Re: [WiX-users] Component reference counting & DLL sharing

2010-08-07 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
reference counting & DLL sharing Is that shared DLL the keypath of its own component? Do any two files share any component? >From the log, what are the values of REINSTALLMODE and the indications during costing of the component's state and action? -Original Message- From: Lucius

Re: [WiX-users] Component reference counting & DLL sharing

2010-08-07 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
[WiX-users] Component reference counting & DLL sharing The file is identical, including every bit in the version resource (all four parts of the version number, etc.)? The file is placed in the exact same directory? -Original Message- From: Lucius Fleuchaus [mailto:luci...@micro

[WiX-users] Component reference counting & DLL sharing

2010-08-07 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
We have the following "file-in-use" problem. Five Windows Services are installed on a machine. All services use a shared DLL. All services have their own MSI. The shared DLL is authored in its own WIX fragment, which is #included in the five service WIX files, hence the shared DLLs ComponentI

[WiX-users] How author wix file to uninstall previous MSI version?

2010-08-04 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
Hello, I like to author an MSI in such a way that it first uninstalls any previous version using the same upgrade code. What is the key element of a wix file that enables this scenario? Thank you! -- The Palm PDK Hot App

Re: [WiX-users] How to set permissions on a directory

2009-06-08 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
From: Lucius Fleuchaus Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 10:37 AM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: How to set permissions on a directory Hello, I am seeking help for the following scenario: I have a shared WIX file describing the directory layout. This WIX file is include

[WiX-users] How to set permissions on a directory

2009-06-05 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
Hello, I am seeking help for the following scenario: I have a shared WIX file describing the directory layout. This WIX file is included in other WIX files: In a different WIX file I reference the directories via D

Re: [WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working

2008-07-21 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
e for all versions). Try a small test project to see if upgrade guid is the problem here. Regards, Alex Shevchuk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucius Fleuchaus Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:07 AM To: General discussion for Windows Inst

Re: [WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working

2008-07-21 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
r the same way you do the UpgradeCode, Windows Installer should throw an error saying that another version of the same product is installed. Is this what you are trying to do? K On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Lucius Fleuchaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am following the instructi

[WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working

2008-07-19 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
I am following the instructions given at http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-part-8-major-upgrade.aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370840(VS.85).aspx to prevent an old package from installing. Below is the WIX file with the yellow highlight th

[WiX-users] best way to get native COM registry entries into wix

2006-11-06 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
Hello, I like to know whether there is a tool that given a progid and a registered COM control is able to pre-populate the relevant WIX section? Thanks a lot   - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to suppor