Re: [WiX-users] special characters in Wix Product Name

[Brian Rogers]

Hey Adam,

First, I am sorry to say I don't have a direct answer for you. But I did
find this one small bit of information that might point you in the right
direction. I haven't had the need to what you are doing just yet but I feel
the wind coming ;) I would be interested in hearing about your solution. I
would imagine you would need to set the Code Page of the database to the
correct value. But what that would be and if it would affect the other text
I don't know.

Creating a Database with a Neutral Code Page
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368057.aspx

Localizing the Error and ActionText Tables
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369771.aspx

-- 
Brian Rogers
"Intelligence removes complexity." - BR
http://www.codeplex.com/wixml/
On Nov 13, 2007 8:39 PM, Adam Langley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Hi guys,
>
>
>
> I am building a Wix package, and my product name has a special character
> in it (Latin U with diaeresis – Ü) I have tried both the actual character,
> and its entity equivalent (Ü), but Windows Installer is always
> unable to render the character when the package starts up...
>
>
>
> [image: Untitled.gif]
>
>
>
> Can anyone point out what this is happening? Surely Windows Installer can
> render this character?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> -  Adam Langley
>
>
>
>
>
> Ps: sorry about the image – compressed it as much as I could (c;
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[WiX-users] special characters in Wix Product Name

[Adam Langley]

Hi guys,

 

I am building a Wix package, and my product name has a special character in
it (Latin U with diaeresis – Ü) I have tried both the actual character, and
its entity equivalent (Ü), but Windows Installer is always unable to
render the character when the package starts up...

 

Untitled.gif

 

Can anyone point out what this is happening? Surely Windows Installer can
render this character?

Thanks

 

-  Adam Langley 

 

 

Ps: sorry about the image – compressed it as much as I could (c;

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[WiX-users] Services + Vista + GAC

[Adam Majer]

Hi,

I have a service I want to install and automatically start with an
installer. Now, the runtime for the service is not available until after
installer completed because the runtime goes into the GAC (it is just
the VS2005 SP1 C runtime).

One solution is to deploy the files locally (as in a per-user install),
but that doesn't work because the service uses a plugin that is in a
subdirectory of the installation. The location of the plugin is not easy
to change.

Another solution that was suggested here was to use a deferred custom
action to start the service. But that also doesn't seem to work. Using
WiX 2.x branch and it results in a runtime error. The custom action
works OK if run outside of the MSI. The error returned is

  "Unable to schedule operation. The action must be scheduled between
InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize."

Currently I have it as,






  


Any ideas?

This problem will definitely keep surfacing regarding Vista and
services. Is there something being done either in the Windows Installer
or WiX to address this issue and allow services to start after GAC is
updated? Or update the GAC, start services then commit installation?? Or
is there a way to force GAC refresh (or whatever it is called) as an
installation sequence?

The current situation is a giant PITA.

- Adam

PS. I guess an alternative would be not to start the service on Vista
and ask user either to start it manually or restart the machine. Not a
good improvement from XP or 2003!

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Re: [WiX-users] capturing errors from deployment using octopusCLI

[Pierson Lee (Volt)]

Does anyone know how to fail an MSI install with an error code if the website 
fails to be installed/configured? I was think of Windows Service and thought 
there was a way to do the  also but there doesn't seem to be.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
Pierson

From: Michael Thurlkill
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:46 PM
To: Pierson Lee (Volt); Chandra Mohan
Subject: RE: capturing errors from deployment using octopusCLI

We're using Wix.  Chandra did most of the work, but I know just enough to be 
dangerous.

From: Pierson Lee (Volt)
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:43 PM
To: Michael Thurlkill; Chandra Mohan
Subject: RE: capturing errors from deployment using octopusCLI

Are you creating your MSIs through WiX or using something else?

From: Michael Thurlkill
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:38 PM
To: Pierson Lee (Volt); Chandra Mohan
Subject: RE: capturing errors from deployment using octopusCLI

So, how do you do that?
Chandra, you probably know more about this than I do.   Can you help work out 
how to get the error code out of the msi and octopus?

From: Pierson Lee (Volt)
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:14 PM
To: Michael Thurlkill
Subject: RE: capturing errors from deployment using octopusCLI

I think you need to mark it critical in your MSI so the MSI install fails if it 
can't install the site. That's what I did to get Octopus to error

From: Michael Thurlkill
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:13 PM
To: Pierson Lee (Volt)
Subject: RE: capturing errors from deployment using octopusCLI

Yes.  I can see the errors from the msi in the octopus log.  I just don't 
appear to get an errorcode out of octopus.

From: Pierson Lee (Volt)
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 5:55 PM
To: Michael Thurlkill; Octopus Discussions
Subject: RE: capturing errors from deployment using octopusCLI

Are you deploying the website through an MSI?

From: Michael Thurlkill
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 12:25 PM
To: Michael Thurlkill; Octopus Discussions
Subject: RE: capturing errors from deployment using octopusCLI

Does anyone deploy websites using Octopus?

From: Michael Thurlkill
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 4:39 PM
To: Octopus Discussions
Subject: capturing errors from deployment using octopusCLI

We are using octopuscli in an automated job to deploy a webapp to several web 
servers.
If it is unable to deploy to one or more servers we would like to know and 
return failure for the job.
I'm not seeing a way to do this other than parsing the logs to look for errors.
Is there a way to cause octopus to return an error code?
How are other teams dealing with this kind of scenario?

Thanks
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[WiX-users] wixca.wixlib and sca.wixlib not in WIX 3.0?

[Leo ...]

What happened to the two WIX libs wixca.wixlib and sca.wixlib in WIX version 
3.0?  I couldn't find them in the latest build of the toolset at 
www.sourceforge.net/releases
 
Thanks,
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[WiX-users] Custom Action to call EXE during Uninstall

[Lanteigne, Alan]

Hello,

 

I'm trying to get an EXE to fire off after un-installation occurs.
Following several forum posts regarding similar attempts, I have come up
with this:

 

  

  

  



   



  

 

  

REMOVE="ALL"

  

 

This appears to be correct, as I get the following in my log during
uninstall:

 

MSI (s) (D0:74) [16:07:32:055]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding NOSHELLPROP
property. Its value is 'C:\WINDOWS\NoShell.exe'.

Blah blah blah

MSI (s) (D0:74) [16:07:32:258]: Doing action: RunNoShell

 

However, I get no indication that the EXE has actually ran (it should
alter some REG values and throw a Message Box up).  Am I missing
something here?

 

Also, I'm noticing none of the REG values set by my installer are
removed on un-installation.  Is this normal?  I would like them to be
deleted, but the WIXWIKI states that there is no way to remove a
registry value during uninstall
(http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=RemoveRegistryValue_Element).

 

Thanks,

 

Alan

Alan S. Lanteigne | Channel Ready Solutions
phone & fax +1.317.715.8293| [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Interactive Intelligence Inc.
Deliberately Innovative
www.inin.com   

 

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Re: [WiX-users] Inconsistently uninstalling windows service

[Christopher Painter]

What does the log show for the ActionState of the component to which the 
service is associated?
  
Ben Reichelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  I solved the problem, an earlier version of the application had been 
installed using the msi packages, and then manually deleted without actually 
uninstalling it.  Uninstalling these older msi's fixed my windows service 
issues. 

Thanks for your help Bob

  On Nov 13, 2007 12:43 PM, Ben Reichelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  I ran the verbose log.  The only difference that I noticed between the 
working and nonworking machines was that on the working machine, the files to 
be removed had an "Action: Absent" whereas on the nonworking machine, the files 
to be removed had an "Action: HKCRFileAbsent" 

Here is the output near the DeleteServices action, everything appears to be 
correct, and the output is same on both machines:

MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Using cached product context: User non-assigned 
for product: 28ABAB2CA4D6CE540B601F2F62FF1D6F 
Action start 12:13:27: UnpublishFeatures.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Doing action: StopServices
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText 
Action ended 12:13:27: UnpublishFeatures. Return value 1. 
Action start 12:13:27: StopServices.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Doing action: DeleteServices
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText 
Action ended 12:13:27: StopServices. Return value 1. 
Action start 12:13:27: DeleteServices.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Doing action: RemoveRegistryValues
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText 
Action ended 12:13:27: DeleteServices. Return value 1. 
Action start 12:13:27: RemoveRegistryValues.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Doing action: RemoveFiles
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText 
Action ended 12:13:27: RemoveRegistryValues. Return value 1. 
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: RemoveFile 
Action start 12:13:27: RemoveFiles.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: RemoveFile 
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Doing action: InstallFiles 
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText 
Action ended 12:13:27: RemoveFiles. Return value 0.
  




  On Nov 13, 2007 10:35 AM, Bob Arnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ben Reichelt wrote:
> The msi package installs and uninstalls correctly on my dev machine 
> (WinXP) and another dev server (Win2k3). There are two servers that
> the msi fails to uninstall correctly.  The files are all deleted, but
> the windows service is not removed.


Start with a verbose uninstall log. Check around InstallValidate to make 
sure MSI is deciding to remove the appropriate components, then check
the detailed logging for the DeleteServices action.

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Re: [WiX-users] Inconsistently uninstalling windows service

[Ben Reichelt]

I solved the problem, an earlier version of the application had been
installed using the msi packages, and then manually deleted without actually
uninstalling it.  Uninstalling these older msi's fixed my windows service
issues.

Thanks for your help Bob

On Nov 13, 2007 12:43 PM, Ben Reichelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I ran the verbose log.  The only difference that I noticed between the
> working and nonworking machines was that on the working machine, the files
> to be removed had an "Action: Absent" whereas on the nonworking machine, the
> files to be removed had an "Action: HKCRFileAbsent"
>
> Here is the output near the DeleteServices action, everything appears to
> be correct, and the output is same on both machines:
>
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Using cached product context: User
> non-assigned for product: 28ABAB2CA4D6CE540B601F2F62FF1D6F
> Action start 12:13:27: UnpublishFeatures.
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Doing action: StopServices
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText
> Action ended 12:13:27: UnpublishFeatures. Return value 1.
> Action start 12:13:27: StopServices.
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Doing action: DeleteServices
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText
> Action ended 12:13:27: StopServices. Return value 1.
> Action start 12:13:27: DeleteServices.
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Doing action: RemoveRegistryValues
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText
> Action ended 12:13:27: DeleteServices. Return value 1.
> Action start 12:13:27: RemoveRegistryValues.
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Doing action: RemoveFiles
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText
> Action ended 12:13:27: RemoveRegistryValues. Return value 1.
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: RemoveFile
> Action start 12:13:27: RemoveFiles.
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: RemoveFile
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Doing action: InstallFiles
> MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText
> Action ended 12:13:27: RemoveFiles. Return value 0.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 13, 2007 10:35 AM, Bob Arnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ben Reichelt wrote:
> > > The msi package installs and uninstalls correctly on my dev machine
> > > (WinXP) and another dev server (Win2k3). There are two servers that
> > > the msi fails to uninstall correctly.  The files are all deleted, but
> > > the windows service is not removed.
> >
> > Start with a verbose uninstall log. Check around InstallValidate to make
> >
> > sure MSI is deciding to remove the appropriate components, then check
> > the detailed logging for the DeleteServices action.
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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Re: [WiX-users] Cannot install VC80 Runtime from VS2005 SP1 on Vista and Vista only

[Adam Majer]

Wilson, Phil wrote:
> If you were in fact installing the base VS 2005 merge modules on Vista
> instead of the SP1 versions, this might be the Orca issue with dates -
> if you open a merge module with Orca it will unconditionally change the
> modify date. If you did that to the original VS 2005 merge modules then
> SP1 won't update them because that's the MSI update rule - they look
> like they've been modified.  You'd still have the base VS 2005 versions.

Sorry for the lateness of the reply, but I think you are correct. I
noticed recently that even if you just open the files with Orca, DO NOT
save anything or modify anything, the modification date on the files is
updated. This Orca bug is probably what caused the problem in the first
place.

- Adam


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Re: [WiX-users] Inconsistently uninstalling windows service

[Ben Reichelt]

I ran the verbose log.  The only difference that I noticed between the
working and nonworking machines was that on the working machine, the files
to be removed had an "Action: Absent" whereas on the nonworking machine, the
files to be removed had an "Action: HKCRFileAbsent"

Here is the output near the DeleteServices action, everything appears to be
correct, and the output is same on both machines:

MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Using cached product context: User
non-assigned for product: 28ABAB2CA4D6CE540B601F2F62FF1D6F
Action start 12:13:27: UnpublishFeatures.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Doing action: StopServices
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText
Action ended 12:13:27: UnpublishFeatures. Return value 1.
Action start 12:13:27: StopServices.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Doing action: DeleteServices
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:910]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText
Action ended 12:13:27: StopServices. Return value 1.
Action start 12:13:27: DeleteServices.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Doing action: RemoveRegistryValues
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText
Action ended 12:13:27: DeleteServices. Return value 1.
Action start 12:13:27: RemoveRegistryValues.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Doing action: RemoveFiles
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText
Action ended 12:13:27: RemoveRegistryValues. Return value 1.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: RemoveFile
Action start 12:13:27: RemoveFiles.
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: RemoveFile
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Doing action: InstallFiles
MSI (s) (F0:2C) [12:13:27:926]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: ActionText
Action ended 12:13:27: RemoveFiles. Return value 0.




On Nov 13, 2007 10:35 AM, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Ben Reichelt wrote:
> > The msi package installs and uninstalls correctly on my dev machine
> > (WinXP) and another dev server (Win2k3). There are two servers that
> > the msi fails to uninstall correctly.  The files are all deleted, but
> > the windows service is not removed.
>
> Start with a verbose uninstall log. Check around InstallValidate to make
> sure MSI is deciding to remove the appropriate components, then check
> the detailed logging for the DeleteServices action.
>
> --
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> http://joyofsetup.com/
>
>
>
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Re: [WiX-users] New to WIX, trying to get a UI to appear in my MSI

[Lanteigne, Alan]

Hello Bob.

 

I removed VS05 + WIX again, and after installing and using the
workaround I'm back to business.  What a weird problem.

 

Thanks for the help!

 

Alan

 



From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:23 AM
To: Lanteigne, Alan
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] New to WIX, trying to get a UI to appear in my
MSI

 

Lanteigne, Alan wrote: 

I found a bug listed on souceforge for my problem:  1613071 - Unable to
save VS project
 


Does the workaround in that bug work for you?




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Re: [WiX-users] New to WIX, trying to get a UI to appear in my MSI

[David Canning]

Yes, that does address the issue.

  _  

From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:25 AM
To: David Canning
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] New to WIX, trying to get a UI to appear in my
MSI


David Canning wrote: 

Using vsts 2005 sp1 with dbpro and couple other addins
(codesmart and wholetomato) on xp sp2 32bit. Tried running as admin and
nonadmin acct.  Are there any logging options to get more details?
  


I'm not aware of any logging available once the package is loaded. Does
the workaround in the bug Alan pointed out work for you? 1613071 -
Unable to save VS project
  
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[WiX-users] Nigel Rochford is out of the office.

[Nigel . Rochford]

I will be out of the office starting  13/11/2007 and will not return until
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Re: [WiX-users] Inconsistently uninstalling windows service

[Bob Arnson]

Ben Reichelt wrote:
> The msi package installs and uninstalls correctly on my dev machine 
> (WinXP) and another dev server (Win2k3). There are two servers that 
> the msi fails to uninstall correctly.  The files are all deleted, but 
> the windows service is not removed.

Start with a verbose uninstall log. Check around InstallValidate to make 
sure MSI is deciding to remove the appropriate components, then check 
the detailed logging for the DeleteServices action.

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Re: [WiX-users] New to WIX, trying to get a UI to appear in my MSI

[Bob Arnson]

David Canning wrote:

Using vsts 2005 sp1 with dbpro and couple other addins (codesmart and 
wholetomato) on xp sp2 32bit. Tried running as admin and nonadmin acct.  Are 
there any logging options to get more details?
  


I'm not aware of any logging available once the package is loaded. Does 
the workaround in the bug Alan pointed out work for you? *1613071 -- 
Unable to save VS project 
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Re: [WiX-users] New to WIX, trying to get a UI to appear in my MSI

[Bob Arnson]

Lanteigne, Alan wrote:


I found a bug listed on souceforge for my problem:  *1613071 -- Unable 
to save VS project 
*




Does the workaround in that bug work for you?

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Re: [WiX-users] enabling a control with a radiobutton in the same dialog

[Adam Majer]

Richard wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  writes:
> 
>>  
> 
> Do you really need this  business?

CDATA sections is not needed in XML. It is only used if you don't want
to escape special characters like > and/or want to preserve whitespace.
Regular XML does not preserve whitespace.

Of course, there is still the problem with ]] in your text! Though I'm
not sure many people use that.

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Re: [WiX-users] enabling a control with a radiobutton in the same dialog

[Rob Hamflett]

Probably not, but that's how dark decompiled it.

Rob

Richard wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  writes:
> 
>>  
> 
> Do you really need this  business?


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Re: [WiX-users] Validation of an msi-file to prevent modification?

[Richard]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  writes:

> Is it possible to validate an msi-package with a checksum for example,
> so that it's not possible to start an installation after a modification?
> Or should I just avoid writing scripts and use dll's instead?

If the MSI is signed, then tampering with it will invalidate the
signature and should warn the user of the tampering.
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Re: [WiX-users] enabling a control with a radiobutton in the same dialog

[Richard]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  writes:

>   

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Re: [WiX-users] New to WIX, trying to get a UI to appear in my MSI

[Lanteigne, Alan]

I found a bug listed on souceforge for my problem:  1613071 - Unable to
save VS project
 

 

Unfortunately it doesn't look like there's ever been any activity on it.


 

I tried your suggestion of adding references to Wix*Extension DLL's, but
it didn't change anything.  After trying several combos of references, I
added all of the DLL's in the bin folder just for the heck of it.  Still
no change.

 

I'm currently installing VS05 on a Virtual Machine to see if I can get
it working on it.  

 

Thanks,

 

Alan

 

 

 

 



From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 6:29 PM
To: Lanteigne, Alan
Cc: Blair Murri; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] New to WIX, trying to get a UI to appear in my
MSI

 

Lanteigne, Alan wrote: 

Ok, I just completely removed WIX/Project Aggregator/Visual Studio 2005.
I then re-installed VS2005, updated it with Windows Update, installed
project aggregator, and wix.  I'm still getting the same error.  All
other project types work fine (C#, C++, VB, etc).


I installed ProjectAggregator2.msi, then WiX v3.0.3429.0 with all
features, then used File|New Project to create a new .wixproj from the
"WiX Project" template. I added some references (to Wix*Extension.dll)
then built and saved the project. No problems.




When I install the projectaggregator2.msi, it goes very quick with no
dialog.  Is that normal?


No. You should get a small dialog with a progress bar. The install takes
a couple of seconds.




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[WiX-users] Bug in Wix preprocessor?

[John Hancock (HSG)]

I'm getting a compile error in a Wix project in the following scenario where a 
.wxi include file included in another .wxi include file isn't read from a 
location relative to the outside include but instead relative to the file that 
included the outer include file. In other words, I've got files that look 
something like the following:

A.wxs
Outer.wxi
Inner.wxi

SubDirectory\B.wxs

A.wxs includes Outer.wxi like:

B.wxs includes Outer.wxi like:



Outer.wxi includes the line:


I get a compile error something like the following:

Error 1 The system cannot find the file 'Inner.wxi ' with type 'include'.   
   D:\MyDirectory\Outer.wxi  111 MyProject

When processing includes for A.wxs, the compiler is able to find Inner.wxi OK, 
but it cannot for B.wxs because it looks for Inner.wxi in its own folder rather 
than relative to the location where it included Outer.wxi.

This ought to work, should it not?

John





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[WiX-users] How to store binary data in CustomTable

[Markus Ewald]

Hi!

I'm trying to store binary data pulled in from a file into a wix 
. Therefore, I've set up a custom table like this:


  
  
  
file1.dat
? ? ?
  


The only way I see this could be achieved is by putting binary data 
directly into my WiX XML file in a CDATA block. But that's not a very 
nice solution. Is there some kind of  statement or 
$(dosomething) I can use to read the data I want to store in the custom 
table from a file?

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[WiX-users] Validation of an msi-file to prevent modification?

[Chris]

Hi there,
most probably this has been already discussed or maybe I just don't
understand the concept.

However, I have a CustomAction written in JScript. With Orca I "export"
the script out of the msi-package, then modify it and then again
"import" it into the msi-package with Orca.

Is it possible to validate an msi-package with a checksum for example,
so that it's not possible to start an installation after a modification?
Or should I just avoid writing scripts and use dll's instead?

Thank's,
Chris

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Re: [WiX-users] Monitoring progress of chained installs

[Evans, Jim]

Good point, John, about doing UI in C#. We do, in fact, have a
dependency on the .NET Framework, and that's one of the prerequisites we
need our installer to install. To my knowledge, though, the
MSBuild-generated bootstrapper does not support silent install of
prerequisites, which is a requirement I neglected to mention earlier.
We'd like to provide a fully silent install option for our customers, as
well as our QA group, and an MSI-based install would give us that
option.

 

--Jim

 



From: John Vottero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 9:25 PM
To: Evans, Jim; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Monitoring progress of chained installs

 

Your requirements are similar to ours.  We need to ask the user what
features they want to install then, depending on their answers, they may
need MSMQ and SQL Server.  They can also choose not to install SQL
Server because they want to use SQL server over the network.  We also
use IExpress to pack everything into a single executable.

 

We use the MSBuild GenerateBootstrapper task to create an initial
bootstrapper which checks for V2.0 of the .NET Framework and V3.1 of
Windows Installer.   We also created our own UI/Bootstrapper in C#.  We
set IExpress to run the MSBuild generated bootstrapper and then run our
bootstrapper as the "PostInstallCmd".  It's much easier to do UI in
straight C# than it is in WiX/Windows Installer.  Our installer asks all
the questions then executes whatever install commands are required (it
never makes any direct changes to the system).  Since our product
requires the .NET Framework, we were comfortable writing the installer
in C#.  If your product doesn't require .NET you might not want to add
that dependency just for the installer.  Still, writing the installer in
C++ might be easier than trying to do it in WiX.

 

 

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evans, Jim
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 8:57 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Monitoring progress of chained installs

 

I have a moderately complex application that I am trying to write an
installer for. The current installer does not use Windows Installer at
all, but I believe moving to Windows Installer would provide several
benefits for our customer base. Our product requires services to be
started, file shares to be created, and web sites added to the existing
IIS instance. Fortunately, it looks like WiX can handle most of these
requirements, and have learned a great deal about both WiX and the
Windows Installer over the last few weeks. I have a few lingering
questions, though.

 

Our application has a number of prerequisites that must be present on
the user's machine before our application can be installed.
Additionally, we really don't know all of those prerequisites until
after the user interview via the wizard is complete (e.g., since our
application requires a database, the user may opt to install SQL Server
Express instead of using an existing database server). The correct
sequence of events during an install is as follows:

 

* Interview the user to determine desired settings

* Install prerequisites

* Install product

 

Some of the prerequisites are in IExpress self-extracting executables
(like the .NET framework installer), some are standalone MSI files.
Ideally, I would like to offer an integrated install experience, where
the users sees the interview, then one progress dialog box for all of
the subsequent prerequisite and application installs. Furthermore, I'd
really like to let the user install using only the .msi and not have to
use an external bootstrapper executable, but using current versions of
Windows Installer, I know that's a pipe dream. After that long preamble,
here are my questions.

 

1) Windows Installer has a fairly robust UI mechanism, and it seems
smart to leverage that for the user interview. I'd really rather not
implement the user interview in the chainer in C++ code (yes, I've done
enough research to know I need a chainer), as that seems much harder to
modify for future releases than WiX code. How can I pass the data
collected in the interview to another install process?

 

2) I've been experimenting with using an external UI to monitor the
install progress, but it seems that the MsiSetExternalUI API only works
for products installed via MsiInstallProduct. How can I handle
displaying progress for those Windows Installer packages embedded as
part of IExpress installs?

 

3) I've looked at the Windows Installer 4.5 beta, which includes some
facilities for embedding a chainer. Does this help me at all?

 

Looking at these questions, it looks like most of them are not
specifically WiX questions, but may be more generic Windows Installer
questions. If anyone wants to redirect me to a forum for those
questions, I'd be happy to raise them there.

 

 

Re: [WiX-users] SelectionTree not showing the features to be installed!

[Sedgar]

Hi.
Have same problem with visibility of features components in SelectionTree.
All fine at the first time of msi running. 
But SelectionTree is empty after a product installed and I run installation
again for modify some compomets. 
Any have idea about possible reasons of it?

Maintenance Welcome Dialog ->  Maintenance Type Dialog(Modify, Reinstall,
Remove) ->  Custom Setup Dialog(SelectionTree control with features) -> ...


Sebastian Brand-2 wrote:
> 
> Also make sure the 's Level attribute is not set to "0".
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Sebastian Brand
> 
> Instyler Software - http://www.instyler.com
> 
> 
> On Oct 30, 2007, at 2:29 , Richard wrote:
> 
>>
>> In article  
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>"Sajo Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  writes:
>>
>>> I have defined all my features with Display='expand' and
>>> AllowAdvertise="yes" with the appropriate components refs but still  
>>> don't
>>> see the features on the selectiontree. It in fact shows a 2 level  
>>> tree with
>>> no names to the features, something is definitely not right here  
>>> since I
>>> have more than 2 features. Am I missing something here?
>>
>> Open the MSI in Orca and look at the Feature table to ensure that
>> everything is populated correctly.
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Re: [WiX-users] enabling a control with a radiobutton in the same dialog

[Rob Hamflett]

Here's a couple of snippets from a license agreement dialog, where the 'Next' 
button is 
enabled/disabled depending on a radio button selection showing you 
agree/disagree with the license 
agreement.  Hopefully you can get something from this.

Rob





 
 
 

...





...

Chris wrote:
> Hello,
> I have 2 radiobuttons in a radiobutton-groupbox and I would like to
> enable/disable another control of the same dialog (which is another
> radio-groupbox in my case) depending on the checked radio-button.
> 
> I hope you can help me with this!
> Regards,
> Chris
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[WiX-users] How to copy whole directory

[diwakar09]

hi, 

  in case of installation i need to copy my whole directory and its
subdirectories to the installation location,
I know how to copy a single file but i got confuse in case of copying
directory,

please help me out
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