[WiX-users] Custom Table

Hi, Can anyone explain about "CustomTable"? Why & Where it is useful? When I open my Client.msi orca I saw "IsComponentExtended" and "IsSelfReg" on right side(Tables row). I know these are InstallShield related. When I apply Dark.exe on Client.MSI I saw Custom Table. Below is sample

Re: [WiX-users] Rich Text Field in dialog...

On Feb 2, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I created a dialog to display my EULA, and I'm using a text >> control pointing on >> a rtf SourceFile. On the first tries, when using text directly in >> the XML, >> everything worked perfectly fine. Now that I'm usin

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with WIX in windows 2000

Ducatti wrote: Hi I have a WIX setup invoking a C++ dll to check the license key. The same works in Windows XP. But doesnt in Windows 2000. The Installer doesnt display any error message and goes to finish screen giving a message "*The Installer Wizard ended Prematurely because of an error*" C

Re: [WiX-users] enable Browse button in CustomizeDlg

Igor Likhotkin wrote: I am new to WIX. I built a sample installation with WixUI_Mondo UI model. However, I noticed that I could not change the installation directory which makes the installation pretty useless. Is there any way to enable this button without rewriting the entire dialog? I ha

Re: [WiX-users] Understanding per user/machine level registry restriction.

Ryan O'Neill wrote: The following XML generates an ICE57 error, I know I have to move the registry component out to a 'per user component' but I can't figure out how. I am getting confused because a component requires a directory and every time I put the registry access into a directory I ge

Re: [WiX-users] Rich Text Field in dialog...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I created a dialog to display my EULA, and I'm using a text control pointing > on > a rtf SourceFile. On the first tries, when using text directly in the XML, > everything worked perfectly fine. Now that I'm using a rtf file, the text > control is blank when the dialog i

Re: [WiX-users] Heating Directories with Identically Named Files

Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US) wrote: > The question is: As heat encounters identically named files it gives > them unique Component Ids. If it is run multiple times, does heat > consistently arrive at the same ids each time it is run? > No, which is why Heat is advertised as a one-time tool

[WiX-users] Advance the Progress Bar

I'm very new to Wix and MSI installers in general, so forgive me if this is an obvious question.  I have the need to launch an external installer before finalizing the install of my application.  My reason for launch the external installer before my application finalizes is because I would like

Re: [WiX-users] reference to properties between fragments/mergers?

Roger Yen wrote: Is there any way to get the value of properties between fragments and/or merger modules? I want to have a fragment (or merge module) that contains a component which writes to the registry by taking property values from the installation UI fragment file, I can't figure out h

Re: [WiX-users] non-admin user patching

rjking wrote: > I am having a problem creating a msp that a non-admin user can apply to a msi > previously installed by an administrator. Are you checking against the list of restrictions in the "User Account Control (UAC) Patching" topic in the MSI SDK? Make sure that your WiX authoring resul

Re: [WiX-users] How to test rollback?

You can test rollback by putting a custom action of type 19 (fail) at the end of your install transaction, right before InstallFinalize. Put a condition on this action this is normally false, so you can set a public property from the command line to force rollback. This is the best way to test cus

[WiX-users] Problem with WIX in windows 2000

Hi I have a WIX setup invoking a C++ dll to check the license key. The same works in Windows XP. But doesnt in Windows 2000. The Installer doesnt display any error message and goes to finish screen giving a message "The Installer Wizard ended Prematurely because of an error" Can an

Re: [WiX-users] How to check msvcr71.dll is present in system32

The Visual C++ runtime should be deployed using the merge module or the vcredist.exe package. Those are the only two supported options. Trying to redistribute it separately will likely screw up the component references, unless you use the same component GUIDs as the other packages do, and could ma

[WiX-users] A set of incrementally more complex examples to help writing build automation

I'm trying to write an .msi target (zip and eve targets already exist) for a project that I do not myself control (The Perl programming language) and that changes over time. This rules out the recommended approach of hand-crafting the Wix XML files at the same time as the code is written, becau

[WiX-users] How to check msvcr71.dll is present in system32

Hi, I have to deploy a application in which i have to copy msvcr71.dll in system 32, I have to check if it is already there, msi should not copy the dll in to sys32, otherwise it will copy Could any one help me. Thanks in advance. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-