Hi All!
I have error on uninstall if some files in my install dir are deleted
manually (for example).
When I execute install.msi, I've following message: Another version of this
product is already installed...
If I try uninstall throught Add|Remove Prg, system promt me select install
source (but
Thanks bob. Yes I think the cab file only having one of the ID's per case is
exactly the problem. I have added your comment to the bug... 1759273
Jimbo
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon 7/23/2007 10:27 PM
To: Collins, James
Cc: wix-users@lis
Thanks bob. Yes I think the cab file only having one of the ID's per case is
exactly the problem. I have added your comment to the bug... 1759273
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Sriram Vasudevan wrote:
I notice that the quiet execution custom action (as described in
Wix.chm) requires wixca.dll, and the binary is removed for Wix3.0. Any
reasons why? How do I invoke a custom action that doesn't show a cmd
window on Wix3.0?
WiX v3 includes wixca.dll embedded in WixU
Collins, James wrote:
This seems to be an issue with heat.exe. For the files that are
incorrect, it appears that I have multiple components of the same name
It's a two-fer bug: Heat sees them as distinct IDs and Light doesn't
complain. (CAB files can't have IDs that dif
Ward, Mike (MED US) wrote:
I have two non-advertised shortcuts, each in a separate component. My
installer always installs these shortcuts in the opposite order I
want. I tried reordering statements without avail. It there a way to
control the order of shortcuts in the All Programs\Application
Magus wrote:
> I just reciently found out that it might not be possible to use Unicode and I
> would need to use code pages :( . I've been working with this about a year
> now. I really don't understand the whole code page thing and all the
> strings I need are using Unicode. I really have no id
Hasan Zaidi wrote:
> but when I run the installer, I get a FileNotFoundException thrown. When I
> debug the error it mentions one of my DLLs but I had a look at the directory
> containing my service (c:\Program Files\My Program\) and the DLL seems to be
> there. Does anyone know what the problem
Rob Wickham wrote:
We are getting errors stating "Assembly tag is not supported". Where
can we get the story on how to deliver additional assembly (GAC'd)
files (not originally in the RTM product) via an MSP?
What is producing the errors? Is it a WiX tool?
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John Hall wrote:
DEBUG: Error 2711: The specified Feature name ('Merge.MFC') not
found in Feature Table.
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this
package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error
code is 2711. The arguments are: Merge
davemave wrote:
> The msi installs succesfull, but I cannot find the service in the
> Services.msc snap-in.
> What's missing?
>
Check a verbose log to make sure the component is being installed and
the service registered.
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Martin Evans wrote:
It would appear that the Light.exe cmd run by MSBuild does not contain
the -culture information because when I do the following it is OK.
Light.exe -ext "WixUIExtension.dll" -cultures:en-us -out "c:\Web UI
Setup.msi" C:\...\WebUiSetup.wixobj
Stabbing in the dark a bit
Bob mentioned the other day that those custom actions are now moved to
WixUtilExtension.dll
The sample element should look like this
Nat
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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 8:24 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sour
Hi,
I notice that the quiet execution custom action (as described in
Wix.chm) requires wixca.dll, and the binary is removed for Wix3.0. Any
reasons why? How do I invoke a custom action that doesn't show a cmd
window on Wix3.0?
Thanks!
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Hey all I have some more information...
This seems to be an issue with heat.exe. For the files that are
incorrect, it appears that I have multiple components of the same
name
ComponentSearch/@Guid is the value of the Component/@Guid you want to search
for, known as the Component ID. For both the x86 and x64 SQL products, I
recommend you open each MSI and find that file in the File table. Take note of
the Component_ column in the File table for sqlserver.exe in each,
Hi all,
I have a merge module with lots and lots of files. Some of
these files have the same name eg. "Styles.css" but of course each
contain different contents and are located in different folders
throughout the module. The problem I have found is that after I install
the files and
I just reciently found out that it might not be possible to use Unicode and I
would need to use code pages :( . I've been working with this about a year
now. I really don't understand the whole code page thing and all the
strings I need are using Unicode. I really have no idea what I am doing o
My understanding is that the order that shortcuts appear is usually
alphabetical. But ultimately it is a user-setting. Schortcut groups are
just folders and I believe that the arrange by setting applies.
- Brett
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I have two non-advertised shortcuts, each in a separate component. My
installer always installs these shortcuts in the opposite order I want.
I tried reordering statements without avail. It there a way to control
the order of shortcuts in the All Programs\Application folder?
SIEMENS
Image & Kn
Have you verified that the component GUID is the same for the 64-bit component?
Heath Stewart
Technical Lead
Deployment Technologies Group, Microsoft
http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths
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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 12:45 PM
To:
Isn't the ComponentSearch Guid value an arbitrary ID in this case? The
FileSearch sets the value of the SQLSERVER property based on the file version
of "sqlservr.exe". This isn't a file we're installing, it's the main SQL
runtime which is required to already exist on the box.
I tried searchin
The following FileSearch element works as expected on x86 machines but it
doesn't work on x64 machines, with 64bit SQL, even though the file version of
sqlservr.exe appears to be the same. Does FileSearch not support x64? Is
there a trick to make it work?
In effect, Windows Installer makes two passes over the actions in between
InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize. In the first pass, by the client
process that called MsiDoAction (which is msiexec.exe if you just ran an
.msi from Explorer), the installer writes out a script for the tasks each
standa
Use the ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT property.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367750.aspx
-Brian Simoneau
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(MED US)
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 1:59 PM
To: wix-
My team is currently converting our internal tool that is based on msimsp (WiX
1.0) to use WiX 2.0.
One issue we wanted to correct is how our internal tool is able to insert a new
assembly into the BOM during the creation of the MSP. Currently it handles
only native code binaries for this scen
Well success has its problems I suppose. I rewrote our installer in WiX.
After many stumbles, some of which you have been witness to here, I have
an installer that everyone loves. In fact, another group wants to
incorporate my installer into their installer. I explained to them that
calling instal
I don't think that is what you want. I think that
is used when you want to verify the signature of an external resource
(CAB file etc).
Sign your msi's with SIGNTOOL.EXE, the MSBuild SignFile task or
PowerShell's Set-AuthenticodeSignature cmdlet.
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Hi,
I've written the following to start a Windows service:
<*Component* Id='ServiceExeComponent'
Guid='12345678-D752-4C4F-942A-657B02AE8325'
SharedDllRefCount='no' KeyPath='no' NeverOverwrite='no' Permanent='no'
Transitive='no'
Win64='no' Location='either'>
<*File* Id='ServiceExeFile' Na
Hi everyone.
I'm using CustomActions to modify some files after installation. But I
don't really understand the order in which the actions are done.
In my source wxs, I have declared some elements, a
, a Name="APM_WEBSERVICE" Wait="yes" Start="install" /> and some custom
actions. The sequen
I downloaded the latest 3.0 "release" and when I attempt to install the
project aggregator MSI windows gives me an error message "A network error
occurred while attempting to read from the file C:\ProjectAggregator2.msi"
There are a couple odd things about this. For one, access to my local "C"
d
Bob,
I had not thought to try this locally outside VS and yes I do get the same
errors. I copied the light.exe cmd from the TFS build log and tried the
same:
Light.exe -ext "WixUIExtension.dll" -out "c:\Web UI Setup.msi"
C:\\WebUiSetup.wixobj
It would appear that the Light.exe cmd run by
Hi,
I tried to use a FeatureGroup to group some dependent merge modules
together, but it didn't work, so I would like to check that I was using
the correctly. I have something like the following in a Fragment:
I'm relatively new to Widows Installer and WiX and am attempting to create
a signed installer. I've added the following to my wxs file:
Candle and Light run successfully without errors or warnings but the
resulting MSI file does not appear to be signed. Is this just signing the
cab
I've tried to install a service through the next peice of wix:
The msi installs succesfull, but I cannot find the service in the
Services.msc snap-in.
What's missing?
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On 7/23/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> bryan rasmussen wrote:
> candle.exe -out examples\wixui\TestMinimal.wixobj
> examples\wixui\Testminimal.wxs
>
> light.exe -out test20070723001.msi
> examples\wixui\TestMinimal.wixobj
>
>
> Your light.exe command also needs to include wixui.wi
Martin Evans wrote:
C:\delivery\Dev\wix_public\src\ext\uiextension\wixlib\BrowseDlg.wxs(18):
error LGHT0102: The localization variable !(loc.WixUIOK) is unknown.
Please ensure the variable is defined.
Is that the only error you get? Does it build correctly on your local
machine outside VS?
Ian Stevenson wrote:
> I'm just wondering if there is an easier way to do this. You see, the
> product I'm installing has many directories containing files. My current
> understanding is that seeing 'Component' elements can not have
> 'Directory' elements as children, I must create a new component
Anidil wrote:
> I want to create a registry entry after the application is installed.How do i
> get this functionality in the same msi?
>
What do you mean by "after the application is installed"?
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bryan rasmussen wrote:
candle.exe -out examples\wixui\TestMinimal.wixobj examples\wixui\Testminimal.wxs
light.exe -out test20070723001.msi examples\wixui\TestMinimal.wixobj
Your light.exe command also needs to include wixui.wixlib, per the doc:
How to add a WixUI stock dialog set to
> Is this possible? Ie. is there a way to reduce the number of
> components I must have? Or is the way I'm currently doing it
> the most efficient way to do multiple directories?
Sadly a component can only contain files in one directory.
You could use heat to automate the gathering of the files
Hello,
This is almost certainly an msi related issue but I thought I'd see if
anyone has run into the same problem.
We use Wix to author 8 merge modules and use InstallShield for the main
installation (soon to be entirely Wix). Sometime in the last week we've
started getting the following
This is my first post, so please bear with me.
I'm using weekly build 3.0.3113.0 but have tried the previous two/three
weekly builds.
When I build locally in Visual Studio all is well, but when we do a
continuous integration build using MS build on our buildserver I get the
following:
C:\deli
Hi There,
I'm just wondering if there is an easier way to do this. You see, the
product I'm installing has many directories containing files. My current
understanding is that seeing 'Component' elements can not have
'Directory' elements as children, I must create a new component for
every director
I want to create a registry entry after the application is installed.How do i
get this functionality in the same msi?
TIA
Andy
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AFAIK you can't. What you can do, is change property values at runtime,
like this:
test
And of course, giving the custom action a proper sequence. However, this
may or may not work according to how you use the variable at your
project. How are you intending to use that var, and what do
Lingappa,
Attached are two files: PackageTree.cs, a custom task that generates an
XML file containing a WiX fragment, and metadata.cs an auxilary class
that handles the GUIDS. The code is still a bit rough around the edges,
but works fine.
A .metadata.xml file is created in every subdirectory t
I guess that's the idea, going by the docs where I find this
By default, WixUI doesn't include any translated Error or ProgressText
elements by default. You can include them by referencing the
WixUI_ErrorProgressText UI element:
unfortunately when I use that in place of the
which was in the
How can I set a variable at setup runtime with a custom action?
The definition of the variable:
Now I want to change the variable value from "test" to a global property
value. How to do so?
Please help me!
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Well, I'm using wix-2.0.5325, which on sourceforge is described as WiX
v2 (stable), whereas the newer version is Wix development.
So given that, my UIRef should be
?
Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen
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> bryan rasmussen wrote:
> > oh I noticed I had chang
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