Re: [WiX-users] Default REINSTALLMODE for repair

2007-02-08 Thread Johan Appelgren
On 2/7/07, Johan Appelgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/7/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Johan Appelgren wrote: > > > A possible cause for this is that the ReinstallMode is set to 'ecmus' > > > VerifyReadyDlg. If I interpret the documentation correctly 'e' means > > > to always

[WiX-users] WiX COM+ help

2007-02-08 Thread Jan du Toit
I am trying to set the identity of a com+ element in WiX. Allow me to elaborate: after the com+ dll's have been installed and I go to (in windows XP) control panel, administrative tools, component services I open up the component services tab and under computer my com+ application is installed. How

[WiX-users] COM+ CAs and WiX 3.0

2007-02-08 Thread Subbu Balakrishnan
Hi Fredrik Are the COM+ CAs working in WiX 3.0? I recollect seeing a post a few weeks back saying you were looking into getting them fixed up. Thanks and regards Subbu - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web

Re: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action

2007-02-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Well, if you want a data driven MSI then you need to have an immediate mode CustomAction to encode data into the CustomActionData and then have the deferred CustomAction chop it up. From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 2:12 PM To: Rob Mensching Cc: wix-us

Re: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action

2007-02-08 Thread Levi Wilson
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in my case, I just need to call WcaInitialize in the beginning of my CA, call WcaGetProperty, execute my CA, then call WcaFinalize? On 2/8/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, there is very little documentation (I've been spending my time fixing bugs,

Re: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action

2007-02-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes, there is very little documentation (I've been spending my time fixing bugs, not explaining how to use it ). Yes, the SDK directory should have everything you need. Use the header files that you need. From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:42 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action

2007-02-08 Thread Levi Wilson
I see the wcautil.lib in the SDK directory...which header file do I use? Is the documentation to use wcautil only exist in the header file? On 2/8/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Correct, you have to use CustomActionData. I encourage you to take a look at the WiX CustomActions.

Re: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action

2007-02-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Correct, you have to use CustomActionData. I encourage you to take a look at the WiX CustomActions. They do all this stuff. Dutil.lib and Wcautil.lib also has tons of helper functions that make life much easier. From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:3

Re: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action

2007-02-08 Thread Levi Wilson
Just to clarify, this means that I can't access any properties from my CA? And if so, how do you pass a value (CustomActionData?) to a particular CA in WiX parlance? On 2/8/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes. You have to run "in script" (deferred). *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [

Re: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action

2007-02-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes. You have to run "in script" (deferred). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Levi Wilson Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:24 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action Does a type 1 custom action have to be deferred in order

[WiX-users] Type 1 Custom Action

2007-02-08 Thread Levi Wilson
Does a type 1 custom action have to be deferred in order to get it to run AFTER the files have already been installed? It seems when I set it up like this: NOT Installed When the CA executes, the files haven't been copied yet? Why does this CA run before the files have been copied? --

Re: [WiX-users] Wix for COM+ object

2007-02-08 Thread Fredrik Grohn
Remember that if you DLL is native you currently have to list all components contained in the DLL under the tag as tags. This is because the COMAdminCatalog does not provide a method to uninstall an entire assembly. Here is an old example I usually toss around: http://schemas.microsoft.

Re: [WiX-users] use WebSite element

2007-02-08 Thread Mike Dimmick
Add –ext WixIisExtension to your candle and light command lines. -- Mike Dimmick _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ziegelwanger, Silvio Sent: 08 February 2007 13:02 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] use WebSite element Hi,

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ install not working on servers

2007-02-08 Thread Fredrik Grohn
What is happening here is that the COMAdminCatalog.InstallComponent() method is failing, and the error code -2146368472 means "The TypeLib could not be loaded". Does it work if you do the registration manually or from a vbs script? What probably happens is that you have a dependency in the typelib

Re: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link

2007-02-08 Thread Justin Rockwood
Another thing you can try, which is the way it's supposed to "officially" work, is this: FileName.cs I can't remember if this works in Votive or not. I think it does, though. Try it out and let me know. Justin F

Re: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link

2007-02-08 Thread Cullen Waters
If you edit the project file directly, you can do this. In the Section, just add another entry like this: Now, there is a catch. When you reload the project in VS, it's going to be ugly. VS will add a tag for each folder in the relative path from your project directory

Re: [WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link

2007-02-08 Thread Justin Rockwood
It's one of the things on my list to do, but linked files do not currently work yet. Sorry about that. Justin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Capaldi Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:10 AM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Votive

Re: [WiX-users] Heat Component Catalog extension

2007-02-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Creating a Component Catalog that prevents the Component Rules from being broken is a very, very hard problem. It'd be awesome if you wanted to take that on. There is very little documentation on WiX v3 Extensions, the code is really the documentation. I had to learn heat and its harvesters t

[WiX-users] Heat Component Catalog extension

2007-02-08 Thread fiordean dacian
Hi, I have a need for a harvester (this is the terminology used by Heat) which is capable of generating quickly a setup for a folder many times, keeping track of the components Guids and identifiers such that component rules aren't brocken. Basically I need to include Heat.exe in a batch so th

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2803 being displayed when hitting Next

2007-02-08 Thread david adams
Glad that you found it. David Adams MSN MessengerID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Error 2803 being displayed when hitting Next >Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:28:32 - >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from msgbas1x.net.europe.agilent.c

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2803 being displayed when hitting Next

2007-02-08 Thread dave_cory
Hi there, Thanks for that I found the problem which was ill defined names on the navigation steps. Using Orca, which I'd never used before, also revealed a couple of other errors so thanks for that. Dave Cory P Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email? -Ori

Re: [WiX-users] Property Modularization

2007-02-08 Thread Levi Wilson
Nevermind...this won't work. I can't condition a UI segment on whether or not a component will be installed since CostFinalize will not have been invoked at this point. However, I guess I could just append my guid onto the property (myprop.[guid]) and condition the UI off of that? On 2/8/07, Le

Re: [WiX-users] Extra localization files

2007-02-08 Thread Rob Mensching
1. I have a couple loc files that had assignment agreements come in that I will get in the project tonight (Thursday night is the new block of time I get to spend on WiX). 2. Gabor asked if he could host the files external to the WiX project and then, as the assignment agreements came in, hav

Re: [WiX-users] Property Modularization

2007-02-08 Thread Levi Wilson
Would it be bad to check the existence of one of the components then from the merge module from _outside_ of the merge module? For instance, if I have one of the components (component1.[guid]) condition of two properties contained in my merge module, and I have some UI outside of the merge module

[WiX-users] Wix3 question

2007-02-08 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
What does this message mean? H:\vista_dev\new_system\VistaDriver\SafeFaxInstallerV\safefaxinstallerv.wxs(28) : error LGHT0204 : ICE64: The directory ProgramMenuDir is in the user profile bu t is not listed in the RemoveFile table. This stuff was fine in wix-2 to add a folder to the ProgramMenuFold

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2803 being displayed when hitting Next

2007-02-08 Thread david adams
Couple of things to try: One: Is there a reason that you have the text [WixUI_WelcomeDlg_Next] orphaned in the middle of your wxs file? Two: Have you used Orca Tools | Validate on the MSI? It runs the ICE validators and will help you find / troubleshoot a number of errors. (Beware, you can

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2803 being displayed when hitting Next

2007-02-08 Thread dave_c
File attached this time dave_cory wrote: > > Due to the size of the zip file I'm enclosing the wsx files and the msi > file. > > If you look in the zip file you will see a dash_broken.bat, this is how I > built the release. > > Checking in the wixui directory you will see BOServerDlg (this is

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2803 being displayed when hitting Next

2007-02-08 Thread dave_cory
Due to the size of the zip file I'm enclosing the wsx files and the msi file. If you look in the zip file you will see a dash_broken.bat, this is how I built the release. Checking in the wixui directory you will see BOServerDlg (this is the new dialog) and AgilentWixUIO_Mondo.wxs (This is my mo

Re: [WiX-users] Affecting the registry during install and removal

2007-02-08 Thread dave_cory
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Re: [WiX-users] Affecting the registry during install and removal

2007-02-08 Thread Brian Simoneau
Based on the error message it looks like tallow does not support your wsc file. You may want to take a look at heat, which is part of WiX 3.0 and may do more than tallow. Otherwise, you will have to determine the registry entries yourself. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] Affecting the registry during install and removal

2007-02-08 Thread dave_c
Shows the complete windows beginner that I am. Was chatting with a collegue and he said to mention the fact that the things we are trying to register are windows scripting (wsc) components as opposed to dlls. Does this change the comments regarding the use of tallow. Being in the right directory

Re: [WiX-users] use WebSite element

2007-02-08 Thread Ziegelwanger, Silvio
Hi, I use WIX v3 ...in version 2 I never had this problem Best Regards. Silvio -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von david adams Gesendet: Donnerstag, 08. Februar 2007 15:03 An: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: Re: [WiX-us

[WiX-users] Votive - Adding File as a Link

2007-02-08 Thread Mark Capaldi
Hi, I'm playing around with Votive v3.0.2211.0 in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers. I would like to add an existing item into my WiX project as a link, but the dialog box doesn't have the drop down box on the Add button like other projects. I can only Add files, which means

Re: [WiX-users] use WebSite element

2007-02-08 Thread david adams
Silvo: I use Wix 2 and do not have to add the xmlns:iis namespace to utilize the IIS management elements (, , etc.). However, I think that the extensions are defined in separate set of files that have to be included with your command line calls (to Light.exe definitely, Candle.exe maybe).

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2803 being displayed when hitting Next

2007-02-08 Thread david adams
The file that you attached was garbled, but I got a similar error when I was building an updated UI for our web projects. Make sure to check your dialog navigation. If you will repost the files, I will take a look. David Adams MSN MessengerID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: dave_c <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [WiX-users] Affecting the registry during install and removal

2007-02-08 Thread Brian Simoneau
If the file is called file.dll and it is in the current directory, then tallow -s file.dll should work. You can use -nologo to skip printing the copyright information at the beginning. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dave_

[WiX-users] use WebSite element

2007-02-08 Thread Ziegelwanger, Silvio
Hi, I want to use the IIS commands in a .wxs file See here: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:iis="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/IIsExtension";> The candle output is following:

Re: [WiX-users] Removing Patch software

2007-02-08 Thread dave_c
Following on from the previous message I double checked what I have installed. I downloaded the Stable 2.0 version from the wix page (file is listed as 2.0.4820.0) I then downloaded the SDK from the link on the wix web page which took me to the SDK download section. I downloaded the x86 sdk (ver

[WiX-users] Votive under VS2005 reports "This installation is forbidden by system policy" when running as LUA

2007-02-08 Thread Roger Lipscombe
[Please excuse me if this is a stupid question: I'm just getting started with WiX] I'm just playing with WiX v3.0 and Votive. I've created a new WiX MSI project, and when building it (and changing all the PUT-WHATEVER-HERE values), Light reports the following error: Error LGHT0216: An unexp

[WiX-users] Repair on install upgraded from url fails

2007-02-08 Thread Johan Appelgren
Hi, I'm having an issue with repairing an install after a minor upgrade if both the original installation and the upgrade was done from urls. For example. Original install was done from http://someurl/v10/product.msi by executing msiexec /i http://someurl/v10/product.msi Minor upgrade was done f

Re: [WiX-users] IniFile trouble

2007-02-08 Thread Alexander
Thanks a lot, it works :) - Original Message - From: Bob Arnson To: Alexander Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] IniFile trouble Alexander wrote: Could you please kindly show me an example how to

[WiX-users] Error 2803 being displayed when hitting Next

2007-02-08 Thread dave_c
I have added a new dialog to prompt for IP Address and Port Number. I've created a new version of Wix_Mondo and added the extra step into it. I then built the executable (using dash_broken.bat) which completed fine. When I ran it I got my new dialog being displayed but when I hit the Next or Bac

[WiX-users] Extra localization files

2007-02-08 Thread DE�K JAHN, G�bor
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:17:17 +0100, Stefan Pavlik wrote: Stefan, > I have already send you the Slovak translation, but there is no > change on the (http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/loc/index.php) page. This is my fault, I forgot to change its status to 'finished', sorry about that, corrected now

Re: [WiX-users] Extra localization files

2007-02-08 Thread Stefan Pavlik
Hi Gabor I have a question. I have already send you the Slovak translation, but there is no change on the (http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/loc/index.php) page. I have received also the email from MS that they already have my signed agreement. Is it anything else that I should do (so that the tran

Re: [WiX-users] Affecting the registry during install and removal

2007-02-08 Thread dave_c
Bearing what you have said in mind can you provide the syntax of the tallow command to use I've tried using tallow -s and tallow -reg but get the same error message 'File' with name xxx could not be found Brian Simoneau wrote: > > Using self registration in an installer is not recommended.