[WiX-users] NGen with Votive

2006-11-17 Thread Michael Carlisle
Hi, Is it possible to use the new NGen extension with votive? I'm wondering how to make visual studio pass the additional ext parameter when it calls candle and light. Thanks, Mike _ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign

Re: [WiX-users] Installing IIS applications under non-Admin account ?

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Petr Vones wrote: > WebApplication > WebAppPool > WebDirProperties > WebSite > WebVirtualDir > > The installation is designed for Windows Server 2003 SP1 (thus IIS6) created > by Wix 2.0. Currently it needs an administrator privilege to be installed. > > Would be possible to run such installation

Re: [WiX-users] How to do change the datatype of a standard table?

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Leo ... wrote: > > Some attributes in standard tables such as the Registry table contains > localizable string datatype. How do I change that datatype to > non-localizable string datatype in WIX? Thx! > Edit the columns in wix\Data\tables.xml and rebuild. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org -

[WiX-users] How to do change the datatype of a standard table?

2006-11-17 Thread Leo ...
Some attributes in standard tables such as the Registry table contains localizable string datatype.  How do I change that datatype to non-localizable string datatype in WIX? Thx! - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Futu

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[WiX-users] Installing IIS applications under non-Admin account ?

2006-11-17 Thread Petr Vones
Hi, I have an installation containing several ASP.NET 2.0 applications. I use following elements in the MSI package: WebApplication WebAppPool WebDirProperties WebSite WebVirtualDir The installation is designed for Windows Server 2003 SP1 (thus IIS6) created by Wix 2.0. Currently it needs an a

Re: [WiX-users] FW: File in use

2006-11-17 Thread Mike Dimmick
The SDK is clear: the signature of a custom action should be: UINT __stdcall CustomAction( MSIHANDLE hInstall ) Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/dynamic_link_libraries.asp In my opinion, it doesn't need to be documented in WiX documentation; we can't rewrite all of th

Re: [WiX-users] MSBuild Tasks

2006-11-17 Thread Francis Kam
Which version are you looking for? I have Michael's one, Neil's one, and probably one or two of my own lying around somewhere. This thread was from a while ago though. I happened to peek at the targets file of a newer build and it's much better. Also, as Bob noted, if you're using v3, it's a lot b

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[WiX-users] FW: File in use

2006-11-17 Thread Dane Anderson
I got it working. It seems that msiexec REQUIRES that the function being called return an int. By changing my KioskKillerMain from returning void to returning an int, and returning a 0, the problem vanishes. This is something that should be documented in the WiX documentation, and mentioned in the

Re: [WiX-users] UI examples & custom project

2006-11-17 Thread david adams
We use Mondo and add three additional dialogs (two that are "optional"). The optional dialogs are controlled by Property values within the WXS file. In our case, if the property associated to a dialog is "0", it is not shown. If it is "1", it is shown. The button navigation is predefined in

Re: [WiX-users] UI examples & custom project

2006-11-17 Thread Surendra Katari
I would like to use Mono dialog order, bug need to add couple of new dialogs. We have pretty complex dialog sequence and less time to implement. So, exploring opportunities for code reuse. From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 8:15 AM To: Surendra Katari

Re: [WiX-users] Setting Force reboot property causes error Error LGHT0217

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Arnson
KURZE, Uwe wrote: i set the property Force to force a reboot after finishing installation. but if i compile my project light.exe fails with the error: light.exe(0,0): Error LGHT0217: An unexpected external UI message was received: You must restart your system for the configuration changes

Re: [WiX-users] I have installed latest WiX (3.0.3215) and I do not see WiX project types in 'Add Project' wizard.

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Srdjan Jovcic wrote: I do not know exactly what I did wrong -- I have installed Wix3.msi and now I have folder 'WiX' in Add New Project wizard, but there is nothing in it... Folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\WiX contains three ZIP files, but

Re: [WiX-users] Using InstallFiles

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Pallavi Patrutkar wrote: I want that a file should get copied to the destination directory before I execute a custom action. I tried using 'After=InstallFiles' for that particular custom action, but still this CA gets called before 'InstallFiles'. Is there anything more to be added in my W

Re: [WiX-users] UI examples & custom project

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Surendra Katari wrote: I am getting the following error when trying to build the UI custom samples. Can someone help in resolving them? The sample is broken but the basic approach should still work. What kind of customization do you want to make? -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ---

Re: [WiX-users] How to execute tallow.exe?

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Lynette Ooh Hooi Lin wrote: F:\wix-bin>tallow.exe -c C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe > notepad.wxs Tallow's -c switch is used to extract COM interop registration from a managed assembly. Notepad.exe isn't. What are you trying to do with Tallow? -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ---

Re: [WiX-users] WiX Patching - Secondary Issue

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Alan W. Waddington wrote: I now face another issue in that the patch file does not update anything on my target machine. The patch does not report any errors on execution and completes successfully, but on checking the application there is no change, neither is there a change in the version

Re: [WiX-users] way to create merge module and avoiding codeduplication

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Arnette, Bill wrote: > So how do you replace a merge module with a wixlib. A merge module has > a cab with the files to be installed in it. AFAIK, a wixlib has no way > transporting the files to be installed to the final MSI. So it seems to > me that to use a wixlib, you need the wixlib and the

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Files in use

2006-11-17 Thread Bob Arnson
Michael Carlisle wrote: > I'd be interested in taking a look at the wix CloseApp but not sure > how I would access it? It's not currently exposed through an extension, so you need to directly access it in wixca.dll. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org --

Re: [WiX-users] Network based installations?

2006-11-17 Thread André Pönitz
> I wrote: > > Mike Dimmick wrote: > > > See 'Internet Download Bootstrapping' in MSDN Library, at > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en- > > > us/msi/setup/internet_download_bootstrapping.asp. > > > > Looks very promising. > > ... however, I failed when trying to

Re: [WiX-users] Network based installations?

2006-11-17 Thread André Pönitz
I wrote: > Mike Dimmick wrote: > > See 'Internet Download Bootstrapping' in MSDN Library, at > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en- > > us/msi/setup/internet_download_bootstrapping.asp. > > Looks very promising. ... however, I failed when trying to implement it. So

[WiX-users] Setting Force reboot property causes error Error LGHT0217

2006-11-17 Thread KURZE, Uwe
i set the property Force to force a reboot after finishing installation. but if i compile my project light.exe fails with the error: light.exe(0,0): Error LGHT0217: An unexpected external UI message was received: You must restart your system for the configuration changes made to DOXiS Rendition

[WiX-users] Using InstallFiles

2006-11-17 Thread Pallavi Patrutkar
Hello, I want that a file should get copied to the destination directory before I execute a custom action. I tried using 'After=InstallFiles' for that particular custom action, but still this CA gets called before 'InstallFiles'. Is there anything more to be added in my WIX file? Please g