Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service is not started/Custom Actions Fail in vista

Thanks for your reply. I have added those DLLs as components in the msi. Custom action that is running depends on these DLLs. This custom action is a deferred custom action and is scheduled between InstallInitialize and Installfinalize. So, is there any way by which we can make these DLLs availa

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

Does this still imply I need to hand-maintain something after the initial build? Would this limit us from doing things like automated daily builds of blead/svn versions and so on? We'd also like to allow for "subclassing" of product installations. While we build two basic installs (purist expe

[WiX-users] How to generate a shortcut with Start In property being specified

Hi, I am wondering how to generate a shortcut with Start In property specified. I tried the following, but the Start In property of the generated shortcut is always empty. Do I miss anything here? Thanks. http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-i

[WiX-users] Launched Applications Buried

Whenever I launch an application, no matter if it is from a custom action that I wrote, or a type 17 custom action, the spawned application's window always appears behind the installer.  Is there a simple way around this? -- Dustin Johnson CACE Technologies Tel: 530-758-2790 x109 Fax: 530-758-

[WiX-users] Running Local exe from MSM

We have an MSM that we want to directly access a exe from the users local machine. We do not have this executable, we just know that it exists... I get the following error: DEBUG: Error 2721: Custom action RegisterRT.BD458878-67F6-4de3-AD17-C9262F1712F2 not found in Binary table stream. I hav

[WiX-users] upgrades showing multiple entries in Add/Remove Programs

I've got a program that I need to upgrade. I saw a post here, which I thought explained how to do it. However, for every "upgrade" I perform, it shows up as a new entry in the Add/Remove Programs. I've included what I think is the relevant markup. Thanks in advance for any insight.

[WiX-users] CreateDatabase error, create database specifying files locations

i'm trying to install a database by using the following script, and keeps me giving the following error: CreateDatabase: Error 0x80040e14: failed to create to database: 'test', error: CREATE FILE encountered operating system error 5(Access is denied.) while attempting to open or create the phys

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

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, larsenal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In the log, I see that the ForceError CA returns 3... but it doesn't trigger > a rollback. How do you know it didn't trigger a rollback? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generates different output on Vista vs. XP andcrashes for some DLLs

The fault, as always with Heat or Tallow trying to extract COM registration information from DLLs, is typically that your self-registration code doesn't work properly in the isolated environment created by Tallow/Heat. About all you can do is debug the code when running in this environment and work

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

Thanks for the confirmation Bob. To support a distributed agile project we had to come up with a way around this, so we made a custom extension which essentially makes the path of each file into its Id. Of course, this results in many "Id attribute is too long identifier" warnings, but so far it

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

Try to schedule ForceError before InstallFinalize and RollbackReportAction before ForceError. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of larsenal Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 10:59 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

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

Richard, Thanks for the good suggestion, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to implement what you suggest. I have the following: We have a problem In the log, I see that the ForceError CA returns 3... but

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade code failing for silent installs

After a bit of googling I think I have found the answer, the condition doesn't work in silent mode. To make it work I needed these elements: NEWERVERSIONDETECTED Neil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Sleightholm Sent: 05 Febr

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade code failing for silent installs

It sounds like I have done something wrong in my script, I have pared this down to a minimal install (see below) to reproduce the problem. I don't think it is ALLUSERS as I can see this set in the logs, I don't have a FindRelatedProducts - should I? Can you see what I might be missing? Thanks f

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service is not started/Custom Actions Fail in vista

What exactly does "deployed along with the package" mean? If they're merge modules for C++ support on VC++ 2005 or 2008 they aren't committed into the file system until InstallFinalize at the end of the install. Vista uses the same deployment model for these as for assemblies into the GAC. Phil

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade code failing for silent installs

Maybe the silent install is bypassing the UI where you set the ALLUSERS property to per-system. So you're ending up with the default, a per-user install, and that goes on side by side with the per-system one. Something like that anyway. Another thing that might be happening is that you don't ha

[WiX-users] heat.exe generates different output on Vista vs. XP and crashes for some DLLs

Hello, We've noticed that heat.exe (3.0.3801.0) generates different files on different host OS. Example files are attached. Could you please clarify if this behaviour is ok or it's a problem? Also, heat.exe crashes with one of our DLLs. The callstack is included below. Shall I open a bug?

[WiX-users] Override ARPNOMODIFY in an Upgrade

Hi, I'm upgrading a product that has the ARPNOMODIFY property defined (because it had just one feature). In the new version we added a few more features so we want to remove the ARPMODIFY to be able to uninstall the product from the ARP. We tried to set the ARPNOMODIFY property to 0 but it seems i

Re: [WiX-users] 64bit component

In the parent component tag: .. Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Software - http://www.instyler.com On Feb 5, 2008, at 15:14 , Jason Rivers wrote: > Hi all > > I have a 64bit DLL that should be written to c:\windows\system32 > using the "system64folder" directory, but It tell

Re: [WiX-users] How to run Conditions only on install and not onuninstall

Per, Change your condition to : COMPANYDIR AND NOT Installed Note that this way the message will only appear if your current product is not installed on the machine (this means it won't show the message in minor upgrades and uninstalls). If you wish to evaluate the message on minor

[WiX-users] 64bit component

Hi all I have a 64bit DLL that should be written to c:\windows\system32 using the "system64folder" directory, but It tells me the dll is a 32bit component. How do I tell the WiX system that this component is a 64bit component. as per the MSDN on windows installer there is "msidbComponentAttribute

Re: [WiX-users] Handling VB6 COMs in WiXv2.0

I have used following tallow invocation (from WiX2.0.5805.0): tallow -nologo -1 -d Libs -gg > Libs1.wxs adding -s switch causes error for directory, but I do not want to invoke it for every file separately. Regards, Peter Jaworski -

[WiX-users] How to run Conditions only on install and not on uninstall

Hi all, I have a condition that checks if another product is installed (if the product is installed the installation may proceed), during installation the condition works fine but when I uninstall it seems that the MSI tries to evaluate the condition again and if the product that the condition is

Re: [WiX-users] CustomDlg in WixUI_mondo

Hi Bob, That's exactly what I did! I added my custom dialog to the main (WixUI_Mondo) UI and copied all the dialog related .wxs files to the project. Candle works fine, but light shows the mentioned errors: * With Wix2925: LGHT0143: A parsed tuple has more fields for table 'WixFile' th

[WiX-users] Upgrade code failing for silent installs

This is not strictly a WiX problem but I thought someone here may know the answer. If I build v1.1.0 of an MSI with a unique ProductCode and PackageCode and then build v1.2.0 with a new ProductCode and PackageCode. Both packages contain the same UpgradeCode and the following upgrade element:

[WiX-users] Handling VB6 COMs in WiXv2.0

Hello, I have approximately over 300 VB6 COMs that should be registered. I have tried previously, when using WiXv3, use heat to scan directory with components and produce output WXS file. Because there is currently no support for VB6 COMs in WiXv3 I have moved to WiXv2 and instead I have used tallo

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a custom action (type 6)in a patchpackage(msp)

I already tried and retried it, but with no success. Under the following address I uploaded a .zip file containing my .wxs files and make batch files. http://rapidshare.com/files/89307445/WixTest.zip.html It would be nice if anybody

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a custom action (type 6)in a patchpackage(msp)

I already tried and retried it, but with no success. With this post I attached a .zip file (you have to rename it to .zip) containing my .wxs files and make batch files. It would be nice if anybody would try it out and post her/his result. Make sure to adjust the paths in the batch files (espec

[WiX-users] Re: Microsoft's tlbinf32 merge module problem in WiXv2

After investigation I have found that form listed below merge modules:

[WiX-users] Windows Service is not started/Custom Actions Fail in vista

Hi, The problem is that service is not starting on Vista. The service is being started through one of the custom actions which is an exe custom action. The exe depends on some MSVC DLLs which are also deployed along with the package. Is the issue with these DLLs? Does these DLLs are not availab

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