Re: [WiX-users] Shouldn’t WiX be Production/Stable instead of Beta?

2007-01-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Scott Palmer wrote: > Strangely enough Wix supports localized UIs, yet it requires you to > layout all the UI components using absolute positioning. I guess all > languages take the same amount of space ;-) ? To be anally-retentive precise, it's MSI that requires it, not WiX. And anything WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Default installation directory from registry?

2007-01-08 Thread Steve Bennett
Thanks, that worked. Thought I'd already tried that, but obviously not. Steve _ From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] MSI turns Directory entries into properties, then uses those property values to determine where files end up. So use Directory/@Id to provide the default loca

Re: [WiX-users] Solution for StartMenuFolder < x < StartupFolder ?

2007-01-08 Thread Scott Palmer
I do the same "horrible hack". I've never tested on Vista though.. but I don't care about any logo-program as long as my install works. There needs to be an easy way to turn of the errors that are reported for this case, since this same issue has come up a couple times already. On 1/8/07, Andr

Re: [WiX-users] Shouldn’t WiX be Production/Stable instead of Beta?

2007-01-08 Thread Scott Palmer
Soon as I saw that Wix V2 required me to enter short file names I immediately tossed it in the garbage (keeping backwards 8.3 filenames in the OS was one of Microsoft's stupidest ideas) and moved to Wix V3. The only issue I've had with Wix V3 is that it didn't work properly for installing device

Re: [WiX-users] Shouldn't WiX be Production/Stable i nstead of Beta?

2007-01-08 Thread Mike Green
Thanks. I’ve read that blog entry now and Rob’s reply. It all sounds perfectly reasonable. There should come a point though where the psychological value of declaring the product stable exceeds the benefit of teasing out the final wrinkles. I often wish that Gmail / Google Mail would take tha

Re: [WiX-users] Shouldn’t WiX be Production/Stable instead of Beta?

2007-01-08 Thread Francis Kam
Rob actually wrote a post on his blog about this in December: http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2006/12/19/Drive-to-a-WiX-v2-toolset-final-release.aspx -Francis On 1/8/07, Mike Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: WiX is currently shown with a Development Status of 'Beta' on the WiX Project

Re: [WiX-users] Configuring virtual directory ASP.NET version

2007-01-08 Thread Matthew Janulewicz
I found this on the net somewhere, but I can't find it again. Sorry I can't give proper credit, but I certainly did not come up with this on my own. You have to do some 'special stuff' to point the website to the correct version of aspnet_isapi.dll. Under my iis:WebApplication, I have a chu

Re: [WiX-users] Configuring virtual directory ASP.NET version

2007-01-08 Thread Don Tasanasanta
Has anyone been successful at setting the ASP.NET version on a virtual directory? I've tried the WebServiceExtension solution but it doesn't correctly set the version to 2.0 I have also tried using iisext.vbs but that doesn't set the version on my virtual directories either. _

[WiX-users] Can CustomizeDlg in WiX 3 change installation directory?

2007-01-08 Thread Boris Kolpackov
Hi, I noticed that the Browse button in CustomizeDlg (that should lead to BrowseDlg) is always disabled. Also the field where the path should appear is always empty. I can reproduce this with both WixUI_Mondo and WixUI_FeatureTree. I could not find any property (like WIXUI_INSTALLDIR for WixUI_Ins

Re: [WiX-users] Release notes document for 2.0.4820.0 is empty

2007-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
You mean CVS release notes? That would just be a mistake on my part if it was absent. The history.txt should have all changes listed.mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Greenhttp://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEVhttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listi

Re: [WiX-users] Shouldn't WiX be Production/Stable instead of Beta?

2007-01-08 Thread Rob Mensching
1. The "Beta" status has been a struggle for me for a long while. The core toolset (candle, light, lit) is very stable. Production quality easily. The CustomActions on the other had are not quite there. Since they are currently grouped together (something I've considered many times changing

[WiX-users] bible

2007-01-08 Thread Patel
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Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and ICE

2007-01-08 Thread Johan Appelgren
On 1/8/07, André Pönitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johan Appelgren wrote: > > So the answer to the initial question is that windows installer is > > broken, and I should just ignore the ICE57 error? > > I think 'yes, and not necessarily'. Have a look at hack I just > posted in the 'Solution for S

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with nested install of SQL Express 2005 inmy installer

2007-01-08 Thread Bob Arnson
RuneC wrote: > Ok, thanks. But how does a bootstrapper handle this? How can it launch > multiple installations (prerequisites + regular), and not require multiple > elevations? Can someone recommend some articles I should read? > See http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/10/01/780231.aspx

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and ICE

2007-01-08 Thread André Pönitz
Johan Appelgren wrote: > So the answer to the initial question is that windows installer is > broken, and I should just ignore the ICE57 error? I think 'yes, and not necessarily'. Have a look at hack I just posted in the 'Solution for StartMenuFolder < x < StartupFolder ?' thread today. > I'm try

Re: [WiX-users] Solution for StartMenuFolder < x < StartupFolder ?

2007-01-08 Thread André Pönitz
Tony Hoyle wrote: > André Pönitz wrote: > > > > Tony Hoyle wrote: > >>> Simply using [StartupFolder]\Programme does not cut it as the 'Programme' > >>> part is language-dependend. > >> ProgramMenuFolder > > > > But with ALLUSERS=0 [ProgramMenuFolder] is in the user's hierarchy > > whereas Startu

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and ICE

2007-01-08 Thread Johan Appelgren
So the answer to the initial question is that windows installer is broken, and I should just ignore the ICE57 error? I'm trying to use unadvertised shortcuts and haven't been able to find out the recommended way to create them. /Johan On 1/4/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. The

[WiX-users] Release notes document for 2.0.4820.0 is empty

2007-01-08 Thread Mike Green
The release notes document for 2.0.4820.0 is empty. Is that an oversight or did nothing change in that release? Regards Mike - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and y

[WiX-users] Shouldn’t WiX be Production/Stable instead of Beta?

2007-01-08 Thread Mike Green
WiX is currently shown with a Development Status of 'Beta' on the WiX Project Summary page. That sends the wrong message to existing and potential users of WiX. Surely WiX (V2) can now be regarded as 'Production/Stable' can’t it? I am also interested in the planned timetable for WiX V3 taking ov

Re: [WiX-users] Solution for StartMenuFolder < x < StartupFolder ?

2007-01-08 Thread Tony Hoyle
André Pönitz wrote: > > Tony Hoyle wrote: >>> Simply using [StartupFolder]\Programme does not cut it as the 'Programme' >>> part is language-dependend. >> ProgramMenuFolder > > But with ALLUSERS=0 [ProgramMenuFolder] is in the user's hierarchy > whereas StartupFolder and StartmenuFolder are unde

Re: [WiX-users] Solution for StartMenuFolder < x < StartupFolder ?

2007-01-08 Thread André Pönitz
Tony Hoyle wrote: > > Simply using [StartupFolder]\Programme does not cut it as the 'Programme' > > part is language-dependend. > > ProgramMenuFolder But with ALLUSERS=0 [ProgramMenuFolder] is in the user's hierarchy whereas StartupFolder and StartmenuFolder are under 'All Users' I basically w

Re: [WiX-users] Solution for StartMenuFolder < x < StartupFolder ?

2007-01-08 Thread Tony Hoyle
André Pönitz wrote: > > Simply using [StartupFolder]\Programme does not cut it as the 'Programme' > part is language-dependend. ProgramMenuFolder http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372057.aspx Tony - Take Surveys.

[WiX-users] Solution for StartMenuFolder < x < StartupFolder ?

2007-01-08 Thread André Pönitz
Hi all. There seems to be 'automatic' properties StartupFolder (here locally: C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Startmenü\Programme\Autostart) and StartMenuFolder (here locally: C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Startmenü) However, I'd like to access the level inbetween, i.e

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with nested install of SQL Express 2005 inmy installer

2007-01-08 Thread RuneC
Ok, thanks. But how does a bootstrapper handle this? How can it launch multiple installations (prerequisites + regular), and not require multiple elevations? Can someone recommend some articles I should read? Rune C As Stefan pointed out, it doesn't fit the Windows Vista UAC mo