Re: [WiX-users] Replace path text inside installed files.

2010-02-25 Thread Gary Smith
> You can try create a registry entry for the Installation directory and then > make your code read the reg entry for the installation path, or save the > path to the file as you said. > You can get the installation path using [INSTALLDIR] or [INSTALLLOCATION]. > This will give you the installation

[WiX-users] Install large set of files

2010-02-25 Thread Gary Smith
I have a need to install all of the files/directories under a particular folder as part of the install. These are basically sample files. I have read the horror stories of how to get large number of files into wix package. Most of these are a few years old though. Given the question, what's

[WiX-users] Replace path text inside installed files.

2010-02-25 Thread Gary Smith
Does anyone have a sample of how to replace text inside a file (or set of files) based upon install path? Basically, I have a DLL that will be installed where the users want to install it BUT the samples that they can compile and test against point to never never land (i.e. some path in my deve

Re: [WiX-users] Same app, different versions

2010-02-18 Thread Gary Smith
> > Yes. > ... > > I have my installer for my library that installs just fine. For versioning > controls issues, I need to be able to run the multiple different versions of > the application. These are installed in the GAC and the file system. The > file system includes the version number (c:

[WiX-users] Same app, different versions

2010-02-18 Thread Gary Smith
I have my installer for my library that installs just fine. For versioning controls issues, I need to be able to run the multiple different versions of the application. These are installed in the GAC and the file system. The file system includes the version number (c:\programs files\myapp\x.x

Re: [WiX-users] Installed app not showing up in add/remove programs

2010-02-18 Thread Gary Smith
> Sounds like your package is per-user. See the Package/@InstallScope element. Yes, setting the InstallScope to perMachine seems to have solved this issue. Thanks. -- Download IntelĀ® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new sof

[WiX-users] Installed app not showing up in add/remove programs

2010-02-18 Thread Gary Smith
Hello, I'm run into a situation where the installer generated from WIX doesn't add itself to the add/remove programs file. Here is the case when this happens. The OS is Windows 2008. When I install the msi as myself, I'm prompted for admin account (since I'm a non-privileged user on the sys