[WiX-users] How to close MSI Dialog without clicking on FINISH pushbutton?
Hi guys, I have been trying to close an MSI dialog from a custom dialog I created and have not been able to. I read some post here: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/What-does-Custom-OnExit-do-td5807840.html http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369543(v=VS.85).aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/10/16/from-msi-to-wix-part-20-user-interface-required-dialog-boxes.aspx The following is my code: Dialog Id=PreReqDlg Width=370 Height=270 Title=[ProductName] Setup ... Control Id=Prerequisites Type=PushButton X=98 Y=243 Width=70 Height=17 Default=yes Cancel=yes Text=!(loc.FatalErrorPrerequisites) Publish Event=DoAction Value=LaunchPrerequisitesURL Order=1 1/Publish Publish Event=EndDialog Value=Exit Order =2 1/Publish /Control ... /Dialog ... AdminUISequence Show Dialog=MyFatalError OnExit=error Overridable=yes / Show Dialog=PreReqDlg OnExit=suspend Overridable=yes / /AdminUISequence InstallUISequence Show Dialog=MyFatalError OnExit=error Overridable=yes / Show Dialog=PreReqDlg OnExit=suspend Overridable=yes / /InstallUISequence The problem is that I keep getting routed back to the last screen which is the Exit Dialog or in my case the MyFatalError dialog. Here I need to click on the finish button to ensure that the MSI dialog is shutdown. Can anyone please help point out what I am missing? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-close-MSI-Dialog-without-clicking-on-FINISH-pushbutton-tp7279763p7279763.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Applying System Security Policies via WiX (Windows Install in General)
All, Is there a way to apply system policies similar to how one would use secedit.exe? I currently have a custom action that runs secedit.exe which works fine, but the trouble is that my current approach does not work well with localized versions of Windows (i.e. the command line arguments specified are not the same as the English locale). Are there built-in Windows Installer or WiX features that I can use to perform this task instead? I have not found anything but that does not mean I didn't miss it either. Thanks. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] WixQueryOsWellKnownSID
Hello, I am attempting to use the WixQueryOsWellKnownSID action to query the localized group names for the Administrators and Users groups. In general, per the log file the action appears to be running and exiting but is still returning the English spelling of these groups thus causing the install package to fail (cannot locate the group names since they are misspelled). This is running on a Portuguese version of Windows 7 Professional. Using released version of WiX 3.0. This is how the source is using the action and properties: PropertyRef Id=WIX_ACCOUNT_ADMINISTRATORS / PropertyRef Id=WIX_ACCOUNT_USERS / util:Group Id=UsersGroup Name=[WIX_ACCOUNT_USERS]/ util:Group Id=AdministratorsGroup Name=[WIX_ACCOUNT_ADMINISTRATORS]/ Within the User element referencing the groups like so... util:GroupRef Id=UsersGroup/ util:GroupRef Id=AdministratorsGroup/ Is there something I am doing wrong, or does this action only support a subset of all possible languages? Is there a way to specify the names by common SID and avoid this action altogether? Thanks. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Return a BOOL value from deferred CA to WIX
Hi, I am Ananda. D . Our driver Installation package has developed using WIX. We used dpinst.exe to install drivers in a C# Custom Action DLL. Dpinst returns a value about the status of the drivers installed, it may have Restart. I got the values successfully in C# CA. But I need to inform the WIX to restart the computer after installation of whole package. I am using the following line to restart the computer after installation. ScheduleReboot After=InstallFinalizeRebootRequired = true/ScheduleReboot The RebootRequired property can set in CA if it is called as immediate but if is called as deferred. We must call that CA as deferred. Is there any way to return a Boolean or String value from C# deferred CA to WIX? It may help us for other CA also. Awaiting for reply. Thanks and Regards, Ananda. D -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Return a BOOL value from deferred CA to WIX
This has come up before http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28519297 -Original Message- From: Ananda Doddagatte [mailto:anan...@virident.com] Sent: 13 February 2012 12:44 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Return a BOOL value from deferred CA to WIX Hi, I am Ananda. D . Our driver Installation package has developed using WIX. We used dpinst.exe to install drivers in a C# Custom Action DLL. Dpinst returns a value about the status of the drivers installed, it may have Restart. I got the values successfully in C# CA. But I need to inform the WIX to restart the computer after installation of whole package. I am using the following line to restart the computer after installation. ScheduleReboot After=InstallFinalizeRebootRequired = true/ScheduleReboot The RebootRequired property can set in CA if it is called as immediate but if is called as deferred. We must call that CA as deferred. Is there any way to return a Boolean or String value from C# deferred CA to WIX? It may help us for other CA also. Awaiting for reply. Thanks and Regards, Ananda. D - - Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ 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. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How To Run Custom Action During Install But Not During Uninstall
I was trying to follow the step mentioned in this thread but on compiling I get the following exception: C:\...\xyz.wxs(204) : error CNDL0024 : The CustomAction element contains illegal inner text: 'NOT Installed'. It may not contain inner text unless the Script attribute is specified. make: *** [C:/.../Release/xyz i.wixobj] Error 24 The custom action that i have here is a managed c# dll and without any inner text it is working perfectly fine. The only problem is that it is being called both at install and uninstall time whereas I would like it to be called only during the install time. I might be missing something here but I am not sure where I went wrong and would appreciate any help. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-To-Run-Custom-Action-During-Install-But-Not-During-Uninstall-tp6395892p7280693.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How To Run Custom Action During Install But Not During Uninstall
Ok my mistake in reading the post - it was supposed to be in Custom and not in CustomAction tag. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-To-Run-Custom-Action-During-Install-But-Not-During-Uninstall-tp6395892p7280721.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How To Run Custom Action During Install But Not During Uninstall
It's sounds like you're trying to do something like: CustomAction Id=MyCustomAction NOT Installed /CustomAction But you can't put the conditional there. You have to put the conditional in a Custom element in either the InstallExecuteSequence or the InstallUISequence (or both). InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=MyCustom Action After=CostFinalize NOT Installed /Custom /InstallExecute Sequence -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: sttaq [mailto:tt...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:29 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How To Run Custom Action During Install But Not During Uninstall I was trying to follow the step mentioned in this thread but on compiling I get the following exception: C:\...\xyz.wxs(204) : error CNDL0024 : The CustomAction element contains illegal inner text: 'NOT Installed'. It may not contain inner text unless the Script attribute is specified. make: *** [C:/.../Release/xyz i.wixobj] Error 24 The custom action that i have here is a managed c# dll and without any inner text it is working perfectly fine. The only problem is that it is being called both at install and uninstall time whereas I would like it to be called only during the install time. I might be missing something here but I am not sure where I went wrong and would appreciate any help. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-To-Run-Custom-Action-During-Install-But-Not-During-Uninstall-tp6395892p7280693.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How To Run Custom Action During Install But Not During Uninstall
Yes I realized it and its working now - what a blunder. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-To-Run-Custom-Action-During-Install-But-Not-During-Uninstall-tp6395892p7280809.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Applying System Security Policies via WiX (Windows Install in General)
Not that I'm aware of but if you built a data driven custom action, it'd be great if you could contribute it back to the community so the next person needing this could find it. smile/ On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:53 AM, Andy Clugston clug...@gmail.com wrote: All, Is there a way to apply system policies similar to how one would use secedit.exe? I currently have a custom action that runs secedit.exe which works fine, but the trouble is that my current approach does not work well with localized versions of Windows (i.e. the command line arguments specified are not the same as the English locale). Are there built-in Windows Installer or WiX features that I can use to perform this task instead? I have not found anything but that does not mean I didn't miss it either. Thanks. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] dealing with functions that throw exceptions
C++ custom actions have a defined signature that includes expected return values. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368072(v=vs.85).aspx You may be able to store the message in a property or anywhere else (registry?) to retrieve later. Phil W -Original Message- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 6:37 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] dealing with functions that throw exceptions Hi; I am currently writing a custom action dll in c++ for an installer. I've got a function provided that throws c++ exceptions. What I'd like to do is return S_FALSE plus the exception message if an exception is thrown. Has anyone got any macrows to do this? Any help appreciated. Cheers Sean. -- Virtualization Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ ___ 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/en/legal/default.aspx. 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). -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] warning message LGHT1076 : ICE60
I have the same issue, and the files that I am including are 3rd party files so we can not change them. I tried the DefaultLanguage = 0 and I then get a LGHT1101 warning. So that does not solve the issue. So if we can not get rid of the LGHT1076 warning I guess we would have to just ignore it Thanks, Tim. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/warning-message-LGHT1076-ICE60-tp697522p7281681.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Managed CustomActions not compiling with latest WiX 3.6 version
In order to be able to compile my CA, I changed the line: UsingTask TaskName=ReadRegistry AssemblyFile=$(WixTasksPath)/ To: UsingTask TaskName=ReadRegistry AssemblyFile=C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.6\bin\WixTasks.dll/ in the file: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\wix.ca.targets I think that was all although if there is a WixTasks.dll in the above mentioned folder, delete it (I don't have a working machine in front of me at the moment so I'm not able to check.) Restart Visual Studio before you try to compile. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Managed-CustomActions-not-compiling-with-latest-WiX-3-6-version-tp7273033p7281769.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] WiX training in the US (or at least in English)?
Hi Someone asked about WIX training in Europe in a previous thread and there was at least two German courses, but are there anyone doing courses in the US or anywhere else in the world in English? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-training-in-the-US-or-at-least-in-English-tp7281827p7281827.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WiX and dynamic file linking
Danish, The tool that you were creating to help with Dynamic linking of files to a WiX install is it done yet? If so where can we get it to try it out? Now I am really new to WiX and therefore do not know the in's or out's of it as I have been using InstallShield for quit some time now. Now I also try to stay away from Dynamically linking files/folders, but in the cases where I have to use it I would usually do each folder as a separate component and then for each one I would add a static versioned file to set as the key file. This way the component name/ID remain the same and so does the key file for each build. It does not then matter if files are added or removed from the component and therefore the build generation between versions are still compatable for Minor/Patch creation. So does your tool handle that? I just know that if the key files, component ID changes between each build will break minor upgrade/patch creation and therefore not work as we need. Also as stated we will not have folders dynamically linked as this will definitly break Minor Upgrade/Patch creation. So what do you do in these cases? Thanks, Tim Mayert. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-and-dynamic-file-linking-tp688166p7281979.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Managed CustomActions not compiling with latest WiX 3.6 version
I think this is fixed in the next build. On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Trent255 trent...@gmail.com wrote: In order to be able to compile my CA, I changed the line: UsingTask TaskName=ReadRegistry AssemblyFile=$(WixTasksPath)/ To: UsingTask TaskName=ReadRegistry AssemblyFile=C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.6\bin\WixTasks.dll/ in the file: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\wix.ca.targets I think that was all although if there is a WixTasks.dll in the above mentioned folder, delete it (I don't have a working machine in front of me at the moment so I'm not able to check.) Restart Visual Studio before you try to compile. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Managed-CustomActions-not-compiling-with-latest-WiX-3-6-version-tp7273033p7281769.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WiX and dynamic file linking
Uhh, where did you hear that it was okay to add and remove files from a Component during an minor upgrade/patch? That definitely does not work correctly in all scenarios. On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:19 PM, TimM timmay...@smarttech.com wrote: Danish, The tool that you were creating to help with Dynamic linking of files to a WiX install is it done yet? If so where can we get it to try it out? Now I am really new to WiX and therefore do not know the in's or out's of it as I have been using InstallShield for quit some time now. Now I also try to stay away from Dynamically linking files/folders, but in the cases where I have to use it I would usually do each folder as a separate component and then for each one I would add a static versioned file to set as the key file. This way the component name/ID remain the same and so does the key file for each build. It does not then matter if files are added or removed from the component and therefore the build generation between versions are still compatable for Minor/Patch creation. So does your tool handle that? I just know that if the key files, component ID changes between each build will break minor upgrade/patch creation and therefore not work as we need. Also as stated we will not have folders dynamically linked as this will definitly break Minor Upgrade/Patch creation. So what do you do in these cases? Thanks, Tim Mayert. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-and-dynamic-file-linking-tp688166p7281979.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patching and Pyro Warning PYRO1110
With someone's help, I figured out the approach. After CostFinalize action, before InstallValidate action, add a customer action, say UpdateFeatureChange, which changes the feature's reqire state accordingly. In DTF, it is as simple as FeatureInfo featureA2= this.Session.Features[FeatureA2]; featureA2.RequestState = InstallState.Absent; // Or Local/Source/Advertise... according to other conditions The DTF is using MsiSetFeatureState API to set the state. The condition is complex, because I need to handle different scenarios like repair/change/update/uninstall. However, this is a workable approach. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Patching-and-Pyro-Warning-PYRO1110-tp7256794p7282912.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Return a BOOL value from deferred CA to WIX
Hi, Thanks for your reply, the post you mentioned contains the following: There's a Wix built-in custom action called WixCheckRebootRequired that runs after instalfinalize. An examination of the source code for that might help you work out how it's done if there are no quick answers on here. Perhaps the deferred actions set a flag (like a global atom) that's checked ouside the script execution phase in that CA. In this they have mentioned that there might be global atom to set a flag (In Red color). Is there any option like that? Please help me to know this, I am wasting too much of time for finding this answer. Thanks and Regards, Ananda. D -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Return a BOOL value from deferred CA to WIX This has come up before http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28519297 -Original Message- From: Ananda Doddagatte [mailto:anan...@virident.com] Sent: 13 February 2012 12:44 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Return a BOOL value from deferred CA to WIX Hi, I am Ananda. D . Our driver Installation package has developed using WIX. We used dpinst.exe to install drivers in a C# Custom Action DLL. Dpinst returns a value about the status of the drivers installed, it may have Restart. I got the values successfully in C# CA. But I need to inform the WIX to restart the computer after installation of whole package. I am using the following line to restart the computer after installation. ScheduleReboot After=InstallFinalizeRebootRequired = true/ScheduleReboot The RebootRequired property can set in CA if it is called as immediate but if is called as deferred. We must call that CA as deferred. Is there any way to return a Boolean or String value from C# deferred CA to WIX? It may help us for other CA also. Awaiting for reply. Thanks and Regards, Ananda. D - - Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ 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. -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] IIS7 Site Id
The setting is still available in IIS7/7.5 and if you manually set the id in WiX then the state works ok. I think this is an ASP.NET issue rather than IIS but will do some more checking and report back (or more usefully apply a patch). Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 12 February 2012 06:48 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] IIS7 Site Id I thought the IIS CA was fixed for IIS7 to create an id that was correct even for web farms. That or maybe the setting is gone in IIS7. On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: In WiX 3.0 code was added (defect 2219545) to allow the WebSite/@SiteId attribute to be set to * to indicate that it should set the site id to the hash of the site name (WebSite/@Description), this code is still present in WiX 3.5 for IIS6 but not IIS7. This now means that when sites are installed in a web farm the site id is dependent on the install order and therefore causes problems with ASP.NET applications that use session state as the ASP.NET session state database is indexed by the site id. Was there are reason for not including this code in the IIS7 implementation? Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited n...@x2systems.commailto:n...@x2systems.com -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC -- Virtualization Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
