Re: [WiX-users] preprocessor variable $(var.Build)

2006-10-30 Thread Friedrich, Oliver
That`s the point, this variable is defined nowhere in the source.   We used WiXV2 manually written files added to a blank solution in vs2005, compiled via batch on post-build-action.   The error that raises at compile-time is that the preprocessor variable "$(var.Build)" is not defined. It

Re: [WiX-users] Moving from Wix V2 to V3

2006-10-30 Thread Lerudjordet, Morten Minge
Title: RE: Moving from Wix V2 to V3 Take a look at wixcop.exe in V3. Just remember you have to use -f extension for it to fix the errors it finds in you'r V2 files. Morten - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to s

[WiX-users] Leave some files during uninstall

2006-10-30 Thread Anton Filippov
Hi All How to don't delete some files during unistall? Can I deny remove this files through standart way, or only through CA (creating backup)? Maybe set this files into one component and verify component (how)? Thanks. Anton.

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade doesn't install one component

2006-10-30 Thread John Lalande
I thought I had addressed the version issue, however, I have to remind myself that versions are not decimal and 1.0.3 is not a newer version than 1.0.20.  But 1.0.21 *is* newer and that solves the problem.  Thanks Rob! On 10/30/06, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Somewhere in

Re: [WiX-users] Moving from Wix V2 to V3

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Mensching
Wixcop.exe should be able to make the migration.  There are some command-line changes for extension and WiX v3 is still under development so you may see some schema breaks or just bugs from week to week.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R Kishe Sent: Mond

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade doesn't install one component

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Mensching
Somewhere in the log it should explain why the Component was turned off.  Usually, it’s because the Condition is false.  If you don’t’ have a condition, often it is because the KeyPath was not new enough (or it is unversioned and the existing file was modified).   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WiX-users] Installing an ASP.NET 2.0 app

2006-10-30 Thread david adams
Web Site: David Adams MSN MessengerID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "David Thielen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Subject: [WiX-users] Installing an ASP.NET 2.0 app >Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 1

[WiX-users] Upgrade doesn't install one component

2006-10-30 Thread John Lalande
I have successfully convinced my employer to migrate our installers from InstallShield to WiX.However, one of our products, when upgrading from the IS-authored previous version, neglects to install one of the components (the component does get installed on a fresh install).  When the application is

[WiX-users] Moving from Wix V2 to V3

2006-10-30 Thread R Kishe
Hello   I would like to know what are the issues in moving setup projects written in Wix V2 to V3? Are there any migration tools avaialble? What are the manual tweaks required?   Thanks -RK - Using Tomcat but need to do more? N

Re: [WiX-users] install .hxs into VS2005 help system with wix

2006-10-30 Thread Jimmy Do
> > I included 'VSIPCC_Collection_Files_RTL_---_---.msm', but now I get a bunch > > of warnings and errors: > > > > Interesting. Which version of the SDK did you get that merge module from? The merge module is from this directory: C:\Program Files\Visual Studio 2005 SDK\2006.09\VisualStudioInteg

[WiX-users] Installing an ASP.NET 2.0 app

2006-10-30 Thread David Thielen
Hi;   Is there any info on how to write an installer for an ASP.NET 2.0 app including: Creating the website – setting it as an ASP.NET 2.0 application Getting the c:\inetpub\wwwroot directory (which could be another drive/directory). Running “aspnet_regiis –i” if neces

Re: [WiX-users] preprocessor variable $(var.Build)

2006-10-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Friedrich, Oliver wrote: One of my problems now is, that we used the pre-processor variable “var.Build” in our setup for finding the final sourcepath of our apps. But votive won`t compile with it used like that: We need more detail to help. What happens? Do you get an

Re: [WiX-users] Installing into GAC gives 0x80131043

2006-10-30 Thread Wilson, Phil
Does the error description make any sense in your context? /// When installing multi-file assemblies into the GAC, the hash of each module is /// checked against the hash of that file stored in the manifest. If the /// hash of one of the files in the multi-file assembly does not match what is re

Re: [WiX-users] Installing Counter Logs for "Performance Logs and Alerts"

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Mensching
No, how?   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Friedrich, Mike Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 05:44 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Installing Counter Logs for "Performance Logs and Alerts"   Hi all,   Does anyone h

[WiX-users] Installing into GAC gives 0x80131043

2006-10-30 Thread Douglas Watts
I am installing an application that requires a number of DLLs to be installed into the GAC.  I install each DLL in its own component.  The first c component listed (I don’t know if they install in order listed) contains the DLL that appears in the error in the install log.  The error is sho

Re: [WiX-users] Digitally Signing large Cab files (OT?)

2006-10-30 Thread Magus
If your using Verisign, they should be able to answer your questions expecially since you should be paying them. Also a note if your CAB is over 2 gigabytes its corrupt. It will allow you to create it, but just try reading out of it. Miscrosoft has an article about it I believe. Jim Snider wro

Re: [WiX-users] Howto optional install without gui - solved

2006-10-30 Thread Friedrich, Oliver
Thank you for your helping, this list is great J   Greetings Oliver Friedrich   From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Montag, 30. Oktober 2006 17:27 To: Friedrich, Oliver; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Howto optional install without gui

[WiX-users] preprocessor variable $(var.Build)

2006-10-30 Thread Friedrich, Oliver
Again its me,   currently I`m trying to convert our V2 setup to V3 using a votive-project in our solution.   One of my problems now is, that we used the pre-processor variable “var.Build” in our setup for finding the final sourcepath of our apps. But votive won`t compile with it used li

Re: [WiX-users] Wixca.dll CAQuietExec and Windows Vista UAC

2006-10-30 Thread david adams
Bob Arnson suggested the following blog when I asked some questions about Vista UAC and some of the challenges that are arising with Installer packages. There was alot of detail, but Robert goes into alot of detail about permissions, sequences, etc. http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/rss.xml Davi

[WiX-users] Digitally Signing large Cab files (OT?)

2006-10-30 Thread Jim Snider
Hello group. Sorry if this would be considered off-topic but I am having problems signing 1GB+ cab files that I have generated with Wix v2.0.4103.0. I have both SignTool and SignCode failing on these large cab files while I have been able to successfully sign a smaller 300MB file without any

[WiX-users] Wixca.dll CAQuietExec and Windows Vista UAC

2006-10-30 Thread Paul Welter
Hi,When I try to use the CAQuietExec custom action in wix v2 in Windows Vista with UAC enabled, I get an error of accessed denied.  Doing some research, I found this post ... http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/archive/2006/10/30/deferred-custom-actions-and-permissions-on-windows-vista-with-uac-enabled.as

[WiX-users] fwd: GSNH Up (+4.83% with 2X Average Volume) already on anticipation of Friday's After-Market News Release - ref. Leonor Salinas

2006-10-30 Thread Sung Woodruff
Title: danbury samuelson streamside Up On the News - GSNH closes Up Friday, After-Market News Release - Get GSNH Quote Here. sofia. After weeks of speculation it's finally here, and the news is even bigger than we thought. discoid. We first knew something was up with GSNH when news came ou

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action Type 17 (DLL, C++) Path?

2006-10-30 Thread Rivera, R
Hi Bob Thanks for the reply. Using 3.x, it doesn't seem to pick up libraries in the directory it resides. As a hack I create a PATH user env. variable, inheriting the system var's value and the install directory. [%PATH];[MAININSTALLDIR] Rafael - Original Message - From: Bob Arnson

Re: [WiX-users] Howto optional install without gui

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Mensching
1.  I suggest reading up about the MSI command-line in the MSI SDK.  You can do “misexec /i my.msi PROPERTY=value PROPERTY2=value2 /qn”   2.  You can create many different UI’s but I don’t think that you can totally get rid of the progress bar if you show any UI.   From: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [WiX-users] Installing files every time

2006-10-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Stuart Cullen wrote: > The problem is that I want this to work over and over again maybe with > different external files but no change to the msi. However once the msi has > run on a machine it won't try the install again. Using a command line with > REINSTALL works but this won't run the first tim

Re: [WiX-users] Question about UtilExtension

2006-10-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Title: Question about UtilExtension Lerudjordet, Morten Minge wrote: Ah, ok I found it in the binaries zip, but it looks like it's not in the Wix3.msi for 3.0.2218. Please file a bug so we get that fixed. Wix3.msi is supposed to become the preferred installation method so if there

Re: [WiX-users] How to define the ImagePath for ServiceInstall (wix3)?

2006-10-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Friedrich, Mike wrote: I want to avoid changes to httpd.conf installed by apache (component-rules?). It's not illegal to modify other files. Unfortunately, I don't know of any custom action that would work -- httpd.conf isn't .ini or XML. - add Apache binaries into my MSI (onl

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action Type 17 (DLL, C++) Path?

2006-10-30 Thread Bob Arnson
Rafael Rivera Jr. wrote: > Is there a way to explicitly specify the path in which my Custom Action > Type 17 action runs in? It has a dependency on a library at init. > (imported) and cannot find it (Filemon shows it searching my PATH). > No, just files in the path that are present at the tim

Re: [WiX-users] Howto optional install without gui

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Hamflett
You can specify properties on the command line with PROPERTYNAME=some_value and then use this as a condition for what your UI Sequence does. If you want a completely silent install then the /quiet flag will skip the UI Sequence all together, with no user interaction at all. Rob Friedrich, Ol

[WiX-users] Howto optional install without gui

2006-10-30 Thread Friedrich, Oliver
Hello,   we currently use WiX V2 to setup our Solution with some customized dialogs to get information from the user.   Now we need the possibility to install this package via script, without GUI. How can we make an GUI-less install optional by maintaining the parameters, normally enter

[WiX-users] Installing files every time

2006-10-30 Thread Stuart Cullen
I have a msi that I have created which will install some standard files plus 2 files created explicitly for a customer. These are external to the msi (live in the same folder) and I have the msi install them by refering to them with a blank media tag. The problem is that I want this to work over

[WiX-users] Web.config and major upgrades?

2006-10-30 Thread Rob MacFadyen
Hey all, I'm working on an installer that installs a web based ASP.NET 2.0 application. Users can choose web server and/or virtual directory, setup an SQL Server database, and so forth. I'm not using the web extensions or otherwise (are there SQL extensions?)... everything is through a few VBScrip

Re: [WiX-users] Self-registering : what is the good method?

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Hamflett
The best solution is to extract the information with tallow or heat and specify the correct table entries. Try to avoid selfreg where possible. Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi all, > > i have to register a dll inside my msi. i've seen that the table selfreg can > do > that BUT i've also se

[WiX-users] Self-registering : what is the good method?

2006-10-30 Thread mnpg
hi all, i have to register a dll inside my msi. i've seen that the table selfreg can do that BUT i've also seen another method by using customaction calling msiexec /y to reg (and /z to unreg). what is the better solution? thanks in advance -- ---

Re: [WiX-users] Merge modules again...

2006-10-30 Thread Christer Solskogen
On 27.10.2006 17:03, Rob Mensching wrote: > 1. Dependency failure: This warning is telling you that you have a Merge > Module that depends on another Merge Module but you did not include the > second Merge Module. I don't know much about the new ATL Merge Modules, but > it would appear the co

Re: [WiX-users] Question about UtilExtension

2006-10-30 Thread Lerudjordet, Morten Minge
Title: Question about UtilExtension Ah, ok I found it in the binaries zip, but it looks like it's not in the Wix3.msi for 3.0.2218.   Morten Fra: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 28. oktober 2006 17:40Til: Lerudjordet, Morten Minge; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] Merge modules again...

2006-10-30 Thread Christer Solskogen
On 30.10.2006 08:15, Christer Solskogen wrote: > Also the application does not start, blaming ATL. > This is bullshit. This is what we call PEBKAC. Despite all the warnings the merge modules work now. -- chs - Using Tomc