Re: [WiX-users] Registration of COM Executable Server

2011-07-07 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Download RegSpy2 from http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/tips.htm You'll need to do some work to convert it to Wix code. Search this list for regspy2 -Original Message- From: Anil Patel [mailto:apatel...@googlemail.com] Sent: 07 July 2011 10:57 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] Registration of COM Executable Server

2011-07-07 Thread Anil Patel
Thanks Peter. I'll try that. Anil. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe pshirtcli...@sdl.comwrote: Download RegSpy2 from http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/tips.htm You'll need to do some work to convert it to Wix code. Search this list for regspy2 -Original

Re: [WiX-users] LaunchFile is a standard custom action?

2011-07-07 Thread william lee
Hi, I'd like to follow up this thread, because I found out a issue, the example here seems not working: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/run_program_after_install.htm In this tutorial, it said The Value property uses the special # character to tell WiX to look up the full installed path of

Re: [WiX-users] Registration of COM Executable Server

2011-07-07 Thread Pally Sandher
You can find links to RegSpy2 at http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/tips.htm (scroll down to the heading Capture Self-Registration Information) Use it to generate .reg file which you can then pass to heat.exe to transform into a WiX fragment. You will probably want to clean up the WiX

Re: [WiX-users] LaunchFile is a standard custom action?

2011-07-07 Thread Pally Sandher
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368609.aspx says the following: .If a substring of the form [#filekey] is found, it is replaced by the full path of the file, with the value filekey used as a key into the File table. The value of [#filekey] remains blank and is not replaced by a path

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-07 Thread John Robbins
I just wanted to report that writing a BA with .NET 2.0 and WinForms works very well. That was the requirement I just completed and I had no troubles at all with a very complicated BA. The only drawback was that I was so used to .NET 4 constructs that I felt naked going back to .NET 2.0. :)

Re: [WiX-users] Merge module files not getting registered

2011-07-07 Thread Wang, Miaohsi
Hi Rob, I added the two standard actions into the InstallExecuteSequence as you described (without attributes), but the result is the same. Those merge module files are still not getting registered when feature Server is not selected for installation. It seems the registration of the files is

[WiX-users] Windows Service Repair failing on lack of permissions + how to detecting repair mode ?

2011-07-07 Thread Sameer Arora
Hello, Our WIX setup installs a windows service after asking logon account through a custom UI dialog.. The service starts after installation succeeds. Entire setup requires elevated privileges. Hoping for any pointers regarding couple of questions: *Question 1* On attempting Repair from

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Repair failing on lack of permissions + how to detecting repair mode ?

2011-07-07 Thread Wilson, Phil
A repair is basically a reinstall, and it can't do that unless you can arrange to supply those credentials again. They're not remembered on your behalf. Phil Wilson 949-639-1680 -Original Message- From: Sameer Arora [mailto:arora...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 9:49 AM

Re: [WiX-users] Merge module files not getting registered

2011-07-07 Thread Rob Mensching
Are the Components that contain the registration being installed? A verbose log file will tell all. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Wang, Miaohsi miaohsi.w...@invensys.comwrote: Hi Rob, I added the two standard actions into the InstallExecuteSequence as you described (without attributes),

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-07 Thread Rob Mensching
Dude, exactly! smile/ On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:48 AM, John Robbins j...@wintellect.com wrote: I just wanted to report that writing a BA with .NET 2.0 and WinForms works very well. That was the requirement I just completed and I had no troubles at all with a very complicated BA. The only

Re: [WiX-users] Removing Registry Value

2011-07-07 Thread Rob Mensching
How are you adding the registry key? By default, any registry keys defined in your MSI should be removed at uninstall. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Valentin Bogdanov valen...@serendipity-interactive.com wrote: Hi I have the following problem. I am adding a registry value to

Re: [WiX-users] LaunchFile is a standard custom action?

2011-07-07 Thread william lee
Thanks Pally! I have figured the caused reason: I do changed the INSTALLDIR after CostFinalize, so does the Wix sample. but I forgot to call MsiSetTargetPath or publish SetTargetPath ControlEvent, it caused the installer doesn't resolve. after I add it, it works now. thanks! William L. On Thu,