Re: [WiX-users] Processing a tlb with heat?

2007-04-13 Thread Jeff Lopes
I haven't been able to figure out the syntax. Is heat documentation lacking, or am I just not finding it? Thanks, Jeff From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 1:48 PM To: Jeff Lopes Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Processing a tlb with heat? Jeff

Re: [WiX-users] Error in German?

2007-04-13 Thread Kevin Burton
Thanks for the tip. I just looked an unfortunately the product is English so it must be something else: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daryn Mitchell Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 4:55 PM To: 'WiX-users' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error in German? Kevin Burton wrote: > Durint installa

[WiX-users] DLL to populate UI data

2007-04-13 Thread barbq
Hi, I'd like to display a UI dialog with data I parse from user text files. Where is the starting point for this (and other milestones), and would VBScript be prefered here over standard C++ DLL? Thanks - Take Surveys. Earn

Re: [WiX-users] Unresolved UIRef

2007-04-13 Thread moonwalkercs
Nevermindgot itneeded a value for 'Cultures' moonwalkercs wrote: > > Hi > > I'm using WIX 3.0 and trying to incorporate the Mondo UI into my > installer. When I do this however I get the following error: Error 5 > Unresolved reference to symbol 'WixUI:WixUI_Mondo' in section > 'Produ

Re: [WiX-users] Unresolved UIRef

2007-04-13 Thread moonwalkercs
I was getting this error because I hadn't added a reference to WixUIExtension.dll. Adding that fixed the unresolved error, but now I get around 500 errors along the lines of : Error 5 The localization variable !(loc.ErrorDlgErrorText) is unknown. Please ensure the variable is define

Re: [WiX-users] Unresolved UIRef

2007-04-13 Thread sandeep . rawat
link it with the wixui.wixlib >light file.wixobj wixui.wixlib -loc whatever.loc -out something.msi - Original Message From: moonwalkercs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 4:45:13 AM Subject: [WiX-users] Unresolved UIRef Hi I'm using WIX 3.0 an

[WiX-users] Unresolved UIRef

2007-04-13 Thread moonwalkercs
Hi I'm using WIX 3.0 and trying to incorporate the Mondo UI into my installer. When I do this however I get the following error: Error 5 Unresolved reference to symbol 'WixUI:WixUI_Mondo' in section 'Product:{..} Here's my .wxs file:

[WiX-users] Shell Execute CA and Default/working directory

2007-04-13 Thread Doug Payne
A have a checkbox on my Setup Finished dialog which uses the ShellExec CA to launch my application. Is there a way to specify the default directory for my application in the CA? I think this would be the same as specifying the lpDirectory in ShellExecute(). Alternatively, if I have the working dire

Re: [WiX-users] Partial uninstall of previous version

2007-04-13 Thread sandeep . rawat
We already shipped the V1 msi. So if user now install the new V2 msi and after FindRelatedProducts use the RemoveExistingProducts it will uninstall V1 and drop the database which is not what we want. - Original Message From: Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EM

Re: [WiX-users] Partial uninstall of previous version

2007-04-13 Thread Rob Mensching
DropOnUninstall="no"? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 2:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Partial uninstall of previous version This is the component we are using in the version 1.

Re: [WiX-users] Error in German?

2007-04-13 Thread Daryn Mitchell
Kevin Burton wrote: > Durint installation I briefly see a German message appear during the "progress: dialog. When there is an error I see an error dialog piop up that is entirely in German. [] > Do you know how to change that? I've been learning WiX this week and I saw the same behaviour aft

Re: [WiX-users] Partial uninstall of previous version

2007-04-13 Thread sandeep . rawat
This is the component we are using in the version 1.0 msi which drops the database on uninstallation. And we want to prevent this when we upgrade from this to the newer version. Thanks Sandeep - Original Message From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WiX-users] Error in German?

2007-04-13 Thread Kevin Burton
Do you know how to change that? -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 12:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: WiX-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error in German? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Durint installation I briefly see a German message

Re: [WiX-users] .net assemblies, XP & Vista - putting it all together in one MSI

2007-04-13 Thread Wilson, Phil
Patrick, why does it need to be in the GAC? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 11:10 AM To: Patrick Schmid Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] .net assemblies, XP & Vista - put

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the value of TargetDir?

2007-04-13 Thread Alex Steen
After doing a lot more fiddling, I don't believe it's a problem with my INSTALLDIR at all (the property is correct when I call my CustomAction at the end of the install so it appears to be setting correctly). My question: My files are not installing where I'm trying to put them. My code looks li

Re: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-13 Thread Nick Hennemann
And it appears that the minor upgrades (service packs) would be approximately the same size as the original install? My orginal install is about 110MB and the updates are about 15MB. Thanks again Bob, I really appreciate you input/help. From: Bob Arnson [m

Re: [WiX-users] How to set msidbCustomActionTypeNoImpersonate in Wix?

2007-04-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Mike Poulson wrote: > With UAC on vista no user is an admin unless they approve an elevate (via the > UAC prompt). If you need a custom action to run with elevated privileges (a > real admin) then you need to do a deferred CA with Impersonate = yes. This is > what you are doing in your sample a

Re: [WiX-users] .net assemblies, XP & Vista - putting it all together in one MSI

2007-04-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Patrick Schmid wrote: > But how do I install an assembly in the GAC without admin rights? You can't -- the "G" stands for "global," after all. It's a per-machine location so requires admin rights. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org -

Re: [WiX-users] IIS schema problem

2007-04-13 Thread Bob Arnson
jrcolons wrote: > "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 > provided." > You need to use the -ext switch to load the WixIIsExt

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the value of TargetDir?

2007-04-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Alex Steen wrote: > Ok, I've poked around some more and I think I have a little bit better > understanding of what exactly is going on. It appears that my UI > SelectFolderDialog that sets INSTALLDIR (if the user changes the box) > does not work in time to influence the Directory structure. How

Re: [WiX-users] Processing a tlb with heat?

2007-04-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Jeff Lopes wrote: Is it possible to extract the registry data from a tlb using heat? The code says yes. Have you tried it? -- sig://boB http://bobs.org - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceFo

Re: [WiX-users] Question about the Dependency element?

2007-04-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Rory Clark wrote: From a reference counting perspective, is there a fundamental difference? Dependency doesn't cause the merge module to be merged. If a feature does not actually use the module in the MergeRef is it included in the final MSI? Merge/MergeRef are all that's necessary to indic

Re: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Nick Hennemann wrote: * Create the RTM version of my installer * Be able to patch the RTM version with any patch that I create for it * Also be able to patch the RTM version that has already been patched with a previous (earlier) patch The MSI patching model supports that bu

Re: [WiX-users] Error in German?

2007-04-13 Thread Bob Arnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Durint installation I briefly see a German message appear during the > "progress: dialog. When there is an error I see an error dialog piop up that > is entirely in German. But like I said I don't see any German in the MSI > using ORCA. During uninstall I see several b

Re: [WiX-users] How to set msidbCustomActionTypeNoImpersonate in Wix?

2007-04-13 Thread Mike Poulson
With UAC on vista no user is an admin unless they approve an elevate (via the UAC prompt). If you need a custom action to run with elevated privileges (a real admin) then you need to do a deferred CA with Impersonate = yes. This is what you are doing in your sample and it is the correct way to

[WiX-users] Partial uninstall of previous version

2007-04-13 Thread sandeep . rawat
HI All, I ‘m a new user of wix and trying to figure out a good design to solve my problem. I’ve one version (say 1.0 ) of my product installed on my system and I want to upgrade it to 2.0. After the installation of 2.0, I want to partially uninstall the 1.0. By partial uninstall I mean remo

[WiX-users] How to set msidbCustomActionTypeNoImpersonate in Wix?

2007-04-13 Thread WenWu Ru
A custom action in my installer fails on Vista even if an admin user logs on and launches the installer. I figured that the custom action needs to have msidbCustomActionTypeNoImpersonate set and adding Impersonate="no" would fix the issue. To my suprise, the ActionType is still 1025. Instead,

[WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-13 Thread nhenny
Hello, From research I have done, it appears that this type of question has been asked a few times before (so please hang in there)…but I am still a little sketchy on the details of how to accomplish it or maybe if I am understanding the process correctly. Here is what I would like to do: Creat

[WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-13 Thread Nick Hennemann
Hello, >From research I have done, it appears that this type of question has been asked a few times before (so please hang in there)...but I am still a little sketchy on the details of how to accomplish it or maybe if I'm not understanding the process correctly. Here is what I would like to do

[WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-13 Thread Nick Hennemann
Hello, >From research I have done, it appears that this type of question has been asked a few times before (so please hang in there)...but I am still a little sketchy on the details of how to accomplish it or maybe if I am understanding the process correctly. Here is what I would like to do:

Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible for passing Parameters to a SQL file Is it possible to pass input parameter to .sql file which is wrapped inside element in WIX.

2007-04-13 Thread Rob Mensching
No, but you can do so using SqlString. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of vishvas Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 3:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WiX-users] Is it possible for passing Parameters to a SQL file Is it possible to pass input

[WiX-users] Is it possible for passing Parameters to a SQL file Is it possible to pass input parameter to .sql file which is wrapped inside element in WIX.

2007-04-13 Thread vishvas
Is it possible to pass input parameter to .sql file which is inside element in WIX. I am having a .sql file that needs input parameter to execute. I am taking these parameters from user. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Is-it-possible-for-passing-Parameters-to-a-SQL-f

Re: [WiX-users] Calling Candle/Light from mapped network drive

2007-04-13 Thread Stefan Pavlik
I found it in some older thread: http://www.georgewesolowski.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,4cc5fcdf-cc68-4cf0-a083-b22a8bdc92d6.aspx Stefan Pavlik wrote: > Hi, > > > I know that it is a bit strange but I want to ask if it is possible > to call candle / light from mapped network drive. > > The pr

[WiX-users] Calling Candle/Light from mapped network drive

2007-04-13 Thread Stefan Pavlik
Hi, I know that it is a bit strange but I want to ask if it is possible to call candle / light from mapped network drive. The problem is described here: http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnfa/archive/2005/02/04/367390.aspx Error: Unhandled Exception: System.Security.SecurityException: That assembly

Re: [WiX-users] Shield Decoration on buttons

2007-04-13 Thread Rob Hamflett
I'm still not sure I get it. I don't see why MsiRunningElevated is set so early on uninstall, especially since it obviously isn't. It gives you a UAC prompt later on. As for the link you sent me, I didn't really see anything that explains what I'm seeing. Rob Stefan Pavlik wrote: > Stefan

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction using a simple expression

2007-04-13 Thread Steffens, Frank
John Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I want to publish a custom action event only when a certain expression > is TRUE. > e.g. when a certain property [Version] is higher than "7.0", what's the > syntax to use?? Hi, just use that property inside of the tag: VersionNT >= 500 ... Regards, Frank -