[WiX-users] Installing/Uninstalling to a registry key directory

2008-04-06 Thread teknolog
The Orcas tool complains that I should not install to AppData or to a particular user profile without using a registry key. How do I achieve this? Thanks, R- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference

[WiX-users] Is there a way to invoke the wix preprocessor alone?

2008-04-06 Thread dB.
Hi, I am implementing a way to generate documentation from my wix projects with doxygen. I wrote a doxygen filter: a preprocessor that merges the .wxs, .wxi-s and other pieces of the wixproj project into one XML, then I am transforming that into doxygen docs. I'll write a blog post about that s

Re: [WiX-users] How do I preserve a configuration file on a major upgrade?

2008-04-06 Thread dB.
That doesn't work. A component's condition applies to installation. So once a component is installed, you can't conditionally uninstall it when you remove the entire application, which happens during the major upgrade. Then you can choose not to re-install the component on a condition, but the conf

[WiX-users] Don't know how Component Condition works?

2008-04-06 Thread Kai Lee
Hi, I am very new to the WIX. I don't know much about it. If anyone can help, I will greatly appreciate. Now I am running into the issue relate to how to conditionally install different files base on what features the user picks. Let say I have three different files but they use the same fi

[WiX-users] Is (&FeatureName = 3) AND NOT (!FeatureName = 3) really working in WIX3 version 3.0.3907.0?

2008-04-06 Thread Kai Lee
Hi, Is (&FeatureName = 3) AND NOT (!FeatureName = 3) expression syntax not working in WIX3 version 3.0.3907.0? Currently I am running the WIX3 version 3.0.3907.0. I am having the issue with the Component conditions. According to the WIX tutorial expression syntax (http://www.tramontana.co.hu

Re: [WiX-users] Can't install votive under VS2008 Pro

2008-04-06 Thread Christopher Painter
There is a mention of this on the main page @ http://wix.sourceforge.net/. Just pull down the latest weekly release and it'll work. It does for me in my TFS 2008 environment. Richard Amos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When trying to install Votive I get the message that it can't be installed b

[WiX-users] Can't install votive under VS2008 Pro

2008-04-06 Thread Richard Amos
When trying to install Votive I get the message that it can't be installed because VS Standard Edition or higher is not installed. I have VS 2008 *Pro*. I'm trying to install Wix-3.0.2925.0.msi. Any advice? - Yahoo! for Good helps you make a difference--

Re: [WiX-users] How do I preserve a configuration file on a major upgrade?

2008-04-06 Thread Bob Arnson
dB. wrote: I tried, but using FileId or putting FileCopy under a File will delete my file on uninstall and not using FileId silently did absolutely nothing and didn't show anything in the log. Basically I couldn't get it to work. Maybe a bug? Hmm...Maybe another component with the right c

Re: [WiX-users] WiX temporary files?

2008-04-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Georgi Shopov wrote: > Custom action code in binary is OK; > The question is can I carry data for the custom action in another binary? > Yes but there's no support in MSI to automatically extract it; that's only for CAs themselves. You can write a CA that extracts the data first by querying

Re: [WiX-users] Bewildered and confused (installing multiple versions of an application plug-in)

2008-04-06 Thread Bob Arnson
jwatte wrote: > The D3DX redist actually comes with a setup.exe, which I used to chain > with when using the VS Deployment project, so it sounds like this would > still serve. > Yes, DirectX works as a custom action because it doesn't use MSI. > I see. But I can make both packages part of th

Re: [WiX-users] How do I preserve a configuration file on a majorupgrade?

2008-04-06 Thread Markus Kuehni
> I did it with a custom action, but that's admitting failure :) That's exactly what I'm also trying to achieve. Can't believe one needs a custom action for that, but it seems that way! Whatever I tried so far, MSI never always does the right thing on install/repair/major upgrade/uninstall.

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