[WiX-users] error 2725 installer patch using binary diff

2010-07-06 Thread Matt Sullivan
Hi All, Does anyone know why building a patch that uses a binary diff would fail with error 2725 (invalid database tables) when the exact same patch built without works fine? I've attached the install logs from both versions, but I'm not sure where to start in terms of the differences between

[WiX-users] WixUILicenseRtf broken when binding sources into wixpdb

2010-07-06 Thread Matt Sullivan
Hi All, I'm trying to make my build process produce a wixpdb that has source files bound into it to make patching easier later. I'm calling light.exe twice to first link into a wixout, then again to create the msi as suggested here:

[WiX-users] virtual directory is not created with the apppool of the website, creating as default apppool

2010-07-06 Thread MYFLEX
Hi all, I have a problem in creating virtual directory. Please try to understand the problem and give some solution. If I create a virtual directory under the existing site other than the default website, it is creating , but with apppool as default apppool not the application pool of the

Re: [WiX-users] setting the existing apppool to my virtual directory other than than the default apppool.

2010-07-06 Thread MYFLEX
If I don't give any apppool information to the virtual directory , then also it is taking as default apppool. virtual directory is created in the CRM Site , but with apppool as default appPool. Please tell me what is the reason? -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] virtual directory is not created with the apppool of the website, creating as default apppool

2010-07-06 Thread MYFLEX
Any body faced the above problem? Please suggest me some solution.. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/virtual-directory-is-not-created-with-the-apppool-of-the-website-creating-as-default-apppool-tp5259456p5260031.html

[WiX-users] Localization issue: One msi file for several languages

2010-07-06 Thread daniel.knoepfel
Hi I am a Wix newbie and I have a question concerning localization. I need my installer to support english and german. When i now compile my wix project, two msi files are generated, one for each language. In our case, what we would like to have is one single msi file where the different

Re: [WiX-users] Localization issue: One msi file for several languages

2010-07-06 Thread David Watson
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Localizati on-again-td695038.html#a695038 -Original Message- From: daniel.knoep...@noser.com [mailto:daniel.knoep...@noser.com] Sent: 06 July 2010 14:03 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Localization

Re: [WiX-users] Localization issue: One msi file for several languages

2010-07-06 Thread Rob Hamflett
The steps here might be what you're after: http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/articles/embeddedlang/index.htm Rob On 06/07/2010 14:03, daniel.knoep...@noser.com wrote: Hi I am a Wix newbie and I have a question concerning localization. I need my installer to support english and german.

Re: [WiX-users] Localization issue: One msi file for severallanguages

2010-07-06 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
Beware though - it is not officially supported behavior, which doesn't work in 100% cases, as some other threads in this list prove... -- Yan -Original Message- From: Rob Hamflett [mailto:r...@snsys.com] Sent: Tuesday, 06 July, 2010 16:37 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re:

Re: [WiX-users] Inherit permissions on a folder in WiX 3

2010-07-06 Thread Elfe Xu
Emmm... Just took a look at the WixUtilExtension code, and find it's really complex and is hard for me to modify in short time. I will write my own CustomAction instead. More questions: (1) where would you put this CA? After CreateFolder of course. It must has the virtual account, so will after

[WiX-users] wix generated installer dialogs and Narrator

2010-07-06 Thread Rendijs Smukulis
Hello, wix-users! Been googling this for ages, to no avail. The basic problem is this: I have an installer form with a couple of editable text fields (type=Edit). I need to add a caption to them which would be readable by Narrator, UI Spy and such. Adding a ToolTip or Help elements did not work.

Re: [WiX-users] services stops at logoff

2010-07-06 Thread Blair
Default value is no. On a test computer, if you use the sc create command to register the service, and then start it, does it still stop upon logoff? If so, that would rule out Windows Installer/WiX as a cause. There's nothing that appears odd in the registration that would cause that, so I'm

Re: [WiX-users] WixUILicenseRtf broken when binding sources into wixpdb

2010-07-06 Thread Blair
I am the Blair from that email thread you referenced for the call light twice technique. That technique was tested without any WixVariable usage. However, I believe the wixout file should have all required fragments from the extensions, so I would hope that the extensions could be dropped from the

[WiX-users] Fw: [USEINTEGRATEDSECURITY] EnterpriseSMS Wix Installation

2010-07-06 Thread Kagiso Seboni
Fantastic.., the invocation of the Custom Action happens no matter we use Windows Authenticaion [USEINTEGRATEDSECURITY=1] or SQL Server Authentication [USEINTEGRATEDSECURITY=0]... wonderful the EnterpriseSMS Installer Package works like a charm Regards Kagiso P.S Correspondence information

Re: [WiX-users] wix generated installer dialogs and Narrator

2010-07-06 Thread Blair
The platform support for products such as Narrator is called Accessibility by Microsoft. This page gives the guidelines for that support for Windows Installer UI: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa367454.aspx Basically, you need to have a Text type control that provides the caption for each of

[WiX-users] Heat Authored ProgIds Won't Build

2010-07-06 Thread Christopher Painter
Recently used heat to harvast a directories worth of COM components.  Most of the components were authored like:   Component ..File Class ..ProgId ProgId   However 2 of the components were authored like:   Component ..File Class ..ProgId ..ProgId The ProgId

[WiX-users] Changing uninstall string of an update

2010-07-06 Thread Dov Kleinman
Hi, I have noticed that Windows Installer create a registry entry upon product installation and puts an uninstall string there. It is being used when uninstalling the product from control panel. I did not find a similar entry for update although it looks similar in control panel. Any idea how

Re: [WiX-users] WixUILicenseRtf broken when binding sources into wixpdb

2010-07-06 Thread Matt Sullivan
Thanks for your help Blair, however excluding the extensions while linking the msi doesn't seem to make an difference. The only error or warning I get is this: C:\TFS\CustomizationWizard\Releases\2.2 SP1\Customization Wizard\Setup\Setup.wxs(136) : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow

Re: [WiX-users] Changing uninstall string of an update

2010-07-06 Thread Wilson, Phil
It isn't actually used at all for anything. Windows Installer knows the product guid anyway, so it has no need to run msiexec.exe like that. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Dov Kleinman [mailto:d...@microsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 2:54 PM To:

[WiX-users] AUTO: David Jackson is out of the office (returning 12/07/2010)

2010-07-06 Thread David Jackson
I am out of the office until 12/07/2010. Please email Cognos RD Build Engineering Support or for urgent matters contact my team lead Robert Lyonnais or my manager Ben Fowler. Note: This is an automated response to your message Re: [WiX-users] How to copy a file to a variable location? sent

[WiX-users] How to install a component to make it work for multiple builds

2010-07-06 Thread little.forest
We're going to implement a plugin for Microsoft Outlook. We'll include this plugin in our MSI installer. First of all, we OEM our software. That means, for example, the customerA has their own installer which may include 15 features; the customerB has their own installer which may include 20

Re: [WiX-users] WixUILicenseRtf broken when binding sources into wixpdb

2010-07-06 Thread Blair
Caveat: the following description of intermediate files is subject to change any time and shouldn't be relied upon to stay the same. There are routines publicly available from wix.dll that manipulate these file formats and ONLY those routines are supported when manipulating these files. Given that

Re: [WiX-users] Heat Authored ProgIds Won't Build

2010-07-06 Thread Rob Mensching
This sounds familiar. I think there is a bug open on it. On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Christopher Painter chr...@deploymentengineering.com wrote: Recently used heat to harvast a directories worth of COM components. Most of the components were authored like: Component ..File Class

Re: [WiX-users] Component Level Versioning?

2010-07-06 Thread Miller, Craig
Anyone know how I can set a file version? I read through the links that Blair provided and I believe setting the file version of my new files is the best way to move forward. My understanding is that I need to specify the file version in my new installers. This will: 1. Insure that the

Re: [WiX-users] How to install a component to make it work for multiple builds

2010-07-06 Thread Blair
Simply make sure that this plugin's component now points to the location you now wish it would install into, and supply the new component definition to the customers MSIs. When the products are upgraded, the old components will be removed. Unless you control the installation sequence of the