Re: [WiX-users] Advertised shortcuts and the new world of bundles
With the design you've chosen, you've made advertised shortcuts less functional. _ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: Nicolás Alvarez [mailto:nicolas.alva...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2014 4:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Advertised shortcuts and the new world of bundles If I have a single .msi that installs files and an advertised start menu shortcut, and some files become damaged or missing, launching the start menu shortcut will repair the relevant feature(s) and launch the application anyway. But let's say I have a Burn bundle with two .msi's, one with required libraries and another with the actual application. If I launch the advertised shortcut, Windows Installer is unaware of the library MSI. If files are missing or corrupted, Windows Installer would only repair features in the application MSI, it can't repair the bundle, or know that the library MSI has to be repaired too. The same happens if I install advertised features. Features can be installed on demand when launched via advertised shortcuts, but that won't install files that are part of separate MSIs in the bundle. So my question is, if I have a bundle, what is the point of advertised shortcuts? In what situation are they useful and functional? -- Nicolás -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Advertised shortcuts and the new world of bundles
If I have a single .msi that installs files and an advertised start menu shortcut, and some files become damaged or missing, launching the start menu shortcut will repair the relevant feature(s) and launch the application anyway. But let's say I have a Burn bundle with two .msi's, one with required libraries and another with the actual application. If I launch the advertised shortcut, Windows Installer is unaware of the library MSI. If files are missing or corrupted, Windows Installer would only repair features in the application MSI, it can't repair the bundle, or know that the library MSI has to be repaired too. The same happens if I install advertised features. Features can be installed on demand when launched via advertised shortcuts, but that won't install files that are part of separate MSIs in the bundle. So my question is, if I have a bundle, what is the point of advertised shortcuts? In what situation are they useful and functional? -- Nicolás -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Compression Level
Well I guess my last observation is not correct when I both delete the cabs folder and the bin and obj folders. The property in an imported target is used by msbuild launched on the command line to build a project (without defining the properties using the /p switch). -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Compression-Level-tp7597566p7597657.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Compression Level
I do not think that the files were different, since I did a "debug" build, and then a "release" build as soon as the debug build was finished (without any change to the source tree). Even though the Release build was set to use high compression, it reused the cab file (when the path is set to a common location for all configurations) which had been built with no compression. If I delete the Cab Cache folder then the cab was rebuilt using the requested compression. At least that seems to be what the issue is. I have yet to go back through all of my projects and eliminate the common cache path. cabs True Also I noticed, but did not dig deeper yet, that when I have the above lines in an 'imported' target file, external to the project file, and when I delete the cabs folder, then run msbuild on the command line specifying the project, the cabs folder is not created (probably because I did not specifically pass in the above using the MSBuild /p switch). But in VS2013 when the same project is built the cabs folder is created. I thought I would do a few more experiments to make sure I understand how to get the same results whether building via msbuild or vs2013. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Compression-Level-tp7597566p7597656.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How to add Active Directory user into SQL server with windows authentication through WIX installer
Hi, I am new to WIX installer, I am creating installer application to install the web application In my requirement like Install the application in server having active directory user account and sql server with windows authentication. I am able to install the web application, but while trying to connect the SQL database from the web application it throws error DB permission issue. Please help me to solve the issue. I think this is due to the active directory user does not exist in SQL server, I want to know how to add Active directory user in to SQL server through WIX installer with Windows authentication. Thanks Bala. -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] 64bit bootstrapper using wix
Not until someone had a real use case for it. _ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: liorby1 [mailto:k...@walla.co.il] Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2014 4:29 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] 64bit bootstrapper using wix Are there any plans to have a 64 bit burn? I need to build an installer that should work on windows core. thanks in advance, Lior -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] 64bit bootstrapper using wix
Are there any plans to have a 64 bit burn? I need to build an installer that should work on windows core. thanks in advance, Lior -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/64bit-bootstrapper-using-wix-tp7582851p7597653.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
