Re: [WiX-users] iis:WebAppPool "Enable 32 bit applications"

I don't see anything mentioned in IIS extension schema that would support this (see http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/iis_xsd_webapppool.htm). If the documentation is out of date, then maybe someone can chime in. I believe you might need to run appcmd.exe out-of-band or directly modify app

Re: [WiX-users] Orca reports strange filenames

These are auto-generated shortnames. I suspect files whose length is greater than 8 will have these while those that confirm -- as is -- to 8.3 naming conventions will not. In other words, I do not think you have anything to worry about and this is expected. Good luck, Navid -Original Me

[WiX-users] Best way to 'fix' string overflow in ExeCommand for CAs

I have a custom action that ends up calling an executable with a large number of parameters (specifically, the parameters contain fully qualified paths). This naturally ends up causing the ExeCommand to exceeds its length limit. What is the best (or recommended) way of handling the scenario

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall does nothing in WiX 3.5?

Any ideas on how to install a service in a stopped state? -Original Message- From: Navid Azimi-Garakani [mailto:naz...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:56 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall does nothing in

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall does nothing in WiX 3.5?

Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:58 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall does nothing in WiX 3.5? On 4/28/2010 1:35 AM, Navid Azimi-Garakani wrote: > MSI (s) (24:DC) [22:30:46:016]: Doing action: InstallServices MSI (s)

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Harvest contents of directory and NOT the directory name

There's a suppress root directory flag on heat.exe that controls this for you. Thanks, Navid -Original Message- From: jeff00seattle [mailto:jeff_tan...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 3:14 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Harvest conte

Re: [WiX-users] Simple question about properties

Anyone have some WiX sample to "automatically" save all of the properties from the command-line into the registry? -Original Message- From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 9:13 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer

[WiX-users] ServiceInstall does nothing in WiX 3.5?

Is anyone aware of a regression with ServiceInstall with WiX 3.5.1623.0? I seem to be unable to get a simple Windows service to install. The MSI does not fail and I do not get anything useful in the logs. I am trying to install on Windows Server 2008 R2 (which only ships in 64-bit). Here is the

Re: [WiX-users] Compound Properties using CustomAction?

Nevermind... I see the problem. It looks like the value of $(var.ProjectName) MUST be all in uppercase. Otherwise, the property value will not be set. This is with 3.5.1623.0. Shall I file a bug? Or this by design? Thanks, Navid -Original Message- From: Navid Azimi-Garakani [mailto:naz

[WiX-users] Compound Properties using CustomAction?

Hello, I am trying to set the value of a property using a compound name. In a nutshell, I want the following line to work: Where $(var.ProjectName) is TEST and the property TESTWEBUSERNAME is being passed as a property on the command line. I have opened up the MSI using Orca and the custom

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Versions of Features?

@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Versions of Features? On 4/26/2010 2:22 PM, Navid Azimi-Garakani wrote: > Is it possible to upgrade only a specific feature within an MSI? No, but if you use late scheduling for RemoveExistingProducts, components that are unchanged in

[WiX-users] Multiple Versions of Features?

Is it possible to upgrade only a specific feature within an MSI? Consider a single MSI that contains two features: A and B. This MSI is installed with both features as v1. I then want to only upgrade feature B with a v2 version of the MSI. Is this possible? Is this recommended? Are there any alt

Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit WiX

iX-users] 64-bit WiX Please file a bug for this, if you haven't already. Thanks, Mike Carlson -Original Message- From: Navid Azimi-Garakani [mailto:naz...@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 4:14 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-

Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit WiX

Schorer wrote: > In my case, I just stopped running the Wix tools in process. > true > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Navid Azimi-Garakani < > naz...@microsoft.com> wrote: > >> I am using WiX 3.5.1602.0. If you look at the executables with >>

Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit WiX

4-bit MSBuild? Thanks, Navid -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:14 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit WiX On 4/12/2010 9:33 PM, Navid Azimi-Garakani wrote: > I realize that this has been

[WiX-users] 64-bit WiX

I realize that this has been a long standing issue but I am working on getting the WiX toolset to compile and run as 64-bit processes. This is necessary because we're running

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 2.0 on IIS 7.5 with IIS 6.0 Compatiblity Mode

2:21 PM To: Navid Azimi-Garakani; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: RE: WIX 2.0 on IIS 7.5 with IIS 6.0 Compatiblity Mode I guess wixcop doesn't update extension elements for you. These errors are coming because all these elements have all been moved into extensi

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 2.0 on IIS 7.5 with IIS 6.0 Compatiblity Mode

expected child element 'XmlFile'. I do not even know what the right thing to do is for them. I could automate it if I knew what they should be instead. Any ideas? Thanks, Navid -Original Message- From: Mike Carlson (DEV DIV) Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:54 AM To: Navid Azi

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 2.0 on IIS 7.5 with IIS 6.0 Compatiblity Mode

pected child element 'XmlFile'. These occur 500+ times. Does anyone have any documentation about migrating from WiX 2.0 to WiX 3.0? It looks like the schema is not backwards compatible. Thanks! Navid -Original Message- From: Navid Azimi-Garakani Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 6:35

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 2.0 on IIS 7.5 with IIS 6.0 Compatiblity Mode

bugs if you try 3.5). Thanks, Mike Carlson -Original Message----- From: Navid Azimi-Garakani [mailto:naz...@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 2:29 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] WIX 2.0 on IIS 7.5 with IIS 6.0 Compatiblity Mode I am having an issue dep

[WiX-users] WIX 2.0 on IIS 7.5 with IIS 6.0 Compatiblity Mode

I am having an issue deploying to IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 using WIX 2.0.3719.0 with IIS 6.0 Compatibility Mode. The problem is that anytime we deploy a virtual directory it "destroys" the parent site. To clarify, the virtual directory gets installed correctly but the parent site no lon

[WiX-users] WIX v2.0 and IIS 7 -- Any stopgap solutions?

Hello-- I have a large number of MSIs (think 75+) that are currently deploying to IIS 6 on Windows Server 2003 (32-bit). These MSIs are being built with WIX 2.0.3719.0. I need to get these MSIs to deploy to IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008 R2. I am currently getting the dreaded -1603 error. I did s

[WiX-users] Heat.exe and 64-bit compatibility

Is there a particular reason why Heat.exe is targeted and compiled specifically against the x86 architecture? I have seen a couple of questions about this around on the Internet but no firm answer or resolution. I briefly looked over the Heat code (v3.0.5419.0) and there does not seem to be anyt