Re: [WiX-users] Detecting Which version of SQL is installed

2007-11-24 Thread Ben Reichelt
I would guess you'd have to write a custom action to investigate what they had installed and set it to a variable (like you suggested). However, just because someone has Sql Server or Sql Express doesn't guarantee that it will just be [COMPUTERNAME] or [COMPUTERNAME]\SQLEXPRESS. You can install ei

Re: [WiX-users] outlook com addin

2007-11-24 Thread Ben Reichelt
y running heat on a directory (not just a file) that contains all the > assemblies you need to register. > > > > Ben Reichelt wrote: > > I am making an installer for an Outlook vb6 COM addin. The addin consists > of 7 COM assemblies that need to be copied to the target mach

[WiX-users] outlook com addin

2007-11-23 Thread Ben Reichelt
I am making an installer for an Outlook vb6 COM addin. The addin consists of 7 COM assemblies that need to be copied to the target machine and then have regsvr32 called on each assembly. I have read that calling out to regsvr32.exe from the msi is not recommended and instead you should manually cr

Re: [WiX-users] Inconsistently uninstalling windows service

2007-11-13 Thread Ben Reichelt
I solved the problem, an earlier version of the application had been installed using the msi packages, and then manually deleted without actually uninstalling it. Uninstalling these older msi's fixed my windows service issues. Thanks for your help Bob On Nov 13, 2007 12:43 PM, Ben Rei

Re: [WiX-users] Inconsistently uninstalling windows service

2007-11-13 Thread Ben Reichelt
, 2007 10:35 AM, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben Reichelt wrote: > > The msi package installs and uninstalls correctly on my dev machine > > (WinXP) and another dev server (Win2k3). There are two servers that > > the msi fails to uninstall correctly. The files are

[WiX-users] Inconsistently uninstalling windows service

2007-11-12 Thread Ben Reichelt
Hello all, I have an msi package that copies my windows service to the Program Files and then creates a windows service for the exe. On uninstall, I stop and remove the windows service. I am using the "ServiceInstaller" and "ServiceControl" elements to install/uninstall the service. The msi packa