[WiX-users] Super Upgrade

2006-12-29 Thread John Robbins
Hello, (I'm using WiX 2.0) While the documentation says that there can be "(min: 0, max: unbounded)" RemoveExistingProducts under the InstallExecuteSequence element, if you try it, you get a "Duplicate symbol 'Actions:InstallExecuteSequence/RemoveExistingProducts' found." error compiling. What I

Re: [WiX-users] Getting ProductCode when auto-generated

2006-12-29 Thread Rob Mensching
1. Uhh, the ProductCode Property. 2. The Properties you specify in your UpgradeVersion will be setup based on what the upgrade is doing. The MSI SDK has more details about this. 3. Yeah, that sounds right. The MSI SDK talks about it more. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] O

[WiX-users] Getting ProductCode when auto-generated

2006-12-29 Thread Brian Patton
I use ProductCode ---- (auto-generated) for my installer, with a constant UpgradeCode so that upgrades are performed fairly seamlessly. A few questions about the upgrade process. 1) I want to write a regkey that tells other apps how to uninstall my app. The command

Re: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Because you're using a very old and buggy version of the WiX toolset where the Certificate code was horribly intertwined with the IIS code. From: Pankaj Singh Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 17:45 To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Client certificates not

Re: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Pankaj Singh
One thing still bothers me. I am just trying to install client certificate in the certificate store. Why is IIS coming into picture? -Pankaj From: Rob Mensching Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 5:39 PM To: Pankaj Singh; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Client certificates

Re: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Rob Mensching
2. No, the Compiler will add the references for you automatically, just like it does for ConfigureIIs. You just have to provide the right .wixlib. If you're using IIS you already are (it's all in sca.wixlib). From: Pankaj Singh Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 17:36 To: Rob Mensching; wix-use

Re: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Pankaj Singh
Thanks Rob, 1. I will test the certificate install by taking 2.0.4820 from the sourceforge site. 2. I am not clear on how to add UninstallCertificates and InstallCertificates actions. I did not find any reference for it in the wix.chm. As I understand, I need something like

Re: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Wow, that build is ancient. It's like 3 years old. You need a *very* recent build for Certificate install to work correctly. From: Pankaj Singh Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 17:29 To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting insta

Re: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Pankaj Singh
I use wix toolset as part of my corext build environment. I believe we are using wix 2.0. scs-ProjectC\public\ext\tools\x86 >filever light.exe -ra-- W32i APP - 2.0.1112.0 shp 24,576 11-17-2006 light.exe scs-ProjectC\public\ext\tools\x86 >filever candle.exe -ra-- W32i APP - 2

Re: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Rob Mensching
No, you need the UninstallCertificates and InstallCertificates actions. Those should have been required by the Compiler and provided by sca.wixlib. What version of the WiX toolset are you using? From: Pankaj Singh Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 17:13 To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourcef

Re: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Pankaj Singh
Attached decompiled xml has reference to the following I assumed that this will do the job. I have not added any explicit InstallExecuteSequence in my wxs file. Do I need to do that? Thanks for your help. -Pankaj From: Rob Mensching Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 5:12 PM To: Pank

Re: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Yep, doesn't look like the Certificate CustomActions were executed. Does your MSI have the Certificate actions in the InstallExecuteSequence? From: Pankaj Singh Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 17:07 To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Client certificates n

Re: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Does the verbose log file show the certificate getting installed? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pankaj Singh Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 17:01 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate

[WiX-users] Client certificates not getting installed in the certificate store(Wix2)

2006-12-29 Thread Pankaj Singh
My goal is to install client certificates in the user's certificate store. I am using element for this purpose in my .wxs file. The snippet is like this: Issue: Installing the msi does not install any client certificates in the store. I am not getting any error either. I decompiled the msi usi

Re: [WiX-users] Creating files for current user accounts

2006-12-29 Thread Charlie Poole
Slightly off the point of your question, but have you considered whether setup for individual users should really be done in your install? It's often simpler to have the application itself check at startup and perform any per-user initialization. Charlie > -Original Message- > From: [EMA

Re: [WiX-users] Manufacturer name in MSConfig utility

2006-12-29 Thread Andriy Chernyayev
Hi, You also need version block with correct language-charset BLOCK "StringFileInfo" BEGIN BLOCK "040904E4" BEGIN ... VALUE "CompanyName",VER_COMPANYNAME_STR ... END END > Hi, > > I made changes as per your suggestion; still

Re: [WiX-users] Creating files for current user accounts

2006-12-29 Thread Patrick Steele
Most excellent, I will try that out when I get back. Thanks Tony! Original Message Follows From: Tony Hoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Creating files for current user accounts Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:49:22 + Patrick Steele wrote:

Re: [WiX-users] System.ArgumentException in ClickThrough

2006-12-29 Thread Levi Wilson
Sure. I'll be back to work on Tuesday, so I'll see what I can do then. On 12/29/06, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can you attach a debugger to the crash and then copy the call stack into a bug. ClickThrough UI hasn't had much use outside of my cursory testing (and I'm a pretty bad

Re: [WiX-users] Creating Active Directory Users

2006-12-29 Thread Douglas Watts
OK, I've been looking over the WiX source code. Specifically, the file Wix\src\ca\serverca\scaexec\scaexec.cpp. I found the function called CreateUserTo(). This function creates the user then attempts to add the user to any specified groups. It calls the function AddUserToGroup(). This func

Re: [WiX-users] Query selected features?

2006-12-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Take a look at the "Condition Statement Syntax" topic in the MSI SDK. It shows the special characters to test the install state of Features (and Components). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Janulewicz Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 12:28 To: wix-users@lis

Re: [WiX-users] System.ArgumentException in ClickThrough

2006-12-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Can you attach a debugger to the crash and then copy the call stack into a bug. ClickThrough UI hasn't had much use outside of my cursory testing (and I'm a pretty bad tester) so it probably has many bugs. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Levi Wilson Sent: Thursday

Re: [WiX-users] How can I write a registry key in each user's HKCU

2006-12-29 Thread Rob Mensching
I believe you are right, there is no "All Users" type of thing. Usually, the way this is done in the registry is an application will first look for keys in HKCU (for user data). If it doesn't find anything there it falls back to the same location in HKLM. Unfortunately, that's behavior the ap

Re: [WiX-users] Creating files for current user accounts

2006-12-29 Thread Tony Hoyle
Patrick Steele wrote: > Hi, > I am just beginning to learn about using Wix 3, so any help would be greatly > appreciated. As part of my installation process, I need to create a couple > of files, placing them inside: > "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users" and "C:\Documents and > Settings\c

[WiX-users] Creating files for current user accounts

2006-12-29 Thread Patrick Steele
Hi, I am just beginning to learn about using Wix 3, so any help would be greatly appreciated. As part of my installation process, I need to create a couple of files, placing them inside: "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users" and "C:\Documents and Settings\current_user". How can I go about doing

Re: [WiX-users] Localization variable; Bug and workaround

2006-12-29 Thread Ashman, Jared
Another way to get around that is to specify a culture in the properties/linker page, open the advanced button, then hit ok, then save... and it persists whatever culture you had specified. Thanks, Jared M. Ashman [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]