Re: [WiX-users] and external file?

2007-05-12 Thread Kevin Burton
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

Re: [WiX-users] Wildcard preprocessor for wix

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
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

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Advanced Usage

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
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

[WiX-users] Wildcard preprocessor for wix

2007-05-12 Thread Buc Rogers
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

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Question

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
Take a look at the MSI SDK's documentation about the command line for the Windows Installer. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elnata Degefa (Bluwater Consulting Inc) Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:05 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix Q

Re: [WiX-users] Ignore Custom Action on Repair

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
Don't try to do what you are doing. I don't have enough context to provide any better suggestions than that. From: Aaron Feng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

[WiX-users] fixed font size in installer windows

2007-05-12 Thread DE�K JAHN, G�bor
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

Re: [WiX-users] Error message with light, help please

2007-05-12 Thread Mike Dimmick
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

Re: [WiX-users] Aligning Custom UI

2007-05-12 Thread Aaron Feng
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

Re: [WiX-users] Error on uninstall? - FIXED

2007-05-12 Thread Aaron Feng
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]>

Re: [WiX-users] Ignore Custom Action on Repair

2007-05-12 Thread Aaron Feng
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

Re: [WiX-users] How can I configure MD_UPLOAD_READAHEAD_SIZE that applies to a virtual folder using wix

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
Currently isn't supported. It'd be a great thing to add support for in WiX v3. Want to do that? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ravit Shapira Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:03 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How can I configure MD_UPLO

Re: [WiX-users] heat dir .wxs missing Class/@Server attribute

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
No hidden switch. Sounds like a bug. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of suedeuno Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 1:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] heat dir .wxs missing Class/@Server attribute I ran heat dir comm

Re: [WiX-users] removeFolders

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
Sure. It's not possible. Use RemoveFiles to ensure the files are removed from the folder. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hooman Amini Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 5:43 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] removeFolders Hi, has anyone come a

Re: [WiX-users] Installing and repairing windows services

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
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. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2

Re: [WiX-users] Ignore Custom Action on Repair

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
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. -Original Message- From: Aaron Feng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 4:49 PM To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.

Re: [WiX-users] Error on uninstall? - FIXED

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
"NOT Installed" means your action should only run when the install was not installed. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Feng Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 5:00 PM To: Julie Campbell Cc: Bob Arnson; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subjec

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Advanced Usage

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
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

Re: [WiX-users] Error message with light, help please

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
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. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:

Re: [WiX-users] and external file?

2007-05-12 Thread Rob Mensching
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

[WiX-users] WixUI_Advanced Usage

2007-05-12 Thread Glen Harvy
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

[WiX-users] Error message with light, help please

2007-05-12 Thread Venkatesh
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

Re: [WiX-users] Aligning Custom UI

2007-05-12 Thread Mike Dimmick
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 _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron F

Re: [WiX-users] Error while executing candle.

2007-05-12 Thread Mike Dimmick
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.) -- Mike Dimmick _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Venkatesh Sent: 11 May 2007 23:19 To: wix-us