Take a look at
Absent attribute hides the feature as such from any display controls.
Feature is still changeable through publish actions and/or conditions.
Original Message:
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David Bartmess wrote:
I have put conditions on the feature, but the problem is that the
deciding variab
I'm not a UI expert, but I've seen it said here that UI controls on a
dialog cannot modify the state of other controls in a dialog until you
refresh the dialog (Back/Next). Archives might prove that true.
David Bartmess wrote:
> I have a series of checkboxes that depend on each other, such as cb
Rob,
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction on this. I did not even
know that wix.chm existed (I have only been using wix since February).
With that I was able to get it working.
Thanks again and thanks for making Wix happen. I love it!
Stephen
__
I have a series of checkboxes that depend on each other, such as cbA is
checked, then enable cbB, which enables cbC.
How can I check within the dialog that a checkbox has been checked/unchecked
and modify the other checkboxes as needed?
I can't use featureselection control, because I have to hi
I'm trying to write my own feature selection dialog, and can't find the list of
events that can be used through the subscribe element.
Can anyone point me to a doc or web URL that lists these? Google has been
worthless, and it may be because it doesn't exist...
David Bartmess
Wall Street On De
Chuck schrieb:
> Success!
>
> Alex Shevchuk wrote:
>> OK, here is the problem. Upgrade/@Id must have the same value as
>> Product/@UpgradeCode.
>
> Thank you, Alex. That was the problem. FindRelatedProducts is working and
> only one entry exists in the Add or Remove Programs table after the
> in
I saw in an article that someone had made a call to CostFinalize in a vbscript
custom action.
Does any know how to do that? I'm not a vbscript guru by any means, but if I
could call this on a DoAction on a button, it should reset the feature levels
like I want to do.
Thanks!
-Original Mes
Hey James,
That issue can be resolved by adding, under your main block, a
. See if the below works for you. Basically
the [SystemFolder] is referencing a property which is a directory. If your
main directory block doesn't have it, then you will see that error.
Hope that helps,
Brian Roge
Hi Brian,
Ok.. Thanks for the info. I guess I'm still unclear or was unclear on
how I should be building my installer. I'm still flying blind where as
I'm trying different things to see what works best. I was using
WixAware, and now that I've pulled away from that I'm finding that there
are a lo
My RemoveExistingProducts is scheduled after InstallValidate and I see
the FilesInUse in InstallValidate.
Neil
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@wonderware.com]
Sent: 14 May 2009 20:47
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-use
Well, your custom action is deferred, no-impersonate, which means that it
will be run under Local System credentials. Local System, albeit very
powerful, has some limitations, like no access to network, etc.
You can try to set Impersonate="yes".
Alex
-Original Message-
From: Tom Kazim
Hi there,
as part of my WiX 3 setup the CeAppMgr.exe is looked up and executed.
This application is used to install software on windows CE devices (like
Windows Mobile 5/6, etc.). To do so one has to call CeAppMgr.exe with an
ini file and the user should get the information that software is beeing
Yeah, makes sense. Bummer.
David Bartmess wrote:
> I have put conditions on the feature, but the problem is that the deciding
> variable is taken from input from a custom action that checks entitlements
> for each feature. This has to be done after the user enters a valid URL to
> login to (and
I have put conditions on the feature, but the problem is that the deciding
variable is taken from input from a custom action that checks entitlements for
each feature. This has to be done after the user enters a valid URL to login to
(and possibly a username/password if the first attempt fails).
If you have an MSI log for the upgrade, I think the log will show the
FilesInUse around the InstallValidate action that's in the
RemoveExistingProducts section of the log where the old version is being
uninstalled if it's the uninstall. I think I've seen FilesInUse being shown
there before - ex
Not sure, but it sounds like you want to Condition the Feature.
David Bartmess wrote:
> I found that the Publish event AddLocal and Remove can set the feature to
> install or not to install, but it doesn't completely remove the feature from
> the list of features.
>
> What I need to do is remov
All of the content there is in the WiX.chm. Grab that, in the meantime.
Curtis Jewell wrote:
> It's blank for now. There was a hiccup uploading the updated
> documentation when the last build was released. It'll be fixed at the
> time the next build is released.
>
> On Thu, 14 May 2009 14:15 -040
Success!
Alex Shevchuk wrote:
> OK, here is the problem. Upgrade/@Id must have the same value as
> Product/@UpgradeCode.
Thank you, Alex. That was the problem. FindRelatedProducts is working and
only one entry exists in the Add or Remove Programs table after the
installation of the new version.
In the meantime, where can I turn for guidance on how to create
shortcuts for the installer? -Pan
Pan Hu, Application Engineer | EDS - HP | 202-414-8528 |
pan...@eds.com
-Original Message-
From: wix-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:wix-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net]
Hey Jim,
In general merge modules should be avoided. Unless you have clients of your
product which will be integrating your merge module it is better to use
.wixlib files internally to allow for shared components across multiple
packages.
What error are you getting in heat?
Thanks,
Brian Rogers
*Where is the WiX.chm documentation? I can't seem to find it on the site.
*
After installing Wix it can be found here:
%ProgramFiles%\Windows Installer XML v3\doc\WiX.chm
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Hu, Pan wrote:
> Where is the WiX.chm documentation? I can't seem to find it on the
It's blank for now. There was a hiccup uploading the updated
documentation when the last build was released. It'll be fixed at the
time the next build is released.
On Thu, 14 May 2009 14:15 -0400, "Hu, Pan" wrote:
> I'm trying to access the following URL for a how-to-guide on shortcuts:
> http:/
Pan - They are all blank for me as well
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Hu, Pan wrote:
> I'm trying to access the following URL for a how-to-guide on shortcuts:
> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm
>
>
>
> It always gives me blank pages, no matter what link I
I'm trying to access the following URL for a how-to-guide on shortcuts:
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm
It always gives me blank pages, no matter what link I click on. For
instance, when I click "Files, Shortcuts and Registry" link all it does
is make this
Where is the WiX.chm documentation? I can't seem to find it on the site.
-Pan
Pan Hu, Application Engineer | EDS - HP | 202-414-8528 |
pan...@eds.com
-Original Message-
From: wix-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:wix-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net]
Sent: Thursday, M
I found that the Publish event AddLocal and Remove can set the feature to
install or not to install, but it doesn't completely remove the feature from
the list of features.
What I need to do is remove the feature entirely, so that the customer doesn't
even see it. As it is, they can still chan
Hey Jesper,
That is good news. It might be worth you adding this example to
SourceForge.net for others to find if you have a moment.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=105970&atid=654188
Glad to hear all else is working well for you.
Thanks,
Brian Rogers
"Intelligence removes complexity.
In the sample it is defined at the top of the file - do you have that in your code?
Neil
-Original Message-
From: Hu, Pan [mailto:pan...@eds.com]
Sent: 14 May 2009 17:15
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 36, Issue 64
Thanks, Neil. How do
If I schedule a custom action for OnExit, is there an easy way from inside
the custom action to determine if it was being called for OnExit="success",
"error", or "cancel"? It seems like this is simple but for some reason it
escapes me.
For example if I wanted one exit dialog that showed the inst
Should I be registering COMPlus/Non-ComPlus DLLs in a custom merge
module? When I use Heat to extract the registry settings, and add them
to the respective component, an error is caught on the setting for
HelpDirectory parameter. It's set using the SystemFolder keyword.
Jim MacDiarmid
EDS, an
Thanks Rob,
I just needed to be convinced again to keep trying (after I thought I
was through all possible combinations):
Now I replaced "-" with "_" in the GUIDs and viola!
BTW. having a Guid attribute in a Module element is deprecated in WiX3
- using the Guid from the Package instead does not w
I don't think the current CustomActions let you reference an installed
certificate. However, you can just add the Certificate element under
your Component and reference it by your WebSite and it should work. The
WiX.chm reference should have the bits and pieces to put it together
since I don't
That variable comes from the project system. If you look at the
command-line to candle.exe during the build, you'll see it (and may
other things) passed in as the -D switch.
You've asked a couple basic questions about the preprocessor. Have you
read the WiX.chm documentation?
Hu, Pan wrote:
>
I have the following component in my Product.wxs file for my WiX
project:
My question is, I want to use a preprocessor variable, i.e.
$(var.MyApp.TargetFilePath) for the 'Source' attribute of the 'File'
element above. In Votive 3.0, is var..TargetFilePath a built-
On 14 May 2009, at 16:53, Alex Shevchuk wrote:
> I don't have ready to use solution, but
> http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/06/30/from-msi-to-wix-part-17
> -windows-installer-automation-interface-part-2.aspx may give you a
> good
> starting point, if that's what you want.
Thanks
Thanks, Neil. How do I define the preprocessor? I'm getting the error:
Undefined preprocessor variable '$(var.Version)'.
I see that preprocessor variables are defined in the project properties
when I right-click the project in the solution explorer, but shouldn't
these variables be predefined? W
I don't have ready to use solution, but
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/06/30/from-msi-to-wix-part-17
-windows-installer-automation-interface-part-2.aspx may give you a good
starting point, if that's what you want.
Alex
-Original Message-
From: Chris Ridd [mailto:chrisr...
There is a whole portion of the MSI API dedicated to answering those
questions. It is even automatable (available to script).
Chris Ridd wrote:
> Is there any good way of checking exactly what features and components
> of a package actually got installed by a user?
>
> I was expecting to find som
AppSearch happens very early in the install process so it is only useful
to initialize Properties. The UI interaction happens later.
Michael Faden wrote:
> Hi
>
> maybe this question is not really new, but I haven't found an answer yet..
>
> In my installation dialog, the user has to enter the pa
I'm currently using LogonUser. If I were to use SSPI I think I could
validate the account, but I also need to impersonate the user. The
reason is the service uses a connection string and I want to encrypt the
connection string using the data protection api (DPAPI). So, I log in as
the service accou
I have a wix project that creates a website. The certificate that that
website uses is already be present on the machine being installed to.
Is there a way to make the installer associate the website with the
existing installer? (I can do this step manually, but I would rather
have the installer
It will remove them if you do a major upgrade. The old "cached" package
is used for uninstall (that would have the VS2005 support) and the new
package won't (so VS2005 support won't get added). That's one, of
several, reasons we only do major upgrades in the WiX MSI.
jnewton wrote:
> I've been
You'd have to refer to the Directory/@Id (that is in ALL CAPS, of
course) with the Module GUID attached as well.
stephan o'farrill wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it possible to select the install path (with UI) for one of the
> directories in a merge module (containing several directories) from
> the enclosin
What version of the WiX toolset are you using? That shouldn't happen.
Kim Gybels wrote:
>> I always get the "is a Font and must be installed to the
>> FontsFolder"-warnings.
>>
>>
>>
> The fonts need to be installed in the directory with Id=FontsFolder.
> I was doing this correct. The problem
One solution I have seen implemented is to write an immediate custom action
that runs before RemoveExistingProducts, queries the registry table for
registry path and name, reads the values for keys in the table, and overwrites
the value column of the registry table for the in memory database.
A quick search turned up this KB, not sure if it will
help.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180548
-Eric
> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 16:16:26 -0500
> From: bphilp...@sqlsentry.net
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] UAC prompt on feature modification after installation
>
>
Hello Mukesh,
Have you tried setting SuppressModularization=yes on the binary element of your
merge module?
-Eric
> From: magra...@microsoft.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:54:20 +0800
> Subject: [WiX-users] FW: Using a binary key from external merge module
Is there any good way of checking exactly what features and components
of a package actually got installed by a user?
I was expecting to find some evidence of their GUIDs in the registry
somewhere, but none of them seem to be present despite things
seemingly being installed.
Cheers,
Chris
On 14 May 2009, at 01:04, Rob Mensching wrote:
> Yes. Features are a "tree" but Components can be duplicated throughout
> as leaves as you want. In the end, a Component is installed as long as
> one of its Features is installed.
Thanks, that seems to work.
It does feel a little confusing to now
I changed to a single ServiceControl element and it still failed. I was
wondering whether I am doing this right, I am modifying the new install
but I was wondering if the problem is the original install that is being
replaced - does anyone know which install is throwing up the "File in
use" dialog?
Try this:
http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2009/01/wix-script-for-major-upgrade
s.html
Neil
-Original Message-
From: Hu, Pan [mailto:pan...@eds.com]
Sent: 14 May 2009 15:56
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Absolute beginner need help!
All,
I have just down
All,
I have just downloaded and installed WiX v3 for my Visual Studio 2008. I
am able to create a WiX project, but I can't seem to get a basic
Product.wxs file compilable. Can anyone point me to a very simple sample
Product.wxs file that I can use to get just a successful build? Thanks!
-Pan
Hello,
I wonder if there isn't a bug in "WixUI_Advanced" flavor with 64bits.
The suggested folder in the destination folder dialog is "C:\Program Files
(x86)\My App" but when I change the flavor into WixUI_InstallDir (and set
the WIXUI_INSTALLDIR property), the suggested folder is the right o
Hi
maybe this question is not really new, but I haven't found an answer yet..
In my installation dialog, the user has to enter the path to a EXE. When
the user entered the value, I'd like to check, whether it really exists:
.
1
1
NOT SEARCHFOREXE
..
Hello, All!
I have tried to install my application with distributed msm files as I
have found in the Internet:
Can you please let me know how can I check for success installation of
runtime modules?
Which files should be copied to computer?
--
/BR, Alexander
-
I've been looking over the WiX setup code which is used to create the WiX
Toolset installer and had a best practice question regarding putting all
support for Visual Studio versions into one MSI. WiX supports VS2005 and
VS2008 and installs addins all in the same MSI. I'm actually in the same
boat
Hi,
Is it possible to select the install path (with UI) for one of the
directories in a merge module (containing several directories) from
the enclosing WiX3 product installer script?
If yes, how do I have to define the property outside the merge module
to be able to reference it inside the referri
I have found documentation in doc folder of wix distributive.
2009/5/14 Alexander Bubnov :
> Hello, All!
> It seems there a trouble to display documentation on wix site.
> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_index.htm
> Is there another place wnere can I get docs?
>
> --
> /BR, Alexand
Hi,
Our WiX3 installer uses the CommonAppDataFolder Property
(according to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367992(VS.85).aspx)
to find out the path to the Application Data that are used by the
software to install.
That works on my XP machine ("C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\
John,
I was originally using the following WiX entry:
Which produced the following entry in the MsiAssemblyName table (view using
the Orca.exe tool shipped with the Windows SDK):
name: Foo
version: 1.0.0.0
culture: neutral
publicKeyToken: 4A3C0A4C668B48B4
processorArchitecure: MSIL
How
Hello, All!
It seems there a trouble to display documentation on wix site.
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_index.htm
Is there another place wnere can I get docs?
--
/BR, Alexander
--
The NEW KODAK i700 Ser
Hi Nick,
I have a similar problem I think. Could you post the WiX snippet for the
assembly that you were having problems with so that I can compare and
contrast with my own install?
Many Thanks,
/john
- Original Message -
From: "nickheppleston"
To:
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:5
Phil,
Many thanks for the reply. I spent some time reviewing the MsiAssemblyName
table and discovered that the third-party assembly I am trying to install
does not have ProcessorArchitecture attribute set, however I was specifying
MSIL as the processor architecture in the WiX File element.
As a r
I've encountered a double ARP entry with one of my installers a couple
of months ago. As far as I remember only private build part of product
version was changed what made the new installer act like a small update
instead of a major upgrade (MSI only uses the first three parts of the
version number
> I always get the "is a Font and must be installed to the
> FontsFolder"-warnings.
>
>
The fonts need to be installed in the directory with Id=FontsFolder.
I was doing this correct. The problem, however, is that I was doing
this from a mergemodule. WiX applies modularization to the the
directory
Hi,
Following Situation:
The Installer for our Product uses a modified version of WiXUI_Mondo.
In the Feature-Selection Dialog the user has the option to choose between
different Skins for the Product.
Problem is now when the user deselects ALL Skins, the Application refuses to
start becau
Hey Brian,
The problem is solved by changing the installScope, sorry for the
inconvenience.
So I won't file a bug, but thank you for noticing.
Best regards,
Jesper
Brian Rogers wrote:
>
> Hey Jesper,
>
> Can you file a bug for this? Tomorrow is the last night to fix bugs on
> heat.exe. Pleas
You lead me to the right direction however :) Thank you.
Regard to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739822.aspx the HKCR
is a merge of HKLM/Software/Classes and HKCU/Software/Classes.
That led me to wondering how the install scope for the new installation
package was set, and there wa
Hi
I have an external merge module (say External.msm) which I am referencing in my
installer. In Binary table of External.msm I have an entry (say externEntry).
I have a fragment (say FragmentX) written to define this merge module using
element.
I have another fragment written that define a
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