Re: [WiX-users] ?define? and simple math

2007-03-08 Thread Rob Hamflett
I don't think you can do that in WiX. Your best bet is probably to have a script like Python do the calculation and then call candle with -dSequenceStart=value on the command line. Rob Ashish Premaraj wrote: Need to do the below calculation or a variation of it for every build our team

Re: [WiX-users] Tips for deploying a Web app as an MSI

2007-03-08 Thread Kerry, Matt
Yes, I would be very grateful if you could send me the script. It sounds like you are successfully doing exactly what I';m trying to achieve. Matt From: Matthew Janulewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 March 2007 18:14 To: Kerry, Matt;

Re: [WiX-users] error LGHT0217

2007-03-08 Thread JF Lavigne
I'm using Wix 3. The problem was some DCOM permissions. I have added ccnet to the DCOM local user group in windows server 2003 SP1 and it works. Thanks for your help. On 3/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume you're using Wix 3? If not, I can at least confirm that Wix 2

[WiX-users] MSI log files

2007-03-08 Thread Ian Couper
I'm looking for a way to have the MSI output a log file no matter what. I know the log file can be created using a command line switch, but is there a way to configure this inside the MSI? Thanks - Take Surveys. Earn

Re: [WiX-users] MSI log files

2007-03-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Ian Couper wrote: I'm looking for a way to have the MSI output a log file no matter what. I know the log file can be created using a command line switch, but is there a way to configure this inside the MSI? MSI 4.0 on Windows Vista offers this feature, but for previous versions, you have

Re: [WiX-users] Tips for deploying a Web app as an MSI

2007-03-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Matt, How do you keep the Component/@Guids stable from scan to scan? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kerry, Matt Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 2:15 AM To: Matthew Janulewicz; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Tips for deploying a Web app as

[WiX-users] Modifying an IIS (5.0) Website

2007-03-08 Thread Aleem Bawany
Hi, I am running into quite a bit of trouble modifying an IIS Website through WiX (I wish to set the logging format to W3C extended). WiX does not allow the WebLog (the property responsible for this log format) to be set unless the website is a Component in which case it means that the

[WiX-users] databases of surgeons

2007-03-08 Thread Ronda Heard
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Re: [WiX-users] Modifying an IIS (5.0) Website

2007-03-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Probably not today. Of course, the code could be improved to handle this case. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aleem Bawany Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:28 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Modifying an IIS (5.0) Website Hi, I am

Re: [WiX-users] Tips for deploying a Web app as an MSI

2007-03-08 Thread Matthew Janulewicz
The Mallow utility I use generates new GUID's for the components each time, and this is okay with us. Our installers are 100% internal, all-or-none kinds of things. No patches, no upgrade codes, etc. They're mostly internal web services that are only installed or seen by our IT guys, so I know we

[WiX-users] Shortcuts and Properties

2007-03-08 Thread Julie Campbell
I am trying to add shortcuts to my WiX Installer (WiX V3.0.2420.0). These shortcuts are both in a fragment .wxs file. The file candle's and lit's with no errors or warnings. This works: Shortcut Id='TSB_Shortcut' Name='TestScriptBuilder' Directory='StartMenuFolder'

[WiX-users] Using Registered Sign in Name property

2007-03-08 Thread Trevor Clifton
An example of my code is the following where I want to use the R symbol in the product name. Product Version=3.x Name=MyProductR Software 3 Id=---- Language=1033 Manufacturer=Some Corporation UpgradeCode=---- I have tried to

[WiX-users] Accessing Target Computers Environment Variables

2007-03-08 Thread Shankar Manian
Hi, I need to access environment variable COMPUTERNAME of the TargetComputer and use it to set a propertyhow do i do that in WIX ? I am using WIX 2.0 Thanks shankar - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Target Computers Environment Variables

2007-03-08 Thread Levi Wilson
Probably a Type 51 custom action? On 3/8/07, Shankar Manian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I need to access environment variable COMPUTERNAME of the TargetComputer and use it to set a propertyhow do i do that in WIX ? I am using WIX 2.0 Thanks shankar

[WiX-users] ICE39 Validation Failure

2007-03-08 Thread Jon LeCroy
Hi all, My package isn't passing validation now with the following: PID_TEMPLATE value in Summary Information Stream is not valid. It must be of the form Platform,Platform,...;LangID,LangID, I'm using wixv2 (v2.0.4701.0) - here's the product package elements from my WiX. I've replaced the

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Properties

2007-03-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Did you define a Directory with @Id ProgramMenuFolder? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julie Campbell Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:33 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Properties I am trying

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Target Computers Environment Variables

2007-03-08 Thread Rob Mensching
The Formatted topic in the MSI SDK says: If a substring of the form [%environmentvariable] is found, the value of the environment variable is substituted for the substring. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shankar Manian Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] ICE39 Validation Failure

2007-03-08 Thread Rob Mensching
x86 is not a valid value for the Package/@Platforms attribute. I think you want Intel. MSI SDK talks about it more. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon LeCroy Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:02 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] ICE39

Re: [WiX-users] ICE39 Validation Failure

2007-03-08 Thread Jon LeCroy
Thank you! I failed to mention this was also preventing installation on x86 systems. There may be other more appropriate articles, but I was looking at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w1behyzx(VS.80).aspx which lists x86. Thanks again, Jon From: Rob Mensching Sent: Thursday, March

Re: [WiX-users] domain name

2007-03-08 Thread Matthew Rowan
Hi Lindsay, I just use a VBScript custom action. ' Set Short Domain Name Set objSysInfo = CreateObject(ADSystemInfo) Session.Property(P_APP_DOMAIN) = objSysInfo.DomainShortName Hope this helps. -Matthew Rowan On 3/9/07, Lindsay Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I was wondering, is there

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Properties

2007-03-08 Thread Julie Campbell
Nope, that was the problem, thanks! Note to self: don't use property names as Directory Id's in the future, you'll just confuse yourself. ;) Julie [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 4:11 PM To: Julie

[WiX-users] property in a conditional statement?

2007-03-08 Thread Divya Abrol (Aditi)
Hi, I am trying to use a property in a conditional statement depending on its value which gets sets by a custom action. I have a property named PROP with initial value set as null. This property's value Yes/No is set by a custom action. The custom action is run just after

[WiX-users] custom action to reg NET 2.0

2007-03-08 Thread Don Tasanasanta
I have been banging my head against this all day... I'm trying to get aspnet_regiis.exe to run and set the ASPNET version to 2.0 for my virtual directory. Here is my custom action... CustomAction Id=SetAspNet Return=asyncWait Directory=[FRAMEWORKBASEPATH]v2.0.50727 Execute=commit

[WiX-users] DiskPrompt does not work in WiX 3 ?

2007-03-08 Thread Maslov, Igor
I'm using Wix 3.0.2420. By some reason DiskPrompt does not work for me. I define DiskPrompt property and Media attribute, and laying out my installation files on two CD disks: Property Id='DiskPrompt' Value=Insert [1] / Media Id=1 Cabinet=Cabinet0.cab EmbedCab=no VolumeLabel=CD-ROM #1

[WiX-users] ServiceArgument

2007-03-08 Thread Bei Liu (Volt)
Does anyone know the attributes for ServiceArgument? - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through

Re: [WiX-users] property in a conditional statement?

2007-03-08 Thread Sigurd Stenersen
Divya Abrol (Aditi) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Is there any way I can use this property as a conditional statement in wix to install a feature something like below? ?if PROP=yes? FeatureRef Id=Readme/FeatureRef ?endif? The preprocessor directives are evaluated when you compile the

[WiX-users] Icon attribute on ProgId elements

2007-03-08 Thread Nick Johnson
What's the format of this? Specifying the ID of any icon listed in an Icon element results in me getting the error Unresolved reference to symbol 'File:iconid' in section 'Product:myguid. Every variation I've tried has resulted in this error, or an error about the format of the property. -- View

Re: [WiX-users] property in a conditional statement?

2007-03-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Why a CustomAction? Would a Condition under the Feature element work just as well? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sigurd Stenersen Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 5:29 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceArgument

2007-03-08 Thread Rob Mensching
AFAIK, whatever you want. Depends on what the service you're configuring does. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bei Liu (Volt) Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 5:29 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] ServiceArgument Does anyone know the

Re: [WiX-users] Icon attribute on ProgId elements

2007-03-08 Thread Rob Mensching
That sounds like ProgId is referring to a File, not the Icon. Can you share out a bit more .wxs code? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Johnson Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 6:00 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceArgument

2007-03-08 Thread Bei Liu (Volt)
So should the argument be put in the inner text? ServiceArgument /a /b [CDE]fgh.ijk /ServiceArgument Thanks, From: Rob Mensching Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:08 PM To: Bei Liu (Volt); wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] ServiceArgument

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceArgument

2007-03-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Yep. But the documentation is really horrible. I'll fix that tonight. From: Bei Liu (Volt) Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:26 PM To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] ServiceArgument So should the argument be put in the inner text? ServiceArgument /a /b