[WiX-users] Examples of Burn
Hello, Where can one get an end-to-end example of writing your own burn UI? I have been looking around and the examples are rather incomplete or overly complex without much explanation. I have a system that depends on a database as well as requiring that all sensitive data to be encrypted in the registry and database. The data stored in the database is also dependent upon what the administrator enters at login and has to match other configuration elements (such as bindings of the website). It seems logical to do some of the work in the Burn UI itself rather than delegating it to a custom action in the MSI. Thanks, Werner -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] wixstdba and manifest
Hello, I'm adapting wixstdba to use a standard Win32 wizard rather than themes to deal with additional complex processing required during prerequisite checking, requesting and encrypting credentials of databases and other external systems and performing some post processing after the installation. The call to BalManifestLoad fails and the logs show "Failed to load bootstrapper application manifest.". I narrowed it down to XmlLoadDocumentFromFile failing to load the xml. The bundle.wxs file looks as follows: --- BEGIN SNIPPET http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> --- END SNIPPET -- And the manifest that is being generated in the "%LOCALAPPDATA%\TEMP\" folder looks as follows: --- BEGIN SNIPPET http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2010/BootstrapperApplicationData";> --- END SNIPPET - The file is an XML file, however, its unclear why XmlLoadDocumentFromFile would fail. Documentation about how to implement a boostrapper from scratch and how it works is almost nonexistent. This makes it rather difficult to diagnose issues like this. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks, Werner -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Checking whether Windows roles and features is installed
Hello, I'm working on an installer that requires numerous roles and features to be enabled. If those components are not available, the system, consisting of web applications, MSMQ, and SMTP server will fail to install, never mind run. Does WIX 3.6 support checking whether a Windows feature is installed? If not, what is the most appropriate manner to implement such a check? What comes to mind is to create a WIX extension, with a custom action that reads a MSI table to check whether the feature is available or not and fail with an appropriate message when its not. Are there tutorials showing how to write a sample WIX extension? However, if one were to chain several such MSIs together, isn't it perhaps more appropriate that such checking be done by bootstrapper created using burn? If that is the case, are there any tutorials/samples how to check for prerequisites without checking the registry? In this case we can use WMI to query Win23_ServerFeature whether a feature/role is installed or not. Thanks, Werner -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Passing information from bootstrapper application to msi packages
Hello, I wrote a native bootstrapper (using std win32 dialogs, rather than themes) which requests some data from users before proceeding to install and configure the product. This includes requesting the top level domain for websites and keys used to encrypt registry entries. Without it, installing the product will be rather complex, error prone and frustrating. How do I pass this information to the numerous MSIs being installed? I called SetVariableString of the underlying engine. However, it doesn't seem to have any effect. Thanks, Werner -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to get started with WiX in VS IDE?
I have been using WIX on-and-off since v2.0 and must add that its getting increasingly difficult to follow the project. Not only is information scattered across several sites but finding information, especially in this mailing list, is difficult. While using Google will certainly help you find an entry, trying to follow the conversation is a tad more complex as it depends whether the original messages were includes, how much "gunk" are added to the bottom of emails (like boilerplate, disclaimers and marketing material). Any chance one can use a different platform, such as Google Groups, to discuss and support WIX? Werner -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
