[WiX-users] Add/remove programs buttons

2007-05-10 Thread Thomas B.
When looking at add/remove programs I see some apps have a modify and remove, some have "modify/remove" and some have only remove. How can I set our installation to only have a "remove" button? Sincerely -T _ MSN Messenger overal

[WiX-users] Event execution install/Uninstall

2007-05-10 Thread Thomas B.
I have some events i need to be called appropriately, how can I make an event be called only after an install and how can I make an event be called only before files are removed (even from GAC) on an uninstall (Need to execute my application after install and need to execute it before files are

[WiX-users] CustomAction Feedback and shortcut order

2007-05-09 Thread Thomas B
Hi is there some nice way to create feedback on a custom action like a CD-Key check? I tried creating a dialog to show but launching that if the CDkey entered was wrong causes the user-registration dialog to close (Using NewDialog). I also tried setting a label to [CDKErrorMessage] and setting CDK

[WiX-users] Can you pass parameters in quotes?

2007-05-02 Thread Thomas B
if the username entered has a space inn it (which Names usually have) it fails, it doesnt send -u Firstname Lastname. What fixes are there? - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE ve

[WiX-users] Changing property or control-property from Custom action/DLL

2007-05-02 Thread Thomas B
Hey in one of our dialogs we are showing the status of installed dependencies and also want to put in a state-icon, thing is the icon is bound as following: Now I can't seem to change that with a MsiSetProperty (according to logs it deletes the property?). I also thought I might just have 2

[WiX-users] Uninstall event?

2007-04-30 Thread Thomas B
If I want to call a custom event right before files are deleted, what event would I chain it before? How to detect if it's an uninstall etc. (Our application needs to be called with a switch on uninstall) -T - This SF.net em

[WiX-users] Are there any size restrictions?

2007-04-27 Thread Thomas B
Does MSI packages have any size restriction? On one of our Virtual boxes our installer refuses to run if I add another 50 Mb .data file to the MSI package making it 140Mb instead of 90. It just gives a (loosely translated) "Cannot open the installationpackage. Contact the distributor to confirm t

[WiX-users] Unmanaged install/admin deployment

2007-04-26 Thread Thomas B
Hey It seems we want to enable administrators to deploy our software via simple commandline (eg setup -user= pass= key=). How can you set a WIX/MSI package to skip GUI and just use the passed parameters as properties? - T -

[WiX-users] Automating MSI merge into bootstrapper?

2007-04-24 Thread Thomas B
Hi What would be a nice way to have the MSI merged into the bootstrapper unifying it into just one setup.exe file and nothing more? Can this be done with a buildproject just like creating the bootstrapper? - Thomas - This

[WiX-users] WIX 3.0 hates my mergefiles

2007-04-24 Thread Thomas B
Hey I have the following Merge entries inside the root tag these are all added to a feature via the tag. On Wix2.0 this builds just fine, on WIX 3.0/Votive 3.0 i get the following errors: Error34ICE27: Action: 'DuplicateFiles' in InstallExecuteSequence tab