Re: [WiX-users] HavestDirectory -svb6

2015-06-09 Thread Edwin Castro
You could try setting the HarvestDirectoryAdditionalOptions property in your *.wixproj file. Something like this: -svb6 -- Edwin G. Castro On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Brad Woodfiel wrote: > With the Heat command there is an option '-svb6' for when dealing with dll > and ocx files crea

Re: [WiX-users] Signing issue with Burn installer

2015-06-09 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Because the burn.exe gets modified during the bundle build, so any signature on it would be invalidated. -Original Message- From: Rajesh Nagpal [mailto:rnag...@microsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 4:54 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Signing issue

Re: [WiX-users] GAC PubPolicy Files on Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview?

2015-06-09 Thread John Cooper
Are you using GACUTIL or the attributes on the File element to GAC? -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Integration Development Group | Continuing Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenry.com -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] Signing issue with Burn installer

2015-06-09 Thread Rajesh Nagpal
Thanks Phill for the response! Using "%(SignBundleEngine.FullPath)" and "%(SignBundle.FullPath)" returned the same value. I'll work on getting the right command line versions of sign tool but unless I resolve the above issue, it will not work. Does the file generated by running insignia -ib is

[WiX-users] HavestDirectory -svb6

2015-06-09 Thread Brad Woodfiel
With the Heat command there is an option '-svb6' for when dealing with dll and ocx files created in VB6. Is there a similar option for the HeatDirectory tasks? Thx -- ___ WiX-us

[WiX-users] GAC PubPolicy Files on Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview?

2015-06-09 Thread Rajiv Choudhary
I tried running our Wix-based installer on Windows Server Technical Preview and it choked on GACing a PubPolicy. Please see the attached extract from the install log. Is this a Windows bug or a WIx bug? It seems that RemoveDIrectoryAndChildren is failing - is that because the GACing action does

[WiX-users] Error 1721

2015-06-09 Thread Brett Cunningham
I have the attached Wix file. It compiles just fine. When running the installer, I get the message: "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run." Any ideas? Below is the log output from msiexec: === Logging started: 6/

Re: [WiX-users] Patches no longer working for a specific RTM using WiX 3.7 + Pure WiX Patching

2015-06-09 Thread Tunney, Stephen
I've been digging a lot deeper into what is going on when installing the product vs. applying the patch. Running procmon.exe (sysinternals) I see that the product is being registered here: HKCR\Installer\Products\BA2E5E0A5A687F244A67FD7AC4440CC2 HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ins

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate files from multiple locations

2015-06-09 Thread Brad Woodfiel
That's what I was afraid of. Thx Edwin. On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Edwin Castro wrote: > Unfortunately, you'll need to address the duplication yourself. The MSI > database schema doesn't allow for primary keys to be duplicated. > > > > Years ago, when I was using HarvestDirectory, I wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate files from multiple locations

2015-06-09 Thread Edwin Castro
Unfortunately, you'll need to address the duplication yourself. The MSI database schema doesn't allow for primary keys to be duplicated. Years ago, when I was using HarvestDirectory, I wrote some XSLT transforms to either remove duplicates or modify/set File/@Id to avoid duplication. I also had

[WiX-users] Duplicate files from multiple locations

2015-06-09 Thread Brad Woodfiel
Quick background on what I'm working on: I am creating a new WIX installer after years of using Install Shield for multiple of our PowerBuilder applications. The PB apps use files from our .Net applications and control libraries, so therefore are receiving files from multiple locations. These ex

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action Reuse

2015-06-09 Thread John Cooper
I either table drive the custom action (usually) or if that doesn't really make sense, I reference the properties in the custom action indirectly (using properties set to properties). -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Integration Development Group | Enterprise Notification

[WiX-users] Custom Action Reuse

2015-06-09 Thread Griesshammer, Christoph (GE Healthcare)
This is probably more of a coding-style question, but what's the best approach to reusing C# (or other) custom actions that use properties? Is it better to have a separate method for each declaration of the custom action that access properties specific to that declaration and use a common metho

Re: [WiX-users] Patches no longer working for a specific RTM using WiX 3.7 + Pure WiX Patching

2015-06-09 Thread Tunney, Stephen
Hey Keith, Recognize my last name in your street address? :) That was my great-great-great-great grand-uncle's farm! Not even joking. -Original Message- From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca] Sent: June-09-15 9:04 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.ne

Re: [WiX-users] Patches no longer working for a specific RTM using WiX 3.7 + Pure WiX Patching

2015-06-09 Thread Keith.Douglas
This may be totally off base, so take it with a grain of salt, but: I seem to remember that MSPs generally share a product code with their parent, though it drove me crazy trying to figure that sort of thing out. I have now told my colleagues I don't intent to support them, because they seemed w

Re: [WiX-users] Signing issue with Burn installer

2015-06-09 Thread Phill Hogland
I use "%(SignBundleEngine.FullPath)" and "%(SignBundle.FullPath)" respectively. I am not using /a, but that would depend on how the cert is managed. I import a pfx into the current users personal store. Then I use /n and provide the 'Issued To' name of the certificate. I als

Re: [WiX-users] [WIX]: MSI package creation failed

2015-06-09 Thread Tobias S
Just a guess... Not sufficient privileges for ICE Validation: Does this issue still occur if ICE validation is disabled? -- ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.