Re: [WiX-users] Votive doesn't work with VS 2005

That was not a fair comment, I'm sorry. I understand how the process works (being a developer myself). I guess I was just really frustrated at not being able to use DTF... Are there any release notes I can read through to try and resolve this issue? Do I need to install anything else (apart from

Re: [WiX-users] Using AssemblyVersion in the build

Ah, I was using ?define Version=!(bind.FileVersion.MyFile) ? When it should have been ?define Version=!(bind.FileVersion.MyFile) ? Thanks again Bob. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: 05 June 2008 03:55 To: General

[WiX-users] Avoid install on removable drives

I have tried using Removable=no with the PathEdit control inside the BrowseDlg but it gives an error while building the MSI.Can anybody give an insight on how to avoid install on removable drives -- View this message in context:

[WiX-users] Find out user name of current logged-in user

My installer supports per machine or user installation. Next to the user installation I want to show the name of the user, that is currently logged in. I have used the USERNAME Property, but this doesn't work correct. This Property does not really contain the name of current user. Is there

[WiX-users] Reliable way to figure out the startup folder

Dear wix-users, maybe someone else has tried to figure out where the startup folder from Microsoft Winword is. I found a few registry entries which may qualify, but am not sure if that's the way to got. The point is that templates which word should automatically load at startup should be placed,

Re: [WiX-users] Votive doesn't work with VS 2005

It's not hard at all to extract out the bits for DTF and use it with nothing but the .NET Framework if you want.nbsp;nbsp; I actually use it with InstallShield via Visual Studio 2005/2008 and TFSBuild. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or

Re: [WiX-users] Votive doesn't work with VS 2005

would you mind sharing the code with the forum? chrpai wrote: It's not hard at all to extract out the bits for DTF and use it with nothing but the .NET Framework if you want.nbsp;nbsp; I actually use it with InstallShield via Visual Studio 2005/2008 and TFSBuild. Christopher Painter,

Re: [WiX-users] How to Uninstall from ARP with full GUI?

Nope. There was no complaint from any quarter (even full Orca validation suite didn't catch it) but, as Bob said, it is obviously read-only property because ARP uninstall was unaffected. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:15

Re: [WiX-users] conditionally show msg box

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Simon Dahlbacka [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know about the actual issue, but as you might guess from looking at a snippet of xml, the character is in fact a special one that needs escaping so either Intel gt; 5 or ![CDATA[Intel5]] is more

Re: [WiX-users] Re moveExistingProducts and Duplicate GUIDs

* BUMP * Anyone got any ideas her? I'm stumped... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/RemoveExistingProducts-and-Duplicate-GUIDs-tp17655018p17671619.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] Issues with ServiceInstall

Hi Sandip- I was wondering the same in the back of my mind because some of our oldest services take a -Service to install and a -Unregserver to uninstall (ATL Templates, I believe), while others use InstallUtil and possibly some other utilities. Yet, they are all handled by WiX/MSI equally well

[WiX-users] Attach a database

I'm using WiX 3.0.4130.0 and I'm trying to figure out how to attach a database. I'm getting a runtime error using this method: Component Id=Component2 Guid=c57c91e1-d185-49c1-91f9-fc41a26298a3 File Id=MDF Name=MyDb.mdf Source=MyDb.mdf KeyPath=yes / File

Re: [WiX-users] conditionally show msg box

Thanks for your reply. You were right, the control next doesn't exist in the definition of CancelDlg. I have another question about the sequence of the dialogs in my wxs file listed below. Why is WelcomeDlg displayed first? And which one of the following predefined actions do those Publish

[WiX-users] FileSharePermission has no Domain

Hi, In the util:FileSharePermission element, there's no Domain attribute. Is there some other way to grant fileshare permissions to a domain account? Thanks, Chris - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the

Re: [WiX-users] conditionally show msg box

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], ywchen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have another question about the sequence of the dialogs in my wxs file listed below. Why is WelcomeDlg displayed first? If a dialog is listed as an action in the InstallUISequence table, then that dialog is displayed. So

Re: [WiX-users] Votive doesn't work with VS 2005

1. ProjectAggregator2.msi never changes. You only need to install it once (unless stuff gets messed up then reinstalling may be a good idea). 2. I've seen bug reports for VS2005 but there are a lot of comments on them saying they don't repro for everyone. I'm not sure what's going wrong but

Re: [WiX-users] Reliable way to figure out the startup folder

Uhh, this is really more of a question for the Word team. You should follow their documentation. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Friedrich Dominicus Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 05:25 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML

Re: [WiX-users] Re moveExistingProducts and Duplicate GUIDs

When is your custom action getting run? If it isn't deferred, then it may be running before the other actions have executed or it may not have permission to do what it needs to do (because immediate isn't elevated). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] Find out user name of current logged-in user

Uhh, from the MSI SDK: LogonUser Property The LogonUser property is the user name for the currently logged on user. Set by the installer by a system call to GetUserName. If that doesn't work, all of the built in properties are documented. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] Attach a database

I have something that looks a lot like this (in WiX v2): File Id=Baseline.mdf Name=$(var.ShortPrefix).mdf LongName=$(var.LongDBName)_data.mdf Source=SourceDir\$(var.LongDBName)Baseline.mdf / File Id=Baseline.ldf Name=$(var.ShortPrefix).ldf

Re: [WiX-users] Re moveExistingProducts and Duplicate GUIDs

Rob Mensching-2 wrote: When is your custom action getting run? If it isn't deferred, then it may be running before the other actions have executed or it may not have permission to do what it needs to do (because immediate isn't elevated). I've set RemoveExistingProducts to run after

[WiX-users] DTF in Win64

Is there any way to tell DTF to run the 64 bit version of the runtime? Chris - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source.

Re: [WiX-users] DTF in Win64

Yes: use the 64bit sfxca.dll. The project templates should do that automatically if your CA project platform configuration is x64. You'll need to use the Configuration Manager to add an x64 Platform to the project if you haven't already. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] DTF in Win64

Aaah, so I'll need to build two separate CA DLLs... Makes sense in retrospect, since it's a native DLL wrapper. I'm just too used to managed code being platform agnostic. ;-) Guess it's time to port my projects over to use the new project templates, then. Thanks! Chris On Thu, Jun 5, 2008

Re: [WiX-users] Attach a database

Ok here's what I have now. It installs correctly, but the uninstall fails with 0x80004005 failed to connect to database. Component Id=Component2 Guid=c57c91e1-d185-49c1-91f9-fc41a26298a3 File Id=MDF Name=MyDb.mdf Source=MyDb.mdf KeyPath=yes / File Id=LDF Name=MyDb_log.ldf

[WiX-users] What kind of How To docs would you like to see?

Next week I'll be taking some time to write a bunch of How To pages on WiX 3 to hopefully include in the WiX.chm file. Mostly this is because every time I try and do basic things I wind up having to do all kinds of searches online to find the answer :) While I have some ideas on what to

[WiX-users] DTF Mystery Issues

I've been having DTF bomb out from time to time on an otherwise alright installer. If I rerun the installer immediately, it works fine. I have 3 managed CA's in this installer, and once about every 10 times I run it, one of them fails. For instance, I have a CA that builds up SQL queries with

Re: [WiX-users] Re moveExistingProducts and Duplicate GUIDs

I've resolved this by attacking it a little differently. I've prevented RemoveExistingProducts/ from removing the logs directory by setting the log directory create component to Permenant. Given this, I can now sequence RemoveExistingProducts after InstallFinalize. I preserve my config files now

Re: [WiX-users] DTF Mystery Issues

Yes, this bug was reported directly to me by two other people in the past week. I should have made sure there was bug logged on SF, but there hasn't been so far. I have already checked in the fix, so tomorrow's WiX build will resolve the issue. Anyway thanks for reporting it. -Jason-

Re: [WiX-users] Attach a database

Can you show the definition for your LocalMasterDB element? Tim On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Rob Mensching [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have something that looks a lot like this (in WiX v2): File Id=Baseline.mdf Name=$(var.ShortPrefix).mdf

Re: [WiX-users] DTF Mystery Issues

I love a quick resolution. :-) Thanks again. Chris On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Jason Ginchereau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, this bug was reported directly to me by two other people in the past week. I should have made sure there was bug logged on SF, but there hasn't been so far.

Re: [WiX-users] Attach a database

At the top of the Fragment: SqlDatabase Id=LocalMasterDB Server=(local) Database=master / -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Fisher Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 16:53 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.