Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action C++ DLL

2006-07-18 Thread Rob Hamflett
In terms of getting the DLL working, this is a good guide. http://www.codeproject.com/tips/msicustomaction.asp?df=100forumid=3159exp=0select=785495 It doesn't show you how to do what you want in the DLL, but it does show you the steps needed to get one working. As for the actual code, do you

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action C++ DLL

2006-07-18 Thread WayneBoyles
Sorry didn't post my reply here before. That article was perfect but I have one question. I can get my DLL to execute just fine in the InstlallUISequence but as the author states if the install is a silent install then this action wont fire. I have tried to place it in the

[WiX-users] Installing a Service with Varying Dependencies

2006-07-18 Thread Erv Walter
We're struggling with a problem, and I'm curious if anyone has any creative solutions they can think of. We have a windows service that our MSI installs. This service does some things with MSMQ. We want to ensure that our service has the appropriate ServiceDependency so that Windows starts

[WiX-users] error uninstalling website

2006-07-18 Thread Don Tasanasanta
Ive gotten my website to install and now Im getting an error trying to uninstall the website. Failed to delete metabase key: /W3SVC/1/Root// Has anyone experienced this before? __ Don Tasanasanta VIACK Corporation 425-605-7423

Re: [WiX-users] error uninstalling website

2006-07-18 Thread Tony.Bjerstedt
I have had problems where I used a property to specify the web address and because the property was not set at uninstall time, the uninstall failed. The trailing // in the key makes me suspect that you may have created a virtual directory whoose name came from a property. At uninstall

[WiX-users] Bug in 2.0.4310.0 - environment vars with parens in the name

2006-07-18 Thread Jeffrey Altman
In build 2419 it was possible to evaluate the value of the environment variable CommonProgramFiles(x86) within a define as such ?define CPF=$(env.CommonProgramFiles(x86))? In 2.0.4310.0 this is broken as the close parens are no longer matched with the open parens. Are there any quoting

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in 2.0.4310.0 - environment vars with parens in thename

2006-07-18 Thread Derek Cicerone
Nested parenthesis is unsupported in both versions of WiX. Is that a standard Windows environment variable or one which you are defining? Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Altman Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:36 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in 2.0.4310.0 - environment vars with parens in thename

2006-07-18 Thread Jeffrey Altman
That is a standards Windows environment variable on 64-bit Windows builds within the WOW64 environment. CommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files CommonProgramW6432=C:\Program Files\Common Files Jeffrey Altman Derek Cicerone wrote: Nested parenthesis is

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in 2.0.4310.0 - environment vars with parens in thename

2006-07-18 Thread Derek Cicerone
Sorry for all the questions, here's one more: how is the value of the path to Program Files (x86) being used? This value is specific to the build machine so it wouldn't be useful in the MSI file since the machine on which the msi is being installed may use a different path. You'd want to use