Re: [WiX-users] Error while parsing

Use the -loc option before WixUI_en-us.wxl. I'm not sure where this is in the UI - look for 'Localization File' or similar. It's not a regular input to light. -- Mike Dimmick _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chandan Koushik Sent: 08 August 2007 07:

Re: [WiX-users] Error while parsing

Hi , Thanks for the reply, I have already attached the WixUI.wixlib file but still it does not rectify the problem. Note: List of files attached as references to product.wxs files are WixUI.wixlib WixUI_en- us.wxl sca.wixlib Regards, Chandan Koushik ___

[WiX-users] Error while parsing

Hello, You should also reference WixUI.wixlib. Regards Matthieu 2007/8/8, chandan Koushik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, >I am using vs2005(with wix 2.0.5325.0) to create wxs files and there > when i add a reference to WixUI_en-us.wxl file and build it i get the > following error > > Error

[WiX-users] Error while parsing

Hi, I am using vs2005(with wix 2.0.5325.0) to create wxs files and there when i add a reference to WixUI_en-us.wxl file and build it i get the following error Error 1 Invalid output file, detail: Error while parsing: The xml document element was expected to be tableDefinitions, but

Re: [WiX-users] looking for a less time consuming Multilanguage installer

Magus wrote: > Building 1 language takes ~ an hour > 26 * 1 hour = >1day to make an installer That works for all said languages > The only thing different between the installers is the > ProgressText/UIText/ErrorText/Some Properties. > The Msi itself doesn't embed the Files it will be installing. (

Re: [WiX-users] installDirDlg

Mark Line wrote: Using the standard InstallDirDlg setup is there anyway to set a default value on the installDir which shows on the UI, as it shows C:\ however if its not changed it seems to install everything to a different DIR Can you post your Directory hierarchy? If you point WIXUI_IN

Re: [WiX-users] Wix branding

The same topic in the v3 WiX.chm describes the different approach required for WiX v3's WixUI library. Mark Line wrote: Replacing the stock bitmaps The WixUI dialog library includes stock bitmaps for the background of the welcome and installation-complete dialogs and the top banner of

[WiX-users] McAfee GroupShield Alert (INSAD OFFICE)

McAfee GroupShield™ Alert McAfee GroupShield discovered a problem with the following email. See your system administrator for further information. Date/Time sent: 08 Aug 2007 01:06:42 Subject line: SPAM [WiX-users] You've received a greeting card from a Colleague! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[WiX-users] installDirDlg

Using the standard InstallDirDlg setup is there anyway to set a default value on the installDir which shows on the UI, as it shows C:\ however if its not changed it seems to install everything to a different DIR- This SF.

Re: [WiX-users] Goodbye fragmentref - how to replace?

My recommendation would be to either put this authoring as a child of your element or use a wxi (wix include) to pull it in from an external file. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Tavares Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:35 PM To: w

Re: [WiX-users] custom action python

Hi Oli Many thanks for all your help, I really appreciate it, was really stuck! My final code was this if anyone wondered PythonF3 and mCoreF188 are the correct files for python.exe and service.pyo, i just had to add quotes round it, took a while because the python code needed an environme

[WiX-users] Goodbye fragmentref - how to replace?

I have the following fragment in my WiX 2 installer: In my main .wxs file, I used a FragmentRef to pull in these sequences. That won't work, of course, on WiX 3. So what do I do? There's no InstallExecuteSequenceRef that I

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with registering COM dll

In general, you should use [#fileid] rather than constructing a string based on TARGETDIR or INSTALLDIR, if you're installing the file you're referencing. Here, however, the .NET Framework is expecting a URL, using the file: scheme. -- Mike Dimmick _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [

Re: [WiX-users] DLLs and uninstalls

If things aren't being uninstalled, it's typically because Windows Installer still thinks they're referenced. Assuming you haven't marked the components as Permanent - in which case Windows Installer will never remove them - it's probably the legacy shared DLL reference count. Whatever you used to

[WiX-users] looking for a less time consuming Multilanguage installer

Ok so I have 13 different languages I need to make installers for All and I need to build them in both X86 and X64 versions (26 Installers). The installers contain the exact same Features nothing different in them at all, and the features contain the exact same components and components contain t

Re: [WiX-users] Wix branding

Replacing the stock bitmaps The WixUI dialog library includes stock bitmaps for the background of the welcome and installation-complete dialogs and the top banner of the other dialogs. You can "override" those graphics with your own for product-branding purposes. To replace stock bitmaps, add th

[WiX-users] Wix branding

Hi All, I was looking into changing the 2 bitmaps (top banner and the dialog bitmap) and got a feeling I need to re-write the UI in XML in order to get those in. I have an InstallDir type of UI, and I don't want to change anything else, just have 2 custom bitmaps. Is there a fast way to achieve

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut problem.

I think you may have to define Advertised="no" (I think 'yes' is the default if undefined) else the shortcut creation will attempt to make a shortcut to the component's keypath, which isn't a file and so may choose not to make one (as you've seen). Cheers, Gareth -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Informational Registry key for windows products

Thanks Alexei Got it working by using the ARP properties...appreciate :)) Alexei wrote: > > Not too sure about this one either but you can set a bunch of properties > in the MSI, which as far as I can tell correspond to (at least some of) > these entries. > Have a look on http://www.tramontana

Re: [WiX-users] custom action python

Hi, please make sure, that "python.exe" equals the id-tag of that file in your setup. If your file-tag looks like this: Then the custom action should look like this: Oli - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc.

Re: [WiX-users] Beginning Question

Thanks all, I was a little confused I was thinking that Wix and MSBuild did basically the same thing and you could use one or the other. Sorry Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > jcafaro10 wrote: >> Well I think how it works is the version number is stored somewhere so we >> need to check it out to modif

Re: [WiX-users] custom action python

whoops got it compile now, though i get the following error Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: installMTMAgentService, location: C:\Progra

[WiX-users] Shortcut problem.

Wix Gurus Out there, I am trying to create a shortcut for an existing file"net.exe" in the Windows/system32 directory. I am not packaging this file with the install shield. I want just use this file to run Tomcat. I am using the following code. This looks like simple, however when I run the inst

Re: [WiX-users] custom action python

it wont compile with the code show below I'm using Wix 2 by the way what does [#name] mean? - Original Message - From: Mailinglist To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom action python Try it like

Re: [WiX-users] custom action python

Try it like this: Oli - Original Message - From: Matthieu RUNTZ To: Mark Line Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom ac

Re: [WiX-users] custom action python

that still doesn't appear to work, this is what i use i get the following in my log Action start 13:42:34: installMTMAgentService. Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support pers

Re: [WiX-users] How to organize debug/release builds using the same WiX script (.wxs)

Hi, We use a variable with current build passed into wix. Therefore you can enter "Build=$(Configuration)" on the Build/Link Tab of the .wixproj properties page. With that, you are able to add debug stuff like this: Oli -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: [WiX-users] Informational Registry key for windows products

Not too sure about this one either but you can set a bunch of properties in the MSI, which as far as I can tell correspond to (at least some of) these entries. Have a look on http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson5.php#5.8 here again. Anidil wrote: > > Ok..i see that this entry getting creat

[WiX-users] How to organize debug/release builds using the same WiX script (.wxs)

To overcome some problems with a standard Visual Studio 2005 setup project I have migrated it into WiX worlds. Everything seems to work fine but I don't know how to produce two versions of builds: debug build and release build. My current version of the script can be only used to create a DEBU

Re: [WiX-users] MSBuild / localisation variable problem - culture information not passed in???

My error. I only configured the cultures setting in debug version. On build server it builds release versions. Problem solved /Baldie Baldie wrote: > > Did this issue get resolved? I have the same problem. > > I have a solution containing a Wix project. The wixproj file contains the > en-US e

Re: [WiX-users] custom action python

Hello, If the python.exe file and the service.pyc file are integrated in the Wix file, you can use the following code : Regards, Matthieu 2007/8/7, Mark Line <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > i'm trying to call a python script after the install via a custom action > > this is the code which i

Re: [WiX-users] Informational Registry key for windows products

Ok..i see that this entry getting created automatically when i run the MSI.and it takes the GUID i have specified in the tag But i have a custom set of registry values to be created under this path as you can see in the screen shot..where do i define these entries? as a seperate component like th

Re: [WiX-users] MessageQueue problem...

I have a feeling this has been mentioned before and that I have forgot about it. I wasn't able to find a bug about it. So if you have some repro steps it would be awesome if you could file a but on SourceForge about this issue. I'll try to have a look at this as soon as time permits. Thanks, Fr

[WiX-users] custom action python

Hi, i'm trying to call a python script after the install via a custom action this is the code which i have however the problem is that the exeCommand is read by python as one long file name, so i believe this is being passed to the command line >"c:\Program Files\Abilisoft\mtm\thirdParty

Re: [WiX-users] Informational Registry key for windows products

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Windows Installer will create these keys for you. All that you would need to do would be to supply a GUID for the application that you are installing. The first chapter http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ here should help you out with this. There i

[WiX-users] Informational Registry key for windows products

I have a problem creating the additional registry entries under the following path that must be made during the installation to support the MS Windows Logo requirements. “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{GUID}" For every product,i see these entries under the

[WiX-users] DLLs and uninstalls

Hey guys, I'm still struggling installing some DLLs...well - uninstalling some DLLs I've managed to get the fragments out of tallow, and to link my installer and it even seems to work. However when I uninstall the application the registry entries remain, and the files aren't removed from the WIND

Re: [WiX-users] Beginning Question

> You're doing it too late indeed. During msbuild > (BeforeCompile?) grasp the build version and write it to a > (new?) wxs file. Then add that wxs file to your Compile > itemgroup to get it compiled (and linked) to an msi. An easier way is to create a custom MSBuild task to get the version nu

[WiX-users] WiX Product Version - Installer Version Vs Software Version

Hi, In WiX - the installer version is defined in Product Node - Version attribute and this information is also visible in Add / Remove programs - version column after installation.. For some application such as ORCA / Internet Explorer - the version mentioned in the Add / Remove Programs (insta

Re: [WiX-users] looking for a tag

Or use the comandlinetool heat (wix 3.0) or tallow (wix 2.0)? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthieu RUNTZ Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 8:52 AM To: Ravit Shapira Cc: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] look

[WiX-users] Beginning Question

That link should help you : http://weblogs.asp.net/bradleyb/archive/2005/12/02/432150.aspx Regards Matthieu 2007/8/7, Schrieken, Rene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You're doing it too late indeed. During msbuild (BeforeCompile?) grasp > the build version and write it to a (new?) wxs file. Then add th

Re: [WiX-users] Beginning Question

You're doing it too late indeed. During msbuild (BeforeCompile?) grasp the build version and write it to a (new?) wxs file. Then add that wxs file to your Compile itemgroup to get it compiled (and linked) to an msi. Although wix and msbuild/nant follow a declarative style of getting things done,