[WiX-users] Bootstrapper Application (wix3.6)

2012-11-23 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Hi I'd like to create my own UI for my bootstrapper. There is no documentation about it, neither a template project in the VS new projects I am doing so: -download wix3.6 source code -compiling wixstdba from source code -using it: with some Payloads (pngs, xml, wxl...) My two questions are: -Am

[WiX-users] migrating wix 3.5 -> wix 3.6(7)

2012-11-27 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Hi I would like to know if it's worth migrating all the UI to the bootstrapper? Also, is it worth starting the software exe from the MSI, or from the bootstrapper? I am trying to understand where should be placed things, I mean, I wonder "should I put this action in a custom wixstdba or should i

[WiX-users] bootstrapper UI question

2012-12-05 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Hi I'd like to move a setup (that has only one pre-req) from MSI UI to bootstrapper UI. To achieve it, should I have to create my own wixstdba? I ask this because I need a UI with many pages, each one customized, so I cannot re-use the standard one. Does it make sense to do all the UI in the boo

Re: [WiX-users] bootstrapper UI question

2012-12-05 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
/2012 18:02, Peter Shirtcliffe wrote: > Yes, create the UI in a custom bootstrapper. The separation is: data > collection goes in the bootstrapper; modifying system state goes in the MSIs. > > -Original Message----- > From: up2date.cyb...@gmail.com [mailto:up2date.cyb...@gmail.

Re: [WiX-users] bootstrapper UI question

2012-12-05 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
error and exit in the bootstrapper. > Closing running applications would be OK in the bootstrapper because a) it > doesn't change system state in any lasting way and b) it doesn't need to > happen within the installation transaction and be rolled back should > installation f

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper Application: dynamically change variable/MSI property

2012-12-09 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
I created my own bootstrapper application, because I need to have a custom UI. I'd like to add dynamically some properties to my main MSI (from my custom wixstdba.dll). Is that possible?, even using a ? Thanks -- LogMeI

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Application: dynamically change variable/MSI property

2012-12-09 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
n)\mypackage.msi" Visible="no" Vital="yes"> On 09/12/2012 20:24, up2date.cyb...@gmail.com wrote: > I created my own bootstrapper application, because I need to have a > custom UI. > I'd like to add dynamically

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Application: dynamically change variable/MSI property

2012-12-09 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
si" Visible="no" Vital="yes"> On 09/12/2012 20:24, up2date.cyb...@gmail.com wrote: > I created my own bootstrapper application, because I need to have a > custom UI. > I'd like to add dynamically some properties to my

[WiX-users] Is this a bug?

2012-12-10 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Here is my log when my BA is downloading a msi package from a server: (the bad thing is the overall progress percentage) [1070:122C][2012-12-10T23:28:23]i338: Acquiring package: MySetup, payload: MyPackage, download from: http://www.mydomain.lan/MyPackage.msi [1070:122C][2012-12-10T23:28:30]i000

[WiX-users] WiX 3.7 RC + VS2010 SP1

2012-12-13 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Just to say that I had to modify manually my bootstrapper and msi projects to create x64 configuration. VS2010 created the configurations correctly, but was not saving them to the wixproj files. After modifying them manually it worked... is this a bug? with WiX 3.5 it was working well. (I didn't

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.7 RC + VS2010 SP1

2012-12-13 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
tracking that issue. It would be great if you > ensured it matched your experience. > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:51 AM, up2date.cyb...@gmail.com < > up2date.cyb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just to say that I had to modify manually my bootstrapper and msi >>

[WiX-users] WiX 3.7 release date?

2012-12-13 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Hi As the 3.7 RC was released some weeks ago now, I wonder if you have a date about final release? Also, today I read the post about WiX 4.0 on Rob's blog, will the msi+bootstrappers created with WiX3.6/3.7 be updated without any problem when migrating later to bootstrappers created with 4.0 (I

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.7 release date?

2012-12-14 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
u upgrade to WiX v4 toolset then you may have to > edit your setup code some to make it work because we may introduce breaking > changes in WiX v4 to make things even more awesome. > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:35 PM, up2date.cyb...@gmail.com < > up2date.cyb...@gmail.com> wrote:

[WiX-users] util:RegistrySearch default value if not found

2012-12-15 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Hi, in a bundle, using util:RegistrySearch, is there a way to set a default value to a variable? What I have now: I want to pass the value to a MSI package with: If the registry value is not found, the command line of the msi is "MYMSIVAR=", so I'd like to: -define a default value if registry

[WiX-users] bootstrapper VERSION_INFO

2012-12-17 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Hi, To the WiX developers: I was running Process Explorer (sysinternals) and I saw that the Description and Company Name columns only contains one character (the first one set in @Bundle/Name and @Bundle/Manufacturer). On all the processes running on my computer, only the bootstrapper (created

Re: [WiX-users] How to make Burn do MinorUpgrades?

2012-12-19 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
What I do is to always maintain the bundle version the same as the main msi package... Also I created a custom wixstdba.dll to which I added: BOOTSTRAPPER_RELATED_OPERATION_NONE == operation in OnDetectRelatedBundle(): if (!m_sczPrereqPackage && BOOTSTRAPPER_RELATED_OPERATION_DOWNGRADE =

[WiX-users] merry christmas

2012-12-24 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
it's almost 25th here in europe, so I wish WiX (and its dependencies: all the people using it) a merry christmas! -- LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devic

Re: [WiX-users] Transition from InstallShield to WiX

2012-12-29 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
I was wondering: are there many big microsoft softwares that uses WiX with burn? On 29/12/2012 05:43, Rob Mensching wrote: > Easiest way is to use dark to decompile your MSI. Burn (the WiX toolset > bootstrapper) creates Bundles that can install prerequisites and far more. > For example, the Vis

Re: [WiX-users] Installing 32-bit and 64-bit components in same bundle

2013-01-04 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Hi I used to use installshield in my previous company, it was a CTO decision... I won't say it's better or not, but what made us crazy (the developers, not the CTO) was the SVN diffs with a strange XML format created by the installshield IDE, diffs was a nightmare... sometimes we had to make cha

Re: [WiX-users] how to uninstall exe when my MSI is uninstalled

2013-01-05 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
You should use WiX 3.6 or 3.7 with burn to create a bootstrapper, instead of installing setup exe from an msi. On 05/01/2013 13:12, Yoyo wrote: > I created an MSI that installs my app, and it also install an exe app using > CustomAction. When I go to "Uninstall Programs" I see entries for both my

Re: [WiX-users] Adding/deleting project configurations

2013-01-06 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
I confirm the issue, and I have also seen a bug opened, in my case I modified the project files manually... On 06/01/2013 00:42, Rob Mensching wrote: > I believe there is a bug open on this issue. I've been told it's something > in MPF that isn't implemented correctly. > > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 a

[WiX-users] burn download problem

2013-01-09 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Hi, I have a client that sent me a log containing the following problem. The download fails, but why?! hard to say, what kind of information can I ask to my client? guessing he may not be computer expert at all... Note that he successfully downloads the bootstrapper from Firefox, and told me tha

Re: [WiX-users] burn download problem

2013-01-09 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
a proxy thing. > > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 6:58 AM, up2date.cyb...@gmail.com < > up2date.cyb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a client that sent me a log containing the following problem. >> The download fails, but why?! hard to say, what kind

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper manifest

2013-01-11 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
I would say that as a hack you could write a program that modifies/adds the manifest resource. it's not so much complicated. On 11/01/2013 15:23, Raphael DUCOM wrote: > Hi Rob, > > Can you confirm there is no workaround letting us to put > > into the BA manifest ? > > Waiting for your answer,

[WiX-users] Notify shell for new file associations

2013-01-13 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Hi In my wix product project, I create some file associations in the registry. I have a small c++ custom action with only: ::SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED, SHCNF_DWORD | SHCNF_FLUSH, NULL, NULL); ::Sleep(1000); // http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/cc144154(v=vs.85)

Re: [WiX-users] Notify shell for new file associations

2013-01-15 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
uot; take care of this for you. > > To be safe, I think I'd place this inside the InstallExecute sequence after > InstallFinalize. This would ensure your binaries were on disk so any icons > for the new extensions would be available for the shell to cache. > > > -Or

[WiX-users] setup i18n

2013-03-01 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
Hi all, I search the web for information about it, but it's quite confusing for me. I currently have a bootstrapper (i'm using wix3.7), a custom wixstdba.dll, and one setup msi. My UI is displayed by the bootstrapper, nothing is displayed from the msi itself. I'd like to handle more than one la