mike Dimmick
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lorne
> Laliberte
> Sent: 28 November 2006 22:11
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?
>
> Hello list!
>
> How do you set the "Arhive" attribute for a file?
>
>  has ReadOnly, Hidden, and System XML attributes...but
> Archive is
> rejected by candle.exe.
>
> The MSI file table doesn't offer any suggestions either.
>
> Do we need to use a custom action to do this?


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Re: [WiX-users] Detect Windows installer version...

[Rod]

Hello,

Thanks a lot for your answer.

But... hmmm... I'm not sure my message clearly described my
problem.

The installed software runs on both WinXP SP1 and SP2 (provided
the VC8 runtime is there, and this is why I'm using the VC8 merge
modules).

Running the WiX installer (with those MSMs) succeeds on WinXP
SP2, but fails on SP1 (installation stops with the error message
I mentionned in my previous email).

The same installer without the VC8 merge modules runs on both
SP1 and SP2, so my guess is that the problem is related to
using the merge modules ; I suspect this is not supported on
WinXP SP1 unless the user upgrades Windows Installer (maybe
I'm wrong, I'm new to MSI stuff to be honest...).

So sure linking the VC8 Runtime statically would help (no need
to use the VC8 MSMs -> no installer problem anymore), but I
really do not like that solution (modify the installed software's
build process to workaround an installer issue) and that would
make the VC8 MSMs completely useless (which I doubt).

What I would like the installer to do is detect the version
of Windows Installer and if it's too old ask the user to upgrade.

Is this possible ?

Best regards,
Rod.


Rob Mensching wrote:
> Either statically link against the VC8 Runtime or move to a Runtime that is 
> available on all platforms you care about.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 13:37
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Detect Windows installer version...
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have trouble running my WiX installer on Windows XP SP1 (it runs fine
> on SP2). It fails with the following error message:
> "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required
>  for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support
>  personnel or package vendor."
> 
> I tested a few different WiX-generated installers and I suspect the
> problem is related to:
> - the vc8-redistributable-dlls MSMs I "linked" with the installer
> - the Windows Installer version (IIRC, 2.1 on SP1, and 3.0 on SP2)
> 
> What is the best solution for this problem and how to implement
> it ? I tried to find info about how to detect the Windows
> Installer version but didn't find anything.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Rod
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