[WiX-users] Patches.....file timestamp getting changed
Hi All, I have created a patch using the pcp method. The patch is working absolutely fine as expected but the only issue is 1.The file inside my main build has a timestamp(01/01/2013 2.I change file inside my upgrade build to a timestamp(01/05/2013 When i install the patch the file timestamp is getting changed to today's date(05/20/2013) Also when i uninstall the patch the timestamp of the file is back to 01/01/2013 which is as expected Can anyone let me know the reason for this. Thanks and Regards Ravi -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial
Hi, I have been asked to write a WiX tutorial for my colleagues to take over my role when I leave. Has anyone written anything like this that they would be willing to help me out with? I am using the WiX tutorial online but would like your opinions on what I should include. Thanks Natalie -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial
Hi Natalie, Have you seen the tutorial at http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/? You may want to emulate this, since it's a good tutorial for general use, but you may want one tailored to your team and your product. You should include topics on things that you use (for example, Burn, patching and early REPs), as well as WiX/MSI conventions and best practices. Also describe how your code is organised and how you'd build it. On 20 May 2013 09:30, Natalie Carr natalie.c...@measuresoft.com wrote: Hi, I have been asked to write a WiX tutorial for my colleagues to take over my role when I leave. Has anyone written anything like this that they would be willing to help me out with? I am using the WiX tutorial online but would like your opinions on what I should include. Thanks Natalie -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial
Hi John, Yes that is the tutorial I am basing my own on. Just curious if anyone had any extra tips. Thank you for yours its very helpful..:) Natalie -Original Message- From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 May 2013 10:07 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial Hi Natalie, Have you seen the tutorial at http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/? You may want to emulate this, since it's a good tutorial for general use, but you may want one tailored to your team and your product. You should include topics on things that you use (for example, Burn, patching and early REPs), as well as WiX/MSI conventions and best practices. Also describe how your code is organised and how you'd build it. On 20 May 2013 09:30, Natalie Carr natalie.c...@measuresoft.com wrote: Hi, I have been asked to write a WiX tutorial for my colleagues to take over my role when I leave. Has anyone written anything like this that they would be willing to help me out with? I am using the WiX tutorial online but would like your opinions on what I should include. Thanks Natalie -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] R: Writing a WiX tutorial
Hi Natalie, I found something useful here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/02/10/from-msi-to-wix.aspx http://alekdavis.blogspot.it/2010/10/learning-wix-from-ground-up.html http://www.slideshare.net/alekdavis/beginners-guide-to-windows Best regards Luca -Messaggio originale- Da: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com] Inviato: lunedi 20 maggio 2013 11.37 A: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Oggetto: Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial Hi John, Yes that is the tutorial I am basing my own on. Just curious if anyone had any extra tips. Thank you for yours its very helpful..:) Natalie -Original Message- From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 May 2013 10:07 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial Hi Natalie, Have you seen the tutorial at http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/? You may want to emulate this, since it's a good tutorial for general use, but you may want one tailored to your team and your product. You should include topics on things that you use (for example, Burn, patching and early REPs), as well as WiX/MSI conventions and best practices. Also describe how your code is organised and how you'd build it. On 20 May 2013 09:30, Natalie Carr natalie.c...@measuresoft.com wrote: Hi, I have been asked to write a WiX tutorial for my colleagues to take over my role when I leave. Has anyone written anything like this that they would be willing to help me out with? I am using the WiX tutorial online but would like your opinions on what I should include. Thanks Natalie -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial
Let me guess, your colleagues don't have an installer / windows installer / wix experience and they think that a couple of quick how to's will explain everything? Am I close and/or cynical? 10 FWIW, I've had 12 jobs in 16 years. I always document unique specifics but it's not my job to teach someone how to be a setup developer when I give my two weeks notice. It isn't possible in that amount of time. From: Natalie Carr natalie.c...@measuresoft.com Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 3:36 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial Hi, I have been asked to write a WiX tutorial for my colleagues to take over my role when I leave. Has anyone written anything like this that they would be willing to help me out with? I am using the WiX tutorial online but would like your opinions on what I should include. Thanks Natalie -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Delete folders files only on Uninstall
Hi , Can any one provide good resource on how to implement util:RemoveFoldersEx to remove folders on uninstall. Thanks Chatra -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Delete-folders-files-only-on-Uninstall-tp7585988p7585997.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial
I had no experience with WiX, but that very same tutorial that's been referenced and this mailing list has brought me up to speed. But if your superiors want you spending your time on updating the wheel (as opposed to other more useful things you could be doing), so be it. Could you at least post this newer tutorial somewhere? Alain -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] Sent: May 20, 2013 08:37 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial Let me guess, your colleagues don't have an installer / windows installer / wix experience and they think that a couple of quick how to's will explain everything? Am I close and/or cynical? 10 FWIW, I've had 12 jobs in 16 years. I always document unique specifics but it's not my job to teach someone how to be a setup developer when I give my two weeks notice. It isn't possible in that amount of time. From: Natalie Carr natalie.c...@measuresoft.com Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 3:36 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial Hi, I have been asked to write a WiX tutorial for my colleagues to take over my role when I leave. Has anyone written anything like this that they would be willing to help me out with? I am using the WiX tutorial online but would like your opinions on what I should include. Thanks Natalie -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Deployment Tools Foundation Documentation: Sample C
Hello, The Wix 3.7 Deployment Tools Foundation help file references a sample project. A sample CA project with two CAs is included in the Samples\ManagedCA directory.. I have no such directory installed the the wix3.7.exe package, nor does the original sources or binaries contain such a folder. Where are the example projects for Managed Custom Actions? Thanks, Mark Freedman JHU/APL 17-N568 443.778.2647 mark.freed...@jhuapl.edumailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6
You need to write one. As custom actions go, it's not hard. I would recommend a table-driven approach. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Marty Offe [mailto:marty.o...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 12:17 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6 Which custom action do I use to read the value from the XML app config file? Marty Offe Sr. Software Developer Harland Financial Solutions Portland, OR 503-274-7280 x2376 www.harlandfinancialsolutions.com -Original Message- From: Sharon Pierson [mailto:sharon.pier...@netiq.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 5:59 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6 If this is a major upgrade, you can add another custom action that reads the value from this file and sets a property in the installer that your dialog can use for displaying to the user. The new custom action would have a condition that makes it run only during upgrade. -Original Message- From: Marty Offe [mailto:marty.o...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:58 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] how to read a value from an xml app config file using WIX 3.6 How can I read a value from an application's xml config file and present the value in a dialog? Scenario: During an install a dialog prompts the user for a port number. That port number is written to an application config file using the WIXUtilExtension XmlFile custom action element. During an upgrade install, I would prefer that the dialog present the port number which was read from the application config file. Thanks, Marty Offe -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ 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. -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Install Net Framework 4.5 as prerequisite only if on windows 7-8 and not installed
Then you'll want to stay with .NET 4.0. Writing (and supporting) diverging product versions is going to be a headache. Microsoft designed .NET 4.5 to force you off .NET 4.0 and support for all those beloved legacy platforms (like XP). The IdentityModel assemblies are just the tip of the iceberg. I would recommend either adopting .NET 4.5 and jettisoning support for earlier platforms xor staying with .NET 4.0 and supporting legacy platforms. But your architecture decisions are you own. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:30 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Net Framework 4.5 as prerequisite only if on windows 7-8 and not installed In this case you can't install on Windows XP.I need to preserve the WIndows XP compatibility and build only one setup for Windows XP and Windows 7 From: nmil...@livetechnology.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 22:08:12 + Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Net Framework 4.5 as prerequisite only if on windows 7-8 and not installed I ran into a similar situation, and in the end, I too just set 4.5 as the prerequisite for my installer. -Original Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Net Framework 4.5 as prerequisite only if on windows 7-8 and not installed It is possible, but there will be a lot of edge cases. It may be better to simplify. What does your application really need? It sounds like it needs .NET Frame 4.0. If that's the case, .NET 4.5 is a superset and will satisfy the need for 4.0 in most cases. In which case, you'd be better off with just a dependency on .NET 4.0. Things only really get tricky when you've got to work with assemblies like Microsoft.IdentyModel.dll which was not in .NET 4.0 but is present in .NET 4.5 AND requires and additional assembly, System.IdentityModel.dll. Although we tried and tried to make something deployable on both Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012 with the .NET 3.5 version of Microsoft.IdentityModel.dll, in the end, we will support only .NET 4.5--just too much of a mess. -- John M. Cooper -Original Message- From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@live.it] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:51 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Net Framework 4.5 as prerequisite only if on windows 7-8 and not installed The NetFX extension make the trick but it work with a web based installation of the Net Framework, so if you want to install the full version without douwnloading it while running the setup you have to add the net framework by yourself as posted by Nick.I use exactly this fragment of code, but this doesn't answer my question.I can install the Net framework without problems. But the question is.I have set the net framework 4.0 as prerequisite for the Burn setup. but if I run the setup on a Windows 7 machine with no framework 4.0 and no framework 4.5, I want to set the Net framework 4.5 as prerequisite instead of the 4.0.Any idea if is it possible to do? From: jocoo...@jackhenry.com To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 20:35:32 + Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Net Framework 4.5 as prerequisite only if on windows 7-8 and not installed There's an undocumented NETFRAMEWORK45 Property in the NetFX extension in Wix 3.6 that does the business. -- 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: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:16 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install Net Framework 4.5 as prerequisite only if on windows 7-8 and not installed Here is what I use: util:RegistrySearch Root=HKLM Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full Value=Version Variable=Netfx4FullVersion / util:RegistrySearch Root=HKLM Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full Value=Version Variable=Netfx4x64FullVersion Win64=yes / PackageGroup Id=Netfx45 ExePackage Id=Netfx45 Cache=no Compressed=yes PerMachine=yes Protocol=netfx4 Permanent=yes Vital=yes InstallCommand=/norestart /passive /showrmui SourceFile=dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe
Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial
Hi everyone, I am only a placement student and will be returning to complete my studies in September. I have created all new setups for the company I am working for, I want to leave documents on how to maintain the setups I have created and also how to do small modifications as nobody is familiar with WiX. It will not be a case of teaching someone it all, that would be impossible. One year later and things are still foreign to me. :) In the tutorial I will be outlining the main aspects of this, etc. and off course I will post it (I doubt it will be much help to anyone as I am such a newbie..lol) Thanks for all your replies. Natalie -Original Message- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: 20 May 2013 13:47 To: chr...@iswix.com; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial I had no experience with WiX, but that very same tutorial that's been referenced and this mailing list has brought me up to speed. But if your superiors want you spending your time on updating the wheel (as opposed to other more useful things you could be doing), so be it. Could you at least post this newer tutorial somewhere? Alain -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] Sent: May 20, 2013 08:37 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial Let me guess, your colleagues don't have an installer / windows installer / wix experience and they think that a couple of quick how to's will explain everything? Am I close and/or cynical? 10 FWIW, I've had 12 jobs in 16 years. I always document unique specifics but it's not my job to teach someone how to be a setup developer when I give my two weeks notice. It isn't possible in that amount of time. From: Natalie Carr natalie.c...@measuresoft.com Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 3:36 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Writing a WiX tutorial Hi, I have been asked to write a WiX tutorial for my colleagues to take over my role when I leave. Has anyone written anything like this that they would be willing to help me out with? I am using the WiX tutorial online but would like your opinions on what I should include. Thanks Natalie -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patches.....file timestamp getting changed
Is this a versioned file or a data file? Dates usually don't matter with versioned files - if you want to know it's history use the version. If it's a data file Windows will set some dates when it gets installed. And are we talking about creation, last access, modify times? Phil -Original Message- From: Ravishankar [mailto:ravishankar.krishnasw...@idsnext.com] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:56 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Patches.file timestamp getting changed Hi All, I have created a patch using the pcp method. The patch is working absolutely fine as expected but the only issue is 1.The file inside my main build has a timestamp(01/01/2013 2.I change file inside my upgrade build to a timestamp(01/05/2013 When i install the patch the file timestamp is getting changed to today's date(05/20/2013) Also when i uninstall the patch the timestamp of the file is back to 01/01/2013 which is as expected Can anyone let me know the reason for this. Thanks and Regards Ravi -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Delete folders files only on Uninstall
WiX chm file? On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:45 AM, chennam chatrapathi.chen...@gmail.comwrote: Hi , Can any one provide good resource on how to implement util:RemoveFoldersEx to remove folders on uninstall. Thanks Chatra -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Delete-folders-files-only-on-Uninstall-tp7585988p7585997.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Deployment Tools Foundation Documentation: Sample C
All the DTF code is relative to src\DTF. On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Freedman, Mark P. mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu wrote: Hello, The Wix 3.7 Deployment Tools Foundation help file references a sample project. A sample CA project with two CAs is included in the Samples\ManagedCA directory.. I have no such directory installed the the wix3.7.exe package, nor does the original sources or binaries contain such a folder. Where are the example projects for Managed Custom Actions? Thanks, Mark Freedman JHU/APL 17-N568 443.778.2647 mark.freed...@jhuapl.edumailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
I have a custom action and am trying to access the Install Directory, or Target
path (the base folder that the user chooses to install to).
Within my Action, I tried pulling it from Session. TARGETDIR maps to C:\,
despite installing it to program files, and INSTALLDIR yields empty stirng.
What am I missing? I also tried passing the INSTALLDIR in the CustomAction tag
with the Directory attribute, but it comes back saying that it can't be
something in brackets.
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult SetEfxZlibLibrary(Session session)
{
session.Log(Begin CA);
string installDirectory = session[INSTALLDIR];
//
}
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
?include Includes.wxi ?
Fragment
CustomAction Id='SetEfxZlibLibraryAction' BinaryKey='CustomActionBinary'
DllEntry='SetEfxZlibLibrary' Execute='immediate'
Return='check'/
Binary Id=CustomActionBinary
SourceFile=$(var.CustomInstallActionsFile)/
/Fragment
/Wix
Thanks,
Mark Freedman
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls
from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
When did you schedule your CA to run?
-Original Message-
From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
I have a custom action and am trying to access the Install Directory, or Target
path (the base folder that the user chooses to install to).
Within my Action, I tried pulling it from Session. TARGETDIR maps to C:\,
despite installing it to program files, and INSTALLDIR yields empty stirng.
What am I missing? I also tried passing the INSTALLDIR in the CustomAction tag
with the Directory attribute, but it comes back saying that it can't be
something in brackets.
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult SetEfxZlibLibrary(Session session) {
session.Log(Begin CA);
string installDirectory = session[INSTALLDIR];
//
}
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
?include Includes.wxi ?
Fragment
CustomAction Id='SetEfxZlibLibraryAction' BinaryKey='CustomActionBinary'
DllEntry='SetEfxZlibLibrary' Execute='immediate'
Return='check'/
Binary Id=CustomActionBinary
SourceFile=$(var.CustomInstallActionsFile)/
/Fragment
/Wix
Thanks,
Mark Freedman
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a
single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls
from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
The CA is set to run after files are installed,
InstallExecuteSequence
Custom Action='SetEfxZlibLibraryAction' After='InstallFiles'/
/InstallExecuteSequence
Mark Freedman
JHU/APL
17-N568
443.778.2647
mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu
-Original Message-
From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:34 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
When did you schedule your CA to run?
-Original Message-
From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
I have a custom action and am trying to access the Install Directory, or Target
path (the base folder that the user chooses to install to).
Within my Action, I tried pulling it from Session. TARGETDIR maps to C:\,
despite installing it to program files, and INSTALLDIR yields empty stirng.
What am I missing? I also tried passing the INSTALLDIR in the CustomAction tag
with the Directory attribute, but it comes back saying that it can't be
something in brackets.
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult SetEfxZlibLibrary(Session session) {
session.Log(Begin CA);
string installDirectory = session[INSTALLDIR];
//
}
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
?include Includes.wxi ?
Fragment
CustomAction Id='SetEfxZlibLibraryAction' BinaryKey='CustomActionBinary'
DllEntry='SetEfxZlibLibrary' Execute='immediate'
Return='check'/
Binary Id=CustomActionBinary
SourceFile=$(var.CustomInstallActionsFile)/
/Fragment
/Wix
Thanks,
Mark Freedman
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a
single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a
single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls
from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
First off, scheduling. The values of Directory properties (including one like
INSTALLDIR), aren't going to be meaningful until after CostFinalize. Since
you're running in the InstallExecSequence after InstallFiles, that's not it.
However, you should be able to resolve INSTALLDIR like any other public
property. If session[INSTALLDIR] resolves to nothing, I'm thinking you
haven't saved/restored this property. Is this running in a Repair or
Upgrade?
--
John Merryweather Cooper
Build Install Engineer - ESA
Jack Henry Associates, Inc.®
Shawnee Mission, KS 66227
Office: 913-341-3434 x791011
jocoo...@jackhenry.com
www.jackhenry.com
-Original Message-
From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
I have a custom action and am trying to access the Install Directory, or Target
path (the base folder that the user chooses to install to).
Within my Action, I tried pulling it from Session. TARGETDIR maps to C:\,
despite installing it to program files, and INSTALLDIR yields empty stirng.
What am I missing? I also tried passing the INSTALLDIR in the CustomAction tag
with the Directory attribute, but it comes back saying that it can't be
something in brackets.
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult SetEfxZlibLibrary(Session session) {
session.Log(Begin CA);
string installDirectory = session[INSTALLDIR];
//
}
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
?include Includes.wxi ?
Fragment
CustomAction Id='SetEfxZlibLibraryAction' BinaryKey='CustomActionBinary'
DllEntry='SetEfxZlibLibrary' Execute='immediate'
Return='check'/
Binary Id=CustomActionBinary
SourceFile=$(var.CustomInstallActionsFile)/
/Fragment
/Wix
Thanks,
Mark Freedman
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a
single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
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.
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls
from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
Turns out the attribute I was trying to use was INSTALLFOLDER, not INSTALLDIR,
as specified in my Product.wxs. So now, that resolves to the path I expect.
However, I'm having a new issue. The custom action is trying to work on a file
that's expeted to be present in my INSTALLFOLDER. I put some MessageBoxes in
the CA for debugging purposes. When the CA is firing, the files havne't been
copied over to the install directory yet. I'd think that my files would be
there at the time since the action isn't firing until after InstallFiles. What
other options do I have?
Also, my custom action appears to be firing when I uninstall the program.
Again, this is confusing to me given that the action isn't firing until after
InstallFiles.
Thanks.
Mark Freedman
-Original Message-
From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:49 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
First off, scheduling. The values of Directory properties (including one like
INSTALLDIR), aren't going to be meaningful until after CostFinalize. Since
you're running in the InstallExecSequence after InstallFiles, that's not it.
However, you should be able to resolve INSTALLDIR like any other public
property. If session[INSTALLDIR] resolves to nothing, I'm thinking you
haven't saved/restored this property. Is this running in a Repair or
Upgrade?
--
John Merryweather Cooper
Build Install Engineer - ESA
Jack Henry Associates, Inc.®
Shawnee Mission, KS 66227
Office: 913-341-3434 x791011
jocoo...@jackhenry.com
www.jackhenry.com
-Original Message-
From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
I have a custom action and am trying to access the Install Directory, or Target
path (the base folder that the user chooses to install to).
Within my Action, I tried pulling it from Session. TARGETDIR maps to C:\,
despite installing it to program files, and INSTALLDIR yields empty stirng.
What am I missing? I also tried passing the INSTALLDIR in the CustomAction tag
with the Directory attribute, but it comes back saying that it can't be
something in brackets.
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult SetEfxZlibLibrary(Session session) {
session.Log(Begin CA);
string installDirectory = session[INSTALLDIR];
//
}
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
?include Includes.wxi ?
Fragment
CustomAction Id='SetEfxZlibLibraryAction' BinaryKey='CustomActionBinary'
DllEntry='SetEfxZlibLibrary' Execute='immediate'
Return='check'/
Binary Id=CustomActionBinary
SourceFile=$(var.CustomInstallActionsFile)/
/Fragment
/Wix
Thanks,
Mark Freedman
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a
single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
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.
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a
single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls
from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
The execute sequence runs twice, in custom action terminology the first is
immediate, when Windows is writing a script to do the install; the second
time it's deferred when applied to custom actions, when the system
actually gets changed. That means you can be after InstallFiles in an
immediate custom action and the files haven't been copied yet. You need
immediate=no, I think that's the syntax.
Custom actions have conditions. A typical condition to cause a CA to run
only at install time is (case sensitive) Not Installed
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:55 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
Turns out the attribute I was trying to use was INSTALLFOLDER, not
INSTALLDIR, as specified in my Product.wxs. So now, that resolves to the
path I expect.
However, I'm having a new issue. The custom action is trying to work on a
file that's expeted to be present in my INSTALLFOLDER. I put some
MessageBoxes in the CA for debugging purposes. When the CA is firing, the
files havne't been copied over to the install directory yet. I'd think that
my files would be there at the time since the action isn't firing until
after InstallFiles. What other options do I have?
Also, my custom action appears to be firing when I uninstall the program.
Again, this is confusing to me given that the action isn't firing until
after InstallFiles.
Thanks.
Mark Freedman
-Original Message-
From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:49 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
First off, scheduling. The values of Directory properties (including one
like INSTALLDIR), aren't going to be meaningful until after CostFinalize.
Since you're running in the InstallExecSequence after InstallFiles, that's
not it.
However, you should be able to resolve INSTALLDIR like any other public
property. If session[INSTALLDIR] resolves to nothing, I'm thinking you
haven't saved/restored this property. Is this running in a Repair or
Upgrade?
--
John Merryweather Cooper
Build Install Engineer - ESA
Jack Henry Associates, Inc.®
Shawnee Mission, KS 66227
Office: 913-341-3434 x791011
jocoo...@jackhenry.com
www.jackhenry.com
-Original Message-
From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
I have a custom action and am trying to access the Install Directory, or
Target path (the base folder that the user chooses to install to).
Within my Action, I tried pulling it from Session. TARGETDIR maps to C:\,
despite installing it to program files, and INSTALLDIR yields empty stirng.
What am I missing? I also tried passing the INSTALLDIR in the CustomAction
tag with the Directory attribute, but it comes back saying that it can't be
something in brackets.
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult SetEfxZlibLibrary(Session session) {
session.Log(Begin CA);
string installDirectory = session[INSTALLDIR];
//
}
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
?include Includes.wxi ?
Fragment
CustomAction Id='SetEfxZlibLibraryAction'
BinaryKey='CustomActionBinary' DllEntry='SetEfxZlibLibrary'
Execute='immediate'
Return='check'/
Binary Id=CustomActionBinary
SourceFile=$(var.CustomInstallActionsFile)/
/Fragment
/Wix
Thanks,
Mark Freedman
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls
from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
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.
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the
Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
This is probably because your CA is scheduled as immediate, rather than
deferred. You need to set Execute=deferred, and Impersonate=no on your
CustomAction element.
However, this presents a problem - deferred CAs do not get access to
properties. Instead, you need to use the CustomActionData special property.
You set a property with the same name as your action (in this case,
SetEfxZlibLibraryAction) to the data that you want to make available to the
custom action. The DTF method (session.CustomActionData) for this in C# has
some special parsing rules which can be used to pass in multiple elements
of data.
On 20 May 2013 17:55, Freedman, Mark P. mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu wrote:
Turns out the attribute I was trying to use was INSTALLFOLDER, not
INSTALLDIR, as specified in my Product.wxs. So now, that resolves to the
path I expect.
However, I'm having a new issue. The custom action is trying to work on a
file that's expeted to be present in my INSTALLFOLDER. I put some
MessageBoxes in the CA for debugging purposes. When the CA is firing, the
files havne't been copied over to the install directory yet. I'd think that
my files would be there at the time since the action isn't firing until
after InstallFiles. What other options do I have?
Also, my custom action appears to be firing when I uninstall the program.
Again, this is confusing to me given that the action isn't firing until
after InstallFiles.
Thanks.
Mark Freedman
-Original Message-
From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:49 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
First off, scheduling. The values of Directory properties (including one
like INSTALLDIR), aren't going to be meaningful until after CostFinalize.
Since you're running in the InstallExecSequence after InstallFiles, that's
not it.
However, you should be able to resolve INSTALLDIR like any other public
property. If session[INSTALLDIR] resolves to nothing, I'm thinking you
haven't saved/restored this property. Is this running in a Repair or
Upgrade?
--
John Merryweather Cooper
Build Install Engineer - ESA
Jack Henry Associates, Inc.®
Shawnee Mission, KS 66227
Office: 913-341-3434 x791011
jocoo...@jackhenry.com
www.jackhenry.com
-Original Message-
From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
I have a custom action and am trying to access the Install Directory, or
Target path (the base folder that the user chooses to install to).
Within my Action, I tried pulling it from Session. TARGETDIR maps to
C:\, despite installing it to program files, and INSTALLDIR yields empty
stirng. What am I missing? I also tried passing the INSTALLDIR in the
CustomAction tag with the Directory attribute, but it comes back saying
that it can't be something in brackets.
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult SetEfxZlibLibrary(Session session) {
session.Log(Begin CA);
string installDirectory = session[INSTALLDIR];
//
}
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
?include Includes.wxi ?
Fragment
CustomAction Id='SetEfxZlibLibraryAction'
BinaryKey='CustomActionBinary' DllEntry='SetEfxZlibLibrary'
Execute='immediate'
Return='check'/
Binary Id=CustomActionBinary
SourceFile=$(var.CustomInstallActionsFile)/
/Fragment
/Wix
Thanks,
Mark Freedman
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and
efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls
from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d
___
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.
--
AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete
security visibility with the essential
Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
The execute attribute on Custom action lets you choose immediate, deferred, etc. An issue I'm seeing in the installer is that accessing a Session attribute is only allowed if it's immediate execution. So this makes me think it has to be immediate, but must be after a step that's after InstallFiles, since the files aren't actually installed. Is there a set list of the action steps? Exception thrown by custom action: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. --- Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.InstallerException: Cannot access session details from a non-immediate custom action at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Session.ValidateSessionAccess() at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Session.get_Item(String property) at CustomInstallActions.CustomActions.SetEfxZlibLibrary(Session session) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, Object arguments, SignatureStruct sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeType typeOwner) at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, Object arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeType typeOwner) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object parameters, CultureInfo culture) at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.CustomActionProxy.InvokeCustomAction(Int32 sessionHandle, String entryPoint, IntPtr remotingDelegatePtr) When I changed the Action to execute After=InstallFinalize, I was able to access the session details and the files were in the install directory. However, my action is failing to do what it's trying to do because of permissions. The action is attempting to make a copy of a file with a new name based on if the system is 32/64. I'm guessing the step I'm in in the installer isn't a step where it has permissions. I'm not sure where I should be doing these actions, I was able to get these to function in a Visual Studio deployment project custom action without much grief. Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:18 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action The execute sequence runs twice, in custom action terminology the first is immediate, when Windows is writing a script to do the install; the second time it's deferred when applied to custom actions, when the system actually gets changed. That means you can be after InstallFiles in an immediate custom action and the files haven't been copied yet. You need immediate=no, I think that's the syntax. Custom actions have conditions. A typical condition to cause a CA to run only at install time is (case sensitive) Not Installed Phil -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:55 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action Turns out the attribute I was trying to use was INSTALLFOLDER, not INSTALLDIR, as specified in my Product.wxs. So now, that resolves to the path I expect. However, I'm having a new issue. The custom action is trying to work on a file that's expeted to be present in my INSTALLFOLDER. I put some MessageBoxes in the CA for debugging purposes. When the CA is firing, the files havne't been copied over to the install directory yet. I'd think that my files would be there at the time since the action isn't firing until after InstallFiles. What other options do I have? Also, my custom action appears to be firing when I uninstall the program. Again, this is confusing to me given that the action isn't firing until after InstallFiles. Thanks. Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:49 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action First off, scheduling. The values of Directory properties (including one like INSTALLDIR), aren't going to be meaningful until after CostFinalize. Since you're running in the InstallExecSequence after InstallFiles, that's not it. However, you should be able to resolve INSTALLDIR like any other public property. If session[INSTALLDIR] resolves to nothing, I'm thinking you haven't saved/restored this property. Is this running in a Repair or Upgrade? -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS 66227
Re: [WiX-users] log stdout and stderr to the msi log
Yes! It is a Windows NT service. -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 3:41 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] log stdout and stderr to the msi log Is this a Windows (NT) service? (ie net start servicename) From: Uma Harano uhar...@esri.com Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 4:51 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] log stdout and stderr to the msi log The service I have been asked to create can only be created by calling the java process. -Original Message- From: Mike Carlson [mailto:corf...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 2:11 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] log stdout and stderr to the msi log I don't know the direct answer to your question, but taking a step back, have you considered any alternatives instead of adding a custom action? Custom actions are notoriously difficult to write correctly, and very, very easy to get wrong. A custom action that invokes an external process (such as java.exe) is *especially* likely to result in a product that doesn't reliably install or repair on all machines, and may also be difficult to service or patch. What problem is your custom action meant to solve? Perhaps there is another way to solve that problem, without having to write and maintain a custom action at all. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Uma Harano uhar...@esri.com wrote: Hi, Is there a way by which I can log (to the msi log) the stdout and strerr while running my custom action that is written in C++? I am calling a process using java.exe and I need to log the output to the msi log. Is this possible? Thanks! Uma Harano -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
You should be able to do something along these lines:
foreach (var k in session.CustomActionData.Keys)
{
session.Log(k + = + session.CustomActionData[k]);
}
But you would have to have set the CA data property for that custom action,
I think.
On 20 May 2013 18:26, Freedman, Mark P. mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu wrote:
The execute attribute on Custom action lets you choose immediate,
deferred, etc. An issue I'm seeing in the installer is that accessing a
Session attribute is only allowed if it's immediate execution. So this
makes me think it has to be immediate, but must be after a step that's
after InstallFiles, since the files aren't actually installed. Is there a
set list of the action steps?
Exception thrown by custom action:
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by
the target of an invocation. ---
Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.InstallerException: Cannot access
session details from a non-immediate custom action
at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Session.ValidateSessionAccess()
at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Session.get_Item(String
property)
at CustomInstallActions.CustomActions.SetEfxZlibLibrary(Session session)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo
method, Object target, Object arguments, SignatureStruct sig,
MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeType typeOwner)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo
method, Object target, Object arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes
methodAttributes, RuntimeType typeOwner)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags
invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean
skipVisibilityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags
invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at
Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.CustomActionProxy.InvokeCustomAction(Int32
sessionHandle, String entryPoint, IntPtr remotingDelegatePtr)
When I changed the Action to execute After=InstallFinalize, I was able
to access the session details and the files were in the install directory.
However, my action is failing to do what it's trying to do because of
permissions. The action is attempting to make a copy of a file with a new
name based on if the system is 32/64. I'm guessing the step I'm in in the
installer isn't a step where it has permissions. I'm not sure where I
should be doing these actions, I was able to get these to function in a
Visual Studio deployment project custom action without much grief.
Mark Freedman
-Original Message-
From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:18 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
The execute sequence runs twice, in custom action terminology the first is
immediate, when Windows is writing a script to do the install; the second
time it's deferred when applied to custom actions, when the system
actually gets changed. That means you can be after InstallFiles in an
immediate custom action and the files haven't been copied yet. You need
immediate=no, I think that's the syntax.
Custom actions have conditions. A typical condition to cause a CA to run
only at install time is (case sensitive) Not Installed
Phil
-Original Message-
From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:55 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
Turns out the attribute I was trying to use was INSTALLFOLDER, not
INSTALLDIR, as specified in my Product.wxs. So now, that resolves to the
path I expect.
However, I'm having a new issue. The custom action is trying to work on a
file that's expeted to be present in my INSTALLFOLDER. I put some
MessageBoxes in the CA for debugging purposes. When the CA is firing, the
files havne't been copied over to the install directory yet. I'd think that
my files would be there at the time since the action isn't firing until
after InstallFiles. What other options do I have?
Also, my custom action appears to be firing when I uninstall the program.
Again, this is confusing to me given that the action isn't firing until
after InstallFiles.
Thanks.
Mark Freedman
-Original Message-
From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:49 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action
First off, scheduling. The values of Directory properties (including one
like INSTALLDIR), aren't going to be meaningful until after CostFinalize.
Since you're running in the InstallExecSequence after
Re: [WiX-users] log stdout and stderr to the msi log
Windows Installer can handle creation of any Windows NT service. The Java code is not required. From: Uma Harano uhar...@esri.com Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:53 PM To: chr...@iswix.com chr...@iswix.com, General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] log stdout and stderr to the msi log Yes! It is a Windows NT service. -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 3:41 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] log stdout and stderr to the msi log Is this a Windows (NT) service? (ie net start servicename) From: Uma Harano uhar...@esri.com Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 4:51 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] log stdout and stderr to the msi log The service I have been asked to create can only be created by calling the java process. -Original Message- From: Mike Carlson [mailto:corf...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 2:11 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] log stdout and stderr to the msi log I don't know the direct answer to your question, but taking a step back, have you considered any alternatives instead of adding a custom action? Custom actions are notoriously difficult to write correctly, and very, very easy to get wrong. A custom action that invokes an external process (such as java.exe) is *especially* likely to result in a product that doesn't reliably install or repair on all machines, and may also be difficult to service or patch. What problem is your custom action meant to solve? Perhaps there is another way to solve that problem, without having to write and maintain a custom action at all. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Uma Harano uhar...@esri.com wrote: Hi, Is there a way by which I can log (to the msi log) the stdout and strerr while running my custom action that is written in C++? I am calling a process using java.exe and I need to log the output to the msi log. Is this possible? Thanks! Uma Harano -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial.
Re: [WiX-users] Delete folders files only on Uninstall
Is it same as RemoveFolder? I searched for RemoveFoldersEX but couldn't find on WIX CHM of 3.7 Thanks Chatra -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Delete-folders-files-only-on-Uninstall-tp7585988p7586018.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Delete folders files only on Uninstall
No. You need to read in the Util schema. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: chennam [mailto:chatrapathi.chen...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:53 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Delete folders files only on Uninstall Is it same as RemoveFolder? I searched for RemoveFoldersEX but couldn't find on WIX CHM of 3.7 Thanks Chatra -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Delete-folders-files-only-on-Uninstall-tp7585988p7586018.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ 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. -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patches.....file timestamp getting changed
Hi Phil, Its a dll file ,but file version is same only the modified date is changed When patching the file modified date gets changed to system present date in Windows 7 Any hindsight? Thanks and Regards Ravi On 5/20/2013 7:50 PM, Phil Wilson wrote: Is this a versioned file or a data file? Dates usually don't matter with versioned files - if you want to know it's history use the version. If it's a data file Windows will set some dates when it gets installed. And are we talking about creation, last access, modify times? Phil -Original Message- From: Ravishankar [mailto:ravishankar.krishnasw...@idsnext.com] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:56 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Patches.file timestamp getting changed Hi All, I have created a patch using the pcp method. The patch is working absolutely fine as expected but the only issue is 1.The file inside my main build has a timestamp(01/01/2013 2.I change file inside my upgrade build to a timestamp(01/05/2013 When i install the patch the file timestamp is getting changed to today's date(05/20/2013) Also when i uninstall the patch the timestamp of the file is back to 01/01/2013 which is as expected Can anyone let me know the reason for this. Thanks and Regards Ravi -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Try New Relic Now We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
