I never did write that did I?
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe wrote:
> You'll have to ask Mr Mensching: it's his blog
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Wesley Manning [mailto:wmann...@dynagen.ca]
> Sent: 03 August 2012 14:30
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer
No, I just assumed it would work. On to the docs, and thanks for
pointing me straight!
Barry
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Rob Mensching wrote:
> Did you follow the instructions for signing a bundle in the WiX.chm? It's
> not as simple as signing the final executable.
> Unfortunately, the err
Have you tried:
-Original Message-
From: Naim Kingston [mailto:naim.kings...@ancamotion.com]
Sent: 03 August 2012 01:55
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] heat and xslt transform to keep only pdb files
I'm using heat to try and harvest
You'll have to ask Mr Mensching: it's his blog
-Original Message-
From: Wesley Manning [mailto:wmann...@dynagen.ca]
Sent: 03 August 2012 14:30
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installation folder during maintenance
What is the optimizati
What is the optimization you mentioned in the second to last paragraph?
-Original Message-
From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com]
Sent: August-03-12 5:46 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installation folder during mainten
Thanks that is useful to know, I am already setting ARPINSTALLLOCATION just not
reading it back. I guess I could also use it for upgrades as you can get the
previous product code from the upgrade table properties. As you say it is just
a bit of boilerplate code to add to all installs. Just need
You need to read it back with a registrysearch. Windows saves it as the value
InstallLocation under
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[ProductCode]
Because I follow the INSTALLDIR convention for identifying the main
installation directory, I copy [ARPINSTALLLOCATION] into INSTALL
Out of interest how would you read ARPINSTALLLOCATION back in WiX? Is it
automatically set on repair?
Neil
-Original Message-
From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com]
Sent: 03 August 2012 9:46 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-us
Do what Neil said, but this is a special case because there is already a
property specifically for this called ARPINSTALLLOCATION. If you use this
name, it's possible to get it back from MSI APIs using MsiGetProductInfo().
http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2011/1/14/ARPINSTALLLOCATION-and-how-to-
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