Re: [WiX-users] all users, single user Registry HKLM / HKCU

2008-02-16 Thread Christopher Painter
Have you looked at the Root attribute of the Registry Element? There is a value called HKMU that should do what you are looking for. ( This is equivilant to InstallShield HKEY_USER_SELECTABLE and Registry table Root value -1 ) Also note that if your registry data is COM related that you sho

[WiX-users] all users, single user Registry HKLM / HKCU

2008-02-16 Thread Jason Rivers
Hi all. with the install of our product, if someone selects to install for all users, I'd like the registry values to go into: HKLM\software\ if however the user selects to install the product for themselves only, then the registry values should be: HKCU\software\... is this possible to do

Re: [WiX-users] Style of Event-Driven Text Control

2008-02-16 Thread Bob Arnson
larsenal wrote: > How can I specify its style? If the text were static, I think I could > prepend with "{\Tahoma10}" or similar. How do you do this for "dynamic" > text? > You can try setting it with the default text. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] low bit depth rendering of bitmaps and icons?

2008-02-16 Thread Bob Arnson
Todd Newman (RMG) wrote: Has anyone else noticed that their icons and bitmaps are dithered down to about 4 bits/pixel? Is there a way around this? I used high-color JPEGs in Flight Sim regularly. If you're using fixed-size bitmaps, make sure the bitmaps are the right size; otherwise they'

Re: [WiX-users] validating media in multidisk installation

2008-02-16 Thread Bob Arnson
Balakrishna.BK wrote: > when 1st cd is inserted, autorun will be executed and after installing > the contents from 1st cd, how to continue (prompt for) 2nd cd and to > check if its correct cd. Have the autorun exit if it's not the first disc, based on the volume label. -- sig://boB http://joy

Re: [WiX-users] Starting a service after install

2008-02-16 Thread Bob Arnson
Jaco Pretorius wrote: It works fine if I start the service after install, so I suppose this is the only reason why it wouldn't be able to start. Is there any other way to start a service after install? I had a look at customactions, but I couldn't get it to work. Not that I know of. --