wont the same file be overwritten when the installer copies the files ?
here's my scenario..
I have file a.txt as a blank file being installed in the first msi. I
installed this blank file because I needed this file to be removed upon
uninstall and removeFile element wasnt working for me.
This
thanks for the affirmation. I will try this out.. but where should I schedule
the custom action to copy? (I'm assuming it will be a copyfile custom
action.. am i right? Here's my wxs file in case you want to see where I'm
scheduling the upgrade in majorupgrade, and where my custom actions are
hi phil,
I have a data file installed in version 1.0 in say path c:\installedproduct.
I need to preserve this file upon upgrade because the application changes
this file and I need the changes for the upgraded application.
If the version 2.0 is installed in say c:\anotherlocation , how would I
thanks a lot. I'm writing the install location to the registry as of now ..
so the upgrade would read that location from the registry and copy over the
file after installation.. so the earlier file would need to be overwritten.
Where could I schedule this copyfile? Would it be a custom action ?
hi kiran,
thanks a lot for your reply.
I am pasting my wxs file below for you to take a look.. what I need to do is
release version 1.0.0.0 right now but with the changes required so that
future upgrade 2.0.0.0 will recognize it as an upgrade, and uninstall the
earlier version but keep the
hi kiran,
I modified majorupgrade element as follows
MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage=A newer version of [ProductName] is
already installed. Schedule=afterInstallInitialize/
but after this modification, although I dont see the error anymore.. my
custom uninstall action is not being called at
hi kiran,
if the user selects a different installation folder for the new msi, how
will the clusterinfo.bin file get copied over? I mean, how would the wix
installer know that it needs to preserve this file from the older install
location and copy it into the new install location ??
confused !
Hello,
I urgently need to make changes to my wxs file to support upgrades in the
future and I need to release in a few days ! I need the next msi to
recognise the earlier installation, and retain one file while copying over
the new dll's.
Can someone please help me ? I'm pasting my wxs file
I'm releasing a version 1.0 MSI this week and need to support upgrades since
the next version should recognise the earlier installation, and retain one
of the files installed in this msi without overwriting it.
What changes would I need at the minimum in this version so that the future
upgrades
can you provide any details? I'm a wix newbie. I'm using wix 3.7. What do I
need to
1) Make sure my msi can support future upgrades
2) When the next msi installs, one of the files must not be changed (its a
data file, I need to keep it as it is.. )
please help !
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I know i need to use versionnt64, but how do I specifically limit the
installation OS's to server 2012 and server 2008 R2 ? I dont want to allow
installation on xp,vista,win7,win8, etc..
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I was using vs 2012 with wix 3.7 and it was working well for me. Now I need
to compile my sources on vs 2008 with sp1. I installed vs 2008 and vs 2008
sp1, and did a repair for wix 3.7 assuming it would add the votive plugin to
vs 2008. But I still can't see wix projects in vs 2008. Do I need to
I need to be able to install only on windows server 2012 and windows server
2008 r2, everything else is a no-no.. (no client OS, no vista, no xp, no
windows 7/8) what condition should I use?
Thanks,
Nikhil
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Is there any other way to do this apart from the bootstrapper ? I don't want
another UI showing up, and I dont want a top level package.
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Hi,
Thanks for the tips. I'm still confused ..
The tutorial link you suggested says ..
Step 1: Create a bundle for your application
Follow the instructions in Building Installation Package Bundles
Step 2: Add a reference to one of the .Net PackageGroups
Add a reference to WixNetFxExtension to
Hi Rob and others on the mailing list!
I'm wondering the same thing. I have a minimal UI msi that I've customised
slightly with logos and banners. I want this UI to run immediately instead
of the first screen that the botstrapper UI shows. (licence agreement, etc).
The licence agreement gets
Hello all!
I need to check if .net 4.5 is installed on the system, and if not, install
it through my MSI.
Can someone please give me some pointers on how to achieve this? I am a WIX
newbie, so any detailed help will be very useful to me ... I am pasting my
.wxs file below ..
Thanks,
Hello folks..
I've looked at
http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/ui_and_localization/run_program_after_install.html
to see the proper way to launch an exe that I'm installing after the user
clicks the finish button. I've used the minimal gui, but added it as a
reference by
UI
Publish Dialog=ExitDialog
Control=Finish
Event=DoAction
Value=LaunchApplicationWIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 1 and NOT
Installed/Publish
/UI
worked for me. I had to remove the -UIRef Id=WixUI_Minimal ilne from it
otherwise I was getting redefined
Hi folks!
Guess its a common problem but everywhere I've looked, the solution seems to
be to add something in the UI element.
(am looking here
http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/ui_and_localization/run_program_after_install.html)
But I've added the minimal UI through the
Hello folks..
How do I test whether the merge modules for the visual c++ redistributable
are succesully installed on the machine ? I did uninstall the visual c++
redist runtime from the target machine and after installing my wix generated
msi, seems like things are working well.. but just to
I install a windows service as a custom action during the install. During
uninstall, I want to remove this service before the filesinUse dialogbox
pops up.
My condition is REMOVE=ALL for the uninstallation script to run, and I
read on
Hi Alain,
because I register the service through a vb script, and there's some other
things the script does before registering it using
CreateServiceForApplication and I dont want to make any changes to the
script.
Is there any way to either terminate the process before uninstall, or make
sure
Hi John,
I'm doing it this way as of now ..
InstallExecuteSequence
Custom Action=RunInstallScript After=InstallFiles NOT
Installed/Custom
/InstallExecuteSequence
InstallExecuteSequence
Custom Action='BeforeUninstall' Before='InstallValidate'Installed
AND (NOT
I guess its OK for the message to POPup during repair because it restarts the
service automatically.
just wondering why I could do it this way, but not with REMOVE=ALL condition
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