Re: [WiX-users] When installing a WIX-v3-based installer on Vista, the UAC dialog is confusing (4b83234.msi?)

Hello, >I have a WIX v3-based installer, which installs just fine. >However, when this installer is run under Windows Vista (with UAC >enabled, >and NOT running as administrator), then the UAC dialog appears in the >middle >of the installation process, asking "A program needs your perm

[WiX-users] When installing a WIX-v3-based installer on Vista, the UAC dialog is confusing (4b83234.msi?)

Folks: I have a WIX v3-based installer, which installs just fine. However, when this installer is run under Windows Vista (with UAC enabled, and NOT running as administrator), then the UAC dialog appears in the middle of the installation process, asking "A program needs your permission

[WiX-users] Stuck on populating ListBox from CA

Hi all, I'm getting my feet wet with controlling UI elements with custom actions, and I'm stuck on dynamically driving ListBox content. I've been Googling and forum browsing for four hours and can't find a next step, so here I am. The WiX-built MSI has a ListBox table, which contains no records.

Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Curtis Jewell < lists.wix-us...@csjewell.fastmail.us> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ... > ... > > Add the line incorporated above after the (an

Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder

Thanks Neil - but for the moment Heat is actually working for me, once I put in the XSLT post-processing. On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Take a look at mallow (there is v3 version here: > http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/mallow-for-wix-v3.html) it > might do

Re: [WiX-users] Privileged custom actions

Agreed. The compiler extension is passing the wrong value (@Id instead of @Name) down. Can you open this bug? -Original Message- From: Jeremy Lew [mailto:j...@liquidmachines.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 13:27 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re:

Re: [WiX-users] Save configuration data during upgrade.

You can't schedule deferred (aka: in-script) CustomActions outside of the InstallExecuteSequence script execution phase. -Original Message- From: Yuri N. Sakharov [mailto:yun...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 13:54 To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Sa

Re: [WiX-users] Save configuration data during upgrade.

At the moment I did not have original sources but I have made something like: and then got the next message: “ICE77: SaveConfig is a in-script custom action. It must be sequenced in between the InstallInitialize action and the InstallFinalize action in the InstallExecuteSequence ta

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect program running and display a messagebox

It worked. Thanks a lot, Scott! Here is the new code in InstallUISequence: NOT Installed AND ShowProgramRunDialog = "1" Brian From: Scott Sam To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 12:07:53 PM Subject: Re

[WiX-users] Skip a dialog if a property is present?

Let me first apologize for what I'm sure is a n00b question: I want a dialog to query for a configuration value that I will then put into the .net xml config file, but if the property is already populated (say by someone passing a command line argument to msiexec) I'd like to skip the dialog.

Re: [WiX-users] Privileged custom actions

Thanks, tried that but it's failing like so: ExecSecureObjects: Error 0x80070424: failed to get security info for object: KeyService That error message code is "The specified service does not exist as an installed service." Now, "KeyService" is the ServiceInstall/@Id, not the ServiceInstall/@Na

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect program running and display a messagebox

Try moving to the . The installUISequence runs before the InstallExecuteSequence. -Original Message- From: Little Forest [mailto:little.for...@ymail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:48 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to det

Re: [WiX-users] Package IstallScope, ALLUSERS, ICE91 and Orca

Nope, but if you're creating a true per-user installation then the warning doesn't apply to you. That's why it's a warning. Take note of it and if you are not violating it, move along. -Original Message- From: Krzysztof Jakubczyk [mailto:k...@rdprojekt.pl] Sent: Friday, January 09, 20

Re: [WiX-users] Save configuration data during upgrade.

WiX does not currently have CustomActions to read XML files. It’s an outstanding feature request. -Original Message- From: Yuri N. Sakharov [mailto:yun...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 08:49 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Save configuration data duri

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect program running and display a message box

Hi Neil and Rob, Thank you for your response. Yes, I'm trying to do it by using CustomAction. I thought I need to do these things: 1. Write a DLL to handle the "checking if Outlook is running" work. If it's running, then set a property. 2. In the WiX code, firstly starting this checking CustomAc

Re: [WiX-users] Issue with Permission element for local groups

I am mentioning both Domain (as [ComputerName]) and User attributes. And the user group I am mentioning does exist on the local computer and I can assign permissions to it manually through folder properties, but not through WiX. -Original Message- From: Jeremy Lew [mailto:j...@liquidmac

Re: [WiX-users] Issue with Permission element for local groups

Make sure you have specified both the User and Domain attributes. I found that specifying the domain as part of the User attribute did not work. -Original Message- From: Maruti Gouroji (Infosys Technologies Ltd) [mailto:v-mag...@microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:25 PM To: G

[WiX-users] Issue with Permission element for local groups

Hi All, I am trying to assign permissions to a local group on computer to a folder using Permission element and I get the error "An error occurred while applying security settings... \xxx is not a valid user or group". Is it a known issue? Is there a workaround for it? I am using WiX 3.0.48

Re: [WiX-users] WEBCA_CreateURLS

It might be better if you used the WiX extensions for creating web sites. There's a whole bunch of mostly invisible infrastructure in Visual Studio web setups that might not translate well with Dark. The WEBCA_ references are to custom actions that appear to be missing from the CustomAction tabl

[WiX-users] Save configuration data during upgrade.

There are exe-file and its XML config-file in the WiX 3 installer. There is some user data stored inside this config-file. How can I save and restore this user data during upgrade the product? I could not find the standard way to do that but Microsoft says that the best practice is to store data

[WiX-users] Package IstallScope, ALLUSERS, ICE91 and Orca

I am trying to create per-user installer. I have tried using Package InstallScope attribute: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/04/01/new-wix-feature-setting-package-installation-scope/ also tested this: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/11/18/6385121.aspx and I always get the ICE91 warnin

Re: [WiX-users] How to duplicate files before InstallSqlData

I think you can do it like this: ... YOUR CONDITION GOES HERE ... -- Yan -Original Message- From: Peter Björkman [mailto:peter.bjork...@aptus.se] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 4:38 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How to duplicate

[WiX-users] Attach/Detach the database and RollbackOnUninstall problem

Hello WiX community, I have a serious problem and I hope to get a hint from you. My installation program must attach the database on Install and detach it on Uninstall. Hence, there must be two more scripts to run: during RollbackOnInstall (the same query as for uninstall) and during Rollba

[WiX-users] How to duplicate files before InstallSqlData

Hello I need to duplicate some files before my sql scripts are being run. How can I schedule the InstallSqlData after the DuplicateFiles? The files I need to copy is being installed so duplicate files must come between InstallFiles and InstallSqlData. Now my actions have theses sequence

Re: [WiX-users] MMC 3 as an installation prerequisite

Clegg, Ian (Harvey Nash) wrote: > I had a simmilar requirement for a project last year. There are plenty > of versions of mmc.exe, but after checking what ships with the builds in > KB907265 and whats included in 2K3 R2 - I found that you have MMC3 if > mmc.exe has a version > 5.2.3790.2611 > > We

Re: [WiX-users] MMC 3 as an installation prerequisite

Andrew, I had a simmilar requirement for a project last year. There are plenty of versions of mmc.exe, but after checking what ships with the builds in KB907265 and whats included in 2K3 R2 - I found that you have MMC3 if mmc.exe has a version > 5.2.3790.2611 We also had a requirement to installe

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

ACK -Original Message- From: Lough, Norman [mailto:norman.lo...@imass.co.uk] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 01:06 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] (no subject) Test Norman Lough Developer Tel: +44 (0)191 213 DDI: +44 (0)191 2028360 Email: norman.lo.

[WiX-users] WEBCA_CreateURLS

Resubmitting the query as no auto ack. received - assuming the original request didn't make it. I'm using Dark (Wix V3)to convert an existing Visual Studio msi (which had been tried and tested). There are two lines which are giving the same error 1 1 error LGHT0094: Unresolv

[WiX-users] (no subject)

Test Norman Lough Developer Tel: +44 (0)191 213 DDI: +44 (0)191 2028360 Email: norman.lo...@imass.co.uk Imass Ltd, Northumbria House, Regent Centre, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 3PX. http://www.imass.co.uk Imass Limited is an Infoterra company, par