The CreateProcessW is called with NULL as its currentdirectory parameter.
From the win32 sdk:
"If this parameter is NULL, the new process will have the same current drive
and directory as the calling process"
As msiexec is in system32...
I'm not sure if this might work:
make your commandline
HI ALL,
I am trying out WIX preprocessor directives ifdef / ifndef. For any
environment or local variable WIX is not able to set the 'ifdef' condition
to true, although the variable is defined. For example, the condition
fails, same with .
Similarly the following 2 statements do not work as e
Hi
I'm new to Wix and I install Wix 3.0 into VS2005. When I try to create a web
virtual directory, I got the following error.
The localization variable !(loc.ConfigureIIs) is unknown. Please ensure the
variable is defined.
I guess there might be a switch or something I missed. Who can hel
Hey all,
Fairly simple problem for most that I'm having. It's an issue with my UI
sequence on the exit.
Using wix 3.x, I want to conditionally choose to show one Dialog or the
other. Something like this (which was ok for wix 2.x but yet again I'm
having trouble when moving to 3.x :|):
Hello,
I got a Projectname like My.App, I want to access Targetdir like
"$(var.My.App.TargetDir)\my.application.dll" so I'll always capture the
right dll independent from the configuration (Debug|Release) taken to
compile the project.
But that doesn't work. I noticed it should work if you exchan
Thanks for the reply.
I have both Product/@Language and Package/@Languages set to 1033. When I open
the package in Orca, I can see that Language is set to 1033 in the Property
table. But I still get the blank window behavior.
Any other ideas on what could be causing this problem?
Thanks,
Ben
Hello,
I've created a DLL with the "Register for COM interop" option turned on.
This dll should be deployed via my setup project and automatically
registered.
I'm using latest WiX 3.0 and extracted registry informations
via heat but the dll doesn't get registered for some reason. Is there a
easy
I need to lauch an executable at the end of my installation. currently i
use the CAQuietExec function and launch the executable with its parameters
and it is fine. the problem is that the command i execute creates a result
text file. the file is supposed to be created in the application's
INSTAL
You'll also encounter similar issues with Class elements, you'll have to
move those under File as well.
Because of the way autogenerated Ids work, I usuall end up manually entering
Ids for any RegistryValue with value "mscoree.dll", because otherwise you
get duplicate Ids.
I ended up writing a li
Try using http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_webvirtualdir.htm
and http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_xsd_webdirproperties.htm in
conjunction with your WebDir.
After adding "xmlns:iis="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/IIsExtension"; to
the Wix element, I use DirectoryRef/Compo
Hello all,
I am looking for the proper way to add registry values that are read by my
service once my service is installed. This means that the values need to
already be committed to the registry by the time the service is installed
and runs for the first time. Then, when uninstall is run, I n
Those look fairly straightforward to me. The first 6 are tables that
don't belong in an MSI file anyway, so delete them from the base MSI
file or from the wxs.
Similarly, just delete the MsiUnpublishAssemblies action from the
AdvtExecuteSequence table.
When you say "..build this .wxs file
See if this helps. It describes the issue. The summary seems to be that
Microsoft didn't update the merge module but InstallShield did, so your
safest approach is to use that InstallShield one (and you could use Orca
if you really want to check that the file version there in the merge
module is the
I don't think Dark has been completely updated for use with WiX v3 yet. You
might have better luck with v2.
That being said, I've never trusted the output from Dark for anything other
than a reference point to begin work from.
On 8/22/07, V K Gangwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Dear All,
>
>
Sorry for the confusion John, thanks for the correction Bob. I renamed the
wiki page title to correct.
Julie Campbell
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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:28 AM
To: Julie Campbell
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourcefor
John Hancock (HSG) wrote:
I discovered that if the XML file encoding is utf-8 instead of utf-16 that the
XmlFile action works properly. It appears that the utf-16 encoding prevents the
XML file from being loaded properly, which is why I was seeing that the file
was opened properly in filemon b
Dix, John wrote:
We have a server setup process whose document is 60+pages in length in
Arial 10pt font. I am trying to automate and make turn-key this
process as much as possible and part of this setup involves installing
applications and SDK's that are already packaged in MSI's. Hence my
n
Ben Greenberg wrote:
> I have created an MSI with WiX that I am installing via a bootstrapper. I
> install the MSI by passing /qb! to msiexec. I have seen packages installed
> this way where MSIEXEC will show some text aong the lines of "Please wait
> while Windows configures APPNAME..." But,
Jared Hughes wrote:
> Is there an easy way to programmatically (C#) determine the path and
> filename of the log file for the current MSI session?
On Windows Vista and Server 2008, MSI 4.0 provides the
MsiLogFileLocation property. It's not available on XP or 2000.
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I-Efimoff, Natalie wrote:
> I am using Wix to genereate an msi that will add a registry key value and I
> would like to remove the value on an uninstall of the msi.
See the RemoveRegistryKey and RemoveRegistryValue elements.
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Julie Campbell wrote:
> http://wix.mindcapers.com/wiki/Embed_a_Third_Party_MSI
>
That works because DirectX *isn't* delivered as an MSI package.
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md5hans wrote:
> Ok, but how can I set the Y attribute on a CancelDlg?
>
You'd have to replace the dialog; there's no way currently to override
particular attributes on a dialog coming from a library.
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Reggie Burnett wrote:
> BTW, are there any suggested ways of detecting that a CA has failed
> and showing a nice error message to the user instead of 'Error :
> a program has failed to complete' type of message?
In a DLL CA, you can use something like MsiProcessMessage to show a
custom err
Ivan A. Gusev wrote:
> I disregarded it before, but user is also removed after Version2 is installed.
>
I'm fresh out of ideas. Please file a bug with your samples attached.
We'll need to dig deeper in.
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I have no experience with Installshield so I cannot comment on that. And if you
have a working merge module that will`save time but i really wonder what the
benefit is if it is not findable and does not work as intended.
This snippet might help you out. Disclaimer: I'm not good at conditions so
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson6.php#6.3
Good learning startpoint anyway:
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Abhishek,HiRePro
Sent: Thu 8/23/2007 12:02
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] wixDir
How about this (not tried it though)?
Please keep follow ups on the list.
From: Abhishek,HiRePro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu 8/23/2007 13:10
To: Schrieke
Hi,
I am New to Wix and am learning.
Now I need to host the site in iis and have tried some examples
I have the example below which I am using but I need to host all files in
the specified directory
For this purpose I think I should use webDir Element..
I don't k
Schrieken, Rene wrote:
>
> I have no experience with gdi+ but afaik it is just one download:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a63ab9c-df12-4d41-933c-be590feaa05a&DisplayLang=en
>
Thanks. Well, I found this site before, but this is the dll, and not the
Merge Module -
I have no experience with gdi+ but afaik it is just one download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a63ab9c-df12-4d41-933c-be590feaa05a&DisplayLang=en
For WinXP and up you shouldn't Install it, for Win2k and lower you should put
the file in the same folder as your applica
Hi,
I have an MSI where I need to include gdiplus.dll to make it run on Win2k as
this is not included by default. I've read that there exists a MergeModule
for this file; can someone verify that this is correct? I've been googling
like crazy, but I can't find it. Can someone point me in the right
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