Re: [WiX-users] Burn - WACK, unresolvable warnings?

2014-12-19 Thread johannes.schmitt
The requirements can be found in section 5.5 here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hh749939.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hh749939.aspx : This is what the page is saying: Windows inventory tools and telemetry tools require complete information about

[WiX-users] Start Menu items doesn't get removed

2014-12-19 Thread Majcica, Mario
Hi all, I have the following fragment Fragment !-- shortcut directories -- DirectoryRef Id=TARGETDIR Directory Id=ProgramMenuFolder Directory Id=ProgramMenuVendorFolder Name=$(var.MainInstallDir) Directory Id=ProgramMenuProductFolder Name=$(var.ProductFullName)

[WiX-users] What can cause an error when setting a bootstrapper variable?

2014-12-19 Thread patrickpirzer
I have programmed a bootstrapper-project with WiX 3.8. In the bundle i have defined a few overridable variables like this one for the name of the databaseuser: Variable Name=DB_USER bal:Overridable=yes Type=string Value=default

Re: [WiX-users] What is this code doing?

2014-12-19 Thread David Watson
The error says you are using the VS extension in some way. look for a Help element or something else from that extension. http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/vs/helpfile.html -Original Message- From: Pavan Konduru [mailto:pavan.kond...@accelrys.com] Sent: 18 December

[WiX-users] Burn custom BA: How can I select appropriate language at runtime?

2014-12-19 Thread sky
I know I can use localization variables to localize any string in a Burn bootstrapper project like I can do the same thing in the WiX MSI projects. So, I can localize Name of the Bundle, Description of the packages, etc. But I want to select appropriate language resource at runtime of my custom

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - WACK, unresolvable warnings?

2014-12-19 Thread Phill Hogland
Regarding the following comment (and as an alternative approach until the issue is addressed in Burn): I'll just have to live with that warning. However, to me, it looks like the version warnings are just an oversight. Is that so? And is there a clean way of resolving these warnings? The GUID in

Re: [WiX-users] What can cause an error when setting a bootstrapper variable?

2014-12-19 Thread Phill Hogland
Typo between Variable Name=DB_USER and StringVariables[DB_NAME] ? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/What-can-cause-an-error-when-setting-a-bootstrapper-variable-tp7598651p7598655.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive

[WiX-users] Failed to write message type to pipe.

2014-12-19 Thread Sergey Yukhno
Hello. After manual deleting previous failed bootstrapper with some packages, bootstrapper crashes after install button. Temp directory and registry HKCR/Installer/Dependencies was cleared, but nothing helps. What to do? [18D0:13D0][2014-12-19T17:56:29]e000: Error 0x800700e8: Failed to write

[WiX-users] Access files in CustomAction without installing the files

2014-12-19 Thread Brian Enderle
Is it possible to access a file (in this case a SQL script) during the install process from a Custom Action without installing the file first to the hard drive? Currently I am doing this to access the file: FileInfo _file = new FileInfo(session.CustomActionData[Directory] + 01_Create

Re: [WiX-users] Access files in CustomAction without installing the files

2014-12-19 Thread John Cooper
Yes, using the Binary Table. That's how sql:SqlScript does it. -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Enterprise Service Applications | Continuing Development Jack Henry Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenry.com -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] Access files in CustomAction without installing the files

2014-12-19 Thread Phil Wilson
If you leave the Component Id null. Windows will install the file but not track it, uninstall it or repair it. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368007(v=vs.85).aspx So you can use it and then remove it. The alternative is to stream the file out of the binary table, for which you could

[WiX-users] Prevent upgrade from version 1.0.1 to 1.0.2

2014-12-19 Thread Brian Enderle
We are doing an internal release of a product that is still in testing and because of the changes between to the latest version, it cannot be installed as an upgrade. I have the following in place now to prevent the upgrade: MajorUpgrade Disallow=yes