Re: [WiX-users] Problems running heat under LocalSystem service

2015-02-02 Thread Dan Ports
Yeah, the task itself is just doing a simple Path.GetTempFileName(), unaware that the path returned may be mapped differently in 64- and 32-bit processes. *Dan Ports* Vice President of Technology, Intrigma Inc. Medical Staffing Optimization And Scheduling Software 349 5th Avenue, New York, NY

Re: [WiX-users] Problems running heat under LocalSystem service

2015-01-30 Thread Dan Ports
Thanks for the suggestions, Stephen. I dug a bit deeper, found the cause of the problem, and updated the original issue I mentioned: http://wixtoolset.org/issues/4596/ *Dan Ports* Vice President of Technology, Intrigma Inc. Medical Staffing Optimization And Scheduling Software 349 5th Avenue

[WiX-users] Problems running heat under LocalSystem service

2015-01-30 Thread Dan Ports
ssue: http://wixtoolset.org/issues/4596/ Has anyone else run into this? Thanks, Dan *Dan Ports* Vice President of Technology, Intrigma Inc. Medical Staffing Optimization And Scheduling Software 349 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016 (212) 390-1040 | intrigma.com The information in this email is co

[WiX-users] Duplicate Symbol - MajorUpgrade and InstallExecuteSequence/RemoveExistingProducts

2014-07-02 Thread Dan McCoy
hing to me and I could do with further explanation. Can anybody provide me with a little more of a noob friendly answer please? Thanks Dan -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn pro

Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

2014-03-18 Thread Dan Watson
eforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming > > Dan, > If you only have one msi, you probably don't need to utilize a bootstrapper > application. > The only time you'd need to utilize the BA is if you want to chain multiple > msi's. > > I

Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

2014-03-18 Thread Dan Watson
this? Please forgive the rather lengthy prose – this is in the interest of clarifying my problem with some detail. Dan > From: jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:28:09 + > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

[WiX-users] Help with BA Programming

2014-03-17 Thread Dan Watson
tring)") ? If a different approach how is it done for BA? Is it perhaps I should explore more of MBA rather than BA if the latter has limitations? Dan -- Learn Graph Data

Re: [WiX-users] Run As Admin required to run installer as passive from command line

2014-03-14 Thread Dan Blanchard
Thanks for the reply Phil. Actually I found out today that we put something in the drive to always install with elevated permissions. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms813108.aspx so problem solved. Thanks, Dan -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil

[WiX-users] Run As Admin required to run installer as passive from command line

2014-03-12 Thread Dan Blanchard
com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd408007(v=vs.85).aspx Attached are the log files. If anyone has some insight into this, I would really appreciate it, I really need to get it to work like we have the installer working with VS Setup project. Thank You, Dan --

Re: [WiX-users] How to do in wix v3.8 what setupbld.exe did

2014-03-11 Thread Dan Watson
ourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to do in wix v3.8 what setupbld.exe did > > On 07-Mar-14 05:45, Dan Watson wrote: > > 1) I understand the power of Bootstrapper project in bundling multiple MSI > > setups (the Office installation being a good example) but is th

[WiX-users] How to do in wix v3.8 what setupbld.exe did

2014-03-07 Thread Dan Watson
something right. I am still in the learning mode with Bootstrapper project and Burn, although successfully implemented a single MSI installer (which was also packaged exe with setupbld.exe). Your help is appreciated in giving me pointers as to how I could do the equivalent of setupbld.exe in wix v

Re: [WiX-users] SQL CE 4.0 Package

2013-06-16 Thread Dan Blanchard
It's pretty easy to distribute SQL ce DLLS, you can just deploy the files. Here is a blog that describes this. http://erikej.blogspot.com/2011/02/using-sql-server-compact-40-with.html I made my own merge module Hope this helps Dan Sent from my iPhone On Jun 16, 2013, at 6:46 AM, Mi

Re: [WiX-users] Removing a feature with a patch

2013-04-03 Thread Brown, Dan
ibrary/windows/desktop/aa371855(v=vs.85).aspx On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Brown, Dan wrote: > Is it possible/allowed to remove a feature via a patch? > > I get a 2711 error when applying a patch that has a featur

[WiX-users] Removing a feature with a patch

2013-04-03 Thread Brown, Dan
Is it possible/allowed to remove a feature via a patch? I get a 2711 error when applying a patch that has a feature removed from the target version. Thanks, Dan -- Minimize network downtime and maximize team

Re: [WiX-users] How to disable or hide Repair button in Bundle UI

2012-11-14 Thread Liviu Dan
I may not be the best to answer as I am new to Wix and Burn, but I was able to hide the button using a custom Theme as indicated here: http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.ca/2012/05/wix-burn-tipstricks.html Regards, Dan On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Miller, Nick (GE Intelligent Platforms

Re: [WiX-users] Skip welcome screen for WixUI_Mondo

2012-11-13 Thread Liviu Dan
previous dialog, so I don't know how to do it in this case. Dan On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > There is some info here that might help you: > http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html > > Neil > > -Original Mes

[WiX-users] Wix msi repair uninstalls component

2012-11-13 Thread Liviu Dan
My msi uninstalls a component when repair is clicked. I have a custom action for uninstalling this component and in the InstallExecuteSequence I have the condition: Anybody knows why? Thanks , Dan

[WiX-users] Skip welcome screen for WixUI_Mondo

2012-11-13 Thread Liviu Dan
How do I skip the Welcome Dlg when customizing Mondo UI? Can I skip the Exit Dlg? Thanks,Dan -- Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers

[WiX-users] WIX Burn without UI

2012-11-13 Thread Liviu Dan
Did anybody write their own BA for wrapping an msi? I want to show the msi UI not the Burn UI and apparently this is the only answer. Thanks, Dan -- Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-28 Thread Dan Muller
Awesome, thank you very much. I think that it is all figured out now -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Creating-an-installer-through-the-command-line-tp7579149p7579177.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Dan Muller
Before reading this post i did do a search for msbuild and found it in my .NET folders, and i have a copy of wix.target and wixtasks.dll, however they are not actually from the wix installation but my sharpdevelop install. So my question is, is there a wix.target and wixtasks.dll that is distribute

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Dan Muller
I don't know what I was doing but I had tried msbuild but must have supplied the wrong argument. My problem now is that there is no w.target in my C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3.6\bin directory. It exists in my sharp develop directory and I am sure I can find it in the visual studios dir

[WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Dan Muller
and what would be your suggestions at automating it? Thanks in advance, Dan -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Creating-an-installer-through-the-command-line-tp7579149.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining 2 msi's **UPDATE**

2012-06-20 Thread Dan Muller
Found that the order that the fueatures are listed is the order in which they are installed. By making the merge module first, it guarantees that they files in the merge module are installed first. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Chai

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining 2 msi's

2012-06-20 Thread Dan Muller
Yeah, I had found that link and it was not the most useful, I eventually found some references and learned from them. I got a bundled exe, but I was wondering if there was a way to create a bundled msi instead? Also, can someone point me to a tutorial on changing the burn UI? http://schemas.mi

[WiX-users] Chaining 2 msi's

2012-06-19 Thread Dan Muller
Can someone please explain the process of chaining msi's? I assume that I have to create a Bundle then a Chain tag, but how do I continue from there? I have the two msi's finished, and one must be completed before the other. Thank you in advance for any help, Dan -- View this

Re: [WiX-users] Sets of files installed at different times.

2012-06-15 Thread Dan Muller
Thank you for your in depth response. Since reading your post we have looked in to burn, and have a few questions that we hope someone could answer. An idea that is being thrown around is that of a first MSI that would lay down the necessary files in the form of perl scripts, and a second that wo

[WiX-users] Sets of files installed at different times.

2012-06-15 Thread Dan Muller
the specified INSTALLDIR. What would be the best way to do this? Would we be able to add them as components and have a custom action to install them? Is there another way built into wix, or is there something missing? Thanks in advance, Dan -- View this message in context: http://windows

Re: [WiX-users] Perl Script on initialization **UPDATE**

2012-06-15 Thread Dan Muller
the actual install occurs. Thanks again, Dan -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Perl-Script-on-initialization-tp7578584p7578865.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: [WiX-users] Vista, UAC off, registry writes virtualized

2012-01-22 Thread Dan Gough
SPAM! On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:58 PM, rrrmmm wrote: > Check this ( > > http://www.articlewritingclicks.com/Dll_Errors/Bhodll_Errors__Download_this_Repair_Tool_to_Fix_it.html > bho.dll download ) post... for fixes > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-to

[WiX-users] Anyone know how to use AppSecInc's Win32_WriteFile custom action?

2012-01-21 Thread Dan Gough
ite to a file in program files, I'm trying to run this as a deferred CA without impersonation, so setting those parameters as individual properties won't work, and I've tried a couple of other ways but cannot get it to work. Unless this is

Re: [WiX-users] Icon for util:InternetShortcut

2012-01-18 Thread Dan Gough
Seems to be working now after adding empty IniFile entry for IDList, using [~] to specify a null value (as the schema does not allow null values): On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Dan Gough wrote: > I've got it semi working: > > > > Directory=&quo

Re: [WiX-users] Icon for util:InternetShortcut

2012-01-18 Thread Dan Gough
aybe a bug in Windows, or maybe something to do with the last Prop3 value as I don't know what that's for! Regards, Dan On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Dan Gough wrote: > You can try writing your URL file from the IniFile table instead, as .URL > files are in INI format. I am going

Re: [WiX-users] Icon for util:InternetShortcut

2012-01-17 Thread Dan Gough
You can try writing your URL file from the IniFile table instead, as .URL files are in INI format. I am going to try exactly this later on today, I've done it before (but not in WiX) so it should work. I'll post my sample code if you need me to. Regards, Dan On Sun, Jan 15, 2012

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile element issues - any XPath experts out there?

2012-01-17 Thread Dan Gough
nts make sure you set @SelectionLanguage to XPath. The > obsolete XSLPattern default value uses a now obsolete predecessor to XPath > for the pattern matching. > > Blair > > -Original Message- > From: Dan Gough [mailto:goug...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 11,

Re: [WiX-users] Adding Internet Explorer Context Menu item for all users in a per machine install

2012-01-12 Thread Dan Gough
Or try applying the key to HKLM rather than HKCU in the first place. Many Windows settings can apply to either key to give you the flexibility of having each setting system-wide or per-user. On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Christopher Painter wrote: > The Registry element has a Root attribute

[WiX-users] Custom action to search and replace text in a file?

2012-01-12 Thread Dan Gough
l for this they can share or point me to? Thanks, Dan -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 ___ WiX-use

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile element issues - any XPath experts out there?

2012-01-11 Thread Dan Gough
D'oh - solved. I was incorrectly escaping the square brackets, using a forward slash instead of a backslash! All working great now. Dan On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Dan Gough wrote: > Hi, > > I've successfully set up a few xml file configuration items using the >

[WiX-users] XmlFile element issues - any XPath experts out there?

2012-01-11 Thread Dan Gough
ts above. If I try to refer to them in order, e.g. /evidence_gatherer/evidence/evidence_type[1]/xslt_sql, that does not work either. Have I stumbled upon a bug (I'm using v3.6) or are my XPath statements wrong? Thanks, Dan ---

Re: [WiX-users] Anybody using Paraffin?

2012-01-11 Thread Dan Gough
affin file? I may have a go myself since I have the source, but my C# is very rusty and haven't used LINQ before! Anybody come across this problem and have a solution already? Cheers, Dan On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Dan Gough wrote: > Just tried again and the XmlFile tags are no

Re: [WiX-users] Anybody using Paraffin?

2012-01-11 Thread Dan Gough
Just tried again and the XmlFile tags are no longer being removed, must have made a mistake somewhere! Also confirmed that test values for registry and service entries are left untouched also. Plodding on, wish me luck! Cheers, Dan On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Dan Gough wrote: >

Re: [WiX-users] Anybody using Paraffin?

2012-01-11 Thread Dan Gough
point on the best way forward. Thanks, Dan On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:25 AM, John Robbins wrote: > Thanks all for the kind words about Paraffin! *blush* > > If you're just getting started with Paraffin make sure to read the Zen of > Paraffin to help you get started. ( > htt

[WiX-users] Anybody using Paraffin?

2012-01-10 Thread Dan Gough
a while: http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/tags/Paraffin/default.aspx I'd like to know if any users out there have had experience using this with WiX v3.6 Beta? Thanks in advance, Dan -- Write once. Port to many. G

Re: [WiX-users] Changing Directory/Component/File IDs into friendlynames

2012-01-10 Thread Dan Gough
Thanks, that works - didn't spot that option yesterday! On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM, David Watson wrote: > Try the -suid heat option... > > We tend to use > -nologo -suid -srd -sfrag -ag -wx > > > -Original Message- > From: Dan Gough [mailto:goug...@

[WiX-users] Changing Directory/Component/File IDs into friendly names

2012-01-09 Thread Dan Gough
Hi, First time WiX user, just generated my first output today from heat.exe for a fairly large installer I am working on. Does anybody know of any script or other means to convert the unique IDs generated for directories, files and components into more friendly names? Thanks, Dan

Re: [WiX-users] Removing through the UI mode does not prompt for privileges

2011-12-21 Thread Dan Gough
I'm new to WiX so don't know how to do it, but I think you need the elevation shield attribute 0x0080 set in the Control table on the button used to uninstall the application. Try editing the msi package using InstEd to see if it fixes the problem, then you can figure out how to achieve it in

Re: [WiX-users] Adding files to an existing install...

2011-10-19 Thread Dan Vasilov
Maybe it would be better to implement a 'Import data' utility in the application instead of a setup. Dan -Original Message- From: John D. Marinuzzi [mailto:nu...@hypack.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 3:38 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-use

[WiX-users] RemoveRegistryValue not working as expected

2011-09-29 Thread Dan Moody
ith a value of 1. The value is a REG_MULTI_SZ type, if it makes a difference. Any advice? Thank you, --- Dan Moody | Deployment Engineer | Gibbs and Associates Phone: 805-523-0004 Email:d...@gibbscam.com www.GibbsCA

[WiX-users] Generating WIX files from .INI files

2011-09-29 Thread Dan Vasilov
Hello, We have to implement a setup that generates a large set of .ini files. Is there a tool to automatically generate WIX fragments from an .INI file? Dan

Re: [WiX-users] Custom action if existing file exists

2011-08-23 Thread Dan Vasilov
Detect the .EXE file exists using a FileSearch action and condition your CA on the FileSearch action parent property see (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_filesearch.htm). Dan -Original Message- From: Michael Tissington [mailto:michael_tissing...@ciqual.com] Sent: Tuesday

Re: [WiX-users] Calling an url during install process

2011-08-18 Thread Dan Vasilov
Maybe http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/02/WiX30 can help you. But in your case the first thing to do would be to check the proper .NET Fx version is installed on the target system. Dan -Original Message- From: Jean-Luc Morin [mailto:jeanluc.mo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011

Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP

2011-08-18 Thread Dan Puza
/@DisableRollback="yes", but it works correctly (ARP entry does not get removed on setup fail) when Chain/@DisableRollback is omitted. -Original Message----- From: Dan Puza [mailto:dp...@ultra-scan.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 7:51 PM To: WiX-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn unins

Re: [WiX-users] Calling an url during install process

2011-08-17 Thread Dan Vasilov
. Dan -Original Message- From: Jean-Luc Morin [mailto:jeanluc.mo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 5:08 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Calling an url during install process Hello! I have a new requirement I'm not sure how to meet. The in

Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP

2011-08-15 Thread Dan Puza
focus on and I admittedly get a bit bent by things that could be distractions because there are a lot of bugs to fix yet... On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Dan Puza wrote: > Obviously it's wrong. Can you offer any better viable workarounds > using more appropriate approaches,

Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP

2011-08-12 Thread Dan Puza
x27;t want to investigate any of them. Anyway, this sounds like bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3367340&group_id=105970&atid=642714 On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Dan Puza wrote: > Heh... for now as a workaround I am having the ExePackage kill the > pare

Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP

2011-08-10 Thread Dan Puza
Heh... for now as a workaround I am having the ExePackage kill the parent process (the bootstrapper) when the user cancels it... in order to keep the ARP entry... at least it works... :-/ -Original Message- From: Dan Puza Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:58 PM To: WiX-users Subject

Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP

2011-08-10 Thread Dan Puza
I discovered that when Chain DisableRollback="yes", the ARP entry gets removed. When Chain DisableRollback is omitted, the ARP entry remains intact as expected. However, for other reasons, I don't want the rollback to happen... From: Dan Puza Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:45 P

Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP

2011-08-10 Thread Dan Puza
le to change the code returned from this package. It is an ExePackage. -Original Message- From: Dan Puza [mailto:dp...@ultra-scan.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:45 PM To: WiX-users Subject: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP Does this make sense? The firs

[WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP

2011-08-10 Thread Dan Puza
Does this make sense? The first package in the bundle that attempts to uninstall returns an error code (Package Vital="yes"). Processing stops and Setup Failed, as I would expect. However the ARP entry for the bundle gets removed. I would expect that to remain intact. Is that indicated by the t

Re: [WiX-users] Burn doesn't detect (and therefore doesn't uninstall) certain per-user MSIs

2011-08-08 Thread Dan Puza
I added it: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3385097&group_id=105970&atid=642714 Dan -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 12:02 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subje

Re: [WiX-users] Burn doesn't detect (and therefore doesn't uninstall) certain per-user MSIs

2011-08-08 Thread Dan Puza
Hmmm... it appears that the one that didn't work, didn't explicitly have: mailto:dp...@ultra-scan.com] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 9:19 AM To: WiX-users Subject: [WiX-users] Burn doesn't detect (and therefore doesn't uninstall) certain per-user MSIs I am having trouble with Burn with certai

[WiX-users] Burn doesn't detect (and therefore doesn't uninstall) certain per-user MSIs

2011-08-08 Thread Dan Puza
I am having trouble with Burn with certain of my per-user MSIs. The log shows they are Absent, when they are really Present. Since for some reason it thinks they are Absent, they don't get uninstalled, causing all kinds of problems. I am installing and uninstalling as the same user. Another p

Re: [WiX-users] Caching payload, sudden terrible performance?

2011-07-21 Thread Dan Puza
Would you say that this is a WiX bug? Can you think of any workarounds? I've tried disabling CRL checking machine wide as described here, with no success: http://www.page-house.com/blog/2009/04/how-to-disable-crl-checking.html I am not really knowledgeable about dealing with certificates in t

Re: [WiX-users] Caching payload, sudden terrible performance?

2011-07-20 Thread Dan Puza
To follow up, I just tried the same installer with an internet connection present on XP, and the caching payloads took 12 seconds rather than 8 minutes. -Original Message- From: Dan Puza [mailto:dp...@ultra-scan.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:28 AM To: General discussion for

Re: [WiX-users] Caching payload, sudden terrible performance?

2011-07-20 Thread Dan Puza
3.6.1908.0 -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 7:43 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Caching payload, sudden terrible performance? What version of Burn? On Tue, Jul 19, 20

Re: [WiX-users] Caching payload, sudden terrible performance?

2011-07-19 Thread Dan Puza
I'm not sure what to look for in Process Explorer. CPU is basically 0%. If I look at the Threads for Setup.exe (my bootstrapper), I see slow churning activity for cryptnet.dll!I_CryptNetIsConnected and CRYPT32.dll!I_CryptRegisterSmartCardStore. Green/red, loaded/unloaded, over and over again

[WiX-users] Caching payload, sudden terrible performance?

2011-07-19 Thread Dan Puza
Should there be any reason for the much slower times between these two log files for caching payloads? For example, Total time caching payloads: 8 minutes (slower) vs. 21 seconds (normal) Caching 2KB .REG file: 1 minute 18 seconds (10:24:32 -> 10:25:50) Caching 1MB EXE file: 1 minute (10:25:50 ->

Re: [WiX-users] Burn title and ARP

2011-07-19 Thread Dan Puza
I do want the bootstrapper to display a title explaining what it wants to install. Dan -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:26 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn titl

[WiX-users] Burn title and ARP

2011-07-18 Thread Dan Puza
Is there a way to set the title of the bootstrapper without creating an Add Remove Programs entry for the bootstrapper? -- Storage Efficiency Calculator This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property t

[WiX-users] BA or engine progress bug?

2011-07-12 Thread Dan Puza
I'm not sure if this is a bug or not: Out of all my packages, the biggest one by far is SQL Server. However, the progress bar seems(?) to jump a large amount compared to the others when it STARTS processing SQL Server rather than AFTER it completes and moves on to the next. Has anyone else no

Re: [WiX-users] What is the purpose of the MbaNetfxPackageId and MbaPreqPackageName variables

2011-07-08 Thread Dan Puza
Managed http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/authoring_bundle_application.htm Meaning, you write a custom BootstrapperApplication using .NET (managed); rather than using a standard one like "WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" (native, non-managed) or writing a native, non-manage

Re: [WiX-users] Buirn Queries

2011-07-05 Thread Dan Puza
What kind of code are you trying to run? You can definitely run an ExePackage (EXE file) at any point before, after, between installing any of your 3 MSI files, without writing a complete BA. It's true you cannot run the UI inside the MSI though. However, and this is an ugly hack, but I have

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Win7

2011-07-05 Thread Dan Puza
Is it Win7 64 bit? If so, are you sure the correct registry is being checked/written to (32-bit vs. 64-bit)? -Original Message- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:57 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re

Re: [WiX-users] Building and running WiX - Public Key

2011-06-30 Thread Dan Puza
b UtilExtension\wixext BalExtension\balutil BalExtension\wixstdba BalExtension\wixlib BalExtension\wixext -Original Message- From: Dan Puza [mailto:dp...@ultra-scan.com] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:53 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-user

Re: [WiX-users] Building and running WiX - Public Key

2011-06-30 Thread Dan Puza
the candle.exe -d"DevEnvDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\\" argument for? Will that Program Files reference contribute to my PublicKey problems? I have also been replacing wix.xsd in Visual Studio 10.0\Xml\Schemas with my modified one. -Origin

[WiX-users] Building and running WiX - Public Key

2011-06-30 Thread Dan Puza
rror from "make ship" about can't find "wix\build\ship\x86\Dependency.wixlib". Any help or ideas would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Dan -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapping .NET Framework 4.0

2011-06-30 Thread Dan Puza
download the pre-requisite files right? -- Message: 4 Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:54:47 + From: Dan Puza Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapping .NET Framework 4.0 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Message-ID: Content-Type: text

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapping .NET Framework 4.0

2011-06-29 Thread Dan Puza
That depends on the value of the ComponentsLocation attribute of the GenerateBootstrapper Task in your wixproj file, as well as the CopyComponents attribute. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164294.aspx For example, if ComponentsLocation="Relative", and CopyComponents="true", then

Re: [WiX-users] Documentation for Burn

2011-06-29 Thread Dan Puza
There's a section within the WiX 3.x manual from the WiX home page. http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/authoring_bundle_intro.htm -Original Message- From: Dane Anderson (Wicresoft) [mailto:v-dan...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 1:03 PM To: wix-

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Is it possible/supported to bootstrap Windows Installer 4.5?

2011-06-29 Thread Dan Puza
be installed and everything is good. On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Dan Puza wrote: > Here is the situation: > > I am creating a Burn bootstrapper to install my app (an MSI) and its > prerequisites. One of the prereqs is SQL Server 2008. One of SQL > Server's prereqs

[WiX-users] Burn: Community package definitions

2011-06-28 Thread Dan Puza
be in there but I'm just not seeing it (I don't think it is)? Dan -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, sec

[WiX-users] Burn: Is it possible/supported to bootstrap Windows Installer 4.5?

2011-06-28 Thread Dan Puza
Here is the situation: I am creating a Burn bootstrapper to install my app (an MSI) and its prerequisites. One of the prereqs is SQL Server 2008. One of SQL Server's prereqs is Windows Installer 4.5. Unsurprisingly, the WI4.5 installer exit code is 0xbc2 REBOOT REQUIRED. Can I manage reboot

Re: [WiX-users] Burn log - Error 0x80070002: Failed to install MSIpackage.

2011-06-28 Thread Dan Puza
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[WiX-users] Burn log - Error 0x80070002: Failed to install MSI package.

2011-06-24 Thread Dan Puza
Any tips for debugging / troubleshooting "Error 0x80070002: Failed to install MSI package" in the Burn log? The MSI installs fine on its own, but the bootstrapper fails on the MSI with that error message. There are no other messages indicating why it might have failed. There is the following

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - Error 0x80096010: Failed authenticode verification of payload

2011-06-16 Thread Dan Puza
I got around this for now by removing the certificate, as described here: http://www.curlybrace.com/words/2008/09/12/stripping-an-authenticode-signature/ From: Dan Puza Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 4:04 PM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: Burn - Error 0x800960

[WiX-users] Burn - Error 0x80096010: Failed authenticode verification of payload

2011-06-16 Thread Dan Puza
Is it possible to instruct Burn not to verify the signature of an ExePackage? The EXE file is published by a third party, and can't be modified. Is it really just not possible to use it in my bootstrapper since there is a problem with the signature? I am very new to Burn, so it could be that

Re: [WiX-users] How to read binary file content using c#custom action???

2011-03-04 Thread Dan Vasilov
s? Windows Explorer says the file has 6KB. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Dan Vasilov [mailto:d...@rms.ro] Gesendet: Freitag, 4. März 2011 13:29 An: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] How to read binary file content using c#

Re: [WiX-users] How to read binary file content using c# custom action???

2011-03-04 Thread Dan Vasilov
In .NET you will use a BinaryReader or File.ReadAllBytes, if the size of the file allows. Does this answer your question? Dan -Original Message- From: Simon Chromow [mailto:simon.chro...@bewotec.de] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 1:05 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] Error 1723

2011-03-02 Thread Dan Vasilov
your source control system and controlling the changes. Does the error occur on all your test systems? Dan -Original Message- From: Colin LeMahieu [mailto:clemah...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 6:27 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error

Re: [WiX-users] How to issue a "netsh http add urlacl url=.." command at install time...

2011-02-24 Thread Dan Vasilov
issue a "netsh http add urlacl url=.." command at install time... If CAQuietExec custom action is used (as mentioned by Ed previously and as the name of CA suggests), the console window won't be shown. -- Yan On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Dan Vasilov wrote: >A custom

Re: [WiX-users] How to issue a "netsh http add urlacl url=.." command at install time...

2011-02-24 Thread Dan Vasilov
configure your system. Dan -Original Message- From: Gregg Swanson [mailto:gregg.swan...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:54 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to issue a "netsh http add urlacl url=.." command at install time... W

Re: [WiX-users] Error 1723

2011-02-24 Thread Dan Vasilov
It is very likely the .dll is not included in the MSI package at build. Another possibility is the .dll is missing some dependent .dll files. -Original Message- From: Colin LeMahieu [mailto:clemah...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 7:26 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourcef

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Planning: package customization

2011-02-20 Thread Dan Vasilov
is to encapsulate the code to retrieve specific information in custom actions and drop the bootstrapper altogether. Dan -Original Message- From: Vadym Verba [mailto:vve...@sdl.com] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 6:07 PM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Set error code from Custom Action

2010-10-04 Thread Dan Vasilov
Set a property in the installer (for example, CA001STATUS) and then use the property in the installer flow. Return an error from the custom action only if the error should stop the installation and you do not need to show the user a friendly error message. Good luck. Dan -Original Message

Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally Show Dialog Button based on Installer action (installed vs. removed vs. repaired, etc)

2010-07-14 Thread Dan Hoeger
INSTALLED is still undefined at the end of the initial install. So you would want the condition below to be "NOT INSTALLED" to be true for the initial install. -Original Message- From: Jeremy Rimer [mailto:jeremyri...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:25 AM To: General discu

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Source directory in Deferred Custom Action (ApDataFolder etc. is working, just not SourceDir)

2010-07-14 Thread Dan Vasilov
The SourceDir is set by ResolveSource. The actions using this property should be scheduled after this action (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371857(VS.85).aspx). -Original Message- From: daniel.knoep...@noser.com [mailto:daniel.knoep...@noser.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 14,

Re: [WiX-users] Calling an exe file upon installation (works but either cmd remains open, or installation does not finish)

2010-07-13 Thread Dan Vasilov
I would use a launcher .exe that can properly be launched from the setup. Then this launcher would start your application. Probably your executable has some particularity, the setups we've developed with Wix properly launch the main executable.

Re: [WiX-users] BrowseDlg issue

2010-07-09 Thread Dan Vasilov
I've found out that this behavior is by design (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370749.aspx for information about the PathEdit control). The solution is to implement a custom "Browse for Folder" dialog. -Original Message- From: Dan Vasilov [mailto:d...@rms.ro

[WiX-users] BrowseDlg issue

2010-07-09 Thread Dan Vasilov
validated. Where should we start troubleshooting this? Is this a Wix known issue? Dan -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http:/

[WiX-users] Replacing the FatalError dialog

2010-05-31 Thread Dan Vasilov
uence' Sequence Table. ICE20: FatalError dialog/action not found in 'AdminUISequence' Sequence Table. If I insert Show elements for the dialog in the InstallUISequence and AdminUISequence, I get Duplicate symbol 'Dialog:FatalError' found. What

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