[WiX-users] Vs extensions - looking for an overview of the Help* elements

Hello, I noticed the new VS extensions recently, but haven't been able to find any announcement, documentation or samples on those (except for the schema docs). I'm looking for an overview of the functionality provided by the various Help elements, so I can determine if it will fit our needs or n

Re: [WiX-users] Citrix and FilesInUse

MSI engine surely detects every file in use which needs replacing. It only shows the associated application, not the affected files, though. Maybe MSI should provide some properties or information for such files in use. But as I can find none, we may have to deal with creating a custom action t

[WiX-users] How to put '\"' in the customaction as it is ?

I am adding a scheduled task thru the installer like this.      ExeCommand=' "schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "[SQLUSERNAME]" /rp [SQLPASSWORD] /SC [CLEANUPFREQUENCY] /ST 01:00:00 /TN "DBCLEANUPTASK" /TR "[#CLEANUP_EXE]" ' />   and it works fine in adding scheduled task, but not st

Re: [WiX-users] Error using Candle under 2.0.4415.0

You can't mix and match tools. You'd need to grab the entire toolset release so that candle/wix/light/etc... all match. Derek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of david adams Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:42 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourcefo

Re: [WiX-users] optionally decalre default website

Not sure if it will help, but we do not install web sites to the "Default Web Site" for this (and a few other reasons). The web site / web applications are defined separate from "Default Web Site" with their own IP address that is created on the NIC. As separate components and features, the In

[WiX-users] Error using Candle under 2.0.4415.0

I am checking to see if the ConfigureIIS custom action still has the buffer overflow problem in release 4415. I got the following error attempting to [CANDLE] the project. candle.exe : error CNDL0001 : Could not load file or assembly 'wix, Version=2.0.4221.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=ce

Re: [WiX-users] optionally decalre default website

There is a minimum configuration; OS, memory, CPU, etc. IIS is checked for but not acted upon unless one of the web features is selected. __ Don Tasanasanta VIACK Corporation 425-605-7423 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beha

[WiX-users] Permissions and SecureObj Custom Action

I want to set the ACL on a directory based on whether IIS is installed (IISVERSION is the result of a registry search).  The code below works fine if I eliminate the first component (DataCompIIS5).  As soon as both components are there, the folder is created correctly, but the user is not added.  T

Re: [WiX-users] Citrix and FilesInUse

Is it real to create the custom action, that checks rewrite access to file before each copy operation during product installation ? I need to show dialog with locked file name. Information about running application is not obligatory. For example simple dialog:

[WiX-users] User account creation

Hi list, I'm using the 2.0.4415.0 version of Wix. I would like to create an user account on my computer (Windows XP SP2). First, I tried the MSDN instructions posted at this link (http:\\windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms710379.aspx), which let me down because I obtain the "3" valu

Re: [WiX-users] Citrix and FilesInUse

  FilesInUse mechanism in MSI only *shows* files in use associated with top-level Windows in the current session. If you want to prevent reboot, I hate to say this but you need a custom action. Most of the non-standard processing requires a custom action. WiX toolset has several custom act

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

Where do you get that error? If you get it during linking with Light.exe, did you include the sca.wixlib in your link statement (Light.exe). David Adams MSN MessengerID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Crouch, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] (no subject) >Date: Tue, 22 A

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

Pertut, I read you WiX file and you have not completed all your GUIDs or your package ID. I'd start there. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Petrut Andrei Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:42 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject

[WiX-users] Modify IIS setting for existing WebPropertiesDir

Folks, I wish to modify a directory in IIS that already exists and change the execute permissions from 'Execute and scripting' to just 'scripting'.   Path to Smart Client directory for modification in IIS is Web Site->SharePoint (80)->_layouts->Project->SmartClient   I could use a *.vb

[WiX-users] (no subject)

Hi. I need help again. I try to install a web directory and I get the following error: UNRESOLVED REFERENCE TO SYMBOL 'CUSTOM ACTION: CONFIGUREIIs' I took the code from the sample given on the WIX site: TestVirtualDir and I adapted to my application. Please look over my code and tell me what'

Re: [WiX-users] Write Autogenerated Product Id in an Ini File

Works like a charm ... Thank you. DM Brian Simoneau wrote: > > Try [ProductCode] instead. > > -Brian Simoneau > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of coolfishx > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:12 AM > To: wix-users@lists.source

Re: [WiX-users] Write Autogenerated Product Id in an Ini File

Try [ProductCode] instead. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of coolfishx Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 8:12 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Write Autogenerated Product Id in an Ini File Trie

Re: [WiX-users] Write Autogenerated Product Id in an Ini File

Tried that ... but the value remains empty ... The ini file is created, the section and the key is created, but with an empty value. ... ... I use votive3, the latest weekly release. (3.0.2015) Thank you in advance, DM Brian Simoneau wrote: > > The Product ID is stored

Re: [WiX-users] Write Autogenerated Product Id in an Ini File

The Product ID is stored in the property ProductID. The Value attribute should be [ProductID]. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of coolfishx Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 4:53 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [

[WiX-users] Citrix and FilesInUse

Hi,   I'm using WiX 2.0 to create an MSI installer for a Citrix application. I found out that FilesInUse cannot detect files in use by other users in the same Citrix server i.e. it doesn't provide any warning before do the installation. Therefore, at the end, it will tell me that I need to r

Re: [WiX-users] Solution to fix bug "Adding component to COM+ if it is in the GAC" [1487586]

Sorry, change fixed file d:\wix\source\src\ca\pubca\pcaexec\cpiasmexec.cpp at line 854 : LPWSTR pwzSubStr = wcsstr(pwzAssemblyName, L", ProcessorArchitecture"); to LPCWSTR pwzSubStr = wcsstr(pwzAssemblyName, L", ProcessorArchitecture"); ^^^ -- Alexander Biryukov On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:07:

[WiX-users] Another question

Thank you for tour help with IIS. Now I found another problem: I don't know how to set by default a string to appear in an EDIT Control. I mean when the window is loaded, the text shall appear already there... I tried the text property, but it didn't work. Please reply if you know. Look at the fi

[WiX-users] Write Autogenerated Product Id in an Ini File

Hello, Is it possible to get an autogenerated Product Id an write it in an Ini File... I am trying something like this : Thank you, DM -- View this mes

Re: [WiX-users] WcaAddTempRecord with ScrollableText

Here is a code snippet in my ReplaceEula Custom Action. This is not a part of the full working code but you may understand the logic to change text in ScrollableText. This custom action is an immediate custom action and sequenced before the main dialog. I hope this helps for your needs. Regard

Re: [WiX-users] Solution to fix bug "Adding component to COM+ if it is in the GAC" [1487586]

When I compile this using nant I get the following error: [cl] Compiling 1 files to 'D:\WiX\Source\Build\debug\ca\pubca\pcaexec'. [cl] cpiasmexec.cpp [cl] d:\wix\source\src\ca\pubca\pcaexec\cpiasmexec.cpp(854) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'const wchar_t *