[WiX-users] Patch creation

Hi All, I'd like a quick pointer as to how to plan for and create simple patches. Most of the time, it looks like we'll be replacing one or two files, so I'm keen to author a patch file myself, rather than rely on any difference tools. I also want the MSI to run by itself, without using the

Re: [WiX-users] Patch creation

If you're only updating a couple of files at a time you may want to look into shipping MSPs to your existing users rather than having them download the full MSI every time. See the doc pages on creating patches - http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/patching.htm for the 2 methods of creating

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade to wix 3.5 doesn't honourtheprod...@codepage

Hi, We only use the UI extension to get the error messages and progress text, all our UI is external. We don't pick a culture at all, one is being chosen for us. We set prod...@language and prod...@codepage to 0 and link with -cultures:null. We were following the pattern of making language

[WiX-users] Custom action on repair

Hi, I'm looking for a way to run an external exe only when the user presses the repair button on the add/remove programs. I actually need to run that exe with different command line parameters on install/uninstall/repair, here is what i have so far: CustomAction Id=RunConfigInstall

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling VSIX fails as CustomAction, but succeeds when run from cmd

1) Yes, it elevates both on installation and when uninstalling 2) Elevation occurs when you accept the license and hit the Install button (it's no-frills so the UI is default) 3) Hmmm, I'm not 100% sure on that one. The install process is elevated and the results are available to all users, so

[WiX-users] UI to display list of selected features

Hi, I want to display list of features that are selected by user while custom installation. How can i get which feature is selected by user for installation and which features are excluded by user.not to be displayed in a list i have created dialog box which show list of features before

[WiX-users] Trouble with COM+ extension

I've been struggling with using the WiX COM+ extension and was hoping someone might be able to help. In particular I'm getting the following error: + MSI (s) (04:50) [08:38:50:402]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=RegisterComPlus,Description=Registering COM+ Applications and

Re: [WiX-users] using EmbeddedUI with C# windows forms

http://sharpsetup.eu does exactly that for ExternalUI rather than EmbeddedUI but it should be enough to get you started. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the Virtual

[WiX-users] Clarification for Defined WiX Variables defined in and used by included (wxi) files

If I define a variable ?define var1 ? in Product.wxs, I can access the variable from a wxi file included into Product.wxs. However, if from Product.wxs I include a wxi file that defines a variable ?define var2 ?, I do not seem to be able to reference it later in the Product.wxs file. WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Clarification for Defined WiX Variables defined in and used by included (wxi) files

Some sample code that demonstrates the problem might be in order. I've defined preprocessor variables in .wxi include files before and successfully used those values in the .wxs file that included them. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office:

[WiX-users] Validation check on UI fields

To elaborate more on my problem with some code sample: I have username and domain fields on UI dialog and I want to check if the user exists in the domain before the installation continues any further. So, in the Finish control of dialog, I inserted events to run CustomActions as shown below.

[WiX-users] How do you suppress CNDL108?

How do you suppress this message? I tried entering 108 and CNDL108 in the VS2008 WiX Project 'suppress specific warnings', but it does not suppress the message... C:\...\Install.MM.XPertJustice.WindowsService\MergeModule.wxs(60): warning CNDL108 6: The Property/@SuppressModularization

Re: [WiX-users] Clarification for Defined WiX Variables defined in and used by included (wxi) files

IN preparing the additional documentation I stumbled across my error. My product.wxs file include statement was ?Include InstallOptions.wxi? instead of ?include InstallOptions.wxi?. No build errors were thrown to bring attention to my keying error. However after correcting the case of the

[WiX-users] modifying items in the feature tree context menu

Hi: Is it possible to remove items from the feature tree context menu? If so how is this best achieved. Cheers Sean. -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Browse Dialog

No not yet. Still waiting for a reply from some Wix expert here. I will definitly share it with you once I get some information :-) Regards. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Custom-Browse-Dialog-tp5413342p5832302.html Sent from the

[WiX-users] Different text/options in controls in a dialog

Hi: I'm currently in the process of writing an installation where by the same dialog could display more than once, the only difference is one word and the values in a list box. How would people typically handle this situation? Multiple dialogs in the .wxs file, or one dialogue and then

Re: [WiX-users] How to write conditions for 'Change' mode

Thanks Blair. It's in InstallExecuteSequence. And it's before InstallFinalize. Here's the code: CustomAction Id=DoDllRegistration FileKey=FileRegistrator ExeCommand=/r Execute=deferred Return=ignore HideTarget=no Impersonate=no / InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=DoDllRegistration

Re: [WiX-users] Check if user exists in UI

There're canned UIs to do this for services in http://msiext.codeplex.com. dB. @ dblock.org Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York -Original Message- From: sangeeta1 [mailto:snmsn...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 10:18 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users]