Re: [WiX-users] Localized strings not in Wix Extensions

2009-09-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Capaci, Chris wrote: > To work around this I've added the English strings to all my localized files > so the string ID is defined for each language. I don't particularly like that > so I figured I'd ask if there are any plans on getting strings in the Wix > Extensions localized. The extensions

Re: [WiX-users] 4 Msi's in one exe via setupbld.exe...

2009-09-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Dominique Louis wrote: > 1. How can I replace the Icon in Setup.exe at build-time? > Not directly exposed. > 2. The -bitmap option for setupbld.exe does not appear to work, has > anyone managed to get it to work? > Yes, it works in general. > 3. How can I have one large background, like a

Re: [WiX-users] Return to different dialog from Spawn-dialog

2009-09-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Ranganatha H C wrote: > On click of ButtonYes button I want to close the spawn dialog but I don't > want to return to "CustomDialog" dialog from this spawn dialog opened. > I want to return to a different dialog. > Is there any way to achieve this? > Add NewDialog control after after the SpawnD

Re: [WiX-users] KeyPath problem that I do not understand

2009-09-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Dirk Ziegelmeier wrote: > The line causing the error is " Name="[MergeRedirectFolder]ConstantNameB"..." so the problem seems to > be the property substitution in there. > *** But this RegistryValue is NOT the KeyPath of the component! *** > Please file a bug at SourceForge. -- sig://boB http:

Re: [WiX-users] Installing patch gives me "Error reading file" dialog

2009-09-17 Thread Bob Arnson
shibo wrote: > Id="D5Upgrade"> > SourceFile="C:/work/upgrade/decompressed/D5.msi" Order="1" > Are the directories reversed? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Come build with us!

Re: [WiX-users] Error when Building WiX

2009-09-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Andrew Bale wrote: > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/building_wix.html > Are you trying to build WiX v2.0 or v3.0? For v3.0, see Neil's blog post: http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-create-wix-build-machine.html. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Burn Documentation

2009-09-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Simon Dahlbacka wrote: > $(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\..\..\build\debug\x86\ > No proof that's from me... -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2

Re: [WiX-users] Installing Device Metadata on Windows 7

2009-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Quinton Tormanen wrote: > Since I don't see a Windows Installer property for this device metadata > store, I'm guessing that I will need to create a custom action to make > this call for me? Any alternate ideas and/or examples of a C++ custom > action doing something similar? I'm thinking I should

Re: [WiX-users] Localization of MSI Installer

2009-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
mahesh u wrote: > So, Is there any way I can localize installer UI dynamically i.e. something > like when Installer starts up detect the OS language and localize it to that > language? > MSI doesn't support that; the closest that's supported is a bootstrapper that applies the appropriate langua

Re: [WiX-users] Registry keys in merge modules

2009-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Uma Harano wrote: > Is there anyway a .reg file can be converted into a merge module project > using WiX 3.0? > There's nothing built in to support that. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports

Re: [WiX-users] Burn Documentation

2009-09-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Jason Jibben wrote: > I know it's early, but I'm looking for some documentation on Burn. I have a > project that sounds right up Burn's alley, and looking forward to seeing what > Burn can do. > > I keep up to date with Rob's and boB's blogs, and downloaded WiX 3.5 (Latest > weekly release), in

Re: [WiX-users] Component condition not works properly

2009-08-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Dmitry Berkovich wrote: > As you can see from example I want install Comp2 only if F1 selected, > even if F2 selected (Comp2 belong to F2). > It needs to belong in both features. MSI won't install it if its parent feature isn't being installed. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Too large a feature - How do I split it down?

2009-08-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Andreas Mertens wrote: > Back in the main *.wxs file, in your Feature element, simply add a > FeatureRef element that refers to the Feature of your component group in the > other file(s). > You can also use ComponentGroup/ComponentGroupRef instead. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Registry keys in merge modules

2009-08-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Uma Harano wrote: > Is there any way to do this with WiX? It's not supported. It's easy to violate component rules. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Report

Re: [WiX-users] Curious Why WiX Build Outputs AnyCPU assemblies to the X86 Directory

2009-08-30 Thread Bob Arnson
jnewton wrote: > I was building WiX and noticed that AnyCPU assemblies are outputted to the > x86 folder. I was just curious as to why this was the case. Its not a big > deal, just curiosity. > Mostly because it's annoying to do it the "right" way. Pretty much everything is platform-specific ev

Re: [WiX-users] adding registry entries if a checkbox is removed, and removing these entries if they exist when the product is uninstalled

2009-08-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Sean Farrow wrote: > Thanks, are there any sample dialogues with some text, and edit box with > a label, a checkbox and back, next and cancel buttons? > I don't know of any, but there might be some open source projects you could model after. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] UAC problem with IIS

2009-08-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Nicolas Lambert wrote: > I have an issue with the UAC and IIS clashing. Vista SP1 and Server 2008 requires elevated rights to read the metabase; previous versions could read from an immediate CA. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] Creating a patch that restarts existing service

2009-08-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Andy2k8 wrote: > How do I create a patch that restarts the existing service followed by the > files update? > Use ServiceControl/@Start="install". -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle t

Re: [WiX-users] SelectTree mutually exclusive options

2009-08-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Slide wrote: > Is there a way when using the SelectTree component to have mutually > exclusive components, such that if the user chooses one item, it > automatically deselects another item from being installed? > > The SelectionTree control doesn't support that. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.

Re: [WiX-users] Skipping Finish dialog and inserting AdvancedWelcomeEulaDlg

2009-08-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Sebastiaan Deckers wrote: > I am using WixUI_Minimal and would like the installer to skip the Finish > screen, and launch my application immediately. > > Also I would like to know how the AdvancedWelcomeEulaDlg can be used instead > of the default WelcomeEulaDlg. Ideally even replacing the Checkbox

Re: [WiX-users] adding registry entries if a checkbox is removed, and removing these entries if they exist when the product is uninstalled

2009-08-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Sean Farrow wrote: > I have a checkbox on the last screen of my installation. If this > checkbox is checked, I want to add entries to the registry. Do I need to > use a custom action, or is there another way of doing this? Also how can > Put the checkbox on a dialog before the install starts and

Re: [WiX-users] Does the WiX Build Use Any Type of Continuous Integration System?

2009-08-22 Thread Bob Arnson
jnewton wrote: > I like how the WiX build is setup with NAnt and so its a good reference point > for me when creating my automated builds. I was wondering if yall use any > type of Continuous Integration System like TeamCity to handle your builds? > Nope. 90+ percent of WiX checkins happen Thur

Re: [WiX-users] How To Create a shortcut with target variable that expands when selected

2009-08-22 Thread Bob Arnson
mfr...@fftw.com wrote: > What I want is to have the shortcut target end up being > "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -jar myfile.jar" > > I cannot create valid syntax for any of the options I have tried (ICE03). > Shortcut/@Target is formatted, so you can use the formatted [%VAR] syntax. -- sig://boB ht

Re: [WiX-users] SpawnDialog doesn't work

2009-08-22 Thread Bob Arnson
tcherkv wrote: >Event="SpawnDialog" Value="NoVcbDlg">1 > Sebastian's comment is right on: You're adding a control event but the existing control events still exist. See "Customizing Built-in WixUI Dialog Sets" in wix.chm for details. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] Actions from Execute sequence in UI

2009-08-22 Thread Bob Arnson
Sebastian Brand (Instyler Software) wrote: > Does anybody know why the following standard sequence actions are allowed in > the adminUIsequence table? I thought they should be authored into > adminEXECUTEsequence only. Wix though allows to add them to adminUIsequence > as well: > Weird. Can you

Re: [WiX-users] setupbld.exe: errors, messages not very clear "The process terminated unexpectedly"

2009-08-22 Thread Bob Arnson
Jason Woodall wrote: > Is there a way to catch specific messages? display internal UI messages, > etc? > No. There's no extensibility in setupexe, which is one of the thing Burn aims to implement. (Already does, actually.) -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: Custom Action Type 50 - Read registry to uninstall the previous version of software

2009-08-22 Thread Bob Arnson
little.forest wrote: > The result is: nothing happened - the uninstaller didn't run. The first diagnostic step is almost always a verbose log. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle the rep

Re: [WiX-users] MSI to WIX for web setup compiler error

2009-08-18 Thread Bob Arnson
Tasneem Jappie wrote: > I've used dark.exe to create a wix project from a working msi for a web > service solution. I get the following two compile errors and I'm > stumped (noob), please help? > > > > Error 1 Unresolved reference to symbol > 'CustomAction:WEBCA_CreateURLs' in

Re: [WiX-users] How best to write an msi that calls other msis?

2009-08-18 Thread Bob Arnson
Kent Cross wrote: > We have a set of 4 separate apps that currently have their own installer. We > would like to write a single installer that installs all four apps instead > of forcing our installer to click on each MSI in turn. For historical > reasons we would like to keep the individual instal

Re: [WiX-users] Text randomly disappearing

2009-08-18 Thread Bob Arnson
David G. Hoyt wrote: > Has anyone else noticed text in dialog descriptions disappearing randomly? No. Have you seen it on any other version of Windows or MSI? (I'm wondering if it's version-specific, though I developed WixUI originally on XP/MSI 3.1, so...Video drivers are also a possibility, s

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0204 - directory not in removefile table despite my attempt to remove it

2009-08-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Eric Napier wrote: > > > If you don't specify RemoveFolder/@Directory, it defaults to the directory of its parent component. RemoveFolder/@Id is just the primary key of the MSI table. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] question about upgrades

2009-08-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Amy Rosewater wrote: > Action start 14:38:31: RemoveExistingProducts. > > RemoveExistingProducts: Application: > 20ED61C2-44DA-4CD4-AD05-DBE0F7ACAE7C, Command line: > UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE={3FB60C36-A33C-49EA-B502-5A75AFEB84A2} > CLIENTUILEVEL=0 REMOVE=ALL > Try that command line from outside th

Re: [WiX-users] Maintenance mode when installed from temp

2009-08-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Peter Shirtcliffe wrote: > It all seems to work and we have a few thousand users since we released > earlier this year. If you find better ways to do any of this, Im sure > the list would be interested to hear what you did, even if everyones > requirements differ. > Burn caches to a predictable

Re: [WiX-users] KeyPath documentation clarification request

2009-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
John Aldridge wrote: > ...but it appears (based on opening an MSI with Orca) that WiX will choose a > KeyPath file for you in some circumstances, at least for the case where a > component contains just a single Yes, WiX chooses the first keypath-able resource as the component's keypath. The doc

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Lian Jiang wrote: > Is it possible to disable uninstallation in my msi to achieve below goals? > I don't know. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2

Re: [WiX-users] Running .exe after installation.

2009-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Andrew Macvean wrote: > However I have never managed to successfully get the .exe to run. Check a verbose log to see what happens. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Fre

Re: [WiX-users] specifying multiple values for a property

2009-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
Eric Napier wrote: > I want to specify all the domain groups that can use my application.Is there > a way I can get them all in the same property - e.g. msiexec /i my.msi > LEGITGROUP=administrators LEGITGROUP=powerusers LEGITGROUP=someothergroup > > The number of permitted groups will be variable.

Re: [WiX-users] Can ProgId look at header of file to determin file association?

2009-08-10 Thread Bob Arnson
jo...@msli.com wrote: > Is there some method to use the header in the xml to associate my some > xml files with may app? > Windows doesn't support that. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports han

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.5.0731.0 is missing the VS2010 Integration

2009-08-03 Thread Bob Arnson
John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: > The latest build, and the previous one are missing the VS2010 integration. > Could one of the Wix Developers contact me offline so I can help with this? > There's an open bug. You're welcome to dig in, but I know it's on the radar of one of th

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Lian Jiang wrote: > I agree it sounds like a strange requirement for most projects which I didn't > even believe at the beginning. But it is legitimate for my project due to > some business reason... > > Can this be done technically? > Users already have to elevate to do the uninstall; once t

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

2009-08-02 Thread Bob Arnson
Lian Jiang wrote: > (1)Users cannot use this msi to uninstall, which means: > Why would you want to do that? It's the software equivalent of "Crunchy Frog" -- a very unexpected and unpleasant surprise. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] Stopping IIS website during uninstall

2009-08-02 Thread Bob Arnson
Richard Hollis wrote: > But it doesn't seem to stop IIS in time and I still get the prompt that > setup needs to restart. I tried it as a deferred action and immediate and > it doesn't work either way. > > Is there any way I can run a deferred (elevated) CA before RemoveFiles and > shut that sucka

Re: [WiX-users] WixQueryOsWellKnownSID fails on Windows NT 4.0

2009-08-02 Thread Bob Arnson
lambda...@hushmail.com wrote: > important in this situation. Although I could make a separate > installer for use on NT 4.0, is it possible to make > WixQueryOsWellKnownSID work on this OS? > No. It uses LookupAccountSid, which requires Windows 2000. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] How to get consistent behavior from ARPxxxx properties

2009-08-02 Thread Bob Arnson
Jacques Eloff wrote: > I never set any of the ARPxxx properties in my installer code. I noticed > that by default, the entry for my application under > HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{guid} always contains an > entry for NoModify set to 0x0001. > MSI doesn't write that valu

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall can't stop running application due to UAC

2009-08-02 Thread Bob Arnson
lambda...@hushmail.com wrote: > . If I run the MSI without elevation and click Remove, it still > says a reboot will be necessary, There's no way for MSI to know what the custom action will do. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Building a project using Wix 3.0.5217 fails

2009-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Vuchuru, Surekha (SBT US EXT) wrote: > I have installed Wix 3.0.5217 version Use the RTM version of WiX: 3.0.5419.0. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Repo

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall can't stop running application due to UAC

2009-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
lambda...@hushmail.com wrote: > I want uninstallation to always be able to close my application. > The WiX CloseApplication element offers the ElevatedCloseMessage attribute to do this. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT1055 Warning when linking 2 InstallShield merge modules

2009-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
dmcgloin wrote: > Are you saying that all InstallShield merge modules are invalid by default? > No. > That would seem to be a serious bug in InstallShield. Is there a Microsoft > Merge Module specification document that I could point them to that would > show them that they are producing bro

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3.5 Custom Action Project Template Bug

2009-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Uwe Stump wrote: > The issue remains in 3.5.0724.0: > The issue is still open in the SourceForge tracker. Unless someone marks it pending, it means nobody has fixed it yet. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- L

Re: [WiX-users] Using different WiX releases at the same time & msbuild?

2009-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Gremlin wrote: > How can I use 2 different WiX-Releases on the same machine on different > projects with msbuild? > They can't both be installed but they can be imported. See "Using WiX With MSBuild" for topics on the matter. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] (Heath Stewart's Blog) : installing ps snapins with wix, not in the GAC

2009-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Mark Parker wrote: > Yes, WiX v3.0.5217. > Use the RTM version of WiX: 3.0.5419.0. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify

Re: [WiX-users] WixUtilExtension documentation

2009-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Ole Martin Sørli wrote: >> I'd like to know what Custom Actions I can reference, and what they do. >> > > An overview of the WixUtilExtension and its possibilities would be fine > WiX.chm has all that. Do a search on "WixUtilExtension" and you'll get 18 hits. -- sig://boB http://joyofse

Re: [WiX-users] WiX patch support in Votive

2009-07-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Ole Martin Sørli wrote: > Any news on this feature-request? > If there are no updates in the tracker item, there is no news. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Cr

Re: [WiX-users] Resources for Understanding Features

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote: > The installer should not execute if the user does not select at least one > feature. (Is this expressible with a LaunchCondition?) > No. Feature states are valid only after CostFinalize. LaunchConditions is before that and it's not clear you should change

Re: [WiX-users] correctly define preprocessor var in wxs?

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
jo...@msli.com wrote: > The lines in MyApp.variables.wxi > > Try dropping the $() surrounding it; the $() syntax tells the preprocessor to insert the value but is expecting a symbol not a value. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] WixUtilExtension documentation

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Ole Martin Sørli wrote: > Is there any documentation on the WixUtilExtension apart from the schema and > sourcecode? > What kind of doc are you looking for? WixExitEarlyWithSuccess has its own topic "WixExitEarlyWithSuccess Custom Action." -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT1055 Warning when linking 2 InstallShield merge modules

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
dmcgloin wrote: > The WiX warning explanation seems to imply that the InstallShield default > custom action is flawed, perhaps because the merge module custom action is > not scoped to the Merge Module GUID in the ModuleInstallExecuteSequence? > > Is there a safe/recommended way to make this warnin

Re: [WiX-users] Need a Good Working Sample

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Ravi Patt wrote: > G:\WiX3\wix3.0.5419.0-sources\src\Setup. > If you want to build WiX, you need to get a CVS checkout. The sources .zip file doesn't contain large binary files needed to build. > for eg: $(ROOT), $(WIX_ROOT). Looks like these values are not getting set > correctly on my dev

Re: [WiX-users] FW: How to compute parent directory of file path?

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Vijai Kalyanapasupathy wrote: > Now, I need to compute the parent directory of the file path retrieved as the > value of the property LOADAGENTSERVICEEXECUTABLE. > > Is there a specific way to do this? > MSI doesn't have a way to do that natively. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Referencing Environment Variables in WiX

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
troy hostetter wrote: > error CNDL0150: Undefined preprocessor variable > '$(env.Install_Environment)'. > Use first to see if it's defined. Don't use $() around it in an . -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- _

Re: [WiX-users] Perform conditional Registry Searches

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
tom.chmielen...@bentley.com wrote: > Should I not worry about it and just perform each of the 200+ sequential > RegistrySearches? > Is it slow? http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?PrematureOptimization Registry searches are going to be fast. Thousands might be a concern; hundreds, no. -- sig://boB

Re: [WiX-users] How to queue the dialog and custom actions?

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Jirong Hu wrote: > 1. What does this do? If I don't add this , it doesn't appear in InstallUISequence table, and I can't > specify CustomActionB run after this dialog. > InstallUISequence is used to schedule actions and dialogs but once a modal dialog is shown, InstallUISequence stops until

Re: [WiX-users] Help with MSHelp2 MSHelp - FIXED

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Dale Quigg wrote: > I've followed David's example, but vs:HelpFilter only has Fragment or > Product for Parents (not Module). > Module is a valid parent in WiX v3.0 RTM. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- _

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO error

2009-07-25 Thread Bob Arnson
to add the dll in? Where > can I download it? > Thanks > -Original Message----- > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:50 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] VSTO er

Re: [WiX-users] patching - Re: Component GUIDs

2009-07-22 Thread Bob Arnson
shibo wrote: > 1. auto-generate GUIDs > When using option -ag, I have to manaully change * to a real GUID. > Why? > Is my finding correct? > I don't know. I'd go by the doc. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] Burn, and preventing files being added to a setup

2009-07-22 Thread Bob Arnson
Sean Farrow wrote: > Is there any information on the burn utility as to how itworks and how > it can be uses? > Not yet. > Secondly, I'm creating a setup for a product and need to prevent some > files being added to the setup for the time-being, is there a way of > doing this using a #define o

Re: [WiX-users] the doc/examples/wixui/custom directory

2009-07-22 Thread Bob Arnson
Ole Martin Sørli wrote: > it says to look in the doc/examples/wixui/custom directory, but I can't seem > to find that anywhere... > They never got finished so we removed them but didn't update the help file. Gabor's tutorial discusses some customizations at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/le

Re: [WiX-users] How do I register a 32bit dll on a 64bit OS ?

2009-07-21 Thread Bob Arnson
Arvind Aiyar wrote: > So I took your advice and tried to separate my 32-bit and 64-bit components. > Now the 32-bit components install into [ProgramFilesFolder] and the platform > independent ones into [ProgramFiles64Folder]. However, now when I compile my > 32-bit MSI, it cribs that I'm using d

Re: [WiX-users] VSTO error

2009-07-21 Thread Bob Arnson
Shawn Zhou wrote: > When I tried to add a VSTO dll to wix, I got the following error: > Error 1 Either > 'Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.AssemblyDefaultWixExtensionAttribute' > was not defined in the assembly or the type defined in extension > '..\AtlantaPowerPointAddIn\bi

Re: [WiX-users] How do I register a 32bit dll on a 64bit OS ?

2009-07-21 Thread Bob Arnson
Arvind Aiyar wrote: > It's a x64 MSI. I used the Win64=no setting and sure enough I got ICE80 > errors :-(, but the registration seems to have worked. Any ideas on how to > get rid of the ICE errors - "This 32BitComponent X uses 64BitDirectory > X" > 32-bit components should go to 32

Re: [WiX-users] Component GUIDs

2009-07-21 Thread Bob Arnson
shibo wrote: > My tests show that directory / component Ids stay the same from > build-to-build, but not their GUIDs. > Do you change directories? > Does this mean that only directory / component Ids are used in patching in > WiX 3.0, not GUIDs? > No, they all need to be consistent for pat

Re: [WiX-users] My custom wix UI extension only runs on the machine on which it built?

2009-07-21 Thread Bob Arnson
Will Page wrote: > So without understanding what's wrong with this extension, I have little > hope of making a more complex extension work as desired. > You haven't described what's wrong. What error message do you get? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Install files to Public documents folder

2009-07-21 Thread Bob Arnson
Ondrej Zarevucky wrote: > I coudn't find any other property which will resolve to Public Documents > folder. Can someone hint me, how to install these public/shared samples > there? > WiX provides the WIX_DIR_COMMON_DOCUMENTS property. See "OSInfo custom actions" in WiX.chm. -- sig://boB h

Re: [WiX-users] How to implement tab control in a Dialog

2009-07-21 Thread Bob Arnson
Kevin Jin wrote: > Is it possible to have a multi-tab control in a Dialog? > No, MSI doesn't support that. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to wi

Re: [WiX-users] Condition in Feature

2009-07-21 Thread Bob Arnson
Tamara Kustarova wrote: > The feature examples consists of features: > examples_feature1 (will be hidden) > examples_feature2 (will be hidden) > I want to install feature "examples_feature1" ONLY if user selected > feature1 to install and feature "examples" to install. Similarly, I want > to inst

Re: [WiX-users] New Major Version. Should I have new Components GUIDs?

2009-07-21 Thread Bob Arnson
Pally Sandher wrote: > If you want to know what happens if you don't change the GUID's read up > MSI supports having multiple products install the same component to different directories. But it does require even more strict adherence to all the component rules, so changing GUIDs (or letting

Re: [WiX-users] Specifying subfolder name at install time.

2009-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
Greg Silin wrote: > I know I can set a Directory via Property, but in that case I have to specify > the full path. In this case, I only need to set that one folder name. > MSI doesn't support that, but you can always use SetDirectory to set the target name relative to a parent directory (i.e

Re: [WiX-users] merge modules not working only vcredist.exe

2009-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
warne warne wrote: > Thanks for tip re static link & explaining InstallExecuteSequence. Im not > really concerned though about the custom action (launch app after > installation checkbox). I only mentioned it to reference the error message > 2896 in the log in case someone suggested it. The prob

Re: [WiX-users] Updating web.config field value depending on if machine's 64bit or 32bit

2009-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
Erica Chang (PROJECT) wrote: > It appears that we are still using version 2 of wix, not 3...and so I do not > see WixUtilExtension.dll > > Is there a way to do this in version 2 of wix? > That's where you need to link with wica.wixlib. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Need a Good Working Sample

2009-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
Ravi Patt wrote: > I took WiX3.msi and decompiled it using dark.exe. Don't decompile it; use the source code from src\setup\*.wxs. > Where can I get the Custom Actions and their source? > src\ext\VSExtension\wixlib -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the PrintEula.dll from Wix source?

2009-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) wrote: > I saw some source code about PrintEula in wix > sources\src\ext\UIExtension\ca folder. However, I don't know how to get > PrintEula.dll. Just reference its Id; Light.exe will pull it from WixUtilExtension. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] I'd call this an error, not a warning

2009-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
Mark Roden wrote: > : warning MSB3155: Item 'Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1' could not be > located in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft > SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\'. > > > I'd call that actually a pretty severe error, not a warning. > That's the .NET bootstrapper, not WiX. -- sig://boB htt

Re: [WiX-users] controlling install location based on the value of ALLUSERS

2009-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
Eric Napier wrote: > If ALLUSERS is 1, I want to install to ProgramFilesFolder. If ALLUSERS is > blank, I want to install to LocalAppDataFolder.Any recommendations for how > to accomplish this? > SetDirectory custom actions with conditions based on ALLUSERS. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com

Re: [WiX-users] WixVariables and GUIDs

2009-07-18 Thread Bob Arnson
rh_maill...@mac.com wrote: > Thanks Brian, this does work (I thought I'd tried this and it didn't before!) > Odd that if I define the GUID as a pre-processor variable it doesn't require > {}'s and if you enter the GUID manually Wix says it doesn't need them. > http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/

Re: [WiX-users] 64bit package compiling

2009-07-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Igor Lemsky wrote: > I have x64 Windows XP. I tried to make 64 bit package by setting attribute: > > and during compilation got an error: > light.exe : error LGHT0310 : Failed to open package for validation. The > most common cause of this error is validating an x64 package on an x86 > system. To

Re: [WiX-users] Modular installation

2009-07-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Makrai Jozsef wrote: > I could get things this far is to use different product/package codes, > which seems to imply different entries in the "add/remove progs" list. > There is no clear ordering between the modules, so making them as upgrades > doesn't seem viable. And merge modules, AFAIK, can on

Re: [WiX-users] Can I control the UI when uninstall

2009-07-14 Thread Bob Arnson
zhihai guo wrote: > In reality I just don't want the uninstall can be interrupted. > Installation can always be interrupted, even without a cancel button. Your setup should tolerate that with proper rollback. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] Vs90Setup from WixVsExtension

2009-07-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Anton de Wit wrote: > Now I have a problem. I'm using the 5419 build of Wix 3 and started out > doing the same. Place files in GAC and create registry keys. If your VSPackage is in the GAC, it's not available until the setup is finalized, after InstallFinalize, so trying to run VS90Setup then wo

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with customization of installer

2009-07-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Igor Lemsky wrote: > I have had different problem a year ago: I must create 3 installers which > was similar to each other, but was some differents: one have all features, > and other two only some features from the whole set. So I use proprocessor > variables like so: > The canonical WiX appro

Re: [WiX-users] Need a Good Working Sample

2009-07-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Ravi Patt wrote: > Can we get a good working sample which can be used as a template while > designing our installs. Maybe somebody from MS could post one of their > implementation. Check out the WiX installer source. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Option checkbox in ExitDialog isn't transparent

2009-07-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Sleightholm wrote: > That doesn't solve the problem, the checkbox grey background is a system > colour which is different on different OS's or if the user has changed from > the defaults so the bitmap colour can't be determined. > Sure it does: Use a different size of bitmap. > I can se

Re: [WiX-users] Hiding passwords in the installation log file

2009-07-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Rob MacFadyen wrote: > Is it possible to shield a property value from being displayed in the > installation log file? Property/@Hidden -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge

Re: [WiX-users] Option checkbox in ExitDialog isn't transparent

2009-07-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Do you mean screen readers for the blind? If so I have done some work with > these and they are usually implemented to read the text of the control with > the focus (i.e. when tabbing around the dialog) or the text under the mouse. > As both the checkbox and label have

Re: [WiX-users] Purely Wix Admin based patch not replacing all files

2009-07-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Shawn Dwyer wrote: > I worked with MS support and we believe we have resolved this issue. > It came down to a bug in my original installer where my custom UI was > being shown even when patches were applied. Apparently this was > tweaking some feature states (although I don't know how or why,

Re: [WiX-users] Do not change the service start type on upgrade

2009-07-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Saurabh wrote: > Also I do not mind if we delete the service as long as we can save the start > type before deleting and then set the start type to the same during > serviceinstall. > MSI doesn't support that; it will install the service with the start type defined in the ServiceInstall tab

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types?

2009-07-09 Thread Bob Arnson
John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: > .Management.Client.wixproj : error MSB4057: The target > "GetResolvedReferencePat > hs" does not exist in the project. > Certainly seems like a bug; that target isn't defined in wix2010.targets. Could you open a bug and attach this output? --

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in Votive

2009-07-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Wright, Lance wrote: > On the properties page for the Votive project there is a property > "InstallAllUsers". Which version of Votive? There's no such string in v3.0. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Enter th

Re: [WiX-users] msi failure when using ServiceConfigFailureActions

2009-07-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Lian Jiang wrote: > Yes, I am using win2k8 server R2. Sorry to forget mentioning this. > What does a verbose log say? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your c

Re: [WiX-users] wix icon

2009-07-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Yu, Brian wrote: > Is there a way in WIX to add icon to the dialog boxes at Top left > corner? > Windows Installer doesn't support that. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challen

Re: [WiX-users] msi failure when using ServiceConfigFailureActions

2009-07-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Lian Jiang wrote: > But installing msi failed with the message "no enough priviledge". Check a verbose log for the exact error message. > If I remove the ServiceConfigFailureActions node, the msi works fine. > > Did I miss anything when using ServiceConfigFailureActions? > Are you expecting

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