Re: [WiX-users] Setting all components to 64-bit by default...

2007-01-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Ravikumar Gopinath wrote: By default, WIX treats all components as 32-bit. Our installation package will install either 32 bits or 64-bits binaries and we don’t have any mixed files going into separate directories. Is it possible to mark all components as 64-bit? No. It's fairly common to hav

Re: [WiX-users] ProductName in Fragment

2007-01-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Rajashree Varma (Volt) wrote: I am using the [ProductName] in the as follows, but [ProductName] does not get resolved. That requires a custom action (CustomAction/@Property,@Value). -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Tak

Re: [WiX-users] Possible?: More than one product installed with same UpgradeCode

2007-01-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Brian Patton wrote: > Are there any situations in which more than one application can be > installed with the same UpgradeCode? Yes, that's the usual approach. UpgradeCode is kind of more like "ProductFamilyCode." Multiple products are related by their upgrade code. -- sig://boB http://bobs.or

Re: [WiX-users] How2: Unresolved reference to CA defined in the fragment - custom UI dialog

2007-01-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Urban Jaroslav, Ing. wrote: > I defined ca in my custom dialog to show dialog before > VerifyReadyDlg. It gave me error LGHT0112. I am something missing, but I > can't see what. I want use CA because it will run my cust. dialog > everytime before VerifyReadyDlg.wxs. Even when repair is runni

Re: [WiX-users] Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Null ?

2007-01-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Brian Patton wrote: > If I'm installing a file to the system32 directory, the > SharedDllRefCount='no' attribute on my component seems to be ignored, > and the refcount on the file is set to TWO after installation, which > means the file never gets removed (It gets set to ONE after > uninstalla

[WiX-users] Setting all components to 64-bit by default...

2007-01-12 Thread Ravikumar Gopinath
Hi, By default, WIX treats all components as 32-bit. Our installation package will install either 32 bits or 64-bits binaries and we don’t have any mixed files going into separate directories. Is it possible to mark all components as 64-bit? Without this, I would have to go to each individual co

[WiX-users] ProductName in Fragment

2007-01-12 Thread Rajashree Varma (Volt)
I am using the [ProductName] in the as follows, but [ProductName] does not get resolved. Any hints how to use it so it will be resolved to appropriate value on execution? Thanks Raj - Take Surveys. Earn C

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Running CustomAction as admin

2007-01-12 Thread Wilson, Phil
Deferred also means it needs to be before InstallFinalize. Did you get error 2762? Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of André Schoorl Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 5:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [

[WiX-users] FW: Running CustomAction as admin

2007-01-12 Thread André Schoorl
I currently have the following CustomAction I want to run as admin under Vista: Seems I have to set Impersonate="no" and Execute="deferred". Since I'm a WiX dummy I'm just not sure how to trigger a deferred CustomAction, to mimick what we had above ? -- André From: Heath Stewart S

Re: [WiX-users] Installed: Local; Request: Absent; Action: Null ?

2007-01-12 Thread Brian Patton
If I'm installing a file to the system32 directory, the SharedDllRefCount='no' attribute on my component seems to be ignored, and the refcount on the file is set to TWO after installation, which means the file never gets removed (It gets set to ONE after uninstallation). Is this a backward-compati

[WiX-users] Modifying permissions instead of setting them

2007-01-12 Thread Will Qian
Hi, I was hoping someone could help me with a Wix issue. Please redirect if this is the wrong alias Is there some way that I can modify the permissions of a folder instead of just setting them? For example, I've got an existing folder with: Admin: Full Control Power Users: Read Network

[WiX-users] Possible?: More than one product installed with same UpgradeCode

2007-01-12 Thread Brian Patton
Are there any situations in which more than one application can be installed with the same UpgradeCode? Thanks, -Brian - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get t

Re: [WiX-users] conditional service

2007-01-12 Thread Wilson, Phil
If this is the only Service in the setup, then I suppose you could add a condition to the ServiceInstall standard action. Install the file always, condition ServiceInstall on your condition, and there's more complication with remembering to do the uninstall of the Service, and conditions on the Ser

Re: [WiX-users] light.exe hangs

2007-01-12 Thread Steven Chin
Thanks for the catch Mike. I originally put those dlls in there because they were needed by my make files to build my custom DLLs. I thought putting them in the merge module would ensure my DLL would have them available if they weren't and these would be used if it wasn't on the system. We don't

[WiX-users] App extensions for ASP.NET

2007-01-12 Thread David Thielen
Hi; What is the correct settings for ASP.NET (.NET 2.0) WebApplicationExtensions. I thought that IIS and "aspnet_regiis -i" set this up properly by itself. I have seen lists of about 20 extensions and I have seen: What is correct? And which should have CheckPath="yes"?

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall - Which session does it install tosession(0)?

2007-01-12 Thread Wilson, Phil
Services have always been run in Session 0. I suspect you're thinking about Vista where services still run in Session 0 but apps run in other sessions. AFAIK this behavior doesn't change just because the account changes. Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall - Which session does it install tosession(0)?

2007-01-12 Thread Mike Dimmick
All LocalSystem services run in user session 0. I suspect you're trying to work around the problem that in Windows Vista and "Longhorn" Server, the user can't see any UI you create through an interactive service, because they no longer run in session 0. Interactive services must run as LocalSystem.

Re: [WiX-users] clicking on checkbox pseudo labels

2007-01-12 Thread Mike Dimmick
External UI can be managed using the MsiSetExternalUI function. If you've installed Visual Studio 2002 or later, or SQL Server 2005, or Exchange Server 2003 or later, you've used an external UI handler. See "Monitoring an Installation Using MsiSetExternalUI" in the SDK (http://msdn2.microsoft.c

Re: [WiX-users] clicking on checkbox pseudo labels

2007-01-12 Thread John Lalande
"External UI"? Does that mean an external application driving the install? If so, that sounds really cool. I can imagine the interesting installer UI implementations that would be possible. I solved my problem with the checkbox label by chopping the white part off if the bitmap so that the chec

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

2007-01-12 Thread Rob Mensching
You are correct. MSI has historically focused on installing a single package. This multiple package installation is a relatively new development in the Windows world and the Windows Installer has not caught up. The Windows Installer team recognizes the problem and I expect them to do something

Re: [WiX-users] conditional service

2007-01-12 Thread Rob Mensching
1. The ICE output you're seeing should be a *warning* not an error. Warnings are things to investigate and if you understand them, you can skip it. 2. Unfortunately, AFAIK, there is no other way to accomplish what you are doing. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMA

Re: [WiX-users] How to install an app twice?

2007-01-12 Thread Rob Mensching
It's not easy. Take a look at the multi-instance stuff in the MSI SDK. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 7:17 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to install an app twice? Hi; We have an ASP.NET

[WiX-users] How to install an app twice?

2007-01-12 Thread David Thielen
Hi; We have an ASP.NET application. We would like to let people install it multiple times, giving a different name for the web app each time and installing to a different directory. How can we do that? thanks - dave - T

Re: [WiX-users] How2: Unresolved reference to CA defined in the fragment - custom UI dialog

2007-01-12 Thread Levi Wilson
Take a look at the http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=WixUI_CustomCustom Dialog example. I don't think you can insert a dialog the way that you are describing. On 1/12/07, Urban Jaroslav, Ing. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi 2 all, I defined ca in my custom dialog to show dialog bef

[WiX-users] How2: Unresolved reference to CA defined in the fragment - custom UI dialog

2007-01-12 Thread Urban Jaroslav, Ing.
Hi 2 all, I defined ca in my custom dialog to show dialog before VerifyReadyDlg. It gave me error LGHT0112. I am something missing, but I can't see what. I want use CA because it will run my cust. dialog everytime before VerifyReadyDlg.wxs. Even when repair is running, if am I right. I us

Re: [WiX-users] Running executables in Wix 3

2007-01-12 Thread Patrick Steele
Got it! I was calling A.exe before InstallFinalize, however it it only during this that the exe gets copied across and therefore it wasn't even running when I thought it was. Changing from before to after does the trick :) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PR

[WiX-users] conditional service

2007-01-12 Thread HvPutten
Hello All, Given that i need to install a certain executable anyway is there a way to install it as a service dependig on a condition. My ugly, ICE error, solution is making two components with the the same file. One continaing thexecutable and the service. One containing only the file. Which com

Re: [WiX-users] Running executables in Wix 3

2007-01-12 Thread Rob Hamflett
You probably need to change A to be deferred, instead of immediate, which is what it defaults to. Rob Patrick Steele wrote: > I have two separate executables that I wish to run. The first is during > the install: > > ExeCommand='[INSTALLDIR]A.exe -blah="blah"' Return='ignore' /> > > > > NO

[WiX-users] Running executables in Wix 3

2007-01-12 Thread Patrick Steele
I have two separate executables that I wish to run. The first is during the install: NOT Installed The second executable I wish to optionally launch upon clicking the finish button at the end of the installation, dependent upon whether a tickbox was selected: NOT Installed AND IS_LAUNCH

[WiX-users] ServiceInstall - Which session does it install to session(0)?

2007-01-12 Thread Laxmi Narsimha Rao Oruganti (SQL CE)
[Resending as the earlier one failed to send] Hey folks, We are installing a service in our MSI using a WIX element ServiceInstall. Can you answer the following please? 1)Does the above WIX code install the service as session(0) servic

[WiX-users] And just like that, I was the rube.

2007-01-12 Thread artificially
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Re: [WiX-users] Problem with nested install of SQL Express 2005inmy installer

2007-01-12 Thread André Pönitz
Rob Mensching wrote: > There are many threads about the work going on in WiX v3 to > create a chainer. In fact, it's already there (even though > it needs a lot more work). There is also a chainer that > ships with VS (that is freely available, I think). > > Is this the ideal? No, but we (i.

Re: [WiX-users] light bogging down my machine

2007-01-12 Thread André Pönitz
Rob Mensching wrote: > That is helpful. So, here's a bit more of breakdown: > > 1. 8 seconds, actual WiX processing (linking) > 2. 3 minutes 30 seconds, calculating file hashes and > assembly information > 3. 5 minutes, compressing files > 4. < 20 seco