[WiX-users] Dereference Indirect Property within Condition
Hello, I have a generic dialog that uses an indirect property for a username and I would like to enable and disable the Next button depending on whether a username has been entered. MyDialog.wxs ... ... Product.wxs ... ... With this code the button is always enabled, I assume because I need to dereference the Dialog.Username property somehow in the Condition. Could someone explain how to do this? # Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. # -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Indirect ComboBox Property
Hello, I have been trying to create a generic dialog box to allow the installing user to specify members of a (install) created group. The dialog allows the installer to enter account names into a multiline edit control. These accounts are then checked by a CustomAction. I also wanted to handle the scenario where the local group already exists on the target computer. In this instance the installer is given 3 choices Merge (the new member list with the existing one), Leave (the existing member this as it is) or Replace (the existing list with the new one). To do this I provide a ComboBox control on the dialog with the 3 options. Because this is a generic dialog I tend to use Indirect property references because it allows me to set the reference and forget without having to pass values around. I noticed however that there is no easy way to have an indirect property reference and set the list of ComboBox items. I think an example would help clarify, given the fragment below: 1 This dialog will result in an empty ComboBox list because the property is referencing indirectly but in the element I have no way of dereferencing it. Is this a bug or is there some syntax of which I am not aware? Thanks, Keith. # Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. # -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Bug with Semi colon in Custom action data
I worked around this issue by having a separate custom acction to encode the property values to remove/escape ; The basic way it works is you pass the _names_ of the properties you want to encode, separated by semi-colons. Since semi-colon cannot be used as an identifier it cannot be part of a property name. My EncodeProperties custom action then gets the value of each property in turn and escapes out the semi-colons from the value by replacing them with "\x3b", which is C style escaping (I think), it also escapes "\" with "\\". It (obviously) sets the property to the escaped value. Then in my (original) custom action I can set its data separated with semi-colons and unescape them as needed. I hope that's clear. > -Original Message- > From: Nicolas Penin [mailto:n.pe...@happly.fr] > Sent: Friday, 18 November 2011 3:28 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Bug with Semi colon in Custom action data > > Hi all, > > I think this is a bug in wix : > > > I have a variable containing a semi colon. > > >From this variable and many others, I build another variable that I use as > custom action data. > > Unfortunately, the custom action data is cut because of the semi-colon. If I > replace the semi-colon by a comma, it works perfectly. > > Is there any work around against this issue ? > > Regards, > Nicolas Penin > > -- > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, > fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. > IT > sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users # Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. # -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Can someone explain syntax: !(wix.MyVariable=$(var.anotherVariable))
Hello, Can someone explain the syntax below? I understand that !(wix.MyVariable) is a and $(var.anotherVariable) is a but what does the = in the middle mean/do? Thanks, Keith # Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. # -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] UI in WPF
There is an example project in the wix source code. [wix root]\src\DTF\Samples\EmbeddedUI\EmbeddedUI.csproj This is Wix 3.5 but I would imagine it is still in trunk. > -Original Message- > From: Phyx [mailto:loneti...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, 28 November 2011 8:57 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] UI in WPF > > Hi guys, > > So I keep finding references etc on the net that Wix is now capable of > allowing you to create custom installers in WPF. > I want to create a Metro style installer using WPF for my application. > But I can't actually find any documentation and/or examples on this. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm a Wix beginner after all :) > > Regards, > > Phyx > > -- > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, > fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. > IT > sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users # Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. # -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Write STX (Start of Text / ASCII 2) to a registry string
Is there a way to write a the STX character to the registry? I am using Wix 3.5. I have the registry import file below: - Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SomeKey] "SomeValue"=hex(1):02,00,00,00 - And I tried to use heat to harvest from it but I get the error "heat.exe : error HEAT0001 : Unsupport registry value "SomeValue"=hex(1):02,00,00,00 at line 4" I've also tried using in the wxs file but that gives me an XML parsing error " Character ' ', hexadecimal value 0x2 is illegal in XML documents" Any ideas how I could write this value, I would also like to write Thanks. # Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. # -- Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Write STX (Start of Text / ASCII 2) to a registry string
Yup, I ended up doing that, I would have liked to keep the value type as string but this will suffice. Thanks, Keith Moore > -Original Message- > From: robert_h_yang [mailto:robert_y...@non.agilent.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2011 5:06 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Write STX (Start of Text / ASCII 2) to a registry > string > > Have a look at Type="binary" (REG_BINARY), eg. > > Name="SomeValue" >Value="0200" Type="binary" Action="write" /> > > -Rob > > > Keith Moore wrote > > > > Is there a way to write a the STX character to the registry? I am > > using Wix 3.5. > > > > I have the registry import file below: > > - > > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SomeKey] > > "SomeValue"=hex(1):02,00,00,00 > > - > > > > And I tried to use heat to harvest from it but I get the error "heat.exe : > > error HEAT0001 : Unsupport registry value > > "SomeValue"=hex(1):02,00,00,00 at line 4" > > > > I've also tried using in the wxs file but that gives me an XML > > parsing error " Character ' ', hexadecimal value 0x2 is illegal in XML > > documents" > > > > Any ideas how I could write this value, I would also like to write > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix- > toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Write-STX-Start-of-Text-ASCII-2-to-a-registry- > string-tp7107136p7109135.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a > special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a > great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the > event by watching it streamed LIVE online. > Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users # Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. # -- Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to prevent the same MSI file to be executed more than once at the same time?
Windows only prevents a second install from starting the "Install" phase. You can open as many .msi files as you like into the user interface phase. > -Original Message- > From: Hans ter Horst [mailto:hoshis...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, 15 November 2012 2:47 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] How to prevent the same MSI file to be executed more > than once at the same time? > > I get reports that people managed to have our installer open several times at > the same time by accidentally clicking on the MSI file again while the same > installer was already open. I seem to recall that is normally not possible > due to the Microsoft installer MUTEX but somehow that seems to be missing. > I'm using Wix 3.6, any suggestions? > > -- > http://monochrome.me.uk/blog/ > - > - > Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web > console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, > cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users # Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. # -- Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
