Re: [WiX-users] VS2010, Wix and MSBUILD
Thanks for this - It looks like a BUG in the WiX targets file that is not defining DevEnvDir on a machine without Visual Studio 2010 installed. -Original Message- From: Pat O'Shea [mailto:pat.d.os...@gmail.com] Sent: 23 March 2011 19:55 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] VS2010, Wix and MSBUILD Is this your issue? http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/368734/-devenvdir -inconsistent-between-build-in-visual-studio-and-msbuild -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/VS2010-Wix-and -MSBUILD-tp6192992p6201716.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] First attempt at using WiX is not going good.
Add a component like this to fix ICE64. RemoveFolder adds the required RemoveFile table entry. The registry value just provides a keypath for the component. Component Id=RemoveShortcutDir RemoveFolder Id=RemoveShortcutDir Directory=myStartDir On=uninstall / RegistryValue Root=HKMU Key=Software\WIndustries\Installer Name=RemoveShortcutDir Value=keypath KeyPath=yes Type=string / /Component To fix icon bloat, you extract an ico file from the exe and reference that in the shortcut instead. The reason is that if you advertise a shortcut with an icon that's in an exe, the whole exe is copied to provide an icon file in the start menu, even though the rest of the installation hasn't been installed yet. If you get any more ICE errors, it's worth searching for the ICE error code in this list or elsewhere. These things tend to crop up often. Hope that helps. -Original Message- From: Wilson, Brian [mailto:brian.wil...@dhr.alabama.gov] Sent: 23 March 2011 20:42 To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: [WiX-users] First attempt at using WiX is not going good. Good Afternoon, I am trying to create an installer that will install an application that can be used by any user of the PC. It will also create a Start menu shortcut and a Desktop shortcut, for all users. I am running WiX 3.5 with Visual Studio 2010 on a Windows 7 machine. I am using heat on two different directories to generate fragments. I am using a XSLT against one of the fragments to insert the shortcuts into the fragment. I am running all the steps from NAnt, if that makes a difference. Here is the XSL file: xsl:stylesheet version=1.0 xmlns:xsl=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform; xmlns:wix=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; xsl:output method=xml indent=yes version=1.0 encoding=utf-8 / xsl:template match=node() | @* xsl:copy xsl:apply-templates select=@* | node() / /xsl:copy /xsl:template xsl:template match=wix:File[@Source='!(wix.ImportSrc)\Import.exe'] xsl:copy xsl:apply-templates select=@* | node() / xsl:text#10;#9;#9;#9;#9;#9;/xsl:text xsl:element name=Shortcut use-attribute-sets=StartMenu-Shortcut namespace=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; / xsl:text#10;#9;#9;#9;#9;#9;/xsl:text xsl:element name=Shortcut use-attribute-sets=Desktop-Shortcut namespace=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; / xsl:text#10;#9;#9;#9;#9;/xsl:text /xsl:copy /xsl:template xsl:attribute-set name=StartMenu-Shortcut xsl:attribute name=IdstartmenuImport/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=DirectorymyStartDir/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=NameImport/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=WorkingDirectoryINSTALLLOCATION/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=IconicnImport/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=IconIndex0/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=Advertiseyes/xsl:attribute /xsl:attribute-set xsl:attribute-set name=Desktop-Shortcut xsl:attribute name=IddesktopImport/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=DirectoryDesktopFolder/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=NameImport/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=WorkingDirectoryINSTALLLOCATION/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=IconicnImport/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=IconIndex0/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=Advertiseyes/xsl:attribute /xsl:attribute-set /xsl:stylesheet Here is my MSI.wxs that calls the fragments: Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; Product Id=* Name=Import.Installer Language=1033 Version=1.2.3.4 Manufacturer=W Industries UpgradeCode=MY_GUID Package Id=* InstallerVersion=310 Compressed=yes Description= Import and Protocol Installer Manufacturer= W Industries InstallScope=perMachine Platform=x86 InstallPrivileges=elevated / Media Id=1 Cabinet=Import.cab EmbedCab=yes CompressionLevel=high / Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Directory Id=MyRoot Name= W Industries Directory Id=INSTALLLOCATION Name= Import Directory Id=ProtocolDir Name=Protocol / /Directory /Directory /Directory Directory Id=ProgramMenuFolder Name=StartMenu Directory Id=myStartDir Name= W Industries /
[WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service
Hi there I'm having problems upgrading an existing service using my wix installer. i'm getting the 1923 error (Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services.). This doesn't happen the *first* time I install the service, but when I try to upgrade it. I've searched around and tried a few different things, but nothing has solved it so far. My ServiceInstall looks like this :- ServiceInstall Id=ServiceInstaller Type=ownProcess Vital=yes Name=My Service Name DisplayName=My Display Name Description=My description Start=auto Account=LocalSystem ErrorControl=ignore Interactive=no I'm logged in as a local administrator. I've tried logging in direct on the machine, not just from remote desktop. I've tried making sure the Name attribute in the ServiceInstall tag matches the service name in the service code. If I uninstall the service and run my MSI, it works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button
Hi, I have a question about the use of the UAC shield icon on the Install button when InstallPrivileges=elevated. According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511445.aspx, Tasks that require immediate elevation when UAC is fully enabled have entry points marked with the UAC shield. In this case, users should expect to see an Elevation UI immediately after clicking such commands But after clicking on Install the wizard moves onto the next page and it can take several seconds for the elevation prompt to appear. I'm wondering if WiX is going against the UI guidelines, or if they instead mean immediate in terms of workflow, not time - i.e. users aren't allowed to interact with the UI between clicking the button and getting the elevation prompt, though the UI can update? -- Bruce Cran -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button
This is actually a function of MSI not WIX. WIX is just the mechanism to build the MSI where the rules are enforced. MSI does follow these guidelines as far as I know. When you put the UAC shield on a button that does not mean the elevation request will happen right away. MSI does this request in the execute sequence before the any files are copied or deferred actions are run as this is the time when elevation is required. Mat Skildum -Original Message- From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button Hi, I have a question about the use of the UAC shield icon on the Install button when InstallPrivileges=elevated. According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511445.aspx, Tasks that require immediate elevation when UAC is fully enabled have entry points marked with the UAC shield. In this case, users should expect to see an Elevation UI immediately after clicking such commands But after clicking on Install the wizard moves onto the next page and it can take several seconds for the elevation prompt to appear. I'm wondering if WiX is going against the UI guidelines, or if they instead mean immediate in terms of workflow, not time - i.e. users aren't allowed to interact with the UI between clicking the button and getting the elevation prompt, though the UI can update? -- Bruce Cran -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:07:30 + Skildum, Mathew mathew.skil...@aspect.com wrote: This is actually a function of MSI not WIX. WIX is just the mechanism to build the MSI where the rules are enforced. MSI does follow these guidelines as far as I know. When you put the UAC shield on a button that does not mean the elevation request will happen right away. MSI does this request in the execute sequence before the any files are copied or deferred actions are run as this is the time when elevation is required. But as I understand it, it's WiX that controls whether or not the button has the shield icon: I'm wondering if it should use the shield icon on the button at all if the elevation request doesn't happen straight away. I'm tending towards yes, since it's a sign that the action that will occur will need to run as Administrator. -- Bruce Cran -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button
Using the UAC shield is completely up to you not WIX. Since WIX is just the development environment, the job of following guidelines falls to the user. The WIX compiler can try to guide you down the right path, but it should not force you to do any one thing. The Button control XML has an option called ElevationShield which needs to be enabled to show the icon. It is always best to enable this when you require elevated rights as this is the key indicator to the user the install makes changes to protected areas of the OS. Mat Skildum -Original Message- From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:19 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Cc: Skildum, Mathew Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:07:30 + Skildum, Mathew mathew.skil...@aspect.com wrote: This is actually a function of MSI not WIX. WIX is just the mechanism to build the MSI where the rules are enforced. MSI does follow these guidelines as far as I know. When you put the UAC shield on a button that does not mean the elevation request will happen right away. MSI does this request in the execute sequence before the any files are copied or deferred actions are run as this is the time when elevation is required. But as I understand it, it's WiX that controls whether or not the button has the shield icon: I'm wondering if it should use the shield icon on the button at all if the elevation request doesn't happen straight away. I'm tending towards yes, since it's a sign that the action that will occur will need to run as Administrator. -- Bruce Cran -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button
You can hide the shield icon on the install button if you so wish but a per-machine package is still going to prompt Windows Installer to request elevation once you click that button. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer 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: Skildum, Mathew [mailto:mathew.skil...@aspect.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 13:26 To: Bruce Cran; General discussion for Windows InstallerXML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button Using the UAC shield is completely up to you not WIX. Since WIX is just the development environment, the job of following guidelines falls to the user. The WIX compiler can try to guide you down the right path, but it should not force you to do any one thing. The Button control XML has an option called ElevationShield which needs to be enabled to show the icon. It is always best to enable this when you require elevated rights as this is the key indicator to the user the install makes changes to protected areas of the OS. Mat Skildum -Original Message- From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:19 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Cc: Skildum, Mathew Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:07:30 + Skildum, Mathew mathew.skil...@aspect.com wrote: This is actually a function of MSI not WIX. WIX is just the mechanism to build the MSI where the rules are enforced. MSI does follow these guidelines as far as I know. When you put the UAC shield on a button that does not mean the elevation request will happen right away. MSI does this request in the execute sequence before the any files are copied or deferred actions are run as this is the time when elevation is required. But as I understand it, it's WiX that controls whether or not the button has the shield icon: I'm wondering if it should use the shield icon on the button at all if the elevation request doesn't happen straight away. I'm tending towards yes, since it's a sign that the action that will occur will need to run as Administrator. -- Bruce Cran -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:26:05 + Skildum, Mathew mathew.skil...@aspect.com wrote: Using the UAC shield is completely up to you not WIX. Since WIX is just the development environment, the job of following guidelines falls to the user. The WIX compiler can try to guide you down the right path, but it should not force you to do any one thing. The Button control XML has an option called ElevationShield which needs to be enabled to show the icon. It's not entirely up to the user since WiX ships with standard UIs such as WiXUI_Minimal which provides buttons with the ElevationShield property set. -- Bruce Cran -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] DifxApp - Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key
I'm seeing an occasional issue using DifxApp, which a log reports as: DIFXAPP: INFO: ENTER UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices... DIFXAPP: ERROR: RETURN UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices. (Error code 0x3FD: Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key.) DIFXAPP: ERROR: Installation failed. (Error code 0x3FD: Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key.) DIFXAPP: ERROR: PnP Install failed. (Error code 0x3FD: Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key.) Running the installer again seems to be fine, so it's not a permanent problem. Has anyone seen this before? The solutions I found online say to delete the registry key in question, which I don't really think is safe in this situation. Thanks, Rob -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button
Just because WIX ships a set of UI dialogs does not mean you need to use them. I do not use any of the WIX dialogs and have create my own. This allows me to enable and modify the UI whenever I wish. Due to this the choice is completely yours, if you use the standard dialogs you get what is there or you can modify these to meet your needs. The choice is completely yours. Mat Skildum Aspect Software direct: 630.227.8534 mobile: 847.909.9921 mathew.skil...@aspect.com -Original Message- From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:40 AM To: Skildum, Mathew Cc: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:26:05 + Skildum, Mathew mathew.skil...@aspect.com wrote: Using the UAC shield is completely up to you not WIX. Since WIX is just the development environment, the job of following guidelines falls to the user. The WIX compiler can try to guide you down the right path, but it should not force you to do any one thing. The Button control XML has an option called ElevationShield which needs to be enabled to show the icon. It's not entirely up to the user since WiX ships with standard UIs such as WiXUI_Minimal which provides buttons with the ElevationShield property set. -- Bruce Cran -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Query about use of UAC shield on Install button
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:43:38 + Skildum, Mathew mathew.skil...@aspect.com wrote: Just because WIX ships a set of UI dialogs does not mean you need to use them. I do not use any of the WIX dialogs and have create my own. This allows me to enable and modify the UI whenever I wish. Due to this the choice is completely yours, if you use the standard dialogs you get what is there or you can modify these to meet your needs. Thanks. I intend to continue using WiXUI_Minimal since it completely meets my needs: I was wondering about future applications that I write in relation to the timing of the UAC prompt. Since Microsoft developers work on WiX I guess it's not seen as a major fault if an application doesn't elevate immediately after clicking a button with a shield icon. -- Bruce Cran -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Urgent Please help: Could not open key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\MyAppAssembly....
No suggestions? I am in real need to get this going. Kindly help -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Urgent-Please-help-Could-not-open-key-HKEY-CURRENT-USER-Software-Classes-MyAppAssembly-tp6201872p6204451.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Urgent Please help: Could not open key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\MyAppAssembly....
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:51:55 -0700 (PDT) kim contactme...@gmail.com wrote: I am confused as why the installer is trying to open this registry entry?? I created 2 more installers using WIX 3.5 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 but never found this problem. This is only with Windows XP SP3 box. Please suggest any solution to this problem. You should get a log by running msiexec /l*vx msilog.txt /i name of msi file . That'll tell you what the installer is doing at each step. -- Bruce Cran -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Desktop Shortcut to a Folder
Here is my solution to create shortcut to a folder. Note that the Advertise must be no. Call explorer and pass it the directory to open. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Desktop-Shortcut-to-a-Folder-tp4906239p6204513.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Custom Action Not Running In XP 32-Bit
Hello, I have a custom action function written in C that is called from a Wix MSI. This custom action runs successfully on Windows 7 (32-bit 64-bit), Vista (32-bit 64-bit) and Windows XP 64-bit however appears to simply not run on Windows XP 32-bit. The underlying issue here was that code within the dll for this custom action (not specifically code called or accessed from the entry point into the dll within the wix) referenced a call to the WinAPI RegDeleteKeyEx function which is unsupported in XP 32-bit. Now my question here is simply is there some way I could have been informed about why this dll wasn't loading let alone running from the install? For your information: . As this was a custom action that failed to load the installer continued happily without kicking up any fuss to the user . I ran the msi with /l*vx and I couldn't find anything within the log file that suggested the dll hadn't even been loaded, in fact you even get a message in the log file stating that the InstallIME (the wix) action ending with a return value of 1. See below an extract from the log for a install where the custom action failed to load: MSI (s) (2C:2C) [15:25:11:617]: Doing action: InstallIME Action 15:25:11: InstallIME. Action start 15:25:11: InstallIME. InstallIME: Action ended 15:25:11: InstallIME. Return value 1. . Just to remind you the problematic code that used RegDeleteKeyEx wasn't even called / referenced by InstallIME32 therefore it clearly just didn't want to load the dll at all In the end I managed to solve the issue through trial and error but I'm convinced there must be a more pragmatic (and hopefully quicker) approach, even if it is simply getting a warning that the custom action dll has not loaded. Thanks, Liam -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] EN-IN language ID in WiX
Hallo everyone, Recently, I was trying to find some information about how does WiX handle the issue with the new LCIDs introduced in Windows Vista. I mean for example en-IN locale with LCID as 0x4009. I tried to build the MSI tables from WiX that contained India files. In that case the light.exe throws a validation error ICE03 which means I am using incorrect language id. Is this a matter of something in my .wxs file or .wixproj or I should change the WiX version? I am using the 3.5.1916.0 version. When I was searching the internet about that problem I could not find many similar questions that could mean it is something rare. Is there anybody that could confirm that this is a known issue? Thanks in advance, Grzegorz Borczuch -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service
Do you have a ServiceControl element that stops the service on install? ServiceControl Name=My Service Name Stop=Both Wait=Yes ... / -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 10:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Hi there I'm having problems upgrading an existing service using my wix installer. i'm getting the 1923 error (Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services.). This doesn't happen the *first* time I install the service, but when I try to upgrade it. I've searched around and tried a few different things, but nothing has solved it so far. My ServiceInstall looks like this :- ServiceInstall Id=ServiceInstaller Type=ownProcess Vital=yes Name=My Service Name DisplayName=My Display Name Description=My description Start=auto Account=LocalSystem ErrorControl=ignore Interactive=no I'm logged in as a local administrator. I've tried logging in direct on the machine, not just from remote desktop. I've tried making sure the Name attribute in the ServiceInstall tag matches the service name in the service code. If I uninstall the service and run my MSI, it works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service
Yes, it looks like this :- ServiceControl ID=StartService Name=My Service Name Start=Install Stop=Both Remove=Uninstall Wait=Yes / Thanks On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 3:54 PM, David Watson dwat...@sdl.com wrote: Do you have a ServiceControl element that stops the service on install? ServiceControl Name=My Service Name Stop=Both Wait=Yes ... / -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 10:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Hi there I'm having problems upgrading an existing service using my wix installer. i'm getting the 1923 error (Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services.). This doesn't happen the *first* time I install the service, but when I try to upgrade it. I've searched around and tried a few different things, but nothing has solved it so far. My ServiceInstall looks like this :- ServiceInstall Id=ServiceInstaller Type=ownProcess Vital=yes Name=My Service Name DisplayName=My Display Name Description=My description Start=auto Account=LocalSystem ErrorControl=ignore Interactive=no I'm logged in as a local administrator. I've tried logging in direct on the machine, not just from remote desktop. I've tried making sure the Name attribute in the ServiceInstall tag matches the service name in the service code. If I uninstall the service and run my MSI, it works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service
Is this a major upgrade or a minor upgrade? Sounds like the uninstall of the older version might not be removing the service. Verbose log file might be helpful. You can also hit Cancel during an install to effectively pause it (then hit Resume to continue) to look at the state of the machine at certain discreet points along the way, like if the old product gets removed but new files aren't being copied yet, this can be a good point to pause the install and look in Services.msc to see the current situation. -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:39 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Yes, it looks like this :- ServiceControl ID=StartService Name=My Service Name Start=Install Stop=Both Remove=Uninstall Wait=Yes / Thanks On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 3:54 PM, David Watson dwat...@sdl.com wrote: Do you have a ServiceControl element that stops the service on install? ServiceControl Name=My Service Name Stop=Both Wait=Yes ... / -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 10:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Hi there I'm having problems upgrading an existing service using my wix installer. i'm getting the 1923 error (Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services.). This doesn't happen the *first* time I install the service, but when I try to upgrade it. I've searched around and tried a few different things, but nothing has solved it so far. My ServiceInstall looks like this :- ServiceInstall Id=ServiceInstaller Type=ownProcess Vital=yes Name=My Service Name DisplayName=My Display Name Description=My description Start=auto Account=LocalSystem ErrorControl=ignore Interactive=no I'm logged in as a local administrator. I've tried logging in direct on the machine, not just from remote desktop. I've tried making sure the Name attribute in the ServiceInstall tag matches the service name in the service code. If I uninstall the service and run my MSI, it works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service
When I use the word 'upgrade', I'm simply referring to running a new MSI that is installing the same service (re-installing). Does it matter if I haven't changed the version number? The verbose log doesn't seem to give much more information, it fails with 1923 on the line after Executing op: Service install. I did search up through the log from that point and didn't find any mention of an uninstall... is there something I need to do explicitly to get the installer to remove the previous version of the service first? Thanks, I appreciate the help. Matthew On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Chad Petersen chad.peter...@harlandfs.comwrote: Is this a major upgrade or a minor upgrade? Sounds like the uninstall of the older version might not be removing the service. Verbose log file might be helpful. You can also hit Cancel during an install to effectively pause it (then hit Resume to continue) to look at the state of the machine at certain discreet points along the way, like if the old product gets removed but new files aren't being copied yet, this can be a good point to pause the install and look in Services.msc to see the current situation. -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:39 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Yes, it looks like this :- ServiceControl ID=StartService Name=My Service Name Start=Install Stop=Both Remove=Uninstall Wait=Yes / Thanks On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 3:54 PM, David Watson dwat...@sdl.com wrote: Do you have a ServiceControl element that stops the service on install? ServiceControl Name=My Service Name Stop=Both Wait=Yes ... / -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 10:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Hi there I'm having problems upgrading an existing service using my wix installer. i'm getting the 1923 error (Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services.). This doesn't happen the *first* time I install the service, but when I try to upgrade it. I've searched around and tried a few different things, but nothing has solved it so far. My ServiceInstall looks like this :- ServiceInstall Id=ServiceInstaller Type=ownProcess Vital=yes Name=My Service Name DisplayName=My Display Name Description=My description Start=auto Account=LocalSystem ErrorControl=ignore Interactive=no I'm logged in as a local administrator. I've tried logging in direct on the machine, not just from remote desktop. I've tried making sure the Name attribute in the ServiceInstall tag matches the service name in the service code. If I uninstall the service and run my MSI, it works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R)
Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service
You should set Remove=Both in your service control entry. This will help in the cleanup and if any other service happens to share the same name, you remove it. Mat Skildum Aspect Software direct: 630.227.8534 mobile: 847.909.9921 mathew.skil...@aspect.com -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:22 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service When I use the word 'upgrade', I'm simply referring to running a new MSI that is installing the same service (re-installing). Does it matter if I haven't changed the version number? The verbose log doesn't seem to give much more information, it fails with 1923 on the line after Executing op: Service install. I did search up through the log from that point and didn't find any mention of an uninstall... is there something I need to do explicitly to get the installer to remove the previous version of the service first? Thanks, I appreciate the help. Matthew On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Chad Petersen chad.peter...@harlandfs.comwrote: Is this a major upgrade or a minor upgrade? Sounds like the uninstall of the older version might not be removing the service. Verbose log file might be helpful. You can also hit Cancel during an install to effectively pause it (then hit Resume to continue) to look at the state of the machine at certain discreet points along the way, like if the old product gets removed but new files aren't being copied yet, this can be a good point to pause the install and look in Services.msc to see the current situation. -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:39 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Yes, it looks like this :- ServiceControl ID=StartService Name=My Service Name Start=Install Stop=Both Remove=Uninstall Wait=Yes / Thanks On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 3:54 PM, David Watson dwat...@sdl.com wrote: Do you have a ServiceControl element that stops the service on install? ServiceControl Name=My Service Name Stop=Both Wait=Yes ... / -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 10:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Hi there I'm having problems upgrading an existing service using my wix installer. i'm getting the 1923 error (Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services.). This doesn't happen the *first* time I install the service, but when I try to upgrade it. I've searched around and tried a few different things, but nothing has solved it so far. My ServiceInstall looks like this :- ServiceInstall Id=ServiceInstaller Type=ownProcess Vital=yes Name=My Service Name DisplayName=My Display Name Description=My description Start=auto Account=LocalSystem ErrorControl=ignore Interactive=no I'm logged in as a local administrator. I've tried logging in direct on the machine, not just from remote desktop. I've tried making sure the Name attribute in the ServiceInstall tag matches the service name in the service code. If I uninstall the service and run my MSI, it works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- -- - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- -- -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today!
Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service
I would check that you are following a good upgrade strategy too, see http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major_upgrade.htm Dave -Original Message- From: Skildum, Mathew [mailto:mathew.skil...@aspect.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 17:29 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service You should set Remove=Both in your service control entry. This will help in the cleanup and if any other service happens to share the same name, you remove it. Mat Skildum Aspect Software direct: 630.227.8534 mobile: 847.909.9921 mathew.skil...@aspect.com -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:22 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service When I use the word 'upgrade', I'm simply referring to running a new MSI that is installing the same service (re-installing). Does it matter if I haven't changed the version number? The verbose log doesn't seem to give much more information, it fails with 1923 on the line after Executing op: Service install. I did search up through the log from that point and didn't find any mention of an uninstall... is there something I need to do explicitly to get the installer to remove the previous version of the service first? Thanks, I appreciate the help. Matthew On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Chad Petersen chad.peter...@harlandfs.comwrote: Is this a major upgrade or a minor upgrade? Sounds like the uninstall of the older version might not be removing the service. Verbose log file might be helpful. You can also hit Cancel during an install to effectively pause it (then hit Resume to continue) to look at the state of the machine at certain discreet points along the way, like if the old product gets removed but new files aren't being copied yet, this can be a good point to pause the install and look in Services.msc to see the current situation. -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:39 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Yes, it looks like this :- ServiceControl ID=StartService Name=My Service Name Start=Install Stop=Both Remove=Uninstall Wait=Yes / Thanks On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 3:54 PM, David Watson dwat...@sdl.com wrote: Do you have a ServiceControl element that stops the service on install? ServiceControl Name=My Service Name Stop=Both Wait=Yes ... / -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 10:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Hi there I'm having problems upgrading an existing service using my wix installer. i'm getting the 1923 error (Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services.). This doesn't happen the *first* time I install the service, but when I try to upgrade it. I've searched around and tried a few different things, but nothing has solved it so far. My ServiceInstall looks like this :- ServiceInstall Id=ServiceInstaller Type=ownProcess Vital=yes Name=My Service Name DisplayName=My Display Name Description=My description Start=auto Account=LocalSystem ErrorControl=ignore Interactive=no I'm logged in as a local administrator. I've tried logging in direct on the machine, not just from remote desktop. I've tried making sure the Name attribute in the ServiceInstall tag matches the service name in the service code. If I uninstall the service and run my MSI, it works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- -- - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- --
Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service
-Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] When I use the word 'upgrade', I'm simply referring to running a new MSI that is installing the same service (re-installing). Does it matter if I haven't changed the version number? Depends on what version number you mean. If you have a preexisting product installed with the same ProductCode (Product/@Id) and ProductVersion (Product/@Version) as the new product then you will run into problems if you don't author the package correctly. I would start out by reading the following: Patching and Upgrades - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370579.aspx Small Updates - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371855.aspx Minor Upgrades - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370037.aspx Major Upgrades - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369786.aspx How To: Implement a Major Upgrade In Your Installer - http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major_upgrade.htm Upgrading with Windows Installer is tricky because it has a lot of moving pieces but I don't think it is necessarily hard as long as you follow some reasonable best practices. The How To: Implement a Major Upgrade In Your Installer makes it easy to author major upgrades which is probably what you want to do since you haven't thought about this problem from a Windows Installer perspective yet. There are other resources online you can search for. Here are a few blog posts by Bob Arnson: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/29/neither-more-nor-less/ http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/ http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/01/16/major-upgrades-now-easier-than-ever/ Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Digital Channels Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] version comparisons in burn
Hi, I am playing with burn again and I am trying to make a windows installer 3.1 package. I am using a util:FileSearch on the msi.dll to see what version is installed but I am struggling to work out what to put in my @DetectCondition. If I try DetectCondition=MSIVersion gt; 3.1 Burn fails as the . is unexpected. Is there some clever version comparison that I can do or even some built in MSI version that can use? Also is it possible to make a wixlib with packages in, I've not looked into it our tried, It just occured to me it would be neat to have pre-built prerequisite wixlibs. Cheers Dave W Code if you are bothered... Fragment Id=MSI31 util:FileSearch Path=[WindowsFolder]\System32\msi.dll Result=version Variable=MSIVersion/ PackageGroup Id=MSI31 ExePackage Id=MSI31 Cache=no Compressed=yes PerMachine=yes Permanent=yes Vital=yes SourceFile=WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe DetectCondition=MSIVersion gt; 3 / /PackageGroup /Fragment SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Get computer name??
How can i populate a control with the name of the computer on which msi is executed. I used [ComputerName] and [COMPUTERNAME] property but its not working. Please advice. thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205253.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service
Thank you Mat, this has fixed my problem :) Initially I thought it had not - for anyone with a similar problem, you need to remove the service that wasn't installed with this 'Remove=both' attribute manually first. Once this is done, any subsequent installs with an MSI that is created with it can be made without the error. Appreciate everyone's input, thanks. On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Skildum, Mathew mathew.skil...@aspect.comwrote: You should set Remove=Both in your service control entry. This will help in the cleanup and if any other service happens to share the same name, you remove it. Mat Skildum Aspect Software direct: 630.227.8534 mobile: 847.909.9921 mathew.skil...@aspect.com -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:22 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service When I use the word 'upgrade', I'm simply referring to running a new MSI that is installing the same service (re-installing). Does it matter if I haven't changed the version number? The verbose log doesn't seem to give much more information, it fails with 1923 on the line after Executing op: Service install. I did search up through the log from that point and didn't find any mention of an uninstall... is there something I need to do explicitly to get the installer to remove the previous version of the service first? Thanks, I appreciate the help. Matthew On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Chad Petersen chad.peter...@harlandfs.comwrote: Is this a major upgrade or a minor upgrade? Sounds like the uninstall of the older version might not be removing the service. Verbose log file might be helpful. You can also hit Cancel during an install to effectively pause it (then hit Resume to continue) to look at the state of the machine at certain discreet points along the way, like if the old product gets removed but new files aren't being copied yet, this can be a good point to pause the install and look in Services.msc to see the current situation. -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:39 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Yes, it looks like this :- ServiceControl ID=StartService Name=My Service Name Start=Install Stop=Both Remove=Uninstall Wait=Yes / Thanks On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 3:54 PM, David Watson dwat...@sdl.com wrote: Do you have a ServiceControl element that stops the service on install? ServiceControl Name=My Service Name Stop=Both Wait=Yes ... / -Original Message- From: Matthew Dodkins [mailto:matthew.dodk...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 10:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error 1923 upgrading a service Hi there I'm having problems upgrading an existing service using my wix installer. i'm getting the 1923 error (Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services.). This doesn't happen the *first* time I install the service, but when I try to upgrade it. I've searched around and tried a few different things, but nothing has solved it so far. My ServiceInstall looks like this :- ServiceInstall Id=ServiceInstaller Type=ownProcess Vital=yes Name=My Service Name DisplayName=My Display Name Description=My description Start=auto Account=LocalSystem ErrorControl=ignore Interactive=no I'm logged in as a local administrator. I've tried logging in direct on the machine, not just from remote desktop. I've tried making sure the Name attribute in the ServiceInstall tag matches the service name in the service code. If I uninstall the service and run my MSI, it works fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- -- - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales.
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
ComputerName should work on msi verions 4 and up. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368009(VS.85).aspx I use [LocalMachine] when creating local accounts... -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 18:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? How can i populate a control with the name of the computer on which msi is executed. I used [ComputerName] and [COMPUTERNAME] property but its not working. Please advice. thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-na me-tp6205253p6205253.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Actually, I've been using [ComputerName] since MSI 2.0. If you read those requirements a bit closer it goes on to say... Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. Which implies just about any version. The 4.0, 4,5 and 5.0 are required if you are on the newer OSes from the sound of it. Minor point, but I thought it worth a mention. -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? ComputerName should work on msi verions 4 and up. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368009(VS.85).aspx I use [LocalMachine] when creating local accounts... -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 March 2011 18:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? How can i populate a control with the name of the computer on which msi is executed. I used [ComputerName] and [COMPUTERNAME] property but its not working. Please advice. thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-comput er-na me-tp6205253p6205253.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - - Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
[LocalMachine] is also not working for me Please advice -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205348.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
You might be inventing properties - I've no idea what LocalMachine might be, but it's not a standard Windows Installer property. The answer IS [ComputerName] as has been mentioned: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368009(v=VS.85).aspx so stick with that. Look, this thing is used in thousands of setups, it does really work, so please provide some context instead of giving up and trying something else. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:14 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? [LocalMachine] is also not working for me Please advice -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205348.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77nav_id=80prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
X2 Even installs where I never use [ComputerName] the verbose log file still lists the entry Property(C): ComputerName = my computer name Showing that this is always available for use in any install. -Original Message- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:30 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? You might be inventing properties - I've no idea what LocalMachine might be, but it's not a standard Windows Installer property. The answer IS [ComputerName] as has been mentioned: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368009(v=VS.85).aspx so stick with that. Look, this thing is used in thousands of setups, it does really work, so please provide some context instead of giving up and trying something else. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:14 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? [LocalMachine] is also not working for me Please advice -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-comput er-name-tp6205253p6205348.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77nav_id=80prev_i d=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Following is code from my .wxs file: Code from my custom UI dialog When i execute msi, editMachineName control displays [ComputerName] instead of my machine name. Please let me know what am I doing wrong here. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205447.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
You have to use a custom action to do what you are trying to do. For example: CustomAction Id=SetMACHINENAME Property=MACHINENAME Value=[ComputerName] / Mat Skildum -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:49 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? Following is code from my .wxs file: Code from my custom UI dialog When i execute msi, editMachineName control displays [ComputerName] instead of my machine name. Please let me know what am I doing wrong here. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205447.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Your wxs didn't show up. However, the [] property substitution works only in fields that have a formatted type as defined in MSDN Control Table docs, so maybe your edit field isn't type formatted. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:49 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? Following is code from my .wxs file: Code from my custom UI dialog When i execute msi, editMachineName control displays [ComputerName] instead of my machine name. Please let me know what am I doing wrong here. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205447.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77nav_id=80prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Or you could publish the property just before entering your custom dialog, like in the preceding dialog. Publish Property=MACHINENAME Value=[ComputerName]1/Publish -Original Message- From: Skildum, Mathew [mailto:mathew.skil...@aspect.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:59 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? You have to use a custom action to do what you are trying to do. For example: CustomAction Id=SetMACHINENAME Property=MACHINENAME Value=[ComputerName] / Mat Skildum -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:49 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name?? Following is code from my .wxs file: Code from my custom UI dialog When i execute msi, editMachineName control displays [ComputerName] instead of my machine name. Please let me know what am I doing wrong here. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-comput er-name-tp6205253p6205447.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Mat, tried your suggestion, but I am getting blank value in control My code: Thanks for all you help -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205517.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Get computer name??
Thank you very much Mat. My code is working now following your suggestions. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Get-computer-name-tp6205253p6205570.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] EN-IN language ID in WiX
Hi, Assume this won't work as the LCID and locale en-IN doesn't exist in WiX. Try hi-IN and 0x0439 Hindi (India) instead. An overview of the LCIDs and WiX Culture names you can see in my post http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/LCIDs-of-the-supported-languages-of-WixUIExtension-td5910168.html#a5913708 . BTW: Where do you use the hex representation of the LCID ? Normally for localization only the decimal representation of the LCID + WiX culture name is needed. For a sample wxl file check out e.g. http://wix.mindcapers.com/wiki/Localization Regards Tobias 2011/3/24 Grzegorz Borczuch t-gr...@microsoft.com: Hallo everyone, Recently, I was trying to find some information about how does WiX handle the issue with the new LCIDs introduced in Windows Vista. I mean for example en-IN locale with LCID as 0x4009. I tried to build the MSI tables from WiX that contained India files. In that case the light.exe throws a validation error ICE03 which means I am using incorrect language id. Is this a matter of something in my .wxs file or .wixproj or I should change the WiX version? I am using the 3.5.1916.0 version. When I was searching the internet about that problem I could not find many similar questions that could mean it is something rare. Is there anybody that could confirm that this is a known issue? Thanks in advance, Grzegorz Borczuch -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] EN-IN language ID in WiX
Regarding the localization of hi-in. This localization contains the english strings which is confirmed to be a bug (comp. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=3163411group_id=105970atid=642714) Think an older (or also newer) version of the WiX toolset has a correct version of the translation for hi-In. (Didn't re-check it) As this language is from minor importance I didn't follow the issue... 2011/3/24 Tobias S tobias.s1...@gmail.com: Hi, Assume this won't work as the LCID and locale en-IN doesn't exist in WiX. Try hi-IN and 0x0439 Hindi (India) instead. An overview of the LCIDs and WiX Culture names you can see in my post http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/LCIDs-of-the-supported-languages-of-WixUIExtension-td5910168.html#a5913708 . BTW: Where do you use the hex representation of the LCID ? Normally for localization only the decimal representation of the LCID + WiX culture name is needed. For a sample wxl file check out e.g. http://wix.mindcapers.com/wiki/Localization Regards Tobias 2011/3/24 Grzegorz Borczuch t-gr...@microsoft.com: Hallo everyone, Recently, I was trying to find some information about how does WiX handle the issue with the new LCIDs introduced in Windows Vista. I mean for example en-IN locale with LCID as 0x4009. I tried to build the MSI tables from WiX that contained India files. In that case the light.exe throws a validation error ICE03 which means I am using incorrect language id. Is this a matter of something in my .wxs file or .wixproj or I should change the WiX version? I am using the 3.5.1916.0 version. When I was searching the internet about that problem I could not find many similar questions that could mean it is something rare. Is there anybody that could confirm that this is a known issue? Thanks in advance, Grzegorz Borczuch -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] DifxApp - Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key
Hi Rob, Just some thoughts to it (even I never had the issue). Maybe they help: On http://errordecoder.com/system-error-codes/3/code-1021.html I found some points which could be from interest: * Device Driver Conflicts * Hardware Malfunction Is it only one system where it occurs ? Hardware issues only with one hardware device or with several ones? Stupid but happened once to me: An internal NW Interface had some not correct inserted memory which caused driver installation to fail in not reproducible manner. As I didn't check I spent some days on that issue... Regards Tobias 2011/3/24 Rob Hamflett r...@snsys.com: I'm seeing an occasional issue using DifxApp, which a log reports as: DIFXAPP: INFO: ENTER UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices... DIFXAPP: ERROR: RETURN UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices. (Error code 0x3FD: Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key.) DIFXAPP: ERROR: Installation failed. (Error code 0x3FD: Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key.) DIFXAPP: ERROR: PnP Install failed. (Error code 0x3FD: Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key.) Running the installer again seems to be fine, so it's not a permanent problem. Has anyone seen this before? The solutions I found online say to delete the registry key in question, which I don't really think is safe in this situation. Thanks, Rob -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Check if database exists and display message
How can i check if a SQL Server database exists and display an error message if it does and stop installation process I am using WIX 3.5 Please advice. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Check-if-database-exists-and-display-message-tp6205888p6205888.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Check if database exists and display message
There is currently no built in facility that I know of for this. You would need to build a custom action. -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 25 March 2011 8:26 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Check if database exists and display message How can i check if a SQL Server database exists and display an error message if it does and stop installation process I am using WIX 3.5 Please advice. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Check-if-database-exists-and-display-message-tp6205888p6205888.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Check if database exists and display message
Thanks. I had a doubt about that. So I can set a property in custom action if a database exists or not and based on its value display error message? Do I need to use condition statement to trigger message? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Check-if-database-exists-and-display-message-tp6205888p6205933.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Check if database exists and display message
Not sure, have not done it myself. It really depends on how you want to detect the error and have the user respond to it. -Original Message- From: kim [mailto:contactme...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 25 March 2011 8:39 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Check if database exists and display message Thanks. I had a doubt about that. So I can set a property in custom action if a database exists or not and based on its value display error message? Do I need to use condition statement to trigger message? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Check-if-database-exists-and-display-message-tp6205888p6205933.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Running SQLScript element as System instead of logged in User
Hi I am trying to run a SQLScript as part of my msi and I want it to run as SYSTEM and not the logged in User. When I install my msi, I see that the Script is run under the logged in user. How to force the script to be run under LocalSystem? Here is my code: Component Id=cm_abc.sql Guid=$(GUID) Win64=yes SqlScript Id='abc_123.sql' SqlDb='ABCDatabase' RollbackOnInstall='yes' Sequence='20' Binary Id='ABCSql' src='abc.sql' / /SqlScript /Component Thanks Syama -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] copying one folder including sub folders to another
Hi: Is there a custom action in Wix to copy one folder to another, and remove the folder on uninstallation. I need to do this only if a feature is selected. I remember there was something in the community extensions, but carn't remember whether this allowed feature selection to be taken in to account. Any help appreciated. Regards Sean. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] deploying reports to ssrs using Wix
Hi: Is there any way using wix to deploy reports to a report server using the Wix sql extension. I could use rs.exe, but would rather use the web services if possible. Any help appreciated. Regards Sean. -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Running SQLScript element as System instead of logged in User
Hi The SQLScripts are run when executing ExecuteSQLStrings Custom Action. I would like to know if there is any way of overriding this CustomAction to run as No Impersonate. Thanks Syama From: Syama Rajendraprasad Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 10:33 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Madhan S; Nutesh Garg Subject: Running SQLScript element as System instead of logged in User Hi I am trying to run a SQLScript as part of my msi and I want it to run as SYSTEM and not the logged in User. When I install my msi, I see that the Script is run under the logged in user. How to force the script to be run under LocalSystem? Here is my code: Component Id=cm_abc.sql Guid=$(GUID) Win64=yes SqlScript Id='abc_123.sql' SqlDb='ABCDatabase' RollbackOnInstall='yes' Sequence='20' Binary Id='ABCSql' src='abc.sql' / /SqlScript /Component Thanks Syama -- Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
