Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch: remove #

Actually it is much simpler than that, I want to read the SQL port number from the registry and then open it in the firewall but to do the write I need the number without the hash. Neil -Original Message- From: Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 November 2008 19:00 To: General di

Re: [WiX-users] Is there a strategy for getting rid of ice57 warning in a vdir component with these file, shortcut and webapplication settings you'd typically expect?

e.g. is using wixproj | properties | settings | suppress specific ice validation = ICE38;ICE43;ICE57 considered acceptable? -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 3:37 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'

[WiX-users] Is there a strategy for getting rid of ice57 warning in a vdir component with these file, shortcut and webapplication settings you'd typically expect?

Using the following vdir component setup I get the following build ice57 warning which in my case is treated as an error due to my wixproj "treat warnings as errors" setting. Error 22 ICE57: Component 'Site1Vdir1' h

Re: [WiX-users] Problems populating ListBox from custom action

Bob is referring to the 'twin dialog' technique... See: http://n2.nabble.com/Combobox-not-refreshing-td1511419.html -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Problems-populating-ListBox-from-custom-action-tp1563114p1563771.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble

Re: [WiX-users] Count of items in aListBox

I am not sure what your problem is, I have always been polite and humble in my mails. I do not really care about who you want to help and do not want to help. So WHAT if you are a first MVP .. Boy !! someone please knight him you are simply overreacting and being arrogant I suggest you

Re: [WiX-users] FirewallException fails when IIS is not running.

Thanks for that Bob. Woods for the trees on my part... -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/FirewallException-fails-when-ISS-is-not-running.-tp1562193p1563734.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -

[WiX-users] Patch Failure property

I want to launch an executable only if my patch fails. Is there a property out there I can use to condition my CA? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Patch-Failure-property-tp1563610p1563610.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] How to uninstall a bootstrapper

zett42 wrote: > To my surprise, Windows Installer seems to have some magic to uninstall the > EXE despite that it is still running. One would expect that it would require > a reboot to remove an EXE file that is still running. > MSI will try to move a file and then delete the destination file.

Re: [WiX-users] Problems populating ListBox from custom action

Scanlon, Andrew wrote: > When the custom action above is executed, a new entry seems to be > successfully added to the table. However the ListBox UI does not update > with that new value (the new value does not appear in the list) right > away. If I leave that particular dialog and come back, that

Re: [WiX-users] Install fails when calling NetFxScheduleNativeImage

John Vottero wrote: > I added LOGVERBOSE=1 to the msiexec command line but, I get the same > output. > Sorry, I just noticed the version number you mentioned. The NativeImage CAs in WiX v2 don't have additional logging. It might be a bug in the CA but without more information, it'd be hard to

Re: [WiX-users] FirewallException fails when IIS is not running.

Alex Cater wrote: > Can anyone suggest how I might neatly determine whether ISS is running and, > subsequently, skip the FirewallException task if it is not? > Use the IgnoreFailure attribute. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action Setting a Control value

Chris Matthews wrote: > Within the Custom action I set LFM_SERVER_ROOT and I want this value to > be written to the MachineName control when I return back from the action > how is this done? > MSI supports updating a control "live" only for the property it's tied to. -- sig://boB http://joyof

Re: [WiX-users] Localization files for Wix V3 ?

Robert Monro wrote: > Hello all, I have been unable to find the non en-us localization files > for Wix V3. They're embedded in the extensions that provide them. For example, the UI extension supports the following locales: cs-cz de-de en-us es-es fr-fr hu-hu it-it ja-jp nl-nl pl-pl ru-ru uk-ua

Re: [WiX-users] Making a program start on Windows startup?

This link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb325654.aspx recommends that you write a non-Administrator toolbar app (the Run key) that starts and prompts the user, and then launches a requiresAdministrator manifested program with ShellExecute. I don't think you can defeat the Vista se

Re: [WiX-users] what's the custom action name I use to sequence a custom action to process just before/after CreateDatabase activities?

Thanks that did the trick. Using that value and xRefencing with my verbose log output it appears that one can try and determine extension related custom action names by searching for "Doing action " | "Entrypoint " | "Action start " | "Action ended " hits. -Original Message- From: Rob M

[WiX-users] Problems populating ListBox from custom action

Afternoon all, I have a ListBox that I want users to populate during the install process with two buttons(Add/Remove) and an Edit field. I'm using a custom action written in C# to perform these tasks. Below is my sample code: [CustomAction] public static ActionResu

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch: remove #

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Neil Sleightholm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It there anyway to remove the hash (#) from the start of a > RegistrySearch if the value is a DWORD? I'm guessing the reason you want this is so that you can do numeric comparisons on a DWORD value in a conditi

Re: [WiX-users] removing minor upgrades

No you cannot rollback. A minor upgrade is not the same as a patch. s zheng wrote: > Hi, Is there a way to remove minor upgrades? e.g Having 1.0.0 installed, > then 1.0.1 minor upgrade installed. Can I remove 1.0.1 to roll back to 1.0.0 > ? > > We can remove a patch via command line ( > http://msd

[WiX-users] RegistrySearch: remove #

It there anyway to remove the hash (#) from the start of a RegistrySearch if the value is a DWORD? Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Develope

Re: [WiX-users] Install fails when calling NetFxScheduleNativeImage

> -Original Message- > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:09 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install fails when calling > NetFxScheduleNativeImage > > John Vottero wrote: > > Yes, that's

Re: [WiX-users] XML indentation issue after using XMLCONFIG

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Davidovitz, Ran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am using XMLCONFIG and I have an issue that the xml that is created > is not indented - all on in line. XML is not sensitive to whitespace. Is this just a cosmetic concern, or is it actually causing a problem

Re: [WiX-users] Count of items in aListBox

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Vuchuru, Surekha (SBT US EXT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OMG !!! I cant belive this, for someone who does not want to help, you > are so pretentious. I help lots of people, but I don't help people that demand I help them or are upset that I didn't answer

[WiX-users] removing minor upgrades

Hi, Is there a way to remove minor upgrades? e.g Having 1.0.0 installed, then 1.0.1 minor upgrade installed. Can I remove 1.0.1 to roll back to 1.0.0 ? We can remove a patch via command line ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372104(VS.85).aspx). Can we do similar for minor upgrade? Than

Re: [WiX-users] Per user/per computer install

I would avoid this approach if possible. If you look at Office, since the Office 2000 release they have not supported a UI control for per user/ per machine. Instead, they leave that choice to the deployment tool being used. If you do implement a radio button, expect to do some extra work when

Re: [WiX-users] is there a source settings that would cause WixUI_FeatureTree to not display features in order that they are defined in the sources?

Yes. See the Feature "Display" property. If it's set to an integer then it may override the order of the features. See the description for "Display" in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368585(VS.85).aspx Jon Robert O'Brien wrote: > Up until a half hour ago when I started yanking no

[WiX-users] FirewallException fails when IIS is not running.

Hi All, I encountered an error when running an MSI on Windows Server 2003 whereby a FirewallException fails due to the fact that ISS (SharedAccess) is not running. This is completely understandable. Can anyone suggest how I might neatly determine whether ISS is running and, subsequently, skip th

[WiX-users] Multiple language merge module error

Hello, There is a Wix snippet at the end of the email. Please note the Languages attribute in the Package element. It reads Languages="1033,1029" 1033 stands for US English 1029 is Czech If I compile and link this, the light.exe linker outputs: ... Generating database. Validating database. li

Re: [WiX-users] Making a program start on Windows startup?

Sorry I missed that you were just talking about running your installer at startup, presumably only once to complete an installation. In that case, the Run registry key (HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run or something like that, off the top of my head) is probably your best bet. G

Re: [WiX-users] Count of items in aListBox

Thank you so much Alex... Regards, Surekha Vuchuru -Original Message- From: Alex Cater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 6:12 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Count of items in aListBox 1) Brute force 'query and loop' e.g. P

[WiX-users] Custom Action Setting a Control value

I have the following code:- 1 1 Within the Custom action I set LFM_SERVER_ROOT and I want this value to be written to the MachineName control when I return back from the action how is this do

Re: [WiX-users] Making a program start on Windows startup?

>From what I've read (but not verified), Vista still supports setting programs >that require elevation to run at startup--however they will start in a limbo >state that is not actually running and display some passive notification (in >the taskbar or system tray) indicating that the user must au

Re: [WiX-users] Localization files for Wix V3 ?

Gabor ran the effort to round up all the v2 localization files. I haven't heard a plan for v3 yet. I expect (hope, really) VS will be donating quite a few .wxl files but I doubt it will cover *everything* in WiX (since they don't plan to release all of the CustomActions). -Original Messag

[WiX-users] Localization files for Wix V3 ?

Hello all, I have been unable to find the non en-us localization files for Wix V3. Are they hosted in a separate location from the rest of the source code or have they still to be written / moved from V2? Any information on their location or when they may be available would be very helpful. I am w

[WiX-users] XML indentation issue after using XMLCONFIG

I am using XMLCONFIG and I have an issue that the xml that is created is not indented - all on in line. Is there a CA to format the XML / some other way to make the XML indented / formatted? This electronic message may contain proprietary and confidential information of Verint Systems Inc., its

Re: [WiX-users] WiX V3 not uninstalling webistes properly

This solved the problem so thank you very much :-) -Upphaflegt skeyti- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20. nóvember 2008 17:02 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX V3 not uninstalling webistes properly A verbose log f

Re: [WiX-users] Making a program start on Windows startup?

Using the start group is probably failing on Vista because your problem is requesting to be run elevated. I think you will have the same problem even if you use the Run key. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: [WiX-users] Per user/per computer install

You could download the WiX source and modify an existing dialog and WiXUI_*.wxs to add the controls/functionality you require. It is essentially the same as authoring your own dialog from scratch. Peter Vestergaard wrote: > > Hi. > Is there a way to add some radiobuttons to an existing dialog t

[WiX-users] Per user/per computer install

Hi. Is there a way to add some radiobuttons to an existing dialog to ask the user if the Install should be for one user or all users, or do I have to create an additional dialog? Does anyone know where to find a kind of walkthrough on creating this functionallity? I am still pretty new to WiX.