[WiX-users] DisableRegistryReflection

2007-07-04 Thread rohan bhattacharjee
Hello, I am using WiX 2.0 and I want to add this attribute DisableRegistryReflection="yes" to one of my Components (that populates registry keys to the x64 hive using Win64="yes"). I'm currently building the WiX on XP 32-bit ... but this MSI will eventually run on X64 Vista. When I compile (c

Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

2007-07-04 Thread Man, Shirley
Thanks, Bob. >> The MSI standard is to let the uninstall proceed and require a reboot. That means I will need to set some property to force a reboot then? The default behavior doesn't prompt user about the reboot. TIA! From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

[WiX-users] ODBC Data source

2007-07-04 Thread Rhys Goodwin
Hi, I'd like to create a very simple MSI that installs (configures) a system SQL DSN. I found this snippet in the mailing list archives which seems to work ok but I think there should be a lot more properties that could be configured. I can't seem to find a full WIX syntax reference. I looked at

Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtilLib.dll unknow error message

2007-07-04 Thread Lingappa.Sindhanur
Hi Mike, Thanks for your reply. You are right; I have derived the class from System.Configuration.Install.Installer. And I have created the class and custom actions based on the step by step instructions from josealmeida's blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/josealmeida/archive/2004/11/08/253831.asp

[WiX-users] Reading from/Writing to configuration file

2007-07-04 Thread Lingappa
Hi, I need to read the configuration information from input xml config file and display it to the user. Then user can modify the values and those values will be updated to web.config after users modification. I have written the custom action in VBScript to read the input xml config file (/using m

Re: [WiX-users] [Off-Topic] Moderation

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Christopher Painter wrote: > No worries, I somehow guessed that you would automatically be against > it. As I'm responsible for more than 10 percent of the traffic on the two SF lists (at least since I switched to Thunderbird), yeah, I'm against Web forums. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com

Re: [WiX-users] [Off-Topic] Moderation

2007-07-04 Thread Christopher Painter
No worries, I somehow guessed that you would automatically be against it. Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christopher Painter wrote: > Has the simple solution of a BBS been thrown up and shot down already? Not yet, so let's do so now. Any solution without multiple, offline, local, de

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with XML edit

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Berger Michael Tech EDV wrote: But this is not correct ! So what do you get? More detail might help. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with FileSearch element (WiX 2.0)

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Mike Dimmick wrote: > DirectorySearch is performed by the AppSearch action. You have to have all > your properties in place before it runs, or nest the searches appropriately. > Specifically, because the AppSearch table lacks any sequencing information (e.g., the ControlEvent table's Ordering

Re: [WiX-users] [Off-Topic] Moderation

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Christopher Painter wrote: > Has the simple solution of a BBS been thrown up and shot down already? Not yet, so let's do so now. Any solution without multiple, offline, local, desktop, near-zero-latency, easy-archiving readers/writers would get my vote against. Web-based forums lack the above,

Re: [WiX-users] File Search that returns a folder path

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Martin Lavelle wrote: I'm trying to author a file search that returns the folder path of a file search. In other words, I don't want the file name on the end of the path. My Property / DirectorySearch / FileSearch attempts just won't create the right table entries, will someone show me how

Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Man, Shirley wrote: Is there a way to disallow uninstall (i.e., by throwing an error message) if any of the installed files is in use? Any property I can check in ? The default behavior allows users to choose Ignore and proceed with the uninstall process. There's no built-in method to detec

Re: [WiX-users] Failed to open XML file on Vista

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Mike Dimmick wrote: Also, I still fail to understand why people use their own INSTALLDIR property rather than using TARGETDIR properly -- setting it to a location under ProgramFilesFolder, for example. I've just observed that if you don't do anything to the contrary, ROOTDRIVE is initialised

Re: [WiX-users] [Off-Topic] Moderation

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Rob Hamflett wrote: > Is it possible to allow read access to anyone, but only members can > post? That way curious people don't need to sign up for anything in order to > have a quick look. > I believe SF offers that option. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

[WiX-users] File Search that returns a folder path

2007-07-04 Thread Martin Lavelle
Hello, I'm trying to author a file search that returns the folder path of a file search. In other words, I don't want the file name on the end of the path. My Property / DirectorySearch / FileSearch attempts just won't create the right table entries, will someone show me how to do this please. I

Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtilLib.dll unknow error message

2007-07-04 Thread Mike Dimmick
I'm guessing you've derived a class from System.Configuration.Install.Installer and are trying to run InstallUtilLib.dll as a custom action. InstallUtilLib.dll is completely undocumented. Unfortunately managed code custom actions are officially unsupported in Windows Installer, and that's why t

Re: [WiX-users] Failed to open XML file on Vista

2007-07-04 Thread Mike Dimmick
It looks to me from the log that somehow INSTALLDIR wasn’t actually set – there is no path given in the error message, so it will depend on what the current directory is at the time of execution. INSTALLDIR isn’t a standard property – could it be that you need to list it in SecureCustomProperti

Re: [WiX-users] iis:WebSite and iis:WebAddress

2007-07-04 Thread Mike Dimmick
WiX searches for websites only using the IP Address/Port/Host header combination. Change any one of those and the IIS custom action won't find it. Unfortunately there's no hidden field that the user cannot change that WiX can save a unique identifier in. The custom action should probably genera

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with FileSearch element (WiX 2.0)

2007-07-04 Thread Mike Dimmick
DirectorySearch is performed by the AppSearch action. You have to have all your properties in place before it runs, or nest the searches appropriately. I think you need to nest your PRODUCT_VALID search inside the PRODUCT_FOLDER search. If you need both you'll need to do both. A RegistrySearchRef

[WiX-users] Problem with FileSearch element (WiX 2.0)

2007-07-04 Thread Oliver Schneider
Hi everyone, at the moment I am trying to find out whether another product on which our product depends is installed. Retrieving the path to the folder from the registry works flawlessly so far. However, I can't manage to get further than this. First I retrieve the path from the registry (which w

[WiX-users] iis:WebSite and iis:WebAddress

2007-07-04 Thread Moti Regev (Gmail)
Hello In the iis:WebSite there is  need to supply the  iis:WebAddress with port number (80 in most case). But if this port changed after installation in the iis configuration the uninstall fail with the following error: 'Error 26002. Failed to read IIsWebSite table.   (-2147023728 )' A

Re: [WiX-users] [Off-Topic] Moderation

2007-07-04 Thread Christopher Painter
Has the simple solution of a BBS been thrown up and shot down already? InstallShield's community website just runs the standard vBulletin setup and has image verification during the registration process to cut down on spam. Considering my 10+ years of BBS experience during the FidoNet days

[WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

2007-07-04 Thread Man, Shirley
Is there a way to disallow uninstall (i.e., by throwing an error message) if any of the installed files is in use? Any property I can check in ? The default behavior allows users to choose Ignore and proceed with the uninstall process. Thanks for your help. Shirley ---

Re: [WiX-users] [Off-Topic] Moderation

2007-07-04 Thread Rob Hamflett
I think this option would be more workable. Having someone moderate each individual message would create a lot of work for that person, and if they're busy/on holiday/sick/can't be bothered, then the whole list stops working. Is it possible to allow read access to anyone, but only members ca

Re: [WiX-users] [Off-Topic] Moderation

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Oliver Schneider wrote: > I am following the list a while already and lately it seems spammers do > so as well. How about turning on moderation for the list and have some > strategically located (with regard to timezone) moderators approve any > and all posts that are not spam. It's a technical mai

Re: [WiX-users] Need Help regarding Error Table

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Srinivas Tirupati wrote: 1> Doesn't WIX create an Error table populated by the Error messages itself ? Not by default. You can omit Error table rows and let MSI provide error messages from its localized resources. 2> What extra steps should we do to get this Error table populated by

Re: [WiX-users] Silent Custom Installation

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Srinivas Tirupati wrote: Is there any way to do custom installation in quiet mode. Yes, by documenting your feature names so they can use standard MSI features like ADDLOCAL to specify a feature subset. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] Previous Install Folder and Update

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Anton Filippov wrote: > 1. How to determine install folder for previous installation (when > I do major update)? Write it to the registry and use a RegistrySearch to locate it. > 2. When I intstall major update in same folder as previuos version - > after setup process intaller do RemoveExiting

Re: [WiX-users] Failed to open XML file on Vista

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Albert van Peppen wrote: The message appears when you don't have any XmlFile entries in your wxi script but has an action scheduled as After="XmlSched". This implies XmlSched CA is used and so it is placed in the InstallExecuteSequence but since it has nothing to do, it seems to generates the e

Re: [WiX-users] Setting UILevel in Wix

2007-07-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Man, Shirley wrote: Is there a way to set UILevel to 5, so uninstall can always run in "Full UI" mode? Add/Remove Programs runs Remove in basic UI. It ignores what the package has authored for UI. The reason for this is I need to disable the Ignore button in the FilesInUse dialog, but t

Re: [WiX-users] Installing a managed service

2007-07-04 Thread Timo Kunze
Thanks, I got it working. Timo -- www.TimoSoft-Software.de - Unicode controls for VB6 "Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither." - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FRE

Re: [WiX-users] Feature Install Level base on external CABs

2007-07-04 Thread Vincent Ho
Is there a way to force set a feature install level during initialization or skip a missing CAB media during the admistrative install? Thank you, Vince Rob Mensching-2 wrote: > > AFAIK, No. Admin images are always exploded. You scenario is a little > unusual. I'm a little surprised it works

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with XML edit

2007-07-04 Thread Berger Michael Tech EDV
Thank you, I tried to find out how this works but the documentation is too small and there are no examples . I tried: But this is not correct ! What I have to do for this output? The first target The second target: "Data Source=localhost\INS

[WiX-users] [Off-Topic] Moderation

2007-07-04 Thread Oliver Schneider
Hey, I am following the list a while already and lately it seems spammers do so as well. How about turning on moderation for the list and have some strategically located (with regard to timezone) moderators approve any and all posts that are not spam. It's a technical mailing list anyway, so spam

Re: [WiX-users] Pictures

2007-07-04 Thread Kirsten Burr
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[WiX-users] Previous Install Folder and Update

2007-07-04 Thread Anton Filippov
Hi all! Two questions: 1. How to determine install folder for previous installation (when I do major update)? 2. When I intstall major update in same folder as previuos version - after setup process intaller do RemoveExitingProduct and delete new files. How I can avoid this? Or I should install

Re: [WiX-users] ICE57

2007-07-04 Thread icewizard
Hi Jason, There's a software product, ICEWorks, that automatically resolves this and other errors in MSI files. It's in beta at the moment and you can sign up for free to be a beta tester. Visit http://iceworks.zettaserve.com/ Jason J. W. Williams wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm a bit befuddled

Re: [WiX-users] Failed to open XML file on Vista

2007-07-04 Thread Albert van Peppen
Hi, Finally found the problem (although it was away since 11 may 2007 because of changes in my wxi file).. It turned out that it has nothing to do with Office or anything on Vista. The message appears when you don't have any XmlFile entries in your wxi script but has an action scheduled as

[WiX-users] InstallUtilLib.dll unknow error message

2007-07-04 Thread Lingappa
Hi, I need to deploy the SSRS reports on reportServer using WIX. Is there any built in custom action that supports my requirement? I have written managed custom action to deploy the reports on reports server. I am getting following error: "InstallUtilLib.dll unknown Error" . I have included bot

[WiX-users] VARIABLES ASSIGNMENT

2007-07-04 Thread aashish_raina
hi all The problem is that value which the user has selected using radio button(compiler) in a dialog box .I want to send this value to my dll. this is what i used to pass the path selected by user to my dll ,it works and calling PATH in custom action Now MY architecture has x86 x64