[WiX-users] OFFICE OF THE HONORABLE MINISTER OF FINANCE

2008-04-02 Thread MR.BROWN LEO
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[WiX-users] Language neutral installer

2008-04-02 Thread RAYMENT Tim
Dear All, I'm trying to copy the Installshield model of having a base msi and then language specific mst files for each language (including English). I know how to generate localised msi in each language, but I'm not sure how to create the language neutral base msi. Thanks in advance for

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Permission attribute

2008-04-02 Thread Harini Gurusamy
Is WIX V3.0 released version or beta package From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:58 PM To: Harini Gurusamy Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Permission attribute Harini Gurusamy wrote: Is there an equivalent of Extended

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Permission attribute

2008-04-02 Thread Harini Gurusamy
Can we put well known user SIDs in the user attribute. Its throwing an error as of now ( OR) is there an other way to specify the SID values Permission GenericAll=yes User=S-1-1-0 / Permission GenericAll=yes User=S-1-5-32-544/ Thanks Harini From: Bob Arnson

Re: [WiX-users] MSI's and unknown publisher

2008-04-02 Thread Peterson, Joel
Wait, are you saying it's possible to add that entry? I was under the impression that the way Windows Installer caches MSIs, it can no longer authenticate the digital signature of the file as it has been changed. Joel Peterson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Permission attribute

2008-04-02 Thread Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS)
I use the well known user Authenticated Users in one of our products and it seems to work fine. But we are in XP and I haven't had a chance to see if it will work in Vistahttp://www.dcs.dshs.wa.gov/dcs/semsops/prioritizationteam.asp From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

[WiX-users] Installing files from a pre-generated CAB file

2008-04-02 Thread Jose Sanchez Saldana (Excell Data Corporation)
Suppose I have a cab file called FILES.CAB, which I've generated previously. Is there any way (other than running a custom action to extract it) to install the files within this CAB using WIX? Thanks. - Check out the new

[WiX-users] WiX to generate MSI that will uninstall IstallShield

2008-04-02 Thread Georgi Shopov
Hi, Can anybody tell me what will be the appropriate way of uninstalling previous versions not made with MSI - InstallShield in particular? Right now I am experimenting of adding CustomAction that will execute the UninstallString put into the registry from InstallShield installation; I pull

[WiX-users] Problem upgrading from per user to system-wide

2008-04-02 Thread Chad Blomquist
In my initial realease of a product, the installer left the ALLUSERS property undefined. As a result, the software seems to be installed per-user instead of for all users on the system. When I correct this and set the ALLUSERS property to 1, the upgrade fails to remove the old version. If, in

Re: [WiX-users] Problem upgrading from per user to system-wide

2008-04-02 Thread Christopher Painter
Upgrades ( including Major ) can't migrate an installed application from per-user to all-users. You have to first uninstall the app for each user who might have installed it and then reinstall the application as all user.This servicing ugliness is the reason for MSI Tao Rule # 30.

Re: [WiX-users] WiX to generate MSI that will uninstall IstallShield

2008-04-02 Thread Christopher Painter
Whatever you choose, you want to do it before Costing or otherwise you can get into some funky component rule problems. I've not had to address this sort of problem since my enterprise repackaging days but generally I'd write a stand alone `forced uninstall` utility that I would chain ( or