Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

2014-03-17 Thread Hoover, Jacob
A BA is code in your control that interacts with the engine. As such, you have full control over the UI and full control over the process. As for WixStdBA, it's a lean and mean BA, so it doesn't have a lot of the feature rich environment you might be looking for. There are no "custom actions" an

[WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

2014-03-17 Thread Dan Watson
As a new late comer to Wix Bootstrapper programming -- but familiar with MSI side of things -- I am not making much progress I'd hoped I would. Perhaps I was making some wrong assumptions about the Bootstrapper programming. I have gone through the online documentation and I can follow what is de

Re: [WiX-users] Getting current downloading package name in BA for Web installer

2014-03-17 Thread rw1017
Look through the log files to see why the uninstall for the msi's didn't go through. If the Bundle was uninstalled, there has to be a log file detailing the actions of each MSI. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Getting-current-downl

[WiX-users] Dacpacs issue at installation time

2014-03-17 Thread Harold Wood (H10 Capital)
I've got several database projects that are ties to each other. I've added the appropriate references and edited the SQL Command variables to reflect the database names. The projects build with no issues but at install time I get the following error in my install log. Initializing deployment

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the condition of an existing action.

2014-03-17 Thread Phill Hogland
To clarify when I have two components with the same INF file, but different elements related to whether I am using the difx extension or my 'print2file' extension, then ICE30 warnings are in the build output. I did not actually test the behavior of such a package on a target system as I was trying

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the condition of an existing action.

2014-03-17 Thread Phill Hogland
Thanks Jacob and rw1017. I am aware of both of those approaches, but my situation is a little more complex. Based on past testing if I author a Component with the INF file of a printer driver, which needs to be configured as 'print-to-file', I can call CAs with a Property in the CA, as Jacob sugg

Re: [WiX-users] Phantom Text in Custom Theme.xml

2014-03-17 Thread darbid
Yes that sounds like the same place I got mine. I have noticed that after I compile my solution, that the text I see can be different each time I double click on the .exe. So maybe the first time I see Version 1.0.1 and then the second time I will see Version [WixBundleVersion] So this must be

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper question

2014-03-17 Thread rw1017
remove the UI from genius and create one with your own MBA. Use these properties, and send them down to msi's -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Bootstrapper-question-tp7593254p7593478.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the condition of an existing action.

2014-03-17 Thread Hoover, Jacob
If you are the author of the MSI, then why not set the condition up properly in the first place? You can condition your actions based on a property, and then in your immediate CA you can modify the value of your property so your install takes the appropriate action. -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the condition of an existing action.

2014-03-17 Thread rw1017
You can use orca to open and edit the msi. You can change the condition of it as well. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Changing-the-condition-of-an-existing-action-tp7593475p7593477.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive

[WiX-users] Changing the condition of an existing action.

2014-03-17 Thread Phill Hogland
I am looking for a way to open the msi database, check and see if a specific action exists in the InstallExecuteSequence table, and if it exists to modify the Condition statement related to that action. I have been considering doing this either at compile time but am concerned about the fact that

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional SSPI / SQL Authentication on SqlScript

2014-03-17 Thread Bryan Wolf
I would guess you're updating a primary key in the database since that's usually why it fails. But yeah - modifying tables is a lot of trial & error. Unfortunately the old code I wrote is long gone and in C++. I couldn't access it anymore if I wanted to. -Original Message- From: Hoover,

Re: [WiX-users] Phantom Text in Custom Theme.xml

2014-03-17 Thread Hoover, Jacob
I'm sure there is probably one in the RTM bundle, but I'm developing for WiX so I got mine from a pull at .\src\ext\BalExtension\wixstdba\Resources\ -Original Message- From: darbid [mailto:davidbo...@gmx.de] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:02 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subj

Re: [WiX-users] Phantom Text in Custom Theme.xml

2014-03-17 Thread darbid
I am using Wix 3.8. I had trouble finding where on my PC the standard themes were extracted to. I got one of the wix38 zip files and found it in there. I have added above my themefile and wxs file. Where are I suppose to get my theme file from? Where does HideWhenDisabled="yes" go? This hide t

Re: [WiX-users] Stuck using 3.5 till harvesting returns to WIX

2014-03-17 Thread Jeremiahf
It sounds like your dev system is pretty out of shape. If you installed VS after WIX then you have to completely uninstall WIX and reinstall WIX. A repair will not fix it. Best of luck On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Phill Hogland wrote: > I have used heat.exe in Wix 3.7 and Wix 3.8, so I do

Re: [WiX-users] Phantom Text in Custom Theme.xml

2014-03-17 Thread Hoover, Jacob
What Theme file did you start with? And what version of Wix are you using? It does look like you are missing the HideWhenDisabled="yes", and it almost looks like you are using a new theme file with an older version of Wix. -Original Message- From: darbid [mailto:davidbo...@gmx.de] Sen

Re: [WiX-users] Phantom Text in Custom Theme.xml

2014-03-17 Thread darbid
I thought with my original post I did post an image. In any case here is the same one again. You can see here "Version [WixBundleVersion]" this is not here and you can see from my theme it is not here for this page. This is just an example of the problem. I see more on other pages as well. New

Re: [WiX-users] Phantom Text in Custom Theme.xml

2014-03-17 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Can you identify what element is a phantom element? Are you using a transparent or alpha blended background logo? Any chance of posting a screen shot of the artifact? -Original Message- From: darbid [mailto:davidbo...@gmx.de] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 3:48 AM To: wix-users@lists.sour

Re: [WiX-users] Stuck using 3.5 till harvesting returns to WIX

2014-03-17 Thread Phill Hogland
I have used heat.exe in Wix 3.7 and Wix 3.8, so I don't follow your comments. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Stuck-using-3-5-till-harvesting-returns-to-WIX-tp7593455p7593467.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabb