Re: [WiX-users] Component/@Guid error

2012-07-12 Thread Rob Mensching
This part of the error message is pertinent: "[no] Property substitutions as the key path" On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Bill Packard wrote: > WiX 3.0.5419, VS 2008. > Attempting to convert merge modules (only used internally) to wixlib. > Almost there, but have encountered a set of errors th

Re: [WiX-users] Bug? UpgradeVersion element causing LGHT0094 error

2012-07-12 Thread Rob Mensching
Or use MajorUpgrade element. On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Don Walker wrote: > > Chad Petersen wrote > > > > I was able to get past this error in your example by adding this inside > > the Fragment > > > > > > > > > > > > Scheduling RemoveExistingProducts worked for me too. Ironica

[WiX-users] Status of WiX v3.6 Release

2012-07-12 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
WiX v3.6 RC0 was announced on 4/3/2012 and WiX v3.6 RC was announced on 5/28/2012. Does anybody have any guess as to how close we might be to WiX v3.6 RTM? Hmm... let me ask a different question. We are not using burn yet and I understand most of the work right now revolves around burn. Would u

Re: [WiX-users] Bug? UpgradeVersion element causing LGHT0094 error

2012-07-12 Thread Don Walker
Rob Mensching-7 wrote > > Or use MajorUpgrade element. > I don't think that the MajorUpgrade element gives me the flexibility that I need. My assumptions (and what I believe to be best practice) are: 1. The UpgradeCode is fixed for all versions of the product. 2. The Product Id is set to "*"

Re: [WiX-users] Status of WiX v3.6 Release

2012-07-12 Thread John H Bergman (XPedient)
I find 3.6 very stable. -Original Message- From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:49 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: [WiX-users] Status of WiX v3.6 Releas

Re: [WiX-users] Component/@Guid error

2012-07-12 Thread bpackard
Rob, Unless I am mistaken, that criteria: "[no] Property substitutions ..." is only relevant if I am asking WiX to generate the Guid; which seems to be indicated in the initial message. "The Component/@Guid attribute's value '*' is not valid for this component..." What has me confused is that th

[WiX-users] BalExtension and the Common Public License

2012-07-12 Thread Darwin Baines
I am looking into possibility of creating my own bootstrapper that tweaks the standard bootstrapper. I assume that if I write my bootstrapper from scratch, I shouldn't run into complications, but if I start with the standard bootstrapper code and make some changes that fits my situation, I've c

[WiX-users] Install multiple services using single ServiceHost.exe?

2012-07-12 Thread d8xter
Is it possible to use the ServiceInstall element and install multiple Windows Services using a single host.exe file? If so, how? This works for a single service, but I cannot install the same file to the same directory from two different components...ICE30 error.

Re: [WiX-users] Bug? UpgradeVersion element causing LGHT0094 error

2012-07-12 Thread Don Walker
Don Walker wrote > > Here is the situation: > > 1. We allow multiple versions of our product to be installed at the same > time if they have a different Major.Minor version. I don't believe that > the MajorUpgrade element supports this option. The UpgradeVersion elements > shown should provide f

Re: [WiX-users] BalExtension and the Common Public License

2012-07-12 Thread John Robbins
Out of pure curiosity, why would you need to do your own custom bootstrapper? The WiX Burn bootstrapper is incredibly flexible and allows you to completely control everything I can imagine anyone would need. What does Burn not do that you need? Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. John Co-fo

Re: [WiX-users] BalExtension and the Common Public License

2012-07-12 Thread Darwin Baines
I may have taken the wrong approach and this may become a non-issue once the documentation comes out and clears things up, but I was looking to make a quiet bootstrapper whose only dialog was the "usage" help page; kind of an incremental step from a straight MSI to a bootstrapper, where the MSI

Re: [WiX-users] BalExtension and the Common Public License

2012-07-12 Thread John Robbins
Thanks for answering! If a quiet bootstrapper is what you want, take a look at writing a custom one. You have total control over every aspect of the UI so you can show as little or as much as you like. There's not a lot of documentation, but the WiX bootstrapper itself is very well done and was

Re: [WiX-users] BalExtension and the Common Public License

2012-07-12 Thread Bruce Cran
On 12/07/2012 23:40, Darwin Baines wrote: > So having done this, and gotten it to work I'm at the stage of wondering what > would be the ramification if we were to distribute it with our product and if > it will be a common problem with others. I think this is something you'd need to ask a lawye

[WiX-users] MediaTemplate - what's DiskPrompt/VolumeLabel mean in this context?

2012-07-12 Thread Nick Ramirez
What does DiskPrompt and VolumeLabel mean when used on a MediaTemplate element? On the old Media element, it made sense because each Media element corresponded to a unique CAB file: But the MediaTemplate makes the cabinets for us and there's only one element. What does it do with to have these

Re: [WiX-users] Install multiple services using single ServiceHost.exe?

2012-07-12 Thread Nick Ramirez
Looking at the definition for ServiceInstall, you have to have the File element in the same component. So, that limits you. Otherwise you'd be able to put the File in one component and maybe reference it by two different ServiceInstalls. Alas. I've done something that may be similar to what you're

[WiX-users] Getting started using WiX 3.6

2012-07-12 Thread Daniel Lang
Hello everyone, I'm just getting started using version 3.6 (latest build) and I'm having a hard time understanding the basics. The main reason is, that it seems that there's very few to none documentation available. I've started reading the book and also the tutorial, but they are very differen

Re: [WiX-users] Getting started using WiX 3.6

2012-07-12 Thread Nick Ramirez
The setup template did change a bit in 3.6. They put the directories and components into separate fragments. And they added the MediaTemplate element and added the Directory attribute to the ComponentGroup. But for the most part, it's mostly like version 3.5, or version 3.0 for that matter. Fragm