Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade (options?)

2008-03-12 Thread Kevin Burton
Currently I have constructed a custom dialog to prompt the user for the settings required for the installation. If this is an upgrade then I will have saved those settings in the registry and I obviously don't want to prompt the user/installer for those settings again. How do I bypass this dialo

Re: [WiX-users] IIS web site dialog

2008-03-12 Thread Sneha Gharpure
No, the product is supported on Windows Server 2003 Server. So we will be implementing the installer for Windows Server 2003 only. So how can display the website list in List Box? Thanks, Sneha Dana Gutride wrote: > > Do you want this to work on Windows 2008 as well? If so, you are going to

Re: [WiX-users] ClickThrough: ct.exe parameters

2008-03-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Victor Sergienko wrote: > I was able to find that I need to run something like > ct.exe WixIsolatedAppExtension -src click_through_try.ctd -out feed.rss > but I probably need another parameter or settings file to initialize > builder fields. > I believe all the settings are in the .ctd file. -

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade (options?)

2008-03-12 Thread Bob Arnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The question that comes up is after this conditional block and there is a > major upgrade, when should the settings that are saved in the registry be > read in? Is there a conditional clause on saving that setting in the registry > that I am missing? No. Just always

Re: [WiX-users] Property Change Event

2008-03-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Dustin Johnson wrote: > Is it possible to get the property change event to effect a change in > a control? Not that I know of. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all c

Re: [WiX-users] Problem in entering nodes to machine.config using XmlConfig of Wix

2008-03-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Please keep /wix-users/ on the list so everyone can participate. Abhradeep Thakurta wrote: In such a situation we should enter the new node inside the empty *dependentAssembly* *. *Now my major problem is how do I define the XPath for such a situation. You don't. If you use the Id of the

[WiX-users] adding "WixUIExtension" produces "Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component." when reopening solution

2008-03-12 Thread Robert O'Brien
After adding the following entry to my wix setup project using the votive vs08 project extensions support everything works fine. C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\WixUIExtension.dll Later when I close and try to reopen the project I get the following erro

[WiX-users] ClickThrough: ct.exe parameters

2008-03-12 Thread Victor Sergienko
How do I build a package and RSS update with ct.exe? I was able to find that I need to run something like ct.exe WixIsolatedAppExtension -src click_through_try.ctd -out feed.rss but I probably need another parameter or settings file to initialize builder fields. Is there another way to build thу

Re: [WiX-users] SecureCustomProperties from Merge Module

2008-03-12 Thread Daryn Mitchell
Daryn Mitchell originally wrote: > > ... merge module's ... SecureCustomProperties ... how should the > > merge module get the result of its file search during Vista repair? Bob Arnson wrote: > The only thing I can think of is a custom action that adds your property > to the SecureCustomPr

[WiX-users] Property Change Event

2008-03-12 Thread Dustin Johnson
I'm trying to get the next button to behave similar to the next button in the license agreement dialog.  The twist here is that the property change comes from a custom action.  Is it possible to get the property change event to effect a change in a control? Thank you! -- Dustin Johnson CACE

[WiX-users] Design recommendations and best practice

2008-03-12 Thread Stas Klyachkovsky
Hi there, I've decompiled my IS MSI and now I have one big .wxs file, which I want to fragment. Before I start, I want to gather WiX design best practice. Could somebody share or recommend any resources? Thanks, Stas - This

[WiX-users] LicenseAgreement ScrollableText condition

2008-03-12 Thread Arthur Curvello
How can I identify that the user scrolled the whole RTF? - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/

Re: [WiX-users] IIS web site dialog

2008-03-12 Thread Dana Gutride
Do you want this to work on Windows 2008 as well? If so, you are going to have trouble connecting to IIS for the site list in the UI sequence of your msi and the direction you are attempting to go in right now will probably not work. Dana On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Sneha Gharpure < [EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] IIS web site dialog

2008-03-12 Thread Sneha Gharpure
Hi, Can you please elaborate on this? As in how a list type box can be shown which will list all the websites in IIS? In my scenario, the virtual directory names are fixed. I just need to select a web site under which these virtual directories will be deployed. I have a VB script that lists all

[WiX-users] Important: Check for space in the path

2008-03-12 Thread DE�K JAHN, G�bor
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:29:04 +0330, Riyaz Mogharabin wrote: Riyaz, > I have created an installer with "WiXUi.InstallDir". I need to > check the install path that the user selects and not let him > continue the installation if the path contains a space. This is very unfriendly to your users, not

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFileSearch for AppSearch?

2008-03-12 Thread Dominik Guder
Alexander Shevchuk wrote: > > Persist your parameter in the registry and retrieve it from there during > maintenance/upgrade install. > Hi Alex, yes I know I could use registry for this. But it looks very odd for me since .Net is propagating a App.config solution everywhere and now I'm force