[WiX-users] Bootstrapper of .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Hi, Is there bootstrapper available for .net 3.5 SP1 Thanks, Rahul Ekbote Senior Software Engineer * SunGard * ALM * Bacware * SunGard Technology Services (India), Meridian Plaza, S B Road, Shivajinagar, Pune 411016. Direct Tel +91-20-25606237 * Main Tel +91-20-30238000 * Fax

[WiX-users] Satellite assemblies

Hello, I've completed my first WiX v3 project for English and Japanese, which went pretty well, and started my second one. In the first project, WiX automatically included all necessary satellite assemblies, but this time, it doesn't. I compared .wixproj, Product.wxs, en-us.wxl, and ja-jp.wxl of

[WiX-users] VC++ redistributable

Hi, In our project we want to run VC++ redistributable file. However when I runs this .exe from my installer using custom action for this I gets error another installer is running. It means we can not call any other installer from our .msi file Is there any other way to install vc++

Re: [WiX-users] VC++ redistributable

Hi Is there any other way to install vc++ redistributable file and .net framework sp1 installer through our .msi installler You can use the merge modules provided by MS for the vc++ redistributables. Here is what I use for this in WiX: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? Wix

Re: [WiX-users] VC++ redistributable

Using the bootstrapper worked for me. http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/install_dotnet.htm I use bootstrapper to install VC++ redistributable as well. Note that, even though I mentioned to run setup.exe rather than msi in my document, a lot of users tried to install by double-clicking msi.

Re: [WiX-users] VC++ redistributable

Hi, http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/install_dotnet.htm. This is for .NET framework 3.5 and not for .NET framework 3.5 SP1. Is there anything for .NET framework 3.5 SP1. Is there any difference between running .msi and .exe Can I run any other .msi or .exe installation file from our

[WiX-users] Small size limit on .wixout files storing Media (2GB?)

Hi, When Building .wixout's for large installations and with the -df (Bind files) switch set, Light fails with the following message: light.exe : error LGHT0296 : An error (E_FAIL) was returned while adding files to a CAB file. This most commonly happens when creating a CAB file 2 GB or

Re: [WiX-users] VC++ redistributable

Bootstrapper is a Windows SDK feature, not a WiX feature. Look at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages on your hard drive. If you have VS2008 SP1, there should be a directory named DotNetFX35SP1. Open product.xml in the directory, and you will see:

[WiX-users] How can I get the log filename specified in /log option in msiexec commandline?

I need exactly filename in CA, I don't want to write file -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds

Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

Thanks for the reply. I had already looked in MSDN before posting. I found the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370905(VS.85).aspx. As far as I can tell this is the full list of properties for Windows Installer. Is this the list you are talking about? There is nothing in this

Re: [WiX-users] Publish order

That's exactly what I want, the dialog is just a continue or cancel popup If the user clicks continue the install goes forward, if they select cancel the wizard exits. Its not a wizard page. Thanks, George -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent:

[WiX-users] WIX password Dialog during Uninstall Only

Requirement: I am using the silient installtion for my MSI. During activation of the msi we pass properties to the msi including user name and password. Client requirement is that during uninstall he should be uninstalling from AR programs only. In this Msi requires the password. I am able to

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Property into MergeModule

I've also never seen any solid instructions or advice on how to use a configurable merge module. No one seems to actually know how. Chris On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Rob Mensching r...@wixtoolset.org wrote: The Merge Module would need to have a public Property and you'd have to refer

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Property into MergeModule

We do this for our merge modules : In the MSI xml, set up PropertyName with the value you want to pass : Merge Id=MyMergeModule.GUIDHERE_4857_92DF_E3ED_411836DFE2BC DiskId=1 Language=0 SourceFile=MyMergeModule.msm ConfigurationData Name=MyName Value=[PropertyName] /

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Property into MergeModule

Hi, I had a go at configurable merge modules a while back from another mailing list post, but never needed to use them as I converted the dependent MSM to a wixlib. I think I got this to work, it passes the DBNAME property to the merge module. Add to a merge module wix file.

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Property into MergeModule

Thank you for that. How do you use MyName though, do you use it as if it were a property from within the merge module? Chris On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Antony Walmsley antony.sourcefo...@gmail.com wrote: We do this for our merge modules : In the MSI xml, set up PropertyName with the

Re: [WiX-users] Long CAB file name

I will err on the safe side and use short names :) I have a scenario where it makes sense to base the CAB file names on ComponentGroup IDs. Now I use an algorithm to generate these names from the long ComponentGroup IDs which is similar to the one WiX uses to generate short file names... Bob

Re: [WiX-users] Result of deferred custom action

I swear we already had this conversation. There are a couple functions in wcautil.lib (I forget the names, but they have Script in them I think) that can help do this. However, I highly recommend avoiding them. There are a lot of little things you have to do to use them correctly and they are

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper of .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

There are many. Unfortunately, nothing that great in the WiX toolset yet... ours is coming in WiX v3.5. rahul.ekb...@sungard.com wrote: Hi, Is there bootstrapper available for .net 3.5 SP1 Thanks, Rahul Ekbote Senior Software Engineer * SunGard * ALM * Bacware * SunGard Technology

Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

Sure, there is a way to get to the folder. The Windows Installer may not make it easy since, IIRC, applications are not supposed to put files there. In this case, you'll have to write a CustomAction or tell the 3rd party to stop doing things that are not recommended. Under the

Re: [WiX-users] Welcome dialog in the WixUI_Advanced

Thanks for the info Bob. All I am saying is that teh PrepareDlg dialog goes on too fast, at least in my case, it caused a what was that? moment more than anything. But i do understand that for other people might seem different. Thanks Andres Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 21:41:43 -0400

Re: [WiX-users] Pressing yes to a cancel dialog during a binary custom action does not trigger rollback

In article 1243447694545-2982772.p...@n2.nabble.com, achandrapano achan...@panologic.com writes: I have a custom action that occurs right before InstallFinalize. Pressing cancel and selecting 'yes' doesn't seem to cause a rollback. Is this a timing issue since no rollbacks are

Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

Yeah, the 3rd party software is TortoiseHg. I have a program I need it to use in certain circumstances. I'd think these guys would know not to do this, and since they are so big and so widely used, it would be easier for me just to fix this on my end. I'll have to put a bug report in with

Re: [WiX-users] Pressing yes to a cancel dialog during a binary custom action does not trigger rollback

In article 1243528043.2048.1317665...@webmail.messagingengine.com, Curtis Jewell lists.wix-us...@csjewell.fastmail.us writes: I know MsiProcessMessage is what I want to do to check for that cancel button... (I'd make the call each time I recurse into AddDirectory) but what's opaque is

[WiX-users] Binary files split into multiple blocks in the MSI

I am including an xml file as a binary in the MSI using the binary ... tag. The xml file is of a fixed size (10k always). When I open the MSI (which is built with Wix) in a hex editor I see that the file is split into two blocks (7k + 3k), and not contiguous. 1. Is there any attribute that can

Re: [WiX-users] Pressing yes to a cancel dialog during a binary custom action does not trigger rollback

On Thu, 28 May 2009 11:05 -0600, Richard legal...@xmission.com wrote: In article 4a1ec07c.1030...@wixtoolset.org, Rob Mensching r...@wixtoolset.org writes: You can't just check for Cancel. You need to send a message and if a cancel occurred then you'll get that in the return code

Re: [WiX-users] Pressing yes to a cancel dialog during a binary custom action does not trigger rollback

On Thu, 28 May 2009 11:04 -0600, Richard legal...@xmission.com wrote: In article 1243528043.2048.1317665...@webmail.messagingengine.com, Curtis Jewell lists.wix-us...@csjewell.fastmail.us writes: I know MsiProcessMessage is what I want to do to check for that cancel button... (I'd

Re: [WiX-users] Pressing yes to a cancel dialog during a binary custom action does not trigger rollback

In article 1243536299.30433.1317687...@webmail.messagingengine.com, Curtis Jewell lists.wix-us...@csjewell.fastmail.us writes: So what I understand I need to do is: 1) I call MsiProcessMessage at the beginning of my CA with INSTALLMESSAGE_ACTIONSTART with a handle that contains three

Re: [WiX-users] Binary files split into multiple blocks in the MSI

I only know of the MSI API. I expect all other means of editing an MSI are not supported. The WINE guys a pretty good at recreating Windows on Linux. You might ask them. Sagar Vemuri wrote: I am including an xml file as a binary in the MSI using the binary ... tag. The xml file is of a fixed

[WiX-users] Adding progressbar text on Add/Remove panel

Hi, I made one WIX installer which works fine. But when we uninstall it through Add/Remove Panel, it doesn't show any progressbar text. It shows just moving progressbar and at start only one text it shows Gathering required information And no other text. I have already added ProgressText

[WiX-users] Incrementing the value of a Wix Property

Hi, I have a Wix property which I set from a value entered by a user in a particular UI dialog. This is actually a base port number used by the program that will be installed. The default value of this is 2 (say). Property Id=STARTPORT Value=2 / I want to set other port numbers based

Re: [WiX-users] Incrementing the value of a Wix Property

Ideally, I would like to set SERVICE_PORT = STARTPORT + 10 where SERVICE_PORT is the other port I have to set based on the value of the STARTPORT property. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Incrementing-the-value-of-a-Wix-Property-tp2992019p2992035.html Sent from the

[WiX-users] checkbox issues

Okay, So I've scoured the documentation and tried every which way... but I can't for the life of me figure out how to de-select a checkbox based on a registry value. Let's say for example I provide the user with the option to install a desktop shortcut or not, simple enough. However I want store

Re: [WiX-users] Adding progressbar text on Add/Remove panel

Try adding the following: UIRef Id=WixUI_ErrorProgressText / It's in WiX.chm but buried in the localization section of the documentation, technically the correct place but most of us look in the UI section first :) On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Hukumchand Shah hukum.s...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [WiX-users] Binary files split into multiple blocks in the MSI

In article 1243532498231-2989196.p...@n2.nabble.com, Sagar Vemuri sagar.vem...@gmail.com writes: 1. Is there any attribute that can be set to stop splitting up this file? No. You should neither depend on nor care about how the file is stored in the MSI. 2. If the answer to the above

Re: [WiX-users] How do I preserve a configuration file on a majorupgrade?

Correctly so, QtCmdCopy is running too early (immediate action) and trying to write to a protected location while UAC is still at a lower privilege level. See http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/09/23/768146.aspx for an explanation why the actions fail under Vista. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: How to run another program before launching the main application

Check out the documentation, specifically ShellExecute CustomAction and How To: Run the Installed Application After Setup in WiX.chm On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:13 AM, little.forest little.for...@ymail.com wrote: We are using WiX version 3.0.4805.0. How to run another program before launching

Re: [WiX-users] Open URL after launch condition fails

Try using two custom actions instead of a launch condition, first one to check for Silverlight with the second to launch a webpage if it's not installed. On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Bob Arnson b...@joyofsetup.com wrote: Jose Enrique Bolanos wrote: I have a launch condition which checks if

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap an MSI to pass in parameters

See msi.chm, check out the MsiLogging and MsiLogFileLocation properties. On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:32 AM, achandrapano achan...@panologic.com wrote: I am trying to create a bootstrapper to my MSI so I can pass in the logging verbosity and log file location to msiexec. I have looked at

Re: [WiX-users] Incrementing the value of a Wix Property

I don't think the Windows Installer supports that syntax. You'll probably need a CustomAction. WixFan wrote: Ideally, I would like to set SERVICE_PORT = STARTPORT + 10 where SERVICE_PORT is the other port I have to set based on the value of the STARTPORT property. -- View this message in