Re: [WiX-users] Wix Installer Upgrade problem
Hi Alex, I'm having one problem with Wix installer upgrade. My installer working fine for upgrades of older version. If new version(1.0.1.1) installed, then I try to install old version (1.0.0.0). Thats too installing. I'm getting two instances of my product in 'Add/Remove Programs'. What will be the cause? Thanks. Regards, -SMR Michael wrote: Thanks Alex Cater, Now Major upgrade working fine. Alex Cater wrote: Also I tried with changing product id. This is the correct thing to do. The product code must always be changed for a major upgrade. In this case, I'm getting two instances in 'Add/Remove Programs'. The old product has not been removed because you have erroneously set the OnlyDetect attribute to 'yes' on the 'PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED' UpgradeVersion element. UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect='yes' Property='PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED' Minimum='1.0.0.0' IncludeMinimum='yes' Maximum='1.0.1.1' IncludeMaximum='no'/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.54/2056 - Release Date: 04/13/09 05:51:00 -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.54/2056 - Release Date: 04/13/09 05:51:00 -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Large installer and disk space requirements
I have a 1.3 GB MSI installer. When I begin installing it , it copies itself to %TEMP% and C:\Windows\Installer directory. This increases the disk space required on C: by 2.6 GB apart from the space required for actual installation. Is there a way to prevent the copying of installer to either or both of these system directories (%TEMP% and C:\Windows\Installer)? Thanks, Suraj -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix Installer Upgrade problem
If new version(1.0.1.1) installed, then I try to install old version (1.0.0.0). Thats too installing. I'm getting two instances of my product in 'Add/Remove Programs'. What will be the cause? You need to make use of the NEWPRODUCTFOUND property set by the UpgradeVersion element to prevent a downgrade. It is possible to prevent a downgrade by sequencing a CA after FindRelatedProducts in BOTH the UI and Execute sequences, thus: CustomAction Id=PreventDowngrading Error=A newer version is already installed. / InstallUISequence Custom Action=PreventDowngrading After=FindRelatedProductsNEWPRODUCTFOUND/Custom /InstallUISequence InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=PreventDowngrading After=FindRelatedProductsNEWPRODUCTFOUND/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Wix-Installer-Upgrade-problem-tp2627135p2631714.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How to grab directory of Excel.exe during installation
I'm aware of the guide at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240794 however
that only solves half my problem.
Basically, I know that the following registry key contains the directory
I want and that it is consistent over Excel 2002/XP, Excel 2003 and
Excel 2007 (same GUID for all three versions).
HKCR\CLSID\{00024500---C000-0046}\LocalServer32
The value of this registry key is something like:
C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE /automation
I just want the directory put into another MSI property, so I can copy
another file (Excel.exe.config) to that same directory during my WiX/MSI
installation.
I have tried using ComponentSearch, DirectorySearch and FileSearch but I
can't figure out what combinations to use to get this to work since I
have no examples (http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=Wix_Schema) and
the doc text is very sparse.
Here an example of what I have tried:
Property Id=EXCELDIR2002
ComponentSearch Id=ExcelDirSearch2002
Guid={00024500---C000-0046} Type=directory
FileSearch Id=ExcelExeFile2002 Name=Excel.exe /
/ComponentSearch
/Property
I've tried others too. Any working example of these elements, or any
pointers, would be helpful.
Thx
/Mathias
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[WiX-users] Error to build patch
Hi, I using sample given in 'http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php' for patching. In that 3 .wxs files there, Error.wxs, Fixed.wxs, Patch.wxs. I made small changes in code to build for Wix v3. I compiled all and created Error\Product.msi, Fixed\Product.msi and Patch.pcp. When I try to create Patch.msp using msimsp.exe from 'Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 Platform SDK'. I'm getting error code 0x30. What will be the cause? Thanks. Regards, -SMR -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix Installer Upgrade problem
Thanks Alex, That fixed my problem. Alex Cater wrote: If new version(1.0.1.1) installed, then I try to install old version (1.0.0.0). Thats too installing. I'm getting two instances of my product in 'Add/Remove Programs'. What will be the cause? You need to make use of the NEWPRODUCTFOUND property set by the UpgradeVersion element to prevent a downgrade. It is possible to prevent a downgrade by sequencing a CA after FindRelatedProducts in BOTH the UI and Execute sequences, thus: CustomAction Id=PreventDowngrading Error=A newer version is already installed. / InstallUISequence Custom Action=PreventDowngrading After=FindRelatedProductsNEWPRODUCTFOUND/Custom /InstallUISequence InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=PreventDowngrading After=FindRelatedProductsNEWPRODUCTFOUND/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.54/2056 - Release Date: 04/13/09 05:51:00 -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix Installer Upgrade problem
You may want to actually change the version number too. I suspect this is where most of your issues are coming from. *New Version (1.0.1.1) source snippet:* Product Name='Simple' Id='E8592266-241F-4025-88B2-837DCB7D45EB' Language='1033' Version='1.0.0.0' Manufacturer='XYZ Corporation' UpgradeCode='3ADF5D1C-1AC4-4a29-BB9C-A73CA81925D5' And you don't need to use CustomActions to prevent downgrading. That's what the Upgrade tag is for. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Michael [mailto:mich...@gnhsoft.com] Sent: 14 April 2009 13:29 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Installer Upgrade problem Thanks Alex, That fixed my problem. Alex Cater wrote: If new version(1.0.1.1) installed, then I try to install old version (1.0.0.0). Thats too installing. I'm getting two instances of my product in 'Add/Remove Programs'. What will be the cause? You need to make use of the NEWPRODUCTFOUND property set by the UpgradeVersion element to prevent a downgrade. It is possible to prevent a downgrade by sequencing a CA after FindRelatedProducts in BOTH the UI and Execute sequences, thus: CustomAction Id=PreventDowngrading Error=A newer version is already installed. / InstallUISequence Custom Action=PreventDowngrading After=FindRelatedProductsNEWPRODUCTFOUND/Custom /InstallUISequence InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=PreventDowngrading After=FindRelatedProductsNEWPRODUCTFOUND/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence -- -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.54/2056 - Release Date: 04/13/09 05:51:00 -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] CA scheduling question
Hi all, I've got an installer that sets up some IIS7 features using appcmd.exe. I am having difficulty finding a way to successfully uninstall these IIS7 configurations on a server with UAC enabled. I'm still fumbling my way into MSI, so this is likely just ignorance on my part... On installation, the CAs run deferred and are able to escalate and configure the web server properly. On uninstall, I have tried a couple things: - Running the CAs deferred doesn't seem to work because the files have already been removed (even if I schedule the actions before RemoveFiles) - Running the CAs immediate doesn't work because the installer (running as current user) doesn't have permissions to access the IIS7 config files. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Jason -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
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Got this to work on my own, so I'm replying to my own question here for
archive reasons.
There's another registry key that actually holds the exact installation
root path.
This works:
Property Id=EXCELDIR
RegistrySearch Id=ExcelRegistryInstallRoot2002 Type=raw
Root=HKLM Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\InstallRoot
Name=Path /
RegistrySearch Id=ExcelRegistryInstallRoot2003 Type=raw
Root=HKLM Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\InstallRoot
Name=Path /
RegistrySearch Id=ExcelRegistryInstallRoot2007 Type=raw
Root=HKLM Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\InstallRoot
Name=Path /
/Property
Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir
Directory Id=EXCELDIR
Component Id=ExcelConfig
Guid={8F2608BB-E8E2-4ed9-A287-7DC370ABC084}
File Id=ExcelConfig Name=Excel.exe.config
Source=../../Setup/Excel.exe.config Vital=yes Assembly=no /
/Component
/Directory
...
Directory/
And then use that component ref in the respective feature alternatives.
/Mathias
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Re: [WiX-users] Heat issues
1) The created wxs file is in UTF8 + Signature (BOM) (on my machine) I'm not sure if my machine/VS2005 has some wired configuration, but when I add the created files to VS2005 it is complaining that the xml header is not starting in first column. So I have to manually remove any BOM before ?xml Hi, I tried again and I had no problems adding a heat generated file. So I'll file a bug if I discover this again. So far Dominik -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Heat-issues-tp2605380p2633539.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Deleting orphaned component.
Hello everyone,
Yesterday Phil Wilson gave me an excellent VBScript to list all the
registered components and associated products on a machine. The reason
I needed this is that it appears I have an orphaned component that
should not be in the component database but yet it is. I suspect it is
due to some mistakes I made early on in learning WiX.
What's interesting is that the associated product for this component
changes. After running the script the first time, I saw that the
product owning my rogue component was the Microsoft .NET Framework
2.0 SDK. So I uninstalled that, thinking that the component would go
away as well. However, *now* it says it's owned in this manner:
{B2A6D36D-DFBA-4209-8DC1-B3C05881528B} is used by the product:
Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 Samples
(6001.18000.367) {----}and is
installed at C:\
Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 Samples
(6001.18000.367) {0001----}and is
installed at
This was not the case the first time.
Any ideas on how to just zap that one component GUID?
Thanks!
Luke
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Re: [WiX-users] Heat missing some RegistryValue elements (Programmable) from VB6 code?
Hi,
I was away for a week or else I would've replied sooner. I tested the
following using version 3.0.5210.0.
This works:
D:\lab\WiX\XMLEditorheat dir . -v -sfrag -gg -svb6 -out foo.xml
Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Toolset Harvester version 3.0.5210.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Trying to harvest D:\lab\WiX\XMLEditor\PRISMXMLEditor.dll as an assembly.
Trying to harvest self-registration information from native DLL
D:\lab\WiX\XMLEditor\PRISMXMLEditor.dll.
Ignoring the registry key
'Interface\{0B7F3153-C8E7-4E6D-AEBE-B6D61D78B9A3}\ProxyStubClsid/', it has
already been added to the component 'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key
'Interface\{0B7F3153-C8E7-4E6D-AEBE-B6D61D78B9A3}\ProxyStubClsid32/', it has
already been added to the component 'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key 'Interface\{0B7F3153-C8E7-4E6D-AEBE-B6D61D78B9A3}/',
it has already been added to the component
'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key
'Interface\{1D3D80B3-86A1-4DA7-AF4B-FA12E70BB39F}\ProxyStubClsid/', it has
already been added to the component 'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key
'Interface\{1D3D80B3-86A1-4DA7-AF4B-FA12E70BB39F}\ProxyStubClsid32/', it has
already been added to the component 'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key 'Interface\{1D3D80B3-86A1-4DA7-AF4B-FA12E70BB39F}/',
it has already been added to the component
'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key
'Interface\{399DC087-F09A-4DDE-B2A6-A3755D8506B3}\ProxyStubClsid/', it has
already been added to the component 'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key
'Interface\{399DC087-F09A-4DDE-B2A6-A3755D8506B3}\ProxyStubClsid32/', it has
already been added to the component 'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key 'Interface\{399DC087-F09A-4DDE-B2A6-A3755D8506B3}/',
it has already been added to the component
'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key
'Interface\{EAC0509C-5990-48B8-81B3-5A2ECE581DB4}\ProxyStubClsid/', it has
already been added to the component 'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key
'Interface\{EAC0509C-5990-48B8-81B3-5A2ECE581DB4}\ProxyStubClsid32/', it has
already been added to the component 'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
Ignoring the registry key 'Interface\{EAC0509C-5990-48B8-81B3-5A2ECE581DB4}/',
it has already been added to the component
'cmpD86DA220B5DFAFDE5B16661AC4E61230'.
This gives an error:
D:\lab\WiX\XMLEditorheat file PRISMXMLEditor.dll -v -sfrag -gg -svb6 -out
foo.xml
Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Toolset Harvester version 3.0.5210.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
heat.exe : error HEAT0001 : The path is not of a legal form.
Exception Type: System.ArgumentException
Stack Trace:
at System.IO.Path.NormalizePathFast(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
at System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(String path)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.HarvesterCore.ResolveFilePath(String
fileSource)
at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.MutateFile(IParentElement
parentElement, File file)
at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.MutateElement(IParentElement
parentElement, ISchemaElement element)
at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.MutateElement(IParentElement
parentElement, ISchemaElement element)
at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.MutateElement(IParentElement
parentElement, ISchemaElement element)
at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.MutateElement(IParentElement
parentElement, ISchemaElement element)
at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.MutateElement(IParentElement
parentElement, ISchemaElement element)
at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.MutateElement(IParentElement
parentElement, ISchemaElement element)
at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.Mutate(Wix
wix)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Mutator.Mutate(Wix wix)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Heat.Run(String[] args)
I ran it with the full path and got this error which looks like it isn't
reading the path correctly for the 'file' harvesting type argument. It's
doubling the name of the last directory in the path
(d:\lab\wix\xmleditor\xmleditor\PRISMXMLEditor.dll).
So I typed: d:\lab\wix\xmleditor\PRISMXMLEditor.dll
But it reads: d:\lab\wix\xmleditor\xmleditor\PRISMXMLEditor.dll
So that could be hint in as to why the 'file' harvesting type doesn't work, but
the 'dir' does. Let me know if there's
Re: [WiX-users] how to pop up a messageBox to tell user Uninstall is finish when uninstall process is finish?
Author an ExitDialog? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368569(VS.85).aspx Or use one of the standard WixUI libraries to do it for you? Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: xfishxi [mailto:xfis...@yeah.net] Sent: 13 April 2009 09:16 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] how to pop up a messageBox to tell user Uninstall is finish when uninstall process is finish? hi I use wix to generate my installer, now, i meet a trouble, when the user uninstall the program, we will see some dialogs with progressbar to show the uninstall progress, what i want to do is to pop up a messagebox with text Uninstall is finish after these progress dialogs. how can i do? I appreciate any help / idea Thanks : vincent -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] UN-Install Issue...
On the issue with the files not being removed, I would check a verbose log file see what the problem is. Install your product using msiexec /i msiname /l*vx logname install it to somewhere like C:\TestMyApp or something (you could use msiexec /i msiname /l*vx logname /qb MYAPPFOLDER=C:\TestMyApp to skip the UI). Then use msiexec /x msiname /l*vx logname to uninstall it (again use /qb switch to skip the UI if it saves you time). You shouldn't need a RemoveFolder for any folders created during install that aren't user specific. To get input from the user you will need to either write a custom UI dialog or use a custom action. I would recommend the former over the latter as it will teach you about WiX/WiXUI and is the more 'elegant' solution in my opinion. Basically author a Dialog which asks the user your question and sets a property if the user answers yes to your question. Then use this property as a condition on your database feature for uninstall. See the WiXUI sources for perfect examples on how to author your own dialogs etc. Best of luck don't be afraid to ask questions on this list no matter how trivial you think they may be as we've all had moments where our minds go blank until someone else points out what was right in front of us all along. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: ron cooper [mailto:roncooper...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 April 2009 05:48 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] UN-Install Issue... Dear All, Thank you for discussing different things. It helps a lot to people like me in the learning stage. I have come across a situation where installed files are not getting deleted if I choose installation other than Program Files/MyApp. Also how to get input from user if I wish my database file get deleted only if user agree to delete it; means I want to generate alert / pop up while uninstalling. Here is my code : Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Name=PFiles Directory Id=*MYAPPFOLDER* Name=MyApp Component Id=MyComponent .. .. .. .. RemoveFolder Id=RemoveFLDR On=uninstall / /Component /Directory /Directory /Directory Feature Id=MyAppFeature Title=My application Description=The complete package. Display=expand Level=1 ConfigurableDirectory=*MYAPPFOLDER* ComponentRef Id='MyComponent' / /Feature Anyone have idea??? Thanks, Ron -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Application Issues
Resending your question 3 times in a 7 hour period isn't going to get it answered any quicker even if you do use different subjects on each post. Especially when the day you're posting on is a holiday in most of the world. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: ron cooper [mailto:roncooper...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 April 2009 13:02 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall Application Issues Dear All, Thank you for discussing different things. It helps a lot to people like me in the learning stage. I have come across a situation where installed files are not getting deleted if I choose installation other than Program Files/MyApp. Also how to get input from user if I wish my database file get deleted only if user agree to delete it; means I want to generate alert / pop up while uninstalling. Here is my code : Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Name=PFiles Directory Id=*MYAPPFOLDER* Name=MyApp Component Id=MyComponent .. .. .. .. RemoveFolder Id=RemoveFLDR On=uninstall / /Component /Directory /Directory /Directory Feature Id=MyAppFeature Title=My application Description=The complete package. Display=expand Level=1 ConfigurableDirectory=*MYAPPFOLDER* ComponentRef Id='MyComponent' / /Feature Anyone have idea??? Thanks, Ron -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] uninstalling second patch does not remove patched files
Heath, Having read your blog Why is My Feature Advertised?, in my case, there is only one feature containing all the components. patch 1 has new folder 1, patch 2 has folder 1 and folder 2, will the folder1 in patch 2 supersede that in patch 1 even though there are the same? If so, then the feature may be advertised, even though I can not find the message you mentioned in the install/uninstall logs. Regards, Shibo -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/uninstalling-second-patch-does-not-remove-patched-files-tp2610228p2634086.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Installing .NET service as NT Authority\Network Service fails on some locales of Windows XP
Hi all, Our installer installs a service that should run on XP/Vista as NT Authority\Network Service. We're using custom actions to set a McNeelUpdateServiceName property appropriately, and then use that property in the ServiceInstall action. Depending on how I spell Network Service the user account name, installation of the service either succeeds or fails with error 1923 - but it's not consistent on all platforms. Attached is the wxs file that defines the installation of the service. Here are the various configurations I've tried: *NT Authority\Network Service * *NT Authority\NetworkService * *Network Service * *NetworkService * Windows XP English Works Fails Fails Fails Windows XP Spanish Fails Works ? ? Vista 64 English Works Works ? ? Vista 32 Spanish Fails Works ? ? Is it really true that installing services on Windows is this hard? This leaves me with three options: 1. Have a bunch of special cases and detect the correct verison of NetworkService based on the local system settings. This will be lots of fun, given that we have customers all over the world. 2. Determine a one-size-fits-all version of NT Authority\Network Service that work on all platforms. 3. Install as LocalSystem. That seems irresponsible from a principle of least-privilege perspective. Any other ideas? Help! - Brian Brian Gillespie Rhinoceros Development | Robert McNeel Associates | http://www.rhino3d.com /In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is./ -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] IIS virtual web directory modification/settings
I need to accomplish the following install tasks using WiX: 1. Set ASP.NET version to 2.0.50727 2. Set security for virtual web directory a. Add the following users: i. MachineName\ASPNET (for example MyServer\ASPNET) ii. MachineName\IIS_WPG (for example MyServer\IIS_WPG) 3. Set default content page a. Enable default content page b. set to myproductsname.aspx c. In the list of pages, it needs to be the top entry. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, John Trump -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer
Hello list, I have a situation where I need to run the same installer more than once on a web server. The situation is that I want to be able to install to a given web site once for each customer we have on the same web server. As I get more customers for a given product, I want to be able to re-run the original installer and choose a new web site to deploy to. AFAIK, I can't re-run a given msi. I am, however. trying to come up with a reasonable solution. The only work around I have come up with so far is to recreate the installer for each customer with a different Product Id. This is working Ok, but, now, as expected, I get multiple entries in the Add/Remove Programs list. In addition, this seems like a lot of maintenance to me. Any suggestion on how to handle this? Thanks, Scott -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer
I have a situation where I need to run the same installer more than once on a web server. The situation is that I want to be able to install to a given web site once for each customer we have on the same web server. As I get more customers for a given product, I want to be able to re-run the original installer and choose a new web site to deploy to. AFAIK, I can't re-run a given msi. I am, however. trying to come up with a reasonable solution. The only work around I have come up with so far is to recreate the installer for each customer with a different Product Id. This is working Ok, but, now, as expected, I get multiple entries in the Add/Remove Programs list. In addition, this seems like a lot of maintenance to me. You'll need to change more than just Product ID, I believe, to correctly follow component rules. The MSDN docs describe these rules. I would look into using transforms to accomplish this. Unfortunately, multiple installs of the same product on the same machine is somewhat of a maintenance headache. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Scott Vickery svick...@cavucorp.comwrote: Hello list, I have a situation where I need to run the same installer more than once on a web server. The situation is that I want to be able to install to a given web site once for each customer we have on the same web server. If you don't like the idea of multiple instances in Add/Remove programs, you may want to consider web site creation as a task to be handled outside of the installation process. What you are describing seems to me like more of an application configuration task that is outside the purview of Windows Installer. - Don Benson - -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer
-Original Message- From: Luke Bakken [mailto:luke.bak...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer I have a situation where I need to run the same installer more than once on a web server. The situation is that I want to be able to install to a given web site once for each customer we have on the same web server. As I get more customers for a given product, I want to be able to re-run the original installer and choose a new web site to deploy to. AFAIK, I can't re-run a given msi. I am, however. trying to come up with a reasonable solution. The only work around I have come up with so far is to recreate the installer for each customer with a different Product Id. This is working Ok, but, now, as expected, I get multiple entries in the Add/Remove Programs list. In addition, this seems like a lot of maintenance to me. You'll need to change more than just Product ID, I believe, to correctly follow component rules. The MSDN docs describe these rules. I would look into using transforms to accomplish this. Unfortunately, multiple installs of the same product on the same machine is somewhat of a maintenance headache. -- I am guessing you are referring to things like the component GUIDs as well as other nasties. Thanks for the input. Scott -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] IIS virtual web directory modification/settings
1. I ended up calling aspnet_regiis from a custom action (if there is a better way, someone speak up): PropertyRef Id=NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR/ !-- Ideally we would use -r with a metabase path, but we would need some way of getting that information; maybe add that step as an addition to the IIS extension -- CustomAction Id=SetAspNet20_Cmd Property=SetAspNet20 Value=quot;[NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR]aspnet_regiis.exequot; -ir -enable/ CustomAction Id=SetAspNet20 BinaryKey=WixCA DllEntry=CAQuietExec Execute=deferred Return=check/ InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=SetAspNet20_Cmd Before=CostFinalizeNOT (SKIPCONFIGUREIIS OR Installed) AND VersionNT 400/Custom Custom Action=SetAspNet20 Before=ConfigureIIsNOT (SKIPCONFIGUREIIS OR Installed) AND VersionNT 400/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence Note that I set the script maps by hand using WiX akin to the following: iis:WebApplicationExtension Extension=aspx Executable=[NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR]aspnet_isapi.dll Verbs=GET,HEAD,POST CheckPath=no Script=yes/ Note that the NETFRAMEWORK20INSTALLROOTDIR property requires the Wix NetFx Extension; you can search for it yourself, but why? :-) 2. I used util:PermissionEx elements as a child of a CreateFolder element associated with the target of the virtual directory: util:PermissionEx User=ASPNET Domain=[ComputerName] Type=allow ApplyToSelf=yes ApplyToSubfolders=yes ApplyToFiles=no Read=yes ReadAttributes=yes ReadExtendedAttributes=yes ReadPermission=yes Synchronize=yes Traverse=yes/ util:PermissionEx User=ASPNET Domain=[ComputerName] Type=allow ApplyToSelf=yes ApplyToSubfolders=yes ApplyToFiles=yes Read=yes ReadAttributes=yes ReadExtendedAttributes=yes ReadPermission=yes Synchronize=yes/ That snippet gives .\ASPNET Read and Traverse Folder privileges. At some point, I may add an improvement to handle that with a single element (and thus differentiate Traverse and Execute depending upon ApplyToFiles). Note that it is much safer to use [ComputerName] instead of leaving out the Domain attribute entirely (except for well known accounts) or .; things may work on XP / 2K, but then fail on Vista / 2K3. 3. Use iis:WebDirProperties: iis:WebDirProperties Id=Id DefaultDocuments=myproductsname.aspx/ Unfortunately, I couldn't find any reference to MD_DIRECTORY_BROWSING (which is a set of flags that controls the Enable Default Document setting, along with various aspects of directory browsing); you should look for a feature request in the issue tracker and add it if it is not there. Hopefully, someone else or I will get to it in the near future. I noticed that a setting of - will clear the default documents (undocumented); it also looks like the default documents will get set (the code does not append them to any existing default documents), so you should have full control over the ordering. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: [WiX-users] IIS virtual web directory modification/settings From: John Trump john_tr...@symantec.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: 4/14/2009 2:28 PM I need to accomplish the following install tasks using WiX: 1. Set ASP.NET version to 2.0.50727 2. Set security for virtual web directory a. Add the following users: i. MachineName\ASPNET (for example MyServer\ASPNET) ii. MachineName\IIS_WPG (for example MyServer\IIS_WPG) 3. Set default content page a. Enable default content page b. set to myproductsname.aspx c. In the list of pages, it needs to be the top entry. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, John Trump -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] LaunchConditions + Bootstrapper
Sounds similar to a problem I recently encountered when looking for a decent bootstrapper to use with WiX. I'd suggest duplicating the search anyway (since corporate environments usually require an MSI for deployment). The difference will be that the MSI just throws an error and tells the user to install X,Y and Z manually while the bootstrapper will prompt to download or install from CD automagically. However if you're looking to create a single exe installer then you can try a self-extracting winrar archive or wrapping NSIS around your MSI so that it's not exposed to the user. Sascha On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 3:49 PM, lesterbangs datapa...@gmail.com wrote: I am using the Bootstrap Manifest Generator to build a bootstrapper which will search for and install third-party prerequisites on the target machine (Flash, Acrobat, etc). Since BMG-- and most other bootstrapper builders I have encountered-- leave the bare MSI exposed in the same location as the setup.exe bootstrapper, this means there is a possibility that an end user would execute the MSI directly rather than use the bootstrapper. So in addition to creating the appropriate registry/file/folder searches in BMG, the equivalent searches must be authored as Condition elements in WiX, so that the installation aborts if a user attempts to install the MSI without first installing the prerequisites. Is this logic correct? I.e. must AppSearch be duplicated in both the bootstrapper and the MSI? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/LaunchConditions-%2B-Bootstrapper-tp2623074p2623074.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] RemoveFile Table
Under windows installer reference it says [QUOTE] RemoveFile Table FileName This column contains the localizable name of the file to be removed. If this column is null, then the specified folder will be removed if it is empty. All of the files that match the wildcard will be removed from the specified directory. [/QUOTE] However removing the Name= from say RemoveFile Id=SomeID On=uninstall Directory=SomeFolderIDRef/ Generates the candle error error CNDL0010 : The RemoveFile/@Name attribute was not found; it is required. How can you specify a Null value and thus remove the Folder instead. This is done to bypass the following light error error LGHT0204 : ICE64: The directory SomeFolderIDRef is in the user profile but is not listed in the RemoveFile table. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/RemoveFile-Table-tp2636076p2636076.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Run a .bat file minimized?
Hi all, In our installer (using Wix 2.x on Win2003), we have to invoke a couple .bat files for various and sundry things. When they run, they launch a dos shell which goes above our install gui.Is there any way to have it spawned 'minimized' at least so there's no distraction during install? ie. similar to what 'start /min my.bat' does. I've tried just adding 'start /min' in front of my .bat invocation in my custom action, but that gave an error. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Run-a-.bat-file-minimized--tp2636652p2636652.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
