Re: [WiX-users] util:CloseApplication - how do I use it

2008-08-26 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Eric submitted a fix today for a bug that sounds like it's related to this. VB and WinForms both use hidden windows to control app-level events; CloseApplication today doesn't send WM_CLOSE to all top-level windows. If you want me to test it please let me know, if not I'll wait for the

Re: [WiX-users] NET Client Profile = lame duck

2008-08-26 Thread Ryan O'Neill
I've not got round to trying it yet, but as for installing .Net on XP machines, my customer really wants that as there are a lot of XP machines out there still. Especially ones that do not have 3.5. So I can see that it is going to be useful for me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[WiX-users] Doesn't work ForceReboot Action on 64bit platform

2008-08-26 Thread tindu
Hi i have a sample msi that contains only a 64 bit dll in its component.i have set the attribute Platforms=x64 in Package node (called Template summary property) and win64=yes in the component atrribute to support 64bit platform. it works fine on 64 bit machine as expected. i have used the Force

[WiX-users] install product available for both the first install and reinstall

2008-08-26 Thread xiaoli
I'm doing a major upgrade. I'd like to install my product for both the first install and reinstall. I tried: msiexec /log install.log /i FrameworkInstall.msi REINSTALLMODE=av. It works fine for reinstall. but there are some issues while reinstalling. the msi works fine, and the application does

[WiX-users] Installation hangs on 64-bit Windows Server 2008

2008-08-26 Thread anwesha.m
I have an MSI which works fine on 32 and 64-bit windows server 2003 and 32-bit windows server 2008, but when I install on 64-bit windows server 2008, the installer hangs. Only if I cancel the process from Task Manager, the installation continues and completes successfully! From the installation

[WiX-users] Updating Installer Database through Custom Action

2008-08-26 Thread pavan gadam
Hi, I need to insert values into ComboBox using C# Custom Action. Code snippet string samWeb=abcd; ses.Database.Execute(INSERT INTO `ComboBox`(`Property`,`Order`,`Value`,`Text`) VALUES ('ComboWebsiteProp', + 1,' + samWeb + ',' + samWeb + ')); I am getting error as Function failed during

[WiX-users] Always have to relearn Wix every time I use it.

2008-08-26 Thread bryan rasmussen
Sort of a general usability post, I've noticed that WIX is in the range of technologies that I have to relearn every time I reuse it. There are some things that stick, like the use of GUIDs but generally I have to relearn the whole thing from the beginning. Are there others that have this

Re: [WiX-users] Always have to relearn Wix every time I use it.

2008-08-26 Thread Michael Putters
Hi Bryan, Well it's the kind of technology you use a lot at the beginning of a project when you create the main part of the installation but then eventually update once in a while for new files so it's kind of expected not to remember everything... Personally, stuff quickly comes back,

Re: [WiX-users] installation of a .net based service with Wixui

2008-08-26 Thread bryan rasmussen
well I found the following article on installing .NET services using installutil from an installation made with WIX: http://blog.vagmim.com/2004/09/installing-windows-services-created.html The thing which is sort of difficult to understand is the statement: I had given this link in the WIX users

[WiX-users] Harvesting a visual studio project with Heat.exe

2008-08-26 Thread Pedro Ferreira
Hello, I'm sorry if this has been asked or if there are any info on this, but I've searched and couldn't find anything. I'm using v3.0.4422.0, and I'm trying to get the outputs of a C# project file .My command line is like this: heat.exe project MyProject.csproj -pog:Binaries -out sample.xml

Re: [WiX-users] installation of a .net based service with Wixui

2008-08-26 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Use ServiceInstall? Y Use Installer Class? N Use Installutil? N Neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bryan rasmussen Sent: 26 August 2008 13:02 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] installation of a .net based

Re: [WiX-users] Harvesting a visual studio project with Heat.exe

2008-08-26 Thread Pedro Ferreira
Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. Just created a new class library project in visual studio and got the same result. Here's the msbuild and heat result: - d:\Work-Test\HeatTestLibmsbuild HeatTestLib.csproj

Re: [WiX-users] Harvesting a visual studio project with Heat.exe

2008-08-26 Thread Christopher Karper
Good luck. I'll check it out when I'm out of meetings later today hopefully. Chris On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Pedro Ferreira [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. Just created a new class library project in visual studio

[WiX-users] OriginalDatabase property changes when used

2008-08-26 Thread Rob Hamflett
I'm trying to copy the original MSI file during my installaion. I found the OriginalDatabase property and this seemed to be what I needed. I created a CopyFile element and used OriginalDatabase as the value for SourceProperty. The problem is that once I've done this, at some point during

Re: [WiX-users] Installation hangs on 64-bit Windows Server 2008

2008-08-26 Thread Dale Quigg
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:27:37 -0700 (PDT) From: anwesha.m [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WiX-users] Installation hangs on 64-bit Windows Server 2008 I have an MSI which works fine on 32 and 64-bit windows server 2003 and 32-bit windows server 2008, but when I install on 64-bit windows server

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 84

2008-08-26 Thread Dale Quigg
From: bryan rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WiX-users] Always have to relearn Wix every time I use it. Sort of a general usability post, I've noticed that WIX is in the range of technologies that I have to relearn every time I reuse it. I wish I would have found out earlier about WiX

Re: [WiX-users] util:CloseApplication - how do I use it

2008-08-26 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Sleightholm wrote: If you want me to test it please let me know, if not I'll wait for the next release. I probably won't get a chance to review it until Thursday night so it should show up in Friday's build. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] install product available for both the first install and reinstall

2008-08-26 Thread Bob Arnson
xiaoli wrote: I'm doing a major upgrade. I'd like to install my product for both the first install and reinstall. If you're using major upgrades, you don't need to worry about REINSTALLMODE changing for first install -v- reinstall. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] How to use the properties that get changed during Repair mode of the Installer

2008-08-26 Thread Bob Arnson
Mukesh Agrawal wrote: I have an installation that uses custom actions. There are certain custom actions which I want to get executed during Repair Mode of the installer. Use the states for features/components rather than global properties. See

Re: [WiX-users] Updating Installer Database through Custom Action

2008-08-26 Thread Bob Arnson
pavan gadam wrote: ses.Database.Execute(INSERT INTO `ComboBox`(`Property`,`Order`,`Value`,`Text`) VALUES ('ComboWebsiteProp', + 1,' + samWeb + ',' + samWeb + ')); I am getting error as Function failed during execution. Database: Table(s) update failed. You can't make permanent changes

Re: [WiX-users] Installation hangs on 64-bit Windows Server 2008

2008-08-26 Thread Bob Arnson
anwesha.m wrote: Action 23:46:45: CreateWebSite. On Vista and Server 2008, the WiX IIS custom actions require that the IIS Metabase and IIS6 configuration compatibility feature be installed. It also requires running from an elevated process because of lockdown changes the IIS team made

[WiX-users] Keep Directories, Files, FileShares or RegistryValues on uninstall

2008-08-26 Thread postingbox
Hello! I have four questions to the uninstallation of an msi... 1) How can I keep a Directory in wix when I uninstall the msi 2) How can I keep a File in wix when I uninstall the msi 3) How can I keep a FileShare in wix when I uninstall the msi 4) How can I keep a RegistryValue in wix when I

Re: [WiX-users] Keep Directories, Files, FileShares or RegistryValues on uninstall

2008-08-26 Thread Alexander Shevchuk
1. Make Directory non-empty. Copy some file into it. MSI deletes only empty folders on uninstall. 2, 3, and 4. Put items in Component which is marked as Permanent. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of postingbox Sent: Tuesday, August

Re: [WiX-users] Domain Install

2008-08-26 Thread Buddell, James
How about doing an administrative installation? Then clients can do an install that will run from source. Or do you not have clients for this app? A type 35 CA will let you set INSTALLDIR as required. For the group membership check, an early CA (about the same time in the sequence as AppSearch)

Re: [WiX-users] Domain Install

2008-08-26 Thread David Aragon
That is a good suggestion, but it requires a solid WAN connection and the pipe to several outlying domains is rather narrow and not always as reliable as I would like, which forced me to go down a different path. I do appreciate the suggestion about the type 35 CA, I will check that out

Re: [WiX-users] Need help with QtExec

2008-08-26 Thread Neil Sleightholm
The problem is that the Property/@Value does not except formatted values (i.e. [INSTALLDIR]), you need another custom action to setup the property for the CAQuietExec. There is an example in the help file, Quiet Execution Custom Action, Deferred execution second example. Neil -Original

Re: [WiX-users] NET Client Profile = lame duck

2008-08-26 Thread Tony Juricic
Oops, this was really intended for miscrosoft.public.platformsdk.msi. I did a test with XP with Framework 2 already installed and then run Client Profile install. What you get is pretty much the same as if you had downloaded 3.5 installer from MS site manually and then run it. IOW, your user will

Re: [WiX-users] Need help with QtExec

2008-08-26 Thread Chad Miles
Also, just a supplemental note to what Neil already laid out there, you don't have to resolve those quotes in the case of pointing to a file, if you know how to set it up correctly... Value='[INSTALLDIR]runme.bat' On the outside there is a single quote followed by a double quote, likewise on the

Re: [WiX-users] self-healing not working

2008-08-26 Thread Blair Murri
Is it possible that the part of the application you want to heal is in a different feature than the part that the shortcut points to? When your program launches, it can enumerate the features and heal all the ones it wants to use, if that completes your picture. It requires either having your

Re: [WiX-users] Doesn't work ForceReboot Action on 64bit platform

2008-08-26 Thread Blair Murri
Not sure why it is writing to the 32-bit registry locations, but on 64-bit boxes, C:\Windows\System32 are 64-bit binaries, and C:\Windows\SysWOW64 are 32-bit binaries. Also, C:\Windows\SysWOW64 is what 32-bit applications see when they ask for C:\Windows\System32 due to file-system redirection.

Re: [WiX-users] install product available for both the first install and reinstall

2008-08-26 Thread xiaoli
Thanks a lot! -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/install-product-available-for-both-the-first-install-and-reinstall-tp783641p786115.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -