This MSKB article discusses how to do it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259697
> -Original Message-
> From: Shane Corbin [mailto:shane_cor...@selinc.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 22:49
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades
>
> I'm
ly telling customers how to do a
full
> repair on a case by case basis as this occurs. Did anyone ever find a fix
for
> this?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
> On 29/11/2010 21:23, James Johnston wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > A couple questions, both regarding DIFxApp. (We
What's wrong? You're DPInst. Use DIFxApp, not DPInst. DIFxApp was
designed for MSI; you're trying to fit a square peg into a round hole using
DPInst.
For example, have you considered whether your MSI works correctly in a
rollback situation? Uninstall? Repair? Situations where the user
interf
Maybe the driver is not WHQL signed?
I'm not sure why you wouldn't have the same issue with DPInst, however. I
was under the impression that the various DIFX methods (DPInst, DIFxApp,
DIFxAPI) would all call the same underlying code to perform the driver
install. Seems like anything else would b
et.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Broken links on WiX web site
>
> We do, can you please file a bug?
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 9:15 AM, James Johnston soft.com>wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The page at:
> > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/WixUI_di
Hi,
The page at:
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/WixUI_dialog_library.htm
contains some broken links. Specifically, WixUI_Mondo and WixUI_Minimal are
broken (404 Not Found).
Not sure who maintains the web site so I'm writing to this list...
Best regards,
James Joh
> -Original Message-
> From: Shane Corbin [mailto:shane_cor...@selinc.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 18:07
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp and upgrades
>
> Hey James,
>
> Did you ever get any resolution to your problem regarding scanning for
> -Original Message-
> From: Branko Horvat [mailto:branko_hor...@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 14:14
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] wix ftdi drivers
>
>
>
>
> My driver msi is now set to perMachine installation. When I comment both
> James,
>
> I realised the RemoveFolder tags are necesary because I am installint into
> userprofile, not for all users on a computer as I hope it want ask admin
> permission to install.
1. Drivers run in kernel mode and have complete control over everything on
the computer at the lowest level.
> -Original Message-
> From: Branko Horvat [mailto:branko_hor...@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 12:57
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] wix ftdi drivers
>
>
> >> C:\Users\hob\Documents\WiX\ftdiinstall.wsx(29)
> >> C:\Users\hob\Documents\Wi
Some comments below; they may not fix your problem, but point to other
issues in the WXS:
> -Original Message-
> From: Branko Horvat [mailto:branko_hor...@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 09:27
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] wix ftdi drivers
Another concern might be slight alterations of the user interface. For
example, suppose I want to slightly modify one of the user interface
templates. I've read it's recommended to copy/paste a small snippet of user
interface WiX code into my project and customize it. Does that mean my
entire se
Did you just miss the discussion that has been going on at this exact same
moment? Someone else is trying to do the same thing as you with DPInst.
Sorry, but your approach is broken. I doubt you're considering many of the
intricacies of Windows Installer. Read my response at the end of
http://s
> -Original Message-
> From: nejiba [mailto:nejiba.ta...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 09:26
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom action with administrator privileges
>
> Re
> I was following the tutorial here:
> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/l
> -Original Message-
> From: tzleon [mailto:tzl...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 06:52
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] How to mix 32bit driver and 64bit driver into same
> package?
>
> I wish to mix 32bit driver and 64bit driver into same package, bu
> -Original Message-
> From: Frank Jenner [mailto:frank8...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 19:29
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: [WiX-users] DIFxApp driver files in multiple directories
>
> I'm attempting to use the WixDifxAppExtension to in
> -Original Message-
> From: Don Walker [mailto:don.wal...@versaterm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 15:56
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Windows Installer 3.1 or 4.5 for XP?
>
> I'm likely to be supporting installs on Windows XP until past the MS end
of
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 05:44
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bundle fails on WIN2K machine ".exe is not a
valid
> Win32 application"
>
> To pass a secur
You might find the bootstrapper in Visual Studio 2008 to be useful. We're
using it to deal with the .NET Framework 2.0 prerequisite, and it works fine
even on Win XP RTM (untested on Win2K). (.NET 2.0 is the minimum we require
because Vista RTM includes .NET 2.0, so prerequisite install is only n
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customb=0&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=149&qpnp=11
^-- Source of my data in this message...
That is something that has been bugging me too while reading this
discussion. So my random thoughts on this topic of OS compatibility...
crosoft's apparent
direction as well, The latest SSDT (SQL Development Tools) uses the same
methodology of the /layout switch.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/hh297027
John
-Original Message-
From: James Johnston [mailto:johnst...@inn-soft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06
And this is why there needs to be a simple "off-line bundle" file ready to
download. Seems like it shouldn't be too hard to include in the WiX build
process, and would make a lot of people's lives easier. Realistically, I
don't think there's a better solution than utilizing the built-in file
down
Also agree 100% on this for the reasons Chris mentions. The rest of this
message is my (perhaps strong) opinion on web setups. Web setups for
development tools in general encourage bad habits. It might not be such a
big deal with "consumer" software on home computers, like Acrobat Reader &
compa
You may have signed with your self-signed certificate, and you may even have
added it to some random place in the certificate store, but your driver
isn't WHQL signed. Please review these topics, depending on what your
operating system is:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff543654(VS.85).as
"The driver will be signed for production; it just isn't at the moment"
It doesn't matter what will eventually be done. What matters is that your
driver is not currently signed. The Legacy option / Windows can't see into
the future and know that you're eventually going to sign it.
"I shouldn't
Did you remember to set the Legacy attribute to "yes" on your Driver
element?
See http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/difxapp_xsd_driver.htm for more
info. Specifically:
"Legacy YesNoTypeIf set to "yes", configures DIFxApp to install
unsigned driver packages and driver packages with m
If I remember correctly, the justification for adding dedicated driver
entries to ARP is so that if the driver causes the computer to fail to boot
into normal mode, you can still uninstall the driver in safe mode. You
can't use Windows Installer in safe mode, so the only mechanism would be the
ded
You could always use the COM library if you're not comfortable with the C
API calls. Add a COM reference to "Microsoft Windows Installer Object
Library" to your project...
Installer.get_Features and Installer.get_FeatureState look like they might
be useful.
-Original Message-
From: Anil
I second the vote for WixEdit. I used it when first setting up my
installer. Helped me learn WiX to some extent.
Now that the files are littered with preprocessor commands and I only make
small, minor changes, I find it easier to edit the WXS files directly in a
text editor.
One thing I feel is
for the new feature? Or does the code need more work? It
would be nice to not have to constantly merge an old patch with every new
version of WiX. :)
Best regards,
James Johnston
-Original Message-
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 20
to do to achieve my goal of having the "Everyone" entry
propagate to the subkeys created by MSI - as outlined in my list of desired
ACLs? I realize I could probably add duplicate "Permission" elements to the
registry values bei
ming a repair
> fixed things. Did you email the difx team at the email address Quinton
suggested, and if so, did you ever hear anything back.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
> On 10/12/2010 20:37, James Johnston wrote:
>> Seeing as how this seems to be a fundamental problem with DIFxAp
A list of reasons why not to use selfreg:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371608(VS.85).aspx
-Original Message-
From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:46
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-
ave bbb.dll version 1.5...
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:13 PM, James Johnston
wrote:
> In that case you have to be following component rules. See
> http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/ Also with
> your placement, if the old version fails to uninstall then the user
>
In that case you have to be following component rules. See
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/ Also with your
placement, if the old version fails to uninstall then the user will have
both old & new versions installed - something to keep in mind.
Try putting it after Install
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369282(VS.85).aspx
"DirProperty
Name of a property having a value that resolves to the full path of the
folder containing the .ini file. The property can be the name of a directory
in the Directory table, a property set by the AppSearch table, or any other
Oh wow... Right now we just change it in our build script when calling
light:
light -dWixUILicenseRtf=SupportFiles/License_${language}.rtf
Which is also unnecessarily kludgy; that information really should be in the
localization file but at the time I didn't figure out how (that blog entry
was
the SYSTEM context will be able to
decrypt the data. If an attacker already has access to the SYSTEM context then
it's already Game Over.
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P Please consider t
Isn't storing the administrator password for a server in the registry a
terrible idea? This is setting off all kinds of alarm bells in my mind...
Even if you "encrypt" it, I would think it would still be easy enough to
recover the plaintext just by finding the key in the MSI file and then
decrypti
lset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to calculate strong name.
INF file doesn't specify cat-file (only DLL and SYS).
This problem appear for only one PC configuration.
Ok, I'll try install this driver using DPInst and I'll read the topic.
Thanks a lot.
10.02.2011
alculate strong name.
Wix code for my driver:
Driver isn't WHQL signed.
And... typical error message for missed cat file is:
DIFXAPP: ERROR: Failed to calculate strong name from 'file-path'.
This error message doesn't contain file path.
Thanks!
10.02.2011
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2820
Maybe there are some issues with the driver package itself? i.e.
bad/missing catalog file. Be sure that the driver files is completely
installed & that all required files are in the appropriate locations.
If the driver isn't WHQL
able so I
conclude they do something else).
Best regards,
James Johnston
-Original Message-
From: Quinton Tormanen [mailto:quint...@deltamotion.com]
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 17:53
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp does not prop
is shown as "{driver component GUID}" because I removed the actual
GUID from this public e-mail list.
* Large portions of the log file were removed; only relevant data was
included. Line numbers are sometimes indicated as "Line XYZ:".
* If lines were removed, this is indi
Windows Installer limits directory identifiers to 72 characters max; that ID
is 73 chars.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368295(VS.85).aspx
You can see this in ORCA by running Orca, making a new MSI file and adding
the Directory table. Then Adjust Schema and look at the data type of t
(You can just open the difxapp_.wixlib files in 7-Zip to get to
the DLLs; I believe they are just MS cabinet files with some XML appended.
No need to look at WiX source code; just extract and rename.)
>From the OP: "It would also be good if someone could verify with the
DIFxApp team that WiX shou
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From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Sent: 04 December 2010 07:29
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] cabbing for both 32-64-bit files
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On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:06 AM,
I was also immediately concerned with the serviceability ramifications as
outlined by Rob below.
What kind of files are being installed? With some applications there might
not be much you can do about it. But for other applications, you can do a
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From: James Johnston [mailto:johnst..
then used a bundle to deal with the
extraction/running the msi?
Cheers
Sean.
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From: James Johnston [mailto:johnst...@inn-soft.com]
Sent: 02 December 2010 22:01
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] cabbing for both 32-
I wanted a unified self-extracting EXE for both 32- and 64-bit versions.
What I wound up doing was this:
1. The build script combined with WiX conditional compilation /
preprocessor was used to compile to two different MSI files: one 32-bit and
one 64-bit. Each was compiled individually. (For e
e a hot tip,
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- Original Message
From: James Johnston
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Sent: Wed, December 1, 2010 1:36:12 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file
I thought about th
Familiarize yourself with
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724072(VS.85).aspx
If you don't want your entry to go in the 32-bit entry then you have to
specify Win64="yes" on your component, but this makes / requires your MSI to
be supporting 64-bit.
32-bit apps don't need to worry about W
I thought about this but decided against it for some of the security reasons
you outline; I did not think it appropriate for the UAC prompt to appear
immediately upon running the bootstrapper. The UAC prompt really should not
be presented until the user clicks the "Install" button in the UI to
act
lakies until after
release. This is what is behind
http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg42650.htm
l.
--Quinton
-Original Message-
From: James Johnston [mailto:johnst...@inn-soft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 8:43 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows In
tly MSI can't be invoked from
Safe Mode). Is this still good advice? Otherwise it just seems like
unnecessary clutter in ARP.
DeleteFiles="no" is the default; I included it anyway just to be explicit.
Documentation says it's not supported any more on Windows 7...
Best regar
is scenario? Does a custom action already exist for this? Am I doing
something wrong with DIFx (i.e. do I need to change my usage of DIFx instead
of write a custom action)?
If anyone has so much as even heard of either of the issues above, I would
be grateful for some advice or
is scenario? Does a custom action already exist for this? Am I doing
something wrong with DIFx (i.e. do I need to change my usage of DIFx instead
of write a custom action)?
If anyone has so much as even heard of either of the issues above, I would
be grateful for some advice or
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