, what version of the WiX toolset are you using?
Bob Arnson wrote:
Riyaz Mogharabin wrote:
The process of creating the MSI file for my company product takes about
90
minutes to complete. How can I speed this up?
Here's one way:
http://www.joyofsetup
com/2008/03/29/wix-performance-tip-use
My install Pack is about 600 MB in size, and there is no limitation in it's
size. I'm using the MSZIP compression level, and it's ok for me. The only
concern, is the time it takes to create the MSI file.
It takes over 90 minutes after the light is commanded to build the MSI. I
know that this
Dear all,
Doesn't anybody have any answer for this?
Dear AllI have modified the WixUI_INSTALLDIR set to add a condition:
I am creating a dialog named InstallDirConditionDlg which informs the
user
That the install path contains SPACEand that the program will not work if
So.
I want to
Dear All,
You know we have 5 compression levels:
None, High, Low, MSZIP and medium.
Is it possible to use a third party compression code, such as 7-up or rar?
And if it is possible, does it help to have faster and better compression
code, or to get building the .msi faster ?
More, does the
Dear all,
Do you have any clue what elements are involved in the process of creating
the MSI file by light?
The process of creating the MSI file for my company product takes about 90
minutes to complete. How can I speed this up?
Any suggestion would be appreciated,
Thanks in advance,
Dear All,
I have modified the WixUI_INSTALLDIR set to add a condition:
I am creating a dialog named InstallDirConditionDlg which informs the user
that the install path contains SPACE, and that the program will not work if
so.
I want to modify the InstallDirDlg to show the dialog:
Control
Hey friends,
I'm getting a bit confused in this. Can anybody give me a clue about what is
Going on?
I have to create a shortcut for the readme in the program files, and I do so
But there is a problem. If I declare it as a non-advertised shortcut, the
icon of it will not be known when The
Dear Friends,
It seems that in WiX 3, the TARGETDIR is set to the local drive which has
the most free space on the system.
I need to hardcode this so the user will always see C:\MyProgram\ as the
default install path.
For this, I've done the following:
Property Id='TARGETDIR' Value='C:\'/
Dear all,
I was using a customAction in the WiX 2 to open the readme file when the
installation is finished. The code was:
Property Id='expProp'explorer/Property
CustomAction ExeCommand='[INSTALLDIR]Third_Test_Folder\Readme.htm\Readme
htm' Property='expProp' Return='asyncNoWait' Id='jPOJPyqG'/
space in it. I need to
disable the Next button in the dialog, and enable it only when the
install path does not contain space. Can anybody help me on this?
Has anybody handle a similar situation? Or does anybody have a sample XML
code for this?
Thanks for your helps in anticipate,
Riyaz
Dear All,
I hope you are fine and doing well.
I have a question from you experts about the mailing lists. How can we
manage the WiX mailing list to ensure most of the emails are answered?
I personally have sent some emails to the group that I'm sure they have
answers, but nobody has answered
Dear Alex,
http://www.dizzymonkeydesign
com/blog/misc/adding-and-customizing-dlgs-in-wix-3/ may be a help for you.
It was so for me.
Good luck,
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:48:44 -0400
From: Alex Goryuk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom WiXUI - overriding default dialogs
To:
Dear All,
I have posted some emails to the mailing list, and hasn't received any
Answer. Is it possible for you to take some minutes to it? It's an urgent
Problem.
The problem is:
I need to modify the InstallDirDlg in the wixui dialog set in order to add
A popup dialog. The dialog will
Dear All,
I hope you are fine and doing well.
I need to create a shortcut for the readme file in the start menu group. In
this issue, I have created this code:
Component Id='readmeComponent' Guid='bF2Ce670-44B0-fbEB-26a0-8A3E4d7c5F3b'
File Id='readmeFile' Name='Readme.htm' Vital='yes'
Dear All,
I hope you are fine and doing well.
I have decided to add a validation to the InstallDirDlg dialog in the
WixUI_INSTALLDIR set. I need to check the install path to ensure there is no
Space in the install path. For that, I have used the tutorial in the
http://www.dizzymonkeydesign
-
-
Can anybody help me about this?
I'd be so thankful to see any help,
Riyaz
---Original Message---
From: Sebastian Brand
Date: 04/25/08 13:58:19
To: Riyaz Mogharabin
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut without icon
Can you
Dear All,
I hope you are fine and doing well.
I have used WiX 2 for creating the MSI, and managed so, but I had to change
to WiX 3 for some reasons. Now, I have some problems with shortcuts.
I created shortcuts by nesting shortcut elements inside the File Element and
managed to create the
Dear All,
I Hope you are fine and doing well.
I have created some shortcuts in the program files menu, and among them is a
readme file. I need the shortcut to have the original icon of HTML files.
But when I don't introduce an icon for it, there will be an UNKNOWN FILE
TYPE icon by default.
Dear All,
I have been using WiX 2 for a while and managed to create my MSI files with
it. I had to change into WiX-3 a while ago to benefit from a feature which
did not exist in wix-2.
Now, when I use light, there are some errors and warnings. The warning is
about the type of icons which are
Dear Alexander,
The question is exactly what you've mentioned. I need to change the icon of
created MSI file into the Logo of the company, but I haven't found the
solution yet. I have searched for the registry key you stated, but I couldn
t find the path in my system registry.
Does anybody know
Dear All,
I hope you are fine and doing well.
Is it possible to create a shortcut for a file which already exists on the
user's machine?
I need to create a shortcut uninstaller for the product, and it is possible
by creating a shortcut to the msiexec.exe which already exists on the
Dear All,
I hope you are fine and doing well.
How can we create a setup file which already has an icon? I had a quick
search, but I found nothing about it. I'd be very thankful if you inform me
about each and every kind of material which explains this.
Thank you in advance,
Dear Bob,
Thanks a lot for the answer. It surely is very helpful. I'm going to work on
it now. But one more question:
Is it possible to use this with WiXUI_INSTALLDIR and WiX-2.0? I've used
them for my software, and I prefer not to change it, but it seems that this
is one of the features of
Dear friends,
I hope you are fine and doing well. Thank you for the helps you've ever done
I have a problem with custom actions, which couldnt find its solution. One
of the files which is going to be installed on the target machine can not
work if there is a space in the path, so I need to
I'm so sorry to send this email again. I need an urgent answer for this
problem, and it seems that this mailing list is my last resort.
This is my problem:
I have created an installer with WiXUi.InstallDir. I need to check the
install path that the user selects and not let him continue the
Hi everybody,
Hope you are fine.
I have created an installer with WiXUi.InstallDir. I need to check the
install path that the user selects and not let him continue the installation
if the path contains a space. The installation is continued when the user
choose a path which does not contain a
Dear All,
I have decided to use the WiXUI.INSTALLDIR to create a file installer. I
want to know if I can manage the dialogs that are used in the WiXUI library.
Is it possible to use the dialogs in some other sequence, or put custom
dialogs between two of them?
In fact, I need a dialog to let
-users] Problem Reading Registry
Please refer to http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson1.php, under
1.5
Where to Install?. It contains a really simple and exhaustive
explanation about this issue.
Hope this helps,
Boris
Original Messages:
Riyaz Mogharabin wrote:
Hi everybody
Hi everybody,
I have to read a registry value from a specific key ( lets say
HKLM\Software\Company\ ) and this value contains the path to the location
where we need to install the software (so the format of the value will be
something like C:\Company\HomeDir\ ).
How can I get this value by use
Dear Friends, Hi.
I am very new to this WiX toolset. I started to create an installer for some
files in the last week. In fact, I need to create an installer exactly the
same as the ones previously created with other Installer creator programs
for previous Versions.
I have used the
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