[WiX-users] Overriding WIXUI_INSTALLDIR

I have a dialog that runs before InstallDirDlg and uses a remembered property that is to construct the full installation path. A dialog that runs before InstallDirDlg -- One dashboard for servers and applications across

Re: [WiX-users] Overriding WIXUI_INSTALLDIR

Trying that again: WIXUI_INSTALLDIR expects a property. Generally, it is statically set in the Property Table. Probably what you want is to update the value of the property at [WIXUI_INSTALLDIR]. If it runs before InstallDirDlg, you should be able to just update the value of that

Re: [WiX-users] Overriding WIXUI_INSTALLDIR

WIXUI_INSTALLDIR expects a property. Generally, it is statically set in the Property Table. Probably what you want is to update the value of the property at [WIXUI_INSTALLDIR]. If it runs before InstallDirDlg, you should be able to just update the value of that property with the path.

Re: [WiX-users] Overriding WIXUI_INSTALLDIR

I am using a dialog indirectly. That dialog presents the results of a CA that collects info about the windows server that the user is installing on. Based on a choice presented to the user, it then publishes a value which the browse dialog uses (INSTALLDIR). This provides the sane

Re: [WiX-users] Setting property values based on Visual Studio build configurations.

In your project file add property value: lt;PropertyGroupgt; lt;DefineConstants Condition='$(Configuration)'=='Debug'gt;$(DefineConstants);MyConfig=MyDebugValuelt;/DefineConstantsgt; lt;DefineConstants

Re: [WiX-users] Setting property values based on Visual Studio build configurations.

Sure there is: ?if $(var.Configuration)==Debug? ?define MyVar=MyDebugVal? ?else? ?define MyVar=MyReleaseVal? ?endif? See Using Project References and Variables http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/votive/votive_project_references.html for more preprocessor variables, and

[WiX-users] Setting property values based on Visual Studio build configurations.

I want to build an msi under debug with a specific set of values (that make sense in my dev env) versus release (which make sense in a prod env). As they are all public, users can modify them via the command line however they all populate default values used in various dialogs and it would be

[WiX-users] Populating registry multiString MultiStringValue elements

I want to implement a listbox with optional entries to later insert into a registry multiString RegistryValue. What is the approach used here to perform this as the MultiStringValue's obviously will need to be dynamically added? Is the only way a CA that writes the values out? Thanks, jlc

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions in C# and disabling buttons

How about having the custom action set a property if the condition is met, and having the NewDialog event be conditioned on that property? Hi Nir, What I ended up doing was creating a validate button which invokes a custom action which sets a hidden property enabling the next button. This

[WiX-users] Custom actions in C# and disabling buttons

I have a dialogue that executes a custom action to validate user specified input however it returns ActionResult.Failure in the event the user supplied data is not accurate. That's rather abrupt and unneeded, however I can not seem to work around a condition to disable the next action. How does

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch on click

I think you’d have to write your own VB script/DLL custom action to: 1. Read the user’s input from a property 2. Read the existing value from the registry - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34065/how-to-read-a-value-from-the-windows-registry 3. Write a property (or don’t) if the user’s

[WiX-users] RegistrySearch on click

I have been searching around for a while without luck on the approach used to initiate a RegistrySearch using a value entered in a text field when the user presses next in a dialog. The best I could come up with was publishing a DoAction

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch on click

Trying that again... I have been searching around for a while without luck on the approach used to initiate a RegistrySearch using a value entered in a text field when the user presses next in a dialog. The best I could come up with was publishing a DoAction event in the next button control.

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall/ServiceControl name attribute restrictions

Trying that again... When I pass a variable reference such as [FOO]_[BAR] to the name attribute of both a ServiceInstall and ServiceControl element the package installs fine however when uninstalling the service is left running without being stopped and removed. When I pass a literal string, the

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall/ServiceControl name attribute restrictions

http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/the-wix-toolsets-remember-property-pattern/ Much appreciated, this installer at a later must support multiple instances at which point then this will all fit together, no need for a static location as I assume we can compile an extension to enumerate

[WiX-users] ServiceInstall/ServiceControl name attribute restrictions

When I pass a variable reference to the name attribute of both a ServiceInstall and ServiceControl -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership

Re: [WiX-users] Setting install directory to a user chosen value.

The dialog that asks for MYID should be sequenced before the dialog that asks for INSTALLFOLDER. On the MYID dialog's Next button you should add the Publish element that sets INSTALLFOLDER to [CompanyName]\[MYID]. Does that make sense? Yup, that was the missing bit. Much appreciated. P.S

Re: [WiX-users] Setting install directory to a user chosen value.

You have several options to do that: 1. Author a SetProperty http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/setproperty.html element that will append the string entered by the user 2. Author a Publish http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/publish.html element on

[WiX-users] Setting install directory to a user chosen value.

I have a dialogue that asks a user for a string value, how do I pre populate this as the final child directory in the install path? I present the user with an install location dialogue that defaults to c:\program files\company\xxx and I want xxx to be the same as the string chosen? Thanks! jlc

[WiX-users] Registering the .exe

Hi All, I am able to register a .dll or .ocx to the registry. We need to do the same this for .exe. Please could you advise or provide me the sample code to do this. Please let me know if you require any more information. Thanks in advance. Thanks, Sijo Joseph

[WiX-users] Code to check the value while doing the intallation

Hi All, Please could you provide the sample code to do the validation to check that there is a value entered in the text box while doing the installations. Regards , Sijo Joseph -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we

Re: [WiX-users] InstallUISequence

Thanks Steve, It worked... Thanks, Sijo Joseph -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: 20 February 2013 17:25 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] InstallUISequence If you're talking about

[WiX-users] Usage of Heat.exe to create the setup

Hi All, In our project we are having 200+ plus files (dlls,ocx) in different directories. I am planning to use heat.exe to get this script generated manually, is there any limitations or any particular thing needs to be taken care while doing this. Thanks in advance. Regards , Sijo Joseph

Re: [WiX-users] Usage of Heat.exe to create the setup

Hi All, We are using the dll created in VB 6, getting the error The TypeLib element is non-advertised and there required a parent file element, please could you all advise. Thanks, Sijo Joseph | IT Consultant, Aon Project | CGI Divyasree Technopolis, 124-125, Off HAL Old Airport Road

Re: [WiX-users] Usage of Heat.exe to create the setup

. Thanks, Sijo Joseph -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: 20 February 2013 11:51 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Usage of Heat.exe to create the setup Did you use the -svb6 switch when you ran heat? http

[WiX-users] InstallUISequence

Hi All, Is there any property can be set in InstallUISequence to display a custom dialog while the msi is installing. I can see the parameters after and before like below InstallUISequence Show Dialog=UserRegistrationDlg Before=ExecuteAction / /InstallUISequence Regards , Sijo Joseph

Re: [WiX-users] InstallUISequence

will help. Thanks, Sijo Joseph -Original Message- From: Gabriel Ivanes [mailto:g...@fastmail.net] Sent: 20 February 2013 16:53 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] InstallUISequence Like a condition ? : InstallUISequence Show Dialog

[WiX-users] Option to remove the End-User License Agreement in the Wix setup

Hi All, Please could you give an example to remove the End-User License Agreement in the Wix setup. If any existing link with sample will be useful. Please let me know if any more information is required. Thanks, Sijo Joseph

[WiX-users] Mandatory or Pre-requisite for creating an MSI in wix

Hi All, I am new user to wix, please could you let us know the pre-requisites required to be added in the project while creating the MSI. Thanks, Sijo Joseph -- The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel

[WiX-users] How to use the option WixUI_Mondo to get folder selection

Hi All, Please could you give an example to How to use the option using WixUI_Mondo to get folder selection. I am able to do this by using WixUI_InstallDir, but I have to use WixUI_Mondo as I have to use custom dialog. Thanks, Sijo Joseph

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

Message- From: Harmon, Joseph [mailto:jhar...@illumina.com] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:03 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue Rob, I can work on getting perf data, let me get back to you... Thanks for the ideas

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

Rob, I can work on getting perf data, let me get back to you... Thanks for the ideas (digital signing splash screen), I will look into those... In regards to my original question, is there no way to put some of the components into a separate dll? Thx -Joseph -Original Message- From

[WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

the burn engine or some of the components into a separate library project? Thanks, Joseph -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your

[WiX-users] vs 2010 integration

I'm new to WiX and trying to determine if this tool will work for our purposes. We're using VS 2010. In working through the instructions for Creating a Simple Setup under Working in Visual Studio, it appears that when I build the setup after adding the reference nothing is added to the

[WiX-users] (no subject)

Hello, I've been trying to get EmbeddedUI working but I'm not having any luck. I can't seem to find many examples so I'm not sure what I'm missing. From my WXS:UI Id=Embedded EmbeddedUI Id=CustomAction.dll SourceFile=$(var.SolutionDir)CustomAction\bin\Debug\CustomAction.dll /EmbeddedUI /UI

Re: [WiX-users] Bundled Installer Not installing under ALLUSERS

: Re: [WiX-users] Bundled Installer Not installing under ALLUSERS On 26-Jan-12 15:02, DuBois, Joseph wrote: Have aBundle which is installing severalMsiPackage(s) which we have set theMsiProperty Name=ALLUSERS Value=1/ to load the individual packages under all users, but it isn't installing

[WiX-users] Bundled Installer Not installing under ALLUSERS

Hello all, Have a Bundle which is installing several MsiPackage(s) which we have set the MsiProperty Name=ALLUSERS Value=1/ to load the individual packages under all users, but it isn't installing the Bundle itself under ALLUSERS. I can't seem to find a setting which allows me to set this. So

[WiX-users] How to NOT Delete Application Directory on Uninstall?

Hi all, My apologies if this is already answered somewhere, but I couldn't find an answer. My question is: How can I setup a Wix installer to NOT delete the application directory on uninstall (even when the directory was initially created by the Wix install)? Some background: Let's say we

[WiX-users] Uninstall UI for database settings

in the registry or to have the user enter the settings on the commandline. Does anyone know if there will be any development for uninstall UI's? Kind regards Peter --- Peter Joseph Solomon 082 535 1844 pe...@nextsteps.co.za

[WiX-users] How to select between SQL Authentication and Integrated Authentication during the install of the msi?

I have the following example which uses two components each with a condition to select which component to run.  One component uses a database linked to an SQL Authenticated User and the other to no user (Integrated Authentication). Command line options are passed, either USEINTEGRATEDSECURITY=1

Re: [WiX-users] How to select between SQL Authentication and Integrated Authentication during the install of the msi?

if this is something which will actually be resolved? Kind regards --- Peter Joseph Solomon 082 535 1844 pe...@nextsteps.co.za On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:07 PM, pmdarrow pdar...@metaworks.com wrote: Mike, I'm not sure if you read Peter's question correctly

[WiX-users] Why WindowsFolder got reset?

Hi, I write a simple wxs file and the results is not quite right. I look into the log and find something strange. Why WindowsFolder got reset? I have another setup, WindowsFolder is the correct value. No idea who change it. Thanks Joseph MSI (c) (80:24) [09:54:21:914]: Note: target

Re: [WiX-users] Why WindowsFolder got reset?

I found the problem Following work msiexec /i WixOpadsSiteSetup.msi /l*v Mylog.txt Following not work msiexec /a WixOpadsSiteSetup.msi /l*v Mylog.txt Is /a a bad idea? Thanks Joseph -Original Message- From: Joseph Wu [mailto:joseph...@ds-iq.com] Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11

Re: [WiX-users] How to change permission for existing Folder and/or file?

value, 'Service Accounts-DTF', is not a legal identifier. Identifiers may contain ASCII characters A-Z, a-z, digits, underscores (_), or periods (.). Every identifier must begin with either a letter or an underscore. How to solve this problem? Thanks Joseph -Original Message

Re: [WiX-users] How to change permission for existing Folder and/or file?

Thank you very much, Now it solve the User problem. But I got the following error. But I don't want to create folder. Because it is an existing folder. Does that mean FileSharePermission is not the solution for me? I need to use Custom Action to do it? Thanks Joseph Error 2

Re: [WiX-users] How to change permission for existing Folder and/or file?

After one day of research. It looks to me that CustomAction is only way I know to achieve it. Is this the right way to go? Thanks Joseph -Original Message- From: Joseph Wu [mailto:joseph...@ds-iq.com] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 4:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

[WiX-users] How to change permission for existing Folder and/or file?

Permission Element's parent must be CreateFolder or File. How to change the permission for existing Folder and/or file? Thanks Joseph -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants

[WiX-users] Persisent public properties, transforms and security

Hello, Here is a question regarding general understanding of MSI properties and their persistence across product life. From what I understand, properties provided on the command line at installation-time are not stored by Windows Installer for later use. For example, if I do type: msiexec

[WiX-users] Difxapp driver installation does not return errors to Windows Installer

Hi All, I have a little question regarding difxapp. I am using the following code snipset for installing a driver: {{{ ... Component Id=c_one Guid=---- DiskId=1 difx:Driver ForceInstall=yes Sequence=0 Legacy=yes

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Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction in .msp MSI patch

I finally got it working. My mistake was that I was trying to include the definition of the custom action into the patch definition. One must in fact define his custom actions in the base packages and then torch/pyro will detect the differences and include the custom action into the patch if

[WiX-users] CustomAction in .msp MSI patch

Hi all, I would like to know it is is possible to embed a Custom Action (type 2) in a WiX 3.x Patch (.msp file). I base my work on the following example: * http://blogs.msdn.com/pmarcu/archive/2007/06/28/sample-patch.aspx I enthusiastically added my custom action to the existing fragment:

[WiX-users] Question about Registry Element

If the registry updates during installation, will the registry element, pointing to the key that updates, update as well? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Question-about-%3CRegistry%3E-Element-tf3608622.html#a10083013 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at

[WiX-users] Custom Action to run only on uninstall...

What am I doing wrong today :-) What I am trying to do is run and exe file RemoveAll.exe at the end of the uninstall, I only want it to run on uninstall. Sample one has a custom action running on install and is working fine, Sample two is not working I am quite sure it is a mistake by me but I

[WiX-users] Help using PIDKEY + MaskedEdit + PIDTemplate

OK I have a this piece of code Control Id=CDKeyLabel Type=Text X=45 Y=145 Width=200 Height=10 TabSkip=no TextCustomeramp;Account Number:/Text Control Id=CustAcc Type=MaskedEdit X=45 Y=157 Width=250 Height=16 Property=PIDKEY Text=[PIDTemplate] / Now for the Property

Re: [WiX-users] Help on uninstall

they can not change it. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 January 2007 18:52 To: Joseph O'Sullivan Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help on uninstall Which version of WiX are you using? I'm not EXACTLY sure

[WiX-users] XmlFile element

I need to parse an xml file that is being installed with my current project. I'd like to keep the code for the parsing inside of the component for the xml file, but it simply will not use the [#fileId] properly. It compiles and runs, but it errors out because it doesn't resolve [#fileId] during

[WiX-users] ODBCDataSource Errors?

to dig, I just don't know where to start with the shovel...Thanks,Joseph - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business

[WiX-users] Policy and Config files into the GAC?

, I had added everything in our InstallScript code to the GAC by using gacutil with *.*If this is not correct, how do I handle the policy and config files that go with the assemblies? Where should these be placed on disk if they don't go into the GAC? Thanks,Joseph

[WiX-users] ANSI Characters

I'm having a lot of trouble getting an MSI installer to work with file names or folders containing characters like Á or ó. Whenever I attempt to run the .msi it says that ?_propos_du_bouton_d_ic?ne.htm was an invalid file name, but that's not what I even named the file. The file was called

[WiX-users] WiX Consultant Available?

remoting if you don't live in this area. My manager has asked me about this again and I'd really like to get someone good in here who can review my design before our remote team does the implementation. Thanks, Joseph Barkley Software Engineer Square D Company La Vergne, TN