[WiX-users] wix200x.targets is missing in 3.5 binaries zip

Hi, I'm not subscribed to dev list, so I'll try it here: wix200x.targets is missing in 3.5 binaries zip file. perhaps you can add this before 3.5 release. See following patch from my local hg clone # HG changeset patch # User gudedo1 dominik.gu...@intedis.com # Date 1288789478 -3600 # Branch

Re: [WiX-users] Continuing questions about WiX

Hi, until rob implements this in 3.6 you might give nsis a try. http://nsis.sourceforge.net/CABSetup_plug-in So far Dominik -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Continuing-questions-about-WiX-tp5586332p5590478.html Sent from the

[WiX-users] wix source on codeplex is behind of sourceforge weekly

Hi, I'm doing some patch stuff right now and I saw the patch related changes on sourceforge wix35.feed from Sep 25th. I then updated my cloned source from codeplex and discovered that the latest commit was done on Sep 10th here. So where are the last two weeks gone? Another point I want to

Re: [WiX-users] Continuing questions about WiX

Hi, 1) the first warning could be ignored safely. This only means that ProgramFile is defined twice, once in your file and in crystal reports msm. (This is common for most MSMs) The other errors are from an old crystal msm. There was a similar thread in Februar. See

Re: [WiX-users] Can't find property for current user's home directory

bmahf wrote: Yeah, the 3rd party software is TortoiseHg. I have a program I need it to use in certain circumstances. I'd think these guys would know not to do this, and since they are so big and so widely used, it would be easier for me just to fix this on my end. I'll have to put a

Re: [WiX-users] How to grab directory of Excel.exe during installation

Basically, I know that the following registry key contains the directory I want and that it is consistent over Excel 2002/XP, Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 (same GUID for all three versions). HKCR\CLSID\{00024500---C000-0046}\LocalServer32 The value of this registry key is

Re: [WiX-users] Heat issues

1) The created wxs file is in UTF8 + Signature (BOM) (on my machine) I'm not sure if my machine/VS2005 has some wired configuration, but when I add the created files to VS2005 it is complaining that the xml header is not starting in first column. So I have to manually remove any BOM before

Re: [WiX-users] CreateFolder/RemoveFolder with Empty Component Guid

Hey Dominik, The Component/@Guid=* is the valid way to auto generate GUIDs. There is another switch -gg that generates GUIDs for you. What issue are using seeing using the *? Hi Brian, sorry for mixing Component/@Guid and Heat issue in my first message yes but not if only a CreateFolder

[WiX-users] Heat issues

\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll / So I only need one variable for INSTALLDIR and for test folder. Best regards Dominik guder -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Heat-issues-tp2605380p2605380.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

[WiX-users] CreateFolder/RemoveFolder with Empty Component Guid

Hi folks, I'm using the new heat dir crawler with following options: heat.exe dir checkdir -ag -ke ... this will add Guid=* for empty directories. (see below) Directory Id=dirCD72679E1B889C76ED32AD249638C5AE Name=checkdir Component Id=cmpC75F771B8B95C273CF288245AAB8D6BF Guid=* KeyPath=yes

Re: [WiX-users] Issue with Appsearch Functionality in Wix

Natrayan, Venkatesh IN BLR SISL wrote: Hi All, I am using the Appsearch to check a pre-requisite file for my application. If the file is present in the machine, the installation should continue and if not present the installation should abort and display the error. I include launch

Re: [WiX-users] Localization filename change

Neil Enns wrote: While Rob wasn't part of the change, I was :) I'm looking for feedback on how to best approach tweaking this. One option that's been suggested is to not rename the MSI file, and to instead put them into subdirectories. So on a build you'd have

[WiX-users] Localization filename change

Hi folks, adding the culture to the output file is a nice feature, if you have more than one language to maintain. In our case this is somewhat disturbing. We use standard wix dialogs wher we change the font size with localized values. Therefore it is required to add a wxl file. This results

Re: [WiX-users] wix 3.0.4123 custom action templates

Jason Ginchereau wrote: The templates were installed properly, but I think I know the problem: the .vstemplate files are marked with a version that is too new for VS2005 to recognize. They need to be version 2.0.0. Can you try this... In notepad, VS, or any text editor, open each of the

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall and ServiceControl

Christopher Butcher wrote: Thanks Bob I've done a registry search for the GUIDs used in the WXS file, but no entries in the registry. How would you suggest exploring where the component is shared, or how do you identify component rules violations? Hi Chris, the component guids (and

Re: [WiX-users] How to realize the Back button in VerifyReadyDlg?

Xu nanxuan wrote: For example, I need the following sequence: WelcomeDlg -- VerifyReadyDlg. But i've no idea how to realize the Back button in the latter dlg so that i can move back from VerifyReadyDlg during installation. I've tried the following methods but none work: Property

Re: [WiX-users] How to set Title in Summary Information Stream

Hi, as Heath stated it's hardcoded. :( But MS provided a vbs script (I couldn't find the link anymore) We are using it on regular basis until we switch to wix, since the msi file properties could not be set easily with wise installer in an automated build. See below hth Dominik ' Windows

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFileSearch for AppSearch?

Alexander Shevchuk wrote: Persist your parameter in the registry and retrieve it from there during maintenance/upgrade install. Hi Alex, yes I know I could use registry for this. But it looks very odd for me since .Net is propagating a App.config solution everywhere and now I'm forced

[WiX-users] XmlFileSearch for AppSearch?

Hi folks, is there anybody out there who is using some kind of XmlFileSearch to retrieve properties like it could be done with IniFileSearch or RegistrySearch? Our setup stores some parameters in App.config (as recommended for .Net Apps) which will be written on install. Installing and

Re: [WiX-users] Howto add shortcut to startup menu

Andrei wrote: I am looking for a way to add shortcut to the startup menu for the current user. I tried:Shortcut Id=StartupShortcut Directory=StartupFolder ...'/ however I got Unresolved reference to symbol 'Directory:StartupFolder' from light.exe Hi Andrei, Directory

Re: [WiX-users] Name of the msi with in the install file

vishnum wrote: And where does OriginalDatabase property gets set (As in after/before which event). Hi, before any Sequence e.g. InstallUISequence. (doing an /l*v helps :) I'm just wondering if you are writing a custom action and someother uses it and he doesn't know what this ca is

Re: [WiX-users] [Wix 3.0] Can't get PermissionEx working...

KStuart wrote: the case it should probably be marked at such in the schema, anyway I can't use [ComputerName] as the domain value as that would be assuming the logged on user was local, however if it interests anyone I played around a bit and came up with the following simple solution

Re: [WiX-users] Name of the msi with in the install file

vishnum wrote: I have a condition inside my install file based on the name of the msi for e.g: if my msi is named X then i set some registry keys but if its name is Y then I set it to something else... So is it possible to get the name of the msi inside the install file or Custom

Re: [WiX-users] Include whole directory-structure (like including a jre)

Patrick Schlaepfer wrote: And now, how to include the test2.wxs in the main .wxs file - using Version 3.0 ? FragmentRef seems to be deprecated Hi, try ComponentGroupRef Id= with Id from ComponentGroup you will find at the end of test2.wxs (usually CompontentGroup1) hth Dominik

Re: [WiX-users] Error after update: Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:ConfigureSmb' in section 'Fragment'

Chris-461 wrote: Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:ConfigureSmb' in section 'Fragment' Hi, try cleaning your intermediate files to perform a full rebuild. ConfigureSmb was replaced by ConfigureSmbInstall and ConfigureSmbUninstall in 3801. hth Dominik -- View this message in

Re: [WiX-users] WiXv3 (3808): error LGHT0204

Peter Jaworski wrote: What does this error mean: c:\tmp\vqbjy0iu\Libs_file.msi : error LGHT0204 : ICE39: PID_WORDCOUNT value in Summary Information Stream is not valid. Source image flags must be 0, 1, 2, or 3. ? Hi Peter, the Summary Info Stream Wordcount property is used to save

Re: [WiX-users] building wix

Frédéric Viollet wrote: -I finally found these files in the binary distribution. I tried from the weekly release sources after copying the files above, I got the following error: 71 errors, all about missing references... because Nant.Core could not be found. :) Is there a way to

Re: [WiX-users] MSMQ

Fitzpatrick, Paul J wrote: Using the latest release, I'm hoping that someone might provide some guidance on the best method to detect the MSMQ installation queue, and create the queue if it doesn't exist. Many thanks. Hi, from my point of knowledge. This is currently not implemented.

Re: [WiX-users] [Patch] Building from wix3-sources.zip

Bob Arnson-6 wrote: The files are also included in the binaries zip files so they are still available without CVS access. Using zip is ok and keeping (large) binaries out of sources.zip is ok for me. But DIFxApp.wixlib should be added or at least a wixlib project for building it, since

Re: [WiX-users] Weekly build missing WixComPlusExtension.dll in wix3-binaries.zip

alhails wrote: We are also waiting for a new ComplusExtension. I noticed that the source code was still present in the src folder. And attempted to perform a build myself. After negotiating a couple of errors, I have got stuck with this one... [exec] Build FAILED. [exec]

Re: [WiX-users] [Patch] Building from wix3-sources.zip

Bob Arnson-6 wrote: No. To save space, the source zips don't include the files that are included in the binaries zips. CVS does include all the files in buildable state. I see, but here at work I'm not able accessing CVS trough our proxy/firewall so it would be nice, if the files are

Re: [WiX-users] Handling VB6 COMs in WiXv2.0

Peter Jaworski wrote: Oh, that is a good news, but COM+ are used when for example I would like to use VB6 COMs from .net applications, does it true? Hi Peter, not really. Com+ is a transactional hosting container it can be used either by legacy (VB6) COM components or by .Net

[WiX-users] [Patch] Building from wix3-sources.zip

Hi, while I was trying to get the Complus and Msmq Extensions back to weekly builds I discovered following: The wix3-sources.zip is not in buildable state. Im just wondering if it should be? From my point of view it would be nice if wix could be built from sources zip package. Following is

Re: [WiX-users] A set of incrementally more complex examples to help writing build automation

Adam Kennedy-3 wrote: Does this still imply I need to hand-maintain something after the initial build? Would this limit us from doing things like automated daily builds of blead/svn versions and so on? First of all it is cruial (for us) to determine that there are files missing.

Re: [WiX-users] Handling VB6 COMs in WiXv2.0

Peter Jaworski wrote: After build and installation of such setup (where has been used WXS file produced by tallow) COMs are not registered. 1)What should I do to make COMs registering? SelfRegCost=1 is required to perform MSI SelfReg File Id=AttachW.ocx LongName=AttachW.ocx

Re: [WiX-users] Handling VB6 COMs in WiXv2.0

Peter Jaworski wrote: Once more: Is VB6 COMs registration supported in WIXv3 for now? Because a few weeks ago I was informed that not, because of some bug. That is why I have moved backward to WiXv2, so* I have* to use that ugly * tallow* instead of heat. I see, seems I was on the

Re: [WiX-users] A set of incrementally more complex examples to help writing build automation

Adam Kennedy-3 wrote: I'm trying to write an .msi target (zip and eve targets already exist) for a project that I do not myself control (The Perl programming language) and that changes over time. This rules out the recommended approach of hand-crafting the Wix XML files at the same

Re: [WiX-users] How can I use RegistrySearch to check if a key exists

Thomas Hargrove wrote: I am trying to determine if a registry key exists, but the key is a empty string. Hi, regarding http://www.nabble.com/RegistrySearch-with-empty-registrykeys-td13269405.html and its link to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371171.aspx states that this is

Re: [WiX-users] Service Permissions

Anidil wrote: Can you tell me how to add LsaAddAccountRights to a specific admin account? And how do i give these required persmissions through my wix code? The user/@LogonAsService attribute could be used (not tested by myself) Regards Dominik -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Wix layout

Dominik Guder wrote: this looks suitable for me. I'll give it a try. After a bunch of more important tasks I was able to come back to this task. I first tried the diff solution which worked as expected and I ended with a nant solution which removes the diff dependency. I would like

Re: [WiX-users] how to get ip address of the host machine

this name. hth Dominik Guder -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-to-get-ip-address-of-the-host-machine-tf4857248.html#a13912632 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: [WiX-users] Problem getting wxs file to work under WiX 3.0

Debbie Highgate wrote: Hi, I have a file that I've modified from a (working) WiX 2.0 file. light.exe complains about ProgramMenuMyApplicationFolder being in the user profile, but not being in the RemoveFile table. I added a RemoveFolder/ tag in the appropriate place, but this then got

Re: [WiX-users] Frustrating Bootstrapper problem

conkerjoe wrote: Im sorry i dont quite understand what you are suggesting. If i remove the RUNFROMEXE the user can launch the msi without the exe. which is not what i want. And .Net is not my only prerequisite.. i have over 10 custom prerequisite.. which i have working perfectly. my only

Re: [WiX-users] Frustrating Bootstrapper problem

conkerjoe wrote: the first being, i do not want the user to launch the msi standalone, this is easy, now the MSI is expecting a parameter RUNFROMEXE=1 before it will run. my issue is i cannot get the setup.exe to pass this to the msi when launching it. Hi, I couldn't find any way to

Re: [WiX-users] Wix layout

Christopher Painter wrote: In my build environment, one of my unit tests is to compare the contents of the MSI to the files that were available to be built. This alerts me to application changes that have new resources that I've not been told about. An overly simplified look at this

[WiX-users] Wix layout

Hi folks, I would like to move to Wix and I did the basic researches how do this. Now one major part is left and I have no idea how to solve this. We have right now an application with three features and ~ 200 files. This files will be copied to a deployment directory using nant. Then all files

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3 MSMQ and Votive

Jarrod Marshall wrote: Hello all, Does anyone have an example of using the updated MSMQ extensions in Votive v3? Right now, the trouble I'm having is that the schema seems invisible. Do I need to copy over some more schema files to the WiX MSI install path? Hi, yes, there are some

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3 MSMQ and Votive

Jarrod Marshall wrote: Thanks! Did you have any trouble uninstalling or installing when a queue exists? Hi, I'm sorry but I didn't moved to this point. This was my first test since I couldn't fine a working example like you. For now the msmq install is suspended. Regards Dominik --

Re: [WiX-users] Creating a folder with permissions of a new user

Adam Langley-4 wrote: !-this is outside the component -- util:Group Id=UsersGroup Name=Users / !-this is all inside of the component -- util:User Id=MyUser CreateUser=yes CanNotChangePassword=yes Name=MyUser Password=myuser RemoveOnUninstall=yes PasswordNeverExpires=yes