From: Ron Dar Ziv
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:51 PM
To: Windows Installer XML
Cc: Sukhdeep Sodhi
Subject: : Installing ETW MOF files
As part of our setup process we have to register ETW events specified in a MOF
file, and had a couple of questions about this.
1. Are there any standard
Hi All,
I am send this email to let everyone using WiX 3.0 know that FragmentRef's will
no longer be supported in WiX 3.0. After being deprecated for many months it is
time to say goodbye.
Every Fragment should have a child that is a referencable element using the
supported "Ref" elements. Exa
I think I understand the use of .wxl files and I've found the sql errors
within the sca.wixlib.
How do I identify the sql errors within my personal .wxl? Do I simply
copy from to of the sql errors into
my own .wxl, substitute my own error msgs, and then link it?
Is it that easy?
_
I'd just like to ask some questions relating to this area, because I cannot
find much meaningful documentation about it.
All we want to do is create shortcuts to some of the files we are
installaing. We are using the latest Votive. Assume we are happy to install
to all users.
1) What exactly does
Your solution helped me find what was wrong with mine. For some reason
the CA didn't like what I was putting in for the Directory value. I put
in INSTALLDIR and everything worked great.
Thanks!
From: Dhaval Patel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, Mar
The ProductCode has implications on what type of upgrading you do. If you
change the ProductCode you must use a major upgrade. You'll want to review all
of the options in the MSI SDK before making a blanket decision.
No, Component GUIDs are much more subtle than that. Specifically, a
Compone
Why do you want all MSI tables? EnsureTable will get the table you specify.
It isn't intended to add all tables though.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Svare
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 2:23 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users
Hello,
I looked at the command line options and I hope I didn't overlook the
obvious.
Is there a way to have Wix create an msi with all the tables in the
schema even though they may be empty?
Thanks,
Tom
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE
I'm working with an installer that registers an exe COM server, but the
catch is that the main application is .net. This means that I have a
COM exe, a Proxy stub DLL, and an interop DLL to contend with. I ran
heat on all three elements, and put the registry settings in the wix
source. After I i
Hmmm, I've never used a directory search like that. So you're saying that
your MYFOLDER property isn't getting set when the directory search is
performed? I think you probably will need to maybe use a custom action then
since I don't think you can dynamically manipulate a directory search, or
te
Is there any reason not to have a script automatically regenerate the product
code for each build? To my understanding, it has to change with every
release anyway, so why not automatically generate it?
Also, it's my understanding that component GUIDs are supposed to change
whenever their contents
That actually looks like exactly what I want... much cleaner than my C++
hackjob.
That gives me a followup question, however. I plugged your suggestion
(with Depth="0") into my dialog I use to browse to the directory that
contains the file.
It appears that the property I'm trying to set to
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:22:26 -0400, Ian Couper wrote:
Ian,
> IÂve built some MSIs and they seem to all have certain messages
> that always appear in German. I have used the English localization
> file, and almost all the text in the installer is English, but some
> messages are still German.
Yo
Can you post your CA C++ code? Also, you don't need to have a DLL custom
action to check for the existence of a file. You can do something like this
in your WiX source:
If the file has been found, then the MyFileExists property will be set to
the full path of your file. Is this wha
I read that "managed code" in a custom action is a no-no (please forgive
me if I use the wrong terminology) so I am attempting to write my custom
action without using managed code. Most examples I find seem to use it,
however, so I'm doing the best I can.
I wrote a simple VC++ app (.exe) that
You cannot search for the existance of a registry KEY (folder icon in
regedit), only for a value. Type "Directory" means that this value should be
treated as a directory (with trailing backslash).
--
Stefan Krueger
Microsoft Windows Installer MVP
Please post your questions in the newsgroup or
Which are the messages/dialog where you see this. Some texts may be coming
from the operating system or MSI engine. Are you testing on a English OS
with locale set to English and your ProductLanguage is English, too?
--
Stefan Krueger
Microsoft Windows Installer MVP
Please post your questions
I would prefer incrementing the file version number. If that's not feasible,
you could set REINSTALLMODE to vemus instead of vomus (o = overwrite 'o'lder
version, e = overwrite older or 'e'qual version). Version lying can have
undesired side effects, like downgrades or unwanted auto-repairs.
--
I guess the only ways would be either Edit control or ScrollableText
control, but I haven't tested this.
--
Stefan Krueger
Microsoft Windows Installer MVP
Please post your questions in the newsgroup or vist one of these web sites:
Windows Installer FAQ
http://www.msifaq.com - http://www.msifaq
Yes, you're 100% right. if the default value is empty, then the answer is
that the folder doesn't exist even if it does. I changed the example to ask
for a value inside it, and it worked. I copy the new version for the sake of
the community :-)
Thanks,
Erich.
Levi Wilson wr
Doesn't the require that the @Name attribute be defined?
Maybe you'll want to set the @Name equal to one of the registry values found
in that key, such as the Install or something. Then, if SEARCHFORNET20 is
set to anything, it exists. If not, then it doesn't.
On 3/15/07, Erich Buhler <[EMAIL
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that if you want the shortcut
installed for All Users, you need to define this property:
If you don't, inside that you can have this:
On 3/15/07, Erich Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, the installation runs fine but doesn't create the fo
Hi guys,
I have the following line, but even the folder exists on the registry, Wix
says the opposite.
Is it possible that Wix 3.0 doesn't like the spaces in "NET Framework
Setup"?
Do you know how to solve it?
Thank,
Erich.
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Yes, the installation runs fine but doesn't create the folders in the Start
Menu at all. I manage now to change the source to the following:
but I received the following error:
Error 17 ICE64: The directory Pr
What didn't work? Can you post your WiX fragment for us to look at? Only
the portion of the wxs file that has the shortcut that you're trying to
create. Did the installation go through, but your start menu folder not get
created? What happened?
On 3/15/07, Erich Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro
what error message are you getting?
Erich Buhler wrote:
>
> Thanks guys, I'll try right now !
>
> Erich.
>
> Erich Buhler wrote:
>>
>> I have read it, but it doesn't say anything about it (there are 2
>> mentions only about the way of creating shortcuts, but nothing about
>> creating shortcu
Hi Levi,
I tried the example you included, but it didn't work in Wix 3.0. Could you
provide me a whole example please?
Thanks,
Erich.
Levi Wilson wrote:
>
> There's this section:
>
> <*Component* Id='Manual' Guid='YOURGUID-574D-4A9A-A266-5B5EC2C022A4'>
> <*File* Id='Manual' Name='Manual.pdf
Hi Dave,
I tried the example you included, but it didn't work in Wix 3.0. Could you
provide me the whole example please?
Thanks,
Erich.
dave_c wrote:
>
> And here is an example of implementation
>
>Source="..\..\Documentation\AdminGuide.doc">
>
I'm using heat with the -scom flag to generate a file with all of the
registry settings directly. This is being used as the first step in an
automated build script that's external to the dev environment. The problem
is heat keeps generating a popup error when it tries to scan certain files
and it
I have an msi with 2 custom dialogs in it. The first one has a single edit
that the user will enter a registration code in. The next button has a
Custom Action called ValidateRegCode that calls to a helper dll to validate
the users entry. If the user has entered a valid registration code the dll
On to an upgrade question-I have an installer that just installs a
single EXE right now, and I'd like to be able to create an upgrade path
for it. The trick is, I'd like to be able to have a package that will
upgrade within the same file version. If I change only the package code
(small upgrade),
Does Votive support building a wxs file with the iisextension? I am getting
an error:
The Component element contains an unhandled extension element
'iis:WebVirtualDir'. Please ensure that the extension for elements in the
'http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/IIsExtension' namespace has been provide
Thanks guys, I'll try right now !
Erich.
Erich Buhler wrote:
>
> I have read it, but it doesn't say anything about it (there are 2 mentions
> only about the way of creating shortcuts, but nothing about creating
> shortcuts and folders in the Start Menu).
>
> Cheers,
> Erich.
>
>
> Levi Wilso
Hi,
I use the MSVBVM60.msm to deploy an application made in VB6
In the log file of the installation, I can see this
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVBVM60.DLL
But when I run my program, it say it need vb6fr.dll
If I copy this dll in the system32 directory it's ok, but it's not
really clean.
---
I've built some MSIs and they seem to all have certain messages that
always appear in German. I have used the English localization file, and
almost all the text in the installer is English, but some messages are
still German. This is not usually an issue, since these messages are
normally only on s
Very useful! Thanks.
To do a nice installer, do you know how to get if a specific feature is
selected for LocalInstall or NotInstall ?
On 3/15/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Brian Cardiff wrote:
> I would like to know if there is a way to make a custom feature
> selecion control.
>
And here is an example of implementation
where DashMenuDir is defined as
Because the shortcut is being generated in this directory the folder is
automatically createrd for you.
Erich B
There's this section:
<*Component* Id='Manual' Guid='YOURGUID-574D-4A9A-A266-5B5EC2C022A4'>
<*File* Id='Manual' Name='Manual.pdf' DiskId='1' Source='Manual.pdf'>
<*Shortcut* Id="startmenuManual" Directory="ProgramMenuDir"
Name="Manual" LongName="Instruction Manual" />
And then there's the
Ah, thanks! That did the trick.
It makes a lot more sense when you start to realize what things are
being used to reference.
Thank you both for your help.
From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:25 AM
To: Rowland,
I have read it, but it doesn't say anything about it (there are 2 mentions
only about the way of creating shortcuts, but nothing about creating
shortcuts and folders in the Start Menu).
Cheers,
Erich.
Levi Wilson wrote:
>
> You should check out the tutorial linked off of the
> wix.sourceforge.
I honestly don't know :-) I'm totally inexperienced in this area.
I tried to mimic a working example I had, and both the wix elements and
the c++ source look equivalent (to me)
Is there some documentation that describes what you're talking about?
From
No, I think that your @DllEntry should be set to "CheckLicenseFiles".
On 3/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have the following elements defined. Do they look right?
And
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob
Hamflet
Here's a good custom UI tutorial as well:
http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=WixUI_Custom
On 3/15/07, Jacquet Fabian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to make my own custom UI with wix.
I reed this tuto: http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/
But I really don't understand how ma
I have the following elements defined. Do they look right?
And
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob
Hamflett
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:02 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Locate a required file duri
Hi,
I'm trying to make my own custom UI with wix.
I reed this tuto: http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/
But I really don't understand how make the sequence.
In particular the After attribute of the Show tag (in InstallUISequence)
And the Event attribute of the Publish tag in controls.
The
You should check out the tutorial linked off of the wix.sourceforge.netpage.
On 3/15/07, Erich Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi guys,
I couldn't find any working example of how to create a folder in the Start
Menu and then include some shortcuts inside. It looks to be quite easy,
but
I
cou
Did you set up the proper [EMAIL PROTECTED] attribute for the entry
point?
On 3/15/07, Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
No, Win32 should be right. I can't really see what the problem would be
with your installer. Just
as a sanity check, you do have an entry for it in the Binary table,
No, Win32 should be right. I can't really see what the problem would be with
your installer. Just
as a sanity check, you do have an entry for it in the Binary table, right?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks for the advice Rob. I've got the directory browsing dialog in
> place, but I'm having
>From the WiX.chm Preprocessor documentation:
* If you want to use a literal $(, escape the dollar sign with a second one.
For example, $$(
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:12 PM
To: wix-users@lists.
Thanks for the advice Rob. I've got the directory browsing dialog in
place, but I'm having issues getting my dll to work.
When I hit the Next button in my dialog, I get an 'installer
information' message window that says "There is a problem with this
Windows Installer package. A DLL required for
It certainly looks like a clash between your own dialog and the one in the WiX
UI libs. I've never
used the WiX provided stuff, so I'm not sure how to override a dialog with your
own.
Rob
Lexa Rogovoy wrote:
> Hello, Rob.
>
> You wrote Thursday, March 15, 2007, 2:05:33 PM:
>
>> Are you crea
Jason,
The error message is actually more helpful than it might seem at first.
The names you have provided for the preprocessor to use are simply not
valid.
If you are defining those items using "", or the -d
prompt at the command line then you need to prefix them with "var."
whenever they are re
Hello, Rob.
You wrote Thursday, March 15, 2007, 2:05:33 PM:
> Are you creating your own *and* linking in the WiX provided ones?
This is part of my code:
UIFragment.wxs
http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>
Are you creating your own *and* linking in the WiX provided ones?
Rob
Lexa Rogovoy wrote:
> Hello, Rob.
>
> You wrote Thursday, March 15, 2007, 1:35:58 PM:
>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] You'll probably want to adjust
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] too.
> How can i d
Hello, Rob.
You wrote Thursday, March 15, 2007, 1:35:58 PM:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] You'll probably want to adjust
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] too.
How can i do this in all standard dialogs?
When i am add BrowseDlg, DiskCostDlg and other standard dialogs, i am ge
Hi guys,
I couldn't find any working example of how to create a folder in the Start
Menu and then include some shortcuts inside. It looks to be quite easy, but
I
couldn't find the way to do that.
Does anybody have any good example?
Thanks,
Erich.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] You'll probably want to adjust [EMAIL
PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] too.
Lexa Rogovoy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need change Back/Next/Cancel buttons size in all dialogs. How can i do this?
>
> --
> Lexa
>
> -
Hello,
I need change Back/Next/Cancel buttons size in all dialogs. How can i do this?
--
Lexa
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