Re: [WiX-users] Installing cert using WiX 3.0

[Rennie Sawade (Volt)]

All I want to do is install the cert.  I don't want to do anything with 
configuring IIS.  Does that mean that I should do it in a custom action instead 
of using the IIS extension?
 
Rennie
 



From: Joe Kaplan on behalf of Joe Kaplan
Sent: Mon 12/4/2006 9:03 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Rennie Sawade (Volt)
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing cert using WiX 3.0



It looks like you are missing the culture switch.  Does your command line
look something like this:

light -ext wixiisextension.dll -cultures:en-US -out xxx.msi xxx.wixobj

Note that the current IIS CA does not install certificates unless you have
other IIS stuff defined as the CA that schedules all of the IIS actions
exits out if there are no IIS configuration entries defined in the msi.  See
my email from yesterday regarding my complaint about that.

Joe K.

- Original Message -
From: Rennie Sawade (Volt)
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 7:18 PM
Subject: [WiX-users] Installing cert using WiX 3.0


I tried to install a CA certificate using:



I then get quite a few LGHT0102 errors from the linker for different
"localization variables". Such as "The localization variable
!(loc.ConfigureIIs) is unkown. Please ensure the variable is defined.

The error repeats for other variables such as (loc.StartMetabaseTransaction,
loc.RollbackMetabaseTransaction, loc.CommitMetabaseTransaction,.).

Can I not just install a certificate using the IIS extension?  Or is this a
known issue?

Thanks,
Rennie




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Re: [WiX-users] Custom Error text - with new line

[Rob Mensching]

Can't you just author Properties with newlines in them?

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stefan Pavlik
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 01:20
To: Rob Hamflett
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Error text - with new line

It is possible to use new line character sequence in MSI!!!

My solution:
Use Immediate CA (C++ Dll) to fill the public property (e.g. CRLF)
with "\r\n" and then use the [CRLF] in the Error table.

It works perfect.

Hope that it will help somebody.

Stefan

Rob Hamflett wrote:
> You can't force newlines.  I had to resort to creating multiple text controls.
>
> Rob
>
> Stefan Pavlik wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I want to add my own text to some custom error (e.g. Id 25001).
>>
>> Problem is that I don't know how to enter the new line character
>> sequence. (\r\n does not work).
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Stefan

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Re: [WiX-users] Installing cert using WiX 3.0

[Joe Kaplan]

It looks like you are missing the culture switch.  Does your command line 
look something like this:

light -ext wixiisextension.dll -cultures:en-US -out xxx.msi xxx.wixobj

Note that the current IIS CA does not install certificates unless you have 
other IIS stuff defined as the CA that schedules all of the IIS actions 
exits out if there are no IIS configuration entries defined in the msi.  See 
my email from yesterday regarding my complaint about that.

Joe K.

- Original Message - 
From: Rennie Sawade (Volt)
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 7:18 PM
Subject: [WiX-users] Installing cert using WiX 3.0


I tried to install a CA certificate using:



I then get quite a few LGHT0102 errors from the linker for different 
"localization variables". Such as "The localization variable 
!(loc.ConfigureIIs) is unkown. Please ensure the variable is defined.

The error repeats for other variables such as (loc.StartMetabaseTransaction, 
loc.RollbackMetabaseTransaction, loc.CommitMetabaseTransaction,.).

Can I not just install a certificate using the IIS extension?  Or is this a 
known issue?

Thanks,
Rennie




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Re: [WiX-users] Installing cert using WiX 3.0

[Cullen Waters]

You have to include cultures:en-us (or whatever culture your installer is for) 
on the light command line, in wix v3.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rennie Sawade 
(Volt)
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:19 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Installing cert using WiX 3.0

I tried to install a CA certificate using:



I then get quite a few LGHT0102 errors from the linker for different 
"localization variables". Such as "The localization variable 
!(loc.ConfigureIIs) is unkown. Please ensure the variable is defined.

The error repeats for other variables such as (loc.StartMetabaseTransaction, 
loc.RollbackMetabaseTransaction, loc.CommitMetabaseTransaction,...).

Can I not just install a certificate using the IIS extension?  Or is this a 
known issue?

Thanks,
Rennie

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Re: [WiX-users] Optional Service Start - Help Needed

[Michael Osmond]

Hello Emma,
 
You can't set the value of a property using another property in that
manner.  You actually need to use another CustomAction.  
 


You will also need to schedule this Custom Action.



  

Michael


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From: Emma Hanna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, 5 December 2006 1:36 PM
To: Michael Osmond; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Optional Service Start - Help Needed



Hi Michael

 

This worked - thank you.

 

However, in order to get it to work properly I had to set the value of
the command line directly to the net.exe - i.e.

 





 

I need to use the system folder property like so:



 

But this fails, as it does not evaluate the property.

 

Could someone give me some help on how to do this?

 

Cheers

Emma.

 

  _  

From: Michael Osmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, 4 December 2006 12:37 PM
To: Emma Hanna; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Optional Service Start - Help Needed

 

Emma,

 

You could use a custom action to start the service at the end of the
install, and condition the custom action from the check box.


To start a service use the command NET Start .  Use the WIX qtexec
custom action to run the command.

 

Michael

 

  _  

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emma Hanna
Sent: Monday, 4 December 2006 9:28 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Optional Service Start - Help Needed

When installing a windows service with WIX, I need for the service to be
optionally started or not, depending on input from the user (a check box
or the like). I have tried doing this using two separate components and
adding a condition, and this appears to work, however does not uninstall
properly. Could someone advise me on the best way to go about
implementing this solution?

Thanks

Emma.

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Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

[David Thielen]

Hi;
 
This looks great. Two questions. First the easy one - which version of the 
WIndows installer do I need to require so I can then run my wix install.
 
Second, how do I tie this in to my installer? Is there a way in it to include 
it with my MSI and/or have it start downloading & running my msi when it's done?
 
thanks - dave
 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Rob MacFadyen
Sent: Mon 12/4/2006 8:29 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist


David, 
 
The most recent version does:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2A5E4EBC-651C-40AA-9525-1810AF47C317&displaylang=en
 
Regards,
 
Rob



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:22 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist


Hi;
 
That looks great except... It does not include the two we need - .NET 2.0 and 
J# 2.0.
 
thanks - dave
 



From: Michael Osmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon 12/4/2006 7:33 PM
To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist


Dave,
 
You could have a look at the "Microsoft Component Installer" (PSetup).  It 
provides a bootstrap that will install your redistributables and then your app. 
 The redistributables can be got from local source or the web.  
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994369.aspx
 
Michael



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen
Sent: Tuesday, 5 December 2006 12:03 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist


Hi;
 
We have had feedback from 4 potential customers that having .NET 2.0 as a 
prerequisite with the message taking them to the download made our installer 
"too difficult and too complicated" (and note - these are programmers!)
 
So we need to have installing the .NET framework (and J# redist) as an 
automatic part of our install. So my questions are:
 
1) Is it better to have the redist in our install, or have it that when they 
click Next it downloads it and runs it automatically?
 
2a) If it's include it, anything special we have to do to have this in our 
installer?
 
2b) If it's download and run, how do we set that up to go?
 
thanks - dave
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Re: [WiX-users] Optional Service Start - Help Needed

[Emma Hanna]

Hi Michael

 

This worked - thank you.

 

However, in order to get it to work properly I had to set the value of
the command line directly to the net.exe - i.e.

 





 

I need to use the system folder property like so:



 

But this fails, as it does not evaluate the property.

 

Could someone give me some help on how to do this?

 

Cheers

Emma.

 



From: Michael Osmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, 4 December 2006 12:37 PM
To: Emma Hanna; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Optional Service Start - Help Needed

 

Emma,

 

You could use a custom action to start the service at the end of the
install, and condition the custom action from the check box.


To start a service use the command NET Start .  Use the WIX qtexec
custom action to run the command.

 

Michael

 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emma Hanna
Sent: Monday, 4 December 2006 9:28 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Optional Service Start - Help Needed

When installing a windows service with WIX, I need for the service to be
optionally started or not, depending on input from the user (a check box
or the like). I have tried doing this using two separate components and
adding a condition, and this appears to work, however does not uninstall
properly. Could someone advise me on the best way to go about
implementing this solution?

Thanks

Emma.

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Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

[Rob MacFadyen]

David, 
 
The most recent version does:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2A5E4EBC-651C-40AA-
9525-1810AF47C317
 &displaylang=en
 
Regards,
 
Rob

  _  

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:22 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist


Hi;
 
That looks great except... It does not include the two we need - .NET 2.0
and J# 2.0.
 
thanks - dave
 

  _  

From: Michael Osmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon 12/4/2006 7:33 PM
To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist


Dave,
 
You could have a look at the "Microsoft Component Installer" (PSetup).  It
provides a bootstrap that will install your redistributables and then your
app.  The redistributables can be got from local source or the web.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994369.aspx
 
Michael

  _  

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen
Sent: Tuesday, 5 December 2006 12:03 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist


Hi;
 
We have had feedback from 4 potential customers that having .NET 2.0 as a
prerequisite with the message taking them to the download made our installer
"too difficult and too complicated" (and note - these are programmers!)
 
So we need to have installing the .NET framework (and J# redist) as an
automatic part of our install. So my questions are:
 
1) Is it better to have the redist in our install, or have it that when they
click Next it downloads it and runs it automatically?
 
2a) If it's include it, anything special we have to do to have this in our
installer?
 
2b) If it's download and run, how do we set that up to go?
 
thanks - dave
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Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

[David Thielen]

Hi;
 
That looks great except... It does not include the two we need - .NET 2.0 and 
J# 2.0.
 
thanks - dave
 



From: Michael Osmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon 12/4/2006 7:33 PM
To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist


Dave,
 
You could have a look at the "Microsoft Component Installer" (PSetup).  It 
provides a bootstrap that will install your redistributables and then your app. 
 The redistributables can be got from local source or the web.  
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994369.aspx
 
Michael



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen
Sent: Tuesday, 5 December 2006 12:03 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist


Hi;
 
We have had feedback from 4 potential customers that having .NET 2.0 as a 
prerequisite with the message taking them to the download made our installer 
"too difficult and too complicated" (and note - these are programmers!)
 
So we need to have installing the .NET framework (and J# redist) as an 
automatic part of our install. So my questions are:
 
1) Is it better to have the redist in our install, or have it that when they 
click Next it downloads it and runs it automatically?
 
2a) If it's include it, anything special we have to do to have this in our 
installer?
 
2b) If it's download and run, how do we set that up to go?
 
thanks - dave
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Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

[Michael Osmond]

Dave,
 
You could have a look at the "Microsoft Component Installer" (PSetup).
It provides a bootstrap that will install your redistributables and then
your app.  The redistributables can be got from local source or the web.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994369.aspx
 
Michael

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thielen
Sent: Tuesday, 5 December 2006 12:03 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist


Hi;
 
We have had feedback from 4 potential customers that having .NET 2.0 as
a prerequisite with the message taking them to the download made our
installer "too difficult and too complicated" (and note - these are
programmers!)
 
So we need to have installing the .NET framework (and J# redist) as an
automatic part of our install. So my questions are:
 
1) Is it better to have the redist in our install, or have it that when
they click Next it downloads it and runs it automatically?
 
2a) If it's include it, anything special we have to do to have this in
our installer?
 
2b) If it's download and run, how do we set that up to go?
 
thanks - dave
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[WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

[David Thielen]

Hi;
 
We have had feedback from 4 potential customers that having .NET 2.0 as a 
prerequisite with the message taking them to the download made our installer 
"too difficult and too complicated" (and note - these are programmers!)
 
So we need to have installing the .NET framework (and J# redist) as an 
automatic part of our install. So my questions are:
 
1) Is it better to have the redist in our install, or have it that when they 
click Next it downloads it and runs it automatically?
 
2a) If it's include it, anything special we have to do to have this in our 
installer?
 
2b) If it's download and run, how do we set that up to go?
 
thanks - dave
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[WiX-users] Installing cert using WiX 3.0

[Rennie Sawade (Volt)]

I tried to install a CA certificate using:

 



 

I then get quite a few LGHT0102 errors from the linker for different
"localization variables". Such as "The localization variable
!(loc.ConfigureIIs) is unkown. Please ensure the variable is defined.

 

The error repeats for other variables such as
(loc.StartMetabaseTransaction, loc.RollbackMetabaseTransaction,
loc.CommitMetabaseTransaction,...).

 

Can I not just install a certificate using the IIS extension?  Or is
this a known issue?

 

Thanks,

Rennie

 

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Re: [WiX-users] Need help with a CustomTable

[Mike Dimmick]

At least in version 3.0.2015.0, that shouldn't happen, because the call to
String.Split asks it to return a maximum of two substrings. This will cause
problems if you use a colon in the column name, but should be OK if you use
it in the data.

 

I'm not really sure why this uses delimiters in the data rather than using
XML properly (i.e. separate elements for each field.)

 

-- 

Mike Dimmick

 

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Sent: 04 December 2006 06:34
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Need help with a CustomTable

 

In my app, we are using a couple of CustomTable elements.

 

The data in one of my columns includes a colon in the string.  It looks like
Light uses a colon to delimit the column names and values in the CustomRow
element in the .wixobj file.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to include the colon in the data for
a column?

 

I'm getting a null reference exception from light because the linker uses
String.Split(':'), and that is creating an extra, unexpected value in the
code.

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

[Rod]

This is exactly what I needed. Thanks !

Best regards,
Rod


Mike Dimmick wrote:
> 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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Re: [WiX-users] Optional Service Start - Help Needed

[Wilson, Phil]

A guess: most likely the UI is setting a property that's used as a
condition on the component, let's assume it's the component that
installs the service and starts it. If the value of the property is not
preserved but is used again as a condition on uninstall the service
won't uninstall because the property won't be there. The answer would be
to persist the property value (in the registry, say) and reacquire it
(AppSearch) for the uninstall. 

Phil Wilson 





From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob
Mensching
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 9:21 PM
To: Emma Hanna; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Optional Service Start - Help Needed



What do you mean does not uninstall properly?

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emma Hanna
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 15:28
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Optional Service Start - Help Needed

 

When installing a windows service with WIX, I need for the service to be
optionally started or not, depending on input from the user (a check box
or the like). I have tried doing this using two separate components and
adding a condition, and this appears to work, however does not uninstall
properly. Could someone advise me on the best way to go about
implementing this solution?

Thanks

Emma.

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Re: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

[gboreki]

Thank you for the help, it worked indeed.


De:"Rob Mensching" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Para:"gboreki" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Cópia:"wix-users" wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Data:Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:41:39 -0800

Assunto:RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

Well, if you use the same Directory/@Id as the Id in the 
Property/RegistrySearch then I think you’ll get what you want.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gboreki
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 03:29
To: Rob Mensching
Cc: wix-users
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

>
How can i set the "directory value" to the value of a property?
>

>

> De:"Rob Mensching" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Para:"gboreki" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

>

Cópia:"wix-users" wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Data:Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:06:14 -0800

>

Assunto:RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

>
Adding wix-users back on.

I would use AppSearch to read the registry value and use that value to set a 
Directory to the right path.  Put the FileShare element in the Component in the 
Directory that gets its value set from the AppSearch and that should get you 
what you want.

>
From: gboreki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:02
To: Rob Mensching
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

>
>
I don't think so... let describe a little bit what this part of the setup does 
and maybe somebody can show me the light ;)
>
>

>
>
A prerequisite is that our server software is installed in the same machine. So 
a registry with the path is read.
>
>

>
>
A property receives the value of this registry key and with a custom action i 
assign a value to a second property with a child folder (this is a little 
awkward).
>
>

>
>
With some filecopy elements a lot of files are copied to this folder (which is 
currently on a property). How i would be able to use fileshare in this case?
>
>

>
>
Thanks
>
>

>
>

>
>

>
>

>
>

>
>

>
>
De:"Rob Mensching" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Para:"gboreki" [EMAIL PROTECTED],"wix-users" wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

>
>

Cópia:

Data:Fri, 1 Dec 2006 07:50:01 -0800

>
>

Assunto:RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

>
>
Uhh, would the FileShare element work?

>
>
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gboreki
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 03:55
To: wix-users
Subject: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder
 > Hello guys,
> One of my setups should be able to share a folder to all users (right after 
> the installation). So every user in the company may access its content.
>
> My idea is to create some custom action with the proper code to share this 
> folder, but before start i want to ask if is there any easier way?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
> Guilherme
>
>

>
>

>

>

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Re: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

[Rob Mensching]

Well, if you use the same Directory/@Id as the Id in the 
Property/RegistrySearch then I think you'll get what you want.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gboreki
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 03:29
To: Rob Mensching
Cc: wix-users
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

How can i set the "directory value" to the value of a property?


De:

"Rob Mensching" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Para:

"gboreki" [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Cópia:

"wix-users" wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Data:

Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:06:14 -0800


Assunto:

RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

Adding wix-users back on.

I would use AppSearch to read the registry value and use that value to set a 
Directory to the right path.  Put the FileShare element in the Component in the 
Directory that gets its value set from the AppSearch and that should get you 
what you want.

From: gboreki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:02
To: Rob Mensching
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

>
I don't think so... let describe a little bit what this part of the setup does 
and maybe somebody can show me the light ;)
>

>
A prerequisite is that our server software is installed in the same machine. So 
a registry with the path is read.
>

>
A property receives the value of this registry key and with a custom action i 
assign a value to a second property with a child folder (this is a little 
awkward).
>

>
With some filecopy elements a lot of files are copied to this folder (which is 
currently on a property). How i would be able to use fileshare in this case?
>

>
Thanks
>

>

>

>

>

>

>
De:

"Rob Mensching" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Para:

"gboreki" [EMAIL PROTECTED],"wix-users" wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

>

Cópia:

Data:

Fri, 1 Dec 2006 07:50:01 -0800

>

Assunto:

RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

>
Uhh, would the FileShare element work?

>
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gboreki
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 03:55
To: wix-users
Subject: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder
 > Hello guys,
> One of my setups should be able to share a folder to all users (right after 
> the installation). So every user in the company may access its content.
>
> My idea is to create some custom action with the proper code to share this 
> folder, but before start i want to ask if is there any easier way?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Guilherme
>

>



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[WiX-users] Windows Installer Patch question

[Ronald A. Buckton]

I'm using WiX to generate my installers as well as to generate a pcp
file for MsiMsp.  I noticed something odd and I can't find any
documentation to back up what's going on when I install my patch.
Here's the situation:

 

I generate an msi to serve as a small update (QFE) and from that and the
original msi generate an msp.  If I were to run the .msp file on the
destination machine, the file dates for the installed file are the same
as the .msp rather than the file dates from the source.  If I were to
instead run the .msi file on the destination machine the file dates for
the installed file are correct.  Is this the expected behavior or is
something wrong?

 

Ron

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Re: [WiX-users] WiX website is confusing

[Scott Palmer]

Done.  Request ID 1608479

On 12/1/06, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 Great point.  Can you open a bug so we don't lose this?



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Re: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

[gboreki]

De:"Rob Mensching" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Para:"gboreki" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Cópia:"wix-users" wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Data:Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:06:14 -0800

Assunto:RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

Adding wix-users back on.

I would use AppSearch to read the registry value and use that value to set a 
Directory to the right path.  Put the FileShare element in the Component in the 
Directory that gets its value set from the AppSearch and that should get you 
what you want.

From: gboreki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:02
To: Rob Mensching
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

>
I don't think so... let describe a little bit what this part of the setup does 
and maybe somebody can show me the light ;)
>

>
A prerequisite is that our server software is installed in the same machine. So 
a registry with the path is read.
>

>
A property receives the value of this registry key and with a custom action i 
assign a value to a second property with a child folder (this is a little 
awkward).
>

>
With some filecopy elements a lot of files are copied to this folder (which is 
currently on a property). How i would be able to use fileshare in this case?
>

>
Thanks
>

>

>

>

>

>

> De:"Rob Mensching" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Para:"gboreki" [EMAIL PROTECTED],"wix-users" wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

>

Cópia:

Data:Fri, 1 Dec 2006 07:50:01 -0800

>

Assunto:RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

>
Uhh, would the FileShare element work?

>
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gboreki
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 03:55
To: wix-users
Subject: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder
 > Hello guys,
> One of my setups should be able to share a folder to all users (right after 
> the installation). So every user in the company may access its content.
>
> My idea is to create some custom action with the proper code to share this 
> folder, but before start i want to ask if is there any easier way?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Guilherme
>

>

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Re: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

[gboreki]

How can i set the "directory value" to the value of a property?


De:"Rob Mensching" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Para:"gboreki" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Cópia:"wix-users" wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Data:Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:06:14 -0800

Assunto:RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

Adding wix-users back on.

I would use AppSearch to read the registry value and use that value to set a 
Directory to the right path.  Put the FileShare element in the Component in the 
Directory that gets its value set from the AppSearch and that should get you 
what you want.

From: gboreki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:02
To: Rob Mensching
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

>
I don't think so... let describe a little bit what this part of the setup does 
and maybe somebody can show me the light ;)
>

>
A prerequisite is that our server software is installed in the same machine. So 
a registry with the path is read.
>

>
A property receives the value of this registry key and with a custom action i 
assign a value to a second property with a child folder (this is a little 
awkward).
>

>
With some filecopy elements a lot of files are copied to this folder (which is 
currently on a property). How i would be able to use fileshare in this case?
>

>
Thanks
>

>

>

>

>

>

> De:"Rob Mensching" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Para:"gboreki" [EMAIL PROTECTED],"wix-users" wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

>

Cópia:

Data:Fri, 1 Dec 2006 07:50:01 -0800

>

Assunto:RE: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder

>
Uhh, would the FileShare element work?

>
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gboreki
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 03:55
To: wix-users
Subject: [WiX-users] Sharing a network folder
 > Hello guys,
> One of my setups should be able to share a folder to all users (right after 
> the installation). So every user in the company may access its content.
>
> My idea is to create some custom action with the proper code to share this 
> folder, but before start i want to ask if is there any easier way?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Guilherme
>

>

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Re: [WiX-users] WiX website is confusing

[Rob Hamflett]

One other thing, I'm fairly sure that there is still no mention of the 
newsgroup which mirrors the 
wix-users mailing list.

Rob

Rob Mensching wrote:
> Great point.  Can you open a bug so we don’t lose this?
> 
>  
> 
> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Scott Palmer
> *Sent:* Friday, December 01, 2006 12:44
> *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* [WiX-users] WiX website is confusing
> 
>  
> 
> I wanted to download Votive V3.. which I think I already have, but I was 
> installing on a new machine...
> 
> The install instructions for Votive here:  
> http://wix.sourceforge.net/votive.html 
>   don't mention how to install 
> votive at all.  It only talks of prerequisites.
> 
> The download links at the side don't separate Votive from the other Wix 
> tools.  Clicking the Download V3 link goes to here: 
> http://wix.sourceforge.net/downloadv3.html
> 
> Where there appears to be a link to download Votive 3.0, but all three 
> of the download links there go to exactly the same URL, even though they 
> refer to three different products.  When you do go to the URL ( 
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105970&package_id=16
>  
> )
>  
> you get a list of four files not one of which mentions Votive:  
> ProjectAggregator2-3.0.2211.0.msi.zip 
> ,
>  
> wix-3.0.2211.0-binaries.zip 
> ,
>  
> Wix-3.0.2211.0.msi.zip 
> ,
>  
> wix-3.0.2211.0-sources.zip 
> .
> 
> Hmm.. what exactly do you do to install Votive V3.0?  If you start 
> expanding older releases you will find Votive-3.0.2015.0.zip 
> 
>  
> as well as the other products mentioned on the download page like 
> ClickThrough-3.0.2015.0.zip 
> ..
>
> Maybe there isn't a new build of Votive, I start thinking...
> 
> So I attempted to install the MSI for Votive-3.0.2015.0 only to get a 
> message that a later version is already installed!  Searching through 
> Add/Remove programs yields no mention of Votive at all... huh?
> 
> So finally my eyes hit the last news item on the WiX front page...  
> which basically says everything has been munged into one WiX3.msi.
> 
> So could someone please update the download page so there aren't three 
> separate links and it is clear that all of the products are included in 
> one download.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFile and RemoveFolder confusion

[Rob Hamflett]

According to the docs, the path given when using a Property element needs to 
resolve to the full path.

Rob

Magus wrote:
> I get an error when trying to run the application if I have those liines of
> code in.  "Could not access network Location Saves".  Note that this is
> while trying to install the app.  I have not been able to get to uninstall
> with thsese lines of code active.
> 
> Rob Hamflett wrote:
>> You don't need the square brackets round your property name in
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]  It wants the 
>> actual property name, not it's value.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> Magus wrote:
>>> I am trying to add some RemoveFile/RemoveFolder.  I've looking for an
>>> example
>>> on the setup work.  I have not found an example that has the Property
>>> Option
>>> filled out. 
>>> Here it what I have
>>> 
>>> >> ="[MainDirectory]"
>>> Name="*log"/>
>>> >> Name="*.dat"/>
>>> >> ="[Saves]"/>
>>> 
>>> I have a setup project that uses MsiSetProperty(g_hInstall, "Saves",
>>> szLocationofSaves);
>>>  MsiSetProperty(g_hInstall,
>>> "MainDirectory", szlocationofMainDirectory);
>>> Both are properties in my .wxs project
>>> The Saves folder is MainDirectory\Saves and is not created until the User
>>> runs my program and saves a file.
>>> I also have this in the feature list
>>> >> Description ="Remove User data" Level ="5" AllowAdvertise="system"
>>> Display
>>> ="hidden">
>>> 
>>> 
>>>
>>> This doens't due anything though, Am I doing something wrong or need an
>>> extra step?
>>
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Re: [WiX-users] Custom Error text - with new line

[Stefan Pavlik]

It is possible to use new line character sequence in MSI!!!

My solution:
Use Immediate CA (C++ Dll) to fill the public property (e.g. CRLF)
with "\r\n" and then use the [CRLF] in the Error table.

It works perfect.

Hope that it will help somebody.

Stefan

Rob Hamflett wrote:
> You can't force newlines.  I had to resort to creating multiple text controls.
> 
> Rob
> 
> Stefan Pavlik wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I want to add my own text to some custom error (e.g. Id 25001).
>>
>> Problem is that I don't know how to enter the new line character
>> sequence. (\r\n does not work).
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Stefan

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