Re: [WiX-users] WiX support for special characters?

2007-04-29 Thread Tom Busmire (KDDS Group LLC)
Thanks for the reply Bob. I actually figured it out by searching the wix-users list. I wasn't specifying a Codepage attribute at all for the Product element. Once I did that, the characters display fine. From: Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27,

Re: [WiX-users] Pass variable's value using MSBuild (and a votive problem)

2007-04-29 Thread Surya
I am using the WiX and Votive from v2, so I would think this problem would exist right. On 4/28/07, Justin Rockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It depends on what build you're using. I recently checked in a fix (a couple of weeks ago) where some property changes would not mark the project as

[WiX-users] Installing/uninstalling Services

2007-04-29 Thread F. David del Campo Hill
Hi All, I am using WIX 2 to repackage STunnel for Windows into a MSI file I can use to attach to an Active Directory group policy object. I have had no problems in creating WIX files to install the files and shortcuts necessary for STunnel, but I am having problems in making the MSI file

Re: [WiX-users] Installing/uninstalling Services

2007-04-29 Thread Mike Dimmick
The ServiceInstall element installs the exe which is the key file for the component as a service. Since you haven't specified a File for this component, I suspect this will do nothing. You must place the ServiceInstall element in the same component which installs the file. The Arguments are the

Re: [WiX-users] Installing/uninstalling Services

2007-04-29 Thread Justin Dearing
F. David, I would be interested in your MSI package. I would like to add it to my sourceforge project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/nightelves) would you be willing to send me the source code, or committing it yourself if I gave you svn access. I also write project templates for

[WiX-users] how to make msi include an exe, 2 files without installing them

2007-04-29 Thread antoine antoine
Hi My attempts at creating an msi using wix fail miserably. The msi installs a bunch of files, registers fonts, creates shortcuts. That is all easy to do. This is what i do not know how to tacke: Have wix to produce an msi that includes: an exe say installdriver.exe, a driver file say

Re: [WiX-users] how to make msi include an exe, 2 files without installing them

2007-04-29 Thread Bob Arnson
antoine antoine wrote: installdriver is legacy code and what it does is install the drv.sys and drv.inf to some dir and register the driver with the system. All this can be 'done' via wix DIFxApp but this is broken in wix 3 so it cannot be done until the bug is fixed in wix 3. So i am