[WiX-users] Specifying executables to be run as services using WiX Edit

2015-05-10 Thread Mark Farnell
Thanks for your help! Now I have just downloaded the WiXEdit software: http://wixedit.sourceforge.net Could you please let me know how I can specify: * the destination path of my executables * which executables should be run as a service in WiXEdit? Mark On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:45 AM

Re: [WiX-users] specifying an installed executable to be run at boot time

2015-05-10 Thread Mark Farnell
Thx! I wish to run my executable as a service, so I better read the page pointed by Nir On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 3:53 AM, Phil Wilson wrote: > You may need to be clear about whether you mean boot time or > interactive user logon time. The contents of the registry's Run-type > keys don't run at boo

[WiX-users] specifying an installed executable to be run at boot time

2015-05-06 Thread Mark Farnell
asking users to type in admin password? Thanks! Mark -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats

Re: [WiX-users] Too Many Events Using InstallLogModes

2015-04-22 Thread Mark A. Richman
slow, and verbose. Happy to elaborate offline. gist.github.com/mrichman/a01acdfe98a56ff44b42 -- Mark Richman (954) 234-9049 <1-954-234-9049> m...@markrichman.com | http://markrichman.com https://linkedin.com/in/mrichman On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 9:04 AM, wrote: > I may be wrong, but in my e

Re: [WiX-users] Too Many Events Using InstallLogModes

2015-04-22 Thread Mark A. Richman
90531 for thread 6448 -- Mark Richman (954) 234-9049 <1-954-234-9049> m...@markrichman.com | http://markrichman.com https://linkedin.com/in/mrichman On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Phil Wilson wrote: > Seems unlikely to be the Terminate setting. This is the base documentat

Re: [WiX-users] Too Many Events Using InstallLogModes

2015-04-21 Thread Mark A. Richman
I discovered that using InstallLogModes.Terminate is what's producing the verbose events...but why? -- Mark Richman (954) 234-9049 <1-954-234-9049> m...@markrichman.com | http://markrichman.com https://linkedin.com/in/mrichman On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Mark A. Richman wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Too Many Events Using InstallLogModes

2015-04-21 Thread Mark A. Richman
Do you know which flag(s) correspond to "Creating MSIHANDLE" and "Closing MSIHANDLE" messages? -- Mark Richman (954) 234-9049 <1-954-234-9049> m...@markrichman.com | http://markrichman.com https://linkedin.com/in/mrichman On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Nir Bar w

Re: [WiX-users] Too Many Events Using InstallLogModes

2015-04-21 Thread Mark A. Richman
Nir, I am using the Deployment Tools Foundation (DTF) API, not msiexec.exe from the command line. So, the "voicewarmup" parameters don't apply. I was asking specifically about the InstallLogModes enum. Thanks, Mark -- Mark Richman (954) 234-9049 <1-954-234-9049> m...@m

[WiX-users] Too Many Events Using InstallLogModes

2015-04-21 Thread Mark A. Richman
ating MSIHANDLE (592) of type 790531 for thread 8076 MSI (c) (4C:8C) [11:34:17:893]: Closing MSIHANDLE (592) of type 790531 for thread 8076 What are (s) and (c) and how do I disable those extremely verbose messages in the log? I need to keep the Progress events. Thanks, Mark -- Mark Richman (

[WiX-users] Multiple user dialogs to multi folder directories in WIX‏

2015-04-20 Thread Mark G
to install the config file to. Then another dialog to install the rest of the files where ever they would like. Is this possible? And can you point me in the right direction to finding how to do it. I have been searching most of the morning. Thanks for all of your help! Mark -- View this

[WiX-users] Installing x86 after x64 results in Obsolete state

2015-01-20 Thread Mark Tucker
-19T18:13:56]i201: Planned package: NeuronESB, state: Obsolete, default requested: None, ba requested: None, execute: None, rollback: None, cache: No, uncache: No, dependency: None Can you please explain what is going on here and why Scenario 1 works but Scenario 2 does not? Thanks, Mark Tucker

Re: [WiX-users] 32-bit vs 64-bit prerequisites and DetectCondition and InstallCondition

2014-09-18 Thread Mark Frey
7;t have a DetectCondition. Burn knows how to correctly detect MSI packages. _ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message----- From: Mark Frey [mailto:markf...@fastmail.fm] Sent

[WiX-users] 32-bit vs 64-bit prerequisites and DetectCondition and InstallCondition

2014-09-18 Thread Mark Frey
sumes version of 3rd party product I want is 2.0): Will Burn do anything I don't want it to do here since I'm essentially lying about whether or not the prerequisite is already installed or not? Thanks for a

[WiX-users] File left behind on uninstall only after upgrade

2014-07-07 Thread Craft, Mark (GE Aviation)
Hello, I'm quite new to WIX so apologies if this is a common "gotcha" I have a windows service that I install via WIX. To do this I used this blog post as a guide: http://www.chrissurfleet.co.uk/post/2011/08/04/Creating-windows-service-installer-with-Visual-Studio-and-WiX.aspx In short the art

[WiX-users] Invisible Embedded UI for Silent Installs?

2014-04-09 Thread Mark Richman
dapt it so that I don't need a XAML (or any) UI. I just want an entry point into my library called Install(msiPath, args). Thanks, Mark CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:- The information contained in this email and any document attached hereto is intended only for t

[WiX-users] Remote Installation Progress

2014-04-03 Thread Mark Richman
using a remote agent to kick off the install, and report progress back to the agent's controller. Lots of moving parts there I'd like to avoid. Thanks, Mark CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:- The information contained in this email and any document attached h

Re: [WiX-users] CustomActions - ComboBox by name?

2013-12-27 Thread Sullivan, Mark V
thanks for shining a little light my way.. ;) Mark -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 1:31 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] CustomActions - Co

[WiX-users] CustomActions - ComboBox by name?

2013-12-27 Thread Sullivan, Mark V
All, I have multiple combo boxes in the MSI UI, and I want to just affect ONE of them in my custom action. Every example I see refers to "select * from ComboBox", etc.. Can you do this by name, so that not all ComboBoxes are affected? Mark V Sullivan Digital Development and Web C

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version with new version

2013-09-20 Thread Mark Risen
ll need to find out how to update that within TFS. Cheers! .Mark -Original Message- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:43 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version with n

[WiX-users] Uninstall previous version with new version

2013-09-19 Thread Mark Risen
I remember using this feature from the past. I would have an .msi that is version 1 and another being version 2. I install version 1 on my machine and then I am able to right click the version 2 .msi and select "uninstall" and have it succeed. Does anyone know how to do this? It's quite conveni

Re: [WiX-users] Changing configuration and/or platform in solution - Configuration Manger does nothing

2013-09-17 Thread Mark Risen
I'm not sure why, but I had to unload the installer projects and explicitly add the build configurations I needed. Cheers! .Mark -Original Message- From: Mark Risen [mailto:mri...@realtyim.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 3:18 PM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.ne

[WiX-users] Changing configuration and/or platform in solution - Configuration Manger does nothing

2013-09-17 Thread Mark Risen
Ok, this one is particularly annoying. I have 3 configurations for my solution - Debug, UAT, and Release. Debug compiles fine and I suspect Release will too. However, UAT, which is Debug with different endpoints, etc., does not compile. The problem is that the WIX projects are all set to Debug/

[WiX-users] Does anyone know why the website is down

2013-09-09 Thread Mark Risen
And/or when it will be back up? -- Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredib

Re: [WiX-users] Does anyone know why the website is down

2013-09-09 Thread Mark Risen
Thanks. It looks like their DNS server is down. Cheers! .Mark -Original Message- From: Philippe Gorley [mailto:gorley.phili...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:23 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Does anyone know why the website is down

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-23 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
er-with-a-completely-self-contained-net-3-5-sp1-inst Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 2:13 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI f

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
As an after build task, I'm doing a GeneratorBootstrapper command. Perhaps that clobbers any custom stuff I have in my Bundle.wxs for the MSI? Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 11:08

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
xpect. The problem is, I am relying on the GenerateBootstrapper post-build task to gather up my bootstrappers. It seems that running GenerateBootstrapper clobbers specifics that I put in my Bundle.wxs Mark Freedman JHU/APL 17-N568 443.778.2647 mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu -Origin

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
hat I want. Even those hardcoded values do not work for me. Perhaps it has to do with when the Custom Action for setting the property is firing. I see you are doing it after InstallValidate, but I am doing it after InstallFiles. Mark Freedman JHU/APL 17-N568 443.778.2647 mark.freed...@

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
o not repeat all the bootstrapper logic in wix, but I think what's happening is the setup.exe that's being generated is not a wix bootstrapper at all. Mark Freedman JHU/APL 17-N568 443.778.2647 mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
ps like the excerpt you're showing below. I'm on Wix 3.7.1224.0, building on a win 7 machine Mark Freedman JHU/APL 17-N568 443.778.2647 mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 11:30 AM To:

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
le when simply running the setup.exe. If I run setup.exe with the parameter in the arguments list, then it shows that it's calling msiexec with the parameters I gave to setup.exe Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Monday, Ju

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
the example below a "built in" property, and there's an issue with mine being one I created? Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 9:17 AM To: General

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
It seems that if I run setup.exe via the commandline, the MSI Property does get forwarded to the MSI, e.g. Setup.exe SETLOCALDB=true Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 8:06 AM To: General discussion

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
The value that I set in the bundle.wxs doesn't seem to carry over the MSI. The custom action where I'm setting the custom data property is after InstallFiles. In Bundle.wxs: Product.wxs NOT REMOVE NOT REMOVE CustomAction.wxs:

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-19 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
n the logs. I thin what I want to do is to read the MSI property and store it in a CustomActionData property to be read by a custom action, but does not seem to work. Mark Freedman JHU/APL 17-N568 443.778.2647 mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-19 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
rt to the MSI from this particular bootstrapper to the MSI and read it in a custom action. I'm trying to then put the MSI property in to a custom action, if it is present, but it doesn't seem to work. Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie [mai

[WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle

2013-07-18 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
ce of custom data) to be passed to the MSI. 3. How can the MSI read whatever it is I pass to it (whether I tends up being a command line arg or something else). http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>

[WiX-users] Burn - Localization Identifiers Duplicated

2013-06-21 Thread Mark Van Dyke
I have seen many posts about the following error message: The Localization Identifier 'SomeIdentifier' has been duplicated in multiple locations... I have seen many guesses as to why. However, I have not seen very much in the way of real answers as to why this is occurring. Could one of the Burn

Re: [WiX-users] App-pool creation

2013-06-14 Thread Mark . Itzcovitz
The answer is here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11687870/wix-installer-always-changes-apppool-to-enable-32bit-app Mark Itzcovitz VISTA Technology Consultant Publishing Technology plc T: +44 1865 397849 mark.itzcov...@publishingtechnology.com www.publishingtechnology.com Publishing

Re: [WiX-users] Installing files in second directory chain?

2013-06-12 Thread Mark . Itzcovitz
Alan, Instead of using your "ConfigDir" try using "CommonAppDataFolder" - this is a known Windows Installer property. Regards, Mark -Original Message- From: Alan Y. Balkany [mailto:alank...@yahoo.com] Sent: 11 June 2013 23:16 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-30 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
elative path so that the build machine doesn't need to have Visual Studio installed, or whatever puts them in the default Microsoft SDK package. Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 5:53 AM To: Ge

[WiX-users] Include file in Visual Studio wix output, but not in MSI?

2013-05-29 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
ly option I can think of is to use a post-build task and do a copy command, but that seems pretty nasty. Thanks, Mark Freedman -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visib

[WiX-users] Wix Windows Service installer depdendent on SQL Server

2013-05-28 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
foreach (ServiceController service in services.Where(x => x.ServiceName.StartsWith("MSSQL$"))) { dependentServices.Add(service.ServiceName); } Mark Freedman -- Try New Rel

[WiX-users] How to make a "Normal" program shortcut?

2013-05-22 Thread Mark Ransom
I have a problem with the shortcuts generated by our current Wix setup - when a user right-clicks the desktop icon and pins it to the taskbar, that taskbar icon is lost when they upgrade to the next version. I presume it's because the old shortcut is invalidated and a new one replaces it, rendering

[WiX-users] wix.ca.targets file

2013-05-21 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
machine building it in some way? Thanks, Mark Freedman -- Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful f

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
of a file with a new name based on if the system is 32/64. I'm guessing the step I'm in in the installer isn't a step where it has permissions. I'm not sure where I should be doing these actions, I was able to get these to function in a Visual Studio deployment project cus

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
? Also, my custom action appears to be firing when I uninstall the program. Again, this is confusing to me given that the action isn't firing until after InstallFiles. Thanks. Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Monday, May

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
The CA is set to run after files are installed, Mark Freedman JHU/APL 17-N568 443.778.2647 mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:34 PM To: General discussion for Windows

[WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
n.Log("Begin CA"); string installDirectory = session["INSTALLDIR"]; // } http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>

[WiX-users] Deployment Tools Foundation Documentation: Sample C

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
ain such a folder. Where are the example projects for Managed Custom Actions? Thanks, Mark Freedman JHU/APL 17-N568 443.778.2647 mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu<mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu> -- AlienVault Unified Security

[WiX-users] Entire .NET 4.0 Framework dialog disabled

2013-04-23 Thread Mark Van Dyke
Hello, I am using Wix 3.8.401.0 and Visual Studio 2010. I am writing a custom managed bootstrapper that bundles my MSI, another 3rd party MSI and it has a .net 4 prerequisite. When I use the built-in .NET dialog I have no issues and it works great. However, I am now customizing the UI (basic

[WiX-users] warning CNDL5153: The PerfCounter element has been deprecated

2013-03-03 Thread Mark Weaver
vide translations of the counter names, but PerformanceCounter seems to be limited to a single language (that's not actually a problem for me, but it seems to be missing from the model). Am I just misunderstanding how it's

[WiX-users] WiX v3 / VS 2008 device driver installation woes

2012-12-20 Thread Mark D. Holiday
*So if I understand this ... 1/ I have VS 2008 Standard Edition 2/ Wix 3 & Wix 2 versions have different issues with tools and WDK DifxApp libraries ... 3/ Install Wix 3 4/ From command prompt: >light -out MyMsi.msi Product.wixobj -ext WixDifxAppExtension DIFxApp.wixlib Windows Installer

Re: [WiX-users] Install issue - wix2010.target line 761

2012-02-01 Thread Mark Sugrue
irectory items instead of the PreBuildEvent property to > use the harvester in 3.5 myself. > > -Original Message- > From: Mark Sugrue [mailto:mark.sug...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:57 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Inst

[WiX-users] Install issue - wix2010.target line 761

2012-02-01 Thread Mark Sugrue
I'm setting up a new build machine. VS2010, Wix3.5, etc. Everything the same as the old machine. (both are x64 Win7 Pro) When I try to build the installer on the new machine, I get an odd error which I don't understand. Nothing on the web seems to match it. The error isn't in my code, its on line

Re: [WiX-users] Removing Registry Keys Revisited

2011-12-15 Thread Mark E. Scott Jr.
or values added. Other than this case, it seems to function exactly as Daniel wrote. Mark E. Scott Jr. msc...@scott-usa.com -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:54 AM To: General discussion for Windows Ins

[WiX-users] Removing Registry Keys Revisited

2011-12-14 Thread Mark E. Scott Jr.
a RegistryKey, with the Action set to Create, with no children, and my application does not create children or values, that Windows Installer will not remove the key on full product uninstall (WiX 3.5)? Thanks! Mark E. Sco

[WiX-users] WIX InstallScope Use

2011-12-12 Thread Mark Cooper (PFE)
I have an installer and I'd like to add the InstallScope so uses can choose to install for themselves or all users. I am using the wixui_installdir ui model. I've seen one reference to do this where I need to copy source code for the InstallScope and add it to my wix. Is this the way to do this?

[WiX-users] ConfigureIIs7Exec: Error 0x8007000d: Failed get sites section

2011-11-16 Thread Mark Capaldi
this package will not install on the W2K8 server? Thanks in advance! Regards, Mark Capaldi -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application

Re: [WiX-users] Dealing with ICE48 warning

2011-10-05 Thread Mark Modrall
e else. A lot of the binary modules had a inside the module's , so all those INSTALLDIRs are differentiated by the guid... Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 4:38 AM To: General discussion for Wi

Re: [WiX-users] Dealing with ICE48 warning

2011-10-04 Thread Mark Modrall
tFinalize appeared to do the trick. Things got installed where I expected when running the msi locally. Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 12:10 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Su

Re: [WiX-users] Dealing with ICE48 warning

2011-10-04 Thread Mark Modrall
51 approach Before CostFinalize, now some saying type 35 after. I'm wondering if just avoiding the specific case of TARGETDIR would push one way or the other? Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 11:

Re: [WiX-users] Dealing with ICE48 warning

2011-10-04 Thread Mark Modrall
aling with ICE48 warning Could it be the file's encoding ? Declared as UTF-8 but written in something else maybe ? -Original Message----- From: Mark Modrall [mailto:mmodr...@mzinga.com] Sent: 04 October 2011 15:17 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re:

Re: [WiX-users] Dealing with ICE48 warning

2011-10-04 Thread Mark Modrall
Nope... The actual path is just as vanilla as the example below. Straight 7-bit ascii... Thanks mark -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 10:24 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject

Re: [WiX-users] Dealing with ICE48 warning

2011-10-04 Thread Mark Modrall
Thanks for the response... I tried replacing my type 51 with After CostFinalize, but now I get an error "The folder path '?' contains an invalid character" when I run the installer locally. Not sure where the ? is coming from... Mark -Original Message--

Re: [WiX-users] Dealing with ICE48 warning

2011-10-03 Thread Mark Modrall
our little utility using WMI instead of running it manually on the spot. So again, anyone have any clue why running the msi locally with TARGETDIR set in a custom action would result in the directories being placed in the wrong spots? And why running the same msi through WMI would put them in t

Re: [WiX-users] Dealing with ICE48 warning

2011-09-29 Thread Mark Modrall
I re-read some of the posts I found on Google, and in them they say to move the custom action to "before CostFinalize" where I had before CostInitialize. I made the change, and it worked. Not clear why it seemed to work partially when done before CostInitialize, though. T

[WiX-users] Dealing with ICE48 warning

2011-09-28 Thread Mark Modrall
ny guesses why some directories would seem to work and others not? Seems like I should just live with the warnings until I figure out how to do it right... Thanks mark -- All the data continuously generated in your I

Re: [WiX-users] Strange behavior with date modifying of installed files

2011-09-28 Thread Mark Modrall
n was FDR's last Fireside chat?" shouldn't be "Depends... what day is it today?" Mark -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:59 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; General dis

Re: [WiX-users] Dependency warnings I don't quite get...

2011-09-26 Thread Mark Modrall
Thanks Bill, adding the guide to the dependency id seems to have done the trick! Mark -Original Message- From: bpackard [mailto:bill.pack...@kepware.com] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 9:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Dependency warnings I don&#

Re: [WiX-users] Dependency warnings I don't quite get...

2011-09-26 Thread Mark Modrall
D'oh... The html encoding of your example threw me... I get it now. Guid goes *in* the RequiredId... Thanks mark -Original Message- From: bpackard [mailto:bill.pack...@kepware.com] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 9:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-

Re: [WiX-users] Dependency warnings I don't quite get...

2011-09-26 Thread Mark Modrall
Thanks Bill... I just checked the man page for the Dependency element (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_dependency.htm) and I don't see a GUID attribute on the node. Is it just missing from the documentation? Mark -Original Message- From: bpackard [mailto:bill

Re: [WiX-users] Dependency warnings I don't quite get...

2011-09-25 Thread Mark Modrall
etting the warning. Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:21 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Dependency warnings I don't quite get... On 24-Sep-11 15:06, Mark Modrall wrote:

Re: [WiX-users] Dependency warnings I don't quite get...

2011-09-24 Thread Mark Modrall
Thanks Bob and Ed... Actually installing the msi on a machine, I see that the merge module did, in fact, get into the package. It's there post install and nothing would run without it. That's among the things that puzzles me about the warning. T

Re: [WiX-users] Dependency warnings I don't quite get...

2011-09-24 Thread Mark Modrall
rs. I mean, it *looks* like PTCoreModule is declaring the same language and version as all the Dependencies, but the errors are coming anyway. That's what i don't get... Thanks Mark From: Rob Mensching [r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Saturday, Sept

[WiX-users] Build vs rebuild with wix

2011-09-23 Thread Mark Modrall
ask whether the wixproj's remembered enough state to make a good differentiation between build and rebuild? Just asking because our Wix project is taking 20 minutes to run rebuild and if it could take a good stab as build it might reduce the build

[WiX-users] Dependency warnings I don't quite get...

2011-09-23 Thread Mark Modrall
ke things should be okay, so what am I missing? Thanks Mark -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraud

Re: [WiX-users] Condition based on a string in custom action

2011-08-29 Thread Mark
Unless I'm totally off base, the line provided does persist ARPINSTALLLOCATION in the unistall environment (it's being explicitly set after CostFinalize regardless of whether this is an initial installation, repair, an update, or a removal.) Am I mistaken? As for CUSTOMDIR, I didn't provide thos

[WiX-users] Condition based on a string in custom action

2011-08-29 Thread Mark
have tried with and without CDATA tags, but can't get the behavior I want regardless of what I do! http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> ... ... Installed AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE AND (ARPINSTALLLOCATION >< $(var.ProductName)) ... The installation works beautif

Re: [WiX-users] question in Wix 2.0

2011-08-23 Thread Mark Modrall
ing Wix 3.5. So now I can tell the people who want this fixed that they'll need to take the newer Wix and I can stop pestering people here for debugging help on the Dead Sea Scrolls :) Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Mark Modrall [mailto:mmodr...@mzinga.com] Sent: Tuesday, Au

Re: [WiX-users] question in Wix 2.0

2011-08-23 Thread Mark Modrall
all system services. I'm an admin on the box so the latter portion of the message doesn't seem to apply, but it didn't seem to like either of the alternatives... Thanks mark -Original Message- From: Michael Osmond [mailto:mosm...@baytech.com.au] Sent: Monday, August 22,

[WiX-users] question in Wix 2.0

2011-08-22 Thread Mark Modrall
Am I doing something obviously wrong? Thanks mark -- uberSVN's rich system and user administration capabilities and model configuration take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and

[WiX-users] Installers on the newer, fussier OS'es

2011-08-12 Thread Mark Modrall
he box or something? Thanks Mark -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and t

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing system32 folder on 64bit machines

2011-08-10 Thread Mark Simonetti
Surely that only sets the variable at compile time? Mark. -- On 10/08/2011 08:17, maksim.vazhe...@emc.com wrote: > You can simply use [SystemFolder] for 32-bit package and [System64Folder] for > 64-bit package. > > > > > > > >Id="

[WiX-users] Accessing system32 folder on 64bit machines

2011-08-09 Thread Mark Simonetti
;t help on Windows 32. Thanks, Mark. -- uberSVN's rich system and user administration capabilities and model configuration take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it.

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-20 Thread Mark Modrall
that extra directory declaration? Obviously there's something I'm missing. Thanks Mark Included in http://www.prospero.com"; InstallerVe

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-20 Thread Mark Modrall
result the outputs are not the same. It does work if I use devenv.exe from the command line so I guess I'll stick with that... Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Tobias S [mailto:tobias.s1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:37 AM To: General discussion for Windows Instal

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-20 Thread Mark Modrall
ing devenv.exe on the command line instead? Thanks Mark Compile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3.5\bin\candle.exe -d"DevEnvDir=*Undefined if not building from within Visual Studio*" -dSolutionDir=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\ -dSolutionExt=.sln -dSolutionFileName=Al

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-19 Thread Mark Modrall
ode is done, it sets that registry flag to show it's been done. As I said a lot that stuff just used to slide by in Windows Server 2003 when running as an administrator... Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 11

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-19 Thread Mark Modrall
to the machine. To run things that need more serious access, I take it I should have an attribute Impersonate="no"? Thanks mark -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:33 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-19 Thread Mark Modrall
sion and the root Directory Id="TARGETDIR" instead of INSTALLDIR. I've found some 3.5 sample projects, and the biggest difference I can see is a lot more use of DirectoryRef and ComponentRef in . Does anyone see if I'm doing something obviously wrong in a 3.5 sen

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-18 Thread Mark Modrall
n* the msi are instead peer directories to it in MyProduct\bin\Release\. Seems like there's some 2.0/3.5 incompatibility speed bump I haven't internalized yet... Any tips? Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Mark Modrall [mailto:mmodr...@mzinga.com] Sent: Monday, Jul

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-18 Thread Mark Modrall
"1" off, it says it's required. Warnings are better than errors, but I'm trying to understand what's driving them. Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 7:00 AM To: General discussion f

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-17 Thread Mark Modrall
s are (unavailable). I'm not prompted for upgrade nor does VS appear to do them. It 2.0 => 3.5 just too big a jump for automated upgrade? Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:03 PM To: General discussio

Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-17 Thread Mark Modrall
t in there. I know this is an ignorant question, but what's the relation between Tallow and light? Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:03 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML tools

[WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 to 2010

2011-07-15 Thread Mark Modrall
ill only offered VS 2005 integration. I haven't worked with Windows Server 2008 much and I haven't seen this installer error before. Is this a Wix compatibility issue or an OS issue? Thanks Mark

[WiX-users] Installing MOF files for WMI provider

2011-05-13 Thread Mark Syms
Hello, Can anyone suggest what is the best way of get WIX to install a MOF file for a WMI provider that we’re developing? Currently it looks like we'll need a custom action to call mofcomp but that seems a bit icky if there is a better way. Thanks,

Re: [WiX-users] Using a file from media in a custom action.

2011-03-08 Thread Mark Tempel
ve to live for the product). I was hoping someone here know how to get this file out of the cab and into a temp directory from a custom action. Thanks for the suggestion though. --mark Mark Tempel Sr Software Engineer Shavlik Technologies LLC. On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote: &g

[WiX-users] Detecting uninstall or minor upgrade

2011-03-07 Thread Mark Turek
How do I detect uninstall or minor upgrade or first time install. I looked at the values in the table in the following article http://stackoverflow.com/questions/320921/how-to-add-a-wix-custom-action-that-happens-only-on-uninstall-via-msi and I don't think they are correct! Are they? Why do I n

[WiX-users] Using a file from media in a custom action.

2011-03-07 Thread Mark Tempel
would mean I'm including it in my installer twice. I'd like to avoid that. Thanks, Mark Tempel Sr. Software Engineer Shavlik Technologies LLC. -- What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This

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