Re: [WiX-users] starting service on install

2007-03-03 Thread lindsayH
Hi guys thanks so much for your replies... unfortunatley, I AM setting the 'log on as a service' right. I even tried giving myself the 'act as part of the os' right, and I still apparently don't have "sufficient privileges to start system services", and neither does local system I was thinkin

Re: [WiX-users] starting service on install

2007-03-03 Thread Lindsay Harris
Hi Bob, thanks for your reply. I am not installing anything into the GAC, and I tried scheduling my start services CA for right before InstallFinalize. But I am still getting the error. This is what my service looks like: Any other ideas woul

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Josh Pepper
Thanks Rob - I will attempt to simplify this OR learn everything I can about CustomAction. Josh Pepper Software Developer MinuteClinic From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 12:07 PM To: Josh Pepper; wix-users@lists.s

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Josh Pepper
Ah! Good eye Simon. I corrected it but still get the problem: DEBUG: Error 2727: The directory entry 'SytemFolder' does not exist in the Directory table So the problem remains How do I refer to the SystemFolder in a CopyFile element? (Also, how do I get a copyfile action to trigger on

Re: [WiX-users] Patch generation resulting in Error

2007-03-03 Thread Mike Poulson
I do see that the directory already exists but it is being created by msimsp. Mike Poulson Network Engineer Tableau Software 400 North 34th Street, Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98103 206 633 3400 x.556 From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:51 AM To: Mike Pou

Re: [WiX-users] SqlDatabase element logging the sa password

2007-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
This will be fixed in the next build. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana Gutride Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:42 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SqlDatabase element logging the sa password I believe there is a Hidden attribu

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
does the 'SytemsFolder' present in the log message have anything to do with it..? (You might want to check the "speling", if that is the actual log output) /Simon On 3/3/07, Josh Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the response! Why am I putting stuff in the SystemFolder? I am edit

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
1. It doesn't surprise me that you need to define SystemFolder in the Directory table. That's easy enough to do. Just make it a child of the TARGETDIR Directory element and you're done. 2. Yes, "fun" for me can often equate to "loony bin" for others. The trick is getting the Windows Instal

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Josh Pepper
Thanks for the response! Why am I putting stuff in the SystemFolder? I am editing the usrlogon.cmd and usrlogn2.cmd scripts. We do some scripting upon logon. This is actually part of a deployment to spin up a Citrix server in a farm. I won't be shipping this product; this is an installer I am w

Re: [WiX-users] merge module that conditionally installs a Component

2007-03-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Balakrishna.BK wrote: > Thanks Bob, >I am using a Generic wix template in my company..so I am not aware > of this. > The template had sequence numbers, for LaunchCondition it was 100 and > then for Appsearch 400. WiX automatically sequences standard actions so there's almost no reason to gi

Re: [WiX-users] merge module that conditionally installs a component

2007-03-03 Thread Bob Arnson
John Lalande wrote: > Since no other product will use this component, this is exactly what I > want. Is there any other gotchas you know of that I should be aware of? No, that's the odd behavior that makes it unsuitable for some cases. If it doesn't apply, you should be good to go. -- sig://b

Re: [WiX-users] NAnt Task Documentation

2007-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
There are none in the WiX toolset directly. Would you like to contribute some? That'd be awesome. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Brandt Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:14 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] NAnt Task Docume

Re: [WiX-users] Permission element and setting permissions on folder...

2007-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
There seem to be attributes for all of those on the Permission element. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ravikumar Gopinath Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:57 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Permission element and setting permissions

Re: [WiX-users] SqlScript sample

2007-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
There are bugs in the Sql stuff in WiX v3 that have been fixed in WiX v2 but not ported up yet. If you want a more stable toolset, you'll want to use WiX v2. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierre jean Monrozies Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:10 AM To: wix-user

Re: [WiX-users] DirProperties

2007-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
Today, you'd have to create two different WebDirProperties and select the appropriate one during install (probably by having two different Components conditioned out appropriately. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ziegelwanger, Silvio Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to use a system property in a property

2007-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
0. Why are you putting stuff in SystemFolder? That's part of the operating system. Generally not a place people outside of the Windows team should be messing with. 1. Property values do not resolve the Properties in them. In your case, your "SysFolder" property contains the actual value "[S

Re: [WiX-users] WiX3 build fails

2007-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
What version of the C++ compiler are you using? It looks like you're using something older than 2005 that doesn't support a number of provided parameters (-GS -RTC1). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sleightholm Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 11:42 AM To: wix-us

Re: [WiX-users] how to set asp.net version

2007-03-03 Thread Rob Mensching
The "approved" way of doing this is to launch aspnet_regiis.exe. Some people have had varied success writing all the script maps by hand using WiX. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 2:43 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforg

Re: [WiX-users] Help Understanding the Directory Element

2007-03-03 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
Just specify the Directory structure according how it should be when installed, and then you just set File/@Source appropriately so that WiX finds the source files (i.e. it can contain path information) regards, Simon On 3/3/07, Christopher Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm sorry, but my