[WiX-users] Using UninstallString to uninstall multiple MSIs

Hello all, When Visual Studio is uninstalled or modified it re-invokes setup.exe to guide you through the process. Whenever my application is uninstalled msiexec is invoked on my MSI file. How do I configure the system so that my setup.exe (which is a stub that can launch a number of MSIs) is

Re: [WiX-users] wix mailing lists open to public = more spam

what's the point in having the mail list accessible to no subscribed members anyway? if someone posts, people generally reply to the list, so the person that hasn't subscribed wouldn't get the reply. I am one of those people that has stopped looking at the emails from WiX Users though, because

Re: [WiX-users] wix mailing lists open to public = more spam

I'd agree to that. I might then get back to reading some of the posts and lending some help, as it is at the moment, there's so much spam, I rarely take a look anymore. the spam is frustrating, and i'm sure I'm not the only one that almost ignores the list because of it. J PS - Sorry Rob, did

[WiX-users] append to registry

Hi all. we have a registry string WS for our work spaces, but this should be modified depending on features that's installed. for instance, we always want it to read [INSTALLDIR] but if Feature 1 is installed, then they key should be [INSTALLDIR];[INSTALLDIR]\feature1 again, if Feature2 is

Re: [WiX-users] append to registry

stick to the custom action dll that gets the features and builds the variable - it's just more of a pain this way. Jason On Feb 19, 2008 3:45 PM, Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Rivers wrote: for instance, we always want it to read [INSTALLDIR] but if Feature 1 is installed

[WiX-users] 64bit component

Hi all I have a 64bit DLL that should be written to c:\windows\system32 using the system64folder directory, but It tells me the dll is a 32bit component. How do I tell the WiX system that this component is a 64bit component. as per the MSDN on windows installer there is

[WiX-users] stripping Variable

Hi all. I have a variable that gets they (default) keyboard layout of a system, from HKCU\Keyboard Layouts\preload\1 this is an 8 character Hex, the first 4 are for the keyboard layout, so this could in fact be anything if the person is using a custom keyboard, the last 4 characters are the

Re: [WiX-users] stripping Variable

9:42 AM, Jason Rivers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I have a variable that gets they (default) keyboard layout of a system, from HKCU\Keyboard Layouts\preload\1 this is an 8 character Hex, the first 4 are for the keyboard layout, so this could in fact be anything if the person is using

[WiX-users] append to Property

Hi all First of all, Happy new year. We have to have customized keyboard Layouts for out product, these are installed by a custom action written in C. I have a property, I'm getting the default keyboard layout from the registry. (HKCU\Keyboard Layout\Preload) and writing it to a Property called

Re: [WiX-users] Slightly advanced Registry...

keyboard layouts are intended for *global* use and generally to correspond with actual keyboard layouts on keyboards. -- Mike Dimmick -- *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Jason Rivers *Sent:* 13 December 2007 10:21 *To:* wix

[WiX-users] Slightly advanced Registry...

Hi all. I have a list of new keyboards that we ship with our product due to using a different Character set. the keyboard setup goes to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts the new key needs a Unique name, I'm currently (for UK) using d1000809, and this is hard coded into my

Re: [WiX-users] Slightly advanced Registry...

:20 , Jason Rivers wrote: Hi all. I have a list of new keyboards that we ship with our product due to using a different Character set. the keyboard setup goes to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control \Keyboard Layouts the new key needs a Unique name, I'm currently (for UK) using

[WiX-users] Changing the location of the files to take...

Hi all, I have a Take folder, which os for our developers to put the compiled files into for me to take to put into the installer but with version changes this directory could also change. for instance I currently have this: File Id=foo.bar Name=foo.bar DiskId=1 KeyPath=yes

[WiX-users] install feature only if another app is installed

Hi all, I have a condition so the installation is aborted if .NET 1.0 is not installed, but the .NET section of our product is only a small section. is there a way I can set a condition so that if the .NET Framework is not installed then only that Feature doesn't get installed, but the rest does

[WiX-users] set %PATH%

I know this may cause some issues with people disagreeing, but i'm in no position to change what our program does until I have a working WIX installer that I can then play with it and change things accordingly, however, currently the application requires it's path to be in the PATH environment

Re: [WiX-users] set %PATH%

On 10/22/07, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jason Rivers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have these Lines: Fragment DirectoryRef Id=TARGETDIR Component Id=EnvPathSet Guid=2D5030EF-6D11-4F48-B183-D1AE2EF87B61 Environment

Re: [WiX-users] set %PATH% [SOLVED]

*Jason Rivers [EMAIL PROTECTED]* Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/22/2007 06:11 AM To WiX Users wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net cc Subject Re: [WiX-users] set %PATH% On 10/22/07, *Richard* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions.

in them. Dana On 10/19/07, Jason Rivers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I'm having some trouble with parsing information to a custom action. I have the command: CustomAction Id=InstallUser Impersonate=yes Return=ignore Execute=oncePerProcess BinaryKey= instexe.exe ExeCommand=0