Re: [WiX-users] Patching and Pyro Warning PYRO1110
With someone's help, I figured out the approach. After CostFinalize action, before InstallValidate action, add a customer action, say UpdateFeatureChange, which changes the feature's reqire state accordingly. In DTF, it is as simple as FeatureInfo featureA2= this.Session.Features[FeatureA2]; featureA2.RequestState = InstallState.Absent; // Or Local/Source/Advertise... according to other conditions The DTF is using MsiSetFeatureState API to set the state. The condition is complex, because I need to handle different scenarios like repair/change/update/uninstall. However, this is a workable approach. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Patching-and-Pyro-Warning-PYRO1110-tp7256794p7282912.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Patching and Pyro Warning PYRO1110
Echo on the question. I have exactly the same problem: In my product V1.0, I have FeatureCommon (always be installed) Common.dll FeatureA (optional) A1.dll FeatureB (optional) B1.dll In my product V1.1 I added A2.dll to feature A FeatureCommon (always be installed) Common.dll FeatureA (optional) A1.dll A2.dll FeatureB (optional) B1.dll Thus I add ComponentRef Id=cmpA2DLL to the PatchFamily, then I got error of Component 'cmpA2DLL' was added to feature FeatureA. If you cannot guarantee this feature will always be installed, you should consider adding new components to top-level features to prevent prompts for source when installing this patch. Does it mean, if I want to add A2.dll, I must have a new top-level FeatureA2? Then I could I make sure FeatureA2 will be installed when patching if and only if FeatureA is installed? Manually write several pre-check? Anyone can give me a sample of how to make the patch correct for this scenario? Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Patching-and-Pyro-Warning-PYRO1110-tp7256794p7271713.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Virtualization Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Question block lower version patch
Hi all, I have V1.0, V1.1 and V1.2 MSIs. My requirements are: 1) patch1.msp, that can upgrade from V1.0 to V1.1 2) patch2.msp, that can 2.1 upgrade from V1.0 to V1.2, 2.2 from V1.1 to V1.2, 2.3 from (V1.0+patch1) to V1.2 3) It is blocked to install patch1.msp, V1.2 is already installed on the machine (either by v1.2msi, or by v1.0/1.1msi + patch2.msp) I learnt from this page http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Need-help-with-minor-update-patch-td5981491.html that I need to define two target images for patch2, so it can point to 1.0 and 1.1. However, The TagetImage is an element used in PatchCreation approach only. I'm not sure whether I should how to do this with the pure wix approach http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_patching.htm . Should I specify multiple PatchBaseline? Where could I set the target version? PatchBaseline Id=RTM Validate ProductVersionOperator=LesserOrEqual / /PatchBaseline Which MSIs I should use for the torch command? Seems to me if I use torch.exe -p -xi 1.0\product.wixpdb 1.1\product.wixpdb -out patch\diff.wixmst for patch1, and torch.exe -p -xi 1.0\product.wixpdb 1.2\product.wixpdb -out patch\diff.wixmst for patch2 I can achieve 1, 2.1, 2.3, but I cannot do 2.2. I will get error The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing,... How could I specify more than one target? Thanks, -Elfe -- vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] error PYRO0001: Could not find file ?
Hi all,
I'm following the example
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_patching.htm to create a patch.
Everything works fine on test binaries built on my local computer.
However, I got error PYRO0001: Could not find file when I changed to use
released msi file built by team's build machine.
In the patch.proj, I have
OldVersionPath\\rel\Archive\Product\DailyBuilds.1.0.1381.0.110412-2317\Release\Bin\en-us/OldVersionPath
NewVersionPath\\rel\Archive\Product\DailyBuilds.1.0.1383.0.110427-1815\Release\Bin\en-us/NewVersionPathfile:///\\rel\Archive\Product\DailyBuilds.1.0.1383.0.110427-1815\Release\Bin\en-us%3c\NewVersionPath
Exec Command=$(WixToolPath)candle.exe -wx -arch x64 -o
$(ObjDir)\Bin\x64\Patch.wixobj Patch.wxs /
Exec Command=$(WixToolPath)light.exe -o $(ObjDir)\Bin\en-us\Patch_x64.wixmsp
-cultures:en-us -loc Strings_en_US.wxl $(ObjDir)\Bin\x64\Patch.wixobj /
Exec Command=$(WixToolPath)torch.exe -p -xi
$(OldVersionPath)\Setup_x64.wixpdb $(NewVersionPath)\Setup_x64.wixpdb -o
$(ObjDir)\Bin\en-us\diff_x64.wixmst /
Exec Command=$(WixToolPath)pyro.exe -wx $(ObjDir)\Bin\en-us\Patch_x64.wixmsp
-o $(OutputPath)\en-us\Patch_x64.msp -t RTM $(ObjDir)\Bin\en-us\diff_x64.wixmst
-sa -sf -sh /
The build reports error
pyro.exe : error PYRO0001: Could not find file 'C:\Product\161\Atlanta\DailyBui
lds\Sources.binaries.Release\bin\ClientShared.dll'.
Exception Type: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
Stack Trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileInfo.get_Length()
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.BinderFileManager.CompareFiles(Stri
ng targetFile, String updatedFile)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.CopyTransformData(Output out
put, FileRowCollection allFileRows)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.BindDatabase(Output output,
String databaseFile)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.Bind(Output output, String f
ile)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Pyro.Run(String[] args)
Seems it is looking for some files on the build machine
('C:\Product\161\Atlanta\DailyBuilds\...), but every time we finish the build,
we copy the outputs to share folders like
\\rel\archive\file:///\\rel\archive\
Isn't the old and new MSIs/wixpdbs contains all the binaries required? Why it
still requires the files on build machine? How could I make it look for another
folder (the shared folder) instead?
Thanks,
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[WiX-users] ProductVersion does not changed after install Patch
Hi,
I'm following the tutorial
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_patching.htm to create patches by
WiX.
I have an old MSI with version 0.1.1463.0, and a new MSI with version
0.2.1468.0, and then using the same approach as the tutorial to create a
Patch.msp.
I installed old MIS, then install Patch.msp. I found although the files are
replaced correctly after installing patch, the ProductVersion shown on
Add/Remove Program panel is still the old one (0.1.1463.0).
And I found I can install the patch again and again.
I use ORCA to check the packages.
For old MSI, it has a property ProductVersion=0.1.1463.0
For new MSI, it has a property ProductVersion=0.2.1468.0
For the Patch, The MsiPatchSequence has the SamplePatchFamily row with
sequence=0.2.1468.0. However, it does not contain any other version information.
If I use Transform-ViewPatch to view the Patch, in the Property table, I only
see following properties added, but the ProductVersion property is not changed.
_806DAAD55E60414984A8C6AB43F2E87C.AllowRemoval 1
_806DAAD55E60414984A8C6AB43F2E87C.PatchCode
{806DAAD5-5E60-4149-84A8-C6AB43F2E87C}
PATCHNEWSUMMARYSUBJECT A test Minor Update
PATCHNEWPACKAGECODE {806DAAD5-5E60-4149-84A8-C6AB43F2E87C}
PATCHNEWSUMMARYCOMMENTS A test Minor Update
What should I do, to make the ProductVersion updated after installing the patch?
Thanks,
-Elfe
P.S. I'm using following code to create patch:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi;
?include ..\..\..\Version.wxi ?
Patch
Id={806DAAD5-5E60-4149-84A8-C6AB43F2E87C}
AllowRemoval=yes
Manufacturer=!(loc.ManufactureName)
MoreInfoURL=!(loc.MoreInfoURL)
DisplayName=!(loc.PatchDisplayName)
Description=!(loc.PatchDescription)
Classification=Hotfix
Media Id=5000 Cabinet=patch.cab
PatchBaseline Id=RTM
Validate ProductVersionOperator=Equal /
/PatchBaseline
/Media
PatchFamilyRef Id=SamplePatchFamily/
/Patch
Fragment
!--TODO: Update this section, to include components that need to be
updated.--
PatchFamily Id='SamplePatchFamily' Version='$(var.Product_Version)'
Supersede='yes'
ComponentRef Id=cmpDB105F4AB1E44437B2CE0502A96019E8/
ComponentRef Id=cmpEE183C6477823F89D36AFD338130E837/
/PatchFamily
/Fragment
/Wix
And following command:
Exec Command=$(WixToolPath)candle.exe -wx -arch x64 -o
$(ObjDir)\Bin\x64\Patch.wixobj Patch.wxs /
Exec Command=$(WixToolPath)light.exe -o
$(ObjDir)\Bin\en-us\Patch_x64.wixmsp -cultures:en-us -loc Strings_en_US.wxl
$(ObjDir)\Bin\x64\Patch.wixobj /
Exec Command=$(WixToolPath)torch.exe -p -xi
$(EnlistmentRoot)\Public\MU\Previous\en-us\Setup_x64.wixpdb
$(OutputPath)\en-us\Setup_x64.wixpdb -o $(ObjDir)\Bin\en-us\diff_x64.wixmst /
Exec Command=$(WixToolPath)pyro.exe -sw0227 -sw1079 -wx
$(ObjDir)\Bin\en-us\Patch_x64.wixmsp -o $(OutputPath)\en-us\Patch_x64.msp -t
RTM $(ObjDir)\Bin\en-us\diff_x64.wixmst /
Exec Command=makecab.exe $(OutputPath)\en-us\Patch_x64.msp
$(OutputPath)\en-us\Patch_x64.cab /
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Re: [WiX-users] Change/Repair requires the msi with exactly the same name as it is when installed?
Thanks for the reply. What I want to do, is not updates/upgrades. It’s just change the installation: I have FeatureA and FeatureB, previously I’ve installed FeatureA, and now I want to add FeatureB. I notice one thing strange: when I try to uninstall my foo application, by click the Uninstall button in ARP, the UAC pops up, and shows Program: c:\windows\Installer\245bfd.msi, Publisher: unknown (I think this is because the msi is not signed). It’s not named foo.msi. (While for other Microsoft applications I have on my machine, I saw it shows the program with correct msi name) Not sure if this is related with my problem. Any idea? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Change-Repair-requires-the-msi-with-exactly-the-same-name-as-it-is-when-installed-tp5934762p5937576.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Change/Repair requires the msi with exactly the same name as it is when installed?
Hi all, I have a foo.msi in my temp folder when I install my foo application, with feature A. Then I go to the Add-Remove Program control panel, click Change, and want to install a new feature B of foo application. I got two problems then: 1, the UAC does not popup, when I click Change button and start to install feature B. This will cause some custom actions fail because it does not have enough privilege. 2, A message dialog pop up ask: The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package foo.msi in the box below: ... I've already deleted my foo.msi in temp folder, so I point to c:\windows\installer\245bfd.msi (the copy MSI created during installation), but the dialog still shows. I tried rename the 245bfd.msi to foo.msi, and the UAC pops up, the change success. So the question: why installer requires the MSI with exactly the same name? Seems change is really a common scenario, and most time customer will not have the msi file by hand, but let windows installer use the cached one. How does this work? Am I doing anything wrong, that breaks this scenario? Thanks, -Elfe -- Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Question about using custom action to query control table
Hi all,
I want to use custom action (written in C# by DTF) to query and update some
record in the control table.
Here is the code:
string query = SELECT 'Control' , `Text` , `Property` FROM
`Control`;
View view = session.Database.OpenView(query);
view.Execute();
while (true)
{
using (Record r = view.Fetch())
{
if (r == null)
{
break;
}
if (string.Equals(r.GetString(1), controlName,
StringComparison.Ordinal))
{
//...
view.Update(r);
break;
}
}
}
However, I found r.GetString(1) always return the value Control, but never
the actual control name. I tried Control.Control and get the same result. It
also happens to columns like Dialog_, Property, Type etc.
So I could I know if the record is the control that I want to update? How could
I distinguish it with other controls?
Thanks,
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Re: [WiX-users] Question about using custom action to query control table
Oh yes, you are correct. Now I can get the values.
A new problem: seems the control table cannot been updated?
In the code, I have
r.SetString(10, newText);
view.Update(r);
and I got InstallerException
{Function failed during execution. Database: Table(s) Update failed.}
with error code 1627
I've already modified the query to select all columns:
SELECT `Dialog_` , `Control`, `Type` , `X` , `Y` , `Width` , `Height` ,
`Attributes` , `Property` , `Text` , `Control_Next` ,`Help` FROM `Control`
And r is a ScrollableText control, field is the Text property.
Any idea of the failure?
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Re: [WiX-users] How to make the custom action run under LocalSystem account?
Yes! After I set ALLUSERS=1, it runs as local system and delete the remote folder. When the system account go through network, it is using the computer account (MachineName$). And my folder is granting permission to MachineName$. Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-make-the-custom-action-run-under-LocalSystem-account-tp5474012p5481429.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] My setup delete a parent registry key which is not created by it
Anyone could help with this question? Shouldn't the uninstaller only remove the registry key created by itself, but not the parent key, even the parent key is empty after we remove our sub-key? Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/My-setup-delete-a-parent-registry-key-which-is-not-created-by-it-tp5435325p5476897.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] My setup delete a parent registry key which is not created by it
From this post http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/winformssetup/thread/2E1FF88B-1955-4AD0-98A2-E306EACFBA5C http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/winformssetup/thread/2E1FF88B-1955-4AD0-98A2-E306EACFBA5C I saw: you need to describe the path to your new registry item (sub-key), not create a key that belongs to the parent key (not owned by your product) How could I create a subkey, but not create the parent key? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/My-setup-delete-a-parent-registry-key-which-is-not-created-by-it-tp5435325p5477167.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] My setup delete a parent registry key which is not created by it
And in this post http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Website-gets-deleted-when-uninstalling-Web-App-td5436443.html http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Website-gets-deleted-when-uninstalling-Web-App-td5436443.html Seems it's the same problem: if the parent key does not have any sub key or values, the parent key will get deleted we MSI intend to delete the child key. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/My-setup-delete-a-parent-registry-key-which-is-not-created-by-it-tp5435325p5480883.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to make the custom action run under LocalSystem account?
The KB says If it is necessary to run your custom action when using the local system security context, set the attributes of the custom action in the CustomAction table to either 3072 (msidbCustomAction TypeInScript + msidbCustomAction TypeNoImpersonate) I've already done this, but seems it's still using the admin user's account, not the LocalSystem account. What does using the local system security context mean? It is not equal to using LocalSystem account? Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-make-the-custom-action-run-under-LocalSystem-account-tp5474012p5476642.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How to make the custom action run under LocalSystem account?
Hi, I have a custom action that need to delete a remote sub-folder \\servermachine\sharedfolder$\clientIDfile:///\\servermachine\sharedfolder$\clientID , the sub-folder's CREATOR OWNER is clientMachine$, it's created by a service running on client machine with LocalSystem account, and only the CREATOR OWNER has permission to delete it. Since the Windows Installer is also running under LocalSystem (I checked services.msc and confirmed that), if I make the custom action not impersonating (CustomAction/@Impersonate=no), shouldn't it using the LocalSystem account? However, I found it is still running as the user's account (clientMachine\Administrator). If I logon as a non-admin user (clientMachine\testUser), when doing the uninstall, it requires me to provide admin credential (I use clientMachine\Administrator), then I found the custom action is using the administrator's account. Is there any method to make the CA running under LocalSystem account? (My CA type is 3072, i.e. msidbCustomActionTypeDll + msidbCustomActionTypeBinaryData + msidbCustomActionTypeInScript + msidbCustomActionTypeNoImpersonate) Thanks, -Elfe -- Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Question about InstallValidation for uninstall
Hi all, When uninstall a product, during InstallValidation, MSI will check if need to close any dependent applications. If yes, will show a message box: The following applications should be lcosed before continuing the install: ... And let user choose (1)Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete. (2)Do not close applications. (A reboot will be required) Our product is depends on another windows service, but I don't want to show this dialog. Of course I can schedule an action to close the application before installvalidation, but I do not want to do this, because then I need to handle the restart for various cases (cancel before/after installinitialize, install success/fail etc). Is there any way that we don't show the dialog, but force to use option (1)? Thanks, -Elfe -- Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Question about InstallValidation for uninstall
Thanks Phil. My question is: is there anyway for me to hide the MsiRMFilesInUse dialog, and do the close/restart application automatically? I want to use the Restart Mananger rather than implement start/stop functions by myself, but I don't want user to see this dialog. Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Question-about-InstallValidation-for-uninstall-tp5464620p5467912.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] My setup delete a parent registry key which is not created by it
Hi all,
I my setup project, I create a sub registry key MyMgmtGroup under
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\Agent Management
Groups
Component Id=CMP_Reg_Software Guid={4578FEE6-4183-4DC8-8E5F-EEC447C6A898}
RegistryKey Action=createAndRemoveOnUninstall Root=HKLM
Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\Agent Management
Groups\MyMgmtGroup /
/Component
I found when uninstall my product, the parent registry key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\Agent Management
Groups is deleted by my MSI, and it breaks the MOM. (This parent key does not
have any other sub keys or values)
Why does the MSI have such behavior? And how to fix it?
Thanks,
-Elfe
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[WiX-users] ReserveCost == the size shown in Add/Remove Panel?
Hi,
In my product MSI, I reserve cost for the data folder with 200M, because later
when the application running, it's likely that the application will write lots
of data to the disk.
Directory Id=dirCB80BB8E7C4DF6458FEC42C79CD3833C Name=MyProductData
Component Id=cmpC3EF5D274D0D1EF29832EABC636A3438
Guid={B9EF5DD2-75CA-4596-A95D-785ECC65E8F5} KeyPath=yes
!--Reserve 200M for the application.--
ReserveCost Id=CostForData RunLocal=209715200
RunFromSource=209715200/
CreateFolder
util:PermissionEx GenericAll=yes User=[ServiceAccount] /
/CreateFolder
/Component
/Directory
However, by using this approach, the Add/Remove program panel shows the size of
my product is 203M, although actually it is only using 3 M current and the
other 200M is only reserving for future usage.
Is there any way for me to reserve the cost, but showing ARP with the real
size? Or I should use my own cost-validation to make sure there is enough space
for my product?
Thanks,
-Elfe
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Re: [WiX-users] The DirProperty in RemoveFile table must be a property name in Directory table?
Hi Pally, Sorry if the first example is misleading, but the data created by the product is not related with any user (actually the product is several services, and web services, and some of the sub folder need be shared and allow other machines in LAN to read and write). Would you please give me the link of Microsoft platform guideline that introduce the usage of CommonAppData, so I can check if I should use that folder? But more important, why do you think moving data to that folder would solve my problem? Is there any difference? Thanks, -Elfe Pally Sandher wrote: If you read my reply you'll see I never mentioned user accounts anywhere. My questions was Why are you storing user specific data under the installation directory instead of somewhere like My Documents or CommonAppData as per Microsoft's platform guidelines?. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/The-DirProperty-in-RemoveFile-table-must-be-a-property-name-in-Directory-table-tp5317922p5340441.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] The DirProperty in RemoveFile table must be a property name in Directory table?
Hi, anyone can help me on this? Would you please check if the attached sample code works, or if I've made any mistake? I doubt if I should also insert records to Directory table, but it seems to me is the wrong direction. Since remove entire folder is a common requirement for uninstall, I would like to here if there are easier approaches. Thanks, -Elfe Elfe Xu wrote: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/file/n5334233/WixPlayground.zip WixPlayground.zip I wrote a small prototype as attached. Please compile it, run the msi to install it, go to the install location folder, execute the CreateFolderAndFiles.cmd, the run uninstall. In my machine, it shows 2727 error (DirProperty does not exists in Directory table), and abort. To unintall the product, I have to manually remove the RemoveFolderTest root folder, then uninstall again. Rob, would you please help to check if it can work on your machine? Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/The-DirProperty-in-RemoveFile-table-must-be-a-property-name-in-Directory-table-tp5317922p5340450.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] QuietExec in CA
Do you mean QtExec ? http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/qtexec.htm http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/qtexec.htm In order to use QtExec, you must include a reference to the WixUtilExtension when building your MSI. To do this, add the command line argument -ext WixUtilExtension.dll when calling Light.exe. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/QuietExec-in-CA-tp5339782p5340458.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Error 2318 when specifying C:\ as install location
2318 is file does not exist error. If you use C: as the INSTALLLOCATION, the application will be installed under the drive root (c:\), there is no application folder like SecureBridge been created. Does your installer tring to access files under the application folder? You can use /l*v to have the log and find more information then. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Error-2318-when-specifying-C-as-install-location-tp5339970p5340539.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Questions about showing warning/error message dialog
Are there any document of MSI shows what error is fatal and what can be ignore? Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Questions-about-showing-warning-error-message-dialog-tp5328727p5340588.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Questions about showing warning/error message dialog
Thanks Blair. For #1, what do you mean even that can be bypassed? So it's not possible for me to get the result of actions, then I can add a custom action after that and execute according to the result? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Questions-about-showing-warning-error-message-dialog-tp5328727p5334110.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] The DirProperty in RemoveFile table must be a property name in Directory table?
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/file/n5334233/WixPlayground.zip WixPlayground.zip I wrote a small prototype as attached. Please compile it, run the msi to install it, go to the install location folder, execute the CreateFolderAndFiles.cmd, the run uninstall. In my machine, it shows 2727 error (DirProperty does not exists in Directory table), and abort. To unintall the product, I have to manually remove the RemoveFolderTest root folder, then uninstall again. Rob, would you please help to check if it can work on your machine? Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/The-DirProperty-in-RemoveFile-table-must-be-a-property-name-in-Directory-table-tp5317922p5334233.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] The DirProperty in RemoveFile table must be a property name in Directory table?
Thanks. After adding the version resource, add a EnsureTable Id=RemoveFile / element, the RemoveFoldersEx action executed successfully. Action 14:10:30: RemoveFoldersEx. Action start 14:10:30: RemoveFoldersEx. MSI (s) (A8:24) [14:10:30:747]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI8168.tmp, Entrypoint: RemoveFoldersEx MSI (s) (A8!60) [14:10:30:747]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding _dirCB80BB8E7C4DF6458FEC42C79CD3833C_0 property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\Foo\bar\abc\'. MSI (s) (A8!60) [14:10:30:762]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding _dirCB80BB8E7C4DF6458FEC42C79CD3833C_1 property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\Foo\bar\Logs\'. MSI (s) (A8!60) [14:10:30:762]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding _dirCB80BB8E7C4DF6458FEC42C79CD3833C_2 property. Its value is 'C:\Program Files\Foo\bar\'. Action ended 14:10:30: RemoveFoldersEx. Return value 1. Then, the installer hit the same fatal 2727 error, as I have by using my own c# CA: DEBUG: Error 2727: The directory entry '_dirCB80BB8E7C4DF6458FEC42C79CD3833C_0' does not exist in the Directory table The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2727. The arguments are: _dirCB80BB8E7C4DF6458FEC42C79CD3833C_0, , MSI (s) (A8:5C) [14:14:36:492]: Product: System Center Atlanta -- The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2727. The arguments are: _dirCB80BB8E7C4DF6458FEC42C79CD3833C_0, , Does this approach really work? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/The-DirProperty-in-RemoveFile-table-must-be-a-property-name-in-Directory-table-tp5317922p5328465.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] The DirProperty in RemoveFile table must be a property name in Directory table?
Interesting. What is the Windoes Installer version it required? I'm using Win7, the installer version of the product is 4.0 (Package InstallerVersion=400 Compressed=yes /), the Windows Installer version on my machine is 5.0.7600.16385. I've no idea why my code failed :( -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/The-DirProperty-in-RemoveFile-table-must-be-a-property-name-in-Directory-table-tp5317922p5328531.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] The DirProperty in RemoveFile table must be a property name in Directory table?
Thanks Blair. I've already have the version problem resolved by adding the version resource. This time it's the 2727 fatal error again. Because on my machine seems the if I add rows to RemoveFile with normal property, the installer will fail because the DirProperty is not in Directory table. However, Rob says he has use this approach successfully before. So I wander if it's because the platform/WI version that cause the different behavior. Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/The-DirProperty-in-RemoveFile-table-must-be-a-property-name-in-Directory-table-tp5317922p5328630.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Questions about showing warning/error message dialog
Hi, Hope you are not get tired with my name, as I've posted sooo many questions. 1. When write registry value fails, an error message dialog will pop up, and show Retry/Cancel/Ignore. However, in our product, some registry keys are critical, and we don't want allow user to choose Ignore, and rollback if fail. How could I change it to show Retry/Cancel only? 2. For CustomActions that call some executables (type2, type34 etc), we can have the \...@return set to check/ignore etc. If choose check, the failure will cause abort; if choose ignore, the failure will only be logged, but user will not be aware of the failure. How could I make it to show a warning dialog? Surely I can write some wrapper to run the executable, and then use session.Message to show the error. But I wonder if there is an easier way, to assign the CustomAction return value to some property, and then show the warning/error? Thanks, -Elfe -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] The DirProperty in RemoveFile table must be a property name in Directory table?
The folder hierarchy is just a example. My application has nothing to do with
user accounts.
Thanks for the suggestion of using wix-contrib. At first I read the code and
thought it was easy for me to translate it to a C# version CA.
Anyway, I add version.lib to the projects, and get wix-contrib build
successfuly. However, when I use it in my project, it seems does not work
(still due to the version issue).
In my code, I have
xmlns:contri=http://wixtoolset.org/wixcontrib/2008;
And for the folders I want to delete completely,
Directory Id=dirA51B01A2E638149A2E0381A7B1B1FA0A Name=Foo
Component Id=cmpC736EC12CD6A4FF8C43A5AB7005B0C22
Guid={B6E6C8AF-EC5D-4A0C-B718-0B6823632C92} KeyPath=yes
CreateFolder /
contri:RemoveFolderEx On=uninstall /
/Component
The log is:
Action 11:29:04: RemoveFoldersEx.
Action start 11:29:04: RemoveFoldersEx.
RemoveFoldersEx: Error 0x80070715: Failed to get file version of custom
action dll
CustomAction RemoveFoldersEx returned actual error code 1603 but will be
translated to success due to continue marking
Action ended 11:29:04: RemoveFoldersEx. Return value 1.
Any idea about the failure?
Thanks,
-Elfe
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Re: [WiX-users] It is that complex to remove sub folder and files?
I cannot build wixcontrib because of some link errors like error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _getfileversionin...@16 referenced in function _filevers...@12, not sure if it is because I'm using a different version of Wix like the wixcontrib project use. By checking the RemoveFolderEx source code, I found I've missed one thing about the RemoveFile table: FileName This column contains the localizable name of the file to be removed. If this column is null, then the specified folder will be removed if it is empty. All of the files that match the wildcard will be removed from the specified directory. So the RemoveFile table is actually used for remove files and folders as well. I will write my own RemoveFolder CA then. Thanks for the help! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/It-is-that-complex-to-remove-sub-folder-and-files-tp5315065p5315465.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] The DirProperty in RemoveFile table must be a property name in Directory table?
Hi,
I've wrote a RemoveWholeFolder custom action, to remove all files and sub
folders.
Here is the code of addthe record to RemoveFile table.
private static void AddItemToRemoveFileTable(DirectoryInfo folder,
string componentId, Session session, View view)
{
string fileRecordName = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
tempRemoveFileRecord_{0}, folderCount);
string folderRecordName =
string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, tempRemoveFolderRecord_{0},
folderCount);
string propertyName = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
tempRemoveFolderPropertyName_{0}, folderCount);
folderCount++;
session[propertyName] = folder.FullName;
using (Record record = session.Database.CreateRecord(5))
{
record.SetString(1, fileRecordName);
record.SetString(2, componentId);
// Remove all files under the folder TODO: verify if file
without extension could be deleted as well
record.SetString(3, *.*);
record.SetString(4, propertyName);
// Install mode: remove on uninstall
record.SetInteger(5, 2);
view.InsertTemporary(record);
}
using (Record record = session.Database.CreateRecord(5))
{
record.SetString(1, folderRecordName);
record.SetString(2, componentId);
// remove the folder
record.SetString(3, null);
record.SetString(4, propertyName);
// Install mode: remove on uninstall
record.SetInteger(5, 2);
view.InsertTemporary(record);
}
}
private static int folderCount = 0;
The records are added into the RemoveFile table correctly. However, then the
Windows Installer report a fatal error 2727
DEBUG: Error 2727: The directory entry 'tempRemoveFolderPropertyName_0' does
not exist in the Directory table
MSI (s) (E8:F4) [02:13:39:134]: Product: System Center Atlanta -- The installer
has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate
a problem with this package. The error code is 2727. The arguments are:
tempRemoveFolderPropertyName_0, ,
There is a property tempRemoveFolderPropertyName_0 but it's not in the
Directory table.
Property(S): tempRemoveFolderPropertyName_0 = C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Atlanta\GatewayData\abc
However, according to the document
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371201(VS.85).aspx , the property is
not required to be in Directory table.
DirProperty
Name of a property whose value is assumed to resolve to the full path to the
folder of the file to be removed. The property can be the name of a directory
in the Directory
tablehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368295(v=VS.85).aspx, a
property set by the AppSearch
tablehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367579(v=VS.85).aspx, or any
other property that represents a full path.
Any idea about why it would fail?
P.S. I checked the code in wix-contrib RemoveFolderEx, and find it's doing the
same thing as I did.
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Re: [WiX-users] The DirProperty in RemoveFile table must be a property name in Directory table?
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[WiX-users] It is that complex to remove sub folder and files?
Hi, RemoveFolder can only remove empty folders, and RemoveFile can use wildchar, but it does not support wildchar for unknown name subfolders like **\*.* . My installer create a CustomData folder, and each customer will have its own subfolder. They can create sub-subfolders and put files under their folder. So the folder hierarchy will be like below after the product runs for a few days: My Product --CustomData Alice ---Photo --1.jpg --2.jpg Bob ---Music --3.mp3 --4.mp3 I read the article http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/07/01/from-msi-to-wix-part-19-the-art-of-custom-action-part-1.aspx . However, I have some concern: 1) For the rollback approach, how could I determine what temp folder path I should use? If the custom data size is huge, it will require lots of extra space for the temp folder which might cause failure, and will also make the performance bad. 2) For the edit MSI table approach, we can put files into the RemoveFile table, but what about the sub folders? There is a CreateFolder table, but no RemoveFolder path. Remove subfolder and files created by application seems a very generic scenario. I'm surprised if the Windows Installer does not provide an easy way to do this. Thanks, -Elfe -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to make Edit control readonly?
No, the static text control does not support selection. Just found the correct control for me: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371540(VS.85).aspx ScrollableText . The only bother thing is I need to change the text into rtf format: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robmen/archive/2006/05/30/610950.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robmen/archive/2006/05/30/610950.aspx -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-make-Edit-control-readonly-tp5300098p5300633.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to make Edit control readonly?
Too bad, the ScrollableText does not support dynamic text, so I cannot use it to show text defined in properties. http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Scrollabletext-control-td708321.html#a708321 -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-make-Edit-control-readonly-tp5300098p5300774.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] bootstrapper for uninstallation?
Hi,
Now I come to the uninstall part.
When install my product, I have a bootstrapper, that install an external
product first as the prerequisite, and then invoke my own MSI. When uninstall
my product, I also need to uninstall the external product after uninstall my
MSI.
The command I used to uninstall the external product is
msiexec.exe /q /i {THE-GUID-OF-EXTERNAL_PRODUCT} param1=blabla param2=blabla
lotsofparams...
I don't want user to be aware of the external product. If the uninstall of
external product fails, no need to rollback, show a warning or log the failure
would be fine but it's not a hard requirement.
I cannot put the command as a CustomAction, even set the
CustomAction/@Return=asyncNoWait, because my own msi might have not exit yet
when the new one runs.
I'm thinking about have a script which will install my product first and then
uninstall the external product (the bootstrapper for uninstallation), but since
shortcut at start menu for uninstallation is not recommended, how could I let
user remember to use the script to uninstall? Besides, how could I delete the
script itself during uninstall?
I cannot change the UninstallString registry value of ARP, because it's
determined and set by Windows Installer and not opened for customization.
Is the ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT the only solution for this scenario? Or are there any
other better approaches?
Thanks,
-Elfe
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[WiX-users] How to make Edit control readonly?
Could we have a read-only edit control, so user can select the text, but cannot modify it? Thanks, -Elfe -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] FileSharePermission - Change?
WOW! GenericRead + Traverse really works for Read! Why it has such an interesting behavior? Is it a bug or by design? The GenericRead='yes' Traverse='yes' seems to give Read. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/FileSharePermission-Change-tp711870p5291311.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Property set in UI Sequence are not recognized in Execute Sequence?
Hi, I have a dialog with checkboxes to allow user choose the features they want to install, and I have several custom actions to prepare data if user want to install some feature. The INSTALL_AGENT public property allows user to choose features by command line, and the install_agent private property is bind to the checkbox. In the code: !-Pre set the install_agent property according to cmdline input-- SetProperty Id=install_agent Value=1 Before=AppSearch Sequence=both![CDATA[INSTALL_AGENT ~= YES]]/SetProperty !-In the feature select dialog-- Control Id=CheckBoxAgent Type=CheckBox X=25 Y=103 Width=280 Height=15 CheckBoxValue=1 Property=install_agent Text=!(loc.FeatureSelection_AgentTitle) Control Id=Next Type=PushButton X=236 Y=243 Width=56 Height=17 Default=yes Text=!(loc.WixUINext) Publish Event=Remove Value=ALL1/Publish Publish Event=AddLocal Value=FeatureAgentinstall_agent/Publish /Control !-In InstallExecuteSequence, the CustomeAction for preparing registry values, happens before writeRegistryValues-- Custom Action=CAPrepareAgentRegistryValues Sequence=4960![CDATA[(NOT Installed) AND install_agent]]/Custom WriteRegistryValues Sequence=5000 / I tought the custom action should be executed, if: (1)user use INSTALL_AGENT=YES in cmdline. Or (2) user check the CheckBoxAgent by UI. However, I found actually it only works on first case. In second case, the action is skipped. Here is the log by execute: msiexec /I setup.msi INSTALL_AGENT=NO (1)MSI (c) (B8:70) [09:36:50:953]: Skipping action: Setinstall_agent (condition is false) (2)Action 9:36:56: FeatureSelectionDlg. Dialog created (3)MSI (c) (B8:CC) [09:36:58:628]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding install_agent property. Its value is '1'. (4)MSI (s) (98:08) [09:37:11:623]: Skipping action: Setinstall_agent (condition is false) (5)MSI (s) (98:08) [09:37:17:636]: Skipping action: CAPrepareAgentRegistryValues (condition is false) Action (1) (2) (3) are in UI sequence, and (4) (5) are in execute sequence. Action (5) is skipped, but shouldn't the condition be true since install_agent is 1 after action (3)? Seems the action in UI has no effect to condition in execute sequence? If I run msiexec /I setup.msi INSTALL_AGENT=YES, then it works fine. I know that change the condition to ![CDATA[(NOT Installed) AND FeatureAgent = 3]] would solve my problem, but I would like to understand why use install_agent here would fail. The properties used in UI and Execute sequence are separated and do not influence the other? It is quite different from what I had expected. Thanks, -Elfe -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How to shwo Error Dialog without Ignore button for WriteRegistryValues failure
Hi, I found when WriteRegistryValues action failed, an error message box pops up, with Cancel/Retry/Ignore buttons. In our product, some registry value are very important, and we don't want the installer report as success if the write failes. How could I customize the error message box, to remove the Ignore button? (while still leverage the default implementation as much as possible, to avoid too much my own code.) Thanks, -Elfe -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Inherit permissions on a folder in WiX 3
Emmm... Just took a look at the WixUtilExtension code, and find it's really complex and is hard for me to modify in short time. I will write my own CustomAction instead. More questions: (1) where would you put this CA? After CreateFolder of course. It must has the virtual account, so will after install service. Are there any other dependences? (2) should I leverage the PermissionEx's ability, to have it do what it can do, and add the CA for those it cannot do; or should I just use CA to do all the granting permission stuff? If the first case, what the execute sequence should be? (3) I'm assigning permissions to folder/reigstrykey created by the installer. Seems to me there is no need of corresponding CAs for uninstalling/rollback? Since the folder/key will be deleted anyway. Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Inherit-permissions-on-a-folder-in-WiX-3-tp707219p5260679.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Inherit permissions on a folder in WiX 3
Then how to make the permission not inheritable? I have to use PermissionEx because I'm using virtual account of a service which is added during installation, so the granting permission action has to be executed after install service. Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Inherit-permissions-on-a-folder-in-WiX-3-tp707219p5254988.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to run Managed Custom Action (Wix 3.0) in dotNet 4.0 only machine?
Is there any risk if we use set useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy=true? Is there any known compatibility issues we should avoid? Do our tester need to spend extra attention on some certain items because of this? Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-run-Managed-Custom-Action-Wix-3-0-in-dotNet-4-0-only-machine-tp5235311p5255218.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Unable to add permission for virtual account
Hi,
My target machine is Win2k8 R2 or Win7, which supports virtual account.
In my setup code, I have a ServiceInstall and the account is set to virtual
account NT Service\MyService
And I have a CreateFolder, which I want to grant permissions to the virtual
account
The code is like:
Component Id=cmpEE183C6477823F89D36AFD338130E837
Guid={76799486-FB33-42F6-87EB-D644C400886A}
File Id=filCFE915781A5270051FB2412A7EA21D9E KeyPath=yes
Source=$(var.BinDirRoot)\MyService.exe /
ServiceInstall Name=MyService
DisplayName=My Service
Start=auto
Type=ownProcess
ErrorControl=normal
Account=NT Service\MyService
/
ServiceControl Id=SCMyService Stop=uninstall Remove=uninstall
Name=MyService /
/Component
Component Id=cmp79309F0996E4D40CAEC1389FB7D7E8F8
Guid={0A016CE5-8629-4990-B91D-A80008818F4E} KeyPath=yes
CreateFolder
Permission GenericAll=yes User=NT Service\MyService /
/CreateFolder
/Component
I got error NT Service\MyService is not a valid user or group.
I thought it was because the CreateFolder and grant permission happens before
install service, so I change the InstallExecuteSequence, set
InstallServices Sequence=3650 /
CreateFolders Sequence=3700 /
Now from the log, the InstallServices do happen before CreateFolders. However,
I still got the same error when grant permission.
If I don't set the permission, the installation will success, and the service
is logon NT Service\MyService correctly.
I can successfully grant permission of NT Service\MyService to the folder
manually.
Any idea of the failure?
Thanks,
-Elfe
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[WiX-users] How to uninstall the program if I made such mistake
Hi, I'm working on some setup project. I built my project, run the msi, and get the product installed. I made some change on the code, rebuilt it again, run the msi, and got error another version is already installed, please use ARP ... I went to the ARP in control panel, find my product, click Uninstall... The, the terrible error message box comes out: Windows Server 2008 is required. Blablabla... This is the error message I defined and used in launchcondition, the bad thing is I've forgot to add Installed OR in the condition expression! Condition Message=!(loc.Error_Prereq_OSVersion) ![CDATA[(IGNORE_PRE_CHECK 0) OR (OS_SUPPORTE_UI AND VersionNT = 600 AND WindowsBuild = 6001 AND MsiNTProductType =3)]] /Condition IGNORE_PRE_CHECK is a property I used temporally, to make the setup work in my dev machine (it's win7). So I can install/uninstall it by Msiexec /i (/x) setup.msi IGNORE_PRE_CHECK=1 But now, I don't have the original msi anymore and can only remove it from ARP. What should I do? Thanks, -Elfe -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to uninstall the program if I made such mistake
SUPER! This works! Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-uninstall-the-program-if-I-made-such-mistake-tp5242524p5244519.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall and ServiceControl question
Hi Blair, Would you please help me to understand why I need to make the CA as deferred without impersonation? Since I want the install to success no matter whether the service started successfully or failed, I just run StartMyService CA after InstallFinalize. Do you see any problem of doing so? Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/ServiceInstall-and-ServiceControl-question-tp3814416p5246178.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Quesionts about CustomAction with failure
Hi,
I wrote a custom action to validate user inputs:
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult ValidateInputs(Session session)
{
//...
If(invalid)
{ session[invalid_input]=1;}
Return ActionResult.Success.
}
The in the Wix file I check for invalid_input property.
Although this works fine, I would like to know:
1) Should I use ActionResult.Failure if the input is invalid? The
ActionResult enum gives me the feeling that I should do this. But the problem
is if it returns Failure, the installer will abort immediately. I didn't find a
way to customize the behavior according to ActionResult.Failure.
2) I saw a post
http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/gabrielschenker/archive/2010/05/19/wix-and-custom-actions.aspx
say the new property need to be all up-case, to make it as global variables.
What is global variable? I only saw private/public/restricted public
properties, and I feel I should use private property here, so user cannot set
it via command. (I don't know how to add a restricted public property by
session object.) Am I doing right?
Thanks,
-Elfe
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Re: [WiX-users] Weird behavior of Checkbox control and SetProperty
I found the reason. MSI can only set the property to NULL (aka Not set) when a checkbox is unselected. So remove the line Property Id=USE_PROXY Value=0 / (which actually make the checkbox checked), and everything works fine. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Weird-behavior-of-Checkbox-control-and-SetProperty-tp5220430p5224689.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Is this the right way to use Fragment?
Hi, I have some SetProperty code need to be executed after LaunchCondition, e.g. SetProperty Id=use_proxy Value=1 After=LaunchConditions Sequence=ui![CDATA[PROXY_SERVER ]]/SetProperty To make the Product.wxs file clean, I added a new file Prepare.wxs, and move the SetProperty code into that file, under the Fragment element. However, I found the SetProperty does not get executed when I put it in Prepare.wxs, but it works when in Product.wxs. I checked the document, and found: The contents of a Fragment element can be linked into a product by utilizing one of the many *Ref elements. So I add a CustomeAction Id=Foo ... to Prepare.wxs, and in the Product.wxs, use CustomActionRef Id=Foo Everything works fine now, but I have little concern, because it seems strange to me that the final result is based on some cheating element. Am I doing right, or there is some recommended way for this? Thanks, -Elfe -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Edit Control, trap textchanged possible?
Are there any workarounds? Seems to me this is a very common scenario. Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Edit-Control-trap-textchanged-possible-tp2907541p5224744.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] No OpenFileDialog or something like that?
Hi, During my product setup, I need to let user to specify the path of a certificate file on his local driver. I searched for something like the OpenFileDialog in Wix/WI for a while, but could not find things for this purpose. The DirectoryCombo and DirectoryList seems only for folders, but cannot be used for a specific type (e.g. .cert) of files. Do I have to use CustomAction, to invoke the OpenFileDialog? B.T.W. is there any place that I can find lots of Wix samples? The Wix document does not have samples, and search on the internet always costs lots of time with little result. Currently I'm mostly refer to the UIExtension in Wix source, but it's very limited. Thanks, -Elfe -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] No OpenFileDialog or something like that?
@Johannes Thanks for the link to wixwiki. But these samples are too simple and do not show the complex usage for me to refer :( I tried to write a custom action to use OpenFileDialog class. However, the CA gets exceptions Current thread must be set to single thread apartment (STA) mode before OLE calls can be made. Ensure that your Main function has STAThreadAttribute marked on it. This exception is only raised if a debugger is attached to the process. I found an old post http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Detecting-IA64-bit-architecture-td1381532.html#a1383764 here say that I need to create a new thread to invoke the function. Since it is a old post (2008) and Joson had suggest to submit a feature requrest for this requirement, I would like to know if there is any easy way to achieve this now. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/No-OpenFileDialog-or-something-like-that-tp5216565p5219318.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Weird behavior of Checkbox control and SetProperty
Hi, Hope you are not getting tired with my name, since I've posted so many questions these days :P This time is about a strange behavior when I use Checkbox and the SetProperty control. On the UI, I have [] Use proxy: Address: __ Port: ([] is checkbox, and is Edit) In my dialog, I have Control Id=CheckboxUseProxy Type=CheckBox X=25 Y=133 Width=280 Height=15 CheckBoxValue=1 Property=USE_PROXY Text=!(loc.GatewaySettings_UseProxy) / Control Id=LabelAddress Type=Text X=40 Y=154 Width=35 Height=15 Transparent=yes NoPrefix=yes Text=!(loc.GatewaySettings_Address) / Control Id=EditAddress Type=Edit X=80 Y=151 Width=165 Height=18 Property=PROXY_SERVER Condition Action=disable![CDATA[ USE_PROXY 1]]/Condition Condition Action=enable![CDATA[ USE_PROXY = 1]]/Condition /Control Control Id=LabelPort Type=Text X=255 Y=154 Width=25 Height=15 Transparent=yes NoPrefix=yes Text=!(loc.GatewaySettings_Port) / Control Id=EditPort Type=Edit X=280 Y=151 Width=30 Height=18 Property=PROXY_PORT Condition Action=disable![CDATA[ USE_PROXY 1]]/Condition Condition Action=enable![CDATA[ USE_PROXY = 1]]/Condition And in the Produce.wxs, I have Property Id=USE_PROXY Value=0 / SetProperty Id=USE_PROXY Value=1 After=LaunchConditions Sequence=ui![CDATA[PROXY_SERVER = ]]/SetProperty I add the SetProperty code, wish to let user only need to specify PROXY_SERVER and PROXY_PORT when launch the setup by msiexec, but no need to specify USE_PROXY. But I found the behavior is not what I want. When I run msiexec with PROXY_SERVER=123.4.5.6 The checkbox is checked, the address is filled, but the address and port edit are DISABLED. When I run msiexec without PROXY_SERVER value The checkbox is STILL checked, the address is empty, and it is enabled. Seems to me there is something make the checkbox to be checked when it is shown, and by default the two Edits are disabled. So if SetProperty executed, then when dialog show, the value is not changed, and the Edits keeps disabled. If SetProperty is not executed, then when dialog show, the value is changed to 1, and the Edits become enabled. I've tried change the SetProperty's Sequence and Before/After, but still don't work. Why the checkbox does not respect USE_PROXY value, and always been checked? I didn't find any attribute for the default value. Thanks, -Elfe -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Questions about the Edit control
Hi, Here is what I want: In MySettingDlg, I have a Edit control allow user to input a sting, the Next button will only be enabled when the string is not empty. I thought it should be easy, but I've searched the document for long and still didn't find solutions. The code : Control Id=EditServer Type=Edit X=40 Y=66 Width=280 Height=18 Property=SERVER_NAME Control Id=Next Type=PushButton X=236 Y=243 Width=56 Height=17 Default=yes Text=!(loc.WixUINext) Condition Action=disable ![CDATA[SERVER_NAME=]] /Condition Condition Action=enable ![CDATA[NOT (SERVER_NAME=)]] /Condition /Control There are two problems: 1) The enable/disable status of the Next pushbutton only get updated when the Edit control lost focus. I wish it could get updated when text changed. 2) How to trim the string? I want to have condition like trim(SERVER_NAME)=, but it just don't work. Thanks, -Elfe -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Undefined preprocessor variable error
In MyProj.WIX.Targets, I have PropertyGroup DefineConstantsBinDirRoot=$(BranchBinDirRoot)/DefineConstants /PropertyGroup And in Components.wxs, I have File Id=fil1DE3D614CB174A2DA7F5012F10EAC14B KeyPath=yes Source=$(var.BinDirRoot)\abc.dll / So far so good. Then I want to add a file from the source, File Id=filD8FD88128EAAAC90D4BE23E362C39F64 KeyPath=yes Source=$(var.SourceDirRoot)\setup\Relnotes.rtf / Surely I will get error of Undefined preprocessor variable $(var.SourceDirRoot) Then I modify the MyProj.WIX.Targets, add this line: PropertyGroup DefineConstantsBinDirRoot=$(BranchBinDirRoot)/DefineConstants DefineConstantsSourceDirRoot=$(BranchSourceDirRoot)/DefineConstants /PropertyGroup Compile again, still has the error Undefined preprocessor variable $(var.SourceDirRoot) I know that seems the VS has some cache and so I close the VS, re-open it, and complie again. This time, I got the error of Undefined preprocessor variable $(var.BinDirRoot) I've no idea what's wrong here. Obviously the BinDirRoot is defined and should work as before. Any thoughts? Thanks, -Elfe -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Undefined preprocessor variable error
Interesting. Why is the DefineConstants different with other element suche as Property? I have a file MyProj.WIX.targets, which is used by Setupx64.wixproj and Setupx86.wixproj. So I could not have my constants definitation partially in the WIX.targets and partially in the wixproj files, according to whether they are shared or not. Because one of them will get overwritten. Althought currently I don't have such a scenario, but this limitation seems unfriendly to me:( -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Undefined-preprocessor-variable-error-tp5209950p5211321.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] using a variable for Component Win64 attribute value still generating generic warning not uniquely suppressible in wixproj | build | suppress specific warnings field
Hi Bob, I have the same problem and found this very old post. Would you please give me more detail on how to have the compiler supply the default value for the Win64 attribute when the InstallerPlatform .wixproj property is x64 or ia64/intel64 ? Thanks! -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/using-a-variable-for-Component-Win64-attribute-value-still-generating-generic-warning-not-uniquely-sd-tp1515820p5189865.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] using a variable for Component Win64 attribute value still generating generic warning not uniquely suppressible in wixproj | build | suppress specific warnings field
Yeah, set the INSTALLPLATFORM property works. I had thought the build platform set by configuration means the INSTALLPLATFORM. It's interesting that if I didn't set this property, the sys.BUILDARCH is still correct (as I'm using Debug | x64), but the win64 is no. Is there any reason that: (1) the build platform need to be different with the INSTALLPLATFORM? (2) there are cases that the BUILDARCH is x64 but the win64 need to be false (by default) for package, components, ca, registrykey... Thanks, -Elfe -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/using-a-variable-for-Component-Win64-attribute-value-still-generating-generic-warning-not-uniquely-sd-tp1515820p5193501.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
Hi,
I'm trying a CA
CustomAction Id=RegT ExeCommand=blablabla\RegAsm.exe T.dll
Execute=immediate /
and found it can only success if I make the CA run after InstallFinalized.
Otherwise, it will fail.
I think the right way is to use Class element, but I just cannot make the
result the same as I execute regasm.exe.
Here is my trying:
Component Id =TestComponent
Guid=D75C79A1-83C9-467D-89FB-4B7E081401CE Win64=$(var.USEWIN64)
File Id=TestCOM Assembly=.net Name=Test.dll DiskId=1
Source=..\..\TestCOM.dll KeyPath=yes
Class Id=CE13T9EC-3BE1-4292-89C4-243ERF42967B
Description=test com
ThreadingModel=both
Context=InprocServer32
ProgId Id=MyTestCOM /
/Class
/File
/Component
I just cannot find way to set lots of other stuffs, like
Implemented Categories with value {62C8FE65-4EBB-45e7-B440-6E39B2CDBF29}
The Assembly, Class, RuntimeVersion under InprocServer32.
I want to set the ForeignServer with mscoree.dll, but wix says it cannot be
used under File.
I guess I might doing totally wrong. Anyone can give me a sample of how to do
the register?
Another question is: when I want to add the .net assembly into wix project
reference, why I get the error of Test.dll could not be added. Please make
sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid WiX reference.
Because of this failure, I can only add the file by the relevant path. Not sure
if it is a cause of the register failure.
Thanks,
-Elfe
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Re: [WiX-users] How to integrate into TFS if the wix project has managed CA written with DTF?
Thanks Blair. I checked the wix.ca.targets. Seems when using this in our TFS build environment, I need to do a little change of the path values, because the wix on build machine is not installed, but by copying files into the public folder. @Rob: yes, the articles in wix document are very clear and helps me to integrate wix project into tfs. What it doesn't have, is for C# CA projects. I guess it's better for the DTF document to add this. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-integrate-into-TFS-if-the-wix-project-has-managed-CA-written-with-DTF-tp5170887p5173308.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Question about register .net COM object
Yeah, the heat.exe works fine! thanks! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Question-about-register-net-COM-object-tp5172220p5173310.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Custom Action call get InvalidHandleException when use session.GetProductProperty
Hi,
I'm using the C# custome action template in VS to create my first custom
action, but it failed.
Here is my code:
In Product.wxs
Binary Id=CustomActions.dll
SourceFile=$(var.CustomActions.TargetDir)$(var.CustomActions.TargetName).CA.dll
/
CustomAction Id=CustomAction1 BinaryKey=CustomActions.dll
DllEntry=CustomAction1 Execute=immediate /
InstallExecuteSequence
Custom Action='CustomAction1' After='InstallFinalize'NOT
Installed/Custom
/InstallExecuteSequence
In CustomActions project, CustomAction.cs,
namespace CustomActions
{
public class CustomActions
{
[CustomAction]
public static ActionResult CustomAction1(Session session)
{
session.Log(Begin CustomAction1);
session.Log(session.GetProductProperty(AGENT_SERVER));
return ActionResult.Success;
}
}
}
And here is the log:
Action ended 3:50:57: InstallFinalize. Return value 1.
Action 3:50:57: CustomAction1.
Action start 3:50:57: CustomAction1.
SFXCA: Extracting custom action to temporary directory:
C:\Users\elfexu\AppData\Local\Temp\MSICE39.tmp-\
SFXCA: Binding to CLR version v2.0.50727
Calling custom action CustomActions!CustomActions.CustomActions.CustomAction1
Begin CustomAction1
Exception thrown by custom action:
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the
target of an invocation. ---
Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.InvalidHandleException: The handle is
invalid.
at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Session.GetProductProperty(String
property)
at CustomActions.CustomActions.CustomAction1(Session session)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object
arguments, SignatureStruct sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes,
RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object
arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle
typeOwner)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags
invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean
skipVisibilityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags
invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at
Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.CustomActionProxy.InvokeCustomAction(Int32
sessionHandle, String entryPoint, IntPtr remotingDelegatePtr)
CustomAction CustomAction1 returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not
be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
Action ended 3:51:55: CustomAction1. Return value 3.
Action ended 3:51:55: INSTALL. Return value 3.
Any idea about the failure?
Thanks,
-Elfe
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Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action call get InvalidHandleException when use session.GetProductProperty
What a silly question I've posted -_-! I only thought about the .net framework version issue (because previously I got a problem with .net4), but forgot to check the document. Thanks Blair! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Custom-Action-call-get-InvalidHandleException-when-use-session-GetProductProperty-tp5169564p5170849.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] How to integrate into TFS if the wix project has managed CA written with DTF?
Hi all, I've learnt that to make a wix project work with TFS, I need to edit the .wixproj file, and also the TFSBuild project by adding ConfigurationToBuild to Mixed Platforms. I also learnt that if I have a C# library project, and I want to use it as custom action library, I need to run MakeSfxCA to package the binary. Now my question is: how to put them together? What should I do to integrate my wix project into TFS, if it has CustomAction that refer to a C# library project? I tried to write a CA project with the C# CA template in VS, and find it does the package automatically. I checked for the wix and cs project files, but find nothing. Seems it has some magic inside. Anyone can provide some instructions for me to follow? Thanks! -Elfe -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Which one to use? WIX3 or WIX3.5beta?
Hi, Our team is about to use WIX to create installer for our product, and we need to decide which version of wix to choose. Although the wix s...@codeplex recommend to download wix3.0, I also saw this from tfsbuild.comhttp://tfsbuild.com/(X(1)S(ujhgrq45mqeedjqdcfaqtt55))/Default.aspx?Page=WiX%20MSI%20Setup%20PackageAspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1: Where do I get WiX from? I suggest downloading one of the recent weekly releases from here: http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/ This is because the 'official' releases herehttp://wix.sourceforge.net/downloadv3.html are quite stale and you miss out on important bugfixes. I prefer WIX3.5 because our team is using VSTS2010 and only 3.5 can make the votive work on 2010. If the 3.5beta is stable enough or even more stable than 3.0, then surely we will choose 3.5beta. Which one would you suggest me to choose, based on your previous experience? Thanks, -Elfe -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
