1. This is the way the Windows Installer works for advertised shortcuts.
2. Don't mark the shortcut advertised and it should get installed whenever
it's Component is installed.
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Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 14:1
Depending on the compression attributes you set and the source paths you use in
your directory tree the files will move around. All of the options are not
particularly intuitive but the files are being placed where the Windows
Installer expects them. Play with the compression and source pices
Of course, Peter is biased since he's never really used WiX v2 and doesn't like
fixing bugs there (not that we fix them any more since v2 is now nearly
completely locked down).
Note that WiX v3 will continue to go through bumps and bugs for the next year
or so (my guesstimate). WiX v2 really
Did you try marking the Properties you want saved into the admin image as
"Admin='yes'"? Doing that adds the Property (even if you don't provide a
value) to the AdminProperties Property as described in the MSI SDK that seems
like it does what you want.
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Beyond what the other people suggested, I think the QtExec CA already does what
you suggested with the executable data. However, you really shouldn't use an
executable.
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Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 14:30
To: w
Jeff Bean wrote:
>
>
> Adam Majer-2 wrote:
>> Installing the runtime from VS2005 SP1 using the merge module (yes,
>> correct version) does NOT work on Vista while it works *perfectly* on
>> 2003 server - both clean installs of the respective OS. Both OSes need
>> the runtime installed for the pro
Adam Majer-2 wrote:
>
> Installing the runtime from VS2005 SP1 using the merge module (yes,
> correct version) does NOT work on Vista while it works *perfectly* on
> 2003 server - both clean installs of the respective OS. Both OSes need
> the runtime installed for the program to run.
>
> The i
Hello,
As you all know, Tallow for WiX 2.0 can be a bit, how shall we say it,
troublesome. :) I developed a better tool, PARAFFIN, which creates an
easier to use WiX fragment and also handles updating the WiX fragment as
files are added and removed from your directories. It's turned the hours
and
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chad Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just changed two of my installers to not compress any files. It builds
> fine. The MSI itself is at the top most level. However, with one of the
> two MSIs almost all of the files are also at the topmost level ra
I just changed two of my installers to not compress any files. It builds
fine. The MSI itself is at the top most level. However, with one of the
two MSIs almost all of the files are also at the topmost level rather
than being in their respective subfolders. The files are being picked up
from the pr
WiX includes functionality to call the LoadPerfCounterTextStrings and
UnloadPerfCounterTextStrings APIs and create the registry entries required.
See the PerformanceCategory and PerformanceCounter elements in the Util
schema. This feature is new in WiX v3.0.
If still using WiX 2.0, you can inst
Amy,
Our DB installation process originally specified the SQL instance by name
regardless of it being the default instance or not. We discovered that if we
named the default instance (MSSQLSERVER) DB creation would fail with
"unknown error" after 10-15 minutes of churning along. Changing our proce
The latest documentation I'm using - which accompanied VS2005 (must update
this...) says that for GetSystemDefaultLangID, "[t]he return value is the
language identifier of the system locale". Which I think means it's the
result of using the LANGIDFROMLCID macro on the return value of
GetSystemDefau
This is probably a timely posting/read for you:
http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team/archive/2007/10/20/integration-hurdles-for-exe-custom-actions.aspx
Daniel Doubrovkine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear all,
I read robmenÂ’s article on managed custom actions.
Just a quick bit of extra info on WiX version numbers:
The first two digits of the Build part (major.minor.build.revision) are the
'project month number'. I think for WiX 3.0 this started at 10 and has
incremented every month since.
The second two digits are the day within the month.
WiX 3.0 is
Dear all,
I read robmen's article on managed custom actions. I have an installer type
activity to execute that I must do during installation (installing
performance counters). You need to be admin to do that, so I have to run it
within the installation.
We want to execute the InstallPerfCou
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Mike Dimmick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, I think.
Hmm! I wonder how that is different from GetSystemDefaultLangID and
when they would return different values?
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Mike Dimmick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Richard is right that Local System is far too privileged. You should
> consider using Local Service, if you don't need network credentials, or
> Network Service (authenticates as the machine account in the domain),
GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, I think.
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Serif
Sent: 22 October 2007 17:15
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Operating System language detection
Does anyone kn
After a long pile of digging through the source, I have discovered that the
COM+ custom actions basically just manipulate members of the ICatalogObject
interface. So, when you specify the Identity attribute, that sets the
Identity property of the Application object in the Applications collection
by
Hi all,
Installing the runtime from VS2005 SP1 using the merge module (yes,
correct version) does NOT work on Vista while it works *perfectly* on
2003 server - both clean installs of the respective OS. Both OSes need
the runtime installed for the program to run.
The install log on Vista indicates
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm using WiX and the pca extensions to install a COM+ Application and would
> like to set the COM+ Application to run under the 'Local System' identity.
Are you sure about that? Running as Local System is almost always a
security
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"John Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Has anyone done something similar? How have you gone about it?
I've done some of it, but it wasn't particularly easy.
> I do my testing manually at the moment using virtual machines (Virtual
> PC 2007) to be able rol
Hi,
I'm using WiX and the pca extensions to install a COM+ Application and would
like to set the COM+ Application to run under the 'Local System' identity.
I've tried using the 'Identity' attribute (I assume thats its intention) on
the ComPlusApplication element but can't seem to alter the Identity
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Nitin Chaudhari wrote:
> >
> > Once I have this path I want to split it in directory (D:\Program
> > Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\ADDINS) and file (OTKLOADR.DLL) and
> > then use it in directorysearch and filesearc
I'm wanting to do some automated testing of my installers, testing
upgrades from previous versions, doing some regression testing and doing
a thorough testing of the various combinations of features available.
Has anyone done something similar? How have you gone about it?
I do my testing manual
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Gareth at Serif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know hoe to determin the language of the operating system?
Have you tried looking at the SystemLanguageID property? It is
determined by calling GetSystemDefaultLangID.
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> I downloaded the latest stable release for Wix 2.0. I can't seem to find the
> wixui_mondo.wixlib files are missing from the sdk\lib folder. Are these no
> longer used?
>
It was replaced by wixui.wixlib, which contains all the dialog sets.
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Nitin Chaudhari wrote:
Once I have this path I want to split it in directory (D:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\ADDINS) and file (OTKLOADR.DLL) and
then use it in directorysearch and filesearch to finally see if the
given dll has the required version.
You need to write a custom a
Krishna Sapkota (Solutions IQ) wrote:
> This is what I was trying but it didn't work. It creates the physical folder
> named "[BLA]" in the InstalledDIR and creates the file-share on it. It does
> not create the D:\Share1 folder but creates a folder named "[BLA]".
>
You need to use a custom a
conkerjoe wrote:
>Value="SetupTypeDlg">
>
SpawnDialog is to create pop-up dialogs; use NewDialog to replace the
current dialog with a new one.
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Nitin Chaudhari wrote:
Now the problem is I can see the PrereqCheck dialog, but it instantly
disappears and the Installing dialog is shown. Is there any way I can
block the Installing dialog and force the user to do some action in
PrereqCheck dialog?
That's up to the dialog being shown. I
RussGreen wrote:
> I did the UI-less admin install and the error still occurred so it's safe to
> say it's not in my UI.
>
OK, so the next step is to take out your UI authoring (e.g., UIRefs).
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Karim MacDonald wrote:
> I may see if I can fix this particular bug on my own system. I don't know
> how patch submissions work, but naively expect that I might then be able to
> submit a patch for inclusion at some date?
>
Sure. You'd need to submit an assignment agreement to get it included;
hi
this z the code for the dialog Custom setup.
when i m running the msi all the features r getting listed but when i do
right click on features a message "UIText is missing" instead of strings i
defined in UITxt table.
the Dialog is defined as
I think the problem is with your SpawnDialog event... try NewDialog instead.
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Does anyone know hoe to determin the language of the operating system?
I'm aware that the MSI Engine stores the locale, which you can configure in
the control panel. However, there must be something deeper as some of
Microsoft's KB updates (xmllite & WIC, for example) seem to fail if the OS
is o
Thanks! Will try this method!
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 22
> Oct 2007 09:35:14 -0600> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Question on CheckBox> > >
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,> Jaguar 36 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:> > > I
> have a dialog that has a pa
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jaguar 36 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a dialog that has a password and a confirm password edit control.
> They are both set to Password=3D'yes'.
> I also have a checkbox that reads Display Password.
> What I want to do is to be able to display the Pas
Hi,
I have a dialog that has a password and a confirm password edit control.
They are both set to Password='yes'.
I also have a checkbox that reads Display Password.
What I want to do is to be able to display the Password when the user checks on
the checkbox and set it to
password when he unchec
Apparently WiX v3 is working differently than WiX v2 that I use. Good
luck!
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Rosewater
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:45 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX v
A wrapper custom action is a Type 1 CA whose puprose is to implement the
encapsulation / adapter pattern for another DLL whose interface / function
definition is incompatible with MSI.
The wrapper CA basically does the approriate MsiGetProperty and
MsiSetProperty calls along with MsiProces
Thanks for that Kelly,
looks like it's just been a long day.
I had also missed off the "\bin\" off the end after "[INSTALLDIR]", which is
why my app still wasn't seeing the DLL.
so this is now Solved.
/J
On 10/22/07, Kelly Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Jason,
>
> Would you happen to b
This works for us:
From: Harini Gurusamy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 1:43 AM
To: John Vottero; wix-users@list
Jason,
Would you happen to be checking the path on an existing command line
window, or have you opened a new one? The path of existing command line
windows does not change when the system is updated (there isn't really any
good way to do this, since the user could have changed the path already
On 10/22/07, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Jason Rivers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have these Lines:
> >
> >
> >
> >> Guid="2D5030EF-6D11-4F48-B183-D1AE2EF87B61">
> > > Part="last" System="yes" Value="[INSTAL
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Jason Rivers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have these Lines:
>
>
>
>Guid="2D5030EF-6D11-4F48-B183-D1AE2EF87B61">
> Part="last" System="yes" Value="[INSTALLDIR]" />
>
>
>
>
>
> and also the line under my mai
> I don't see a problem with what you've done, but I haven't tried it or
> tested it. Did you run the ICE suite and ensure that your solution
> didn't generate new ICE errors or warnings?
I did not receive any additional ICE errors or warnings. I was able to
compile an msi and it all worked. My
I know this may cause some issues with people disagreeing, but i'm in no
position to change what our program does until I have a working WIX
installer that I can then play with it and change things accordingly,
however, currently the application requires it's path to be in the PATH
environment vari
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Deepak Krishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 1. How to use two binary file in a single custom Action in WIX?
What for? Tell us the goal, not the task you think you need to
accomplish in order to reach your goal.
> 2. How to pass a binary file as
What is a Wrapper Custom Action? what is its significance? how is it
different from Type1 custom action?
How do i create a wrapper CA that invoke a DLL and pass the result back to
an MSI property?Please help
Thanks
Anidil
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Nitin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am having trouble with detecting if a file is installed, I am using the
> following code, however it seems that WIX sets the property even if
> MinVersion is 7.10.3191.0
What does your verbose log say?
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Hello Everyone,
This is regarding "Disk Space". How to check the diskspace?
If space is not available in default location(ie C:\\) incase of Normal
Installation, User can change the path, but incase of silent install, it
should automatically selects another loc, (which loc has available space)
a
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