[WiX-users] Problem in detection of previously installed package

2007-10-09 Thread V K Gangwar
Hello, I installed a package (.EXE) which was developed with INSTALLSHIELD. Now I developed a MSI package with WiX3.0 and VS2005. Product ID of both packages are same. When I install MSI package it is not detecting the previously installed INSTALLSHIELD package. Could somebody tell me this

[WiX-users] Type libraries and component rules

2007-10-09 Thread Vilhelm Sjoberg
Hello wix-users, this is a follow up to my emails from a few days ago about problems with COM registration. I think the problem is that I am violating component rules, but I'm not sure how to avoid it. My program ships with a com server dll file which will need to be upgraded from time to time.

Re: [WiX-users] Maintenance - Change weirdness

2007-10-09 Thread DexterSinister
Bob Arnson-6 wrote: It could be in the merge module's Property table or in custom actions. I've checked through all of those ... but where does the property get stored between runs of the installer ? It's someplace that isn't effected by reboots [registry, but where?], but how does the

Re: [WiX-users] Running an executable in the binary table

2007-10-09 Thread Paul McCloskey
Thanks for the help and example snippet Chris, the explanation makes perfect sense and works like a charm. I tried going the dark route, but our IS generated MSI files make dark throw exceptions. Paul From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[WiX-users] msi error 2867 (its urgent plz help)

2007-10-09 Thread shambhu kumar
hi these lines r the part of logfile created during installation. log file z uploaded to this link: http://www.nabble.com/file/p13115225/log.txt log.txt MSI (c) (40:F0) [18:23:49:137]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2205 DEBUG: Error 2205: Database:

Re: [WiX-users] Running an executable in the binary table

2007-10-09 Thread Christopher Painter
No problem. You may not have meant it the way you wrote it... but I don't agree with the concept of InstallShield making dark throw exceptions.That is all dark's doing. Paul McCloskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:*

Re: [WiX-users] Digitally signing packages

2007-10-09 Thread John Vottero
The wix schema seems to have support for digitally signing packages - the DigitalCertificate element, the DigitalCertificateRef element - but I can't see how they're meant to be used. Presumably light has to have access to the certificate's private key at some point, and it isn't clear to

Re: [WiX-users] Digitally signing packages

2007-10-09 Thread Chris Ridd
On 9 Oct 2007, at 15:49, John Vottero wrote: The wix schema seems to have support for digitally signing packages - the DigitalCertificate element, the DigitalCertificateRef element - but I can't see how they're meant to be used. Presumably light has to have access to the certificate's

[WiX-users] Any Ideas?

2007-10-09 Thread Jessi Darling
I ultimately want to install the main program with all the dlls on the server side, then be able to run the client install that adds the shortcuts on the desktop and all the other appropriate places that points to the single main executable on the server. I am running a component search to search

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Re: [WiX-users] Any Ideas?

2007-10-09 Thread Jessi Darling
Is there a way that it can be done? On 10/9/07, Chad Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, basically, you're wanting the client install to search the server for the Component? I think ComponentSearch, since it is running in the context of the MSI on the client, won't look to another machine

Re: [WiX-users] Any Ideas?

2007-10-09 Thread Jessi Darling
I will see what I can do. I will probably have more questions about it though. Thank you. On 10/9/07, Chad Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use a custom action to set a property and then use that property to create the shortcut on the client desktop. However, I also display a dialog so

Re: [WiX-users] Maintenance - Change weirdness

2007-10-09 Thread Bob Arnson
DexterSinister wrote: I've checked through all of those ... but where does the property get stored between runs of the installer ? It doesn't. MSI sets the Preselected property at runtime. See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370839.aspx for the list. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Modifying parameters and sending them to a custom action on a button press

2007-10-09 Thread Bob Arnson
MatPdr wrote: As far as current reading has got me I have been able to determine that parameters can be passed into the c++ function using MsiGetProperty. So I would have to have a pre-determined property that can be set before calling the custom action. That's the general model. What

Re: [WiX-users] msi error 2867 (its urgent plz help)

2007-10-09 Thread Wilson, Phil
It looks like you have two problems here in MSI terms: There's supposed to be a ComboBox table in the MSI file but error 2205 indicates it's missing, as it says. Error 2867 indicates that there is no error dialog so that Windows can show you that error, that's the form at sequence number -3 in

Re: [WiX-users] XmlConfig and XmlFile...

2007-10-09 Thread Ravikumar Gopinath
I am trying to use XmlConfig to delete an element from a xml file which was installed as part of same package. but that isn't working. If I try to modify an attribute using XmlFile for same ElementPath, it works fine. Am I missing something here? my code: Component

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[WiX-users] NGen and uninstalling

2007-10-09 Thread Doug Payne
Hello, I would like some help understanding how the native image element and related custom actions work in Wix 2.0. Specifically, I would like some advice on how to debug a problem I am seeing when uninstalling my product. I am using this element to add assemblies to the Native Image Cache

Re: [WiX-users] XmlConfig - Unable to make it work

2007-10-09 Thread gaisen
I ran into a similar issue and was able to resolve it by updating builds. More info at: http://blogs.msdn.com/gisenberg/archive/2007/10/09/wix-v3-and-xmlconfig-xmlfile-troubleshooting.aspx Laxmi Narsimha Rao Oruganti (SQL CE) wrote: Hey WIX Users, We are using WIXv3 3.0.2921.0 Build. I