Re: [WiX-users] Installation on Vista

2008-06-18 Thread Volker Enderlein 
Hi Bob,

Thank your for pointing this out and helping me to clarify things.

Cheers Volker

Bob Arnson wrote:
 Volker Enderlein wrote:
 this way). The installer is started without elevation and defaults to an 
 per-user installation. Later the user/admin can change the preselection 
 in the GUI to an per-machine installation. And if he presses the install 
 button Vista UAC prompts for elevation.
 All I do is set the ALLUSERS Property for a per-user installation to 
 {} and for a per-machine installation to 1. When running without GUI 
 it defaults to 2.
   
 
 Vista always starts packages without elevation. Unless you use 
 Package/@InstallPrivileges=limited or Package/@InstallScope=perUser 
 MSI will prompt for elevation when the user clicks the final Install 
 button that kicks off the installation. That's regardless of the 
 ALLUSERS value.
 


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[WiX-users] Installation on Vista

2008-06-12 Thread Volker Enderlein 
Hi,

I want my wix based installer to run on windows 2000, XP, and Vista. It 
should offer a per-user and per-machine installation. Now I read in a 
previous task an answer from Bob Arnson that it's not possible under 
Windows Vista to request elevation at run time. But my first tests on a 
vista machine yield an opposite result (or at least I am interpreting it 
this way). The installer is started without elevation and defaults to an 
per-user installation. Later the user/admin can change the preselection 
in the GUI to an per-machine installation. And if he presses the install 
button Vista UAC prompts for elevation.
All I do is set the ALLUSERS Property for a per-user installation to 
{} and for a per-machine installation to 1. When running without GUI 
it defaults to 2.

Can someone provide me additional facts for this issue?

Thanks in advance, Cheers Volker

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Re: [WiX-users] Installation on Vista

2008-06-12 Thread Volker Enderlein 
Ok, I just read further and it seems that the behaviour is related to 
the setting of the ALLUSERS property. I is explained in detail in

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371865(VS.85).aspx

Cheers Volker

Volker Enderlein wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I want my wix based installer to run on windows 2000, XP, and Vista. It 
 should offer a per-user and per-machine installation. Now I read in a 
 previous task an answer from Bob Arnson that it's not possible under 
 Windows Vista to request elevation at run time. But my first tests on a 
 vista machine yield an opposite result (or at least I am interpreting it 
 this way). The installer is started without elevation and defaults to an 
 per-user installation. Later the user/admin can change the preselection 
 in the GUI to an per-machine installation. And if he presses the install 
 button Vista UAC prompts for elevation.
 All I do is set the ALLUSERS Property for a per-user installation to 
 {} and for a per-machine installation to 1. When running without GUI 
 it defaults to 2.
 
 Can someone provide me additional facts for this issue?
 
 Thanks in advance, Cheers Volker
 


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[WiX-users] light.exe crash when using Shortcuts and Merge modules in Wix

2008-06-06 Thread Volker Enderlein 
Hi folks,

I'm using WiX 2.0.5805.0 on Windows XP and facing a crash of light.exe 
when using Merge Modules and Shortcuts together. If I omit the Shortcut 
definition everything runs fine.

The error message from light.exe is:
light.exe : error LGHT0001 : Beim Aufruf einer COM-Komponente wurde ein 
HRESULT E_FAIL-Fehler zurückgegeben.

Exception Type: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException

Stack Trace:
bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.IMsmMerge2.Merge(String 
feature, String directory)
bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.MergeModules(String 
databasePath, Output output)
bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.Bind(Output output)
bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Run(String[] args)

You'll find the simple test program to reproduce this behaviour attached.

test.wxs

?xml version=1.0 encoding=windows-1252?
Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi;
   Product Name=alaska 5.2 Id=A6FD86D1-28AD-4387-B90A-EEB241E7F002
Language=1033 Codepage=1252 Version=5.2.0 
Manufacturer=Institute of Mechatronics

 Package Id=---- Keywords=Installer
  Description=Test Installer
  Comments=alaska is a registered trademark of Institute of 
Mechatronics.
  Manufacturer=Institute of Mechatronics
  InstallerVersion=100 Languages=1033 Compressed=yes
  SummaryCodepage=1252 /

 Condition Message=You need to be an administrator to install this 
product.
   Privileged
 /Condition

 Media Id=1 Cabinet=Sample.cab EmbedCab=yes 
DiskPrompt=CD-ROM #1 /
 Property Id=DiskPrompt Value=Test 1.0 Installation [1] /
 Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir
   Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Name=PFiles
 Directory Id=IfmFolder Name=Test
   Directory Id=INSTALLDIR Name=alaska LongName=Test 1.0
 Merge 
Id=VC_User_MFC71_Loc.3B4432BE_1CFD_4D42_9C85_9C9C551C257A 
Language=1033 SourceFile=C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Merge 
Modules\VC_User_MFC71_Loc_RTL_X86_---.msm DiskId=1 /
 Directory Id=Compositing Name=Composit 
LongName=Compositing
   Component Id=Test_01 
Guid=47EB0E1F-FE57-4953-8E70-2EBCA174A98A
 File Id=TestEXE Name=Test.exe LongName=Test.exe 
DiskId=1 Source=Test.exe Vital=yes
   Shortcut Id=startmenuTest 
Directory=ProgramMenuDir Name=Test LongName=Test 1.0 
WorkingDirectory=Compositing Icon=Test.exe IconIndex=0 /
 /File
   /Component
 /Directory
   /Directory
 /Directory
   /Directory
   Directory Id=ProgramMenuFolder Name=PMenu LongName=Programs
 Directory Id=ProgramMenuDir Name=alaska LongName=Test 1.0 /
   /Directory
 /Directory

 Feature Id=Compositing Title=Compositing Module 
Description=The Compositing Module ConfigurableDirectory=INSTALLDIR 
Level=1000
   ComponentRef Id=Test_01 /
   MergeRef 
Id=VC_User_MFC71_Loc.3B4432BE_1CFD_4D42_9C85_9C9C551C257A /
 /Feature
 UIRef Id=WixUI_Mondo /
 UIRef Id=WixUI_ErrorProgressText /
 Icon Id=Test.exe SourceFile=Test.exe /
   /Product
/Wix

Hope someone could shed light on this issue (pun intended).

Cheers Volker

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Re: [WiX-users] light.exe crash when using Shortcuts and Merge modules in Wix

2008-06-06 Thread Volker Enderlein 
That did the trick. It also fixed my problems with Shortcuts installing 
from merge modules. I would not have thought it to be that easy.
Thank you for your immediate response and your wonderful WiX toolkit! I 
enjoy working with it.

Keep up the good work,

Cheers Volker

Rob Mensching schrieb:
 Can you try grabbing the mergemod.dll out of the latest drop of the WiX v3 
 toolset (http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases)?  There was a bug recently 
 found in mergemod.dll that the VC runtime merge modules seem to have 
 uncovered.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Volker 
 Enderlein
 Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 02:33
 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: [WiX-users] light.exe crash when using Shortcuts and Merge modules 
 in Wix
 
 Hi folks,
 
 I'm using WiX 2.0.5805.0 on Windows XP and facing a crash of light.exe
 when using Merge Modules and Shortcuts together. If I omit the Shortcut
 definition everything runs fine.
 
 The error message from light.exe is:
 light.exe : error LGHT0001 : Beim Aufruf einer COM-Komponente wurde ein
 HRESULT E_FAIL-Fehler zurückgegeben.
 
 Exception Type: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
 
 Stack Trace:
 bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.IMsmMerge2.Merge(String
 feature, String directory)
 bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.MergeModules(String
 databasePath, Output output)
 bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.Bind(Output output)
 bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Run(String[] args)
 
 You'll find the simple test program to reproduce this behaviour attached.
 
 test.wxs
 
 ?xml version=1.0 encoding=windows-1252?
 Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi;
Product Name=alaska 5.2 Id=A6FD86D1-28AD-4387-B90A-EEB241E7F002
 Language=1033 Codepage=1252 Version=5.2.0
 Manufacturer=Institute of Mechatronics
 
  Package Id=---- Keywords=Installer
   Description=Test Installer
   Comments=alaska is a registered trademark of Institute of
 Mechatronics.
   Manufacturer=Institute of Mechatronics
   InstallerVersion=100 Languages=1033 Compressed=yes
   SummaryCodepage=1252 /
 
  Condition Message=You need to be an administrator to install this
 product.
Privileged
  /Condition
 
  Media Id=1 Cabinet=Sample.cab EmbedCab=yes
 DiskPrompt=CD-ROM #1 /
  Property Id=DiskPrompt Value=Test 1.0 Installation [1] /
  Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir
Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Name=PFiles
  Directory Id=IfmFolder Name=Test
Directory Id=INSTALLDIR Name=alaska LongName=Test 1.0
  Merge
 Id=VC_User_MFC71_Loc.3B4432BE_1CFD_4D42_9C85_9C9C551C257A
 Language=1033 SourceFile=C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Merge
 Modules\VC_User_MFC71_Loc_RTL_X86_---.msm DiskId=1 /
  Directory Id=Compositing Name=Composit
 LongName=Compositing
Component Id=Test_01
 Guid=47EB0E1F-FE57-4953-8E70-2EBCA174A98A
  File Id=TestEXE Name=Test.exe LongName=Test.exe
 DiskId=1 Source=Test.exe Vital=yes
Shortcut Id=startmenuTest
 Directory=ProgramMenuDir Name=Test LongName=Test 1.0
 WorkingDirectory=Compositing Icon=Test.exe IconIndex=0 /
  /File
/Component
  /Directory
/Directory
  /Directory
/Directory
Directory Id=ProgramMenuFolder Name=PMenu LongName=Programs
  Directory Id=ProgramMenuDir Name=alaska LongName=Test 1.0 /
/Directory
  /Directory
 
  Feature Id=Compositing Title=Compositing Module
 Description=The Compositing Module ConfigurableDirectory=INSTALLDIR
 Level=1000
ComponentRef Id=Test_01 /
MergeRef
 Id=VC_User_MFC71_Loc.3B4432BE_1CFD_4D42_9C85_9C9C551C257A /
  /Feature
  UIRef Id=WixUI_Mondo /
  UIRef Id=WixUI_ErrorProgressText /
  Icon Id=Test.exe SourceFile=Test.exe /
/Product
 /Wix
 
 Hope someone could shed light on this issue (pun intended).
 
 Cheers Volker
 
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Re: [WiX-users] How to make the ProgramMenuDir configurable?

2008-06-06 Thread Volker Enderlein 
Bob Arnson schrieb:
 Volker Enderlein wrote:
 i came across the idea of making the ProgramMenuDir configurable as 
 InstallShield and other installers do. You can give a different name to 
 the program group. Is that possible in WiX and if yes how?
   
 
 Create a subdirectory of ProgramMenuFolder and you can give it any name 
 you want.
 

Thanks for your answer Bob, but I think I need to clarify the 
difficulties I am facing.

I know how to place a directory under the ProgramMenuFolder like

Directory Id=ProgramMenuFolder Name=PFiles LongNamePrograms
   Directory Id=ProgramMenuDir Name=test LongName=Test 1.0 /
/Directory

But say I have a property GROUPSEL which has been set in a UIDialog and 
want to use this name. How would I do that?

Directory Id=ProgramMenuFolder Name=PMenu LongNamePrograms
   !-- does not work --
   Directory Id=ProgramMenuDir Name=test LongName=[GROUPSEL] /
   !-- does not work --
   Directory Id=ProgramMenuDir Name=test LongName=GROUPSEL /
   !-- how to formulate it properly? --
   Directory Id=ProgramMenuDir Name=test LongName= /
/Directory

I searched the archives and the help manual, but don't find a properly 
solution. Maybe it's simply related using the wrong keywords.

Thank you, Cheers Volker

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Re: [WiX-users] How to make the ProgramMenuDir configurable?

2008-06-06 Thread Volker Enderlein 
Volker Enderlein schrieb:
 Bob Arnson schrieb:
 Volker Enderlein wrote:
 i came across the idea of making the ProgramMenuDir configurable as 
 InstallShield and other installers do. You can give a different name to 
 the program group. Is that possible in WiX and if yes how?
   
 Create a subdirectory of ProgramMenuFolder and you can give it any name 
 you want.

 
 Thanks for your answer Bob, but I think I need to clarify the 
 difficulties I am facing.
 
 I know how to place a directory under the ProgramMenuFolder like
 
 Directory Id=ProgramMenuFolder Name=PFiles LongNamePrograms
Directory Id=ProgramMenuDir Name=test LongName=Test 1.0 /
 /Directory
 
 But say I have a property GROUPSEL which has been set in a UIDialog and 
 want to use this name. How would I do that?
 
 Directory Id=ProgramMenuFolder Name=PMenu LongNamePrograms
!-- does not work --
Directory Id=ProgramMenuDir Name=test LongName=[GROUPSEL] /
!-- does not work --
Directory Id=ProgramMenuDir Name=test LongName=GROUPSEL /
!-- how to formulate it properly? --
Directory Id=ProgramMenuDir Name=test LongName= /
 /Directory
 
 I searched the archives and the help manual, but don't find a properly 
 solution. Maybe it's simply related using the wrong keywords.
 
 Thank you, Cheers Volker
 
I knew I was missing some fundamentals of WiX. I found the answer 
reading the wix tutorial a second time more carefully.

CustomAction Id='PropertyAssign' Directory='INSTALLDIR'
   Value='[TARGETDIR]\Program Files\Acme\Foobar 1.0\bin' /

should do the trick.

Thanks agaín for your answer.

Keep up the good work, Cheers Volker

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