[WiX-users] migration from heat 3.0.4805.0 to heat 3.0.5419.0

2010-02-24 Thread Andres Juarez
Hi there, I am running the same heat command line with two different versions of heat and I am getting completelly different results: These two command lines: \wix\3.0.5419.0\heat.exe dir "C:\TeamStats\M9" -out list_3.0.5419.0.wxs Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Toolset Harvester ver

Re: [WiX-users] WiX custom action error on windows vista or XP

2010-02-24 Thread Alex Wernecke
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Re: [WiX-users] Nested installation of downloaded prerequisites

2010-02-24 Thread Lisa Gracias
Darn. I'll have to try some other route then. Thanks a lot for the help. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Sascha Beaumont wrote: > Unfortunately no. The EXE may contain a compressed MSI anyway :) > > Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, etc. don't use the internal Windows > Installer UI - the UI is

Re: [WiX-users] missing install files

2010-02-24 Thread Blair
While you have RemoveExistingProducts scheduled early it is much easier to make that change. -Original Message- From: Mark Pietras [mailto:mpiet...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] missi

Re: [WiX-users] Problems starting a service

2010-02-24 Thread Blair
Do the machine event logs shed any light? -Original Message- From: McKinnon Chris [mailto:cmckin...@atb.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Problems starting a service Hi, I have a bit of a mystery that I was hoping ot

Re: [WiX-users] IIS WebServiceExtension removed on repair

2010-02-24 Thread Blair
Making the component transient and adding that condition would definitely remove the component when you repair. It looks like a bug. What version of IIS? -Original Message- From: pmdarrow [mailto:pdar...@metaworks.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:57 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourcefo

Re: [WiX-users] Adding ISAPI Filter to machine level

2010-02-24 Thread Blair
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/iis_xsd_webfilter.htm (I assume) -Original Message- From: Kalvagadda, SivaKrishna (Sales Technology) [mailto:sivakrishna_kalvaga...@ml.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:02 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a system account to a group fails on Server 2008

2010-02-24 Thread Zane Zeeh
Thanks for the idea Glen, unfortunately I'm still getting the same fail message. -Original Message- From: Glen Cooper [mailto:glencoo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:27 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding a system

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing a .NET installer-based service using InstallUtilLib.dll

2010-02-24 Thread Rajendra Magar
Jeremy, thanks so much for pointing this out. I had earlier tried the suggestion and thus used Account="[WIX_ACCOUNT_NETWORKSERVICE]" but it didn't work. I now know why. I had then forgotten to include After including this line in my WiX source, the service account gets automatically set to Ne

[WiX-users] WiX and shared, versioned components

2010-02-24 Thread admiristrator
This has to be a common need yet I find hardly ANY references to it on the web... I've got a product that has three sets of components, one installed on the server, one on the web head, and one on the developer's machine. All three sets could be installed on one machine and should peacefully coexi

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a system account to a group fails on Server 2008

2010-02-24 Thread Glen Cooper
You might want to try using the well-known SID queries available in Wix: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/osinfo.htm You should be able to do the following: On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Zane Zeeh wrote: > The following code seems to work fine on Server 2003, but when I run it o

Re: [WiX-users] Nested installation of downloaded prerequisites

2010-02-24 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Unfortunately no. The EXE may contain a compressed MSI anyway :) Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, etc. don't use the internal Windows Installer UI - the UI is handled externally by the bootstrapper which means you can drive installation of multiple MSI's.. If you take a look at the Office DVD you

Re: [WiX-users] SQL2008 Express Merge Module

2010-02-24 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Where do you get the contents of this directory? -Original Message- From: Arun Perregatturv [mailto:aperregatt...@napcosecurity.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 3:35 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SQL2008 Express Merge Mo

Re: [WiX-users] WiX custom action error on windows vista or XP

2010-02-24 Thread Blair
Are you logging in your CA before each and any error is returned? What specifically, according to the installation log, is the error? -Original Message- From: Alex Wernecke [mailto:awerne...@finteq.co.za] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:39 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installe

Re: [WiX-users] SQL2008 Express Merge Module

2010-02-24 Thread Arun Perregatturv
Windows Installer 4.5 .NET Framework 3.5 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition BusinessObjects.CrystalReports.10.5 Arun Perregattur -Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mai

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing a .NET installer-based service using InstallUtilLib.dll

2010-02-24 Thread Jeremy Farrell
Err ... perhaps I'm missing something, but: in the message you link to, Brian describes the problem, then Neil points to the MSDN documentation on how to avoid the problem, then Brian says this method "appears to work perfectly". Have you tried the recommendations in the message you linked to? > -

[WiX-users] Adding a system account to a group fails on Server 2008

2010-02-24 Thread Zane Zeeh
The following code seems to work fine on Server 2003, but when I run it on 2008 I get the message "Failed to create user due to invalid password. (-2147022651 512 ). I have similar code for Network Service and Local Service that also fail on Server 2003 but not 2008. Any ideas?

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing a .NET installer-based service using InstallUtilLib.dll

2010-02-24 Thread Rajendra Magar
Michael, thank you for the tip. Raz -Original Message- From: Michael Osmond [mailto:mosm...@baytech.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 3:50 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing a .NET installer-based service us

Re: [WiX-users] Harvest feature in WiX v3.5's Votive

2010-02-24 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I don't remember ever editing that file, I have had many versions of WiX3 on this machine so it could be related to that. I have just tried uninstalling v3.5, then reinstalling v3 followed by v3.5 and don't get the problem - so I guess I'll just have to chalk it up to experience! Neil -Origi

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing a .NET installer-based service using InstallUtilLib.dll

2010-02-24 Thread Michael Osmond
Raz, I do not know of a built in property. You want something like (I have mocked this up, so you will need to check the values for account names, and the VersionNT value for XP which i think is 510): Michael -Original Message- From: Rajendra Magar [mailto:rma...@newfrontieradv

Re: [WiX-users] SQL2008 Express Merge Module

2010-02-24 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
The way I am including the other components is by modifying the WixProj to include this type of Markup... Also of Note is the location of the SDK varies depending on which one you install, so I added code that conditionally locates the SDK. Is there a walkthrough for including SQl2008 anywhere

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing a .NET installer-based service using InstallUtilLib.dll

2010-02-24 Thread Rajendra Magar
Michael, thank you for your insight. Is there a built-in property that I can use that will automatically resolve to the right account name depending on the target platform? If I have to define this property myself, is there a way to automatically set its value depending on the target platform?

Re: [WiX-users] ODBCDataSource formatted strings for dynamic naming

2010-02-24 Thread Jake Boone
Great, thanks for the response. My registry search is done in a C# custom action before LaunchConditions. When is the best time to schedule the update to the table? Looking through the available functions, it looks like rows can only be inserted or deleted, not updated. Is that correct? Can an

Re: [WiX-users] Show dependant feature changes in SelectTree without using sub features...

2010-02-24 Thread Thorsten Schöning
Guten Tag Bob Arnson, am Mittwoch, 24. Februar 2010 um 14:23 schrieben Sie: > The selection tree control doesn't support it. You'd need to use custom > actions or UI control events to adjust the selected features. Could you point me the right direction, too? :-) I don't understand how I could use

Re: [WiX-users] Install IIS after .NET

2010-02-24 Thread pmdarrow
Oh I realized a few standard script maps are missing there (like .asp). Feel free to add whichever ones you need. A full list of standard mappings can be found here: http://n2.nabble.com/small-contribution-ASP-NET-2-0-3-5-installs-tp2096727p2097025.html -- View this message in context: http://n2

Re: [WiX-users] Install IIS after .NET

2010-02-24 Thread pmdarrow
This has been answered before but I use the following (default script maps are all registered - you can remove the ones you don't need):

Re: [WiX-users] Install IIS after .NET

2010-02-24 Thread pmdarrow
Ugh, sorry for the spam, but I just realized another mistake - should be . Make sure you include the WixNetFxExtension for this to work. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Install-IIS-after-NET-tp4625292p4626668.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if IIS is installed

2010-02-24 Thread Nathan . Banek
Didn't mean to imply in my last message that this problem is resolved. I need a better error to display if IIS is not present on the system. Any more ideas on how to resolve this? Thanks, -Nathan -Original Message- From: nathan.ba...@l-3com.com [mailto:nathan.ba...@l-3com.com] Sent: Tue

[WiX-users] DIFxApp and Windows 7 Sensors

2010-02-24 Thread Rivera, Rafael
Howdy. I put together a WiX 3.0 package, utilizing the DIFx extensions, to install a Windows 7 Sensor (UMDF driver). During installation, DIFXAPP logged "No matching devices found in INF" and simply threw the driver into storage. I read I'm to populate my INF with an appropriate DriverPackageT

Re: [WiX-users] Nested installation of downloaded prerequisites

2010-02-24 Thread Lisa Gracias
So there's no way for me to nest an installation inside my msi, even if the installer I'm calling is an exe not an msi? The problem is the license agreement and application feature selection screen must be shown before the prerequisite installation starts. On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Bob Arn

Re: [WiX-users] ODBCDataSource formatted strings for dynamic naming

2010-02-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 2/22/2010 3:38 PM, Jake Boone wrote: > The only problem seems to be that ODBCDataSource/@DriverName and the > nested Property/@Value are not formatted strings. That's how the MSI ODBCDataSource table is set up, so WiX can't change that behavior. You could write a custom action that updates the

Re: [WiX-users] Nested installation of downloaded prerequisites

2010-02-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 2/24/2010 3:44 AM, Lisa Gracias wrote: > I've tried the GenerateBootstrapper task in MSBuild but since it bootstraps > all the prerequisites before calling the msi, it doesn't serve my purpose. > You can't install multiple .msis from within another .msi -- that's not supported by the MSI e

Re: [WiX-users] Show dependant feature changes in SelectTree without using sub features...

2010-02-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 2/23/2010 8:32 AM, Thorsten Schöning wrote: > Is there any way to change the installation status of Feature 2.1 > depending on the status of Feature 1.1 at the time when the user > chooses not to install for example Feature 1 and therefore not > installs Feature 1.1? > The selection tree co

Re: [WiX-users] costfinalizse returning 1603

2010-02-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 2/23/2010 1:54 AM, Eswari wrote: > I have created msm using wix. but when i am running the below command > msidoaction(handle,"CostFinalize") it is returning 1603 error. What did i > missed in my merge module? > Check a verbose log. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] How to select between SQL Authentication and Integrated Authentication during the install of the msi?

2010-02-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 2/24/2010 2:25 AM, Peter Joseph Solomon wrote: > I have come across this bug posted on the wix bug list: > SqlDatabase/@User - Change to formatted element - ID: 1520745 > The bug was closed; I reopened it. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] common components are getting remove when i uninstall one of the products.

2010-02-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 2/23/2010 11:25 PM, MYFLEX wrote: > [407]: Component: ToolkitUICotent_ToolkitComponent; Installed: Local; > Request: Absent; Action: FileAbsent > > Please tell me what happened. everything is as same as , earlier. only we > changed the WIX version for building the MSI. > The most common c

Re: [WiX-users] Harvest feature in WiX v3.5's Votive

2010-02-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 2/23/2010 4:58 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > I did an upgrade from v3. Uninstalling v3 then installing v3.5 seems to > work. When I get time I will go back v3 and try an upgrade again. > Did you touch the .targets file by chance? The upgrade would have to rely on file timestamps because it

Re: [WiX-users] Nested installation of downloaded prerequisites

2010-02-24 Thread Rahul.Ekbote
Hi, Download the tool BMG (Bootstapper manifest generator). Give your .msi and select the pre requisite from list. If not in list download from net. Hope it solves your problem Thanks, Rahul. From: Lisa Gracias [mailto:lisathelugubri...@gmail.com] Sent: Wed 2/2

[WiX-users] Install IIS after .NET

2010-02-24 Thread Igor Paniushkin
Hi All, I have a question what is the right way to fix website .net mapping  in case if IIS was installed after .net, so aspnet_regiis was not executed in that scenario. Currently we are executing aspnet_regiis from installer with -i parameter and then with -s, but I read somewhere that it

[WiX-users] Nested installation of downloaded prerequisites

2010-02-24 Thread Lisa Gracias
I'm using Wix 3.0 to create an msi for an application that has a couple of prerequisites, such as the .NET Framework and Silverlight. According to the specs I have, there must be a dialog during the UI sequence which displays a list of prerequisites (the list depends on which features the user s