Scott Palmer wrote:
> Of course that means that the same Icon ID can't be used to point to
> both an .exe and a document file...
> I'm calling it a WiX bug, as it's clearly brain-dead behavior...
This is Windows Installer/MSI issue. Understanding
how shortcuts and product advertisement work may h
Just as a reminder, if you edit WixUI_en-us.wxl, you'll have to use lit.exe to
rebuild the UI library.
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I think you could always edit the WixUI_en-us.wxl file. I have a feeling this
is probably frowned on, though. There's probably a better way.
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I'm not really sure if this is the best method or if it would cut down on the
size at all, but you could create a custom UI sequence and use properties and
conditions. Have a dialog with a couple of checkboxes specifying the desired
destinations. When the user checks them, set a property to so
Try using the REINSTALLMODE property with the REINSTALL property. The
REINSTALLMODE property tells the installer how to overwrite the files and if
to use versioning rules or not. The REINSTALL property tells it what features
to apply REINSTALLMODE to.
Take a look at http://msdn2.microsoft.com
Hi,
I have a custom action that I want to run, but only if the user has selected
and installed a specific Feature. Is there an expression or property to use to
determine whether a particular Feature has been selected?
Thanks,
Hongping
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Most of the time when setting up web applications or virtual directories
you can assume that the IUSR account will be IUSR_ and go
forth from there.
But what if the user has changed the IUSR account or more likely changed
the name of the machine since installing IIS. Then the name of the
machin
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Lindsay Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Bob, thanks so much for your response. So I wonder, is there any way to fo=
> rce a refresh or redraw of a WIX dialog?
What is it you're really trying to do?
You've asked about a task without stating the goal.
U
Hello,
Yes you can skip the license if you modify the wixlib.
Look at the tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson2.php#2.5 to
see how to modify the dialog boxes and their order.
>From: Andrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: [WiX-users] Skip license d
Hiya folks,
A quick question,
How can the existing files be overwritten during a repair option?
appreciate any help.
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Software Developer
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Thank you this was most helpful. Particularly I was unaware of the 'var.'
syntax. Thank you. I will need to do a little more digging to see how I set
the -d preprocessor arguments with msbuild. Thank you.
Kevin
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Bob, thanks so much for your response. So I wonder, is there any way to force
a refresh or redraw of a WIX dialog?
Thanks!
Lindsay
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:51 PM
To: Lindsay Harris
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; David Voskuil; Rajive Kum
I'd like to set up an automated build process using Tallow to generate a
dynamic list of files to include. However our app tends to include an
extremely diverse set of file-types to deploy, while the files we need to
exclude tend to have a fairly static set of extensions.
Is there some way to for
Gabor,
This is a great idea because this way information stays in one place and
is more easily accessible to all. If you and Rennie could collaborate on
this, the community stands to benefit.
Just a suggestion.
Sandeep
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:52:42 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sandeep,
> The "official" tutorial is an excellent resource but does not cover
> this area comprehensively.
I don't want to say even a single word against a parallel tutorial, of course,
but I'm more than willing to accept any contrib
Funnily enough, Rob posted a blog entry yesterday on why there are no plans
to add Managed Custom Action support to WiX any time soon. See
http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/04/19/Managed-Code-CustomActions-n
o-support-on-the-way-and-heres.aspx.
--
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From: [EM
Rob, have you taken a look at the method that Christopher Painter alluded to
in his comment on your blog post regarding Managed CA's? He seems to have
built something that implements a helper process to load the CLR and
communicates with the installer via IPC. This seems to be more of the
arc
Hi,
I am creating a MSI that has two features, each containing one component. The
user can install either or both the features. Each component use the same
source file which is to be installed to a different location.
Although the component use the same source file, it seems the file size of th
I wish you the best of luck. As long as you know that you are doing things
that are not supported (and in a way actively discouraged) then may your code
work for a very long time. I also hope your install does not create future
compatibility problems for the Windows Installer team (from what I
Not trying to steal any thunder or business, and competition is good,
but there is a most excellent open source project called WixEdit that
has a dialog editor in it. It now supports Wix 3.0 (and extensions) and
is simple/graphical enough for a beginner to start using. I haven't a
clue how to inter
I'm slowly marching through my upgrade challenges.
When an upgrade is launched the default dialog that appears is not what I
need. What are the recommended ways of displaying a more elaborate upgrade
dialog. The "continuing the installation" will confuse my users and
generate support calls.
S
Have you found documentation for InstallUtilLib.dll? Did Microsoft add
it to the list of redistributable software?
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Phil
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 12:43 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Usin
I guest that the decission was not to include another tool.
I have the same abuse feeling, that why in first chance I asked "what do you
think about this?" in my first mail.
Do you have any suggest of self-extraction tools that allow feature like
selection and store registry information? because
We (me and the company that I work for) are in the process of making a
setup tool (like InstallShield but laid out much better) that generates
WiX (3.0) files and then builds with candle and light. It generates 100%
pure WiX and has a visual interface as well as a full dialog editor. The
way that w
Rennie,
Like Daryn, I am also a developer who has occasionally done setup. I have
used WiX and InstallShield.
I would also be interested in a tutorial that explains in greater detail
custom dialogs and localization. I found not found any decent
documentation in this area.
I would almost always
Congratulations - you reinvented InstallUtilLib.dll...
Phil Wilson
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Mailinglist
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 4:52 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Using .NET 2.0 Man
Rennie,
I'd be very happy to see a more beginner-oriented tutorial to help with
getting started. I'm currently evaluating whether to switch from
InstallShield to WiX, and there are still things I have not yet got
running/tested in WiX.
I'm a software developers who happen to also do setup -- as
No special reason, was just trying ;-)
Is the same to use:
or
StartAppWithWindows = 1
Ricardo Lopes.
On 20/04/07, Anthony Wieser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why in so many examples is this written:
I thought CDATA was only required for when XML reserved items were
include
Anthony,
I think the reason you see it so much is that giving out a sample this
way is "safe". You are perfectly correct that you don't need it unless
there are XML reserved items, but it seems that (unfortunately) huge
numbers of developers don't understand the requirement to encapsulate
those
Also for an concise example of using the Automation interface you might find
it helpful to look at "WiRunSQL.vbs" in the Installer SDK / Platform SDK.
Use of the script is described in "Examples of Database Queries Using SQL
and Script"
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368562.aspx
Dar
Why in so many examples is this written:
I thought CDATA was only required for when XML reserved items were included,
like <, >, and &.
Am I missing something, or is it just mystically copied around?
Anthony Wieser
Wieser Software Ltd
Well, there is nothing inherently "wrong" with non-public properties.
Even from the UI. The "correctness" is conextual as to where you are
referencing the property which makes it very hard to catch in a
compiler. This is a logic error rather than a syntax error.
- Brett
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From:
Thanks,
It worked fine.
I didn't use the ALLCAPS version because i like camel-casing, has better
readability.
I notice many properties are in allcaps, is a limitation of MSI ?
If so i think it should be verified on the schema and warm or force the user
to change it to allcaps.
Many thanks.
Ri
Try making the property public (ALLCAPS):
Then reference it in the component condition as the all-uppercase
property name.
- Brett
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Lopes
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 10:27 AM
To: wix-
Duh!
If you're trying to make changes to the UI, don't add it to the
InstallExecuteSequence!
Add it to the InstallUISequence instead!
Once I did that, it all started working.
Maybe posting this will save someone else some time before they make the
same dumb mistake.
Anthony Wieser
Wieser Sof
HI,
I'm getting a while installing my msi.
Configuration of my webserver is
If I change the configuration to the following It start working .
The only change I made to config is to add a header or assign server IP address
to make it non functional...
Is it a bug in the ScaSched.dll o
Hi,
I tried several ways and can't set a registry key only when the user checks
a checkbox.
I Create a component with a condition that checks a property (initialy set
to "1" to make the checkbox control checked by default), however it seems
that the property value is not set by the control and i
I'm trying to read some data out of the registry using
That works fine, and both items are correctly set to the values in the
registry.
Then, I'd like to set PIDKEY (if it isn't already set) to MACHINEKEY if
that's set, or USERKEY if it's not.
Unfortunately,
Hi Bob,
How to I know within the AddLocal and Remove events for the Next button which
entry is selected in the listbox?
Sketch:
...
LISTBOXVALUES="Feature1"
LISTBOXVALUES="Feature2"
LISTBOXVALUES<>"Feature1"
LISTBOXVALUES<>"Feature2"
???
Thx,
Da
Well, if the download is generic - just a file on a server - then I
don't see how you can do this. However, if you are running a Windows
server (ASP) theoretically I suppose you could make the download script:
- Make a copy of the msi file on the server
- Use the MSI Automation interface to open
Kevin,
I don't know if it's the recommended way (it probably isn't) but here is
a brief description of what we do here:
We happen to use NAnt for our build scripts. You should be able to
accomplish similar results using a batch file, MSBuild or similar.
Our calls to Candle look somethin
Hello WiX-users,
because we needed to use managed custom actions in our setup, I searched around
the net for a real solution to this.
I found two projects ([1],[2]), that followed quite good ideas, but both did
not work out of the box or only under special circumstances. So I combined them
bo
Hi Johan,
> How does this work around the technical reason for managed custom
> actions not working that Rob Mensching blogged about recently?
Well, it works, though we have not testet calling managed custom actions for
different framework versions. We roll out our software, entirely written for
On 4/20/07, Mailinglist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hello WiX-users,
>
>
>
> because we needed to use managed custom actions in our setup, I searched
> around the net for a real solution to this.
>
>
>
> I found two projects ([1],[2]), that followed quite good ideas, but both
> did not wo
The you can just edit each MSI package just before downloading.
look for the MsiSetProperty in the MSDN
regards
Stefan
Nitin Chaudhari wrote:
> Hey Stefan,
>
> I think we have different requirements, I want this guid to be filled up
> by my webpage, so that my webserver knows which GUID is gi
Hey Stefan,
I think we have different requirements, I want this guid to be filled up by
my webpage, so that my webserver knows which GUID is given to the user who
was logged in and who downloaded the setup.
Thanks,
Nitin
On 4/20/07, Stefan Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am using exactly
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From: "Rennie Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Anthony Wieser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 12:20 PM
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Problems overriding dialog sequence
You need to change some things in the WixUI_InstallDir.wxs file to
change the s
You need to change some things in the WixUI_InstallDir.wxs file to
change the sequencing of dialog boxes.
Rennie
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> Anthony Wieser
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>
I am using exactly the same thing.
I have custom action (that runs as immediate) that will create the
GUID and will fill some property with this GUID.
This guid is used in Registry element - it is written to the registry.
(functions to search:
UuidCreateSequential
UuidToString )
Regards
Stefan
I'm trying (in vain) to add a registration dialog between the License
Agreement page, and the installDir dialog using the
default dialog set.
In my section, I've added this:
LicenseAccepted = "1"
1
as well as the definition of my UserRegistrationDlg.
Unfortunately, when I look at t
Hi all,
We have created MSI using WIX 2.
But i observed end user can easily run two instances of MSI at the same
time.
I want to avoid this thing.
Can any one give me idea to how to do this using WIX ?
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Yes, that is very easy, at least if you are working with the UI in
source form.
Just change the sequence of dialog boxes to omit the dialog box that
shows the license agreement.
But you do need to download the WiX source and work with the dialog
sequencer in source.
Rennie
> -Original Messa
Hi All,
Is it possible not to show the licence agreement dialog?
I use wix ver. 2.
Andrei
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Hello,I am getting the following error with WiX V3.0.2806.0 and V3.0.2716.0:
Creating cabinet 'C:\WiX\SchemaV3\CabCache\Marine1.cab'.light.exe : error
LGHT0001 : Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an
indication that other memory is corrupt.
Exception Type: System.AccessVio
> Can you send a link to that tutorial?
Thanks for your interest.
My WiX tutorial not currently on-line, and it would involve some work to
place it on-line (formatting web pages, copying sample files, etc.)
So I'll ask again, is there really any interest in yet another WiX
tutorial? Mine is more
Magic. I'm not joking. The shell does some magic to tell when new apps are
installed an are not installed. When I install and uninstall a bunch of times
the shell sometimes remembers and sometimes doesn't remember that this is a
"new product". I don't know what to make of it.
I expect Raymo
Hi,
In my installer - I have a custom action which calls an EXE to perform some
operation.
At the end of the installation, I want to make sure that the EXE used in the
Custom Action is deleted from the system. I don't want to ship the EXE to
clients.
I find that we can do it in the following w
Hi,
I need to add some information to my setup at runtime. So that every user
who downloads the setup, get a unique setup. Basically I need to embedded a
GUID in the setup, and when it runs, I want to write this guid to registry
or some file. Any pointers on how to achieve this.
I heard about ch
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