Re: [WiX-users] string replacement in xml files

Simon, I have a very similar issue for an enterprise deployment next year.  I am currently using an .ini file which keeps all data for all the deployment locations by computer name (which I know in advance). [NY-SRV-01] This-web-config=127.0.0.1 This-exe-config=127.0.0.2   [SF-SRV-02]

Re: [WiX-users] restoring an app-created Startup folder shortcut on amajor upgrade

I think you can use the UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE property, similar to Dana Gutride's recent post. If you condition the removal at uninstall (the custom action in the older version) on NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE then a major upgrade will not run the custom action to remove the shortcut but a plain

[WiX-users] Redefining localizable string to non-localizable strings.

How do you redefine the data type of the attributes of the Registry table that are localizable string to non-localizable string in WIX? - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff don

[WiX-users] Questions about element

Hi, Using VS 2005 + WiX I am building an msi that needs to create users in the domain. For this I have used the element. However when I try to build, I get this error: Unresolved reference to CustomActions:ConfigureUsers. I am assuming that this is because I am not specifying the corre

[WiX-users] FW: Dynamically setting path to file - File Source Property

Is it possible to set the Source property of a File using something besides a $(var…) ?   Eg this works:   The following  does not work or I cannot seem to get it t

[WiX-users] Permissions on existing directory

WIX Version: 2.0.4415.0 Problem Summary: How to set permissions on a directory that already exists (not a component directory). My WiX Level:  Beginner   I’m trying to figure out how I would set the user permissions for a directory.  More specifically, my application would be installed

[WiX-users] auto-generation of file registration data (heat?)

We currently are using custom tables and CAs in order to register files after they have been installed on the target machine. This is OK, but we would prefer to be able to insert the registration information directly into the msi itself thus not having the overhead of streaming out file registrat

[WiX-users] restoring an app-created Startup folder shortcut on a major upgrade

I have an application that will allow the user to add an app shortcut.  I would like to remove it during an uninstall but not a major upgrade.  Right now, I have a custom action that restores the shortcut (written in C++ and doing some weirdbut there must be a way without a CA..or at least a CA tha

[WiX-users] string replacement in xml files

I am looking into different ways to handle environment specific information in web.config files. It would seem logical if at deployment time, my installer could determine where it is being run and update a generic config file so that is fit for purpose for the environment it is being run on

Re: [WiX-users] Sequencing issue with a major upgrade

Simon:Try something like this: The UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE property is set during the upgrade and available during the previous product removal. DanaOn 9/13/06, Simon Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi   Does anyone know how I can sequence a custom action so that it is run during an

[WiX-users] Sequencing issue with a major upgrade

Hi   Does anyone know how I can sequence a custom action so that it is run during an uninstall (before the files are removed) but not run as part of a major upgrade when I RemoveExistingProducts? I have the following source:                              

Re: [WiX-users] Hello Everybody !

I had these issues with earlier versions of WiX, but they seem to have gone away with the latest releases.  Try upgradin WiX to the latest release and you should see the issues disappear.Michael From: "Jyothi Gummadi(Corpus, Inc)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Wednesday, September 13,

[WiX-users] Hello Everybody !

Hi,   My application was developed in framework 1.1. I have used WIX to create MSI as a distribution package. But as client has asked to migrate in to 2.0 framework, I have converted the code in to 2.0. I was facing problem when trying to create MSI, the light.exe process throws me an er

Re: [WiX-users] How to launch a program after the install completion ?

Find the Control element for your exit button, and add this as a child element: If you use the same exit dialog for all actions (i.e. install, remove, repair, changes) and only want the action to be run on installation, you'll want to condition it like this: Rob 周和文 wrote: > Learned from the

[WiX-users] ServiceInstall element , how to get it working

Hi I am looking into WIX as a solution to better automate our installation (involving multiple systems). I have been playing for a couple of weeks but am essentially new to installation so have been learning about msi's, etc as well. (I have v 2.0.4221.0) Anyway. Has anyone got an example o

[WiX-users] XMLFile - CreateElement - Uninstall fails

I have the following XML to add to a config file After much huffing and puffing i can now create this XML - problem is I get an uninstall error along the lines of 'cannot find Configuration/Parent/Child'. Here

[WiX-users] How to launch a program after the install completion ?

Learned from the tutorial , I wrote the script as follow.   NOT InstalledCustom> InstallExecuteSequence> But the program ,wh

[WiX-users] light freze

Hello, when I try to build my merge module light freeze. What I have try: candle -nologo -sw1044 *.wxs //to build all object's light -nologo .wixobj but light will never return:( How can I debug this to find out what goes wrong?? smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -

Re: [WiX-users] Several doubts on Upgrades

> If you use major > upgrades, you can supply just one .msi -- it both does a fresh > installation and upgrades an existing installation. The MSI major > upgrade support sets a property during upgrading, so you can use the > presence of that property to suppress components and custom actions you >