[WiX-users] How to detect a x64 SQL Server with a x32 wix setup

2011-09-16 Thread Graf Jeremy AVL/GRZ
Hi, in my setup I try to find an installed SQL Server instance and write a connection file with a custom action. This is working fine with an x32 SQL server, but it doesn't find a x64 version. I tried to debug this and the path for the registry entry is right, but it seems that he cannot

Re: [WiX-users] Patch Custom Action not invoked on main productuninstall

2011-09-16 Thread Arun Kumar
Can somebody light on it. -Original Message- From: Arun Kumar Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:02 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; dwat...@sdl.com Cc: Arun Kumar Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Patch Custom Action not invoked on main productuninstall Can

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect a x64 SQL Server with a x32 wix setup

2011-09-16 Thread Christopher Painter
Maybe I'm missing something but I get nervous checking the registry to find out something about a sql server instance. Perhaps the server isn't even on the machine I'm installing to. I've been known to put connection dialogs in an installer just to validate a connection and write settings

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect a x64 SQL Server with a x32 wix setup

2011-09-16 Thread Rob Harrison
Hi, I have previously determined if a local SQL server instance is installed by enumerating the REG_MULTI_SZ value HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\InstalledInstances Beyond that any further SQL instance specific setup/checking I have performed thru WMI. This approach has worked for

Re: [WiX-users] Patch Custom Action not invoked onmain productuninstall

2011-09-16 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
I'm not sure about this but reading the MSDN page on uninstall custom actions again, I do wonder if they are supposed to run *only* when uninstalling a patch. It certainly doesn't contradict this idea, although it is a little unexpected. If that's the case, then you'd need to schedule the action

Re: [WiX-users] How to detect a x64 SQL Server with a x32 wix setup

2011-09-16 Thread Albert van Peppen
Hi, I have previously determined if a local SQL server instance is installed by enumerating the REG_MULTI_SZ value HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\InstalledInstances Beyond that any further SQL instance specific setup/checking I have performed thru WMI. This approach has

Re: [WiX-users] defining sequence in Custom element

2011-09-16 Thread Rob Mensching
Pick one. 2011/9/15 Frédéric Viollet frederic.viol...@evidian.com Hi All, I have defined two custom actions and I would like it to be triggered after InstallFiles, but before StartServices. Lets say I want to setup the following sequence: InstallFiles - CustomAction1 - CustomAction2 -

Re: [WiX-users] defining sequence in Custom element

2011-09-16 Thread Frédéric Viollet
Hi Rob, Do you mean that if I write: Custom Action='CustomAction1' After='InstallFiles' / Custom Action='CustomAction2' After='CustomAction1' / Or Custom Action='CustomAction1' After='InstallFiles' / Custom Action='CustomAction2' Before=StartServices / In both cases, I'm sure that

Re: [WiX-users] GUI flickers with original bitmap before my own

2011-09-16 Thread Pally Sandher
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/WixUI_customizations.htm Sounds to me like you're drawing a second bitmap on top of the already existing one. Don't do that just change the image the built in one uses. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141

[WiX-users] Calling heat from preprocessor extension?

2011-09-16 Thread Dirk Räder
Hi, I'm currently tayloring a preprocessor extension that generates the entire directory structure, components and so on during the preprocessor run. It is quite similar to heat, but can be used within the WiXproj build. I also have to generate class and registry values for several files. Here,

Re: [WiX-users] Calling heat from preprocessor extension?

2011-09-16 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
%WIX%\bin -Original Message- From: Dirk Räder [mailto:d...@raeder.cc] Sent: 16 September 2011 12:38 To: wix-users Subject: [WiX-users] Calling heat from preprocessor extension? Hi, I'm currently tayloring a preprocessor extension that generates the entire directory structure,

[WiX-users] Calling heat from within a preprocessor extension

2011-09-16 Thread Dirk Räder
Hi, I'm currently tayloring a preprocessor extension that generates the entire directory structure, components and so on during the preprocessor run. It is quite similar to heat, but can be used within the WiXproj build. I also have to generate class and registry values for several files. Here,

Re: [WiX-users] Calling heat from within a preprocessor extension

2011-09-16 Thread John Cooper
%WIX%\bin\heat.exe should work. The quotes are important as there maybe spaces in the path. The WIX environment variable should be defined as pointing to the WIX install location. -- John Merryweather Cooper Jack Henry Associates, Inc. (Premier Tech, Inc.) Build Install Engineer - jXchange

Re: [WiX-users] Installed software listed in SNMP 'hrSWInstalled' applications

2011-09-16 Thread Wilson, Phil
That's a system key that MSI installs will just update. Without knowing exactly what that snmpwalk thing is doing, I'd guess that it may be ignoring the MSI-based installs in ...\Uninstall\{guid}. This might be deliberate because you can enumerate the MSI-based products with MsiEnumProducts(),

Re: [WiX-users] defining sequence in Custom element

2011-09-16 Thread Rob Mensching
Because StartServices can't start services before the files for the services are installed. smile/ 2011/9/16 Frédéric Viollet frederic.viol...@evidian.com Hi Rob, Do you mean that if I write: Custom Action='CustomAction1' After='InstallFiles' / Custom Action='CustomAction2'

[WiX-users] Compile fail with Heat

2011-09-16 Thread Caio Monteiro
Hi guys, I´m finding myself in a problem right now. I´m using Heat to harvest some dll files that I need to put into one of my folders, but the project won´t compile. I´ve tried searching for the error message, but I haven´t found much. Here is the error message that I´m encountering right now.

[WiX-users] unable to download weekly releases

2011-09-16 Thread Sean Farrow
Hi: I am currently unable to download from the SourceForge site due to the project exceeding it's bandwidth. Any help appreciated. Cheers Sean. -- BlackBerryreg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA

Re: [WiX-users] Compile fail with Heat

2011-09-16 Thread Caio Monteiro
Just to provide more information. I´m harvesting a folder with several .NET assemblies, with the following command: heat dir devexpress -cg devFiles -dr RMDIRBIN -gg -sfrag -template fragment -out devfiles.wxs -Original Message- From: Caio Monteiro [mailto:cmonte...@modulo.com.br]

[WiX-users] Anyone have a sample WixProject that includes installing and configuration SQL Express 2008 or 2008 R2?

2011-09-16 Thread John Bergman
I am not really sure where to begin, but I have a need to quickly developer an installer that includes SQL Express 2008 (or 2008 R2); I am having trouble finding sufficient information as it relates to how to actually connect everything together where Express is installed and then configured

Re: [WiX-users] unable to download weekly releases

2011-09-16 Thread Gary Gocek
Try codeplex.com, that's the open source repository that is more focused on .NET. WIX is there. I haven't had trouble at sourceforge lately, but try codeplex. -Original Message- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 9:31 PM To: