[WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi

2006-12-14 Thread David Thielen
Hi; Can anyone suggest one to use to unzip the 2 files and then launch the bootstrapper? * Winzip won't work because it deletes the unzipped file as soon as the first exists - so the msi will be deleted when the bootstrapper completes and spawns it. * Chilkat doesn't run will in a

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and Drivers

2006-12-14 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
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[WiX-users] regasm in wix?

2006-12-14 Thread Christer Solskogen
Our application requires that one dll is registert using regasm. How do I do that in wix3? I was under the impression that just using would do it, but with the handful of things I tried I did not get it to work. Any pointers please? The command I need it to run is regasm /tlb PATH.TO.com

Re: [WiX-users] Testing the ConfigureSQL fix

2006-12-14 Thread Michael Osmond
Okay. Probably won't get to it today. Will definitely get at it on Monday. ( Is it today or yesterday there? ) Michael _ From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 December 2006 12:55 PM To: Michael Osmond; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: Testing t

Re: [WiX-users] Testing the ConfigureSQL fix

2006-12-14 Thread Rob Mensching
Oh, sorry, I busted that build and tried to get a fix out really fast (that's why there is a build 2 days later). I hadn't heard from you so I thought maybe I squeaked it in. I should have sent mail as soon as I found the bug I introduced. Anyway, if you could grab the latest WiX v2 build ins

Re: [WiX-users] Testing the ConfigureSQL fix

2006-12-14 Thread Michael Osmond
2.0.4809 I grabbed it on wednesday I think _ From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 December 2006 12:43 PM To: Michael Osmond; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: Testing the ConfigureSQL fix What build are you using? From: Michael Osmond [mailto:[

Re: [WiX-users] Testing the ConfigureSQL fix

2006-12-14 Thread Rob Mensching
What build are you using? From: Michael Osmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 17:35 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; Rob Mensching Subject: Testing the ConfigureSQL fix Hello Rob, I only got back to testing this today - one busy week. Build 4809 displayed a simi

Re: [WiX-users] Setting NoImpersonate bit for custom actions

2006-12-14 Thread Victor Garcia Aprea
Thanks Rob. I'm using VS to edit the .wxs and and "Impersonate" didn't show as a valid attribute for that element. I'll try this now. On 12/14/06, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes. Impersonate="no". Was the WiX.chm not helpful? *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [WiX-users] Setting NoImpersonate bit for custom actions

2006-12-14 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes. Impersonate="no". Was the WiX.chm not helpful? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor Garcia Aprea Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 16:54 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Setting NoImpersonate bit for custom actions I'm using WiX 2.x

[WiX-users] Testing the ConfigureSQL fix

2006-12-14 Thread Michael Osmond
Hello Rob, I only got back to testing this today - one busy week. Build 4809 displayed a similar (or same) error - that is the custom action crashes and you get the unclosed handles. I have spent a little time to track down where in the code it is occuring. Its in StrAllocStringAnsi - but no

[WiX-users] Using WiX Extensions

2006-12-14 Thread Agustín K-ballo Bergé
Hi everyone, I have been trying for a while to use an extension ( ANY extension ) at compile time, but all I get is "candle.exe : fatal error CNDL0036: Could not find extension '[ExtensionNameHere]'.". Could someone with experience please tell me if there is some other step than adding the -ex

[WiX-users] Setting NoImpersonate bit for custom actions

2006-12-14 Thread Victor Garcia Aprea
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Re: [WiX-users] COM+ App Reinstall

2006-12-14 Thread Rob Mensching
Are you installing the same COM+ application twice? If so, did you use the same Component/@Guid on both eployments? If not, then your reference counting is broken and that is by design in the Windows Installer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beha

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Re: [WiX-users] COM+ App Reinstall

2006-12-14 Thread Neil Sleightholm
One thing I have noticed with COM+ which may be relevant to your problem is that when the last object that is using the package is removed, the package is deleted by the WiX CA. This happens irrespective of whether your MSI created it. So in my case I already have a package created by another appli

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[WiX-users] WIX - System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException

2006-12-14 Thread Sankaranarayanan
Hi, The following error occurs randonly while calling Candle on the WXS files. Please let me know if there are any known causes for this error. Unhandled Exception: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.NotSupportedExce

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and Drivers

2006-12-14 Thread Rob Mensching
0. Note that there is a bug open on Difx and WiX v3. WiX v2 should work fine but there is something going wrong that I haven't had a chance to look into for Difx integration in WiX v3. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Friedrich Dominicu

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and Drivers

2006-12-14 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
"Thomas Svare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Friedrich, > > The below works for me using Difx: > > DriverForceInstall="no" DriverSequence="1" DriverLegacy="yes" > DriverAddRemovePrograms="no"> >Vital="yes" KeyPath="yes" /> > Thanks, I'll try my luck with it. But did I mention that I have

Re: [WiX-users] What triggers "The following applications should be closed..." ?

2006-12-14 Thread Chris Allen
Forwarded reply to wix-users... Original Message Subject:Re: [WiX-users] What triggers "The following applications should be closed..." ? Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:17:09 -0500 From: Scott Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] Abnormal termination

2006-12-14 Thread Rob Mensching
Looks like Windows Installer crashed. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BULL, Dave, GBM Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 02:19 To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: [WiX-users] Abnormal termination Hi wix people, I'm not sure if t

Re: [WiX-users] What triggers "The following applications should be closed..." ?

2006-12-14 Thread Chris Allen
Bob Arnson wrote: > Scott Palmer wrote: >> When I uninstall my product Windows Installer asks me to close >> completely unrelated applications that share nothing whatsoever with >> my application. How can I prevent this? > > It usually means that there's a shared dependency (e.g., C++ runtime

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and Drivers

2006-12-14 Thread Thomas Svare
Friedrich, The below works for me using Difx: Then you need to include the path to the appropriate DIFxApp.wixlib in your light and that should work. I'm using an older, 2x version of Wix but this

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and Drivers

2006-12-14 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You probably want the DIFxApp framework, which is supported in WiX. Try > looking here: > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/DevInst_d/hh/DevInst_d/difxapp_b5f94034-5f86-4603-869d-bd64df80b946.xml.asp thanks I found it al

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Re: [WiX-users] COM+ App Reinstall

2006-12-14 Thread gcoates
Frederik, I think I may be mistaken, and there is some other problem with my wix setup. Ive created a small test installer which creates a COM+ app and installs an assembly and it works fine during reinstall. So, I think there is a different problem somewhere in my (huge) installation program. Pe

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and Drivers

2006-12-14 Thread Rob Hamflett
You probably want the DIFxApp framework, which is supported in WiX. Try looking here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/DevInst_d/hh/DevInst_d/difxapp_b5f94034-5f86-4603-869d-bd64df80b946.xml.asp Rob Friedrich Dominicus wrote: > Well I'm trying to build a Installe

[WiX-users] Abnormal termination

2006-12-14 Thread BULL, Dave, GBM
Hi wix people, I'm not sure if this is a wix problem or a Windows Installer problem, but when I install the msi that I have created with wix, I get a popup that says 'Unexpected Termination'. I ran the installer with full logging on and the log contains the following entries: I have tried running

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ App Reinstall

2006-12-14 Thread gcoates
No problem! I'll open a bug report on source forge. To get around the problem for now I have created the com+ application as a separate feature which I don't include in a reinstall: REINSTALL Fredrik Grohn-3 wrote: > > This sounds very strange. There should not be any need

[WiX-users] Wix and Drivers

2006-12-14 Thread Friedrich Dominicus
Well I'm trying to build a Installer for a printer driver. Now I looked through all the examples, and checked this mailing list also but I'm kind of stuck. The only example I could find about Wix and .inf files was in the Vista WinDDK. But I do not get it neverthelss. I currently have: a .inf f

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Re: [WiX-users] Trouble with Shortcuts...

2006-12-14 Thread André Pönitz
Bob Arnson wrote: > Scott Palmer wrote: > > Then I get the following error: > > Error LGHT0204: ICE43: Component thing1 has non-advertised shortcuts. > > It should use a registry key under HKCU as its Error LGHT0204: ICE57: > > Component 'thing1 ' has both per-user and per-machine data with a >