[WiX-users] Problems with shortcuts

2007-08-08 Thread Chandan Koushik
Hi all, I have developed a web application using VS2005 which is running fine .I packaged the application(named Product.msi) using wix2.0.5325.0 . I want to create the shortcut of the web application on the Desktop and on the Start menu from the iis, but the following code only create

Re: [WiX-users] Error 1625

2007-08-08 Thread Ravit Shapira
I want to add to my previous email that I searched for the value "DisableMSI" and it doesn't exist in the registry, which means that the Installer is always enabled. So, I think that "DisableMSI" is not the cause of my problem. Thanks, Ravit From: Ravit Shapira S

[WiX-users] Error 1625

2007-08-08 Thread Ravit Shapira
Hi, I'm trying to run a setup on a Win2k3 server and I get error no' 1625: "The system administrator has set the policies to prevent this installation". When I run the same setup on Vista it works. Currently the msi size is: 1.55 Giga Byte (I configured 5 cabs). Before that when it was 441MByte

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a new element using XmlFile

2007-08-08 Thread Ion Costco
Resending. Nobody encountered this? Thought it should be common... - Original Message - From: Ion Costco To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:48 PM Subject: [WiX-users] Adding a new element using XmlFile Hi! I have this statement belo

Re: [WiX-users] Adding debug assembly to the GAC

2007-08-08 Thread Wilson, Phil
You're right - when installing an assembly in the GAC there's an assumption that if the file is in the same component then it's part of the assembly manifest. Policy assemblies work like that way - the assembly is in the same component as the policy config file, and the config file is named in the

[WiX-users] Run program after installation

2007-08-08 Thread John Lalande
Following the steps outlined at the excellent tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson8.php#8.6 works great unless the user changes the installation directory from the default. When going down the happy path the log says that the LaunchFile custom action returns 0 and the program starts.

[WiX-users] Registering an EXE via a Custom Action

2007-08-08 Thread Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US)
Hello All, I'm building an MSI using WiX3, and I'm encountering a problem: I've a custom action: It is sequenced to be executed after 'InstallFinalize'. (Actually, it is sequenced before another custom action that is sequenced to run after 'InstallFinalize'.) The problem I encounter is that

[WiX-users] Conditional Statement Problem

2007-08-08 Thread Schuett, Michael (VMC)
Hello, I'm reading a DWORD value from the registry using RegistrySearch. (WiX 3.0.2925.0) I understand DA_VER is an empty string if "Version" isn't found. If it is found, DA_VER will start with '#' followed by the value of Version. I want to bail out of the install if the DWORD value d

[WiX-users] Adding debug assembly to the GAC

2007-08-08 Thread Brian Poploskie
I've split up my debug and release versions of my installers to make maintenance and building easier. I just build and link different wxs files depending on which version I want to build. The components have the same names in the different versions of the files, but the debug ones have the pdb fi

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

2007-08-08 Thread Magus
Right now it doens't because the people I work with don't seem to realize that a file greater than 2 gb is a bad idea. Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > 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 di

Re: [WiX-users] [Wax-users] Shortcut and tools (was:Hi Rob and all)

2007-08-08 Thread Venkatesh Malepati
Thank you.. Venkat -Original Message- From: Schrieken, Rene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:11 PM To: Venkatesh Malepati; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Shortcut and tools (was:Hi Rob and all) The Windows Installer tools: You're

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut and tools (was:Hi Rob and all)

2007-08-08 Thread Schrieken, Rene
The Windows Installer tools: You're probably interseted in msival2.exe and/or Orca.exe. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372834.aspx Notepad is a fine tool but there are some other specialized IDE like tools: http://wixedit.sourceforge.net/ PS: I forget a / __

Re: [WiX-users] DLLs and uninstalls

2007-08-08 Thread Wilson, Phil
See if the log contains any of this type of thing: MSI (s) (CC:24) [13:58:42:909]: Disallowing uninstallation of component: {15239D33-DAE9-46F3-BD59-264A2068B3BC} since another client exists They'll be before those Action: Null reports (which is why they might be saying null). Phil Wilson

Re: [WiX-users] Hi Rob and all

2007-08-08 Thread Venkatesh Malepati
Are there any tools to validate?. I just use Notepad to edit. Thanks for your reply and I will try that. Venkat -Original Message- From: Schrieken, Rene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:02 PM To: Venkatesh Malepati; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: R

Re: [WiX-users] DLLs and uninstalls

2007-08-08 Thread Alexei
The uninstall log yields the following, which I believe to show the problem: MSI (s) (3C:D8) [17:52:54:296]: Doing action: InstallValidate MSI (s) (3C:D8) [17:52:54:296]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText Action ended 17:52:54: CostFinalize. Return value 1. MSI (s) (3C:D8) [17:52:54:296]: Feature:

Re: [WiX-users] checking registry entry

2007-08-08 Thread Frédéric Viollet
Bob Arnson a écrit : Frédéric Viollet wrote: -During install, I'd like to check for some registry entry (a DWORD. Lets call it "myDword"). Use RegistrySearch to set a property. Ok, but what if myDword doesn't exist? What does RegistrySearch return? -If myDword doesn't exist or is inferior t

Re: [WiX-users] How to remove a redundant ".\" from a directory name?

2007-08-08 Thread Levon Levonian
Some time ago I also needed a similar functionality (read a path from Registry and then go 2 levels up that path), but wasn't able to achieve that with the standard Wix means, so I ended up writing a Custom Action - just a simple VB script that reads the registry, parses the path to the format that

[WiX-users] Very-very magic stick

2007-08-08 Thread Edwina Garrett
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Re: [WiX-users] launch on exit

2007-08-08 Thread Mark Line
thats just what i was after many thanks Mark - Original Message - From: Andrew T Hopper To: Mark Line ; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:52 PM Subject: RE: [WiX-users] launch on exit You can launch an application at the end of a setup

Re: [WiX-users] Resetting of 'ALLUSERS' property

2007-08-08 Thread Richard.Foster
Bob effectively already answered that. The ALLUSERS property should not be set to anything by default. In your user interface, if the user chooses "Everyone", set ALLUSERS to 1. I can't remember off the top of my head if the ALLUSERS setting is persisted anywhere. If not, you may need t

Re: [WiX-users] Hi Rob and all

2007-08-08 Thread Schrieken, Rene
If you validate your msi you might find issues quicker. Add this: Change the Target attribute of your shortcut to read Target="[net]" From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Venkatesh Malepati Sent: Wednesday, August 08,

Re: [WiX-users] Resetting of 'ALLUSERS' property

2007-08-08 Thread Gautam Kaushal
Hi Bob, Well thanks for your feedback. So essentially 'ALLUSERS' property controls creating shortcuts for the users. But i was wondering if there's any way, using WIX toolset, for us to let the users choose if they want to install a shortcut for 'Everyone' or 'Just me'? Thanks Gautam On 8/8/07, B

Re: [WiX-users] KeyPath problem

2007-08-08 Thread Peter Marcu
When no keypath is specified, it uses the first resource in the component. In your case it was the first file. In order to remove that file you need to remove the entire component. Note, that if you remove a component, you have to remove the entire feature. Removing a keypath file using a patch

[WiX-users] KeyPath problem

2007-08-08 Thread Patrice Lamarche
Hello, I'm working with a patch. I receive this error D:\Disk_X\Setup1.wxs(23) : error PYRO0243 : Component 'comment_protect_once.pl_1' has a changed keypath . Patches cannot change the keypath of a component. Here my wxs

Re: [WiX-users] checking registry entry

2007-08-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Frédéric Viollet wrote: > -During install, I'd like to check for some registry entry (a DWORD. > Lets call it "myDword"). Use RegistrySearch to set a property. > -If myDword doesn't exist or is inferior to a given value x, then I > would like to create/set it to x. Use a custom action with a c

Re: [WiX-users] Resetting of 'ALLUSERS' property

2007-08-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Gautam Kaushal wrote: I'm developing an installation package for a project using WIX toolset. One of the requirements for the project is to let the end-user choose if they want to install the application for just one user or for everyone using the machine ( *Just me/Everyone*). First thing: T

Re: [WiX-users] DLLs and uninstalls

2007-08-08 Thread Bob Arnson
Alexei wrote: > 1) So how would I find out is Windows Installer is keeping a reference count > somewhere? > Create a verbose log when install and uninstall: msiexec /l*vx install.log /i mymsi.msi ... msiexec /l*vx uninstall.log /x mymsi.msi Then look for logging around the CostFinalize and In

Re: [WiX-users] launch on exit

2007-08-08 Thread Andrew T Hopper
You can launch an application at the end of a setup in a couple of ways, but here are two: Include the following custom action definition and set a property (I named mine SOMEMAGICPROPERTY, I’m sure you can come up with a better name) and call this CA after the files have been placed on the ha

[WiX-users] Resetting of 'ALLUSERS' property

2007-08-08 Thread Gautam Kaushal
Hi there, I'm developing an installation package for a project using WIX toolset. One of the requirements for the project is to let the end-user choose if they want to install the application for just one user or for everyone using the machine (*Just me/Everyone*). As per my research, i can expose

Re: [WiX-users] launch on exit

2007-08-08 Thread Mark Line
not really, i want something to be lunched after the installer is closed. - Original Message - From: Schrieken, Rene To: Mark Line ; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:14 PM Subject: RE: [WiX-users] launch on exit Does this do what you w

[WiX-users] Hi Rob and all

2007-08-08 Thread Venkatesh Malepati
Hi Rob, Is the user group is still there?. I was wondering why nobody is replying. This was my question ans I am trying hard to create a simple shortcut for net.exe. When I start from the cmd prompt the service runs. However, It is not working. I also tried to create a custom action like the follo

[WiX-users] Wix 3.0 and xxxFailureActionType (service installation)

2007-08-08 Thread Crusty Applesniffer
Hello, I'm using Wix3.0 and trying to define, during installation process, the default actions to be done when a service fails. http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";

[WiX-users] How to remove a redundant ".\" from a directory name?

2007-08-08 Thread Bruce Belson
Is there a way to remove a redundant ".\" from a directory name which is read from the registry. Here's the detail:- I need to find the VC projects directory in Visual Studio 2005. I look in the registry key as follows: Unfortuately, the path in the registry has a redundant

[WiX-users] checking registry entry

2007-08-08 Thread Frédéric Viollet
Hi everyone, I'm looking for some good soul that could help to achieve the following steps: -During install, I'd like to check for some registry entry (a DWORD. Lets call it "myDword"). -If myDword doesn't exist or is inferior to a given value x, then I would like to create/set it to x. Coul

Re: [WiX-users] launch on exit

2007-08-08 Thread Schrieken, Rene
Does this do what you want? It launches a browser when the install finishes http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson6.php#6.2 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Line Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:30 PM To: wix-users@l

Re: [WiX-users] DLLs and uninstalls

2007-08-08 Thread Alexei
Thanks for the reply Mike. I'm pretty new at all this, so please bear with me. Like you say - I should be (and was) relying on Windows Installer to deal with the uninstall, however I feel something strange is happening in this instance. Since if I were to run the application executable without ca

[WiX-users] launch on exit

2007-08-08 Thread Mark Line
Is there any way to start an exe on exit? i've seen some installers that start the application on exit? does anyone know how this was done? Thanks in advance Mark- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still greppin

Re: [WiX-users] Disabling and enabling native power management inwindows

2007-08-08 Thread Schrieken, Rene
Not sure what you want. Do you want to prevent system shutdown during install? Or do you want to fiddle with powerscheme's? Anyway: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373151.aspx But no Wix in here. You'll need a CA for that. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

[WiX-users] .Net Framework Version

2007-08-08 Thread Matthieu RUNTZ
Hello, Does anyone know how to choose the framework version (1.1 or 2.0) during the creation of a new Web site. Regards, Matthieu - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find probl

[WiX-users] Disabling and enabling native power management in windows

2007-08-08 Thread Anidil
Is there any property i can use for this? can sumbody help me to find the associated documentation? Thanks Andy -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Disabling-and-enabling-native-power-management-in-windows-tf4234615.html#a12048254 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive