The specific script that I am trying to use is
BULK INSERT Table
FROM 'Table.dat'
WITH (DATAFILETYPE='native')
When I try to run these lines in a I get an error indicating
that the file (table.dat) could not be found. When executes what
is the working dire
There is a reason for the lack of this feature in the WiX toolset. Doing so is
one of the best ways to totally hose the Component Rules and make it impossible
to update/patch your product. Also, the conventional wisdom out there suggests
one file per Component.
There is much discussion about
Please keep wix-users on the mail as well, so everyone learns.
1. Again, Bob wrote the Advanced UI and can answer your questions. I try to
stay away from UI.
2. The "build time" syntax I provided below is documented in the Wix.chm under
the Preprocessor topic, since build variables are done
A feature that I like in Installshield and Wise which Wix doesn't directly
support is wildcard population of directories.
Here is source for a wix preprocessor we use as part of our build process
(run just prior to candle):
http://download.yousendit.com/706B8A2A4335438C
usage is as foll
Take a look at the MSI SDK's documentation about the command line for the
Windows Installer.
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Don't try to do what you are doing. I don't have enough context to provide any
better suggestions than that.
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Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 10:42 AM
To: Rob Mensching
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Ignore Custom Action on Rep
On Fri, 11 May 2007 15:29:43 -0600, Jon W wrote:
Jon,
> I see your point of being able to control all font settings, but
> that currently equates to text being truncated and therefore the
> user won't know what the installer is asking/stating.
I don't see any problem if the user simply chooses a
At least one of the .wixobj/.wixlib files passed to light must contain a
, or element. All the rest must be
s.
Right now there is no reference for error codes. I have been intending to do
something about this for a while but am stumbling a bit on how to keep it up
to date (probably extend the
I'll give them a try.
Thanx,
Aaron
On 5/12/07, Mike Dimmick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You can use the Visual C++ dialog editor to create a .rc file then use
tallow's -r option to turn that into WiX script.
WixEdit (http://wixedit.sourceforge.net/) includes a dialog editor.
--
Mike Di
Yeah, that's what I thought, but I'm having trouble to getting it to work.
Here is my original thread:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4e3934860705121042n26c2fd46xf03549b3eff6fd3c%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=wix-users
Aaron
On 5/12/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I would also like to avoid any trickery. Do you have any suggestions for
alternatives?
Thanx,
Aaron
On 5/12/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Note, this sort of design is generally very fragile and I always encourage
people to rethink their need for this sort of trickiery during s
Currently isn't supported. It'd be a great thing to add support for in WiX v3.
Want to do that?
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No hidden switch. Sounds like a bug.
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I ran heat dir comm
Sure. It's not possible. Use RemoveFiles to ensure the files are removed from
the folder.
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Hi,
has anyone come a
Uhh, store the password somewhere you can get to it (pretty tricky to do well,
definitely need a CustomAction to at least encrypt the value) or prompt the
user for the password during repair.
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Note, this sort of design is generally very fragile and I always encourage
people to rethink their need for this sort of trickiery during setup.
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From: Aaron Feng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 4:49 PM
To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.
"NOT Installed" means your action should only run when the install was not
installed.
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Subjec
1. Advanced UI takes a bit of work to make it work. Bob can answer the
questions better (one day he promises he's going to write a compiler extension
to make it easier)
2. How to reference env vars? Do you want build time or run time?
Build time: $(env.BUILDMACHINEVAR).
Run time: [%CUSTOMER
It means it didn't find a Product, Module, or PatchCreation element anywhere in
your .wxs files. It's like you're missing a main() for a C/C++ program. Read
through the first few topics in the WiX.chm to get an understanding how the WiX
toolset actually works.
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Didn't know you could write a SQL script that had dependencies outside of
itself. Sounds like "dependency creep" to me. In the latest version of WiX v2
and WiX v3, SQL String/Script processing takes place before RemoveFiles and
after InstallFiles, so the files should be in place when your scri
Hi,
Only just learning this new program and have started in the deep end
with Wix3.
I am trying to create my directory levels as follows:
The problem is that when installing using WixUI_Advanced, the default
all users directory is coming up as C:\Progr
I compiled the .wxs file created from "tallow" to "candle" and generated wixobj
file. When I try to link that objfile with "light" it is giving me the
following error message.
light.exe : fatal error LGHT0111 : Could not find entry section in provided list
of intermediates.
What is this error
You can use the Visual C++ dialog editor to create a .rc file then use
tallow's -r option to turn that into WiX script.
WixEdit (http://wixedit.sourceforge.net/) includes a dialog editor.
--
Mike Dimmick
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If you intend to redirect the output to a file, pass the -nologo flag to
tallow.
(Tallow really should have a -o option to send the output to a file.)
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Mike Dimmick
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