Re: [WiX-users] when can we expect Wix 3.5 RTM?

2010-04-15 Thread Markus Karg
I don't have write access to the web page and I don't think that it makes sense to open a tracked issue for that. > -Original Message- > From: Jeremy Farrell [mailto:jfarr...@pillardata.com] > Sent: Donnerstag, 15. April 2010 23:25 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset

Re: [WiX-users] To set property with the value of another property, use a CustomAction with Property and Value attributes?!

2010-04-15 Thread Erich Nurr
thx for your reply -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/To-set-property-with-the-value-of-another-property-use-a-CustomAction-with-Property-and-Value-attrib-tp4896460p4911576.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] Desktop Shortcut to a Folder

2010-04-15 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Have you read the manual? Checked the archives? http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/20/from-msi-to-wix-part-10-shortcuts.aspx http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_shortcut.htm http://n2.nabble.com/Shortcut-to-Folder-example-td710954.html On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:40 AM,

Re: [WiX-users] Desktop Shortcut to a Folder

2010-04-15 Thread Sach
Can anyone help with this problem please? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Desktop-Shortcut-to-a-Folder-tp4906239p4910734.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Download

Re: [WiX-users] How to set property with return value from custom action

2010-04-15 Thread Fedor G
Re: [WiX-users] How to set property with return value from custom actionFrom: Bob Arnson - 2010-03-10 14:27 On 3/10/2010 3:44 AM, Christian Kraut wrote: > How can I get the return value of the above query? > Custom actions only return success or failure. If you need more control, yo

Re: [WiX-users] Speeding up Light command

2010-04-15 Thread Jeremy Farrell
That's funny, it only takes about 20 seconds for me. Perhaps if you provide some information about what you're doing, people may be able to work out what's going on and suggest fixes or workarounds. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -Original Message- > From: S.P [mai

Re: [WiX-users] when can we expect Wix 3.5 RTM?

2010-04-15 Thread Jeremy Farrell
If people can't be bothered to read the last day or two of the mailing list, or to search the mailing list archives, I'm not convinced that repeating the information elsewhere will have much value - it just gives them somewhere else to not bother looking. On the other hand, your suggestion can't do

[WiX-users] localization

2010-04-15 Thread DE�K JAHN, G�bor
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:31:55 -0700 (PDT), Oleg Matcovsky wrote: Oleg, > I have to localize any standard message like this. Is it possible? No, this happens before the installation starts, it is displayed by Windows Installer in the actual language of the operating system. Bye, Gábor -

[WiX-users] localization

2010-04-15 Thread Oleg Matcovsky
Hi, I have a simple installer project without UI(installs few services, dlls). Installation process sometimes shows messages like: "Please wait until Windows configures ". I have to localize any standard message like this. Is it possible? regards, Oleg -

Re: [WiX-users] Parallel builds of Wix projects

2010-04-15 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
Thanks for the update. That description makes sense. I'll have to bookmark this email to make sure I don't run into a similar problem. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environm

Re: [WiX-users] Parallel builds of Wix projects

2010-04-15 Thread Gary Schorer
My problem was roughly the following: I had an item group containing all the projects I wanted to build (some wix, some C#). Each item in that group had some metadata associated with it (things like the platform and configuration). When I invoked the msbuild task ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/l

Re: [WiX-users] Parallel builds of Wix projects

2010-04-15 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
Would you mind describing the solution? Parallel builds (if not supported out of the box in WiX) are interesting to me. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before prin

Re: [WiX-users] To set property with the value of another property, use a CustomAction with Property and Value attributes?!

2010-04-15 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
In the code sample where you are trying to use QtExec you are using the element to set the property that will serve as the command line for QtExec. There are two things wrong with that approach. First the name of the property must match the name of the CustomAtion that you will schedule to do

Re: [WiX-users] Parallel builds of Wix projects

2010-04-15 Thread Gary Schorer
I've fixed the problem. This was nothing inherent to Wix, but rather was part of my own infrastructure that supports parallel builds. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Gary Schorer wrote: > I'm trying to build a large set of projects (hundreds) in parallel with > msbuild.exe. It includes a mix of

Re: [WiX-users] Searching for existing files but only once

2010-04-15 Thread Markus Karg
Again, it seems you misunderstood my intention due to your personal experience with lazy people etc. Sorry that I don't match your pattern here and actually am not lazy but just wanted to get help with the problem described (from my point of view) actually clearly in the subject line. If you expect

[WiX-users] Speeding up Light command

2010-04-15 Thread S.P
Hi all,   I want to create an install package with WiX,but "light" command is very very slow. It takes about 5 hours to run. Could you please help me if there is anyway to speed this up, without increasing the size of the resulting file?   Thanks in advance, Regards New Email addresses av

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Vista VirtualStore from CustomAction

2010-04-15 Thread Francesc Castells
Ok...I was afraid of that :) but it's good to know I should change direction. Many thanks for your help, Francesc On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Sascha Beaumont wrote: > Unfortunately, no. > > You're going to need to redesign your data migration process, possibly > requiring a manual step

Re: [WiX-users] when can we expect Wix 3.5 RTM?

2010-04-15 Thread Markus Karg
If it is really so frequently asked, maybe it would be a good idea to post the date in the WiX FAQ http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html or on the WiX web site's front page http://wix.sourceforge.net/ to prevent dumb people like me asking silly questions like this over and over again? ;-) > -Ori

[WiX-users] Desktop Shortcut to a Folder

2010-04-15 Thread Sach
I am assigned the task of creating a desktop shortcut to a folder. That is, in our Wix Project, when the setup is executed it will create a particular folder for storing log files. So, I need the installer to create a desktop shortcut to this folder when installing. How can I do that? Please not

Re: [WiX-users] To set property with the value of another property, use a CustomAction with Property and Value attributes?!

2010-04-15 Thread Erich Nurr
hmm maybe i use the wrong element. but what i want is to install ASP.NET v2.0 or register it only, if its not installed or registered and after this i want to set the mappath to the virtual directory: - if ASP.NETv1.x is not installed and ASP.NET v2.0 is not installed --> c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NE

[WiX-users] Speeding up Light command

2010-04-15 Thread S.P
Hi all,   I want to create an install package with WiX,but "light" command is very very slow. It takes about 5 hours to run. Could you please help me if there is anyway to speed this up, without increasing the size of the resulting file?   Thanks in advance, Regards     Send instant messages to