Re: [WiX-users] 64 bit newbie question

Stephen Walch wrote: I guess what I really want is an installer that works on either. Is there a condition I can use to detect that I am on a 64 bit machine (and thus activate the right registrysearch tag)? No. The idea is that 32-bit apps on x64 systems only see the 32-bit view of the re

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

Thomas Leigh wrote: That's the beauty of open-source: if we wanted it that badly, we'd branch and do it ourselves wouldn't we :P No reason to fork -- just contribute the code. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - Thi

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

Pierson Lee (Volt) wrote: Yes it is empty. The only reason I can think of is that the folder itself is shared (using the file share option) and I can't figure out how to unshared it. So the folder is removed if you comment out the FileShare element? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] 64 bit newbie question

I guess what I really want is an installer that works on either. Is there a condition I can use to detect that I am on a 64 bit machine (and thus activate the right registrysearch tag)? -Steve Stephen Walch Proposion Software 38 Merrimac Street Newburyport, MA 01950 +1 978-388-7342 corpora

Re: [WiX-users] 64 bit newbie question

> I have a RegistrySearch tag that attempts to look up values in > Root='HKLM' > Key='Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0' but on > 64 > bit machines, it ends up searching for > "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server > Extensions\12.0" (according to Proc

Re: [WiX-users] Always English

The Language property is not public (is not uppercased). Maybe that's the problem, try with LANGUAGE instead. K-ballo.- Ward, Mike (MED US) escribió: > Ok, I've discovered the XmlFile custom action and have incorporated into > my build (Wix 3.x). Problem is, the "Language" in the XmlFile action

[WiX-users] 64 bit newbie question

I have a RegistrySearch tag that attempts to look up values in Root='HKLM' Key='Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0' but on 64 bit machines, it ends up searching for "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0" (according to Process Monitor),

[WiX-users] Default Folders, Per-User/Per-Machine and Vista compatibility problems

Hi guys, I have some problems regarding default folders, per-user/par-machine installations and Vista compatibility in a "complicated scenario" with my setup and I have not found yet all the ways to handle them. I will describe my issues here in hope of help, trying to use some simple example in

[WiX-users] How to Browse network path using the BrowseDlg

Hi, I would like to select network path using the browse dialog. I do have the following code in my wxs file. Even if I have set Remote="yes", I am only able to view fixed drives in the combo. Also if I have Floppy="yes", I don't see floppy drive appear in the combo as well. What co

Re: [WiX-users] Checking if an enivronment variable is defined

It did not help. Afshin From: Brian Simoneau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:38 AM To: Afshin Sepehri; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Checking if an enivronment variable is defined Try instead. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From:

[WiX-users] Always English

Ok, I've discovered the XmlFile custom action and have incorporated into my build (Wix 3.x). Problem is, the "Language" in the XmlFile action is always English no matter which radio button I choose in the interface below. I tested that the ElementPath is correct by using a hard-coded value which d

Re: [WiX-users] Checking if an enivronment variable is defined

Try instead. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Afshin Sepehri Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 1:51 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Checking if an enivronment v

Re: [WiX-users] how to fix the errors recieved at the time of linkingusing light.exe

Tell us what the errors are, and we might have some chance of understanding the problem. Good things to send in a problem report are: - Exactly what features of WiX you're using - Exactly what the command line to the tool that failed was - The exact version number

[WiX-users] Checking if an enivronment variable is defined

Hi, In my wix file, I cannot check if an environment variable is defined. The following code does not work. The ifdef statement never returns TRUE even when the environment variable is defined and I can use its value in my code. As it is clear from the code, I want to use this

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

Yes it is empty. The only reason I can think of is that the folder itself is shared (using the file share option) and I can't figure out how to unshared it. From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:36 PM To: Pierson Lee (Volt) Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Su

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

Well, the reality is, no one has done it correctly yet.InstallAware, Wise, InstallShield, Indigo, WiX ... you name it with MSI 4.5 coming and the new Agility through Composition story, there is a whole lot of work still to be done in this space. Will WiX be tackling this in the

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

Our product "Setup Factory for Windows Installer" ships with a completely scriptable bootstrap maker utility. Although in the simple case you can configure and have it built automatically with your MSI file from the design environment, the underlying technology is a console app (modeled after WiX i

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

That's the beauty of open-source: if we wanted it that badly, we'd branch and do it ourselves wouldn't we :P From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peterson, Joel Sent: 25 June 2007 17:07 To: Christopher Painter; Bob Arnson; John Vottero Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.n

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

I think half the subscribers to this mailing list are waiting for that. :) Joel Peterson Quality Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance Engineer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Painter Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007

[WiX-users] how to fix the errors occured at the time of linking using light.exe

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Re: [WiX-users] Install config files based on language

I'm not familiar with the XmlConfig Custom Action. Is this part of WiX? -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 10:21 AM To: Ward, Mike (MED US) Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Install config files based on lan

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

I didn't want to beat this thread to death, but that's exactly right. From my perspective I'm trying to investigate how WiX can make my life easier then InstallShield and I have to admit, while I know how to program a bootstrapper from scratch, I'm completly spoiled in that I'm used to simple

[WiX-users] how to fix the errors recieved at the time of linking using light.exe

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Re: [WiX-users] Install config files based on language

Ward, Mike (MED US) wrote: > So I'm left wondering what is the better approach is here? Is a custom > action that modifies (or even generates) the file at install time a > better choice? How have others addressed this kind of issue? Any > suggestions are welcome. > There are a dozen or so ways

Re: [WiX-users] msi to exe

John Vottero wrote: We use iexpress to bundle everything into a self extracting executable. We then add a manifest to that executable and sign it. When the self extracting executable unpacks, it runs our bootstrapper which does all the detecting etc. and then invokes msiexec with the corre

Re: [WiX-users] Some questions about upgrade

Anton Filippov wrote: > Only .exe file not changed. My html and text files changed successfully. > Is intaller do checks for files version (inside file, not > installer) when install new version? Yes. MSI doesn't downgrade files unless you do a major upgrade to remove the old version first. Als

Re: [WiX-users] Reset button in CustomizeDlg doesn't reset Location Text

Ben Kaizi-Lutu wrote: I really wanted this to work. Is there a way that I can change the Feature location e.g through a custom action? You should be able to use a property-set CA for the directory/property each feature is assigned to. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Launching Web Page After Finish Dialog

Anthony Wieser wrote: I've seen ShellExecute recommended as the way to do this, but what's wrong with doing it like this instead? Nothing "wrong" per se -- it's definitely better than getting a console window using cmd.exe. That said, in addition to Rene's points, I prefer explicit over impli

Re: [WiX-users] Install config files based on language

I would like to avoid warnings as well as errors. The languages themselves are in separate folders (we use XML files instead of Satellite assemblies for reasons unknown to me.) The problem lies in that the app.config file designates which language is in force. The user gets to choose this language

Re: [WiX-users] Set Property2 if Property1 is set...

Windows Installer doesn't really have the concept of boolean values. You'd want to make the condition to be based on whether the property was equal or not equal to the string "True". Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Rob, > > That works. Thanks. > > So to toggle the value, I did the what you s

Re: [WiX-users] Some questions about upgrade

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