Re: [WiX-users] WiX cannot install certificate - Error 26352 installing certificate
On 4/9/2010 8:06 AM, Andy Clugston wrote: > You sure? Still looks closed. > I hate bad Web apps. Open now. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Changed Package/@InstallPrivileges attribute
On 4/9/2010 8:15 AM, Pally Sandher wrote: > InstallPrivileges can only be set to either "limited" or "elevated". I'm > assuming you mean InstallScope in which case yes that's all it does > according to the documentation -> > InstallScope controls the package elevation bit (equivalent to InstallPrivileges) and the ALLUSERS property. I added it because it was an easy mistake to set InstallPrivileges="elevated" and forget to set ALLUSERS=1. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to set the file properties for the MSI generated by WiX
On 4/8/2010 9:46 PM, Patrick van der Velde wrote: > I've noticed that the MSI files created by WiX have some of their file > properties (e.g. Authors, Revision number etc.) set to values that > must be produced by WiX. However I'm uncertain how to go about > setting those values. They're set by attributes in the Package element or by WiX when they must have a certain content (e.g., Revision Number is the package code). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Searching for existing files but only once
On 4/9/2010 3:52 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote: > Therefore, when one has a question one needs to formulate it so that the > question demonstrates understanding. A general format for a question is "I'm > trying to ... I have tried ... I read that ... I don't understand why ... Can > you point me to ..." In other words, provide the context that shows that > you've done your homework and that all the ideas haven't clicked yet. With > this context it is much easier for those of us that want to provide help to > do so because we understand the context better and we know what you have > already discovered on your own. Many times all we need to do is confirm what > you already thought was the case. In other cases, we can point you to other > documentation that can help. > I'd add that it's useful to ask about the goal you're trying to reach, rather than the particular solution you've chosen. It's especially common with MSI that the normal "I'm a developer who writes code to solve problems" approach has yielded a solution that can be accomplished more easily by fitting in with the MSI model. And RTFM works well there. And, of course, here's a link to "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way": http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. Full of snark and especially relevant is the "Questions Not To Ask" section. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] how to use heat to harvest VS projects
On 4/8/2010 5:27 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > But there wouldn't be any project references as they are external > assemblies. > OK. Feel free to file the bug; there are others in the triage team that are more sympathetic to harvesting. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Searching for existing files but only once
On 4/9/2010 9:51 AM, Pally Sandher wrote: > Everyone on this list with the exception of Rob M, Bob A& the rest of > the core WiX dev team was a beginner with WiX at one time. I assure you, all of us were beginners once. And, of course, learning WiX is almost trivial; it's MSI that's hard. > things for ourselves by creating installers& testing them. As I've said > before on this list would you try to build executables& DLL's in C++ > without having any knowledge of CRT/ATL/MFC/.NET (delete where > appropriate)? > Sadly, it's becoming more common: Even theoretically smart people who understand foundations want to put some work like setup in the "it shouldn't be hard, so therefore it isn't hard" bucket and avoid planning it or even considering it might require some engineering effort. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Run ca on install fail
On 4/9/2010 10:34 AM, Scharp, Craig wrote: > I would like to run a custom action that runs if the install fails. Has > anyone successfully done that? I f so, any suggestions would be great. > See Custom/@OnExit in WiX.chm and InstallExecuteSequence Table in the MSI SDK. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] using value of checkbox in deferred custom action
On 4/9/2010 1:03 AM, Dariel Marlow wrote: > What's the proper way to set the custom action data to the value of the > checkbox control for a deferred custom action? Currently, it seems the value > is being set after the ExitDialog Action and after the custom action has > executed. > Deferred CAs can't get to properties set in the UI or immediate phases. You need to pass it as CustomActionData. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Changed Package/@InstallPrivileges attribute
On 4/9/2010 4:21 PM, Jan Bilek wrote: > We are executing one application (as a deferred CA with Impersonate > attribute set to 'No') during the installation process to create a > registry key with permissions for user who started the installation. > 1. Per-machine installers should avoid setting permissions based on the user -- how else can other users get the same functionality? 2. Don't use a custom action for that -- use RegistryKey/RegistryValue/Permission. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WiX cannot install certificate - Error 26352 installing certificate
On 4/8/2010 9:55 AM, Andy Clugston wrote: > Upgrading to the RTM (5419) did not help. Same issues. > I reopened the old bug. Please attach sample authoring and a verbose log showing the problem. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] C++ Custom Action Dll not running on Windows Server 2008 R2
On 4/8/2010 1:14 PM, Sam Domonkos wrote: > I know this is not specifically WiX 3.5, but I have a custom action that > will run on XP 32bit, Windows7 32 and 64bit, but will not run on Windows > Server 2008 R2. Use Dependency Walker to see if the DLL has dependencies you're not accounting for. Otherwise, generic advice: use a verbose log to see how far your code gets. (You didn't say how it fails so it's difficult to be more precise.) -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Launching two Processes after a WiX installation
On 4/8/2010 11:08 AM, Xmun wrote: > Is there a way to launch two applications? > WiX provides the custom actions to launch one; if you want two, you need to author those additional custom actions yourself. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] how to use heat to harvest VS projects
On 4/8/2010 4:54 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Afraid not, "Content" just includes icons, images etc (mainly useful for > web apps). I have checked this with 3.0 and 3.5. I feel this is quite a > big hole in the project harvester, is it worth a bug report? > You can try. I don't think it's a bug as such, given that project references to those projects would still harvest their output. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Action: 'DuplicateFiles' in InstallExecuteSequence table must come after the 'InstallFiles' action.
On 4/6/2010 1:04 PM, Michael Schlitt wrote: > I believe you have make something in the Component section point to a KeyPath > and if there is not something in the Component Section that points to KeyPath > then create a Registy Key that does this for you. > This occurs when the package doesn't install any files. It's fixed in v3.5.1602.0. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] run executable during install
On 4/7/2010 1:16 PM, Andrew Ziem wrote: > My MSI installs an application called SideCIC.EXE. It needs to > initialize a Windows Event Viewer container which can be done if I run > 'SideCIC.EXE /initialize'. WiX includes the EventSource element to create event sources without the need for fragile custom actions. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WiX cannot install certificate - Error 26352 installing certificate
On 4/7/2010 7:49 AM, Andy Clugston wrote: > WixIIsExtension.dll version: 3.0.5217.0 > Try upgrading to WiX v3.0 RTM. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] how to use heat to harvest VS projects
On 4/6/2010 5:23 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > I have checked this again and using heat with the options "-pog:Binaries > -pog:Satellites -pog:Content" the referenced assemblies are not > included. > I thought they'd end up as "Content." -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0 with VS2010
On 4/8/2010 6:58 AM, Rhodes, John wrote: > Does anyone know if there any issues or even if its possible to run Wix 3.0 > integrated with VS2010? No, WiX v3.0 doesn't support it. There are no breaking changes in the core toolset, so I'd recommend v3.5 over trying to hack bits of it into v3.0. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Votive Missing Project Templates (VS 2008 SP1)
On 4/6/2010 6:31 PM, Alex Ivanoff wrote: > 3.5.1602 still no project/item templates in VS 2008 SP1. > There's no bug on that issue. Please file one with details. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Forcing conditional feature install
On 4/7/2010 9:55 PM, Jeff Perrigo wrote: > I am trying to do an admin install of an MSI with a conditional feature and I > need the feature to be installed regardless of the condition. As documented, admin installs install all features except those with level 0. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Annoying dialog in the beginning of installation
I added another request: I got a report that the bug occurs most often on Virtual PC virtual machines and it seems to be a common issue on various blogs. On 4/4/2010 2:50 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > Please see http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/04/04/bug-hunting/ for > details how you can help track down the bug. > > On 4/3/2010 4:58 PM, s...@pacaccess.com wrote: >> I have a similar problem. It doesn't happen 100% of the time, and it >> doesn't have anything to do with large number of files (I only have 2 >> I'm >> installing and I've been told it's a bug). >> >> I haven't found a workaround so I added a custom string file >> (CustomStrings.wxl) to my project and added: >> >> >> > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization";> >> Due to a bug in MSI, you are now >> seeing this message. Please ignore and continue. >> >> >> If anyone has a better solution, I'm all ears... >> >> >> Jeff >> >> >> >>> On 4/2/2010 6:08 PM, Rajendra Magar wrote: >>>> Whenever I try to install my msi, I get a popup dialog with the >>>> message >>>> "Please wait while the installer finishes determining you disk space >>>> requirements." and "Return" button. >>>> This is right after "I accept the terms in the License Agreement" >>>> followed by "Install". The dialog stays until I hit "Return" and pops >>>> back up when I hit "Install" again. The installation eventually starts >>>> but I have to go through the same loop of seeing the dialog and >>>> returning from it at least 5-7 times. Could you please tell me what >>>> could be causing this behavior? I have a merge module (about 250M) >>>> that >>>> is part of the msi. Could the merge module be the reason? >>> If you have a lot of files and/or components, it might take MSI a long >>> time to finish costing. If you wait 10-15 seconds before clicking >>> Install, do you get the same behavior? >>> >>> -- >>> sig://boB >>> http://joyofsetup.com/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >>> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >>> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >>> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >>> ___ >>> WiX-users mailing list >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> ___ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Annoying dialog in the beginning of installation
Please see http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/04/04/bug-hunting/ for details how you can help track down the bug. On 4/3/2010 4:58 PM, s...@pacaccess.com wrote: > I have a similar problem. It doesn't happen 100% of the time, and it > doesn't have anything to do with large number of files (I only have 2 I'm > installing and I've been told it's a bug). > > I haven't found a workaround so I added a custom string file > (CustomStrings.wxl) to my project and added: > > > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization";> > Due to a bug in MSI, you are now > seeing this message. Please ignore and continue. > > > If anyone has a better solution, I'm all ears... > > > Jeff > > > > >> On 4/2/2010 6:08 PM, Rajendra Magar wrote: >> >>> Whenever I try to install my msi, I get a popup dialog with the message >>> "Please wait while the installer finishes determining you disk space >>> requirements." and "Return" button. >>> This is right after "I accept the terms in the License Agreement" >>> followed by "Install". The dialog stays until I hit "Return" and pops >>> back up when I hit "Install" again. The installation eventually starts >>> but I have to go through the same loop of seeing the dialog and >>> returning from it at least 5-7 times. Could you please tell me what >>> could be causing this behavior? I have a merge module (about 250M) that >>> is part of the msi. Could the merge module be the reason? >>> >> If you have a lot of files and/or components, it might take MSI a long >> time to finish costing. If you wait 10-15 seconds before clicking >> Install, do you get the same behavior? >> >> -- >> sig://boB >> http://joyofsetup.com/ >> >> >> -- >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> ___ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> >> > > > -- > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] First run notepad with my.cfg and only then start the service
On 4/1/2010 9:28 AM, Viv Coco wrote: > shown to the user to modify as needed (I give the user the chance to > change it by running notepad.exe with my conf file during installing) > You can't run UI during InstallExecuteSequence. You should let the user configure after installation. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] CreateFolder, Permission, ignore errors
On 4/1/2010 5:37 AM, Alexander Gnauck wrote: > I have a setup where a folder is created and permissions should be set. > Under some conditions this can fail but should abort the installation on > failure. With File there is the vital flag, but I have found nothing > similar for CreateFolder and Permissions. > > Is there a way to ignore errors and not abort the setup? > No, MSI doesn't offer that feature. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Crash in Votive project build
On 4/1/2010 6:55 AM, John Aldridge wrote: > I have a Votive(MSI) project in Visual Studio which sometimes crashes > right at the end of the build with the traceback > Try setting the RunWixToolsOutOfProc property in your .wixproj file and see if the crashes recur. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Annoying dialog in the beginning of installation
On 4/2/2010 6:08 PM, Rajendra Magar wrote: > Whenever I try to install my msi, I get a popup dialog with the message > "Please wait while the installer finishes determining you disk space > requirements." and "Return" button. > This is right after "I accept the terms in the License Agreement" followed by > "Install". The dialog stays until I hit "Return" and pops back up when I hit > "Install" again. The installation eventually starts but I have to go through > the same loop of seeing the dialog and returning from it at least 5-7 times. > Could you please tell me what could be causing this behavior? I have a merge > module (about 250M) that is part of the msi. Could the merge module be the > reason? If you have a lot of files and/or components, it might take MSI a long time to finish costing. If you wait 10-15 seconds before clicking Install, do you get the same behavior? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] netfx:NativeImage action issues
Please keep wix-users on the thread so everyone can participate. You can reschedule overridable custom actions by including them (optionally with a new condition) in your InstallExecuteSequence (and other *Sequence elements). On 3/30/2010 11:13 AM, Christopher Hughes wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > You state that it is possible to disable the NativeImage action with a > condition by overriding it: > > /> Is it possible to disable the NativeImage action with a condition?/ > > /Yes. It's overridable, so you can re-schedule NetFxScheduleNativeImage / > > /with a condition./ > > I have spent some time trying to figure out how to do this, but I am > not getting anywhere. Do you need to modify the WIX source code or can > it be overridden in my WIX solution? I would much appreciate it if > you could point me in the right direction. > > > Regards, > > Christopher Hughes > -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WiX, Votive, installed files and incremental builds
On 3/31/2010 4:07 AM, Michael Bednarek wrote: > However, what about keeping track of additional files like config files, text > files, etc for your application? There's nothing in WiX to communicate with build systems about the payloads. Feel free to file a feature request -- or implement it! -- it would be a good feature. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Version of WiX that groks .NET 4.0 assemblies?
On 3/31/2010 6:50 PM, Dan Thompson (SBS) wrote: > We are upgrading our toolset to use .NET 4.0, but I found that light.exe > failed, because it thought that a particular file was not a valid assembly. > Not surprising, since light.exe probably uses standard reflection APIs, and > can't grok a .NET 4.0 binary. Has anyone started building WiX for .NET 4.0? > Grab the latest WiX v3.5 build. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: Bug in LIGHT
On 3/31/2010 8:55 AM, Markus Karg wrote: > tried to link it using LIGHT. LIGHT says that there is a duplicate in > that fragment, so we checked the fragment. In fact, there is no > duplicate: > What's the exact error message? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get "Error 2836" in Repair mode
On 3/31/2010 2:31 PM, little.forest wrote: > Actually we asked the vendor first, but they told us "sorry, we don't support > Wix..". > They don't have to support WiX, just MSI. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_InstallDir suggests wrong Program Files directory for norwegian version of Windows
On 3/30/2010 9:11 AM, Trond Andersen wrote: > > ProgramFilesFolder provides the default. Check a verbose log to see what MSI thinks the Program Files folder is named. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] how to use heat to harvest VS projects
On 3/31/2010 8:41 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Afraid not that only gets the primary output not referenced assemblies. > Aren't they in the content output group? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Bug with components which contain only XMLConfig elements?
On 3/31/2010 6:06 AM, Pally Sandher wrote: > gives the same error (as expected). I can work around this simply by > adding a RegistryValue to each component& setting it as the KeyPath for > those components but does anyone know if this is expected behaviour or a > bug with these types of components? Keypaths must be resources MSI knows about. XmlConfig isn't. So yes, another resource is a good idea, or including XmlConfig only in another component with a known keypath (e.g., a file you're modifying with XmlConfig). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Feature Tree modification based on property.
On 3/29/2010 3:15 AM, Rohit Sharma (SIDC) wrote: > Remove control event does not HIDE the feature. It just puts a red-cross > in front of the feature and provides user an option to enable it. (Refer > Yes, that's true. Like I said, you seem to be wanting features that the selection tree control doesn't support. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] how to use heat to harvest VS projects
On 3/29/2010 3:56 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > I am afraid that is how heat works, it only finds the primary output and > no referenced assemblies. If you want the referenced assemblies then you > have to heat those projects or files independently. > Or use the -pog switch, right? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Cndl0099 when using v3.5
On 3/29/2010 11:34 AM, Jeff Yates wrote: > I had wix 3.0 installed and built four wix projects in vs 2008 sp1; 1 > library and 3 installers referencing that wixlib. I compiled alll with > pedantic warning level. Everything worked. Now, I have installed the beta of > 3.5 and the installers fail to build, citing error cndl0099 in the > autogenerated wixlib wxs file. > > Is this a bug or do I need to edit my source? > Hard to say. What does the authoring that causes the error look like? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] light .h file extension shenanigans
On 3/29/2010 12:52 AM, si wrote: > So it appears light is doing something funky based on the .h file > extension. Is there any way to avoid this? > WiX includes .h files and they work. Anything else odd? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error 2812 when Navigating Through Custom Dialogs
On 3/28/2010 1:40 PM, Vishwajit Walke wrote: > Event="Newdialog" Value="SharepointVersion">1 > ... > Note : The error description for the code 2812 is "The event[2] is not > recognized" in the Windows Installer Error Message Table. > Events are case-sensitive. You have a typo. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Feature Tree modification based on property.
On 3/26/2010 12:10 AM, Rohit Sharma (SIDC) wrote: > So is there no way I can do this, even if I could HIDE the feature in > selection tree that would work for me. You can hide a feature by keeping its feature level at 0 or by using the Remove control event. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Several Questions - Zip64, Debugging
On 3/27/2010 1:26 AM, Dariel Marlow wrote: > 1. Does WIX support MSI files larger than 4GB? MSI doesn't. The schema limits file sizes to 31 bits. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get "Error 2836" in Repair mode
On 3/26/2010 2:12 PM, little.forest wrote: > 2. Those two DLL files will cause 'Error 2836' directly. But the manifest > file will cause the installer showing 'The system can not find the file > specified.' first then showing the 'Error 2836'. So this is slightly > different from those two DLL files. > As I mentioned, that's not a fatal error. There's some other error that might be helpful in diagnosing your root problem. > 1. If my guess is correct, please post some links here about how to register > a COM component correctly in 2.0. Meanwhile, I'll dig in this topic as well. > Use Class, Interface, ProgId, Extension, Verb, TypeLib. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] RFC: Dropping the x64 WiX .msi package
We're considering dropping the x64 WiX .msi package as it's rarely needed. See http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/03/27/wix-msbuild-v2-0-and-x64-systems/ and comment if dropping it would affect you. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module extracts msm file in target directory
On 3/25/2010 3:11 AM, Johann Taferl, T-AU wrote: > Votive automatically generates following line(s): > You can change the Harvest property to false to stop automatic harvesting. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Create MS SQL Server 2008 database during installation.
On 3/25/2010 1:43 AM, Asiri Wanigarathne wrote: > CreateDatabase: Error 0x80004005: failed to create to database: > 'TestDatabase', error: unknown error > Any error at this point should also have logged additional errors, so I can't explain why you're not seeing them. That said, you're creating a user and trying to connect to the database as that user, so I wouldn't expect that to work. The user needs to already have SQL permissions. Try omitting the user info to use Windows authentication. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Feature Tree modification based on property.
On 3/25/2010 3:12 PM, Rohit Sharma (SIDC) wrote: > I tried setting INSTALLLEVEL=101 from control event of next button as > suggested in comment# 17 from Daniel in Bob's blog to trigger > re-evaluation of feature condition but it didn't work for me. > I don't think it's documented to work. Feature levels (and the selection tree control) might not provide the level of control you're looking for, which is why I discussed the AddLocal and Remove control events in my blog post. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0: if some dll file(s) deleted, then we'll get "Error 2836" in Repair mode
On 3/25/2010 7:53 PM, little.forest wrote: > DEBUG: Error 2836: The control ChangeButton on the dialog MaintenanceTypeDlg > can not take focus > The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. > This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2836. The > arguments are: MaintenanceTypeDlg, ChangeButton, > That's not a fatal error; is there some other symptom you're seeing? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Create MS SQL Server 2008 database during installation.
On 3/25/2010 1:46 AM, Michael Osmond wrote: > Error 0x80004005: failed to create to database: > > 80004005 - is Access Denied. > That's 0x80040005; 0x80004005 is E_FAIL. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Create MS SQL Server 2008 database during installation.
On 3/22/2010 10:36 PM, Asiri Wanigarathne wrote: > My installer fails with following error message: > > Error – 2147467259. Failed to create SQL database. > > TestDatabase, error detail: unknown error. > There's additional logging before that line that might be helpful to pinpoint the cause. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Feature Tree modification based on property.
On 3/24/2010 9:21 AM, Rohit Sharma (SIDC) wrote: > > > > See http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/05/30/feature-conditions-and-ui/. Feature conditions aren't constantly evaluated; instead, they're evaluated by specific actions, which sees the FEATUREx property not set (or some other default value you give it) and therefore sets the feature level to 1. As an aside, licensing via installation is wide open to piracy. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade Table
On 3/24/2010 1:15 PM, Uma Harano wrote: > So if I do not want to have upgrades for my installations, how do I author > this table? > Change your question: So if I do not want to have upgrades for my installations, how do I pass this test? The test case appears to indicate that you must support upgrades--or maybe not. It's ambiguous so if you don't want to support upgrades, you need to clarify with the logo folks whether you can still pass cert. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Microsoft HTML Help 1.4 SDK for WiX build
On 3/24/2010 12:23 PM, Oleksandr Y. Nechyporenko wrote: > Can anybody give me a link to download Microsoft HTML Help 1.4 SDK which is > required to build WiX from sources. I've found article in MSDN > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms669985(VS.85).aspx , > > but still can't find link to download the SDK installer. > It's part of "HTML Help Workshop." -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Why my bootstrap loader always deletes msi file?
On 3/24/2010 10:37 AM, Zhou, Lei wrote: > I have created a bootstrap loader (i.e., setup.exe) for MSI. It works > fine except it always deletes my .msi file. Why? I have checked all the > command line options of msistuff and don't know how turn off this > behavior. > > I just downloaded the bootstrap source code from MSDN yesterday. I find > out that this latest version doesn't support /a option as suggested on > MSDN document. > That's not a WiX tool, so you want to find out where to get support from MSDN or whoever provided it. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Debug symbol undefined when building using MSbuild
On 3/24/2010 2:03 PM, Inbar, Ron wrote: > The Server and Client configurations are distinguishable by the definition of > a preprocessor variable named "Server" through the Build tab in the project > property sheet. > My nightly build generates all four MSIs using MSBuild. Recently I noticed > that the Debug and Release MSIs are exactly the same. I.e. stuff that I > tried to exclude using was in fact included in the Debug > packages. However, directives behave as expected, i.e. the > Server and Client MSIs differ in all the required aspects. > Wix.targets doesn't automatically define that symbol as a preprocessor variable; however, it does define the Configuration variable. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module extracts msm file in target directory
On 3/24/2010 11:54 AM, Johann Taferl, T-AU wrote: > I don't know, if this is an error or intended behavior: > > When I create a simple merge module (in my test with only one file in > it) and refer to this merge module, the merge module - and its content - > is not extracted to a temporary directory, but direct in the target > folder. > Look in your .msi using the Orca tool; the .msm content (e.g., rows in the File table, Component table, etc) becomes part of the .msi but it sounds like something is adding your .msm as a file in the .msi. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Installing from embedded CAB file and Folder
On 3/22/2010 6:46 PM, Sanjay Poria wrote: > The problem is that when I run the installer, it still expects to find files > (doc1, doc2) in the main directory (at the same level as the msi) instead of > the "DocFiles" directory. When building, the installer actually creates the > source structure as above (which made me think everything was specified ok). > The Layout attribute controls where the files are written, not where they're installed from. For that, use Directory/@SourceName. See also the Directory table in the MSI SDK. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] MSM compression?
On 3/22/2010 10:53 AM, John Aldridge wrote: > so in this case the MSM /is/ the actual file, isn't it? Indeed, that makes a difference. Merge modules must use an embedded cabinet, per the MSI SDK. WiX doesn't offer explicit control over the compression level in authoring, but the code appears to just use whatever you specified for the default compression level. You can try setting it to "none" to see if it makes for better delta patching. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Votive - MergeModule dependency
On 3/22/2010 11:32 AM, Johann Taferl, T-AU wrote: > Yes, but in merge modules them self, I can't referece through Merge or > MergeRef: > Correct, it must be authored in the product. Like I said, WiX doesn't automatically try to find dependent merge modules. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to install new Feature during Reinstall?
On 3/22/2010 8:35 AM, Jan Bilek wrote: > I've created new Product version installer (minor update) which contains > brand-new Feature. When i try to reinstall this new version using > REINSTALL and REINSTALMODE properties over the older version, then the > new Feature doesn't get installed. See the MSI SDK for REINSTALL. You need to specify new features via ADDLOCAL. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Votive - MergeModule dependency
On 3/22/2010 9:49 AM, Johann Taferl, T-AU wrote: > I tried to create a merge module with a dependency to a second one. > WiX doesn't automatically try to find dependent merge modules; it's all explicit via Merge and MergeRef elements. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Installing from embedded CAB file and Folder
On 3/22/2010 8:43 AM, Sanjay Poria wrote: > Bob's suggestion of removing the @Cabinet or @EmbedCab attributes to create > "loose files" would work but then every installation file would have to be > taken from this "loose file structure". You can have multiple Media elements, mixing loose files with cabinets. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] MSM compression?
On 3/22/2010 9:40 AM, John Aldridge wrote: > It looks as if the MSM is internally compressed, because its size is > less than that of the DLLs it contains. This has bad consequences when > we try to build a patch for our application and the patch needs to > update the installed MSM: the patch comes out very large, presumably > because compressed files don't diff well. > Patches are generated against the actual files, not the cabinets they're stored in. Unless you're using delta patches, .msps contain updated files in their entirety. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] "ICE03: Invalid Language Id" for en-MY and en-SG
On 3/21/2010 12:26 AM, WenWu Lu wrote: > However, I get error LGHT0204 : ICE03: Invalid Language Id; Table: File, > Column: Language, Key(s): enMYResources > Likely, ICE03 doesn't know about newer LCIDs. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Performance Issues with File table sequencing
On 3/22/2010 8:36 AM, jhennessey wrote: > In the end I just wanted to put this out there to raise awareness of the > issue and also to see if I should put in a feature request or something. > Yes, please. Though we'll need a lot more detail: MSI installs files in order of their sequence, not by directory. (You can see the individual operations in a verbose log.) -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How do I: Generate a Complete Installer usingCommand-Line Tools
On 3/20/2010 2:35 AM, Lisa Gracias wrote: > @Brian: I'm using the same set of components in 3 different products and I > need a refcount to be maintained. > You don't need to use a merge module for that; http://www.robmensching.com/blog/posts/2008/10/10/What-are-.wixlibs-and-why-would-you-use-them. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] UAC, InstallService, verify user account...
On 3/19/2010 8:19 PM, Stryder Crown wrote: > AD I think I've isolated it down to a "Failed to load assembly > Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller" error in the MSI log. That's immediately followed what is probably a useful error code... -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] TextStyle
On 3/19/2010 8:28 PM, Szentpali Janos wrote: > can someone tell me a way to change font styles on WixUI_FeatureTree dialogs > other that re-defining the whole dialog set? > You need to recreate the set but you can reuse all the same dialogs. Please feel free to file a feature request; it ought to be easier, like WixUI_Advanced uses loc strings. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] ServiceControl and Component
On 3/18/2010 9:10 PM, Zachary Young wrote: > I have checked the event logs and see Tomcat is stopped and started, and I > have looked at verbose logs from the installer, but I am not sure of the > exact sequencing of the three events: stop, install/uninstall file, start. I > have also looked at the documentation for and I am still > not sure. > Order is controlled by the actions that refer to the data (e.g., StopServices, StartServices, InstallFiles, RemoveFiles) in the InstallExecuteSequence table. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Deleting files from all users
On 3/18/2010 12:18 PM, Hoyt, David wrote: > We have a program that produces some files (it's a cache of some info. it > finds when first run) that have to be deleted when the program is either > uninstalled or a new version installed. Thus, when the new version is run, it > recreates the cache with the updated info. from the new version. The problem > is that these files can be in any or all the user's home directories. > Modifying the program in question to give it different behavior isn't an > option. > In many cases, it's not possible to modify every user's profile. So MSI doesn't support it. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] XmlConfig results in ICE27 failure
On 3/18/2010 8:28 PM, Jacques Eloff wrote: > When I tried to build the project, I received the following error: > Error 2 ICE27: Action: 'DuplicateFiles' in InstallExecuteSequence table must > come after the 'InstallFiles' action. > > If I add a bogus element in the component everything compiles and > runs just fine. > Please file a bug: The XmlConfig custom actions are scheduled relative to DuplicateFiles so they can operate on CopyFile'd files. That won't work when there is no InstallFiles action (though obviously that's rare). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] minor issues with WiX installer gui
On 3/18/2010 10:26 AM, Jacek Pospychała wrote: > By any chance, can you tell how to find in log, when a button (e.g. > "Repair") have been pressed or when did the progress dialog appeared? > I'd use the timestamps. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Service Control / Service Install Wix 3.0/3.5 ICE03 Error
On 3/18/2010 2:30 PM, Michael Schlitt wrote: > ICE03: Invalid identifier; Table: ServiceControl, Column: ServiceControl, > Key(s): Build Service (LGHT0204) - C:\Users\mschlitt\Documents\SharpDevelop > Projects\SetupProjectService\SetupProjectService\Files.wxs:6 > Like it says, you have an invalid ID. See the "Identifier" topic in the MSI SDK. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] MaintenanceWelcomeDlg and InstallUISequence
On 3/18/2010 8:06 AM, Oleksandr Y. Nechyporenko wrote: > I've assumed that since I haven't published NewDialog event for Next button > in PatchWelcomeDlg, and have published EndDialog event with value "Return", > it will not show MaintenanceWelcomeDlg when I click Next. That's not how it works: It will show the next dialog in sequence. You need to use NewDialog to handle wizard pages. You'll probably need to replace MaintenanceWelcomeDlg; please file a bug so we can look at how to make it overridable. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] minor issues with WiX installer gui
On 3/17/2010 6:08 AM, Jacek Pospychała wrote: > This time, it's WiX dialog. On attached screenshot you can see which exactly > button is stuck. > Check a verbose log and you'll see what's taking the time. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] ICE038 - revised
On 3/16/2010 4:03 AM, Kristoffer Danielsson wrote: > I noticed that using the same registry setting works, but I'm not sure what > this implies. Is this a bad idea? > Yes, it violates component rules. See "Organizing Applications into Components" in the MSI SDK. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] registrysearch
On 3/16/2010 6:08 AM, Yu, Brian wrote: > How do I check if a registry directory exists or not using > registrysearch? > AppSearch doesn't have that functionality. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to execute a custom action that depends on an assembly being installed to the GAC
On 3/16/2010 7:05 PM, Jacques Eloff wrote: > It sounds to me then that a type 2 CA is not the solution then. > > I guess that gives rise to some more questions: > 1) Where should I schedule this to ensure that rollbacks can be handled, > keeping in mind that the assemblies I installed are in the GAC before the CA > runs? > 2) What options do I have to keep these CAs as managed code EXEs > 3) Would a typ 18 CA serve me any better? > > The CAs are modifying an XML file, but there can potentially be a 32-bit and > 64-bit version of the file (both need to be modified) and the CA takes care > of that since it relies on using both the 32-bit and 64-bit registry entries > to locate the file. Having multiple installers is not an option, so that > takes using XmlFile elements out of the solution for me. > You're trying to do several things that aren't supported (either well or at all). Your choices are limited. The short answer is to follow the package rules (separate x86 and x64 packages) and use XmlConfig/XmlFile and get rollback for free. Slightly longer is to remove your dependencies on the GAC for custom actions. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade Vs Install - Leaving folders/files behind on Upgrade, not on Install
On 3/16/2010 4:28 PM, Dan Covill wrote: > I've been dropped into the deep end of Wix for the last couple of weeks and > am trying to come up with a way to make this work. I've learned how to mostly > make major upgrades work but for some reason I can't quite nail down this > aspect of the installer. How can I do a major upgrade such that certain > components aren't uninstalled/reinstalled. I thought that all I would need to > do is not change the ComponentID for the component I don't want erased. That depends on where you schedule RemoveExistingProducts. It sounds like you're doing it "early" so it's an uninstall of the old product and install of the new one. You can move it later. But see http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/ for caveats. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Installing from embedded CAB file and Folder
On 3/16/2010 8:15 AM, Sanjay Poria wrote: > > > Will mean that all the File elements will be embedded into the cab. Basically > I wish to have “special” file elements that are to be installed but are not > taken from the embedded CAB file. > Don't use @Cabinet or @EmbedCab attributes. That creates "loose" files. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Sub-folders in ONE component?
On 3/15/2010 6:31 PM, Kristoffer Danielsson wrote: > Do you always have to define a separate component for a sub-folder? > Yes. See the MSI SDK for "Component Table." -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_InstallDir + shield icon?
On 3/13/2010 3:03 PM, Kristoffer Danielsson wrote: > In v3.5, is it possible to add a shield icon to the Install-button when using > WixUI_InstallDir + WixUI_ErrorProgressText? > It's already there, if ALLUSERS is set. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] ICE038 - revised
On 3/15/2010 5:57 PM, Kristoffer Danielsson wrote: > 1) I don't want to specify a registry key for each one of my 100 files! > Cost of doing business: MSI doesn't offer a better way. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] ambiguous short name warnings after dark
On 3/15/2010 11:13 AM, Bill McCormick wrote: > How can I clean this up? > Notepad: Edit the file and remove those attributes; they're almost certainly vestigial. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Parsing a registry string
On 3/15/2010 4:13 PM, Dane Anderson (Acro Service Corp) wrote: > HOW do I parse that registry string from inside of WIX at runtime? MSI (WiX is the build toolset, not the runtime) doesn't have parsing support. You need an immediate custom action. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Bad formatting when printing a Eula from the Welcome screen
On 3/15/2010 1:09 AM, Adrian Tulloch wrote: > Should the last line be something like this? > > rcPage.bottom = MulDiv(nVertRes, ONE_INCH, nLogPixelsY); > Sounds right. Please file a bug so we don't lose this. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] setupbld.exe is giving error Error 0x80070002: Failed to CreateSetup.
On 3/15/2010 8:11 AM, MYFLEX wrote: > setupbld.exe -out "c:\mysetup.exe" -ms "c:\aa.msi" -titile "myapp" -setup > "c:\mysetup.exe" > The -setup switch is for pointing to the setup.exe stub that comes with WiX (or your own for custom UI). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Conditional check for existing GUIDs
On 3/15/2010 9:07 AM, Alex Wernecke wrote: > How would I do a check for certain GUIDs as a conditional check for an > install? ComponentSearch -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Generating sections of componentgroup using heat
On 3/15/2010 4:11 PM, Steve Huston wrote: > Is there an easy way to do this? Can I somehow tell heat to process > multiple files, or to filter out specific files? > Yes: Use your build tool (e.g., MSBuild) to create a staging directory. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] including WixUI_Modno in project
On 3/12/2010 11:44 AM, Shabbir Ahsan wrote: > I have copied the WixUI_Mondo.wxs into my project directory and renamed it > MyWixUI_Mondo.wxs. I ahve also updated the UI ref to the following: > > > You also need to rename the UI/@Id symbol. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] install service
On 3/12/2010 11:23 AM, Shabbir Ahsan wrote: > I got the service to install, but it now fails to start. Possibly an XP > quirk, and am now testing on other OS to see what happens. When attempting > to start the service it returns an error saying the service did not respond > in a timely fashion. I know the service is sound, as I am using it on > another server and it works no problem hence I'm thinking it is an XP problem. > Another common cuase is that your service has dependencies that aren't met (such as assemblies being installed to the GAC). -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Add Local Event
On 3/12/2010 11:46 AM, Oleksandr Y. Nechyporenko wrote: > My main problem is that I need something like code below. I.e. I need > duplicate same rows for each of buttons (InstallNoShield, Install, > ChangeNoShield, Change, Repair). So there are too many copy-paste code with > same operations but for different buttons. And I looking for a way to > simplify it. > You can try custom actions but it's going to be more difficult because you can't use control events; you'll have to modify the ADDLOCAL and REMOVE properties instead. You might consider if there's another way to change your UI requirements so you don't need to duplicate the code in VerifyReadyDlg. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Uncaught error in WiX 3.0. (May wish to verify that this IS caught in 3.5?)
On 3/13/2010 10:42 AM, Curtis Jewell wrote: > light.exe : error LGHT0001 : Encountered an unexpected merge error of > type 'msmErrorPlatformMismatch' for which there is > currently no error message to display. More information about the > merge and the failure can be found in the merge log: > 'C:\Users\Curtis\AppData\Local\Temp\4yd2-mtj\merge.log' > Please file a bug so we don't lose the details. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Using superscript text in a dialog?
On 3/11/2010 9:21 PM, Tabmow wrote: > Sorry - i don't mean to be obtuse, but i searched around for > 'character map' and 'wix' and nothing jumps out at me. Character Map is a Windows tool; check your Start menu shortcuts. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Add Local Event
On 3/12/2010 7:29 AM, Oleksandr Y. Nechyporenko wrote: > So now I setup addlocal / remove events for one of its buttons. > Many events are tied to the Install button; you likely will have to replace VerifyReadyDlg entirely to add your control events because you need the existing control events to happen after yours. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to execute a custom action that depends on an assembly being installed to the GAC
On 3/11/2010 11:02 PM, Jacques Eloff wrote: > I've also add the WixFailWhenDeferred action to allow for injecting > failures. I found that since it relies on the GAC, having Execute="commit" > seems to work well by making sure the assemblies are in the GAC since this > happens after the publishAssembly steps. > Commit actions happen after the install is commited, so rollback isn't feasible. See "Commit Custom Actions" in the MSI SDK for details. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0 to Wix 3.0
On 3/11/2010 3:10 PM, Anurag Pahwa wrote: > We've already upgraded the installer sources and built the MSI (using WIX > 3.0) and wanted to know if we can release a patch (MSP) that targets the MSI > (built using WIX 2.0). I know we can decide whether to ship it as a patch or > minor upgrade or a major upgrade but to decide we wanted to know whether its > even possible to do that using a patch or not and if there are any > recommendations? > Recommendation: Don't change your toolset between patches. That applies doubly so for major toolset revisions. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to create a big MSI like Microsoft Office
On 3/11/2010 7:04 PM, puyo puy wrote: > Thanks Bob but all individual team have to prepare their > installer(s), I just need to consolidates all the installers and create a big > MSI. That's also possible with fragments and ComponentGroupRef. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible to install a 32-bit COM server DLL under ProgramFiles64Folder?
On 3/11/2010 6:02 PM, Paul Baker wrote:
> We give the user a choice of install location for our 64-bit
> components, which defaults to "Program Files\Product Name". Should we
> create a parallel "Program Files (x86)\Product Name" folder for the
> 32-bit components? If so, what should happen if the user decides to
> install the 64-bit components to a different location?
>
Personally, I'd vote for "nothing." Unless a product is bigger than,
say, 100MB, even folks like me who partition their drives tightly to
keep small C: drives won't much care. (Remember that MSI keeps a copy of
your .msi and Windows 7, it's the whole .msi.)
> One alternative that I have seen several times is to install the
> 32-bit components into "Program Files (x86)\Common Files". Are there
> any drawbacks to going against the stated purpose of CommonFilesFolder
> ("for components that are shared across applications") in this way?
>
Not that I know of. The most important thing is to keep files in the
right directory tree according to bitness.
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Re: [WiX-users] Using superscript text in a dialog?
On 3/11/2010 9:39 AM, Tabmow wrote: > I searched around and didn't find this anywhere, so here goes: I have > a dialog panel where i want to puttm with the "tm" portion as > a superscript, ie. raised 1/2 way above.Is this possible? > I see discussion on how to use CodePage and create special chars like the > copyright (C) symbol, but nothing about superscript, or superscripted "TM" > at the very least :) > Any ideas or suggestions? > > They're characters. Use Character Map to copy the character into your .wxs/.wxl file. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] UAC Patching on WIndows 2008
On 3/10/2010 11:42 AM, Anurag Pahwa wrote: > The following link below states that UAC patching is not supported on WIN2k8. > Is there way we can do this on Windows 2008 ? > The MSI SDK is the authoritative source on what's supported and what's not. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
