Re: [WiX-users] and external file?

2007-05-13 Thread Kevin Burton
Thank you for the suggestion. Originally I generated a bunch of INSERT statements but the data in one of the columns was not only large an was subject to truncation but it contained XML and HTML that was hard to escape in a consistent manner before I feed it to the SqlScript. I guess I am left t

[WiX-users] [Fwd: Re: Messagebox location]

2007-05-13 Thread Glen Harvy
Original Message From: - Mon May 14 14:41:20 2007 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 0080 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 14:41:15 +1000 From: Glen Harvy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/200

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Advanced Usage

2007-05-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Glen Harvy wrote: OK - I've given up on the Advanced UI - it's to advanced for me. In general, I'd suggest avoiding WixUI_Advanced when you're first getting started. It's complicated because it's trying to support both per-machine and per-user installs, which isn't easy. WixUI_InstallDir and

Re: [WiX-users] Driver installation with WiX v3

2007-05-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Christoph von Wittich wrote: I have to install a kernel driver using WiX v3 but Type="kernelDriver" (in ) isn't supported. With linking fails with "error LGHT0094 : Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:MsiProcessDrivers'" Any suggestions? Stick with WiX v2 -- it includes DifxApp sup

Re: [WiX-users] Messagebox location

2007-05-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Glen Harvy wrote: Could someone be kind enough to tell me where I can change the Messagebox location so it appears centered in the main window. Depends -- how did you create the message box? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

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

2007-05-13 Thread Aaron Feng
Mike, Thanks for the great explanation. Now I understand what Rob was talking about before now, it all makes sense. Just for clarity, action script is created in between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize in InstallExecuteSequence table. Does the action script only contain actions that live

[WiX-users] Driver installation with WiX v3

2007-05-13 Thread Christoph von Wittich
Hi! I have to install a kernel driver using WiX v3 but Type="kernelDriver" (in ) isn't supported. With linking fails with "error LGHT0094 : Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:MsiProcessDrivers'" Any suggestions? Regards, Christoph von Wittich __

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

2007-05-13 Thread Mike Dimmick
Windows Installer does things in three (possibly two) distinct phases: - UI sequence - Install execute sequence - Script execution Normally (unless set to Basic or No UI) execution begins with the UI sequence. The actions listed in the UI sequence are performed in

Re: [WiX-users] Validation on UI dialogs

2007-05-13 Thread Rennie Petersen
> Is there any way that I can validate that an edit control is not empty? That should be possible. In the "Next" button processing, use to test the value and cause the next dialog box to be launched to be an error message, and the dialog box after the error message goes back to the data-entry di

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

2007-05-13 Thread Aaron Feng
Rob, I'm not sure if we are both on the same page. Please choose to ignore me if I sound like I'm smoking crack. :) By no means am I a msi expert, but I would like to understand best practices in a certain situation. I can provide extra context if it would help. Ignore everything I have said

Re: [WiX-users] Aligning Custom UI

2007-05-13 Thread Rennie Petersen
I recommend using sharpDevelop. I've written a "beginners tutorial" that includes information about this. http://www.merlinia.com/mdt/WiXTutorial.msl Rennie From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Feng Sent: 12. ma

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Advanced Usage

2007-05-13 Thread Glen Harvy
OK - I've given up on the Advanced UI - it's to advanced for me. I have downloaded and read a good deal of the Windows Installer SDK as you suggested. I have a rough idea on how to go about what I want to do but I cannot find any examples anywhere that will help me understand the structure of

Re: [WiX-users] and external file?

2007-05-13 Thread Mike Dimmick
I don't think you should rely on the working directory. You can use property substitutions (e.g. directory locations) in , but not in . If you don't have much data to preload you might be better off generating a bunch of INSERT statements, however. -- Mike Dimmick _ From: [EM

[WiX-users] Messagebox location

2007-05-13 Thread Glen Harvy
Hi, Could someone be kind enough to tell me where I can change the Messagebox location so it appears centered in the main window. Thanks you. Glen. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C -