Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and ICE

2007-01-09 Thread André Pönitz
Tony Hoyle wrote: > André Pönitz wrote: > > One is not allowed to ignore ICE57 errors for Windows Vista > > logo certification (even if everybody agrees that the errors > > themselves are bogus and should be ignored ...) > > I'd try to talk them into changing that.. I am not sure this is worth t

Re: [WiX-users] User Interface Help Needed On Displaying A Custom DIalog

2007-01-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Scullum wrote: > I am attempting to insert a very simple dialog between the "WelcomeDlg" and > the "LicenseAgreementDlg" pages. > That requires publishing control events for the WelcomeDlg's Next button and LicenseAgreementDlg's Back button. Once the "wizard" starts, the UI sequence is suspen

Re: [WiX-users] Setting the target of a shortcut

2007-01-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Jason Van Eaton wrote: > I want to set the Target of a Shortcut as follows (please not the location of > the quotes and direction of the forward slash)... > > %ComSpec% /k "C:\Program Files\\wix\doc\wix.chm" > Why use %ComSpec% to start a .chm file? Here's what the WiX3.msi shortcut authoring

Re: [WiX-users] CNDL1086 SuppressModularization in merge modules

2007-01-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Levi Wilson wrote: > CNDL1086 warns that setting SuppressModularization="yes" is > discouraged...why is that? Short answer: Merge modules are supposed to be self-contained. Folks -- including me -- have "abused" them as ways of splitting up authoring, but that's not what they're designed for. (

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut help

2007-01-09 Thread Bob Arnson
STANDLEY, RYAN wrote: error LGHT0094 : Unresolved reference to symbol 'Directory:PMenu' in section 'Fragment:'. error LGHT0094 : Unresolved reference to symbol 'Directory:Desktop' in section 'Fragment:'. There's a mismatch between the errors and what you posted. For example, you don't h

[WiX-users] Article: Do we have anyone capable of doing the job?

2007-01-09 Thread Jennifer Delarosa
And how does the direction a language is written in affect which part of the brain we use to comprehend its meaning? Women encourage openness and are more accessible. At this triumvirate - and at Nucor - an evident and powerful sense of purpose is reflected in the culture. Another practice th

Re: [WiX-users] Setting the target of a shortcut

2007-01-09 Thread Brian Patton
Perhaps you could try backslashing the forward-slash characters? (i.e. '\/' for each instance of '/' you want to show up) At least for ampersand (&), I've noticed I have to use & because WiX is an XML format. Perhaps it would also accept some hex representation of the forward-slash. On 1/9/07, J

Re: [WiX-users] WebSite uninstallation

2007-01-09 Thread Rob Mensching
I know, but you didn't put the version of the toolset you were using in the bug. So I thought I'd ask. From: Chad Parry Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 3:14 PM To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] WebSite uninstallation I am using version 2.0.3419.0. [EMA

Re: [WiX-users] WebSite uninstallation

2007-01-09 Thread Chad Parry
I am using version 2.0.3419.0. [EMAIL PROTECTED] already replied on a separate thread and told me that instead of looking for a component owner I should just report a bug on SourceForge. I've filed bug 1631813. Thanks. -- chad From: Rob Mensching Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 3:10 PM To: C

[WiX-users] Icons with alpha channels

2007-01-09 Thread Levi Wilson
Why do they not look good in my dialogs? Windows XP Themes are enabled, but the icons don't display smoothly. Any suggestions? - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and yo

Re: [WiX-users] WebSite uninstallation

2007-01-09 Thread Rob Mensching
What version of th eWiX toolset are you using? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Parry Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] WebSite uninstallation Some internal testing has shown that a website that has

[WiX-users] WebSite uninstallation

2007-01-09 Thread Chad Parry
Some internal testing has shown that a website that has been installing using a WebSite element cannot be uninstalled if IIS happens to be disabled. As a general rule, uninstallation should always be allowed to proceed. Who owns this action and how do I report a bug? Thanks. -- chad ---

[WiX-users] Who owns WiX Wiki?

2007-01-09 Thread Rob Mensching
Who owns http://www.wixwiki.com/? - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - an

Re: [WiX-users] User Interface Help Needed On Displaying A Custom DIalog

2007-01-09 Thread Boris Kolpackov
Hi, Scullum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am attempting to insert a very simple dialog between the "WelcomeDlg" and > the "LicenseAgreementDlg" pages. Have you checked wixwiki.com, in particular this page: http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=WixUI_Custom It shows how to insert a custom d

Re: [WiX-users] CNDL1086 SuppressModularization in merge modules

2007-01-09 Thread Levi Wilson
Sorry, I just realized (learned) that I was using a private property. When I change the property to MY_STORAGEINFO it worked fine. I would still like some insight on the first question however. Thanks! On 1/9/07, Levi Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In addition to this, when I set Suppress

[WiX-users] User Interface Help Needed On Displaying A Custom DIalog

2007-01-09 Thread Scullum
Wix V3 I am attempting to insert a very simple dialog between the "WelcomeDlg" and the "LicenseAgreementDlg" pages. I am attempting to wire up the dialogs, such that WelcomeDlg-->Next Button-->HelloWorldDlg HelloWorldDlg-->Back Button--> WelcomeDlg HelloWorld-->Next Button-->LicenseAgreementDlg

[WiX-users] earnestly

2007-01-09 Thread Hilliard H. Jeremiah
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Re: [WiX-users] Shouldn't WiX be Production/Stable instead of Beta?

2007-01-09 Thread Matthew Janulewicz
You can look into WixEdit. It has a nice GUI designer. Heck, the whole thing is a nice graphical Wix editor (as the name implies.) :) I used it to design my installation template. Now I just have to fill in the blanks. http://wixedit.sourceforge.net/ -Matt -Original Message- From:

Re: [WiX-users] CNDL1086 SuppressModularization in merge modules

2007-01-09 Thread Levi Wilson
In addition to this, when I set SuppressModularization="yes", in my UI dialog that has an Edit control with Control/@Property set to "My_StorageInfo", when the dialog initializes My_StorageInfo contains the string that I initialize it to in my Merge module ("localhost"), but whenever I change the

[WiX-users] Setting the target of a shortcut

2007-01-09 Thread Jason Van Eaton
I want to set the Target of a Shortcut as follows (please not the location of the quotes and direction of the forward slash)... %ComSpec% /k "C:\Program Files\\wix\doc\wix.chm" What I get is... "%ComSpec% \k C:\Program Files\\wix\doc\wix.chm" So the 2 problems I need to overcome are t

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and ICE

2007-01-09 Thread Tony Hoyle
André Pönitz wrote: > One is not allowed to ignore ICE57 errors for Windows Vista > logo certification (even if everybody agrees that the errors > themselves are bogus and should be ignored ...) > I'd try to talk them into changing that.. Presumably they allow some ICE errors since some are ine

[WiX-users] CNDL1086 SuppressModularization in merge modules

2007-01-09 Thread Levi Wilson
CNDL1086 warns that setting SuppressModularization="yes" is discouraged...why is that? I have a merge module that sets some registry keys to values that will be provided by the UI if desired. Therefore, I set these properties to their default values in the merge module, so if the UI decides that

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

2007-01-09 Thread André Pönitz
Stefan Krueger [MVP] wrote: > A bootstrapper is the officially recommended method to chain > two msi setups. And what is the officially recommended method for creating chainers? "Everybody rolls his own from scratch"? It's hard to believe that such a basic functionality as chaining two installat

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

2007-01-09 Thread Boris Kolpackov
Hi Rob, Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You probably just need to set [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see now, this part of the dialog allows one to set a directory for a particular feature, not the installation directory for the whole product as I thought initially. Thanks for the quick reply.

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and ICE

2007-01-09 Thread André Pönitz
Johan Appelgren wrote: > 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 j

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

2007-01-09 Thread André Pönitz
I wrote: > Scott Palmer wrote: > > I don't know if it is possible, but I would love to see some > > sort of simple auto-layout for UI components > > I guess it should be only a few hours work to take any > graphical GUI creation tool with human readable form > files and convert its output to so

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

2007-01-09 Thread André Pönitz
Scott Palmer wrote: > I don't know if it is possible, but I would love to see some > sort of simple auto-layout for UI components I guess it should be only a few hours work to take any graphical GUI creation tool with human readable form files and convert its output to something able in WiX. Qt

Re: [WiX-users] Detect Install State of a Merge Module

2007-01-09 Thread Levi Wilson
Thank you very much! On 1/9/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Levi Wilson wrote: > How do you detect the current install state or existence of a > particular merge module? You can only detect the install state of a component (via ComponentSearch). Merge modules lost their identities wh

Re: [WiX-users] Icons

2007-01-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Patrick Steele wrote: How can I set the icon that will be used by the .msi itself? There's no setting for that -- MSI always shows its own icon for the extensions it owns. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys.

Re: [WiX-users] Detect Install State of a Merge Module

2007-01-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Levi Wilson wrote: > How do you detect the current install state or existence of a > particular merge module? You can only detect the install state of a component (via ComponentSearch). Merge modules lost their identities when they're merged in. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org

[WiX-users] Icons

2007-01-09 Thread Patrick Steele
Ok quick question. I have already added an icon that will show up inside control panel->add / remove programs by setting ARPPRODUCTICON: How can I set the icon that will be used by the .msi itself? Currently it is the top symbol above ( pc and disc ) I thought there would be a property I coul

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

2007-01-09 Thread Bob Arnson
Rob Hamflett wrote: > You probably just need to set [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Also, note that the directory must be public (i.e., in all UPPERCASE). -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future

[WiX-users] Detect Install State of a Merge Module

2007-01-09 Thread Levi Wilson
How do you detect the current install state or existence of a particular merge module? - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions

[WiX-users] How2:uninstall deregistr all website?

2007-01-09 Thread Urban Jaroslav, Ing.
Hi 2 all, I've got problem with uninstall process for my website. I've got website, which is not directly in root in IIS. I use subdir "WS" as webservice, where I am used to put all my web service. So when install my web service, everything is oki. Website is set and is available from

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

2007-01-09 Thread Mike Green
I mean the notes that you usually see when you click the Release Notes icon, under the Notes column on the download page next to the specific download release. Regards Mike -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 January 2007 18:48 To: Mike Green; wix-

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

2007-01-09 Thread Rob Hamflett
You probably just need to set [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rob Boris Kolpackov wrote: > 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