Re: [WiX-users] Do not want to execute component on repair and Remove

Hi, If you want to execute a component ONLY during a certain first install and not repair/remove (very useful with SQL scripts), do the following: Component Id=YOUR-ID-GOES-HERE Guid=YOUR-GUID-GOES-HERE KeyPath=yes Transitive=yes ConditionNot Installed/Condition The condition will ensure to

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for Component

Component Id=YOUR-ID-GOES-HERE Guid=YOUR-GUID-GOES-HERE KeyPath=yes Transitive=yes ConditionNot Installed/Condition On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:45 AM, Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I did not use this attribute.Shall I mark this attribute as No ?

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for Component

I have tried this option also. On repair/repair, with this option it is deleting the data base . But On remove/repair, I don 't want to do any with this component on repair/DB(component which is creating DB at the time of installation). Please help me out. Regards Sandeep -Original

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for Component

Sandeep, If you are using this to work with databases, I would suggest you a different approach. I am creating my databases using SQLScripts elements, and not using WIX's SQLDatabase element. That way, I have a better granularity of what I want to do, particularly regarding the way I create the

[WiX-users] newbie question: How to install driver?

Hello. I'm new to installers and wix in particular, therefore, maybe, stupid question, but I didn't find answer on the surface. I have a product 9for which I want to make an installer) that consists of: 1. kernel-mode driver, that is root-enumerable pnp device (software only); 2. accompanying

Re: [WiX-users] Single installer instance question

Hi, I want to limit the UI to open for the second MSI installer. So, do I write a Custom Action for it. Or are there any Launch conditions available in Wix which can do that job? In case of Custom Action which condition do I need to check. Thanks. Regards, Kamal Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008

[WiX-users] adding registry entries when a checkbox is checked

Hi: I need to add registry entries when/if a checkbox is checked on my finish page. I also need these entries to be removed during uninstallation if added diring installation. What is the best way of achieving this? Cheers Sean.

Re: [WiX-users] My Dialog with WixUi

wow, that would be very nice :-) I use mondo and I want to insert my dialog right after the license agreement dialog. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Bhavdeep Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: 04.10.08 21:54:18 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.

[WiX-users] Custom action dll function is not executed

Hi guys, I am using WiX 2.0. I have a custom action dll which is written in C. The custom action doesn't get executed. Even though I checked that its function ordinal number is really 4. My dll is 9KB in size but my MSI is only increased by 1 KB with the custom action added. I have checked

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for Component

Thanks Eithan, But I just want to know what ever I am using is this known open issue or I am giving some thing wrong condition. Regards -Sandeep -Original Message- From: Eitan Behar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 12:25 AM To: General discussion for Windows

[WiX-users] Problem using WiX tasks(MSBuild task)

Hi guys, I got the error as below, 2Project d:\xx\xx\Installer\MakeInstaller.proj (default targets): 2Target BuildInstaller: 2  d:\xx\xx\Installer\MakeInstaller.proj(43,9): error MSB4067: The element sources beneath element candle is unrecognized. 2Done building target BuildInstaller in project

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for Component

I am still trying to decipher the proper use of SQLDatabase on all scenarios, install, upgrade, rollback, etc. If you manage to work it out, let us know. -Original Message- From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 5:02 AM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Problem using WiX tasks(MSBuild task)

Shao Voon, Your attachment didn't come through, but I'm curious: why are you trying to hand-author build process for this? WiX ships with a complete build process for building WiX projects using MSBuild. See the topic Using WiX with MSBuild in the Wix.chm file that ships with your install.

Re: [WiX-users] adding registry entries when a checkbox is checked

Sean Farrow wrote: I need to add registry entries when/if a checkbox is checked on my finish page. I also need these entries to be removed during uninstallation if added diring installation. What is the best way of achieving this? There's no way to add registry entries after installation

Re: [WiX-users] Votive Installation for VS2008

Michael Faden wrote: I'm trying to install Votive 2.0.5805 on XP (32bit) with Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition installed. Votive v2 supports VS2003 and VS2005, but not VS2008. I used the X64-Version of Votive on another box and it worked perfectly. That's the WiX v3 installer,

Re: [WiX-users] Weird dialog behaviour

Sergey Abakumoff wrote: Control Id=SamplesBrowse Type=PushButton X=304 Y=100 Width=56 Height=17 Cancel=yes Text=Browse... ... The problem is if I click on X(close window) button, then BrowseDlg is opened instead of CancelDlg! What I am doing wrong? MSI is treating

Re: [WiX-users] major upgrades and component states

Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) wrote: If I condition out the component that contains the scripts, it doesn't get installed during major upgrade. I see in the log that ComponentRegister then registers that component as State=-7. When you finally uninstall, the component does not get

Re: [WiX-users] embedding cab files in .msi

Bryan Turner wrote: Media Id='1' Cabinet='product.cab' EmbedCab='yes' / Make sure you set the Package/@Compressed attribute to 'yes'. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut : enable QuickEdit mode

fluorite wrote: The above example created a short cut properly but I want to change the default console shortcut properties such as QuickEdit mode, background color and etc. Shortcut doesn't seem to have attributes to change these options. Anyone knows how to do this? Is this even doable using

Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally Removing Files on Uninstall

Edward Forgács wrote: From testing, it seems that the setting of the property in the UI is completely ignored, i.e., the installer has already made up its mind as to whether the component will run or not. The files either get removed every time, or never. When you uninstall a product,