> How about having the custom action set a property if the condition is met,
> and having the NewDialog event be conditioned on that property?
Hi Nir,
What I ended up doing was creating a validate button which invokes
a custom action which sets a hidden property enabling the next button.
This prov
How about having the custom action set a property if the condition is met,
and having the NewDialog event be conditioned on that property?
-
Nir Bar
Freelance Developer
Mail: nir@panel-sw.com
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- C++ On Windows, Linux and Embedded Platforms
- WiX & InstallS
I have a dialogue that executes a custom action to validate user specified
input however it returns ActionResult.Failure in the event the user supplied
data is not accurate. That's rather abrupt and unneeded, however I can not
seem to work around a condition to disable the next action.
How does on
Take a look at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370739%28v=vs.85%29.aspx where it
says:
/The Custom Action Patch Uninstall option is not available. There is no
method for marking a custom action within a patch package to be run when the
patch is uninstalled because the installer does not
Hello all,
if say briefly, I have a script with next parts:
/ //
// //
// //
// //
//
// //
// //
// //
// //
//
// //
// NOT (Installed) AND NOT (PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED OR
NEWERVERSIONDETECTED)//
// //
// //
// NOT (Installed) AND NOT (PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED
What Blair suggests is working fine:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\SDK\MakeSfxCA.exe"
$(TargetDir)MBACAs.dll "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset
v3.7\SDK\x86\SfxCA.dll" $(TargetDir)CustomActions.dll
$(SolutionDir)Libs\MY_NATIVE_WIN32.DLL $(TargetDir)CustomAction.config
"C:\Program Fi
or Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions that need to call unmanaged DLL
In managed CAs using DTF you can include unmanaged DLLs in much the same way
you can include dependent assemblies and they will be extracted alongside your
CA's main assembly.
Blair
&g
ourceforge.net
> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 04:33:27 +
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions that need to call unmanaged DLL
>
> 1) yes
> 2) you could
> 3) yes, you could but you would need to manually extract the dll in you
> managed ca (after embedding it in the msi)
1) yes
2) you could
3) yes, you could but you would need to manually extract the dll in you managed
ca (after embedding it in the msi) and then pinvoke that dll. Fairly certain
.net requires the native libs to exist as its loading your assembly, so you
would need to build the reference to the n
I would like do something like this:
CustomActions.cs:
[CustomAction]
Public static ActionResults MyCustomAction(Session session)
{
...
NativeMethod.XYZ xyz = new NativeMethod.XYZ();
}
NativeMethods.cs:
internal static class NativeMethods
{
Intern
Installer XML toolset.; chr...@iswix.com
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
Well, looking in the installer log on my laptop, it looks like it requires
VersionNt = 5.1 and ServicePackLevel >= 2). Based on that, the x86 version
should support install on XP with SP2 or SP3.
wix.com; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
Look in the assemblies in the runtime (ILDASM will work). If there are any
.NET 4.5 dependencies, it will be a no-go on anything before Windows 7.
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Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:07 AM
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wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom
25, 2013 4:39 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
Hi along with my wix installer I have a dll created using the C++ custom
action project. However on running my setup on XP the custom actions are
all
returning value 3 and failing. I believe they are
Friday, January 25, 2013 12:03 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
>
> Multithreaded ought to be fine - I was referring to the
> dynamically/statically linking options (lib vs dll), but if you've al
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
Thanks for your help Peter, I have no idea why it is not running...:(
Kind Regards,
Natalie Carr
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From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl
talie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent: 25 January 2013 11:24
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
Hi Peter, I am using the Multi-threaded for the runtime? Would that be
causing the issue? Thanks fo
resoft.com]
Sent: 25 January 2013 11:24
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
Hi Peter, I am using the Multi-threaded for the runtime? Would that be
causing the issue? Thanks for getting back to me
Kind Re
I have done that and still no joy..:(
Kind Regards,
Natalie Carr
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From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:27 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
Have you tried linking to the C++ runtimes statically instead of to the DLLs
? The target runtime might be missing on XP.
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From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent: 25 January 2013 10
] Custom actions failing on XP
I seem to remember reading that C++ code compiled using VS2012 cannot target XP.
Neil
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From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent: 25 January 2013 10:35
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom
I seem to remember reading that C++ code compiled using VS2012 cannot target XP.
Neil
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Sent: 25 January 2013 10:35
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
Hi along
for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing on XP
Have you tried linking to the C++ runtimes statically instead of to the DLLs
? The target runtime might be missing on XP.
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From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent
Have you tried linking to the C++ runtimes statically instead of to the DLLs
? The target runtime might be missing on XP.
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From: Natalie Carr [mailto:natalie.c...@measuresoft.com]
Sent: 25 January 2013 10:35
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users
Hi along with my wix installer I have a dll created using the C++ custom
action project. However on running my setup on XP the custom actions are all
returning value 3 and failing. I believe they are not even getting entered
as the logs don't show them being initialized. I need help asap as I have
That you could do declaratively via InstallCondition on the Package
elements if you didn't want to do it programmatically in your BA.
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:50 AM, Igor Brejc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the same thing (two MSIs, one 32 and the other 64 bit). I'm using
> the managed bootstrapper w
Hi,
I have the same thing (two MSIs, one 32 and the other 64 bit). I'm using
the managed bootstrapper with override of OnPlanPackageBegin() method to
control which one gets installed, without the need for custom actions:
protected override void
OnPlanPackageBegin(PlanPackageBeginEventArgs
From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:48 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom actions in burn?
Looks like there's a simple registry search. Have you seen this ?
http://stackoverflow.com
Once again Peter, thank you!
Awesome...
STeve
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From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com]
Sent: October-31-12 12:48 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom actions in burn?
Looks like there's a s
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom actions in burn?
So from your answer it sounds like you cannot really use
in burn?
I have 2007/2010/2013 Outlook and 32 bit/64 bit checking for the bitness
isn't simple, we have a custom action dll that does t
al Message-
From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com]
Sent: 31 October 2012 16:38
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom actions in burn?
So from your answer it sounds like you cannot really use
in burn?
I have 2007/2010/2013 Outl
ssage-
From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com]
Sent: October-31-12 12:29 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom actions in burn?
I imagine that a Burn custom action would be part of the code of a custom
bootstrapper application that
27;ve
already got a custom BA.
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From: StevenOgilvie [mailto:sogil...@msn.com]
Sent: 31 October 2012 16:21
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] custom actions in burn?
Hi all,
I have a product that installs a 32 bit version and 64 bit version inst
Hi all,
I have a product that installs a 32 bit version and 64 bit version installer
(two .msi)
I have a custom action in product.wxs that determines the "bitness" of
Microsoft Outlook (whether the user installed 32 bit or 64 bit version of
Outlook, our product is an add-in).
so I have 2 msi's, b
ching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Envoyé : samedi 7 avril 2012 04:42
À : General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Objet : Re: [WiX-users] custom actions in a Bootstrapper
No such thing. Bundle's chain packages. Bundles also have variables and can
search the machine for stuff to
No such thing. Bundle's chain packages. Bundles also have variables and can
search the machine for stuff to assign to variables. There is no such thing
as a custom action in a Bundle.
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:10 AM, PAES Stephane wrote:
> Hello
>
> I would like to add a custom action in a Burn Bo
Hello
I would like to add a custom action in a Burn Bootstrapper, but I can't find
out how it has to be done.
Indeed, I should ask a Custom element, which can only be created in
AdminExecuteSequence, AdminUISequence, AdvertiseExecuteSequence,
InstallExecuteSequence, or InstallUISequence ;
and t
files.
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From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com]
Sent: 09 March 2011 17:20
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom actions after reboot
Put a launch condition in that cancels your installation if msmq is not
installed.
I
March 2011 16:58
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom actions after reboot
Hi,
I'm getting a bit frustrated with constantly rebooting to try and get
this working.
If MSMQ is installed the queue gets created. If MSMQ isn't installe
From: Matthew Slane [mailto:matthew.sl...@thetrainline.com]
Sent: 04 March 2011 10:22
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] custom actions after reboot
Hi,
I've got a property that checks whether MSMQ is available and custom
actions to install it if it isn't. I&#
-dll-custom-actions-introduction.aspx
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From: Sameer Arora [mailto:arora...@gmail.com]
Sent: 04 March 2011 13:22
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Actions during/post install and uninstall
Am reading the tramontana tuto
Am reading the tramontana tutorial - one of the best online I have to say.
Just need some clarification from WIX practitioners about custom actions (in
C# preferably):
- Can one perform custom actions during and post installation and
uninstallation ?
- I guess custom action post uninstall may not
Hi,
I've got a property that checks whether MSMQ is available and custom
actions to install it if it isn't. I've also got MsmqExtension working
to create queues. I haven't got them working together. The installer
works nicely if MSMQ is already installed, otherwise it installs the
program bu
I have several apps which need to set the same DWORD registry flag. The apps
can be installed together (independently) on the same machine, so the flag must
not be unset if one app is uninstalled while another is in place. Unfortunately
the only permissible values for the flag are zero (or unset
Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves
attention? E-Mail Me
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From: Blair
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Sent: Sun, January 23, 2011 8:34:11 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions & UAC
I hav
toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions & UAC
Per your link... The issue with Windows Installer 5.0 is that the
SeBackupPrivilege permission is missing altogether. It is necessary to add
it to the service permission value in the registry
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\service
t; http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387705(VS.85).aspx<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387705%28VS.85%29.aspx>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Andy Clugston [mailto:clug...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 6:54 AM
>> To: General discussion
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> From: Andy Clugston [mailto:clug...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 6:54 AM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions & UAC
>
> Phil, I am running Win7 and 5.0 of msiexec is on the
taller XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions & UAC
Phil, I am running Win7 and 5.0 of msiexec is on the system (shipped with
it), and I still see the issue.
Thanks.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:08 PM, wix user wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> How is the WIX support for MSI 4.5 fe
t; > -Original Message-
> > From: Andy Clugston [mailto:clug...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:35 PM
> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions & UAC
> >
> > Well I t
kb/942288
>
> Phil Wilson
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Andy Clugston [mailto:clug...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:35 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions & UAC
>
> We
Use MSI 4.5 - it got restored there.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288
Phil Wilson
-Original Message-
From: Andy Clugston [mailto:clug...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:35 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users
Well I think I have figured out why the issue is occurring.
The call that is failing in the custom action is LoadUserProfile(). This
needs the SeBackupPrivilege which the windows installers service *does not*
have on a UAC-enabled system.
Some details:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vistacompatteam/arc
Hi Users,
I am working on a product that needs to support Windows 7 w/ UAC enabled.
The MSI has a few custom actions that perform various configuration items
that I would like to keep contained within the MSI/product install.
The custom actions are Execute='deferred' with Impersonate='no' and the
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From: Shaun Hayward
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Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 9:44:53 AM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions - C++ vs C# vs VBScript - Emailfound in
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> WiX doesn't do it, the
From: Rob Mensching [r...@robmensching.com]
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 7:54 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
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> Shaun Hayward | Senior Software Developer | Omnivex | 905.761.6640 ext 429
> | www.omnivex.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 11:12 PM
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taller XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions - C++ vs C# vs VBScript - Emailfound in
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WiX doesn't do it, the Windows Installer does. WiX is just the language.
Check out the FileSearch element.
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at
]
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 7:16 PM
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> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions - C++ vs C# vs VBScript -
> Emailfound in subject - Email found in subject
>
> Funny you say that, I was doing some work with KB976477
erves
> attention? E-Mail Me
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>
>
> - Original Message
> From: Shaun Hayward
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> Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 12:39:11 PM
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> Hello, WiX Communi
Thanks
- Shaun
From: Christopher Painter [chr...@deploymentengineering.com]
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 7:16 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions - C++ vs C# vs VBScript - Emailfound in
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Funny you s
s Installer XML toolset.
Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 5:56:44 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions - C++ vs C# vs VBScript - Email found
in
subject
Thanks, Chris!
Funny it should be you that replies. I'm looking at deploying a VSTO add-in and
I've read the related articles on you
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VB/JScript is still a no go. The managed blog was ( thankfully ) O.B.E. when
WiX released managed custom action via DTF.
Personally, if I had the C++ chops,
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From: Shaun Hayward
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Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 12:39:11 PM
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Actions - C++ vs C# vs VBScript
Hello, WiX Community
I've been playing around with WiX for about a year now and took over my
company&#
Hello, WiX Community
I've been playing around with WiX for about a year now and took over my
company's installations (WiX-based) a few months ago. I'm really enjoying it.
I'm looking for some advice on the pros/cons of various ways of writing Custom
Actions. I understand that an issue with the
Hi:
When defining a cost for a custom action, what are the units for the
values-miliseconds or something else? Also how does one go about determining
how long a custom action will take-for example I'm calling a command line
external to the main installer.
Any advice appreciated.
Cheers
Sean.
---
That's a good point, and I appreciate that chaining isn't a great solution,
but in this case though, all that I think we are both attempting to do is
get a list of app pools to display in a combobox for the user to select. If
they are doing a silent install, then there would be no need for the lis
That will only work if you run it from the InstallUISequence and if you do a
basic or silent mode install the InstallUISequence is skipped completely.
Chaining from within an MSI just doesn't work the general (might work in
very narrow use cases). That's why you need a bootstrapper.
On Wed, Nov 1
Christian Froehlich wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have hit a conundrum here. I have an immediate custom action that gets a
> list
> of IIS application pools to be displayed in a ComboBox for user selection.
>
> Now as this needs to be executed before the user interface is shown, i
> have made
> t
Hi Chris,
I am using WIX 3.5 to create installer. I need to check if Oracle or SQL
Server is installed on target machine based on user selection by clicking on
radio button on my Dataabse setup dialog.
If selected database is not installed then display error and exit
installation process.
I ha
Thanks a lot, I missed that !
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De : Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com]
Envoyé : lundi 30 août 2010 14:20
À : General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Objet : Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions in VB.Net
WiX / Votive provides
attention? E-Mail Me
- Original Message
From: ALBERT Aurélien
To: "wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net"
Sent: Mon, August 30, 2010 6:51:54 AM
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Actions in VB.Net
Hi,
I need to call a custom function stored in a DLL from WIX using a CustomAction
element
Hi,
I need to call a custom function stored in a DLL from WIX using a CustomAction
element.
I found several websites describing the method for a C# DLL, like this :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1717318/creating-an-entry-point-in-a-c-dll-to-call-from-wix
How can I do this with a VB.Net DL
The only solution I've found to this problem is to create a bootstrapper that
starts up msiexec with my msi. The bootstrapper is marked as
"requireAdministrator", so it as well as the msi's UI run elevated.
Hope this helps,
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35 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Actions with elevated privledges
Hi All,
I have hit a conundrum here. I have an immediate custom action that gets a
list
of IIS application pools to be displayed in a ComboBox for user selection.
Now as this needs to be exe
Hi All,
I have hit a conundrum here. I have an immediate custom action that gets a list
of IIS application pools to be displayed in a ComboBox for user selection.
Now as this needs to be executed before the user interface is shown, i have
made
this an immediate custom action. This seems to wor
never mind, this was my error, i had my custom actions commented out in the
wix file...i am stupid, sorry
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For some reason, when I make an msi build using WiX, sometimes the MSI that
comes out is missing custom actions in my InstallExecuteSequence. The custom
actions are correctly identified in the CustomActions table in Orca but in
the InstallExecuteSequence, they are not there. This doesn't happen to
ussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Actions Best Practicies
If I have a lot of custom action work going on and I mean a lot. Is it better
to have a few custom actions that encompass most of the work, obviously this
can be split into multiple functions within
If I have a lot of custom action work going on and I mean a lot. Is it better
to have a few custom actions that encompass most of the work, obviously this
can be split into multiple functions within the custom action or have a ton of
separate custom actions?
I'm trying to weigh the pros and co
: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions
That was the error. I was including the wrong DLL.
However the
Thanks
Oscar
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From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:21 PM
To: 'General discu
That was the error. I was including the wrong DLL.
However the
Thanks
Oscar
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Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:21 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions
al Message-
From: Oscar Newkerk [mailto:osc...@unifysquare.com]
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:15 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Actions
I'm trying to use a custom action in my setup and getting an error when the
MSI runs. The custom action is a DLL writ
I'm trying to use a custom action in my setup and getting an error when the MSI
runs. The custom action is a DLL written in C# using the Visual Studio
template for custom actions. It's not executing correctly when I run the
setup. Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?
The entry point
Kusuma Sudheer Kumar (Tata Consultancy Services) wrote:
> 1. What is the property I can use in my C# Code to find out Mode of
> install [ whether I am performing Install/Uninstall/Repair or Rollback]
>
You're combining two concepts: Rollback is a mode of execution but
install/uninstall/
Hi
I am using Custom actions[ C# Code] for performing some tasks After
InstallFinalize Action
1. What is the property I can use in my C# Code to find out Mode of
install [ whether I am performing Install/Uninstall/Repair or Rollback]
I tried to use WixUI_InstallMode but it was not worki
Lisa Wright wrote:
> I did find a workaround that seems to be working. I'm merging multiple msm's
> but have found that if the one I'm trying to work with is first in the list
> it gets merged properly and are sequenced in the 700's as they should.
>
Unfortunately, mergemod.dll has its own b
sion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions from Merge Modules
Lisa Wright wrote:
> I'm having a similar problem with merge modules I am picking up from another
> team. I can't modify those msm's and I'm being forced to add custom ac
Lisa Wright wrote:
> I'm having a similar problem with merge modules I am picking up from another
> team. I can't modify those msm's and I'm being forced to add custom actions
> to set the system folder properties they use so the files get installed to
> the correct place. Mine need to be sequ
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions from Merge Modules
It's more complicated than that. The problem your hitting in WiX v3 is
actually a feature added in WiX v2 that allows a developer to separate their
authoring into separate "Fragmen
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing
Can you point me to a resource for information on how to do this?
Thanks!
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Can you point me to a resource for information on how to do this?
Thanks!
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Oops, forgot the actual CustomAction, sorry...
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Oops, forgot the actual CustomAction, sorry...
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From: David Bartmess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing
I'm tryi
I'm trying to wrap my head around the custom actions, and how to code
them. I've got the following in my fragment, and although it builds
fine, I always get an error about "a program required could not be run".
Any suggestions would be helpful and appreciated!
Thanks!
(OFFICEVERSION =
to be easy.
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From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:48
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions from Merge Modules
It seems to me that Wix is being u
It seems to me that Wix is being unsupportive of something that Windows
Installer allows. The InstallExecuteSequence table of an MSI contains
references to both the custom actions defined in the MSI directly as well as
in the merge modules. You can go in and modify this table directly (using
Orca
Tina Basinger wrote:
> Maybe this is not supported any more. Should I be able to have the main
> installation code schedule a custom action that is defined within a merge
> module? Any thoughts?
>
Merge modules are designed to be self-contained, which is why they have
the modularization GUID
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