[WiX-users] Different versions with different installer builders

Hello, We recently switched the way we were building the installer for our product from a deployment project in Visual Studio to a WiX project and we love it. But there is a problem which I don't know how to solve. The installer for our product version 1.2.3 was built in Visual Studio. Then we

[WiX-users] How to display a Link on a installer dialog?

I want to show a link on an installer dialog so that when a user clicks on that link, the browser should open with the URL. How can I achieve this functionality? Thanks and Regards Baljeet Singh - Take Surveys. Earn Cash.

[WiX-users] How to search for registry key with no value?

Registry search under property tag is searched for value of the registry name in specific registry key. But what if we have only registry key and undefined values and no names under it? how to search it? - Take Surveys. Earn

Re: [WiX-users] Changing property value at runtime

Hi, I have still not found any solution to the following problem, I tried using a C++ custom action DLL, but even that changes the server side property. Please give me some information at least... so that I can think of some workarounds. - Nitin Chaudhari On 4/2/07, Nitin Chaudhari [EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall the old version and then install the newerone.

This should be how a major upgrade works, especially if you position the removal logic in the right place. I have this in my wxs: Upgrade Id=9E9EAAF1-4AF9-46D4-89AA-AD26AE05208A UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect=no Property=PREVIOUSVERSIONFOUND IncludeMinimum=yes Minimum=1.0.0.0

[WiX-users] Combo box based installation

Hi, I've designed a dialog with a combo box. The combo gives the user the option to select a version of an installed application. I want to deploy the correct set of files to each item in the combo box. How can this be done? Thanks

[WiX-users] How to display a Link on a installer dialog?

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Re: [WiX-users] Error in German?

Kevin Burton wrote: The dialog that is coming up in German is an error dialog indicating that there is insufficient disk space to continue. I also noticed that on uninstall I see a dialog where the button text is in German briefly. As I said before, you can check a verbose log to see

Re: [WiX-users] Changing property value at runtime

Nitin Chaudhari wrote: I have still not found any solution to the following problem, I tried using a C++ custom action DLL, but even that changes the server side property. Please give me some information at least... so that I can think of some workarounds. Schedule the setter CA in

Re: [WiX-users] Setting the name of a shortcut to the name of a property

Mike Poulson wrote: I am looking for a way to name a shortcut to that of a property name. I doubt MSI supports that -- it would mean that a resource is variable, which doesn't mesh well with component rules. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org

Re: [WiX-users] Light Error and Merge Modules

Eddleman, Don wrote: I am getting light error 0129 (cannot open the merge module) when a merge module is trying to be loaded. The msm is present in the directory so I was wondering what normally causes this error? It's a generic message for any failure to access the merge module other

Re: [WiX-users] install as standard user

Nitin Chaudhari wrote: For some reason my installation currently requires administrative priviledges. I want to pull that down to standard user. Are there any checks I should be doing? I want to find out what is forcing my installation to ask for admin. Your setup can't touch any

Re: [WiX-users] Different versions with different installer builders

Valentin I. Melamed wrote: First I tried to preserve only the upgrade code between the versions and to change the ProductCode and the PackageCode. This didn't work: if you have 1.2.2 it would install the 1.2.3 from the new installer as a separate product -- they both appear in Add/Remove

Re: [WiX-users] Combo box based installation

Tal Shrestha wrote: I've designed a dialog with a combo box. The combo gives the user the option to select a version of an installed application. I want to deploy the correct set of files to each item in the combo box. How can this be done? Use features with conditions based on what the

[WiX-users] How to display a Link on a installer dialog?

I want to show a link on an installer dialog so that when a user clicks on that link, the browser should open with the URL. How can I achieve this functionality? Thanks and Regards Baljeet Singh - Take Surveys. Earn Cash.

[WiX-users] Survey on technique

I am curious on peoples thoughts of how to treat help2 content. I have the component per file working but it causes the msi to really explode in size (plus the LGHT1076 warnings due to length of names) and I still have source files to add to the assembly for which I am generating an msi. It seems

Re: [WiX-users] dot Net Custom actions

The handle to the current session is not passed through to the managed code Dll in Installer classes. The InstallUtilLib shim is a standard C++ entrypoint, designed to be called deferred, and getting data via CustomActionData. The handle to the session is of limited use anyway in deferred

[WiX-users] Advertised Shortcuts are often given the Wrong Icon

In my WiX XML I have: Icon Id=MyProduct.ico SourceFile=$(var.MainIconPath)/ ... Shortcut Id=desktopShortcut Directory=DesktopFolder Name=MyProduct WorkingDirectory=INSTALLDIR Icon=MyProduct.ico IconIndex=0 Advertise=yes/ The shortcut gets created. On my machine and some

[WiX-users] Create MSBuild boostrap event to install Office PIAs

I was looking at the wiki article here (http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=Deploying_Additional_Components) on bootstrapping, and I need to be able to extend the bootstrapper with my own component for the Office 2003 and 2007 PIAs. I checked out the tool from gotdotnet to generate the XML,

Re: [WiX-users] wix questions

Hi Bob, thanks so much for your reply. I should have said Active Directory browser showing computer accounts in a particular domain So that was a no right? I could probably write some kind of C++ CA Thanks for your help! Lindsay Harris From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[WiX-users] Service 'Foo' (MyServiceExeName) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services.

I'm trying to convert an existing InstallShield installer + user-run Batch file to a single WiX installer. I've basically taken SharpDevelop's WiX integration tool, and added a bunch of files, and a service to the default project. The service part that I added is straight out of the tutorial

[WiX-users] detect installed .net assembly

How do I figure out with wix3 whether a particular .net assembly is already installed (and registered in the GAC)? I'd like to write a condition to not install an assembly if the user has it already installed. Thanks, Patrick Schmid

Re: [WiX-users] Help need on Registry element

Hey Bala, Unfortunately I have never done this, I am actually very new to WIX as well. It sounds reasonable though. I would email the wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netmailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net and ask them. Lindsay From: Bala Shanmugam (Excell Data Corporation) Sent: Monday,

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 11, Issue 46

I don't know anything about PIA's, but if you have a .msi that you need to add to a bootstrapper, you want to create a directory in your VS-SDK directory as you mentioned. What goes in this directory is sometimes called Bootstrapper Manifests, sometimes called Bootstrapper Package. The directory

Re: [WiX-users] Create MSBuild boostrap event to install Office

My apologies, my finger was faster on the Send button than my eyes were at noticing I forgot to change the subject line. Julie -Original Message- From: Julie Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:07 PM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: RE:

[WiX-users] Setting a property, conditionally on selection of a feature in Custom install

Hi there, Seemingly simple question, but I've failed to find an answer to this... I'm trying to conditionally display a dialog and launch some custom actions etc, if a feature is selected for install. Is there a way that I can test whether a feature has been selected in a Custom Install

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[WiX-users] WiX v2 escrow

Sorry, I've been absent for the last few weeks since I've been so busy with WindowsMarketplace.com. I just wanted to drop in quickly to let people know that I believe WiX v2 is very close to done. If you're using the WiX v2 toolset, I encourage you to look for Friday's build.

Re: [WiX-users] wix questions

Lindsay Harris wrote: I should have said Active Directory browser showing computer accounts in a particular domain So that was a no right? Yep.g -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the

Re: [WiX-users] Survey on technique

Eddleman, Don wrote: I am curious on peoples thoughts of how to treat help2 content. I have the component per file working but it causes the msi to really explode in size Can you clarify what you mean? Having one file per component adds just a tiny bit of overhead for the associated

Re: [WiX-users] Service 'Foo' (MyServiceExeName) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services.

Jeramy Rutley wrote: I've not written any registry keys or done anything else. That's probably the problem. The /install switch likely writes configuration information in addition to the service entries. Convert what that switch does into authoring and the service will be registered the

Re: [WiX-users] Files not being installed to WIXUI_INSTALLDIR

Doug Payne wrote: I'm using WIXUI_INSTALLDIR to prompt the user to enter an altnernate install location for the product. I am following the example outlined in the help for the WIXUI_INSTALLDIR dalog set. I set the value of WIXUI_INSTALLDIR to the Directory Id of the default location, and

[WiX-users] ICE38 error

I am trying to install my application in a folder under the user profile. When I use AppDataFolder or LocalAppDataFolder, I keep getting ICE38 error messages for all my components. The error message tells me that I need to use a key in HKCU as KeyPath, not a file. What kind of key is it asking

Re: [WiX-users] Setting a property, conditionally on selection of a feature in Custom install

Thanks Bob, exactly what I was after; Publish ...amps;ServerFeature = 3/Publish Cool. Dave. - Original message - From: Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:43:40 - 0700 Subject: Re: