Re: [WiX-users] wix variable help...

2007-06-29 Thread Jeremy Breiding
thanks, what about module/id? Bob Arnson wrote: > Jeremy Breiding wrote: >> I would like to use the packagecode generation built into the >> compiler. > > Package codes aren't generated until bind time, so they're not > available during compilation. > --

Re: [WiX-users] wix variable help...

2007-06-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Jeremy Breiding wrote: > I would like to use the packagecode generation built into the compiler. > Package codes aren't generated until bind time, so they're not available during compilation. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Incorporating vjredist.exe in a WiX Project

2007-06-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Pierson Lee (Volt) wrote: I actually want to run it during if it isn't installed, but I can't seem to do that. You can't install multiple packages in the same transaction. You need a chainer/bootstrapper to install multiple packages. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Feature selections being ignored.

2007-06-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Tony Johnson wrote: I have a setup that has multiple components which are then wrapped up into different features (3 features in total). The problem is, when I launch my MSI, select custom, turn on only the features I want, everything is still installed regardless of my selections. Anyone any

Re: [WiX-users] Incorporating vjredist.exe in a WiX Project

2007-06-29 Thread Pierson Lee (Volt)
I actually want to run it during if it isn't installed, but I can't seem to do that. From: Francis Kam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 4:59 PM To: Pierson Lee (Volt) Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Incorporating vjredist.exe in a WiX Project Why

Re: [WiX-users] Incorporating vjredist.exe in a WiX Project

2007-06-29 Thread Francis Kam
Why do you want to run it after? Anyway, you might look into creating a bootstrapper and using that to tie the two installers together. -Francis On 6/29/07, Pierson Lee (Volt) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi- I am having difficulty forcing an installation of vjredist.exe (Microsoft Visual J

[WiX-users] Incorporating vjredist.exe in a WiX Project

2007-06-29 Thread Pierson Lee (Volt)
Hi- I am having difficulty forcing an installation of vjredist.exe (Microsoft Visual J# .NET 2.0 Redistributable package) with my MSI. Currently, its checking to see if the registry entry is there, then it calls it for a silent install. I'm getting an error telling me that I already have a wind

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Re: [WiX-users] Conditional Feature installation

2007-06-29 Thread Jason Shay
Perfect. I had a feeling I was trying to make something simple into something complicated J Jason From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 3:30 PM To: Jason Shay; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Conditional Feature installation The Migra

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Gac Assembly Install

2007-06-29 Thread Tony Wallulis
I am in a situation where all clients must use the latest version, so the -fv switch makes sense to me, I'll give that a shot. Thanks for your help Tony From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 3:24 PM To: Tony Wallulis; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional Feature installation

2007-06-29 Thread Mike Dimmick
The MigrateFeatureStates action is supposed to do that for you. Set UpgradeVersion/@MigrateFeatureStatus to 'yes' on the versions you want the migration to happen for. -- Mike Dimmick _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Shay Sent: 29 June 2007 2

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Gac Assembly Install

2007-06-29 Thread Mike Dimmick
If you want to replace a GAC assembly with an assembly of the same assembly version but a different file version, specify the -fv switch to light. However, in general you should plan for your GAC assemblies to be installed side-by-side, and upgrade the assembly version number. Only consider pub

Re: [WiX-users] wix variable help...

2007-06-29 Thread Mike Dimmick
If you need to refer to properties within a merge module from an installer which consumes that merge module, you should tell WiX not to modularize that property. You do this with the SuppressModularization attribute. There are a number of other elements which have a SuppressModularization attribut

[WiX-users] Conditional Feature installation

2007-06-29 Thread Jason Shay
I'm making a WIX install with 2 features: FEATURE_A (installs by default) FEATURE_B (does not install by default) My "upgrade" scenario is a new product and package ID for every version. My desired behavior is that in any upgrade scenario, the default feature set

[WiX-users] Wix Gac Assembly Install

2007-06-29 Thread Tony Wallulis
Hey, I have a few assemblies as part of my project that are shared by multiple products. Currently, when we want to upgrade one product (of the many), we need to uninstall all existing MSI's so all shared gac assemblies are removed and then reinstall all needed MSI's. I'm curious if there's a

[WiX-users] wix variable help...

2007-06-29 Thread Jeremy Breiding
I would like to use the packagecode generation built into the compiler. However because of some of my customizations I have to hard code the packagecode because this is needed to identify some components of the msm. Is there a way to access the generated one via $(var.packagecode), which actua

[WiX-users] Installing MSI with external Cabs through Group Policy

2007-06-29 Thread Vincent Ho
I'm new to WiX and I wanted to know if there are anything special I should know if I want to deploy my installer, which depends on multiple external CAB files, though group policy. I've been researching, if I run "msiexec /a" command, it only copies the MSI package and not the CABs. Currently, I'

Re: [WiX-users] Best Way to Include MSVCRT 80 Dependencies

2007-06-29 Thread John Hall
Steve, What's the best way to include the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 CRT dependencies? I want to include the debug versions for my debug build. I've tried using the standard MSM files but I get a bunch of warnings. I have the following WXS code: This blog entry: http://blogs.msdn.com

Re: [WiX-users] Best Way to Include MSVCRT 80 Dependencies

2007-06-29 Thread John Hall
> We just install the redistributables alongside our main exes. > Not sure you're allowed to do that for the debug versions, though. The EULA prohibits redistributing the debug versions according to this: http://blogs.msdn.com/nikolad/archive/2005/09/02/running-c-application-b uilt-by-vc-expres

Re: [WiX-users] votive project reference to wixlib

2007-06-29 Thread Steve Baker
I'll take some time to enter something into tracker this weekend, i want to make sure i understand it well enough. for now what would be the best way to break out some of the common functionality that needs to share preprocessor variables. i am creating about a dozen msi's and have quite a bit

Re: [WiX-users] Best Way to Include MSVCRT 80 Dependencies

2007-06-29 Thread Rob Hamflett
We just install the redistributables alongside our main exes. Not sure you're allowed to do that for the debug versions, though. Rob Steve Bush wrote: > Unfortunately, I’m not in a position to recompile all of the code to > remove the CRT dependency. Sometimes you have to play the hand you’r

Re: [WiX-users] votive project reference to wixlib

2007-06-29 Thread Steve Baker
As usually happens to me... as soon as i posted this yesterday i found the problem. because i switched to referencing the wixlib file directly the project dependency order was lost and the votive project was building before the application. sorry about the dumb post. -

Re: [WiX-users] Best Way to Include MSVCRT 80 Dependencies

2007-06-29 Thread Steve Bush
Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to recompile all of the code to remove the CRT dependency. Sometimes you have to play the hand you're dealt. I've done the web searching route and find a lot of conflicting info. Any pointers would be appreciated. From: Rob Mensching Sent: Friday, June 29

Re: [WiX-users] Best Way to Include MSVCRT 80 Dependencies

2007-06-29 Thread Rob Mensching
IMHO: statically link against libcmt so you don't have the dependency. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Bush Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 9:04 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Best Way to Include MSVCRT 80 Dependencies What's the b

[WiX-users] Best Way to Include MSVCRT 80 Dependencies

2007-06-29 Thread Steve Bush
What's the best way to include the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 CRT dependencies? I want to include the debug versions for my debug build. I've tried using the standard MSM files but I get a bunch of warnings. I have the following WXS code: **

Re: [WiX-users] Extensions and Schemas

2007-06-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Bob is correct. I haven't found a way to get XSD to do the validation as you want. It's unfortunate because it'd be nice for intelli-sense but in the end you want to have the check in your extension anyway because you can provide a much better error message than what XSD would give by default.

Re: [WiX-users] Question about writing custom actions...

2007-06-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Mike Dimmick wrote: The WiX custom actions perform their install/uninstall actions on a per-component basis by calling MsiGetComponentState. If the resource is currently installed locally or to run from source, and the action is to make it absent or removed, the uninstall tasks are performed.

Re: [WiX-users] Extensions and Schemas

2007-06-29 Thread Bob Arnson
K-ballo wrote: > I'm working on a very simple extension, and I have a question about the > schema. My main element will have Product as parent, and I would like to > limit the number of sibblings to just one, so only one instance of my > element can be used in a project. > How can I accomplish t

Re: [WiX-users] determine selected item in listbox

2007-06-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Stanislav Martinek wrote: Can anybody tell me how to determine which item is selected in listbox i fany? Check the property tied to the list box. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and components

2007-06-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Ward, Mike (MED US) wrote: > I think it pretty natural for someone to think the shortcuts would be > associated with the files here, not the component. Generally, that's true, but not with advertised shortcuts. > I think some of this is just result of laziness. I didn't see a reason > to put the

Re: [WiX-users] WIX

2007-06-29 Thread K-ballo
Your custom action is deferred, so you will have limited access to the database (the "CustomActionData" property only pretty much). Check the WiX sources for examples on how to work with it. K-ballo.- [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > Hi > I have problems with custom action and dll. > > My .

[WiX-users] WIX

2007-06-29 Thread aashish_raina
Hi I have problems with custom action and dll. My .wxs file has 2 custom actions which are calling a dll and its function and passing a PROPERTY's value as a parameter to the dll. Vc++ dll(win 32) .The dll is calling a function msigetproperty(,,Buffer,). This buf