-> If you're doing a recursive MSI install it's not going to work. That's why there are bootstrappers and chainers that install MSI-based -> setups sequentially. -> Phil
Okay .. recursive MSI install being one .msi package calling another one. How would I go about creating a bootstrapper? Is this a project type ? This wix project is the first project I've had where I'm writing an install package so I'm a bit new to install issues. Thanks for your help ... Rob Hermann Senior Software Developer Niceware International, LLC 10437 Innovation Drive Suite 147 Milwaukee, WI 53226 Tel: 414-476-6423 x110 Fax: 414-476-7955 Email: rob.herm...@nicewareintl.com http://www.nicewareintl.com http://healthcare.nicewareintl.com -----Original Message----- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@wonderware.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:56 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] I need help with installing MS SQL Server Express 2008 from a wixinstaller.msi If you're doing a recursive MSI install it's not going to work. That's why there are bootstrappers and chainers that install MSI-based setups sequentially. Phil ________________________________________ From: Robert Hermann [rob.herm...@nicewareintl.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:10 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] I need help with installing MS SQL Server Express 2008 from a wixinstaller.msi Hello, I'm writing (or trying to write) a WIX installer that based upon what the user selects, installs SQL Express 2008 to the local machine. I've got the command line down ... <Binary Id="SQLServerExecutable" SourceFile ="SQLEXPRWT_x86_ENU.exe" /> <CustomAction Id="ExtractInstallSqlServer" BinaryKey="SQLServerExecutable" ExeCommand ='/ACTION=Install /ERRORREPORTING=1 /FEATURES=SQL,Tools /INSTANCENAME="SQLSRVREXPRESS" /SQLSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\Network Service" /AGTSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\Network Service" /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="Builtin\Administrators"' Impersonate ="yes" /> I know the command line works because I can run in it in command window without any problems at all. I run it through the installer, I can see it get started as it extracts file. I run it as a custom action and it gets as far as trying to run sqlsupport.msi. It says it can't find the file. The file is there. I tried using the custom action with Impersonate set to "yes" and "no". Does not make a difference. Has anyone had any success installing SQL Server Express 2008 through WIX ? Thanks ! Rob Hermann Senior Software Developer Niceware International, LLC 10437 Innovation Drive Suite 147 Milwaukee, WI 53226 Tel: 414-476-6423 x110 Fax: 414-476-7955 Email: rob.herm...@nicewareintl.com http://www.nicewareintl.com http://healthcare.nicewareintl.com Friday, May 1st 10:30AM - 11:30AM CDT Blood Bag Identification with LabelClinic® ISBT-128 Identification Register Today! Friday, May 8th 10:30AM - 11:30AM CDT Introduction to NiceLabel Print Center Register Today! Friday, May 15th 10:30AM - 11:30AM CDT End User Webinar - Advanced Filtering in NiceWatch Register Today! 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If you cut/paste from the emails, that might explain the error. Jacques On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM, MacDiarmid, James D < james.macdiar...@eds.com> wrote: > > Ok Thanks Jacques, I'm more confused now than I was this morning when > I started and haven't gotten anywhere with this. It shouldn't be this > difficult to set up. As far as I can tell, I've got the code in my > main.wxs as you mentioned and I keep getting that darn error saying > unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:Start_NFTS_Listener' in > section 'Product:*' I don't know which way to go at this point. All I > want to do is execute an exe file that was written in-house. > > Thanks, > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacques Eloff [mailto:repst...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 3:38 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Trying to execute an exe file during > oraftermyinstall > > Hi > > No, you shouldn't need to reference it. WixCA provides some built-in > custom actions, so if you want to use them then you would set the > BinaryKey attribute to WixCA. An example of this is using the > CAQuietExec custom action that's provided by the WixCA dll. > > Thanks, > Jacques > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:19 PM, MacDiarmid, James D < > james.macdiar...@eds.com> wrote: > > > > > Ok Thanks, I'll give that a shot. Right now I have the Binary Command > > and the <CustomAction /> statement at the bottom of my code after my > > <InstallExecuteSequence /> section. All of this is in the same > product. > > Also I was reading on a post in the archives on the net about the > > wixca.wixlib having to be included or have a reference to it? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jacques Eloff [mailto:repst...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:38 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Trying to execute an exe file during or > > aftermyinstall > > > > Hi Jim > > > > So all three elements have the same parent (product/fragment)? Your > > source should look something like this (Just want to make sure I > > understand where you're at right now). If you're using <Binary>, make > > the ExeCommand attribute an empty string and add the BinaryKey > > attribute like the example below. > > > > <Binary Id="NFTS30Listner.exe" > > src="D:\Projects\NFTS\Src\apps\nfts\binaries\NFTS30Listener.exe"/> > > <CustomAction Id="Start_NFTS_Listener" > > Return="asyncNoWait" > > HideTarget="no" > > Execute="deferred" > > Impersonate="no" > > TerminalServerAware="no" > > ExeCommand="" > > BinaryKey="NFTS30Listner.exe" > > FileKey="NFTS30Listener"> </CustomAction> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action='Start_NTFS_Listener' > > Before='InstallFinalize'/> </InstallExecuteSequence> > > > > As for your earlier question. The only time order really matters is > > when you might have multiple CAs that depend on one another. You can > > specify the order of custom actions using attributes such as Before > > inside your <Custom> element. For example, let say you have two CAs, > > Foo and Bar, then you can do the following: > > > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > > <Custom Action='Foo' Before='Bar'/> > > <Custom Action='Bar' /> > > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > If you are using WiX 3, you should use SourceFile in your code since > > the src attribute for Binary has been deprecated if I recall > correctly. > > > > Jacques > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:57 AM, MacDiarmid, James D < > > james.macdiar...@eds.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Ok I tried what you suggested and I'm getting the following error: > > > > > > Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:Start_NFTS_Listener' in > > > > section product. I also added this > > > > > > > > > <Binary Id="NFTS30Listener.exe" > > > src="D:\Projects\NFTS\Src\apps\nfts\binaries\NFTS30Listener.exe" /> > > > > > > ...above the line that you mentioned, but something seems to be > > missing. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jacques Eloff [mailto:repst...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 6:14 PM > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Trying to execute an exe file during or > > > after > > > > > myinstall > > > > > > Hi Jim > > > > > > You still need to schedule the action. For example, > > > > > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > > > <Custom Action='Start_NTFS_Listener' Before='InstallFinalize'/> > > > </InstallExecuteSequence> Jacques On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:15 PM, > > > MacDiarmid, James D < james.macdiar...@eds.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I added the following code in my install with the intention that > > > > it would execute the exe file at some point, but it's not working. > > > > > Is there anything I could be missing? > > > > > > > > <CustomAction Id="Start_NFTS_Listener" > > > > Return="asyncNoWait" > > > > HideTarget="no" > > > > Execute="deferred" > > > > Impersonate="no" > > > > TerminalServerAware="no" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ExeCommand="D:\Projects\NFTS\Src\apps\nfts\binaries\NFTS30Listener.exe" > > > > FileKey="NFTS30Listener"> > > > > </CustomAction> > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > -------- Crystal Reports - 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