Re: [WiX-users] Feature issue

2006-08-28 Thread Bob Arnson
Calin Iaru wrote: > I have an ExitDlg which launches notepad if Admin feature is > selected. The problem is that the editor is launched even during typical > setup, even though the feature level is set to 0. > What am I doing wrong? > Hard to say without seeing some code. What are you

Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtil considered harmful... What next?

2006-08-28 Thread Bob Arnson
Joe Kaplan wrote: > Bob, you are my hero. :) > I try. > Here is a WiX fragment produced by tallow of a registry dump of a custom > event log and two sources that were produced by a .NET installer class run > against the .NET 1.0 from a fairly old VS.NET install project I used in the > past w

Re: [WiX-users] Feature size

2006-08-28 Thread Bob Arnson
Don Tasanasanta wrote: Is it possible to manually set the size (disk space requirement) for a feature? So that it will display in the selection tree. Take a look at the ReserveCost element. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org -

Re: [WiX-users] Skinning

2006-08-28 Thread Jason Swager
I don't think MSI will do that sort of stuff.  MSI really wasn't meant to be a UI framework, but an installation framework.However, you can write your UI that hooks into the MSI.  And at that point, you can do just about anything you want using the MSI APIs.Magus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm look

Re: [WiX-users] Skinning

2006-08-28 Thread Magus
I'm looking for something a bit more like what you would find on a new PC game styled installer. No dialog boarder, transparent graphics that sort of thing. Jason Swager wrote: > > One possible solution can be found out at > http://www.skincrafter.com/skincrafter_installer.html. It uses the MS

Re: [WiX-users] Skinning

2006-08-28 Thread Jason Swager
One possible solution can be found out at http://www.skincrafter.com/skincrafter_installer.html.  It uses the MSI API to hook in an external UI.  For some people, this isn't an appropiate solution because the MSI gets wrapped up by a boot-strapping EXE.You could heavily modify the normal installati

[WiX-users] Skinning

2006-08-28 Thread Magus
I have no idea where to even begin in this. I need my installer to have a look that isn't a standard Windows dialog look. Is there a way to set this up so that it looks like what I need it to look like? I don't know how to do an external UI I think I saw something on that. -- View this messag

[WiX-users] Issue with TLB file

2006-08-28 Thread Joe Harbert
I get an error when trying to run my MSI installer. It contains a .tlb file and it appears that the installer doesn't know what to do with it. Any help would be appreciated... Message: Could not register type library for file C:\Program Files\Assemblies\Validation\Validation.DispatchWrapper.tlb

Re: [WiX-users] tallow -s problem

2006-08-28 Thread Derek Cicerone
Tallow is kinda end-of-lifed because WiX 2.0 is locked down and Heat replaces it in WiX 3.0.  Please try using heat instead.   Derek   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Chin Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:26 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] HEAT5158 error..

2006-08-28 Thread Brad Davis
10-4.On 8/28/06, Derek Cicerone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Your best shot may be to just debug this directly – its just C# code interacting with directory services after all.  Unfortunately, the errors returned by directory services are usually pretty sparse, so its hard to say what we

Re: [WiX-users] HEAT5158 error..

2006-08-28 Thread Derek Cicerone
Your best shot may be to just debug this directly – its just C# code interacting with directory services after all.  Unfortunately, the errors returned by directory services are usually pretty sparse, so its hard to say what went wrong.   Derek   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[WiX-users] tallow -s problem

2006-08-28 Thread Steven Chin
When I run tallow –nologo –s mwcommgr.dll on a 32 bit machine it works fine but on a 64 bit machine I get: tallow.exe : fatal error TLLW0001: Index (zero based) must be greater than or eq ual to zero and less than the size of the argument list.   Stack Trace:    at System.Text.String

[WiX-users] DropSmb runs as Commit Custom Action

2006-08-28 Thread Justin Martenstein
Does the DropSmb custom action need to be run as a "Commit" custom action?   I'm running an installer that removes pieces of another installer. At one point, it removes a set of shared folders (from the old product), and then re-adds those folders. This is controlled at the feature level, an

[WiX-users] Feature issue

2006-08-28 Thread Calin Iaru
Hi List, I have an ExitDlg which launches notepad if Admin feature is selected. The problem is that the editor is launched even during typical setup, even though the feature level is set to 0. What am I doing wrong? Best regards, Calin -

[WiX-users] HEAT5158 error..

2006-08-28 Thread Brad Davis
I enter the command below, and I get the HEAT5158 error...do I need a URL-type reference instead? My case is correct:C:\Inetpub\wwwroot>heat website "ChangeTracking" -out changetracking.wxsMicrosoft (R) Windows Installer XML Toolset Harvester version 3.0.2023.0Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2

[WiX-users] Your Flagstar User Agreement

2006-08-28 Thread Flagstar Information
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[WiX-users] Feature size

2006-08-28 Thread Don Tasanasanta
Is it possible to manually set the size (disk space requirement) for a feature? So that it will display in the selection tree.   I’m running SQL database scripts in a feature and want to show how much disk space should be allocated for the DB.   __   Don Tasanasa

Re: [WiX-users] Modifying Windos hosts file?

2006-08-28 Thread Albert van Peppen
Hi, In order to accomplish this you'll need a custom action. Albert van Peppen -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Eric Fesh Verzonden: zaterdag 26 augustus 2006 0:21 Aan: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Onderwerp: [WiX-users] Modifying Wind