Re: [WiX-users] Asia error
I usually received this message on windows server 2003 when the windows imaging component is missing... -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2013 16:19 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Asia error IIRC, 5100 was their return code for restart required or something? They had some very strange return codes for a while. They are documented somewhere on MSDN, IIRC... but never easy to find. On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Simon Stevenson redw...@gmail.com wrote: We are getting an error in some cases where we are installing .net 4, and the user is presented with the message Asia. After some investigation it seems that the .net installer is returning exit code 5100, but it is somehow being interpreted as a HRESULT which happens to be the string Asia. Has anyone seen this behaviour or have any idea why this is happening? -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Forward msi messages in embedded mode
Yes exactly, in my main bundle's UX I want to display some MSI progress messages during long running operations. If it was implemented in the engine itself it would be nice, but as I have control over all used bundles I could also implement it on my own if the method SendEmbeddedMessage would exist. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2013 06:58 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Forward msi messages in embedded mode Interesting idea. It might not hurt to fire one off to wix-devs and see if anyone else peaks an interest at this. The only downside that I can see is it would require some breaking changes to implement. Is your goal to have the MSI messages displayed in the single UX to give more feedback during long running operations? Do you have control over all the bundels, or are you wanting this in the core/engine so that any Wix bundle will play nice? From: Bob Arnson [b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 6:27 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Forward msi messages in embedded mode On 29-May-13 03:03, Ogrodowski, Sabine (ehem. Frauenhoffer) wrote: Sending progress and error messages works fine with the methods SendEmbeddedProgress and SendEmbeddedError but what I'm missing is a possibility to forward the msi messages from the embedded bundle to my toplevel bundle. Is there some method SendEmbeddedMessage or something like that, which I'm just unable to find? Or is there any other option to achieve this? Not at present. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with 2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with 2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Forward msi messages in embedded mode
Hi, I'm running a bundle which itself contains 2 bundles and some msi. I'm using a custom bootstrapper application to achieve this. Installation is working but I have some trouble displaying the progress as I want to display a progress bar and some description. As description I normally use the messages received from the msi. And there I'm running into problems when embedding a bundle in another bundle. Sending progress and error messages works fine with the methods SendEmbeddedProgress and SendEmbeddedError but what I'm missing is a possibility to forward the msi messages from the embedded bundle to my toplevel bundle. Is there some method SendEmbeddedMessage or something like that, which I'm just unable to find? Or is there any other option to achieve this? Regards, Sabine -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with 2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] 2 bundles sharing some msi's behaving strange on xp
Procmon says the registry keys get deleted by the msiexec process. I haven't worked with procmon before, so what information could help you? The problem is not reproducible on all XP machines. If window update KB982524 is installed we don't see this behavior. If a machine hasn't installed this update e.g. because it has no .Net 2 or .Net 3.5 installed, we see the error quite often, especially if no network connection exists. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. Februar 2013 18:21 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] 2 bundles sharing some msi's behaving strange on xp Never seen such behavior. Can you try using procmon to watch the registry and see what is deleting the key? On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Ogrodowski, Sabine (ehem. Frauenhoffer) sabine.ogrodow...@haufe-lexware.com wrote: Another problem I'm currently struggling with: I create two bundles, that have some msi's in common. If I install both on Win 7 and uninstall 1 of them, the shared msi's stay installed. Great. On XP however, the shared msi's get uninstalled too. We digged a bit deeper and found out, that sometimes the registry key hkcr\installer\dependencies completely gets deleted during the second installer's installation process which then leads to the result, that only the second product is registered in this registry key. When we then uninstall the second product, there is no further dependency on the shared msi's found, and they get uninstalled. I tested on Windows XP Profesional (32 bit) SP 3. Has anyone seen this strange behavior before? Is there some workaround? -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Bundle registered in ARP after prerequesitesare installed
Thank you for your reply. I know, that it can be that simple to use the WixNetFxExtension. Unfortunately I need to also install on machines that have no internet access and so I can't use it. That's why I copied some part from the WixNetFxExtension and adjusted it to use the .Net exe I put on the disk. Nonetheless I tried your approach. The result is the same: If I install .Net an ARP entry for my bundle is created and if I cancel the custom bootstrapper and start it again, it comes up in maintenance mode because WixBundleInstalled is 1. I even tried with the WiX v3.7 setup itself and it showed the same behavior. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. Februar 2013 17:01 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Bundle registered in ARP after prerequesitesare installed http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/install_dotnet.htm Chain PackageGroupRef Id=NetFx40ClientRedist/ ...your msi stuff goes here... /Chain End. Yes it's that simple using WiXNetFXExtension. All the extra code you have is just duplicating effort causing you problems. Palbinder Sandher Software Platform Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual Environment** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Ogrodowski, Sabine (ehem. Frauenhoffer) [mailto:sabine.ogrodow...@haufe-lexware.com] Sent: 12 February 2013 15:13 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Bundle registered in ARP after prerequesites are installed When we install our bundle on a machine that has no .Net 4 installed, it gets installed by the prerequisites installer. Afterwards our custom bootstrapper starts up, and the wix variable WixBundleInstalled is 0, which is correct. Unfortunately at this point there already exists an entry for our bootstrapper in ARP. So when we cancel installation and restart our bootstrapper, WixBundleInstalled returns 1 and we start in maintenance mode, although our bundle isn't installed. Here is what I use to install .net 4: Fragment util:RegistrySearchRef Id=NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENT/ ?define NetFx40EulaLink = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=188993 ? WixVariable Id=WixMbaPrereqPackageId Value=NetFx40Client / WixVariable Id=WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl Value=$(var.NetFx40EulaLink) / PackageGroup Id=NetFx40Client ExePackage InstallCommand=/q /norestart /ChainingPackage quot;[WixBundleName]quot; RepairCommand=/q /norestart /repair /ChainingPackage quot;[WixBundleName]quot; UninstallCommand=/uninstall /q /norestart /ChainingPackage quot;[WixBundleName]quot; PerMachine=yes DetectCondition=NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENT Id=NetFx40Client Vital=yes Permanent=yes Protocol=netfx4 Compressed=no Cache=no SourceFile=..\dotnet_4_0\dotNetFx40_Client_x86_x64.exe Name=data\dotnet\dotNetFx40_Client_x86_x64.exe /ExePackage /PackageGroup /Fragment What would I have to change to get this scenario to work? -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Bundle registered in ARP afterprerequesitesare installed
I found this bug on this topic, but it is marked as closed, so I thought it should work... http://sourceforge.net/p/wix/bugs/2635/ -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2013 10:15 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Bundle registered in ARP afterprerequesitesare installed On 13/02/2013 08:01, Ogrodowski, Sabine (ehem. Frauenhoffer) wrote: Thank you for your reply. I know, that it can be that simple to use the WixNetFxExtension. Unfortunately I need to also install on machines that have no internet access and so I can't use it. That's why I copied some part from the WixNetFxExtension and adjusted it to use the .Net exe I put on the disk. Nonetheless I tried your approach. The result is the same: If I install .Net an ARP entry for my bundle is created and if I cancel the custom bootstrapper and start it again, it comes up in maintenance mode because WixBundleInstalled is 1. I even tried with the WiX v3.7 setup itself and it showed the same behavior. I'm fairly sure this is a known bug, with a ticket on Sourceforge. I found a similar issue today: if I run 2 copies of the installer, the second as the first is in the process of installing, the 2nd will fail and cause no ARP entry to be created once the first finishes. -- Bruce -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Problem with localizing bundle's prerequisites
Thank you so much Bob, I was struggling with that such a long time and this was exactly the information I needed!! -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] 2 bundles sharing some msi's behaving strange on xp
Another problem I'm currently struggling with: I create two bundles, that have some msi's in common. If I install both on Win 7 and uninstall 1 of them, the shared msi's stay installed. Great. On XP however, the shared msi's get uninstalled too. We digged a bit deeper and found out, that sometimes the registry key hkcr\installer\dependencies completely gets deleted during the second installer's installation process which then leads to the result, that only the second product is registered in this registry key. When we then uninstall the second product, there is no further dependency on the shared msi's found, and they get uninstalled. I tested on Windows XP Profesional (32 bit) SP 3. Has anyone seen this strange behavior before? Is there some workaround? -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Bundle registered in ARP after prerequesites are installed
When we install our bundle on a machine that has no .Net 4 installed, it gets installed by the prerequisites installer. Afterwards our custom bootstrapper starts up, and the wix variable WixBundleInstalled is 0, which is correct. Unfortunately at this point there already exists an entry for our bootstrapper in ARP. So when we cancel installation and restart our bootstrapper, WixBundleInstalled returns 1 and we start in maintenance mode, although our bundle isn't installed. Here is what I use to install .net 4: Fragment util:RegistrySearchRef Id=NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENT/ ?define NetFx40EulaLink = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=188993 ? WixVariable Id=WixMbaPrereqPackageId Value=NetFx40Client / WixVariable Id=WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl Value=$(var.NetFx40EulaLink) / PackageGroup Id=NetFx40Client ExePackage InstallCommand=/q /norestart /ChainingPackage quot;[WixBundleName]quot; RepairCommand=/q /norestart /repair /ChainingPackage quot;[WixBundleName]quot; UninstallCommand=/uninstall /q /norestart /ChainingPackage quot;[WixBundleName]quot; PerMachine=yes DetectCondition=NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENT Id=NetFx40Client Vital=yes Permanent=yes Protocol=netfx4 Compressed=no Cache=no SourceFile=..\dotnet_4_0\dotNetFx40_Client_x86_x64.exe Name=data\dotnet\dotNetFx40_Client_x86_x64.exe /ExePackage /PackageGroup /Fragment What would I have to change to get this scenario to work? -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Bundle registered in ARP after prerequesitesare installed
Thank you for your reply. I know, that it can be that simple to use the WixNetFxExtension. Unfortunately I need to also install on machines that have no internet access and so I can't use it. That's why I copied some part from the WixNetFxExtension and adjusted it to use the .Net exe I put on the disk. Nonetheless I tried your approach. The result is the same: If I install .Net an ARP entry for my bundle is created and if I cancel the custom bootstrapper and start it again, it comes up in maintenance mode because WixBundleInstalled is 1. I even tried with the WiX v3.7 setup itself and it showed the same behavior. -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Problem with localizing bundle's prerequisites
Hopefully someone can help me on this. I just upgraded from WiX 3.6 to 3.7. In my bundle I use a wxl file to localize the prerequisites installer to German like this: WixVariable Id=PreqbaThemeWxl Value =prereq.wxl/ This worked fine on WiX 3.6 and stopped working after upgrading to WiX 3.7. I know that WiX 3.7 comes with a bunch of localization files itself, but anyway I need to customize it. When I extract the exe which gets build from this bundle project, I can see that there are now 2 files with Culture=de-de specified and no file with culture en-us. So it seems like always the English culture file gets overwritten, although it should overwrite the German one. Is this a bug in WiX or am I doing something terribly wrong? -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
