[WiX-users] The impact of merging multiple merge modules into one package when each of msm contains WixIisExtension

2012-10-16 Thread Daming Fu
Hi, I'm new to WiX. I have multiple merge modules, each of which sets up a web application via WixIisExtension. When I merged them together, I received a lot of LGHT1055, LGHT1056 warnings like: (143) : warning LGHT1056 : The CustomAction table contains a row with primary ke y(s) 'RemoveUser' wh

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Patch installation asks for a reboot

2012-10-16 Thread abhijit chakraborty
Hi, There is still one more problem. I thought if I change the install execute sequence in the target msi, that will be picked up by the msp. However when I drop the msp on the base msi in Orca tool I do not see any change in the install sequence. All the new components that I have added, modified

Re: [WiX-users] Setting the version number...

2012-10-16 Thread Steven Ogilvie
So I have a include file called Variables.wxi which has the define product version I have a MergeModule which as the fileID. The include file is included in both product.wxs and mergemodule.wxs If I use either the GUID from the component within the merge module or use the package ID from the me

Re: [WiX-users] Setting the version number...

2012-10-16 Thread Rob Mensching
Merge Modules "modularize" the identifiers (append the .G_U_I_D). So you must do that too. On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:15 PM, StevenOgilvie wrote: > Hi Rob, > > I have a wxi variable file with: > > > then my product.wxs file with: > Name="$(var.ProductName)" >Language="1

[WiX-users] MSP help, please

2012-10-16 Thread Laurene Koman
Problem: dll won't update with an MSP. History: Released MSI with a language MST applied. The version information in the file table is removed by the MST AND the dll has an entry in the MSIFileHash table. Applying an MSP to update this dll ( the updating dll and MSP include valid version inf

[WiX-users] Removing table in the Patch

2012-10-16 Thread Fyodor Koryazhkin
Hi, I have an installer that has two entries in RemoveFile table. This is done to update during Major upgrade files that were edited by the customer. During Patch this leads to problem because files are deleted therefore these entries were removed in new package. There is no problem with one patch

Re: [WiX-users] Setting the version number...

2012-10-16 Thread StevenOgilvie
Hi Rob, I have a wxi variable file with: then my product.wxs file with: Must be an easy way to read a fileversion and use that as your productversion? Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Setting-the-v

Re: [WiX-users] Patch issue

2012-10-16 Thread Uma Harano
I read in the SDK that the companion file cannot be the key path of the component. In my case, the file that I want to be a companion file (the one that is not getting patched) is key path file. So I cannot make it a companion file, correct? -Original Message- From: Kajal Kumar Biswas

Re: [WiX-users] ActionData to show file names

2012-10-16 Thread Hoover, Jacob
This might help as a starting point: http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/user-interface-revisited/is-this-progress ... Copying new files ... A while back I found the some of the parameters documented on MSDN, but I can't seem to find it today. -Original Message- From: Natalie

[WiX-users] Determine whether the cancel button is pressed in a custom action during a msi installation in C#

2012-10-16 Thread abhitej john
Hi, Is there a way we can find out if the "Cancel" button is pressed by the user when a custom action is being executed by an MSI? I need to roll back the changes in this case. It is fine if this can be found out just after the custom action has finished executing. Most of the info I have found til

Re: [WiX-users] ActionData to show file names

2012-10-16 Thread Natalie Carr
No problem Steve, I will post when I have it working. Messing around with it now to try to get it working..:) -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: 16 October 2012 15:53 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-u

Re: [WiX-users] ActionData to show file names

2012-10-16 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Hi Natalie, When you get that working I would love to see the code (that would be something I would be interested in seeing in my install as well) Steve -Original Message- From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com] Sent: October-16-12 10:39 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourcefo

[WiX-users] ActionData to show file names

2012-10-16 Thread Natalie Carr
Hi, I want to show each file that is getting installed I used the actiondata control: It shows the full file and directory but I would only like it to show the file. Is this possible? I am also installing a service that's name is a property found at install time, however when I cha

[WiX-users] FW: error

2012-10-16 Thread Chaitanya
From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] Sent: 15 October 2012 21:28 To: 'r...@robmensching.com' Subject: error Hi rob, I attached my code. There iam getting error called "illegal characters in path". I checked each nd every line but I dint get from very its throwing error.

Re: [WiX-users] MSI to behave differently on workstation and on server

2012-10-16 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
You can use component conditions based in this property http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370329%28v=vs.85%29 .aspx -Original Message- From: samuel.feren...@barclays.com [mailto:samuel.feren...@barclays.com] Sent: 16 October 2012 14:17 To: wix-users@lists.sourcefo

[WiX-users] MSI to behave differently on workstation and on server

2012-10-16 Thread samuel.ferencik
Hi all, We use WIX to create two MSI installers: one for servers, one for workstations. We'd like to merge these into one. The two MSIs are almost identical; the only difference is in what they write into the registry (and where in the registry they write it). Is it possible to create an MSI t

Re: [WiX-users] Patch installation asks for a reboot

2012-10-16 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
A patch works by transforming the installed and cached MSI with the patch and then running a repair on the resulting MSI. That's why you see the MSI apparently installing again. Altering the condition to NOT REMOVE AND NOT PATCH in the patch sounds like a reasonable fix, if you're certain that the

Re: [WiX-users] WixManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost and .NET 2.0

2012-10-16 Thread Igor Brejc
Ok, I think I'm on to something. The ".NET missing dialog" no longer shows I have the following .config fragment commented out: Once I put the supportedFramework tags back into XML code, the dialog again starts to show up. Any explanations? p.s. one other thing: what is the appr

Re: [WiX-users] WixManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost and .NET 2.0

2012-10-16 Thread Igor Brejc
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > What does your BootstrapperCore.config file look like? Does it correctly > indicate the v2 NETFX should be used? > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:18 AM, Igor Brejc wrote: > > Hi Rob, I've tried many combinations. Here's a typical one:

Re: [WiX-users] Elevation of Bootstrapper Application

2012-10-16 Thread Daniel Bruce
Thank you for your answers, Neil and Rob. I have dabbled with persist="yes" before, and it didn't seem like it worked for me, but I may just have not been doing it correctly. Am I right in assuming that doing a definition like this would cause the variable to persist and when uninstalling it wil

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.6 MergeModule creation regression?

2012-10-16 Thread Dirk Ziegelmeier
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