I guess so. By the way, the build server does not have visual studio installed, I'm just running directly off of msbuild via the compiler that comes with .NET. I don't know if that functionatlity is supported; I'm going to be installing visual studio on the build server later today, just to test that out.
Mark On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Blair<os...@live.com> wrote: > I don't know. Walking the codepath, I don't see how you can build without > errors without generating that table. > > Open a bug? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Roden [mailto:mmro...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:36 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is there a walkthrough that works for > installingdrivers in an MSI, wix v 3 (5120)? > > I've upgraded to the July 4th build. Still no joy. > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Blair<os...@live.com> wrote: >> Under msbuild, the build succeeds but there is no MsiDriverPackages table, >> while from Visual Studio there now is a table? >> >> Can you try an upgrade to 3.0.5419.0 (the released build)? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mark Roden [mailto:mmro...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:53 PM >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is there a walkthrough that works for >> installingdrivers in an MSI, wix v 3 (5120)? >> >> Just kidding, it's not fixed. >> >> Apparently, the driver installation isn't working when I try to do a >> build on hudson server through msbuild, rather than through the >> development environment. >> >> The MsiDriverPackages flag just doesn't show up in the build made >> there, but it does when I build through the development environment. >> >> That seems particularly strange to me... >> >> The WiX tools are checked into the repository and the build server has >> the July 4th WiX installation installed there, same as on my local >> machine. >> >> Any thoughts? >> Mark >> >> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Mark Roden<mmro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Blair<os...@live.com> wrote: >>>> Most of us have not used DIFxApp to install drivers, so we are just >> shooting >>>> in the dark. >>> Fair enough, but as I've discovered, the in-the-dark shooting does >>> appear to hit targets occasionally. >>> >>>> >>>> Are you installing on 32-bit or 64-bit OS? >>> 32 bit. >>> >>>> Is your .inf file the keypath for your component? Looking at your MSI in >>>> Orca, is anything in your MsiDriverPackages table? >>> Since there is no MsiDriverPackages table displayed in Orca, I'm going >>> to assume that that's a no. >>> >>> Once I added the 'keypath' element to the component, everything worked >>> like magic. >>> >>> So now, the xml looks like: >>> >>> <Directory Id='SystemFolder' Name='System32'> >>> <Directory Id='DriversFolder' Name='drivers' /> >>> </Directory> >>> ... >>> <DirectoryRef Id="DriversFolder"> >>> <Component Id ="cyusb" Guid="954D30C8-5CDC-D6AB-3AF6-6CF9823200B3"> >>> <File Id="cyusb.inf" Source="..\Includes\cyusb.inf" > KeyPath="yes"/> >>> <File Id="cyusb.sys" Source="..\Includes\cyusb.sys"/> >>> <dfx:Driver Legacy="yes" ForceInstall="yes" DeleteFiles="yes"/> >>> </Component> >>> </DirectoryRef> >>> >>> Apparently, the magic word is 'keypath'! >>> >>> Thanks for that! >>> Mark >>> >>>> What does the installation log show (does the MsiProcessDrivers action >> run? >>>> Are any errors shown? Etc.) >>>> >>>> DIFxApp is created by a different team at Microsoft. All the WiX team >> (with >>>> v3) has done is to repackage the contribution that team made in v2. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Mark Roden [mailto:mmro...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:19 PM >>>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >>>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is there a walkthrough that works for >>>> installingdrivers in an MSI, wix v 3 (5120)? >>>> >>>> Wow, really? >>>> >>>> That takes me to here: >>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms790289.aspx >>>> >>>> where there's a single line of code, namely: >>>> >>>> <Component Id="C__70708CBF27634C5FB5295CDE6954A1BB" >>>> Guid="953D30C9-5CCC-D5AE-3AF3-6CF9823200B0" DriverForceInstall="no" >>>> DriverSequence="0"> >>>> >>>> going further takes me to here: >>>> >>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd163212.aspx >>>> >>>> Where the promised code is nowhere to be found. No links, nothing, no >>>> way to get sample code. >>>> >>>> I did my homework. Nothing like this exists on the microsoft website. >>>> Every question asked on this forum about driver installation ends up >>>> with absolutely zero responses, or something about writing my own >>>> action, or something involving WiX 2 and not WiX 3. >>>> >>>> How do I do these things? All I want to do is install an inf and an >>>> sys. It should seriously take at most ten lines of code. I have this >>>> so far: >>>> >>>> ... >>>> xmlns:dfx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/DifxAppExtension";> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >>>> <Directory Id='SystemFolder' Name='System32' /> >>>> ... >>>> >>>> >>>> <DirectoryRef Id="SystemFolder"> >>>> <Component Id="cyusb" Guid="954D30C8-5CDC-D6AB-3AF6-6CF9823200B3"> >>>> <File Id="cyusb.inf" Source="..\Includes\cyusb.inf" /> >>>> <File Id="cyusb.sys" Source="..\Includes\cyusb.sys" /> >>>> <dfx:Driver Legacy="yes" ForceInstall="yes" DeleteFiles="yes"/> >>>> </Component> >>>> </DirectoryRef> >>>> >>>> And that just does not work. How do I make it work? Does it need to >>>> go into the driver directory? When I plug the USB device in, it >>>> should say, hey, I've got a new device here, and I'll go ahead and >>>> look for the driver for that device. It should then find this INF. >>>> That's all I want. I've spent two days on this, and I can't figure >>>> out the magic words I need to make this incantation work. >>>> >>>> Please.... help... me... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Jeremy Farrell<jfarr...@pillardata.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Perhaps MSDN will be helpful: >>>>> >>>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms790295.aspx?ppud=4 >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> jjf >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Mark Roden [mailto:mmro...@gmail.com] >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:06 PM >>>>>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >>>>>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is there a walkthrough that works >>>>>> for installingdrivers in an MSI, wix v 3 (5120)? >>>>>> >>>>>> Well, now I get the drivers tags, but the driver itself still isn't >>>>>> getting installed. >>>>>> >>>>>> Seriously, is there a walkthrough or anything on how to use this? >>>>>> I've found numerous sites where people _ask_ the question, but none >>>>>> with actual responses with actual code that says "Here is how you take >>>>>> an inf and a sys and install it." >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Mark >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Mark Roden<mmro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> > I had not done that. Hopefully, that will be all I need to >>>>>> get it done. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Thanks, >>>>>> > Mark >>>>>> > >>>>>> > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Blair<os...@live.com> wrote: >>>>>> >> Are you talking about Intellisense in VisualStudio? You added the >>>>>> >> DifxAppExtension's namespace, right? >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Here is a short example (warning: not tested): >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; >>>>>> >> xmlns:dfx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/DifxAppExtension";> >>>>>> >> ... >>>>>> >> <Component ...> >>>>>> >> <File .../> >>>>>> >> <dfx:Driver AddRemovePrograms="no" ForceInstall="no"/> >>>>>> >> ... >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> >> From: Mark Roden [mailto:mmro...@gmail.com] >>>>>> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:18 PM >>>>>> >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >>>>>> >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Is there a walkthrough that works >>>>>> for installing >>>>>> >> drivers in an MSI, wix v 3 (5120)? >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> It doesn't work. The driver tags aren't showing up. According to >>>>>> >> what I can see in the schema, the driver tags are derived from >>>>>> >> component, and neither the component tag has driver tags, >>>>>> nor does it >>>>>> >> contain driver tags, nor is a driver tag being recognized. >>>>>> They are >>>>>> >> all failing. So, I figure I'm probably doing something wrong. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> I've updated to the release version, in case that was the >>>>>> problem. It >>>>>> >> didn't help. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Blair<os...@live.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>> DifxApp? >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> See the Difxapp Schema page in wix.chm. >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> >>> From: Mark Roden [mailto:mmro...@gmail.com] >>>>>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:17 PM >>>>>> >>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>> >>> Subject: [WiX-users] Is there a walkthrough that works >>>>>> for installing >>>>>> >>> drivers in an MSI, wix v 3 (5120)? >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> I'm running wix v 3.0.5120, and I need to install a driver. >>>>>> >>> Basically, it's one inf file and onesys files, and I'm >>>>>> having no joy. >>>>>> >>> I've tried this: >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> <Directory Id='DriversFolder' Name='Drivers'/> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> ... >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> <DirectoryRef Id="DriversFolder"> >>>>>> >>> <Component Id="cyusb_inf" Guid="*"> >>>>>> >>> <File Id="cyusb.inf" >>>>>> >>> Source="..\Includes\cyusb.inf" /> >>>>>> >>> </Component> >>>>>> >>> <Component Id="cyusb_sys" Guid="*"> >>>>>> >>> <File Id="cyusb.sys" >>>>>> >>> Source="..\Includes\cyusb.sys" /> >>>>>> >>> </Component> >>>>>> >>> </DirectoryRef> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> I've also tried putting things into system32. 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