Re: [WiX-users] Bit of a twist

2006-09-06 Thread Rob MacFadyen
Morton, I'm not sure why calling a script makes the code messy and maintenance much harder. Especially compared to calling a dll. Here's the script I use to load a dropdown list of available (already defined) websites on a server. Note: It sets the property WEBSITE to the name of the first webs

Re: [WiX-users] Checkbox and SQL scripts

2006-09-06 Thread Rob MacFadyen
Petrut, Did you get an answer to this? How where you planning on executing the SQL Scripts? If through a custom action of your own then you need to add a condition to the custom action (more or less, something like: COMBOBOXVALUE = "X"). This looks like: (note: The above assumes the existence

[WiX-users] ClickThrough Warning

2006-09-06 Thread Kamil Krawczyk
Title: ClickThrough Warning Hello While using ClickThrough, in the midle of the build process (creating msi file)  I'm receiving this warning: Wix warning: The Registry element has been deprecated. Please use one of the new elements which replaces its functionality: RegisteryKey for creat

[WiX-users] IIS folders and WebVirtualDirs

2006-09-06 Thread Nick Meredith
Hi,   We are trying to create a number of installers, one for a common module website and a number for various add-on modules each of which will install a separate website but rely on the common module having been installed first.     We wish them to all install Virtual Directo

[WiX-users] IE version in condition table

2006-09-06 Thread Vitaliy Ilyin
Hi guys,     Could you please help me? How to specify minimum version of Internet Explorer in condition table?     I have found an example on how to do it for NET Framework version, have not found an example for IE version.     MsiNetAssemblySupport>="1.1.4322"     Thanks, Vitaliy

Re: [WiX-users] ClickThrough Warning

2006-09-06 Thread Mike Dimmick
Title: ClickThrough Warning I can reproduce this. It looks like the build of ClickThrough you have (I tried 3.0.2015.0) hasn't yet been updated to use the new syntax (ClickThrough effectively builds a .wxs file and passes it to the library behind candle/light).   The warnings can presumably b

Re: [WiX-users] how to not show feature size

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Don Tasanasanta wrote: Is there a way to not show the size of a particular feature in the SelectionTree but still have the other features show their size? I don't think so. The EventMapping table doesn't support conditions so everything ends up getting mapped between the sele

Re: [WiX-users] Elevating custom action on Vista

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Dana Gutride wrote: > Is it possible to elevate a custom action that is called during the UI > sequence in Vista? During my install, I'm doing prerequisite checks > during the UI sequence, a couple of them require administrative > privileges to complete. I'm seeing some mixed information onlin

[WiX-users] Launching a java jar file with command line args

2006-09-06 Thread jimk
Hi WiXers, I have a java jar file that needs a custom command line switch when running under Windows with some ATI video cards. My WiX installation xml file works fine when installed without the switch and the jar is launched from a shortcut. However, I need to have the shortcut execute the fol

Re: [WiX-users] Elevating custom action on Vista

2006-09-06 Thread Dana Gutride
I'm using a custom action to detect the presence of an installed SSL Cert in IIS and  also to retrieve the port number of the default web site.DanaOn 9/6/06, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Dana Gutride wrote: > Is it possible to elevate a custom action that is called during the UI> sequence

[WiX-users] Weekly Release

2006-09-06 Thread Joe Harbert
Is there going to be a release this week? We missed last week and there are some features I'd like to try out that should now be in the latest release. Thanks, Joe Harbert - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support

Re: [WiX-users] Weekly Release

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Joe Harbert wrote: > Is there going to be a release this week? We missed last week and there are > some features I'd like to try out that should now be in the latest release. > Probably not this week -- Justin's preparing a massive change for Votive that requires some build-machine changes. Sh

Re: [WiX-users] IE version in condition table

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Vitaliy Ilyin wrote: Could you please help me? How to specify minimum version of Internet Explorer in condition table? MSI doesn't expose the IE version as a built-in property like MsiNetAssemblySupport. You can use a FileSearch to look for a particular version of iexplore.e

Re: [WiX-users] Weekly Release

2006-09-06 Thread Brad Davis
What about Wix 3.x? On 9/6/06, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Joe Harbert wrote:> Is there going to be a release this week? We missed last week and there are some features I'd like to try out that should now be in the latest release.>Probably not this week -- Justin's preparing a massive cha

Re: [WiX-users] Weekly Release

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Brad Davis wrote: > What about Wix 3.x? It's in the same boat, as both Votive and ClickThrough are being actively developed in the WiX v3 branch. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to sup

Re: [WiX-users] IE version in condition table

2006-09-06 Thread Wilson, Phil
This looks useful: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/164539/  Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob ArnsonSent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:22 AMTo: Vitaliy IlyinCc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: Re: [WiX-users] IE version in condition

Re: [WiX-users] Elevating custom action on Vista

2006-09-06 Thread Dana Gutride
We're using ADSI and COM to access the IIS metabase to read those values.  If there is a way to do that with the registry as an unelevated user, please let me know as I certainly prefer using registry searches over custom actions and I wasn't aware that those values are also stored in the registry.

Re: [WiX-users] IE version in condition table

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Wilson, Phil wrote: This looks useful: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/164539/  Very! Thanks -- that goes into the Bucket o' Useful Knowledge. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Using Tomcat but need to do more?

[WiX-users] Installing files to wrong drive

2006-09-06 Thread Scott Sam
In our installation, we put out files to two directories.  One set of files gets put in the program files directory (INSTALLDIR), depending on how many drives are available the other set gets put on the drive of their choice (INSTALLDIR2).  Installdir2 defaults to the drive with the most sp

Re: [WiX-users] Elevating custom action on Vista

2006-09-06 Thread Chesong Lee
Be aware that Elevated Custom Actions and User Account Controls in Vista are separate matters.   Elevated Custom Action allows non-privileged users to perform privileged actions if Group Policy allows elevation for MSI installation.   As for Windows Vista, in most cases if custom action

Re: [WiX-users] Elevating custom action on Vista

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Chesong Lee wrote: As for Windows Vista, in most cases if custom actions are involved, regardless of “Elevation is allowed for MSI installation in Group Policy”, UAC dialog should appear and MSI process should have as much privileges as the logon user has. But only

Re: [WiX-users] Elevating custom action on Vista

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Dana Gutride wrote: > We're using ADSI and COM to access the IIS metabase to read those > values. If there is a way to do that with the registry as an > unelevated user, please let me know as I certainly prefer using > registry searches over custom actions and I wasn't aware that those > value

Re: [WiX-users] Installing files to wrong drive

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Scott Sam wrote: In our installation, we put out files to two directories.  One set of files gets put in the program files directory (INSTALLDIR), depending on how many drives are available the other set gets put on the drive of their choice (INSTALLDIR2).  Installdir2 defaults

Re: [WiX-users] ClickThrough Warning

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Title: ClickThrough Warning Kamil Krawczyk wrote: While using ClickThrough, in the midle of the build process (creating msi file)  I'm receiving this warning: Wix warning: The Registry element has been deprecated. Please use one of the new elements which replaces its functionali

Re: [WiX-users] Launching a java jar file with command line args

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > java -jar MyApp.jar -Dsun.java2d.d3d > > instead of just "MyApp.jar" which is what the unmodified shortcut > provides. What does your Shortcut element look like? You should be able to pass any additional command line arguments in the Arguments element. -- sig://boB h

Re: [WiX-users] ClickThrough Warning

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Title: ClickThrough Warning Kamil Krawczyk wrote: While using ClickThrough, in the midle of the build process (creating msi file)  I'm receiving this warning: Wix warning: The Registry element has been deprecated. Please use one of the new elements which replaces its functionali

Re: [WiX-users] Bit of a twist

2006-09-06 Thread Lerudjordet, Morten Minge
Title: Re: [WiX-users] Bit of a twist Thanks Rob for the script! The reason I say it's messy is because it if one wants to add different functionality not supported by native WiX one needs to add another script…then another and so on. For just solving one problem it's fine, fore more it sta

[WiX-users] Use of WindowsFolder property

2006-09-06 Thread darrenstone
This is probably very straightforward but could someone help me on the following.   When using the 'WindowsFolder' installer property as part of a directory search it works fine.      

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