Thanks for all your help, Bob and Phil.
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Also, I'm pretty sure that InstallValidate takes account of the
ServiceControl table when it's deciding whether to show a FilesInUse
dialog, if that's the issue.
Phil Wilson
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I'm trying to create a folder that's either writable by the installing
user, or by all users, depending on ALLUSERS.
What would I need to do to set permissions specific to the installing
user? I attempted to use the USERSID property, and got no error, but
the resulting older had an odd
I added this to my project file:
Merge Id='CRT80' Language='1033' SourceFile='c:\program files\common
files\merge modules\Microsoft_VC80_CRT_x86.msm' DiskId='1' /
Merge Id='MFC80' Language='1033' SourceFile='c:\program files\common
files\merge modules\Microsoft_VC80_MFC_x86.msm' DiskId='1' /
The Warnings are okay - it's errors you want to worry about. I get the same
verification reports and a big fat Vista verification logo to go with them
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You can probably declare your 'RemoveFile' ines in a component that has a
component condition triggered by a property that your user can configure via
a checkbox in your UI. I believe that 'RemoveFile' lines work on install
and all files will be removed on uninstall so probably won't be the
I regularly install DirectX as part of my WiX packages, here's the code for a
file I just include for the functionality to 'appear':
?xml version='1.0' encoding=utf-8?
Include xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi'
Feature Id=DirectX9 Title=DirectX9 Level=100
Create a bootstrapper. Check out msdn documentation on the msbuild
GenerateBootstrapper task.
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Subject: Re:
I have an installer for a product with an optional Office 2003 Addin
that requires the Office 2003 PIAs, and I'm trying to figure out how I
can install the assemblies only if the component is selected in the
feature tree. A bootstrapper will launch the PIA MSI beforehand,
wouldn't it?
I'm
Yes, it sounds like those warnings are normal for the merge modules and
Wix. The modules seem to work though, so I've just ignored the warning
for now.
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Hi,
I have an urgent problem about wix version 2.
It is needed to allow user to assign the startname/account and password of a
windows service instead of using LocalSystem. I want to assign it through two
ways:
1. Commandline at time of installation.
2. UI dialog ask for
I don't think it's worth the added complication. Just install the PIAs
in the bootstrapper.
Phil Wilson
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Hello,
I'm building installation with multiple language support and encountered a
problem.
I'm following WiX tutorial:
1. Build istallation for each language separately
2. Take first language as a base ant create tranforms for all other
languages:
msitran.exe -g install_de-de.msi
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Date: Mar 29, 2007 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RE : acl a directory
To: Jacquet Fabian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If this is WiX version 2 then adding the permission element by default
will remove the inherit parent ACLs
Can I schedule a custom action that using the directory manager before
costinitialize?
If not, is there a way to run an application that installed by the msi before
costinitialize?
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1. Not as far as I know.
2. That doesn't make any sense to me. CostInitialize happens long before the
transaction that installs things happens.
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2. I just want to run it when uninstall. Is that possible?
Thanks,
From: Rob Mensching
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 1:25 PM
To: Bei Liu (Volt); wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: problem when run custom action before costinitialize
1. Not as far as I know.
2. That doesn't make
I'm having problems with my install, on just one machine. It goes along
fine, then just starts rolling back. It doesn't give an error message
or anything. I logged the install, and found the following error in
the log, just before it starts rolling back.
MSI (s) (D4:B8) [13:09:25:454]:
MSXML busted?
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Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 1:37 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] failed to initialize xml utilities
I'm having problems with my install, on just one
Why? What are you trying to do?
From: Bei Liu (Volt)
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 1:30 PM
To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: problem when run custom action before costinitialize
2. I just want to run it when uninstall. Is that possible?
Thanks,
From: Rob
I have a service installed by my installer. I'll run after install. I want to
remove it before uninstall. Also don't want to get the file in use popup.
From: Rob Mensching
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:09 PM
To: Bei Liu (Volt); wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: problem when run
You should be able to just schedule the service to be stopped and no
file-in-use error should occur.
From: Bei Liu (Volt)
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:11 PM
To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: problem when run custom action before costinitialize
I have a service
I did that,
Component...
File ... Name=MyService.exe
/File
ServiceControl Id=MyService Name=MyService.exe Stop=uninstall
Remove=uninstall Wait=yes
ServiceArgument /d [INSTALLDIR]EF.G/ServiceArgument
/ServiceControl
/Component
I still get file-in-use popup when uninstall.(Stop
I am using version 2. This is great information, thanks! =)
Lindsay
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From: Justin Dearing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:37 AM
To: Lindsay Harris; DevDiv WiX; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; David Voskuil
Subject: Fwd: [WiX-users] RE :
I tried to use
WebVirtualDir Id='TestWebVirtualDir' Alias='Test'
Directory='InstallDir' WebSite='DefaultWebSite'
WebApplication Id='TestWebApplication' Name='Test' /
/WebVirtualDir
And
WebSite Id='DefaultWebSite' Description='Default Web Site'
You could have a race condition (we did). I don't know if it's Windows
Installer or a WiX Custom Action that stops services but, it appears
that it continues when the service controller reports that the service
is stopped. The service controller reports a service as stopped when
the service
Hi,
During the installation of our product (our product is a multimedia player),
we are doing some file association with our product.
Our requirement is; Allow multiple versioins of player to coexist.
Issue: When newer version(V2) is installed over the earlier version( V1), all
the files
I have an MSI where I need to run some programs after the installation. I
have put in some custom actions to run the items and they seem to work fine.
however I don't want to run these files when it is uninstalled, because
obviously the files won't be there anymore and it will give an error
How does a major upgrade differ from small one?
Tamas Tiboldi wrote:
Yes, i know thanks.
We are planning to have major upgrades too.
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the problem is that requiring commandline parameters or bootstrapper is
unacceptable for us, we have seen that our users are too stupid to type a
commandline (!?)
so I have been told toto make a thing that can do installs and updates on
the same package without requiring any commandline
Hi,
You didn't wrote anything aobut used OS.
I am not suer whteher it will help you but you may need to secure
the public properties that should be used during Execute Sequence.
You Should read the pint 1 of following page:
(I know that it is about vista but the rule is valid also for XP but
it
Forwarding per Rob's mail.
I'd love to see details on the bug mentioned below.
Thanks
Thomas
From: Rob Mensching
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:08 PM
To: Thomas Jeyaseelan
Subject: RE: Metabase transactions not committed consistently
1. See http://sharepoint/sites/wix about the wix alias.
You should change the ProductCode as well.
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Some user
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the problem is that requiring
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