[WiX-users] CAQuietExec hangs when running powershell script

2010-11-26 Thread wixNewbie
Hi, CAQuietExec seems to hang when running a powershell script and does not exit out of the custom action. How can I exit out of the custom action after the script completes execution? Here is my custom action thanks. -- View this message in context: http

[WiX-users] CAQuietExec : pass multiple parameters to script

2010-11-26 Thread wixNewbie
Hi all, I want to invoke a powershell script from my installer to setup a AD LDS database and the script requires a set of input arguments. I dont want to show the console during installation, so I am using CAQuietExec custom action. But here, I unable to pass multiple parameters to a powershe

Re: [WiX-users] [SPAM BAYESIAN] - Re: Run as Administrator - Bayesian Filworkter detected spam

2010-11-26 Thread Antonio Llano Batarrita
I have added a manifest to the Project but it doesn't. The app I want to install in my customers computer is a WPF app. I use a custom action to set some data configuration issues in the config file and there is a VistaDB database that should be installed. I have found that most of my customers h

Re: [WiX-users] Run as Administrator

2010-11-26 Thread David Watson
This can be done in the applications manifest. Set the requireAdministrator execution level. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756929.aspx Dave -Original Message- From: Antonio Llano Batarrita [mailto:alla...@apillano.com] Sent: 26 November 2010 13:38 To: wix-users@lists.source

Re: [WiX-users] Run as Administrator

2010-11-26 Thread sagar shinde
Sorry sir my intention was to help him , i suggested the thing that worked for me On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Pally Sandher wrote: > Sagar the first attribute has nothing to do with the question & the > second will do the opposite of what you're intending (unless your > intention is to conf

Re: [WiX-users] Run as Administrator

2010-11-26 Thread sagar shinde
hi Thanks for your suggestions it helped lot, but another problem occurred is that, i am trying to delete folder which is located at C:\Program Files\ and this action is not allowed by OS if that user is not administrator i am executing VBscript to delete folder it works when user is administrato

Re: [WiX-users] Run as Administrator

2010-11-26 Thread Pally Sandher
Sagar the first attribute has nothing to do with the question & the second will do the opposite of what you're intending (unless your intention is to confuse people). Antonio your question is a little vague, do you want the MSI to elevate or the installed application? If it's the MSI see my respon

Re: [WiX-users] Run as Administrator

2010-11-26 Thread Pally Sandher
Remember to test rollback & uninstall too. Not that your Custom Actions will do anything in those scenarios & your installer will leave the system in a 'dirty' state. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com

Re: [WiX-users] Run as Administrator

2010-11-26 Thread sagar shinde
AdminImage="yes" InstallPrivileges="limited" Define these tags in your package elment On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Antonio Llano Batarrita < alla...@apillano.com> wrote: > Is there a way to set the Run always as administrator to the app executable > file. > > > > Thanks > > > ---

Re: [WiX-users] Run as Administrator

2010-11-26 Thread Bruce Cran
On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:38:17 +0100 "Antonio Llano Batarrita" wrote: > Is there a way to set the Run always as administrator to the app > executable file. See the thread "Run as Administrator" from a few days ago. -- Bruce Cran --

[WiX-users] Run as Administrator

2010-11-26 Thread Antonio Llano Batarrita
Is there a way to set the Run always as administrator to the app executable file. Thanks -- Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on

Re: [WiX-users] [BUG/limitation in WIX/MSI]No way to distinguish between an uninstall and an update when

2010-11-26 Thread Michael Urman
Good job isolating it, but it's a problem understanding how component conditions work. They only serve to gate when a component is installed. With the transitive bit set, their going false can also cause them to be uninstalled in a minor upgrade or other maintenance scenario. However their being fa

[WiX-users] Custom Action fails due to admin prevelage

2010-11-26 Thread sagar shinde
hi, I am using vb script to delete folder at uninstall time It works properly if user id administrator of system, but that custom action fails even if user is member of admin group or normal user which is not having admin credentials Os-windows 2007 Thank you. ---

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.5 Unresolved reference to symbol 'Property:ApplicationFolderName'

2010-11-26 Thread jballe
Hi I just realized that a new 3.5.2325.0 version was released yesterday. I have now tried upgrading but still without luck. I get the errors below from light: C:\delivery\Dev\wix35_public\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\WixUI_Advanced.wxs(38,0): error LGHT0094: Unresolved reference to symbol 'Propert

Re: [WiX-users] Working around the CostingComplete bug

2010-11-26 Thread Rob Hamflett
>It would be nice to know what I can expect to happen if costing has completed >yet. Slight typo. This was meant to say "It would be nice to know what I can expect to happen if costing *hasn't* completed yet" Rob On 25/11/2010 16:41, Rob Hamflett wrote: > It would be nice to know what I ca

Re: [WiX-users] [BUG/limitation in WIX/MSI]No way to distinguish between an uninstall and an update when

2010-11-26 Thread MeCoco
OK, this seems to be a MSI bug, because after investigating I noticed that: 1) by opening the created MSI with Orca I can see in the Component table: removeFile{F82061CB-27F9-41F5-B5FE-2EDCA1F1A8F9} INSTALLLOCATION0(REMOVE=ALL) AND (NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) 2) The, after an updat

[WiX-users] Wix 3.5 Unresolved reference to symbol 'Property:ApplicationFolderName'

2010-11-26 Thread jballe
Hi, I am trying to upgrade our installation(s) to Wix 3.5 (we have been using 3.0 for a while but we really with the new IIS 7 feature). I have opened the project with VS 2010 and when building the following errors occur. I can see that this happens after the call to Light.exe The error shown is

[WiX-users] scheduling a util:RegistrySearch

2010-11-26 Thread Sean Farrow
Hi: I've written a Util:registrySearch as follows: This is contained within the same fragment as the property it is supposed to alter. The property is defined as: On doing a property log when installing the msi, the property is never set to true, even though the registry key exists Do I ne

Re: [WiX-users] using the util extension

2010-11-26 Thread Sean Farrow
Thanks, works a treat! Sean. -Original Message- From: Jeffrey Bindinga [mailto:jeffrey.bindi...@cybertech-int.com] Sent: 26 November 2010 08:39 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using the util extension Hi Sean, You need to add the namesp

[WiX-users] [BUG/limitation in WIX/MSI]No way to distinguish between an uninstall and an update when

2010-11-26 Thread MeCoco
Hi all, After searching any possible explanation on the internet, and after trying any possible combination of conditions, I got to the conclusion that this is either a bug or a limitation of Wix/MSI, because there is no condition that could distinguish between an uninstall (from add/remove pr

Re: [WiX-users] using the util extension

2010-11-26 Thread Jeffrey Bindinga
Hi Sean, You need to add the namespace for the utils extension to the xml file. Like this: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> Cheers, Jeffrey -Original Message- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co

[WiX-users] using the util extension

2010-11-26 Thread Sean Farrow
Hi: Using the latest build of wix 3.6, I'm trying to use the util extension: I've added WixUtilExtension.dll to my references list in a .wixlib project. I then have the following in a fragment: When building I get the error that the namespace Util cannot be found. Can somebody