Re: [WiX-users] Burn installing .NET 4.5 Beta

2012-10-02 Thread Neil Sleightholm
If you get a copy of the source and make a clone of src\ext\NetFxExtension\wixlib\NetFx4.5.wxs you can edit it and include it in your project. (It looks like the redist one is wrong as well - I'd suggest raising a bug so this is not lost.) Neil -Original Message- From: Dave Lowndes

Re: [WiX-users] Examples of Burn

2012-10-02 Thread Neil Sleightholm
You can customise the theme files, this is fairly limited though - http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/burn-ui-customisations.html Neil -Original Message- From: Katherine Moss [mailto:katherine.m...@gordon.edu] Sent: 02 October 2012 02:11 To: General discussion for Windows

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage uninstalled on upgrade

2012-10-02 Thread Christian Hausknecht
Hey Neil, thank you for this example (even you are not sure, if that is sufficient ;-) )! I have one question: Why do you want to include a SQL Server into your installation package? This way the user is forced to have the server on the same machine as the application - or is that desired by

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage uninstalled on upgrade

2012-10-02 Thread Neil Sleightholm
We install SQL for exclusive use of our application and do not allow the end user to use their own SQL or put it on a different box (it is a security application so the SQL server has to be locked down to stop tinkering!). Neil -Original Message- From: Christian Hausknecht

Re: [WiX-users] light -sval

2012-10-02 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
-sval does indeed disable ICE validation. If your package is fairly stable, I wouldn't validate every time. We run a manual validation in InstEd/Orca after making changes and coming up to release, but turn it off in the builds. -Original Message- From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca

[WiX-users] Using util:RemoveFolderEx causes the parent folders to be undeleted at uninstallation?

2012-10-02 Thread Raatikainen, Marko (GE Healthcare)
Hello, could someone help in the correct way of deleting extra files and folders at uninstallation with util:RemoveFolderEx? Our software is a collection of smaller pieces. All of those leave log files or other stuff around that will need to be deleted at uninstallation. This can be taken care

Re: [WiX-users] Using util:RemoveFolderEx causes the parent folders tobe undeleted at uninstallation?

2012-10-02 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
You're not supposed to write data files into code locations. If you haven't released yet, change the log file locations to be in localappdata or somewhere similar. -Original Message- From: Raatikainen, Marko (GE Healthcare) [mailto:marko.raatikai...@ge.com] Sent: 02 October 2012 10:08

Re: [WiX-users] Burn installing .NET 4.5 Beta

2012-10-02 Thread Dave Lowndes
Thanks, I've added the file to my bootstrapper project and edited it down to what I have below and referenced NetFx45WebFixed in my bundle. It seems to work - I hope I haven't missed something - like I haven't changed NetFx45MinRelease. ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? Wix

Re: [WiX-users] Using util:RemoveFolderEx causes the parent folders to be undeleted at uninstallation?

2012-10-02 Thread Neil Sleightholm
The removal of the c:\foo\bar folders should be part of the standard MSI (although I admit to have not tried it). As Peter as though log files in the application folder is not a good idea, in fact if you application is running as a standard user you won't have permissions on Windows Vista or

[WiX-users] uninstall fails if I uninstall .NET separately

2012-10-02 Thread Dave Lowndes
Hi, My setup installs .NET then my msi. If I then uninstall .NET from add/remove programs then go to uninstall my application uninstall fails. Here's the log: [09F4:0874][2012-10-02T22:28:16]: Burn v3.6.3303.0, Windows v6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1), path: C:\ProgramData\Package

Re: [WiX-users] uninstall fails if I uninstall .NET separately

2012-10-02 Thread Neil Sleightholm
You would need to look in the install log for your msi (I think it is this 'C:\Users\ME~1\AppData\Local\Temp\My_App_2012100816_0_Setup.log'). Search for value 3, the error is usually just above that. Neil -Original Message- From: Dave Lowndes [mailto:d...@swordfishsoftware.co.nz]

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting Feature state in Managed BA

2012-10-02 Thread Brian_Covington
Yes, that is what I am expected to see, but I do not see anything. If you look at the log, you can see where I clicked the checkbox, which sets the string variable AddLocalSet on the Engine, but the PlanMsiFeature, where I look at what checkboxes are checked and attempt to alter the Feature

Re: [WiX-users] WixLibs do not seem to work after 3.6 upgrade.

2012-10-02 Thread Stelios Kyprou
I would like to, but when I go on sourceforge to create an issue, I'm only allowed to select versions 3.7 or 4.0. This is a 3.5 bug... -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: 02 October 2012 02:40 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

[WiX-users] Adding the Secure attribute in a Property fails to build merge module in 3.6

2012-10-02 Thread Stelios Kyprou
After upgrading from 3.5 to 3.6, when building a merge module I get the following error: error LGHT0136: There was an error importing table 'Property' from file 'C:\\Local\Temp\lpikpxrr\Property.idt' The file looks like this: PropertyValue s72 l0 PropertyProperty

Re: [WiX-users] WixLibs do not seem to work after 3.6 upgrade.

2012-10-02 Thread Hoover, Jacob
I'd log it for 3.7. The odds of anything changing in 3.6 are very low, unless it's critical. The odds of a 3.5 fix are near nil. -Original Message- From: Stelios Kyprou [mailto:stelios.kyp...@fcg.im] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 10:17 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer

Re: [WiX-users] WixLibs do not seem to work after 3.6 upgrade.

2012-10-02 Thread Stelios Kyprou
So there is no point logging it, since it works in 3.6 right? It wasn't working in 3.5 only. -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: 02 October 2012 16:24 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WixLibs do

Re: [WiX-users] WixLibs do not seem to work after 3.6 upgrade.

2012-10-02 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Well, in 3.7 I could see logging it as a bug where the documentation should state that at a minimum the Fragment is required. One could also ask for a more descript error message during the compile. -Original Message- From: Stelios Kyprou [mailto:stelios.kyp...@fcg.im] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [WiX-users] Examples of Burn

2012-10-02 Thread Katherine Moss
Oh they do? Interesting. Is that where DTF comes in? I've been trying for the life of me to figure out the relationships between all of these tools LOL. -Original Message- From: vchauras [mailto:vivekchauras...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1:08 AM To:

[WiX-users] Wix 3.6 and IIS 7.5 setup

2012-10-02 Thread Zhisheng Huang
Hi,   For setting up web site and virtual directories for IIS 7.5 with WIX 3.6, is IIS 6.0 Compatibility Mode needed?   thanks, Zhisheng -- Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy

[WiX-users] different features to different ProgramFilesFolder...

2012-10-02 Thread StevenOgilvie
Hello, I have 1 feature that is installed to ProgramFilesFolder if 32bit or ProgramFiles64Folder if 64 bit, another feature will always go to ProgramFilesFolder... I have an include file that has: ?if $(var.Platform) = x64 ? ?define PlatformProductName = $(var.ProductName) (64 bit) ?

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.6 and IIS 7.5 setup

2012-10-02 Thread Neil Sleightholm
No as 3.5 or later supports IIS7/7.5 natively. Neil -Original Message- From: Zhisheng Huang [mailto:zhhuang5...@yahoo.com] Sent: 02 October 2012 20:12 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix 3.6 and IIS 7.5 setup Hi,   For setting up web site and virtual

[WiX-users] JScript CA - WMI Interface not Registered

2012-10-02 Thread Alessandro Pilotti
Hi guys, I have an issue with executing WMI queries in Jscript custom actions on Windows Server 2008 R2 Core and Hyper-V 2008 R2. I had no issues on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (non core) and Hyper-V 2012. Whenever I try to execute ExecQuery, e.g.: var wmi =

Re: [WiX-users] Burn installing .NET 4.5 Beta

2012-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Oct-12 02:29, Neil Sleightholm wrote: (It looks like the redist one is wrong as well - I'd suggest raising a bug so this is not lost.) It's already fixed in v3.7. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Don't

Re: [WiX-users] WixLibs do not seem to work after 3.6 upgrade.

2012-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Oct-12 11:51, Hoover, Jacob wrote: Well, in 3.7 I could see logging it as a bug where the documentation should state that at a minimum the Fragment is required. One could also ask for a more descript error message during the compile. And to verify the behavior change. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] Making a hyperlink control transparent

2012-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Oct-12 19:02, garnold wrote: error CNDL0004 : The Control element contains an unexpected attribute 'Transparent'. Please file a bug; it should support transparency. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Don't

Re: [WiX-users] Is registration of the Burn bundle in the x64 part of the registry possible?

2012-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Oct-12 06:34, Jansson wrote: If this has not been implemented, are there still plans to go ahead in e g 3.7? No plans to do so in v3.7. There hasn't been a case yet of it being *needed* (as opposed to desired). And it's not a tiny amount of work. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Adding the Secure attribute in a Property fails to build merge module in 3.6

2012-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Oct-12 11:23, Stelios Kyprou wrote: After upgrading from 3.5 to 3.6, when building a merge module I get the following error: Sounds like a bug. Please file with a small merge module project. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting Feature state in Managed BA

2012-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Oct-12 08:40, Brian_Covington wrote: Yes, that is what I am expected to see, but I do not see anything. If you look at the log, you can see where I clicked the checkbox, which sets the string variable AddLocalSet on the Engine, but the PlanMsiFeature, where I look at what checkboxes are

Re: [WiX-users] Was the fancy Wix 3.6 installer made in WIX

2012-10-02 Thread Rob Mensching
We'd happily take bugs and/or contributions to help improve it. On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Katherine Moss katherine.m...@gordon.eduwrote: Very pretty, but very inaccessible with screen readers. -Original Message- From: Adam Tegen [mailto:adam.te...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday,

Re: [WiX-users] uninstall fails if I uninstall .NET separately

2012-10-02 Thread Rob Mensching
How do I tell my bundle to skip NetFx45WebFixed when uninstalling? Mark the ExePackage Permanent=yes On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com wrote: You would need to look in the install log for your msi (I think it is this