[WiX-users] help

2014-11-06 Thread Mohammad Ajmal
Hi, During MSI creation of our application we download bundles from our artifactory. Is it possible to add a step in MSI creation document where we can mention to check the count of bundles downloaded before preparing the MSI? Please pardon me and let me know if this is not the right platform

[WiX-users] Major Upgrade : Conditional uninstallation on even version number

2014-11-06 Thread CALCEL Sebastien
Hello everyone, I would like to know if there is a mean to make the uninstallation of previous versions conditional in the case of a Major Upgrade. Here's the context : We recently migrated our application setup from the VS 2008 MSI project. We now have a WiX installer project for the app and

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Correct method for modifying a built-in UI?

2014-11-06 Thread John Cooper
The property can be defined only once per link job if a duplicate symbol error is to be avoided. So, yes, this could be the source of your problem. Perhaps moving the definition of WixUI_Mode into a common file and using PropertyRef's to bring in the definition could work. Probably would

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Correct method for modifying a built-in UI?

2014-11-06 Thread Nik T
Ok, that makes sense however, would anyone have any input on how the WixUI_Advanced UI would be getting pulled in? In my current script there are only UIRefs to WixUI_Common and WixUI_ErrorProgressText. I have read through all the script files for the UIExtension wixlib and have not seen any

Re: [WiX-users] Installing DirectX9 Components within a perUser MSI

2014-11-06 Thread Hoover, Jacob
1) Remove the CA from your MSI. 2) Create a bundle including DX9 and your MSI in the chain. http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/bundle/ http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/bundle/wixstdba/ WixStdBA comes with the toolset, and you can use it for basic installs, but if you

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrade : Conditional uninstallation on even version number

2014-11-06 Thread Hoover, Jacob
I've got a similar requirement. In order to only conditionally uninstall, each major upgrade needs to have a new upgrade code and product code. In my use case the application will only be installed by a bundle, so I can add a related bundle with an action of detect and conditionally request

Re: [WiX-users] Error database does not exist when executing ExecuteSQLStrings

2014-11-06 Thread garymonk
Thanks for the reply! After looking at the verbose log I didn't see where the database was being created so I removed the condition and changed the SQLDatabase to use 'sa' with a password. I'm now receiving errors when the database is being created... Action 12:18:29: CreateDatabase. Creating

[WiX-users] FontId descriptions

2014-11-06 Thread Ryan Waller
Where can I find a list of the supported FontIds and their descriptions, for use with Theme elements used in the RTFTheme.xml in WixStdBA? For example, I'd like to change the FontID of the Text element to Bold, and maybe even Orange color.

Re: [WiX-users] FontId descriptions

2014-11-06 Thread Sean Hall
The FontId refers to Font elements ( http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/thmutil/font.html) created in your theme file. On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Ryan Waller rwal...@microsoft.com wrote: Where can I find a list of the supported FontIds and their descriptions, for use with