Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFile authored for a patch

2009-05-04 Thread luciana istoc
I found out what the problem was: I wasn't providing the correct .wixpdb of the baseline version (the paths to the files were not correct, they were pointing to the new versions instead of pointing to the old version, from the baseline). It seems that was the reason I was having problems when

Re: [WiX-users] Is it allowed to remove all files within a component with a patch?

2009-05-04 Thread luciana istoc
Thanks for the information! It has been very helpful.   Luciana --- On Sat, 25/4/09, Heath Stewart clubs...@gmail.com wrote: From: Heath Stewart clubs...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is it allowed to remove all files within a component with a patch? To: istoc_luci...@yahoo.com, General

[WiX-users] DB Drop at Uninstall

2009-05-04 Thread Mark Sinnathamby
Hi, The database credentials for creating my database are taken during installation via a dialog box. Using the login, password and server name details entered by the user, I create the database during installation, using SQL authentication. But when I am uninstalling, the database does not

[WiX-users] InstallDirDlg Condition

2009-05-04 Thread Riyaz Mogharabin
Dear All, I have modified the WixUI_INSTALLDIR set to add a condition: I am creating a dialog named InstallDirConditionDlg which informs the user that the install path contains SPACE, and that the program will not work if so. I want to modify the InstallDirDlg to show the dialog: Control

[WiX-users] CopyFile: SourceProperty vs. SourceDirectory

2009-05-04 Thread Reuss, Matthias
Hello, How do the attributes SourceProperty and SourceDirectory differ? I expect the SourceProperty attribute to translate into the sourceFolder column of the MoveFile table. It is described as a Property whose value resolves to the full path of the source directory. So if I enter any

Re: [WiX-users] Customizing Dialogs - checkbox not updating property

2009-05-04 Thread Fredrik Kauma
Thank you so much! That fixed the problem. This e-mail list is great! It really helps newbies like me. I was really frustrated when I left work Friday not getting my code to work. Now I feel very happy thanks to you. Thanks again, Fredrik -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson

Re: [WiX-users] How to conditionally launch per prerequisites

2009-05-04 Thread David Bartmess
That answers my question... Thanks. I can setup a custom action to check the allowed features that runs before the feature screen, I presume, and disable the features not allowed. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 12:33 PM

Re: [WiX-users] How to uninstall previous version before install current?

2009-05-04 Thread Tom Kazimiers
Bob Arnson wrote: Tom Kazimiers wrote: my MSI installer is made with WiX 3 and I wonder if there is a possibility to uninstall the current installation (if any) of the product and then installing the new one? I am asking since I don't want to do a major upgrade every time I do a

[WiX-users] WiX 3.05217.0 - Setupbld returns 0x80070005

2009-05-04 Thread Jacques Eloff
Hi I've been trying to build a bootstrapper using setupbld, but keep getting a result of 0x80070005 with a message that just states Failed to CreateSetup. Initially I received 0x80070013, but that went away after removing the read-only property from setup.exe stub. My command has the following

Re: [WiX-users] User's Environment Variable in DirectorySearch

2009-05-04 Thread Alexander Shevchuk
Hi Ben, Description of DrLocator table (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368331.aspx) states that Path column has type AnyPath (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367562(VS.85).aspx). Description of AnyPath mentions that path may contain *properties* enclosed in square

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrade: some files are randomly not installed

2009-05-04 Thread Edward Forgács
I am experiencing the exact same behaviour with one of our installation packages. Like you, we only do major upgrades. Out of 17 files, 4 are getting missed on a major upgrade. I'm not convinced that it has anything to do with versions, as almost every DLL has a different version in the newer

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrade: some files are randomly not installed

2009-05-04 Thread Edward Forgács
Well, I ended up finding a solution to this. The app is a .NET app, which means that the assemblies are versioned in Major.Minor.Build.Revision format. Due to the way the compiler generates the Revision number, it can actually downgrade for a newer version, which seems to confuse Windows

[WiX-users] How do I modify ProgressDlg in Wix 3

2009-05-04 Thread xubutian
I copied and renamed ProgressDlg.wxs to MyProgressDlg.wxs, renamed dialog to MyProgressDlg. I also referenced new dialog in MyWixUI_Mondo.wxs: DialogRef Id=MyProgressDlg / and in MyProgressDlg.wxs InstallUISequence Show Dialog=MyProgressDlg Before=ExecuteAction / /InstallUISequence I removed

[WiX-users] WiX 3.05217.0 - Setupbld returns 0x80070005

2009-05-04 Thread Jacques Eloff
Hi Solved the problem. After the first error (0x80070013) it copied the stub EXE and retained the read-only permission on the EXE I specified in my -output switch. I still had my output EXE with the read-only permission in my output directory when I reran the command after changing the

[WiX-users] Frustrated... can't get a simple installer to work

2009-05-04 Thread Anthony F
I've been banging my head for the last few hours trying to create a super-simple installer (my first) with wix. All I want is an installer that includes a single merge module... and that's it. No options, no gui, no additional files. Just the merge module. I figured it would be a pretty

Re: [WiX-users] Frustrated... can't get a simple installer to work

2009-05-04 Thread Brian Rogers
Hey Anthony, The ICE39 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368962(VS.85).aspx) reads the summary stream; remove the Package/@Compressed='yes' to get rid of that message. As for the ICE83, I would look at the documentation ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369038(VS.85).aspx). It

Re: [WiX-users] Frustrated... can't get a simple installer to work

2009-05-04 Thread Wendell Joost
Have you opened the Crystal Reports merge module in Orca and run a Tools | Validation? Wendell On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Anthony F eatme...@hotmail.com wrote: I've made some progress, but still get errors from light. The wxs file looks like this: ?xml version='1.0'? Wix

Re: [WiX-users] Frustrated... can't get a simple installer to work

2009-05-04 Thread Anthony F
Yes, and it spits out many, many errors including the must contain MSIPublishAssemblies and MSUUnpublishAssemblies errors that I'm getting with Wix. The problem here is that it works perfectly well when creating installers in Visual Studio. I'll be the first to admit that I'm by no means an

Re: [WiX-users] How do I modify ProgressDlg in Wix 3

2009-05-04 Thread Tom Kazimiers
xubutian schrieb: I copied and renamed ProgressDlg.wxs to MyProgressDlg.wxs, renamed dialog to MyProgressDlg. I also referenced new dialog in MyWixUI_Mondo.wxs: DialogRef Id=MyProgressDlg / and in MyProgressDlg.wxs InstallUISequence Show Dialog=MyProgressDlg Before=ExecuteAction /

[WiX-users] Can I enable/disable or hide/show UI control from a differed custom action?

2009-05-04 Thread xubutian
I have a hidden skip push button in ProgressDlg. When one of my differed custom action begins to run, I hope to hide cancel button and show this skip button. How do I do this? And is it possible to enable/disable this new button from my custom action? Thanks! -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] How do I modify ProgressDlg in Wix 3

2009-05-04 Thread xubutian
Yes, I did that. Tom Kazimiers wrote: xubutian schrieb: I copied and renamed ProgressDlg.wxs to MyProgressDlg.wxs, renamed dialog to MyProgressDlg. I also referenced new dialog in MyWixUI_Mondo.wxs: DialogRef Id=MyProgressDlg / and in MyProgressDlg.wxs InstallUISequence Show

Re: [WiX-users] How do I modify ProgressDlg in Wix 3

2009-05-04 Thread xubutian
I am very surprised that if I set my new dialog after ProgressDlg, then it works. Show Dialog=MyProgressDlg After=ProgressDlg / Is there any potential problem if I run it like this? -- View this message in context:

[WiX-users] Pyro and .Net assemblies

2009-05-04 Thread Blair Murri
I'm getting an error PYRO0130 in the table MsiAssemblyName which makes no sense to me, especially since the wixmst file entry for that doesn't seem to match the error message (at least to my mind). Why would modifying a field on a row (when the field is not part of the primary key) generate

Re: [WiX-users] How to conditionally launch per prerequisites

2009-05-04 Thread Bob Arnson
David Bartmess wrote: That answers my question... Thanks. I can setup a custom action to check the allowed features that runs before the feature screen, I presume, and disable the features not allowed. You get the same effect using feature conditions. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] CopyFile: SourceProperty vs. SourceDirectory

2009-05-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Reuss, Matthias wrote: How do the attributes SourceProperty and SourceDirectory differ? They both map to MoveFile.SourceFolder. SourceDirectory also creates a reference to the corresponding Directory Id. The MoveFiles action relies on directory properties being created to support both

Re: [WiX-users] Frustrated... can't get a simple installer to work

2009-05-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Anthony F wrote: I'll be the first to admit that I'm by no means an expert in the art of creating install packages, but if VS can handle the messed up msm, shouldn't wix be able to as well? I thought (I may be WAY wrong on this) that the VS packager was based on wix? It is not based

[WiX-users] Upgrading SQL Server in Wix

2009-05-04 Thread Murray Hipper
Hi Guys, I wanted to ask the community for any best practices or methods used with the upgrading of SQL Databases through WIX. The install step is fine and pretty straight forward, the upgrade process is messy and I am unsure what scripts will run and when. I did a quick search but wasn't able

Re: [WiX-users] CopyFile: SourceProperty vs. SourceDirectory

2009-05-04 Thread Reuss, Matthias
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Mai 2009 02:59 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] CopyFile: SourceProperty vs. SourceDirectory Reuss, Matthias wrote: How do the

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading SQL Server in Wix

2009-05-04 Thread Michael Osmond
Murray I know there is some stuff if you search through the history of this mailing list. I don't know of any tutorials or other info, but that doesn't mean there isn't any. First what runs in an upgrade is really going to depend on if you are doing an MSI Major Upgrade or Minor Upgrade. If

[WiX-users] Upgrade Migrate Products Flag or Custom Action

2009-05-04 Thread Murray Hipper
Hi All, I am discovering the Upgrade process of MSI and how WiX handles it thanks to the fantastic article at http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-par t-8-major-upgrade.aspx and I noticed that it has the MigrateFeatures flag which is fantastic. Another thing which

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade Migrate Products Flag or Custom Action

2009-05-04 Thread Michael Osmond
Murray, Try writing the properties into registry values at install and then using the Registry Search to read the values back into properties at the start of an upgrade Michael -Original Message- From: Murray Hipper [mailto:mhip...@snowdengroup.com] Sent: Tuesday, 5 May 2009 3:17 PM