[WiX-users] How to change permission of an existing file and/or folder and its subfolders

Dear All: I am a newbie in WIX. I am using WIX 3.0. I have two questions to ask. 1: How can I change the permission of an existing folder and all its subfolders and files. The following code will just change the permission on the folder only, but not its subfolder and files. Is there anythi

[WiX-users] Supressing Light.exe errors

Is there a way to suppress Light0099 errors when files are not present? I'm working on a system where we support installing content from three build lines (x86, x64, ia64) with a single MSI. Each build line will build the MSI and the architecture specific cabs will be built in a separate step. I'

[WiX-users] Wix and IIS Issue

I recently started using WIX to create an installer for a new product at my company. So far I am really loving WIX compared to other install technologies. However one issue is completely driving me nuts. When I install my MSI on Windows 2k3 I can no longer use the Computer Management Console or

Re: [WiX-users] Silent install won't copy in files

When I compare the log files Here is what I got This is from working (GUI) install: MSI (s) (40:D0) [14:53:28:913]: Executing op: SetSourceFolder(Folder=C:\Program Files\TestInstall\VMP Server\ASR\MVPASRConfig\) MSI (s) (40:D0) [14:53:28:913]: Executing op: SetTargetFolder(Folder=C:\Program Fil

Re: [WiX-users] Devenv /setup does half of the work

Are you installing into the GAC? If so you need to run your CA during Commit. From another list “Commit custom actions are risky – they don’t run if rollback is disabled. The problem is that assemblies being installed to the GAC aren’t committed there until the install transaction is being com

[WiX-users] SqlExtension Rollback

After a SqlScript element is successfully executed, will it be rollbacked if the installer fails after that point? I see that a RollbackExecuteSqlStrings CA is created. If it does rollback, how is this accomplished at the SQL Server level? Thanks, Ben --

Re: [WiX-users] Silent install won't copy in files

I don't think I can use [ProgramFilesFolder] with DestinationDirectory -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frédéric Viollet Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:14 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Silent install wo

[WiX-users] Wix3 and , problems with light.exe?

Hi, I'm still having problems trying to use to patch a config file,the main problem seems to be that light fails with an error message. The output I get is a weird 'FileShare' collision error - the full source can be found at the bottom of this message. I'm using Wix3 version 3.0.2925.0.\ Do

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs Name

[adding wix-users back] True. I'd do something like this: Then let the preprocessor take care of replacing the version everywhere. -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 09:36 To: Rob Mensching Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Add/Rem

Re: [WiX-users] Problem getting wxs file to work under WiX 3.0

Your hitting ICE errors. If you run validation against your WiX v2 output you would find you'd have the same errors in your old packages. WiX v3 is just trying to be more helpful by running validation automatically. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Debbie Highgate

Re: [WiX-users] Id column size?

Yes, 72. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaveh Goudarzi Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 05:02 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Id column size? Hi All, What is the max column size of the "Id" e.g. http://cl

Re: [WiX-users] telling WiX to get files from Team Foundation Server

Richard, my old blog has the entry you're thinking of: http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2003/10/18/56497.aspx From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 05:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subj

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs Name

Add the version to the ProductName. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 08:43 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs Name How do I make it so the name for my p

[WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs Name

How do I make it so the name for my product shows up as [ProductName] [ProductVersion] in Add/Remove programs? Currently, it only shows [ProductName]. Thanks Chris ___ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web

Re: [WiX-users] Devenv /setup does half of the work

the CTO is part of the resource in the UI dll. Maybe the reason is that when devenv /setup is running, the UI dll is not there. Why this must be a deferred custom action? We use the 'regular' custom action to run devenv /setup when installing a VSIP package. Michael On 9/17/07, Schrieken, Rene <

Re: [WiX-users] telling WiX to get files from Team Foundation Server

@all interested to this post, After a little bit work with it I actually found out that this works. If you create an msm via VS2005 and reference it in your WiX project it will work with a little trick. First You need the Id of the module, which you can gain from VS but if you just add the m

Re: [WiX-users] CA running an executable from a registry string

> Well, the log mentions UninstallOldXYZ but the .wxs file has > UninstallOldBPM as the name of the action. Make sure any old versions > of the msi have been uninstalled and that the one you are running is the > correct one. Sorry, that should have been UninstallOldXYZ in all cases. The latter w

Re: [WiX-users] CA running an executable from a registry string

Well, the log mentions UninstallOldXYZ but the .wxs file has UninstallOldBPM as the name of the action. Make sure any old versions of the msi have been uninstalled and that the one you are running is the correct one. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMA

[WiX-users] Id column size?

Hi All, What is the max column size of the "Id" e.g. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Problem getting wxs file to work under WiX 3.0

Debbie Highgate wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a file that I've modified from a (working) WiX 2.0 file. light.exe > complains about ProgramMenuMyApplicationFolder being in the user profile, > but not being in the RemoveFile table. I added a tag in > the appropriate place, but this then got me an er

[WiX-users] CA running an executable from a registry string

Hi All, I am trying to get my MSI to uninstall an existing application during installation; the executable and command line for that are stored in registry: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\XYZ_5.0] "UninstallString"="\"C:\\Windows\\XYZ\\uni

Re: [WiX-users] Devenv /setup does half of the work

As you see it’s a deferred custom action which must be scheduled between InstallInitialize and InstallFinialize. Thanks, Xin Liu Alias: v-liux Group: Protocol Tools &Test Team Occupation: Build Engineer Seat: No. 2186 Sigma Plaza, Beijing From: Schrieken, Rene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon

[WiX-users] Shellexecute customaction equivalent in WiX 2.0

How can i include the product registration check box in the final UI doalog while using WiX 2.0 to launch product website like we do using the shell execute custom action in WiX 3.0??? i.e without customizing the UI dialog...please help -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Shel

Re: [WiX-users] automatc dir / component fragment generation

Hi Kaveh, I nearly had the same problem, but didn't try tallow at all. In our Solution, we simply use a vbscript, that runs as Votive-PreBuildEvent and harvests our Webproject. Output is a .wxi file, that is simply included while creation of setup. I'll post the code here, maybe its usefull fo

[WiX-users] automatc dir / component fragment generation

Hi All, I'm working on a project to try to automate the generation of the installers for a project as much as possible. I tried to use tallow to generate the component fragments for the file assets which need to go in to the installer but its missing GUID's and hard codes the root dir.

Re: [WiX-users] Problem getting wxs file to work under WiX 3.0

I don't know if it helps, but you could try specifying a Name property for the program menu folder. I'm not familiar with WiX 3.x, but it worths a try. 2007/9/15, Debbie Highgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > I have a file that I've modified from a (working) WiX 2.0 file. > light.execomplains

[WiX-users] How Dialogs are invoked !!!

Hello, Can somebody tell me (or suggest some URL) that how Dialogs are interfaced with errors in WIX. Regards, Veerendra - Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. --

Re: [WiX-users] Silent install won't copy in files

Mike Menaker a écrit : Hi, I’m having a problem with a silent install. I have a component that copies 2 files and writes to the registry however it isn’t copying the 3 files correctly (yet writing the registry correctly). This is my component. Guid="49861A79-A034-4e15-BA38-783D2FCC4D90">