Re: [WiX-users] Launch Conditions

Use an Error type CustomAction in response to the button click (or simply sequence it in the UI sequence somewhere). -- Mike Dimmick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Petrut Andrei Sent: 03 November 2006 22:59 To: wix-users@lists.sourcefor

[WiX-users] Launch Conditions

Hi. I need to specify a condition and that to prompt a message after I click a button. I have these lines in the Main file. IISMAJORVERSION That message appears at startup, but I want it to appear i

[WiX-users] airmail

Can somebody tell me why? Has anyone used it and are there any problems using it that anyone is aware of? Can somebody tell me why? I tried to paste when I created the PDF form, but it only shows plain text. I am having the above error when using the AcroPDFLib control in Not possible with Re

Re: [WiX-users] Wixca and V3

Title: Wixca and V3 Lerudjordet, Morten Minge wrote: Just wondering if wixca has been removed in v3, if so how does one  use CAQuietExec? The CAs now live in extensions. CAQuietExec lives in WixUtilExtension. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ---

[WiX-users] Wixca and V3

Title: Wixca and V3 Just wondering if wixca has been removed in v3, if so how does one  use CAQuietExec? Morten - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with

Re: [WiX-users] Using the Permission element in Wix 3

Perfect, works great now.  Thanks a lot.   One difference was that I had to add the Domain='[ComputerName]' attribute.  The ‘Permission’ element was able to find the user without it but ‘PermissionEx’ could not.    So this is what finally worked for me:         

Re: [WiX-users] Define User Description fon User Element

Tina Basinger wrote: > Is there any way to define a description for a user account that is > created using the User element in Wix? I don't see an attribute for > this on the User element, so does this mean I would have to write my > own custom action to set the description after the user is cr

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

Friedrich, Oliver wrote: No, we did not use Votive V2, just plain wxs-files that we added to a simple solution, we did not use Votive V2. Sorry, I'm not understanding. Are you asking how to set the Build variable using Votive? -- sig://boB http://bobs.org

Re: [WiX-users] Using the Permission element in Wix 3

Robson King wrote: But adding the Extended="yes" would still fail:   The util:PermissionEx element contains an unexpected attribute 'Extended'. Just drop the Extended attribute. It was needed in WiX v2 to indicate that the extension and custom action were needed. In WiX

Re: [WiX-users] How to remove reg keys by condition?

Anton Filippov wrote: > I think, that works, If property set in LaunchCondition section. > If I set this property from checkbox, for example, during installation > sequnce - this not work. > You need to ensure that the property set in the UI sequence is passed to the execute sequence. It must

Re: [WiX-users] UIExtension.build in WiX 3.0

anwer nehal wrote: > C:\WiX3\global.include(210,8): > 'cl' failed to start. > The system cannot find the file specified > You have to start the build from a shell with the Visual Studio tools on the path. Easiest way is to run the "Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt" shortcut. -- sig://b

Re: [WiX-users] Setting installer Property value from a SQL DB field?

Chandra Rentachintala wrote: I need to set a property in our installer by reading it from a SQL database table. I would like to do it during launch condition evaluation before the file copy. Has anyone done this in WIX? It would require a custom action. I'm not aware of

Re: [WiX-users] suppressing command window pop ups..

Use the CAQuietExec custom action. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bahar ShahSent: Friday, November 03, 2006 7:33 AMTo: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: [WiX-users] suppressing command window pop ups.. Hi All,I am launching a console a

[WiX-users] What is the best approach to upgrade config files?

I am working on creating an upgrade for a current install. There are many configs that are copied, each is its own component.  When upgrading we want to preserve a few key/values from the original config.   I was thinking of doing this: Since I don’t know what the new configs will look li

Re: [WiX-users] suppressing command window pop ups..

Hello, You need a wrapper-exe which uses CreateProcess with CREATE_NO_WINDOW. See "Process Creation Flags" in the Platform SDK for details. Regards, Mike - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, secu

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple parameters in CA dll

An immediate custom action has access to the property table, so put your parameters in properties and use MsiGetProperty to retrieve them in your CA. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bahar ShahSent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:44 AMTo: wix-users@

[WiX-users] Multiple parameters in CA dll

Is there a way to pass multiple parameter to a function in a CA dll ?Say I need to pass 3 paramater to a function in my dll ?Can I pass parameter to CA scheduled for  imediate action and not deffered Regards Bahar - Using Tomca

[WiX-users] suppressing command window pop ups..

Hi All,I am launching a console application(CmdInstall.exe) through my installer .How do we suppress the dos command window from poping up during the installation while the custom action is executed ? RegardsBahar - Using Tomca

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0 Compiler error

thanks for help,   it's right, i did forget the iis Xml namespace in my 'main' wxs file but not in the include file where i use the iis:WebVirtualDir.   in visual studio you can add references (WixUIExtension, WixIIsExtension...) with simple mouse clicks. the information about extensions is