[WiX-users] register COM class into HKLM

To deal with a UAC related issue, I need to be able to install a COM DLL into HKLM (so that it adds keys to HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID). I install the file into the LocalAppDataFolder and use the wix class element to register it into HKCR. That I want to still have wix do for me. But I also want t

Re: [WiX-users] Dialog to let user select "Program Menu" folder

Is there a discussion or an article on what approach to take to develop installer GUI. If I'm not mistaken, I can see three ways of doing this: 1. Write Win32 application that will display all dialogs and collect all the configuration data , and then call MSI passing this configuration. 2. It l

Re: [WiX-users] InstallLevel has no effect when modifying an installation

Geoff Finger wrote: > This all works fine, but I've run into trouble trying to modify the > installation by running the msi file again later. Install level is only effective during initial installation. It's not used during maintenence mode. Your best bet is to organize your feature tree to mak

Re: [WiX-users] Adding duplicate filenames within different locations

jrcolons wrote: >In my application, there's thousands of files, and some of them have the > same file name. I try to compile /link my project and shows the following > error: > You can have many files with the same name but their ids must be unique per package. If you use Heat to generate

Re: [WiX-users] UAC Prompt Required

Gareth at Serif wrote: > The InstallPrivileges attribute is indeed set to "elevated". I never > actually figured out what behioural differences there were on the strength > of this attribute though... > MSI should elevate as soon as it starts the execute sequence. As always, a verbose log is

Re: [WiX-users] Dialog to let user select "Program Menu" folder

Igor Maslov wrote: > It looks like a such common task, I wonder why WiX does not provide > specialized dialog for that. > Because you're the first to ask. So it's not that common at all. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org -

Re: [WiX-users] Cancel during Uninstall

Anthony Wieser wrote: > The documentation "Rollback Custom Actions" implies that I need to schedule > a rollback custom action before my deferred custom action, but also includes > this paragraph: > Commit CAs are dangerous in that they run only when rollback is enabled. Avoid them wherever po

Re: [WiX-users] Net Framework Check And Download

Thanks. I will give this a try. Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: 26 April 2007 00:07 To: Gourlay, Colin ; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Net Framework Check And Download Other way around

Re: [WiX-users] Net Framework Check And Download

Other way around. The boostrapper contains your .msi. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gourlay, Colin Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:03 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Net Framework Check And Download Hello.

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

Correct, as you note, you cannot log from a DoAction launched CA. WcaProcessMessage is just a wrapper around MsiProcessMessage() that mostly adds handling for cancel. WcaLog() is a wrapper around WcaProcessMessage() that adds the concept of "logging levels" inside your own code and is used by

[WiX-users] Net Framework Check And Download

Hello. Stumbled across WiX today and knocked together a vanilla msi after following the quick start in the help and am pretty impressed with what I have seen. However, I want to enhance what I have and check for the presence of the .net framework sdk or the distributable version installed on the

[WiX-users] InstallLevel has no effect when modifying an installation

My projects has three options in the "Setup" dialog. "Typical" with InstallLevel 3, "Admin" with InstallLevel 1, and the "Custom" option which takes it to the "Custom Setup" dialog with InstallLevel 3 as the default. This all works fine, but I've run into trouble trying to modify the installation

Re: [WiX-users] Setting IIS ASP.NET version

Kevin Dente wrote: > > I accomplished this by spawing the aspnet_regiis tool to switch the > framework version of the site. This involves a couple of steps: > > Find the path to the tool: > > > Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework" Name="InstallRoot" Type="raw" /> > > >

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

Note huge caveat that ::MsiProcessMessage() doesn't work from DoAction so if your CA is triggered by a button that will not work for logging. Not sure how you're supposed to log from these, I have not found a solution, perhaps someone else has Haven't used WcaProcessMessage so I can't say if

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

::MsiProcessMessage() or WcaProcessMessage() if you're using wcautil.lib to hide some of the trickier parts of the MSI API for CustomActions. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:08 PM To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.ne

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction : Find out which feature hasbeenchoosen

I've lost track of the original requirement here but. If you want to know afterwards (in your app) which features from your product were installed (and I assume you know their names) why not just call MsiGetFeatureState (or equivalent)? Phil Wilson

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

If you are writing a C++ custom action, then the WcaLog function in wcautil will write to the install log or show you how to do it yourself. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: W

[WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

Is there any way to write a message to the install log from a custom action? Chris Rowland* Software Engineer * SunGard * Data Management Solutions * 1194 Oak Valley Drive, Suite 100 * Ann Arbor, MI 48108 * Tel 734.332.4423 * Fax 734.332.4440 * http://www.sungard.com/datamanagementsolutions

Re: [WiX-users] component not compressed results in moving files to"program files"

Light lays out your files on disk as you've specified in the Directory/@SourceName attributes. If you've not set SourceName, the name specified in the @Name attribute is used. If you want the source folder to be the same as the parent directories source folder, set SourceName to ".". Note that the

Re: [WiX-users] Cancel during Uninstall

I feel like I'm missing something here. Two things actually. First, regarding rollback: I want have a custom action in my installation that modifies the system in some way that can't be handled another way. The documentation "Rollback Custom Actions" implies that I need to schedule a rollback c

Re: [WiX-users] My Beginner's Tutorial

Rob, Thanks for looking. > Following the link to part 3 gives a "Requested page not found error". Yes, as I said yesterday only the first two pages were uploaded. Now the first four pages are uploaded. http://www.merlinia.com/mdt/WiXTutorial.msl And page five is minimal, so I'd appreciate it i

Re: [WiX-users] Adding duplicate filenames within different locations

Are the files declared in the same ? They should not be. Files for different folders should be declared in separate Components. Rennie > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jrcolons > Sent: 25. april 2007 20:59 > To: wix-users@lists.so

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action works under WinXP-SP2, fails under Win2K?

Thanks Mike! The problem was that I needed to make it a deferred action. I had to do some reading and experimenting on that today, but I understand now what was happening and why. I'm working on demo-izing the reduced WiX installer I used while working on this. I'll put it here: http://www.mi

Re: [WiX-users] Dialog to let user select "Program Menu" folder

That's what I did, but there are some restrictions on where user can place shortcuts. I used custom action to validate path, but it is still not ideal solution. It looks like a such common task, I wonder why WiX does not provide specialized dialog for that. For example, InstallShield has such

[WiX-users] component not compressed results in moving files to "program files"

Hi, Can someone help me understand how Wix is supposed to handle uncompressed installs? I changed one of my wxs files to not be compressed. I was surprised by the result. It looks like it tries to move files at bind time to the installation target directory. That is it selects from the msi dat

Re: [WiX-users] Dialog to let user select "Program Menu" folder

I ended up doing appriximately the same. I modified slightly BrowseDlg with custom action written in C, to validate selected shortcuts localtion. But still, it does not look good enough for production software. I saw Windows Installer setups where it was done quite nicely. I just wonder how? I

[WiX-users] Adding duplicate filenames within different locations

In my application, there's thousands of files, and some of them have the same file name. I try to compile /link my project and shows the following error: Error 1 Item has already been added. Key in dictionary: 'pagetable15rightR.png' Key being added: 'pagetable15rightR.png'. Their names a

[WiX-users] Adding duplicate filenames within different locations

In my application, there's thousands of files, and some of them have the same file name. I try to compile /link my project and shows the following error: Error 1 Item has already been added. Key in dictionary: 'pagetable15rightR.png' Key being added: 'pagetable15rightR.png'. Their names a

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction : Find out which feature has beenchoosen

Carl, If I understand correctly, you're using a single registry item, and need it to have a different value based on which feature(s) are installed. I suspect what you probably want is to use the feature installation state and/or feature action state property (e.g [&FeatureKey] and [!Featur

Re: [WiX-users] How to get 8.3 path for INSTALLDIR

>So try this: An immediate CA after CostFinalize uses [!fileId] to get >the short path, chops off the filename, and sets another property to >just the directory, which you then use in an Environment element. Worth >a shot. I think I've found an acceptable solution by creating the INSTALL dir fol

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction : Find out which feature has been choosen

Actually, that doesnt work, it complains about duplicate registry values On 4/25/07, Gareth at Serif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think all you want is a pair of components with the required registry values you want in each feature... the installation will choose which registry value to write

Re: [WiX-users] UAC Prompt Required

The InstallPrivileges attribute is indeed set to "elevated". I never actually figured out what behioural differences there were on the strength of this attribute though... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/UAC-Prompt-Required-tf3637831.html#a10184850 Sent from the wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Dialog to let user select "Program Menu" folder

While the dialog works, I'd much prefer some kind of list box of the ProgramMenu rather than a browse control that enables users to dump their shortcuts in some inappropriate locations... actually, anyone want to suggest how to go about such an improvement to the above code? Thanks, Gareth -- Vi

Re: [WiX-users] Dialog to let user select "Program Menu" folder

Quite. I wrote one a while back, something like this... Dialog Id="ShortcutsDlg" Width="376" Height="266" Title="$(loc.DIALOG_GENERIC_Title)" NoMinimize="yes"> 1 1

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut + hyperlink 2

To compy with users' prefered browsers, i find it easier to simply make the shortcut (*.url) file and install it to the ProgramMenuFolder as a file. For translations, you can localise the name of the file and so how it appears in the shortcut list, but not the rollover description... so for forei

[WiX-users] Removing folder used by multiple components

My question about "where to install samples" digressed to the following question, for which I didn't get a clear answer. If anyone feels like clarifying further on the proper way to do this, I'd appreciate it. I have two components that each install a shortcut into a sub-folder of ProgramMenuFo

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction : Find out which feature has been choosen

I think all you want is a pair of components with the required registry values you want in each feature... the installation will choose which registry value to write automatically. Regards, Gareth -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/CustomAction-%3A-Find-out-which-feature-has

Re: [WiX-users] Trouble using heat to harvest COM registration information from exe

> Heat converts the registry information it gathers into strongly-typed > WiX authoring. Take a look at > src\ext\UtilExtension\wixext\UtilFinalizeHarvesterMutator.cs for where > that particular magic happens. I found that bit shortly after I posted. Thanks though. > If they're components you'

[WiX-users] 2 media, one in a cabinet the other outside

hi, i have a problem when trying to have two media elements so defined. the first media must be non-compressed and external to the installer, the second must be embedded. i dont need it to be compressed. but if i dont set the "compressed" attribute to the package, even the second med

[WiX-users] CustomAction : Find out which feature has been choosen

Hi, I need to write different values to the registry depening on which feature(s) has been chosen. I figured id use a [property] for the RegistryValue entry. However, im wondering how could i find out which feature has been chosen (through Custom Actions) ? Im pretty sure this is really simple, o

Re: [WiX-users] CrystalReports redist causes error 2228

Mark Rendle wrote: When I build my installer using WiX 2.0 and include the Crystal Reports for .NET 2.0 Merge Module, the installer throws error 2228. I've created a package which didn't include anything except the Crystal msm and the problem still occurred. Their merge module is incorrec

Re: [WiX-users] Cancel during Uninstall

Anton Tkachev wrote: > Yea, I agree that in the Internet we have plenty amount of rollback > examples. But these examples show how to rolback INSTALATION process. > And it is clear for me. This point is also described in the link that > you received. But I need to rollback a custom action durin

Re: [WiX-users] How to get 8.3 path for INSTALLDIR

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I need my Environment element to use the 8.3 path for INSTALLDIR, and my > CA was trying to set Property with this value. I'm not sure it would > even be possible to order the sequence in a way that the property would > ever exist when the Environment element was process

Re: [WiX-users] Trouble using heat to harvest COM registration information from exe

Tom Quarendon wrote: > It trying to harvest some COM registration information from a couple of > COM servers, one a DLL and one an EXE. Heat (and Tallow before it) can't harvest registry information from out-of-proc COM servers -- the technique it uses works only for in-proc servers. > Since

[WiX-users] Trouble using heat to harvest COM registration information from exe

It trying to harvest some COM registration information from a couple of COM servers, one a DLL and one an EXE. I'm trying to use heat, and it seems to work for the DLL but not completely for the EXE. For the DLL I get a TypeLib element containing an AppId containing Class elements, and the TypeL

Re: [WiX-users] How to get 8.3 path for INSTALLDIR

Will doing a deferred execution of my CA work in my situation? My understanding is that I can't set a property in a deferred custom action, all I can do is read the property "CustomActionData" If this is the case, my only hope seems to be to set the environment variable in the custom action, whic

Re: [WiX-users] How to use CustomAction with a VBScript

Robert Randall wrote: > 2) I’ve never tried to execute msiexec from a script inside of an > MSI package. There may be some other caveats with this. Perhaps others > on the list know more. As far as I know it's impossible, as nested installs don't work. Tony -

Re: [WiX-users] How to use CustomAction with a VBScript

Nathan Lee wrote: Running the VBScript outside of the MSI works, and I'd expect it to work inside the MSI. Nope. As others have already observed the sequencing is probably just plain wrong (the MSI's may not exist on the disk at the time you try to install them). Even if that were not the case

Re: [WiX-users] How to use CustomAction with a VBScript

So running the VBScript outside of the MSI works, and I'd expect it to work inside the MSI. I have no control over building the other MSI's as that is done by a build server, and I'd prefer not to have control over them. Packaging the MSI's and "installing" the MSI's to some location works fine.

Re: [WiX-users] How to use CustomAction with a VBScript

Two things stand out. 1) You custom action sequencing is wrong. Review the WiX tutorial and the MSI docs on execution sequencing. The files you’re trying to use ARE NOT installed until after a great number of actions already take place. 2) I’ve never tried to execute msiexec fr

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut + hyperlink 2

DEXK JAHN, GXbor wrote: > Forcing IE in any way in an installation (unless you do it for a > company-internal setup where you know for sure what the default > browsers are) is not downright rude, it has already been reached the > level of being counter-productive. I can only speak for myself, but

[WiX-users] CrystalReports redist causes error 2228

Hi When I build my installer using WiX 2.0 and include the Crystal Reports for .NET 2.0 Merge Module, the installer throws error 2228. I've created a package which didn't include anything except the Crystal msm and the problem still occurred. I've reduced it down as much as possible, and it

[WiX-users] Shortcut + hyperlink 2

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:36:03 -0700, Bob Arnson wrote: Bob, > If a user chose another browser as default -- and some 10 percent > have, according to some reports -- an installer should respect > that. To do otherwise probably borders on rude. OK, it crosses the > line to rude. Some other reports,

Re: [WiX-users] Verifier break in WixCa.dll

(moving conversation to wix-devs) Ahh, yes, I see it now. Nasty trick I played on myself with the typedefs. *phScript = reinterpret_cast(MemAlloc(sizeof(WCA_CASCRIPT_HANDLE), TRUE)); Should be: *phScript = reinterpret_cast(MemAlloc(sizeof(WCA_CASCRIPT_STRUCT), TRUE)); Would you mi

[WiX-users] Verifier break in WixCa.dll

Hi, I am seeing appverifier break in WixCa.dll during action ExecServiceConfig 00bbf8d8 7c85079b ntdll!DbgBreakPoint [d:\srvrtm\base\ntos\rtl\i386\debug2.asm @ 42] 00bbf8e8 7c872212 ntdll!RtlpPageHeapStop+0x72 [d:\srvrtm\base\ntdll\verifier.c @ 2232] 00bbf964 7c873305 ntdll!RtlpDphReportC

Re: [WiX-users] Cancel during Uninstall

Almost all of the WiX toolset CustomActions have rollback. If they support rollback that means they've done it (at least considered it) for both install and uninstall passes. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anton Tkachev Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:05 AM To:

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut + hyperlink 2

On 4/24/07, Scott Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is what I do. Basically make a shortcut to internet explorer and > pass the web address as the argument. I do it this way so that it > always opens another instance of ie when you use the shortcut instead of > opening it the current window.

Re: [WiX-users] Cancel during Uninstall

Hello Yea, I agree that in the Internet we have plenty amount of rollback examples. But these examples show how to rolback INSTALATION process. And it is clear for me. This point is also described in the link that you received. But I need to rollback a custom action during UNinstallation

Re: [WiX-users] Beginner's Tutorial, Books, Versions...

Just had a quick skim over it, and at the bottom of part 2 your link to part 3 actually points to part 2 again. Following the link to part 3 gives a "Requested page not found error". Rob Rennie Petersen wrote: > Julie, > > Thanks for the Wiki. > > To all interested: > > I've published the