Re: [WiX-users] Assigning property value

2013-04-11 Thread Ravishankar
Hi Steven, Kindly find the below code, please help me Thanks and Regards Ravi When i selected the Radio button the property INSTALL_VERSION changes accordingly to 1 or 0 The value o

[WiX-users] Slow Installs

2013-04-11 Thread d8xter
I have an installation which consists of around 7,000 files. Each file is in it's own Component. The WXS file is auto generated during build time (via heat) so names, guids, etc. are auto generated. The MSI is started from an External UI via the Deployment SDK's Installer.InstallProduct() method

Re: [WiX-users] What to do with an Assembly that doesn't have an AssemblyFileVersion

2013-04-11 Thread John Cooper
Meanwhile, I can confirm that PowerShell v3.0 and WMF 3.0 both installs this assembly. Errata on the AppFabric references. That should be AppFabric 1.0 and 1.1 respectively. ADFS 2.1 uses an assembly, Microsoft.IdentityServer.Powershell.dll, which is linked against this System.Management.Aut

[WiX-users] Help importing/executing a registry file

2013-04-11 Thread victorwhiskey
Hello, I'm in need of some suggestions on how to do this. The problem is I have a package that wipes out a registry key on upgrade/uninstall (I only do major upgrades), call it "package A". So when I upgrade to "package B" with MajorUpgrade element scheduling RemoveExistingProducts after InstallI

Re: [WiX-users] What to do with an Assembly that doesn't have an AssemblyFileVersion

2013-04-11 Thread John Cooper
Can I mitigate the effect on Repair by enabling checksums and having the install forcibly verify them? I'm sure my managers will be trigger their Microsoft support contracts, but I have to deal with it. Installing in a different location will require significant code changes as this thing hang

Re: [WiX-users] What to do with an Assembly that doesn't have an AssemblyFileVersion

2013-04-11 Thread Rob Mensching
Wow, that's beginner mistake. Get them to fix the file version or rename the file. Or you can install to a new location (which essentially renames the file). DefaultVersion basic lies to the Windows Installer and it will never be certain the file that is on disk is the right one (because the one

Re: [WiX-users] Problem Upgrading Burn

2013-04-11 Thread Marco Tognacci
I have fixed the problem of multiple instace, as I didn't close the setup on ApplyComple when running in silent mode. How can I avoid to have multi instace on the ARP when running different builds of the same setup versions? I have Collected in the DetectRelatedBundle the bundle ProductCode tha

[WiX-users] What to do with an Assembly that doesn't have an AssemblyFileVersion

2013-04-11 Thread John Cooper
Interesting problem: One of our products uses the System.Management.Automation.dll assembly from AppFabric 2.0. It has AssemblyVersion 1.0.0.0 and AssemblyFileVersion 6.1.7600.16385. The System.Management.Automation.dll assembly that appears to come with AppFabric 2.1 or PowerShell v3.0 has A

Re: [WiX-users] Problem Upgrading Burn

2013-04-11 Thread Rob Mensching
By default the newer version of the Bundle will remove older versions of the Bundles that share the same UpgradeCode. Bundles do not suffer from the same 3 field version issues that MSI packages do. Forcing the e.State for RelatedBundles to absent could have other side-effects (like removing add-on

Re: [WiX-users] FirewallException and WCF

2013-04-11 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Classification: Public No I don't sorry, This is from our Server product which supports Win7/8, Win Server 2008R2/2012 Steve -Original Message- From: John Lalande [mailto:johnlala...@rocketmail.com] Sent: April-11-13 1:19 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Sub

Re: [WiX-users] FirewallException and WCF

2013-04-11 Thread John Lalande
That works perfectly for Win7, but not XP. Do you have a corresponding entry for XP? Thanks -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 9:20 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] Error at creating user.

2013-04-11 Thread Rob Mensching
Yeah, okay, it is entirely possible that v3.8.401 would contain all the fixes for the first time and was also the compression bug I introduced. Let's see if the next build on Monday makes everything correct. Cool? On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Sergey Yukhno < sergey.yuk...@visutechsystem.by> w

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Rob Mensching
Note there are more things than the file date that change with every build (namely the PackageCode). File date will not affect the file hash. On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Spud wrote: > I think I've been having a few blonde moments. (sigh) > > My build is re-creating this "static" msi file e

Re: [WiX-users] Burn slow install

2013-04-11 Thread Rob Mensching
It's not a Windows Update check. Burn is pausing WU because data shows that installation contention with WU creates significant install failures. On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Michael Ogilvie < michael.ogil...@pixelink.com> wrote: > It looks like when the system got up to date with all of its

Re: [WiX-users] Error

2013-04-11 Thread Neil Sleightholm
That looks like an error from my extended BA, is that correct? If so remove the element from your bundle if you are not using it. If you have any follow up questions can you post them to the extended BA codeplex discussion. Neil -Original Message- From: Michael Ogilvie [mailto:michael.

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread ptr
I ran into the same issue. Everytime the msi is built its check sum is indeed different and the bundle stores this information. What you can do is skip the msi build step unless it has actually changed and copy it the desired location so that when the bundle builds it picks the same msi everytime

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Spud
I think I've been having a few blonde moments. (sigh) My build is re-creating this "static" msi file each build, so that the file date is changing. If I just build the thing and include the file as a static resource instead then it *will* be the same hash value. I need to get out more... -- Vi

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Spud
OK. I should have known - rob was right all along (smile) *Assuming* that WiX generates it's hash values the same way as the ms "File Checksum Integrity Verifier" (http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/f/4/cf454ae0-a4bb-4123-8333-a1b6737712f7/windows-kb841290-x86-enu.exe) then the hash values o

Re: [WiX-users] Can't install Wix 3.8 on Windows XP

2013-04-11 Thread Sergey Yukhno
v3.8.309.0 and early. On 4/11/2013 17:18, Bruce Cran wrote: > On 11/04/2013 14:23, Sergey Yukhno wrote: >> Can't install Wix 3.8 on Windows XP. >> "Wix38.exe is not valid Win32 application." > That looks like a problem with the VS 2012 settings. I thought we'd > fixed them all - what build are you

Re: [WiX-users] Error at creating user.

2013-04-11 Thread Sergey Yukhno
v3.8.309.0 and early. I can't setup v3.8.401.0 and later on Win 7 x64 like in "[WiX-users] latest weekly build fails to update". On 4/11/2013 17:44, Rob Mensching wrote: > Probably related to recent fixes WiX v3.8 to get native code working > correctly on WinXP. What version of WiX toolset are yo

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Spud
Thanks Rob, Yep, my MSI isn't changing. I don't seem to be able to determine why it thinks the hash doesn't match. If build 153 created the MSI, and builds 153, 154, 155 etc are looking at the same DownLoadURL location (and presumably the same target hash values), why do Bootstrappers 154 and 155

[WiX-users] Error

2013-04-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Hello, Does anybody know why this error keeps popping up? Error 0x8007006e: Failed to load version check XML document. Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable

Re: [WiX-users] Burn slow install

2013-04-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
It looks like when the system got up to date with all of its updates the issue went away. Is there any way to bypass this windows update check? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:42 AM To: Ge

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Rob Mensching
If the hash doesn't match then the Bundle expects a different MSI than the one you are putting on the URL. You can't change the MSI without updating the Bundle's that reference it. The WiX toolset shares the ProjectAggregator.msi across many versions of the Bundles because the ProjectAggregator.ms

Re: [WiX-users] Error at creating user.

2013-04-11 Thread Rob Mensching
Probably related to recent fixes WiX v3.8 to get native code working correctly on WinXP. What version of WiX toolset are you using? On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Sergey Yukhno < sergey.yuk...@visutechsystem.by> wrote: > Hello. > > Error at creating user on Windows XP with error dialog "...Set

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Spud
I've changed my mind re separate question :) Unless I'm understanding this incorrectly so long as it does not change, the sharedcomponents.msi (which holds a number of third party dll's that will not change) only needs to be in one place (i.e. the DownloadURL in the MsiPackage element will not cha

Re: [WiX-users] Burn slow install

2013-04-11 Thread John Cooper
I've had the same experience with Windows 7, but the explanation seems pretty clear--setting the System Restore Point (by the OS) can take several minutes. I've even added ProgressText to warn of this, but it is plain from the logs that a lot of time is spent churning waiting for the OS to save

Re: [WiX-users] Burn slow install

2013-04-11 Thread Rob Mensching
Usually indicates that Windows Update is busy or unhappy on that machine. If the problem persists check out Windows Update and see that it is behaving well. On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Michael Ogilvie < michael.ogil...@pixelink.com> wrote: > On one of our Vista test boxes I am getting a ver

Re: [WiX-users] Burn slow install

2013-04-11 Thread Wesley Manning
I think it's because of this: "[0CBC:086C][2013-03-25T11:46:44]w308: Automatic updates could not be paused due to error: 0x80080005. Continuing..." It is due to something wrong with Windows Update. I got that on a Windows XP computer once where windows update was not run for a long time but when

[WiX-users] Burn slow install

2013-04-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
On one of our Vista test boxes I am getting a very slow install [0640:0DCC][2013-03-25T11:40:31]i299: Plan complete, result: 0x0 [0640:0DCC][2013-03-25T11:40:31]i300: Apply begin [0640:0B60][2013-03-25T11:40:34]e000: Error 0x8007006e: Failed to load version check XML document. [0CBC:086C][20

Re: [WiX-users] Can't install Wix 3.8 on Windows XP

2013-04-11 Thread Bruce Cran
On 11/04/2013 14:23, Sergey Yukhno wrote: > Can't install Wix 3.8 on Windows XP. > "Wix38.exe is not valid Win32 application." That looks like a problem with the VS 2012 settings. I thought we'd fixed them all - what build are you trying to install? -- Bruce Cran --

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - bootstrapping an MSI with Burn Installs ok, Uninstall Fails. MSI on it's own installs / uninstalls Ok

2013-04-11 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Classification: Public Looks like your custom action is trying to run on uninstall (LaunchApplication) which properly is NOT a good idea? If you only want your custom action to run during installation perhaps you should have a condition: NOT Installed You can turn on verbose logging for the MSI

[WiX-users] Can't install Wix 3.8 on Windows XP

2013-04-11 Thread Sergey Yukhno
Hello. Can't install Wix 3.8 on Windows XP. "Wix38.exe is not valid Win32 application." Best regards, Sergey Yukhno. -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - bootstrapping an MSI with Burn Installs ok, Uninstall Fails. MSI on it's own installs / uninstalls Ok

2013-04-11 Thread penderi
I've found the following entry in the verbose logs: MSI (s) (F0:E4) [05:36:30:999]: No System Restore sequence number for this installation. MSI (s) (F0:E4) [05:36:30:999]: Unlocking Server MSI (s) (F0:E4) [05:36:30:999]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting UpdateStarted property. Its current value is '1'.

Re: [WiX-users] registry keys not being created

2013-04-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 08-Apr-13 09:50, David Steadman wrote: > Ok I am not sure what I am doing wrong but following the guide and it > still will not create the keys, what am I doing wrong: A verbose log will tell you. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - bootstrapping an MSI with Burn Installs ok, Uninstall Fails. MSI on it's own installs / uninstalls Ok

2013-04-11 Thread penderi
Thanks again Bob, in many ways you're my only hope! I've found the logs in %temp%. If I remove the directory contents and use control panel to uninstall, the result are 3 log files, 2 are verbose and 1 is the Burn summary we get in the log file link on the bootstrap failure link. The problem is I

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - bootstrapping an MSI with Burn Installs ok, Uninstall Fails. MSI on it's own installs / uninstalls Ok

2013-04-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Apr-13 08:28, penderi wrote: > Thanks so much for the response. The MSI, when I install/uninstall on it's > own works fine. > How can I get a verbose log from uninstalling the bootstrap EXE ? Burn generates a log for each package, next to the Burn log and with the same base name. -- sig://

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - bootstrapping an MSI with Burn Installs ok, Uninstall Fails. MSI on it's own installs / uninstalls Ok

2013-04-11 Thread penderi
Hi Bob, Thanks so much for the response. The MSI, when I install/uninstall on it's own works fine. How can I get a verbose log from uninstalling the bootstrap EXE ? Sorry if I'm being a dumb a?? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.

Re: [WiX-users] Wix - bootstrapping an MSI with Burn Installs ok, Uninstall Fails. MSI on it's own installs / uninstalls Ok

2013-04-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Apr-13 05:00, Ian Pender wrote: > [0F30:0F50][2013-04-11T00:29:59]: Applying execute package: x86, action: > Uninstall, path: C:\ProgramData\Package > Cache\{129A003A-2370-4378-B0FA-10509C76FE2E}v1.0.0.0\App.Net.msi, arguments: > ' ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT="1" MSIFASTINSTALL="7" AUTOUPDATEE

Re: [WiX-users] Referencing filenames (without full path) anddirectories in formatted strings

2013-04-11 Thread Alain Forget
What if the filename changes at some point in the future? Then I need to remember to change it in 2+ places, rather than only one. But yeah, using Properties or preprocessor variables seems to be the solution. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Peter Marcu [mailto:peter.ma...@microsoft.c

[WiX-users] Error at creating user.

2013-04-11 Thread Sergey Yukhno
Hello. Error at creating user on Windows XP with error dialog "...Setup wizard ended prematurely". Wix version 3.8.

Re: [WiX-users] How to create and reference a custom pre-requisitepackage

2013-04-11 Thread Spud
Thanks Dave. Luckily for us the items we want to store can reside in an unsecured folder, so I don't need to jump through that hoop. I'm getting failed installs due to hash match failures, but in the scheme of things its probably best I create another topic. Thanks for your feedback :) -- View

[WiX-users] FW: confirm 61359b3ef0e495a8c4245c43ba4be59c42d9fb85

2013-04-11 Thread Ian Pender
-Original Message- From: Ian Pender Sent: 11 April 2013 10:04 To: 'wix-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: RE: confirm 61359b3ef0e495a8c4245c43ba4be59c42d9fb85 -Original Message- From: wix-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:wix-users-requ...@lists.sourcefor

[WiX-users] Wix - bootstrapping an MSI with Burn Installs ok, Uninstall Fails. MSI on it's own installs / uninstalls Ok

2013-04-11 Thread Ian Pender
I've been trying to produce a bootstrapped EXE of our MSI installer with .Net 4.0 from the web for a few days now and I need some help. We've a simple MSI and need to Bundle it with .Net4. We've 2 variants of the MSI - x64/x86 and that's handled in the Bundle in the usual way. The MSI installs