[WiX-users] help! How do I launch a file upon install ?

2013-09-03 Thread nkshirsagar
Hello folks.. I've looked at http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/ui_and_localization/run_program_after_install.html to see the proper way to launch an exe that I'm installing after the user clicks the "finish" button. I've used the minimal gui, but added it as a reference by ri

Re: [WiX-users] Extract Binary file from MSI to Temp folder using C#

2013-09-03 Thread Christopher Painter
Since you mention c# I assume you are using DTF. DTF allows you to add a file as content to the custom action CSPROJ and it'll automatically extract to the current directory in TEMP and cleanup at the end of execution for you. You wouldn't have to write any code. Would this fit your needs?

[WiX-users] problem with conditional component

2013-09-03 Thread Manuel Fahndrich
I'm trying to install some files conditionally under VS2013 by using the following snippets of code: ... ... VS12_ROOT_FOLDER

[WiX-users] HeatFile fail to harvest a dll for register it as shell extension

2013-09-03 Thread Marco Tognacci
I have a dll that I need to use a shell extension, I have signed the dll in the project options, but I I run the setup project on a clear machine where the dll is not build but only copied, Heatfile fail with this message System.IO.FileLoadException was unhandled Message: Could not load file or

[WiX-users] Replacing util:PerfCounter with util:PerformanceCounter

2013-09-03 Thread Suryadeep Biswal
Hi, We have a PERFMON INI file for installing performance counters and this is used with the util:PerfMon element for installing these performance counters by following all the instructions documented here - http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/customactions/perfmon.html However,

Re: [WiX-users] problem with conditional component

2013-09-03 Thread Hoover, Jacob
You need a separate property for the search, and a CA to assign a value to the VS12_ROOT_FOLDER if it exists. IE: ... VS12_ROOT ...

Re: [WiX-users] IRC channel

2013-09-03 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
2013/8/16 Nicolás Alvarez : > For anyone who prefers real-time forms of communication: there is a > #wix IRC channel on freenode, and apparently has existed since August > 2005. Currently it's pretty much dead, there's only two users and I > have never seen them talk :) > > You can connect with an

[WiX-users] how to launch one of the files installed after installation ?

2013-09-03 Thread nkshirsagar
Hi folks! Guess its a common problem but everywhere I've looked, the solution seems to be to add something in the element. (am looking here http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/ui_and_localization/run_program_after_install.html) But I've added the minimal UI through the refere

Re: [WiX-users] Extract Binary file from MSI to Temp folder using C#

2013-09-03 Thread Gabriel Ivanes
You may want a complete example : ... Dim TempFolder : TempFolder = Session.Property("TempFolder") Dim SFolder : SFolder = Session.Property("SystemFolder") '** Début du main ** ExtractBina

Re: [WiX-users] uninstall ApplyComplete status

2013-09-03 Thread Sean Hall
The engine always returns an HRESULT in the ApplyComplete event. Converted to hex, you're getting 0x8007015E. 0x015E, or 350, is ERROR_FAIL_NOACTION_REBOOT (from WinError.h). I also see the engine raising the Error event in this case, where it sends the error code 350. I think the only thin

Re: [WiX-users] Extract Binary file from MSI to Temp folder using C#

2013-09-03 Thread ak m
custom action during install... On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Christopher Painter wrote: > Is this for an application extracting a resource or for a custom action > during an install? > > > From: "ak m" > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 7:21 AM > To:

Re: [WiX-users] Extract Binary file from MSI to Temp folder using C#

2013-09-03 Thread Christopher Painter
Is this for an application extracting a resource or for a custom action during an install? From: "ak m" Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 7:21 AM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Subject: [WiX-users] Extract Binary file from M

[WiX-users] uninstall ApplyComplete status

2013-09-03 Thread Hans Petter Ladim
Hello, I am trying to uninstall a installed program while there is a pending system restart. We have used Burn to create the BA, and the ApplyComplete event sends ApplyCompleteEventArgs with status -2147024546. I have problems to interpret the status code and handle this properly. Is there an

Re: [WiX-users] Extract Binary file from MSI to Temp folder using C#

2013-09-03 Thread ak m
Thank you... On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Gabriel Ivanes wrote: > Hello, > > > > An example function in vbscript : > > > > Function ExtractBinary(BinaryName, OutputFile) > > Const msiReadStreamAnsi = 2 > > Dim oDatabase > > Set oDatabase = Session.Database > > Dim View > >

Re: [WiX-users] Error -2147418113 during RollbackUnregisterPerfCounterData

2013-09-03 Thread Suryadeep Biswal
Re-sending due to lack of responses. Unfortunately, i have not been able to figure out a solution for this problem. I am not sure about the owner of the custom action as well. Any help/solutions will be appreciated. Regards,Surya > From: surya6...@hotmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.ne