Re: [WiX-users] How refer Binary file in CA

You don't have to permanently install it, but you need to extract it from the binary table. It can't be used by anything until it's pulled out and put on the file system. Chris On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Michael mich...@gnhsoft.com wrote: Thanks Rob Mensching, But, I don't want to

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing Votive due to previous VS express installations

Amir Abiri wrote: I am trying to install Votive, but I'm getting an error message saying that VS Express editions are not supported. Which version of Votive? What is the error message? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] ShellNew/FileName

nathanjphillips wrote: It seems like Wix doesn't support the ShellNew/FileName registry key under Extensions in order to allow Windows Explorer's New command to create a new file. Please file a feature request so we don't forget to support it natively. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] remove files where multiple users installed with ALLUSERS=0

Mike Wu wrote: Hey all, I have an installer that can install for current user or local machine by setting ALLUSERS. If two users use ALLUSERS=0 and the default install directory, when one uninstalls, it removes files for both users. Per-user setups should go to per-user directories, not

Re: [WiX-users] General Wix questions

Sascha Beaumont wrote: For a beginner I would highly recommend reading The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer (you should be able to find it on Amazon) and then referencing MSI45.chm (from the Windows Installer 4.5 SDK) and WIX.chm (from Wix 3.0) when developing your installation. It's

Re: [WiX-users] MMC 3.0 SnapIn install

Gerhard Bremer wrote: You're right, as I found out by now, using WixPSExtension is different from what InstallUtil does. But I remember a WixMMCExtension in V2.x. What happened to that one? Was it thrown out or has it just not yet been ported to V3? Nobody volunteered to do the work

Re: [WiX-users] extracting wix xml from wixlibs

Adam Langley wrote: I am writing a tool to make it easier to create custom WiX dialogs, can someone tell me how I would go about extracting the wix dialog files (i.e. WelcomeDlg.wxs) from the UI wixlib? You can't; .wixlibs contain compiled WiX authoring, not the original source code.

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with radio buttons property

Tripphippy wrote: QuoteServerDlg.wxs(19,0): error LGHT0094: Unresolved reference to symbol 'Property:QuoteServer' in section 'Fragment:'. You need to define the property and give it a default value. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] GroupBox Text Color

Arthur Curvello wrote: Hi, I’m trying to change the default blue color of groupbox text, but no success. According to the MSI SDK, only text controls support text styles. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] Registering a shell extension

Lars Von Wedel wrote: Obviously, I can also put this into the Wix script for my installer and I am wondering whether there are any reasons not to do this ? No, that's the right way to install them. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] How refer Binary file in CA

Thanks Chris. Christopher Karper wrote: You don't have to permanently install it, but you need to extract it from the binary table. It can't be used by anything until it's pulled out and put on the file system. Chris On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Michael mich...@gnhsoft.com wrote: