[WiX-users] I need the Repair to behave as Reinstall

2010-04-25 Thread Houssam Hamdan
Hello All, The Repair operation does not execute Components that include conditions. Executed during Repair ... Not Executed during Repair ... Not Executed during Repair ... I need the Repair to behave as Resinstall (With conditions) Thank you in advance.

[WiX-users] Checkbox tree for file type association

2010-04-25 Thread Lisa Gracias
I'm creating a dialog to enable the selection of the file types to be associated with my application. I'd like to be able to group related types together, the way the Winamp installer ( http://i.afterdawn.com/storage/pictures/play_shn_files_2_lg.gif) does. I know the Winamp installer uses NSIS, but

Re: [WiX-users] PropertyRef WIX_SUITE_WH_SERVER

2010-04-25 Thread gapearce
Thanks for the hint, Bob. I ran the installer and produced a log, but I don't see anything obviously wrong in there. (But I'm a noob). I ran this on a WH Server, using V3.0.5419 of WiX, and it prevents me from installing. Maybe you could take a quick look? I'd appreciate it... I included thi

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5 Source Code

2010-04-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
The details are here http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-create-wix-build-mach ine.html, they are all broken in CVS for 3.5 and not in the binaries zip at all. If space is the issue then either CVS needs to be fixed or the files should be available for download in another form. I hav

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5 Source Code

2010-04-25 Thread Rob Mensching
Stephen, you are walking my thinking. The question I asked Sara before realizing she was gone was, "Can I turn off the Issue Tracker on CodePlex?" I want to avoid confusion about where to file bugs if at all possible. I know it is possible to turn off the Discussions tab so we would get people as

Re: [WiX-users] What does Light do?

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/22/2010 1:57 PM, Nick Ramirez wrote: > We'd like to optimize our calls to Light and any info about the order of > things would really help. > It would also be implementation-dependent and likely to change. What are you looking to optimize? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] How do you extract COM registration info from a 64-bit DLL or TLB?

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/22/2010 1:08 PM, Younie, Bradford wrote: > Now, I need to produce a 64-bit version of the same product, but I build it > all on a 32-bit computer. When heat tries to harvest the data from the 64-bit > DLL and TLB, it fails. I understand why it fails: it can't load the 64-bit > DLL on a 32-b

Re: [WiX-users] Change Existing Service User Account

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/21/2010 7:08 AM, stevenjly...@hbosplc.com wrote: > Will ServiceInstall 'update' an existing service? > Probably, but note that it will also uninstall the service when the product is uninstalled. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] Light performance with cabinets and merge modules

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/21/2010 8:41 PM, Nick K wrote: > If I create merge modules, and then place each merge module into its own .cab > (for the final .msi), will that tell light not to un-pack and re-pack all the > files? > No. Merge modules have their own embedded .cabs but their files need to be sequenced

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5 Source Code

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/25/2010 8:26 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Rob, could I suggest that as a first step we (I don't mind helping if that > helps) get the source zip file working? At the moment it is not complete and > that is why I use CVS. Also, as of 3.5.1623.0 it fails to build due to > missing/incorrect f

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Add attribute Win64="yes" to Component elements?

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/22/2010 7:29 PM, Sascha Beaumont wrote: > No, heat doesn't harvest 64-bit information. > > I just do a find/replace (sed would work from the command line if it > needs scripting) > > Find: Guid="*"> > Replace: Guid="*" Win64="yes"> > If you use the -arch switch, Candle will do that for yo

Re: [WiX-users] illegal MsiFileHash entries

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/23/2010 6:24 PM, Alan Sinclair wrote: >Source="Z:\sdk\install\lwf.cat" /> > Can you file a bug? Companion files should be versioned files; ICE60 implies they must be. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] PropertyRef WIX_SUITE_WH_SERVER

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Check a verbose log for the WixQueryOsInfo custom action. On 4/22/2010 6:34 PM, gapearce wrote: > Bump? > -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- ___ WiX-users mailing lis

Re: [WiX-users] Speeding up Light command

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/22/2010 12:45 PM, Pally Sandher wrote: > If only I could get the same sort of improvements out of msimsp.exe too > They don't have multiple cabs, so the same approach doesn't work. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5 Source Code

2010-04-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Rob, could I suggest that as a first step we (I don't mind helping if that helps) get the source zip file working? At the moment it is not complete and that is why I use CVS. Also, as of 3.5.1623.0 it fails to build due to missing/incorrect files. Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mens

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5 Source Code

2010-04-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I'd second that. -Original Message- From: Stephen Reindl [mailto:stephen.rei...@tideum.com] Sent: 25 April 2010 11:13 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5 Source Code I agree that the bug-tracking/discussion system of Codeplex needs i

Re: [WiX-users] create a bootstrap that passes arguments to the msiexec

2010-04-25 Thread dB .
Check out http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com. It will do everything you need and more. dB. @ dblock.org Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York -Original Message- From: Dror Helper [mailto:dror.hel...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 4:40 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5 Source Code

2010-04-25 Thread Stephen Reindl
I agree that the bug-tracking/discussion system of Codeplex needs improvement. Why not keeping the bug-tracking and mailing lists (except the commit-list) on sf? It's free :-) and working fine... Regards Stephen -- Stephen Reindl CTO Tideum Deutschland AG Justus-Liebig-Straße 3 D-41564 Kaarst

[WiX-users] create a bootstrap that passes arguments to the msiexec

2010-04-25 Thread Dror Helper
I need to create a bootstrap for my WiX project I've tried using * setupbld.exe* but it will only allow me to create an executable that will show my UI or one that will behave as a silent installer but not both. I need to be able to run the resulting executable with argument that will tell it weth