Re: [WiX-users] Simple CopyFile example
Thanks for the reply. That's a great point about modify/repair. Thanks, Paul From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 8:27 PM To: Paul McCloskey Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Simple CopyFile example Paul McCloskey wrote: Does anyone have a simple CopyFile example they can share? One of our MSIs needs to copy a file from its current directory (CD) to the INSTALLDIR. That will cause failures if the user doesn't have the CD in the drive during a modify/repair. A safer way is to use a separate uncompressed Media element to have loose files stored on the root of the CD. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Simple CopyFile example
Hi all, Does anyone have a simple CopyFile example they can share? One of our MSIs needs to copy a file from its current directory (CD) to the INSTALLDIR. Thanks, Paul - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Help on MsiGetProperty()
The value of MyProperty is stored in szValueBuf.
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Subject: [WiX-users] Help on MsiGetProperty()
I've created a wrapper custom action dll with MsiGetProperty().From what
i
see from MSDN,MsiGetProperty uses MyProperty as shown below;which is
used
by the custom action. Can anyone help me understand this part? Where
should
i get value for MyProperty?
Snip from MSDN site on MsiGetProperty:
UINT __stdcall MyCustomAction(MSIHANDLE hInstall)
{
TCHAR* szValueBuf = NULL;
DWORD cchValueBuf = 0;
UINT uiStat = MsiGetProperty(hInstall, TEXT(MyProperty),
TEXT(),
cchValueBuf);
if (ERROR_MORE_DATA == uiStat)
{
++cchValueBuf; // on output does not include terminating null,
so
add 1
szValueBuf = new TCHAR[cchValueBuf];
if (szValueBuf)
{
uiStat = MsiGetProperty(hInstall, TEXT(MyProperty),
szValueBuf, cchValueBuf);
}
}
if (ERROR_SUCCESS != uiStat)
{
if (szValueBuf != NULL)
delete [] szValueBuf;
return ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE;
}
// custom action uses MyProperty
// ...
delete [] szValueBuf;
return ERROR_SUCCESS;
}
Thanks
Anidil
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Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper and MsiInstallProduct
Are you waiting for the perquisite executables to completely finish installing before trying to call MsiInstallProduct? There can be only one executing MSI at a time. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Krause, Henning Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:36 PM To: Ben Greenberg Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper and MsiInstallProduct Hello, I already call MsiEnableLog(~0, logfile, 3); But no log is created. The method fails instantly. Kind regards, Henning -Original Message- From: Ben Greenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:23 PM To: Krause, Henning Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper and MsiInstallProduct Perhaps you can try shelling out and running msiexec.exe with logging enabled. Even if it still doesn't work, you may have a more descriptive error message. bg Krause, Henning wrote: Hello, I'm writing a setup-bootstrapper which installs some required software before the actual MSI is executed. The MSI is installed via MsiInstallProduct. This works just fine if no external process is called prior to the call to MsiInstallProduct. But if I launch any executable prior to the call, MsiInstallProduct fails with E_FAIL (0x80004005). I've googled for this combination but found nothing. Anyone got a clue? Kind regards, Henning - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Sourcedir
Thanks for the reply. Since we're using WIX for MSI authoring and examining a bootstrapper architectchure, we've been experimenting with Office 2007. It's the biggest WIX authored bootstrapper driven install we could think of. Specifically I'm interested in exactly how they can through Group Policy assign a single MSI to a machine which then appears to copy or install the installation media to the client machine, and finishes by launching the setup.exe on the local machine. Getting a handle on how Microsoft is doing this will greatly help us offer Group Policy deployment scenarios to our customers. Probably way too much detail, but to get back to the original question of the SourceDir property, I've only been able to reliably detect Group Policy deployment and launch the custom action to trigger the bootstrapper which never actually launches anything because I haven't found a reliable way to find where the network MSI is running from. Any ideas are welcome. -Original Message- From: Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:16 PM To: Paul McCloskey Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Sourcedir In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul McCloskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We're exploring using a bootstrapper type install architecture for our suite of products. If there's no rush, I would wait for the next release of Windows Installer which will integrate bootstrappers for just the GPO deployment scenario you're talking about. Otherwise, the sequence of things will always be wrong because the bootstrapper should run before your product MSI runs. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX 9 draft available for download http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html Legalize Adulthood! http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/ - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Sourcedir
Hello, I'm trying to find a reliable way to get the path to the running MSI. Once I have the path, I'd like to spawn an executable that is relative to the MSI in a custom action. I'd like to try and do this as early as possible in the execute sequence. I've tried using SOURCEDIR to mixed results, and I've tried using C++ functions like GetModuleFileName, and I've tried using the CURRENTDIRECTORY property. What is complicating my approach is that this has to happen during Group Policy assignment so most of these functions return C:\Windows\system32, which is where the main msiexec is running from. Any ideas? - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Running an executable in the binary table
Thanks for the help and example snippet Chris, the explanation makes perfect sense and works like a charm. I tried going the dark route, but our IS generated MSI files make dark throw exceptions. Paul From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 10:00 PM To: Paul McCloskey; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running an executable in the binary table A type 3074 is just a Type 2 EXE CA stored in the binary table with the msidbCustomActionTypeInScript + msidbCustomActionTypeNoImpersonate attributes set. This means it's a deferred CA that runs as System Context and must be sequenced between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize. You could dark an InstallShield built MSI to get some XML to look at or you could dig through sparse schema documentation or you could use a tool like WiXAware to help you out. That's what I did ( I'm sorry... I'm a pretty smart guy but life is too short to be writing installs using a text editor IMO ). A sample CA snippet would look like: Binary Id=Notepad.exe SourceFile=C:\windows\notepad.exe /Binary CustomAction Id=CustomAction1 Return=check HideTarget=no Execute=deferred Impersonate=no TerminalServerAware=no ExeCommand= BinaryKey=Notepad.exe /CustomAction InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=CustomAction1 After=InstallInitialize / /InstallExecuteSequence Paul McCloskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm trying to convert an existing Installshield project to Wix 3.0. I'm having trouble getting my head around recreating a custom action. The IS project runs an executable in the binary table as a type 3074 custom action, is there an equivalent in WIX? Thanks. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows http://us.rd.yahoo.com/tv/mail/tagline/tonightspicks/evt=48220/*http:/t v.yahoo.com/%20%0d%0a on Yahoo! TV. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Running an executable in the binary table
Hello, I'm trying to convert an existing Installshield project to Wix 3.0. I'm having trouble getting my head around recreating a custom action. The IS project runs an executable in the binary table as a type 3074 custom action, is there an equivalent in WIX? Thanks. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
