Bummer. So these installers just decide to re-register the DLLs "to be sure
that they're registered", and as a result probably break their own
functionality.
Thanks for the response, Rob.
Anthony Wieser
Wieser Software Ltd
- Original Message -
From: "Rob Mensching"
To: "General disc
Yes no problem. I have done loads of searching for information on this
and can't find any good advice or recommendations!
Neil
-Original Message-
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org]
Sent: 18 February 2009 04:41
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subjec
Bob Arnson-6 wrote:
>
> Throndorin wrote:
>> In one of the .wxs files is VS90_PROJECTTEMPLATES_DIR and some other
>> macros
>> used, and I'm sure the installer knows how to resolve this to a real
>> path.
>>
>> Is there a good way to get this path information?
>>
>
> From WiX.chm:
>
>
>
Hi
How to avoid multiple instances of Installer. Right now I can run 2 instances
of the MSI file. I am using WIXUI_INSTALLDIR. After the installation begins
then the other instance gets an error that one instance is running. I would
like to stop the user running a second instance when one insta
Rob Mensching wrote:
> I thought NGen was done in the background with a separate process.
A separate process but the CA itself is a type 1, so it can't take
msidbCustomActionTypeAsync + msidbCustomActionTypeContinue and therefore
MSI will sit around and wait. Glenn, try setting the InstallFina
Correct. A bootstrapper is planned for WiX v3.5 (actually, that's the
only thing planned for WiX v3.5). In the archives of this mailing list
there are plenty of suggestions for other bootstrappers/chainers in the
meantime.
Anweshi D wrote:
> Hi
>
> The prerequisites for my application are .N
There really is nothing good (from a stability/quality) point of view
around the Installer classes. They are basically slightly improved
SelfReg. Best thing is to not have any CustomActions... after that,
writing them to be data driven is the next best thing... can't do that
with Installer cl
Hi
The prerequisites for my application are .Net Framework 2.0, CLRTypes and
Management Objects objects. I have used Bootstrap Packages for these and
included them in the WIX project file. It creates the folders for every
prerequisite and the SETUP.EXE file along with SETUP.MSI file. I would
I think this feature request is already open. If not, it has been asked
before and someone forgot to open the request.
Yan Sklyarenko wrote:
> Hello WiX developers,
>
> I'm going to file a feature request and would like to verify if it's
> worth registering.
>
> The actual custom action, which Pe
Most of the WiX toolset CustomActions do this.
Eitan Behar wrote:
> Does not look like fun, but it's doable ! Thanks !
>
> Etian
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Christopher Painter <
> chr...@deploymentengineering.com> wrote:
>
>
>> You'll want to look at the CustomActionData class in DT
My understanding was that there are many bad guys.
Anthony Wieser wrote:
> Heath Stewart reports the solution here, but I find this frustrating that
> every now and then, I go to build and suddenly I can't, getting light.exe
> errors. As I don't build every day, I'm not sure what's registering th
You'll need a CustomAction the text file is not an ini or xml file.
Yan Sklyarenko wrote:
> Hello WiX community,
>
> My question is probably rhetorical, but I failed to find more or less
> meaningful answer throughout the net.
> I need to modify the existent txt file during install. It is hosts fi
Yes it is required:
http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/12/08/278746.aspx has my guesses.
Michael Herger wrote:
> Reading the tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php once
> again, I'm even more confused: "You have to [do a major upgrade] when you
> change the name of the .
The SQL CustomAction code processes the scripts and removes all the
comments and GO statements and other stuff that can't be fed directly to
SQL. If you have a very large SQL Script that takes time.
I noted in another thread that this code needs some serious TLC.
Something to revisit in WiX v
I see that you already filed a bug. If there are any patching
implications to re-sequencing actions we will have move this to WiX v4.
Neil Sleightholm wrote:
> I can't think of any relationship between AppSearch and
> FindRelatedProducts so I would think it wouldn't matter on their order
> but I
I thought NGen was done in the background with a separate process. By
marking NGen pri-0 you've probably just slowed down the Windows
Installer's "Removing backup files" due to disk contention. I could
remember the NGen stuff wrong though...
Glenn Jones wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a WiX installe
Chances are the folders aren't empty so the RemoveFolder won't end up
doing anything. However, this seems like one of those cases to document
and ignore the ICE advice. Trying to remove system folders seems to
trump the (IMHO) blind ICE.
Little Forest wrote:
> Thanks Rob for your reply.
>
> I
Thanks a lot Michael you've been very helpful !
Michael Osmond wrote:
Joe
& is a feature-action, and ! Is the current feature state, so I am
checking both the existing state and what the installer is going to do
(ie IF (Not Installed and Not Going to Be Installed).
In this case I want the CONF
Joe
& is a feature-action, and ! Is the current feature state, so I am
checking both the existing state and what the installer is going to do
(ie IF (Not Installed and Not Going to Be Installed).
In this case I want the CONFIGURE IIS to run both on install, upgrade
and repair.
I often use the c
Thanks Michael, it worked !
One question: I have noticed that you've used &MainComponent and
!MainComponent
Can you tell me what's the difference between the two and is it
important to use two of them together?
Thanks.
Michael Osmond wrote:
Joe
Try looking at the SKIPCONFIGUREIIS property (
Joe
Try looking at the SKIPCONFIGUREIIS property (its part of WIX), this is
how I stop the installer from doing the IIS Custom action if
MainComponent is not selected.
-Or
My installer creates a website during the product installation. I would
like to add a feature to the installer to enable the user to skip the
website creation and I thought about using something similar to that:
NOT Installed AND
But I get an error message saying that a Custom element must
Thanks for the update Joe, good to see it worked.
I had not considered the issue of releasing the database, you may find
this is because the SqlString is associated with the database itself.
But it will also make sure any users of the database are kicked off.
One alternate to using the USE [Maste
Thanks Michael,
I have it working now though I had make a few modifications in your
code: the REMOVE property was set to ALL on a major upgrade as well as
on uninstall so I added another property to check whether it's a product
upgrade - I only want to drop the database on an uninstall and nor
Where is this snippet from? Your build script? As I said, this should be
in the wixproj file, and this is how you call it:
-Original Message-
From: Doran Wellnitz [mailto:dor...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 17:20
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML tools
I tried creating writable share which works but not able to create readonly
share. Am I missing something?
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Thanks Rob for your reply.
I did read that post you made. Actually, I'm using that for our uninstall
shortcut. Thanks for that.
For the QuickLaunch, however, I do have "RemoveFolder" in the component. But I
still get ICE64 error.
Here I'd like to post my code again:
Were you able to actually get that working?
I just tried that approach, but I get the exact same behavior. I think that
makes sense since after the properties are calculated, you still end up with
the same string value (DefineConstants=Name1=Value1;Name2=Value2 and only the
first pair is being
Visual Studio 2008 setup&deployment projects changed - they now generate custom
actions with no impersonation, but that can come with its own set of issues for
people who want impersonation. But still you're right in general - they don't
give you a choice of where custom actions get called or wh
I figured it out. It was classic user error.
-Original Message-
From: John Nannenga [mailto:john.nanne...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:54 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Per user installation HKCU registry keys remain after
un-installa
I'm working on deployment of a managed Word Add-in. Managed Word Add-Ins in
Office 2007 are registered under the HKCU registry hive, hence I'm creating a
per-user installation.
My question is regarding the HKCU registry keys-they are not being removed
during product uninstallation...
Installa
This is what I come up with after reading the posts. Lets say you have
two properties to overwrite: BuildNumber and RevisionNumber. In wixproj
file:
Then instead of overwriting DefineConstants you overwrite individual
properties.
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Hello,
I've reviewed both links and unfortunately I haven't been able to resolve my
issue. The second link doesn't appear to be related to my specific issue.
The first link offers a work-around, but it looks like it was never confirmed
by anyone. After trying their method (replacing semi-colo
Take a look here
http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-create-wix-build-mach
ine.html I think I got everything but if not please let me know.
Neil
-Original Message-
From: Andreas Owen [mailto:ao...@1eeurope.ch]
Sent: 17 February 2009 16:34
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.ne
Well I'd get rid of Visual Studio Deployment projects. For example VDPROJ can
only schedule deferred custom actions and for some silly reason it only
scheduels them as Imersonate instead of NoImpersonate. This causes problems on
Vista with UAC enabled.
But if you want to stay with VDRPOJ, you
I believe it's also possible to statically link the CRT into your DLL to
remove the runtime dependency...
-Original Message-
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
Sent: 17 February 2009 16:17
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to
I recommend that you statically link the runtime into your custom action dll.
That way you don't need to deploy anything to run the custom action
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anwesha.m wrote:
> However, I require that the VC++ dlls get installed in the very beginning.
> At the first dialog in the MSI itself we are using VC++ custom actions and
> if we use merge modules the VC++ rutime dlls are not available at the time
> of the first dialog.
>
> My first custom action i
MatjazR wrote:
> I would like to set the priority of netfx:NativeImage action from outside
> (as a MSI property). Is this possible in any way?
>
It's not directly supported, though you could write an immediate custom
action to modify the NetFxNativeImage table.
> Is it possible to disable the
Throndorin wrote:
> In one of the .wxs files is VS90_PROJECTTEMPLATES_DIR and some other macros
> used, and I'm sure the installer knows how to resolve this to a real path.
>
> Is there a good way to get this path information?
>
From WiX.chm:
Using WixVSExtension Properties or Custom Ac
Dane Anderson (Volt) wrote:
> WiX 3.0.3412.0 (according to the documentation that was installed with it)
>
V3.0 has the Certificate element in the IIS extension,
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/iis_xsd_certificate.htm. And your
build is an antique; you'll very likely need a recent buil
MacDiarmid, James D wrote:
> How would I go about installing this stuff?
>
You can only do it from an .exe; MSI doesn't allow multiple installation
transactions to be active at once.
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Lough, Norman wrote:
> I've tried the above (and without the &) but cannot get anything to
> appear. I intend to use the corresponding property to edit an installed
> config file. Any ideas as to why the text doesn't show?
>
Because MSI ignores the text if there's a property attached.
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Jason Person (TEKsystems) wrote:
> Hi, I am having a problem using util:XmlConfig from an include file, it seems
> like the namespace declaration isn't seen by the stuff in the include file
> even though I declare it in the tag for the main file.
You also need to declare it in the included fi
Andreas Owen wrote:
> I'm trying to compile wix 3.0x on win xp vs2005 & 2008 machine.
You need to start with a checkout from CVS; the source .zips don't
include large binaries.
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sandcastle & builder to external\sand... where the make file is but its still
not working. What am I doing wrong?
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I've created a custom control and want to be able to populate an edit
box with some default text
I've tried the above (and without the &) but cannot get anything to
appear. I intend to use the corresponding property to edit an installed
config file. Any ideas as to why the text doesn't sho
Neil,
Thanks for your feedback. I think I'm ready to bite the bullet and go the
"always do a major upgrade" way.
> I major upgrade can do a "remove everything and reinstall" it depends where
> RemoveExistingProducts is scheduled. In my example it will remove everything
> before installing the
Ok I'm not sure if that's the right term - Helper Files
I have some separate installers, both in exe and MSI format, and I'm not
sure how I would go about installing them. I am planning to install them
on Windows 2003. I'm thinking some of these I may not need to install.
Anyway, here is what I
Hi Christopher,
Thanks for you're reply.
I think in the future we'll (Aricent) definitely have to move to using
something like the DTF.
Currently we have several visual studio setup projects (about 20) that all
needs to be deployed to our customer, and almost all have them have custom 3 or
4 i
Hi, I am having a problem using util:XmlConfig from an include file, it seems
like the namespace declaration isn't seen by the stuff in the include file even
though I declare it in the tag for the main file. Here is basic version
of what I have now, with all the irrelevant details removed:
Ma
Ok Thanks for the info!
Jim
-Original Message-
From: Wendell Joost [mailto:wende...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 4:57 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Consolidating components
Doing so has the potential to mess up you
Bob Arnson Wrote:
>Dane Anderson (Volt) wrote:
>> I am trying to use the Certificate element to install a certificate file
>> (.pfx). The problem is
>> that Wix barfs on it.
>> When I try building the MSI, I get a message about the Certificate element
>> being unexpected. The
>> Sourceforge
>> d
Does not look like fun, but it's doable ! Thanks !
Etian
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Christopher Painter <
chr...@deploymentengineering.com> wrote:
> You'll want to look at the CustomActionData class in DTF as described here:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/
That DTF docs Christopher mentioned contain an article called "About
InstallUtil", which describes in more detail why you'd better not use
it.
-- Yan
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:41 PM
To: Genera
It's possible, but you really, really, really don't want to do that. Check out
WiX's DTF (Deployment Tools Foundation) instead. If you search my blog for DTF
you'll find plenty of content describing it and you'll also find a DTF SDK
manual in your start menu under WiX.
Christopher Painter, Au
You'll want to look at the CustomActionData class in DTF as described here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg17875.html
In a nutshell:
In your immeadiate custom action, you instantiate the class, stuff it with data
and then serialize it out to a property.
In you
Hi there,
I would like to know if it is possible to create a custom action in WiX that
will run a Managed Custom Installer that extends the
System.Configuration.Install.Installer class, or is it only the InstallUtil.exe
command that understands how to run managed custom installers.
Regards,
H
DTF C#
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Christopher Painter <
chr...@deploymentengineering.com> wrote:
> What language is the CA's written in?
>
> Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog
> Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves
> attention? E
What language is the CA's written in?
Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog
Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves
attention? E-Mail Me
--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Eitan Behar wrote:
> From: Eitan Behar
> Subject: [WiX-users] Passing data betwe
Try something like this:
//CustomActions is the name of your class containing your custom action
declarated methods.
string baseDir = new FileInfo(
Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(CustomActions)).Location ).DirectoryName;
Process.Start( Path.Combine(baseDir, "WindowsFormsApplication1.exe"));
Chris
Hi.
I have two questions for netfx:NativeImage action.
1.
I would like to set the priority of netfx:NativeImage action from outside
(as a MSI property). Is this possible in any way?
The following does not work, because it is expecting Priority attribute as
integer.
2.
Is it p
Hello All,
I am using MergeModules to install VC++ 9.0 Redistrbutable package through
our MSI.
For this i am using the follwing elements:
However, I require that the VC++ dlls get installed in the very beginning.
At the first dialog in the MSI itself we are using VC++ cust
Hello WiX developers,
I'm going to file a feature request and would like to verify if it's
worth registering.
The actual custom action, which PermissionEx element results in, called
ExecSecureObjects considers SUB_CONTAINERS_AND_OBJECTS_INHERIT option
the best for folders and NO_INHERITANCE for e
Michael
I major upgrade can do a "remove everything and reinstall" it depends where
RemoveExistingProducts is scheduled. In my example it will remove everything
before installing the new stuff - there is more information here:
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/.
Neil
Reading the tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php once again,
I'm even more confused: "You have to [do a major upgrade] when you change the
name of the .msi file for any reason.". But who on earth would distribute a
small update to an existing product with the same .msi file na
Hi
I'm writing a tool which should check a installation using msi (wix).
I have the wix files (.wxs, .wxi) as base and check the installation against
this files.
In one of the .wxs files is VS90_PROJECTTEMPLATES_DIR and some other macros
used, and I'm sure the installer knows how to resolve thi
Hi Alexander,
thanks for your feedback. Yes, my example is not very helpful... But I've gone
through so many version and tests - I don't know what to post. The latest way
I've been testing is Neil's
(http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/search/label/WiX). But in this case I'd
end up with X copi
Hi,
Is there a proper method to pass data between deferred custom actions ? I
have a bunch of chained custom actions and need to pass data between them,
actually, just a boolean value "telling" the rest of the ca whether to
continue.
Thanks,
Eitan
Heath Stewart reports the solution here, but I find this frustrating that
every now and then, I go to build and suddenly I can't, getting light.exe
errors. As I don't build every day, I'm not sure what's registering these
under HKCU, but something is.
I don't remember installing anything but w
I'm trying to compile wix 3.0x on win xp vs2005 & 2008 machine. I installed all
the sdks which are listed ob the wix build site but I'm getting following
output (last few lines):
winterop:
core.inc:
[exec] Microsoft (R) Build Engine Version 3.5.30729.1
[exec] [Microsoft .NET Framewo
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