Re: [WiX-users] Error using WixVariable

plz tell me how to assign values to variables this is initialization now i want a=22; how should we do it. DISCLAIMER == This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is the property of Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd. It is intended only for the use of the i

[WiX-users] Silent Custom Installation

Hi, Is there any way to do custom installation in quiet mode. I have 3 features in my msi. I want to provide the user to be able to install only one of those features on several machines using silent installation. Is it possible?? If so how ? What changes must I do in my wix code ? Thanks and R

[WiX-users] Need Help regarding Error Table

Hi I have created a MSI using WIX. I checked the MSI using ORCA and found that there is no 'Error' table in that MSI. 1> Doesn't WIX create an Error table populated by the Error messages itself ? 2> What extra steps should we do to get this Error table populated by Error Messages? Thanks an

[WiX-users] Setting UILevel in Wix

> Hi, > > Is there a way to set UILevel to 5, so uninstall can always run in > "Full UI" mode? > > The reason for this is I need to disable the Ignore button in the > FilesInUse dialog, but the change is only reflected in Full UI mode. > > Uninstalling from Add/Remove Program will still show th

Re: [WiX-users] Fw: deffered custom actions

actually i am selection a value from radio button (Architecture ) which is (x86)(x64). Now i want to send this selected value through my Property to my Dll. I tried that publish ,,It helped partially.. what happened is that i have in my radio button 1 for x86 2 for x64 I

Re: [WiX-users] Installed App Fails To Launch When Non-Default Directory Is Chosen

McGoogus McGrapple wrote: > YES! That was it! Thank you so much. I've been banging my head > against a wall on this one for a while. I couldn't for the life of me > find a solution on the net. Below is the changed markup in my exit > dialog for any who experience the same issue. (I saw a l

Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 - Any ideas ?

DexterSinister wrote: > For now, I'm going back to v2.0.5213.0 ... since the merge module > issue is more important to me than the other fixes that differentiate > the two releases. > I mention it because we have no plans to revert back to the old version of the SDK -- in fact, we'll likely ke

Re: [WiX-users] version numbering

Simon Dahlbacka wrote: And no, I don't have any good answer to your question other than looking in docs and "trial and horror" On 7/3/07, * Patrick Steele* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Ah! I see. Ok so how do I know what version I require? I'm usi

Re: [WiX-users] where to download msival2.exe?

Charles Wan-Calo wrote: > I was trying to download msival2.exe to check my installer. You can get the same effect from smoke.exe in WiX v3. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Expr

Re: [WiX-users] How to debug a CustomAction 1723 error on dll invocation?

Does your CustomAction have dependencies on the machine that get removed during uninstall? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carter Sanders Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:25 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to debug a CustomAction 1723

Re: [WiX-users] Feature Install Level base on external CABs

AFAIK, No. Admin images are always exploded. You scenario is a little unusual. I'm a little surprised it works as well as it does. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vincent Ho Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:26 PM To: wix-users@lists.so

Re: [WiX-users] where to download msival2.exe?

Thanks! I found it. BTW, the installer ran so fast (or was it because I clicked "Next" too fast?) that I didn't see where the install dir was. I had to do a search to find it. The install dir was C:\Program Files\msival2 -

Re: [WiX-users] How do I submit code? Do you want my changes?

Rob Thank you for taking the time to respond to my little rant J and for adding my code change to the release (hopefully I will have more for you soon). Neil From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 June 2007 07:53 To: Neil Sleightholm; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Su

Re: [WiX-users] Error using WixVariable

Use a Type 51 Custom Action to set a property to a formatted value. Example: and schedule it somewhere in the UI sequence before your first dialog is shown, using the element. -- Mike Dimmick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 July 2007 20

Re: [WiX-users] Error using WixVariable

Does anyone know a good way to accomplish the following? I need the ProductName variable to be inside another property value. But I keep getting "Install [ProductName] to:" as the result. I've tried !(wix.ProductName) and got the same results. I am using version 2.0 (for arguments sakewe cann

Re: [WiX-users] Error using WixVariable

A.that'll do it. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 2:23 PM To: Mark Farmer; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Error using WixVariable WixVariable is new in WiX 3.0. Are you still using 2.0?

[WiX-users] Feature Install Level base on external CABs

Hi, I'm currently making an installer that uses multiple external CABs. Features are disabled depending on which CAB files are in the same directory as the MSI package. This way, I can have one MSI package and ship different set of CABs to each clients. So, for each CAB file I search for it in Ap

[WiX-users] How to debug a CustomAction 1723 error on dll invocation?

Hi- I have a custom action I execute on uninstall, and it fails popping a dialog saying "A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run" (from msiexec log)- MSI (s) (F8:18) [15:35:49:202]: Creating MSIHANDLE (2) of type 790542 for thread 1560 MSI (s) (F8:2C) [15:35:49:202]: Invokin

Re: [WiX-users] Error using WixVariable

WixVariable is new in WiX 3.0. Are you still using 2.0? Sorry, I don't know the exact version number in which WixVariable was added. -- Mike Dimmick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 July 2007 19:57 To: wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] where to download msival2.exe?

I downloaded the Windows 2003 Platform SDK from the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A55B6B43-E24F-4EA3-A93E-40C0EC4F68E5&displaylang=en After you installed it, there should be a MsiVal2.Msi under the Bin folder. Cheers, Vince Charles Wan-Calo wrote: >

[WiX-users] where to download msival2.exe?

Hi, All wix-users, I was trying to download msival2.exe to check my installer. I went to microsoft download center a few days ago. I spent a lot of time searching for "Installer SDK" for XP. All I could find was Developer SDKs for Vista. Finally I decided to download (BIG download) and install

[WiX-users] Error using WixVariable

I can't seem to figure out why I cannot use WixVariable. I keep getting : CNDL0005 : The Product element contains an unexpected child element 'WixVariable'. Any help is GREATLY appreciated. Regards, ~Mark -

Re: [WiX-users] selected features on major upgrade

Mike, that certainly does the trick. Thanks!!! On 7/3/07, Mike Dimmick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The MigrateFeatureStates action does this. You have to set MigrateFeatures to 'yes' in the corresponding UpgradeVersion element. I think it will only work if the features have the same names.

Re: [WiX-users] selected features on major upgrade

The MigrateFeatureStates action does this. You have to set MigrateFeatures to 'yes' in the corresponding UpgradeVersion element. I think it will only work if the features have the same names. WiX schedules the MigrateFeatureStates action in the UI and Execute sequences if at least one UpgradeVe

Re: [WiX-users] Installed App Fails To Launch When Non-Default Directory Is Chosen

YES! That was it! Thank you so much. I've been banging my head against a wall on this one for a while. I couldn't for the life of me find a solution on the net. Below is the changed markup in my exit dialog for any who experience the same issue. (I saw a lot of the same questions in multiple

Re: [WiX-users] Installing dotnet framework along with your MSI package

It should complete. You'll need to find the flags to do it silently but you are right, there is no guarantee when it will complete or that it will finish if it encounters an error. From: sanjay bhaskar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 6:13 PM To: Pierson Lee (Volt); wix-user

Re: [WiX-users] version numbering

please keep this on the mailinglist.. And no, I don't have any good answer to your question other than looking in docs and "trial and horror" On 7/3/07, Patrick Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ah! I see. Ok so how do I know what version I require? I'm using Wix v3. ---

[WiX-users] selected features on major upgrade

After re-writing our InstallShield installer in WiX, my team leader would like a major upgrade to default to the previously installed feature set as he seen with the IS installer. Is this something my WiX-based installer should be doing by default and I simply missed something? Or does it requir

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[WiX-users] Why isn't this registry entry removed

I need to remove a registry entry on install that may or may not exist. I found a thread on this forum that said a good way to do this is using this method, but it fails to remove the entry. What have I done wrong?

Re: [WiX-users] Error while trying to build with Crystal Reports XIr2 - Any ideas ?

Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > > Mergemod.dll is a black box so it's impossible to know exactly what's > different. WiX v3 also uses the Vista SDK so any problems are going to > affect it too. It's either a bug in mergemod.dll or bad merge modules. > > ** Thanks Bob ... I kinda figured th

Re: [WiX-users] Installed App Fails To Launch When Non-Default Directory Is Chosen

McGoogus McGrapple wrote: > If you look at the pasted mark up below you'll see that my executable > is put in the "C:\Program Files\MyAppDirectory\" directory unless the > user chooses a different directory. Then the value of INSTALLDIR is > changed. How are you changing it? You have to use Se

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Patch Creation

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Specified AllowRemoval to be yes. --I have Installer version 3 on my machine. --Both MSI's from which the patch was built have *InstallerVersion="300" *specified. --The patch only updates two existing files, it does not change the structure of the package. The actua

Re: [WiX-users] version numbering

yes, the @InstallerVersion attribute refers to the version of *Windows Installer* needed to install your package, not the version of your package so you shouldn't be changing that... On 7/3/07, Patrick Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for that! I defined some variables at the top of m

Re: [WiX-users] Fw: deffered custom actions

Post your questions on the list pls. There are more chances for you to get help. I'm not sure about that one, you can use a property for your control and reference it from your CA to check its value: You can refer ARCHITECTURE within the CA and check its value (1 or 2) then set another proper

Re: [WiX-users] version numbering

Thanks for that! I defined some variables at the top of my file like so: ... This works fine in all but one location. The Package InstallerVersion variable will complain that the attribute is invalid, as it expects a valid integer value. Any sugestions please short of hardcoding it? Tha

Re: [WiX-users] Fw: deffered custom actions

It might be something like that, but I'm not sure if it works: You need to publish a property from the control you use for dialog selection (or maybe you use Mondo already?) Now you can reference your CA_PATH (using the sugestions from my previous emails) within your CA. See if it

[WiX-users] Fw: deffered custom actions

So your MessageBox displays the name of the property (which is PATH) instead of "C:\Program Files\Product Name", right? Make sure your property is all upercase (like PATH and not Path or anything else). Dacian - Original Message From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: fior

Re: [WiX-users] deffered custom actions

Try something like this: ... ... Dacian - Original Message From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2007 10:50:26 AM Subject: [WiX-users] deffered custom actions i know how to send a property to my

[WiX-users] deffered custom actions

i know how to send a property to my dll and print it from message box. But now i want to pass the path which user has selected to my property and so that i get it in my dll. plz help. If any one knows ,in that case i can share the code. DISCLAIMER == This e-mail may contain p

Re: [WiX-users] ICE38 and ICE43 error messages - what am I doing wrong ?

Mike, Thanks for the info - great explanation. Cheers Tony _ From: Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 July 2007 20:22 To: 'Tony Johnson'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] ICE38 and ICE43 error messages - what am I doing wrong ? This