Re: [WiX-users] Shield Decoration on buttons

2007-05-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Gareth at Serif wrote: > Thanks for your info, but how do you make Component properties 'secure' so > that the server side can use them? I may have used the wrong termiollogy > there... I mean that the location of each component is listed as a "Property > Change" on installs where I get the UAC pr

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Advanced Usage

2007-05-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Dustin Andrews wrote: Untested: [%HOMEPATH]\My Documents [%USERPROFILE]\Documents That already exists: PersonalFolder. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Dow

Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Advanced Usage

2007-05-14 Thread Dustin Andrews
Untested: [%HOMEPATH]\My Documents [%USERPROFILE]\Documents From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Harvy Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 6:51 AM To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WixUI_Advanced Usage OK - I've given up on the Adv

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

2007-05-14 Thread Dustin Andrews
Can the custom action run at first use instead of install? -Dustin From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Feng 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 Repair I would

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

2007-05-14 Thread Julie Campbell
Better? (Works anyway) Z AND NOT REMOVE~="ALL" Julie Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Message: 4 Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 10:11:40 -0700 From: Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error on uninstall? - FIXED To: Aaron Feng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Julie Campb

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

2007-05-14 Thread Mike Dimmick
Sorry, that bit wasn't very clear. My understanding is that InstallInitialize begins a batch. InstallExecute executes that batch and begins a new batch, but still within the transaction - I presume you'd use it if for some reason you had a custom action that you couldn't make deferred but which nee

[WiX-users] Merge Modules not retargetable during install?

2007-05-14 Thread JCWrs
Hi all, I've asked a similar question before, but after much slamming of my head against the wall I'm back again. I got my installation package working correctly with a file system defined using components. Later it was decided that, for ease of use and ability to always have the latest files in

[WiX-users] RollbackMetabaseTransaction support on IIS7?

2007-05-14 Thread Robert Horvick
We are experiencing a problem where IIS web configuration actions (creating app pools, sites, virtual directories, etc) are not being rolled back on a failed/aborted install when targeting IIS7. The install does rollback as expected on II6. We are using Wix 3.0.2720.0 and do have IIS6 compat m

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action to run on uninstall

2007-05-14 Thread Wilson, Phil
There's no UI during uninstall, correct. When the older product is being uninstalled as part of a major upgrade the UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE property is set to indicate that you're being uninstalled because of an incoming major upgrade. A minor upgrade by reinstalling the MSI or a patch doesn't set

[WiX-users] Problem using Action attribute on Custom element

2007-05-14 Thread Kevin Fischer
I'm trying to execute a deferred command line in my MSI. I want it to execute only on uninstall prior to a service being stopped/uninstalled. I'm following the code snippet I found in the help. So I have some code like: Installed When I try to compile this I get the error: Cannot

[WiX-users] Custom Actions Not Firing for Post-Web Site Setup Part 2

2007-05-14 Thread S C
The MSI does install successfully. The log says this however about the custom actions: Action ended 15:01:15: InstallFinalize. Return value 1. MSI (s) (10:14) [15:01:15:515]: Doing action: ConfigWebSiteAspNetAssign Action start 15:01:15: ConfigWebSiteAspNetAssign. MSI (s) (10:14) [15:01:15:530]:

Re: [WiX-users] Add\Remove Programs issue

2007-05-14 Thread Dustin Andrews
I think you want to set the install to "All Users". 2 This will install the package for all users and all the admins can see it in add/remove then. Your package thinks it's user specific, when clearly it's not. -Dustin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

[WiX-users] Custom Action to run on uninstall

2007-05-14 Thread Anthony Wieser
Hi again. I'm just about ready to go, and while testing today, I notice that one of my custom actions isn't running during the uninstall. I've put it in the UIInstallSequence thus: REMOVE="ALL" But it doens't seem to run. What I've seen implies that the UI sequence isn't run o

[WiX-users] Custom Actions Not Firing for Post-Web Site Setup

2007-05-14 Thread S C
I am having a problem getting the default page of a web application to launch, and to register the site at ASP.NET 2.0 - my Custom Actions are just not firing. Can anyone say why this is not happening? I ran through the samples posted on this e'list, and can't determine what I'm doing wrong.

Re: [WiX-users] Shield Decoration on buttons

2007-05-14 Thread Gareth at Serif
Hi Bob, Thanks for your info, but how do you make Component properties 'secure' so that the server side can use them? I may have used the wrong termiollogy there... I mean that the location of each component is listed as a "Property Change" on installs where I get the UAC prompt, but disallowed

[WiX-users] Writing wxs for installing a website into some website on port 80 other than the default website

2007-05-14 Thread Nitin Garg
Hi, Can anybody help me in writing wxs for installing my website into some website on port 80 other than the default website. Thanx & Regards Nitin _ Palate Teasers: Straight from Master Chef! http://content.msn.co.in/Lifestyle/Mo

[WiX-users] convert registry file with heat?

2007-05-14 Thread Thomas Porcham
Hi, I am just getting started with WiX 3. I was wondering if there is a way to convert a registry file to WiX 3 syntax. Here's a snippet from the registry file: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cerner\Logicals] "ccldir"="c:\\programme\\cerner" "cclsource"="c:\\programme\\cerner" "ccluserdir"="c:\\pr

Re: [WiX-users] Sequencing headache...

2007-05-14 Thread Rob Hamflett
Run it as a deferred action between InstallFiles and WriteRegistryValues. Rob Gareth at Serif wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have a problem that I'd like to install file and use it as part of a CA, > but before the registry is written. Initially this seemed easy enough by > sequencing the CA within the

[WiX-users] Sequencing headache...

2007-05-14 Thread Gareth at Serif
Hi guys, I have a problem that I'd like to install file and use it as part of a CA, but before the registry is written. Initially this seemed easy enough by sequencing the CA within the InstallExecute sequence somewhere between InstallFiles and WriteRegistryValues, but in this scenario the CA tri

Re: [WiX-users] removeFolders

2007-05-14 Thread Rob Mensching
Please, keep wix-users on replies. The RemoveFiles element takes wildcards. From: Hooman Amini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:41 AM To: Rob Mensching Subject: RE: removeFolders Thanks Rob, Can you please let me know how to remove the files using removeFiles provided I

Re: [WiX-users] multiple source files to candle

2007-05-14 Thread John Lalande
I have also modified my wix.targets file to make the build work, but I was really hoping that I wouldn't have to do that. I am using a directory name for the "CompileObjOutput" item. That makes the "Compile" target work fine. Then to make the "Lib" target work, I removed the "CompileObjOutput"

Re: [WiX-users] Add\Remove Programs issue

2007-05-14 Thread Rob Hamflett
Do you have ALLUSERS=1? Rob nhenny wrote: > Not sure if this is a WiX issue, but I will see what you all have to say > > Here's the situation: > > Created an MSI (always created with the same GUIDS as I am still creating > the initial package to be released) > Installed it as a Domain Admin

[WiX-users] Add\Remove Programs issue

2007-05-14 Thread nhenny
Not sure if this is a WiX issue, but I will see what you all have to say Here's the situation: Created an MSI (always created with the same GUIDS as I am still creating the initial package to be released) Installed it as a Domain Admin (and Domain Admins are part of the local Admin group) on

Re: [WiX-users] UIText localization error and missing uninstall text

2007-05-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Pseudonymic Wannabe wrote: > This feature requires [1] on your hard > drive. > If that's attempted localized as: > This feature requires [1] on your hard > drive > then the dialog which is supposed to show the text instead shows: > !!SelChildCostPos is missing from the UIText Table!! The WixLocali

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

2007-05-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Glen Harvy wrote: I didn't - WiX did :-) Then you'll need to be a lot more specific about what's appearing. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the

Re: [WiX-users] multiple source files to candle

2007-05-14 Thread Schrieken, Rene
The fix I have in my wix.targets is this for the Compile target: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Lalande Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 4:02 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] multiple source file

Re: [WiX-users] multiple source files to candle

2007-05-14 Thread John Lalande
That certainly works from the command line. But doesn't using the msbuild 'Compile' target. The only way to make it work is to set the "CompileObjOutput" item to a value that has a trailing slash...ie, a directory. But if I do that, if I follow the call to the "Compile" target with a call to th

Re: [WiX-users] multiple source files to candle

2007-05-14 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
as the -out parameter is optional, can't you just leave it out? On 5/14/07, John Lalande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The help information for candle indicates that I can specify more than one sourceFile argument and only specify one outputFile argument. usage: candle.exe [-?] [-nologo] [-out o

[WiX-users] multiple source files to candle

2007-05-14 Thread John Lalande
The help information for candle indicates that I can specify more than one sourceFile argument and only specify one outputFile argument. usage: candle.exe [-?] [-nologo] [-out outputFile] sourceFile [sourceFile ...] However when I attempt something like: C:\>candle -out ab.wixobj a.wxs b.wxs

Re: [WiX-users] Vista question

2007-05-14 Thread Tony Hoyle
Glen Harvy wrote: > Frankly, I had hoped to record the directory in the Registry but I can't > figure out how I will know which option the end user is going to chose! It's valid for the directory to change after installation. Not common I'd guess, but you should be able to handle that. Another

Re: [WiX-users] Vista question

2007-05-14 Thread Glen Harvy
Frankly, I had hoped to record the directory in the Registry but I can't figure out how I will know which option the end user is going to chose! On 14/05/2007 8:52 PM, Tony Hoyle wrote: Glen Harvy wrote: Can someone confirm this and if it is true, presumably these files should be put int

Re: [WiX-users] Vista question

2007-05-14 Thread Tony Hoyle
Glen Harvy wrote: > Can someone confirm this and if it is true, presumably these files > should be put into the AppDataFolder or CommonAppDataFolders depending > on whether it is a user or alluser install. Again, if so, how do you > determine what user type the install is at runtime and how do y

[WiX-users] Vista question

2007-05-14 Thread Glen Harvy
Hi, I read somewhere that user access to the Program Files directory is severely limited in Vista and therefor programs databases and other writeable files should not be stored there. Can someone confirm this and if it is true, presumably these files should be put into the AppDataFolder or C