Re: [WiX-users] CreateFolder, Permission, ignore errors

Am 03.04.2010 15:23, Bob Arnson wrote: No, MSI doesn't offer that feature. thanks Bob Alex -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively,

[WiX-users] (network) permissions under vista

Hello, i still have problems with my custom actions on Windows Vista. With lots of workarounds and Execute='deferred' Impersonate='no' flags we got them working now on Vista in the most cases. The case where they don't work is when the program or parts of the program get installed on a network

Re: [WiX-users] vista custom actions

Rob Hamflett schrieb: If you want them to be elevated you want Impersonate=no. As for when they are executed, that depends on when you scheduled them, but a deferred custom action is supposed to be scheduled somewhere in the InstallExecuteSequence between InstallInitialize and

[WiX-users] vista custom actions

Hello, currently i have problems with our msi package under vista. With Google and the search in this newsgroup i figured out how to elevate the privileges. If I understood it correctly this works only if Execute=deferred Impersonate=yes The problem is that in our installers the order of the

Re: [WiX-users] create transformations, Orca alternatives

Wilson, Phil wrote: There's a vbscript WiGenXfm.vbs in the Windows Installer SDK. took a look at this script. It compares 2 MSI installations. But i have only 1 MSI file and want to create a transform which sets some properties (INSTALLDIR, ALLUSERS, SERIAL etc...) Alex

Re: [WiX-users] create transformations, Orca alternatives

Tony Hoyle wrote: took a look at this script. It compares 2 MSI installations. But i have only 1 MSI file and want to create a transform which sets some properties (INSTALLDIR, ALLUSERS, SERIAL etc...) That's how transforms work unfortunately.. they are used to turn one MSI into another

[WiX-users] conditional files, repair

Hello, i have conditional files in my setup. eg: a license file which is only copied when it exists on the media (same directory as the MSI). When a file is not on the media during the install, and does not get installed for this reason, the repair install also ignores this file. Is there a

Re: [WiX-users] properties form previous versions

Wilson, Phil wrote: The standard way to persist that (the main application directory) is to use a type 51 custom action and set the ARPINSTALLLOCATION property, then it will get persisted in the MSI way (meaning that MsiGetProductInfo with INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLLOCATION and other standard

[WiX-users] properties form previous versions

Hello, is there a way to get/access properties like INSTALLDIR and other custom properties from a previous installation which i update with an major upgrade using standard WIX functions? Thanks Alex - Take Surveys. Earn

[WiX-users] small and minor update problems

Hello, i have strange problems with small and minor udpates. I studied the example in the tutorial several times. The example works for me when i compile it. When i try to update my application then the update copies all new files, but it doesn't replace all exe or dll files which changed. When i

[WiX-users] upgrade nightmare

Hello, I am fighting for some days now with figuring out the best update strategy and writing samples for updating and/or patching. Is read the tutorial (http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php) several times but there are still lots of open questions. Also the MSDN doesn't help that much

Re: [WiX-users] Set Installdir

Hello, Jaap de Wolff schrieb: I do the same , I use After=LaunchConditions, which is about the first possible moment strange, i also tried this one and it didn't work for me. Here is my code: Property Id='INNO_INSTALLDIR' RegistrySearch Id=reg_read_innopath2 Key=... Name=... Root

[WiX-users] quiet execution

Hello, i have to uninstall the previous version of the program which i install with MSI now. The old version is not an MSI installer (Inno Setup). It will be uninstalled with a uninstaller exe. I grab the Path to the uninstall program from the registry using RegistrySearch/ and write it to a

Re: [WiX-users] quiet execution

Rob Hamflett schrieb: Really? I'm not correcting you, I just find it strange. As a work around you could have a custom action that sets the QtExecCmdLine property from another property you use for the reg search. Property Id='QtExecCmdLine ' RegistrySearch Id=reag_read

[WiX-users] Keep files after uninstall

Hello, What is the correct way of installing files which i don't want to uninstall later, or only uninstall with a custom action (eg. important databases). I read that files in a component without GUID will not be uninstalled. Is this the way to go? Thanks Alex

[WiX-users] german localization

Hello, following is missing in the German localization to compile with WixUI_InstallDir line 75: String Id=InstallDirDlgBrowseSamp;uchen.../String i work with the latest weekly release version 2.x could somebody add this to the source? Regards Alex