Re: [WiX-users] problem with MsiRMFilesInUse dialog

I assume it's from the window text. Based on that assumption, try setting the Text property on your winforms app and see if it is shown correctly in restart manager. Do you have a hidden window that it may be picking up instead? Thanks, James From: John Lalande [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] How to schedule a deferred custom action afterGAC'ing assemblies?

It's relatively easy to install perf counters, but very poorly documented. The best I can find right now on the method is this: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371878.aspx where it discusses using lodctr, unlodctr and the ini and h files. This is the way counters have been instal

Re: [WiX-users] error 1334 due to file sequencing.

Hi, Is there any document on how wix creates the MSI generally and File table in particular. I am interested in understanding how the files are ordered in the File table by the Wix. I want to troubleshoot this issue I am facing (seems like it is similar to http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/mess

[WiX-users] Disk Cost shows drives that cannot be written to

My disk cost dialog is showing all drives, not just writable drives and there a way to get it to only show writable drives? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Disk-Cost-shows-drives-that-cannot-be-written-to-tf4404400.html#a12565199 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archiv

Re: [WiX-users] How to schedule a deferred custom action after GAC'ing assemblies?

Answering myself. This is discussed here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934388 Since creating managed performance counter without using managed installer class will be very hard if that's ever possible, natural choice would be creating separate assembly which won't be GACed. Thanks, Sunghwa

[WiX-users] Managed custom action return values

Hi there My custom action is a managed exe and I am attempting to do one of the two choices below: 1) Show the exception messages from the custom action or be able to return some error codes which I can log 2) Change the message that pops up when the custom action fails. The default

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3 MSMQ and Votive

Jarrod Marshall wrote: > > Thanks! > Did you have any trouble uninstalling or installing when a queue exists? > Hi, I'm sorry but I didn't moved to this point. This was my first test since I couldn't fine a working example like you. For now the msmq install is suspended. Regards Dominik --

Re: [WiX-users] Using WiX v3 Votive to build WiX v2 projects

First a disclaimer, I haven't actually done this! VS Solutions are nothing but groups of projects, you can have one solution which has the projects you want to build and another solution that includes the Votive projects that you use with Visual Studio. It's not that hard to create an MSBuild f

[WiX-users] How to schedule a deferred custom action after GAC'ing assemblies?

Hi, I have custom actions that calls InstallUtil.exe. Things works just fine now except I have left-over .InstallState file in my installation folder. It turns out this is because the custom action that calls InstallUtil.exe during installation before it GACs the assembly while it calls Install

Re: [WiX-users] Restarting an existing service (SQLEXPRESS)

I suspect a single component would work (or just the existing component that requires the service to stop and start) with ServiceControl because the usual sequence during an install is StopServices WriteRegistryValues... StartServices. You'd have a ServiceControl for Sql Express that does both

[WiX-users] Leave behind the files modified by user during uninstall

Hi I'm writing an SDK installer for installing the libraries/code-samples of the SDK. During uninstall, I would like to leave behind any code-sample files that have been modified by the user. Is there a way in WiX for me to achieve this (without using Custom Actions)? Thanks. __

[WiX-users] IIS Metabase locator for installed website?

When a website is installed through Wix, is there a way to get the metabase ID/location string if I need to write additional properties to the metabase for the installed website through a custom action at the end of the install? For example, let's say my new website is the 2nd website on the ser

[WiX-users] error 1334 due to file sequencing.

I noticed that file sequencing was changed for few files in one of the merge modules used. I fixed it so that both the merge modules file sequencing is now exactly the same. But after integrating the merge module into MSI the sequencing seems to have changed. Why is this happening and how do I e

Re: [WiX-users] How to compare Property element values in Conditionelement?

Hi, Yes I compared the value present in the log file. say '1.0.2' was the value in the log file for this property. Thanks, Naresh Krishna Kumar. K Stefan Krueger [MVP] wrote: > > Did you create a log file to see what value GPMCCHECK really has after > AppSearch? > > -- > Stefan Krueger > Mi

[WiX-users] Close installer after Progress Dialog finishes.

Hello, I am using the ui elements: The standard dialogs. In this scenario, you get the ExitDialog (with the finish button) after the progress dialog. But what I want is: If a property is passed in to the installer - let's call it "AutoFinish", then, right after

Re: [WiX-users] How to compare Property element values in Conditionelement?

Did you create a log file to see what value GPMCCHECK really has after AppSearch? -- Stefan Krueger Microsoft Windows Installer MVP Please post your questions in the newsgroup or vist one of these web sites: Windows Installer FAQ http://www.msifaq.com - http://www.msifaq.de InstallSite - Reso

Re: [WiX-users] condition onl component

The component must have the msidbComponentAttributesTransitive bit set (don't know the WiX syntax for this). This should remove the component during (auto-)repair, modify and small and minor updates - probably not what you want. BTW in case of Major Upgrade, Installed is FALSE. I don't fully und

Re: [WiX-users] Another beginners question

-> Project ->Properties -> Linker -> en-US in the field the locale. I don't remember the name off of the top of my head. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Frank Mayer-Potschak Sent: Fri 9/7/2007 6:27 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-use

[WiX-users] Installing a COM Server EXE

What is the best way to register this Com server Tallow or Heat only seem to work with DLL files that support DLLRegisterServer Do we make a custom action that launches the EXE with the -regserver and a corresponding -unregister for the install, uninstall and rollback? What have other people do

Re: [WiX-users] Problems building under VS2005 and votive v3 underVista

Otherwise just disable validation. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ratula Das, HCL-Industry Solutions Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:16 PM To: Frank Mayer-Potschak; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Pro

Re: [WiX-users] Using WiX v3 Votive to build WiX v2 projects

This is why I've been asking Justin about using votive v3 to build wix v2 projects. It's a hybrid solution but it seems to work.The risk is minimal since the points that could fail are at build time, not install time. PS- IS is pretty easy to build with TFS once you learn how it works.

[WiX-users] Suppressing DIFx installation

Hi, For the new version of our product I am using WiX to replace the previous installer. The new version is installable alongside the old one. The product includes a driver that with WiX I am installing with DIFx. I have found if I install the new version of the software and then uninstall it,

Re: [WiX-users] Using WiX v3 Votive to build WiX v2 projects

Had a look at the files and I've finally got my head round this. As i understand it WiX v2 .wixproj files, which are used for VS integration, aren't MSBuild files. You have to create your own .wproj files for that. Which means that WiX v2 isn't compatible withTeam Build (as it tries to build the .

[WiX-users] File association problems

I am using WiX 3.0.2925 to create an installer, and I am having a very hard time getting file associations to work correctly. My case may be a little strange, and I am not sure if Windows Installer even supports it. Basically, I have an application that can be launched in two different contexts: de

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3 MSMQ and Votive

Thanks! Did you have any trouble uninstalling or installing when a queue exists? Jarrod From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dominik Guder Sent: Fri 9/7/2007 4:25 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3 MSMQ and Votive Jarro

[WiX-users] Online Banking Basics - Security

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[WiX-users] A transform that changes the product id?

Hi! I want to allow mutiple installs and as I have understod it., after reading some posts on this forum and some articles at other sites, the way to do this is to use transforms. If I only want to change the product code (and maybe the name) it feels that this should be a fairly simple (and gen

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3 MSMQ and Votive

I got this to work by copying the xsd into the correct visual studio folder. I just did a search for wix.xsd and found it. Now, my question at this point is - how do people handle queues? Apparently there are problems with detecting existing queues which cause an install to fail if a queue exi

Re: [WiX-users] problem with MsiRMFilesInUse dialog

I have checked the verbose log file (using 'l*v' on the command line) and I don't see anything helpful. Early on, the restart manager session starts then nothing till the InstallValidate action where the log simply reports: [19:36:09:822]: RESTART MANAGER: The user chose to go on with the install

[WiX-users] condition onl component

Hi everybody, I have some problems while updating a product through Wix v3 I've written the following code : NOT Installed But, even on update, the file amengine.ref is copied to amengine.ini Any idea? Thanks for your help. Fred --

Re: [WiX-users] Problems building under VS2005 and votive v3 under Vista

Stacktrace of my Problem: (Sorry ist in German) C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0>msbuild C:\Users\fm\Desktop\test\Wi xProject3\WixProject3\WixProject3.wixproj Microsoft (R)-Buildmodul, Version 2.0.50727.312 [Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 2.0.50727.312] Copyright (C) Microso

[WiX-users] ICE38 Error

Hello All, Can anybody suggest me what I am doing wrong in this code. I am getting ICE38 error. Same type code is working with WiX2.0. Now I am using WIX3.0. Error101ICE38: Component C__875A5144D7DD4BEF9ABAF8AE0CEEF34D installs to user profile. It must use a registry key under HKCU as

[WiX-users] Another beginners question

I've got another stupid question : Now my Project builds but when I want to create a UI an include the following: (Just like in the Tutorial) And add the reference to WixUiExtension to the VS Project I receive about 260 Errors: 1 for example: C:\delivery\Dev\wix\src\ext\uiexte

[WiX-users] How to compare Property element values in Condition element?

Hi, I created a PROPERTY element to get the version of GPMC . The code given below; In the Property - GPMCCHECK, i try to get the details of the version. Say the version is 1.0.2 in the Registry. I do and install the files based on the version. But t

Re: [WiX-users] Tutorial down

I guess you mean the one on SourceForge. I think thats permanently dead. What you wanna look at is http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ The WiX Tutorial Hope that helps. michael lueck-3 wrote: > > Hi, > > I like to have a look at the tutorial for wix2.0 but that seems to be > down. > When will i

Re: [WiX-users] Problems building under VS2005 and votive v3 under Vista

Ratula, Thanks for the fast response . When I run VS2005 under Admin priv. the build (I try to build the project inside Visual Studio) doesn't work. Is there any workaround ?? Or do I have to use the console?? Thanks, Frank Von: Ratula Das, HCL-Industry Solutions [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

Re: [WiX-users] Problems building under VS2005 and votive v3 under Vista

I think this problem will be solved if you build from an Administrator command prompt. The reason:- When you execute light.exe, it runs validation by default & validation is a form of installation, and in Vista, installation requires elevation. So, you can just try building from an Adminis

Re: [WiX-users] Restarting an existing service (SQLEXPRESS)

The ServiceControl element may help. There's no option to restart a service, only to stop or start on install/uninstall/both. I'm pretty sure that the StopServices action occurs before the StartServices action, so you could create 2 components, one to stop the service on install, and anothe

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with Wix and .cab files

Try adding [EMAIL PROTECTED]"yes". This should get rid of the directory structure and hopefully put the files into the cab. Jarle Aase wrote: > > Hi List, > > I'm trying to split the files in an installation to one or more .cab > files. If I have understood the schema correct, this is done by

Re: [WiX-users] WiX v3 MSMQ and Votive

Jarrod Marshall wrote: > > Hello all, > > Does anyone have an example of using the updated MSMQ extensions in Votive > v3? Right now, the trouble I'm having is that the schema seems invisible. > Do I need to copy over some more schema files to the WiX MSI install path? > Hi, yes, there are

Re: [WiX-users] Tutorial down

> I like to have a look at the tutorial for wix2.0 but that seems to be > down. > When will it be avaiable again? It seems to be working for me (assuming you mean the tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/). Perhaps you have a more local networking problem. Regards, John -

[WiX-users] Problems building under VS2005 and votive v3 under Vista

Hello, I need some help, I'm new to wix and trying around a little bit with it. First I was using Votive v2 under VS 2005 and Vista, it worked fine, but I couldn't access any User Interfaces. So I uninstalled v2 and installed the latest v3 release and also the VS add on. When I try to bui

[WiX-users] Restarting an existing service (SQLEXPRESS)

All, I need to change a configuration parameter on a existing service as part of a product install. I can easily change the registry value concerned but I have been unable to restart the service after the change has been made. Any ideas as to how to do this in WIX? (have tried using the 'net'

[WiX-users] Tutorial down

Hi, I like to have a look at the tutorial for wix2.0 but that seems to be down. When will it be avaiable again? thx, Michael -- Pt! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kanns mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger ---

[WiX-users] Auto-Launch of application after installation

Hi, I am developing .msi package using Wix2.0. What I will have to add im my XML (.wxs) file to auto launch application after installation. Thanks!! Veerendra - Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to SystemFolder\Drivers

Thanks for the reply it helped me alot :) Yes I know I should not copy the driver directly to the drivers folder. However I have been issued a driver which the program must load (and unload) on demand, not the nicest solution but I have not been given much choice :(. Also I got a direct mail whic