Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

2007-12-03 Thread Stefan Pavlik
Hi Adam... You should use the ProgressText element Description of the custom action Of course you can also use the $(loc.LocalizedDescription) notation for the description (in conjunction with .wxl files) Regards Stefan Adam Langley wrote: > Hi guys, > > > > I have a custom action which c

[WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

2007-12-03 Thread Adam Langley
Hi guys, I have a custom action which calls a batch file during installation, and it takes a couple of minutes to execute. How can I have the progress-text display "Executing real slow batch file now...this may take a while." (or something (c; )? Is there a declarative way of describing this

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-03 Thread Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
I did try to run my installation after a fresh reboot and uninstalling whatever I did not need on this machine. Any idea what kind of resources it might be? Thanks, Manu Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > Error 1450 is ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES. Have you tried an installation > after a fresh reboot? >

Re: [WiX-users] XmlConfig delete action

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Anand Kadiyala wrote: The wix version I am using is 2.0.4820.0. Using the above it does not delete the element. However if I use wix version 2.0.5805.0, it is correctly deleting the node. So, I am not sure whether this is not supported in 2.0.4820.0 or whether there is an issue with my wxs f

Re: [WiX-users] More languages done?

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Jim Hewes wrote: I noticed at the WiX Localization Project page that more languages seem to have been officially released. At least I noticed Italian, which I've been hoping for. That's great! But, any idea when these will show up in the release builds? They're already in the weekly relea

Re: [WiX-users] Install newer version of shared component?

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Wilson, Phil wrote: You should be using the merge modules for a number of reasons. One is that they try to ensure that sharing works properly (guids, SharedDlls). Another reason is that they install these files to avoid your problem by making them permanent, so the highest installed version alway

Re: [WiX-users] Show dialog during uninstall..

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
kyle.smith4001 wrote: Hey everyone, I'm relatively new to wix, and thanks to some amazing tutorials I get the idea of it. However, I'm trying to display a dialog just during the uninstall. The dialog will ask the user for a password stored in our servers, which will return either a 1 or 0 if corr

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > Note that doing: > > msiexec /i My_msi.msi /quiet > > completes the installation and everything seems to be fine. > > Manu > > > Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > >> I'm having the same problem as Andrew. Did anyone found out what could be >> wrong? In my case, I can inst

[WiX-users] XmlConfig delete action

2007-12-03 Thread Anand Kadiyala
Hi, I am trying to delete an element from an XML config file using the following XmlConfig action. The wix version I am using is 2.0.4820.0. Using the above it does not delete the element. However if I use wix version 2.0.5805.0, it is correctly deleting the no

[WiX-users] More languages done?

2007-12-03 Thread Jim Hewes
I noticed at the WiX Localization Project page that more languages seem to have been officially released. At least I noticed Italian, which I've been hoping for. That's great! But, any idea when these will show up in the release builds? Jim --

Re: [WiX-users] Show dialog during uninstall..

2007-12-03 Thread Julie Campbell
Here are some get-started-quick-tips... Verbose logging during install: my.msi /lv*x my_log.txt Same during Uninstall: msiexec /x my.msi /lv*x unmy_log.txt Go to the end of the log and look backwards for "Property". There is a list of all the defined properties and their values. Look for "REM

Re: [WiX-users] Install newer version of shared component?

2007-12-03 Thread Wilson, Phil
You should be using the merge modules for a number of reasons. One is that they try to ensure that sharing works properly (guids, SharedDlls). Another reason is that they install these files to avoid your problem by making them permanent, so the highest installed version always wins, which looks li

Re: [WiX-users] Handling Feature Dependencies

2007-12-03 Thread John Hall
Robert, What you need to do is put the MergeRefs under the FeatureGroup, and then include the FeatureGroup using FeatureGroupRefs in the Features that need the merge modules. Cheers, John _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 December 2007 17:0

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-03 Thread Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
Note that doing: msiexec /i My_msi.msi /quiet completes the installation and everything seems to be fine. Manu Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > > I'm having the same problem as Andrew. Did anyone found out what could be > wrong? In my case, I can install other MSI packages, but not mine. > > He

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-03 Thread Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
I'm having the same problem as Andrew. Did anyone found out what could be wrong? In my case, I can install other MSI packages, but not mine. Here the output of the log: MSI (s) (84:CC) [10:21:48:828]: Executing op: ComponentRegister(ComponentId={4FBFB3EE-4F75-46C7-8464-2710DD1E44A7},KeyPath=02:\

[WiX-users] Merge modules upgrade

2007-12-03 Thread Szentpali Janos
Can someone enlighten me regarding the upgrade of merge modules? Let's say a merge module containing a COM component (.dll file) was installed. The COM dll defined an interface. Later a new interface is added to the new component. How can I make a new merge module, so that no matter in which order

[WiX-users] Show dialog during uninstall..

2007-12-03 Thread kyle.smith4001
Hey everyone, I'm relatively new to wix, and thanks to some amazing tutorials I get the idea of it. However, I'm trying to display a dialog just during the uninstall. The dialog will ask the user for a password stored in our servers, which will return either a 1 or 0 if correct or incorrect. This

Re: [WiX-users] Install newer version of shared component?

2007-12-03 Thread Szentpali Janos
Bryan C. Boettcher írta: > That works for most of our components, there's still a third party OCX that > needs to be included. Are MergeModules the way to go? > > -Original Message- > From: Szentpali Janos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 12:18 PM > To: Bryan C.

Re: [WiX-users] Install newer version of shared component?

2007-12-03 Thread Szentpali Janos
Bryan C. Boettcher írta: > I'm packaging shared components in my MSI. These components (like > COMDLG32.OCX or MSCOMCTL.OCX) are installed into %system32%. However, I've > got an issue with the files not upgrading properly. I always want to have > the newest version of the shared component on

[WiX-users] Install newer version of shared component?

2007-12-03 Thread Bryan C. Boettcher
I'm packaging shared components in my MSI. These components (like COMDLG32.OCX or MSCOMCTL.OCX) are installed into %system32%. However, I've got an issue with the files not upgrading properly. I always want to have the newest version of the shared component on the machine. As per my last que

Re: [WiX-users] Handling Feature Dependencies

2007-12-03 Thread Robert.Priest
Yes. That is true. But what I used is a FeatureGroup element. Then, under the FeatureGroup Element, I use a mergeref. So I have something like: But that still presents a problem because it appea

Re: [WiX-users] How to use CloseApps custom action

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
V K Gangwar wrote: "The Product element contains an unhandled extension element 'CloseApplication'. Please ensure that the extension for elements in the 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension' namespace has been provided." As the error indicates, you need to specify the WixUti

Re: [WiX-users] Strange CNDL1054 errors with weekly builds

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Stefan Kuhr wrote: > Thanks, I didn't know that builds in VS2005 seem to somehow suppress the > real error message. Please enter a bug -- that shouldn't happen. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - SF.Net email is spons

Re: [WiX-users] On .msi file naming conventions

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Huseyin Tufekcilerli wrote: > and after an update it may become "FooBar-1.1.456-setup.msi" which can > be installed alone or on top of the first version. But as far as I can > see, there are some issues about changing the name of .msi file. In my > opinion, as far as we change our Package ID's, it

Re: [WiX-users] Create a non-existing XML-file

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Chris wrote: > I'd like to create an xml-file which doesn't exist and then change it's > nodes/values. > Is there an extension that supports (xml-)file-creation? > Just install an empty file. XmlFile and XmlConfig run after files are installed. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Handling Feature Dependencies

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
John Hall wrote: FeatureGroupRefs can contain MergeRefs though. Good point. I haven't needed FeatureGroups before. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White P

[WiX-users] XMLConfig - delete an element

2007-12-03 Thread Chris
Hello, I want to delete the last config-element of this xml-file with XMLConfig: I tried it with the following xml-statement but it deletes all config-elements: Thanx Chris - SF.Net email is sponsor

[WiX-users] On .msi file naming conventions

2007-12-03 Thread Huseyin Tufekcilerli
I want to know what is the naming convention you are using for your .msi files. For example I want to organize my setup packages like this: ProductName-Major.Minor.Build-setup.msi (like "FooBar-1.0.123-setup.msi") and after an update it may become "FooBar-1.1.456-setup.msi" which can be installed

[WiX-users] Create a non-existing XML-file

2007-12-03 Thread Chris
Hello, I'd like to create an xml-file which doesn't exist and then change it's nodes/values. Is there an extension that supports (xml-)file-creation? I want to avoid to write a custom action dll! Thank's, Chris - SF.Net email

Re: [WiX-users] Killing a Process !! MSI Installer....

2007-12-03 Thread Mailinglist
Hi, we use the pskill.exe tool from sysinternals, packed into the setup as a binary. That works on all kind of windows machines. Another problem though, if you kill the process, that displays the tray-icon, the tray-icon will stay where it is until the mouse is moved over it. But that's a comm

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for Silent Install

2007-12-03 Thread SaiTeja
Hi Stefan, Thanks for you resp. Following is my sample code. Plz let me know the way is correct or not INSTALLUILEVEL_NONE For custom action: SilentInstall Thanks Stefan Pavlik-2 wrote: > > Hi,... > > You should create the condition

Re: [WiX-users] Strange CNDL1054 errors with weekly builds

2007-12-03 Thread Stefan Kuhr
Hi Bob, Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > [...] > You might want to try running the candle command at a console to get > more details. CNDL1054 is a deprecation warning so the schema changed > since the version you authored against. WixCop might convert the > authoring for you. > Thanks, I didn't kn

Re: [WiX-users] Handling Feature Dependencies

2007-12-03 Thread John Hall
Okay. So what if the hidden fC actually contains a merge module (meaning, a< MergeRef /> element)? But I still don't want fC displayed in the interface anywhere. AFAIK, ComponentGroupRefs do not contain MergeRefs. FeatureGroupRefs can contain MergeRefs though. John --

Re: [WiX-users] Condition for Silent Install

2007-12-03 Thread Stefan Pavlik
Hi,... You should create the condition for the CustomAction based on the UILevel property: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372096.aspx UILevel: NSTALLUILEVEL_NONE 2 Completely silent installation. INSTALLUILEVEL_BASIC3 Simple progress and error handling. INSTALLUILEVEL_REDUC

[WiX-users] Condition for Silent Install

2007-12-03 Thread SaiTeja
Hi, I want to execute particular custom action [OR] I want to execute some lines of my wix code only in silent mode. Any answers? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Condition-for-Silent-Install-tf4935094.html#a14125855 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabb