Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

Hi, > I think there may be differences between having managed custom action > support in Wix versus inventing your own way to launch a managed > assembly. Wix doesn't have to support managed CA's, you can do that > yourself. One could also write an extension for Wix (I would if I had > the time)

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

I think there may be differences between having managed custom action support in Wix versus inventing your own way to launch a managed assembly. Wix doesn't have to support managed CA's, you can do that yourself. One could also write an extension for Wix (I would if I had the time). The unm

[WiX-users] Asking the user a yes/no question

Hi, I've been searching the archives trying to find out if I can do this, but I can't find out how I'd go about it. I would like to be able to pop up a message box, asking the user a question, with 'yes' and 'no' buttons. If the user presses 'Yes', I would like a CustomAction to execute. Is t

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

Yes, this is only one of many things that would be a much needed and appreciated change. Installations are becoming much larger then the default of 32K files and overall size is causing installation for 1GB plus installs to take too long. >From a previous email thread I wrote to the wix-user group

[WiX-users] $(var.StaticComponentsRoot)\..\..\a\b\c\aa.xml

Hi, I am new to WIX, when am seeing the code of my project I encountered it , Please let me know what does it means. we have a tag like what does it mean? where the file aa.xml should be placed if I am assigned StaticComponentsRoot=a\b\? regards, shiri -- View this message in context: htt

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

Provided they can get past their strategic decision, perhaps the MSI team should talk to the Silverlight team. They seem to have addressed the tactical problems: http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2007/05/10/side-by-side-in-process-clrs-start-with-silverlight.aspx Regardless, ther

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

Note that in my blog entry (http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/04/19/Managed-Code-CustomActions-no-support-on-the-way-and-heres.aspx) I explain the work that has to be done to work around the "evil" interaction between .NET Framework, GAC and Windows Installer. Every suggested implement

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't feel so bad about my managed CA when I hear about InstallShield > suppo rting them. LOL! That gives me even more confidence that I am right in counseling people to avoid them. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- Dire

Re: [WiX-users] Component sequence

Hi Bob, thanks for the reply. I've solved the problem myself. I added a within to make sure the file is copied and named exactly the way I want it to be. I think my original problem was actually how to install a file say FileA as FileB, and access it as FileB from a element that resides in a d

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

I don't feel so bad about my managed CA when I hear about InstallShield supporting them. Thanks for the quote, I read and voted. I did have some fat finger and spelling errors. It used to be you could just write managed CA in managed C++ in .NET 1.1. With 2.0, there is the DLL dependency on

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

InstallShield creates a DLL with a bunch of exported functions like m1,m2,m3.. Then there is table data that the function queries to know enough to fire everything up and invoke it. One really cool thing is dependency rows ( Direct Editor... GUI doesn't expose it yet ) where if assembl

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

I am doing something similar, but in Wix. I had to write the "CoCreateObjectDotNet()" stuff myself. I'll bet the InstallShield created a more generic, reusable functionality. I write my .NET CA's in VB.NET so I can use late binding to do stuff with ADSI, etc. I don't need interop. I think t

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

Really? Have you polled every single Windows Installer Expert out there or are you taking the opinion of a few employees at Microsoft as a representation of the entire setup space? Personally I know of several experts who are in support of Managed Code CA' and I know the vast majority of p

Re: [WiX-users] Using CustomAction

I think you need "do_install" to come after InstallFiles, otherwise the file won't be installed. Also, didn't look close before, but you need your CustomAction to be deferred so that it happens during the script execution phase instead of the script generation phase. -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have head people preach dillegently about the evil of managed custom action s. The evil stems from the way .NET, the GAC, Windows and the MSI runtime interact. Its not the custom action per se, but the way that .NET code will

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

I have head people preach dillegently about the evil of managed custom actions. Let me just say a few things. Often we need tools such as SMO to better configure a database and the "in-box" custom action in Wix don't do quite what you need. In some of the installs I have worked on, I need to m

[WiX-users] Addin files in a transform

I need to add a couple files using a transform to an already existing MSI that contains all of its files in an embedded cabinet. I understand that I'll need to add the files to a new Feature that will contain new Component(s) for the files. I would like to keep the new files in a new embedde

Re: [WiX-users] Virtual directory creation problems on Windows Server 2008 64-bit

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I do have the legacy settings enabled. Server Manager > IIS 6 Management Compabitlity > IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility is checked. This is a UAC related problem. If I open a an admin command prompt and fire off the MSI from there, the install works fine (on the same 64-bi

Re: [WiX-users] Using CustomAction

Well, this is my install-sequence: NOT Installed AND NOT REMOVE Installed AND NOT REMOVE Installed AND REMOVE Hmm, if it's actually that hard to do, I'll probably stick with installing my files to some "dummy"-location - even though it will never be used exc

Re: [WiX-users] Using CustomAction

When are you executing the CustomAction? PS: if you don't want to install the file, then you'll need to either write a block of code to temporarily extract it to disk (lots of work to get that right in all cases securly) or try to find it on source media (lots of problems if the source media i

Re: [WiX-users] Release 3.0.4014.0 requires MsBuild 3.5?

Is there a bug open with this data in it? If not, would you mind ensuring it is still open? This should *just* work. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Holmgren Mathias Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 08:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] public property registry search assignment not working during uninstall passes

Thanks. Looking at the AppSearch section I see that it is now getting set but this is possibly because I added the additional registry search entries I've shown below. Is there any way to review the AppSearch section where you see the property value being modified by the AppSearch hit and dete

Re: [WiX-users] New util:InternetShortcut feature and icons

Ulla Kjær - European Partners wrote: > Id="MyCompany" > Directory="DesktopFolder" > Name="My Company Name" > Target="http://www.mycompany.dk"; /> > > in my component element. It work

Re: [WiX-users] public property registry search assignment not working during uninstall passes

Robert O'Brien wrote: Key="$(var.SoftwareKey)\Microsoft\!(loc.ProductKey)" Name="DATABASEHOST" /> Looking at my verbose logs my public property "DATABASEHOST" during uninstall passes is ending up with the default value versus the vale which I confirmed was

Re: [WiX-users] using properties in string element

Scott Sam wrote: I'm using it in the feature title and description attributes. Those columns in the Feature table aren't formatted, which explains why the properties aren't being expanded. The only way I can think of to change them is via a transform but that requires a bootstrapper to run

Re: [WiX-users] Splash screen

Mooney, Stephen wrote: I would like to present a splash screen before the installer runs. Is this functionality available natively in WiX? Or would I need to do this with a custom action. MSI shows its own dialog while it opens the .msi database to see what UI is available. After that, yo

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

And BTW, this topic is obviously an old beaten horse... http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/04/19/Managed-Code-CustomActio ns-no-support-on-the-way-and-heres.aspx /M From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Holmgren Mathias Sent

[WiX-users] New util:InternetShortcut feature and icons

Hi list, I'm trying to use the new feature util:InternetShortcut for a desktop shortcut to my company's website. using a block of code like: http://www.mycompany.dk"; /> in my component element. It works fine, compiles with no problems, but... how can I get our icon attache

Re: [WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

AFAIK, MSI can not call your managed code directly and there is no supported way to easily call into custom actions written in managed code. But you can use InstallUtilLib.dll from the framework directory to host an AppDomain and load+call your managed code custom action. I got the below to wor

[WiX-users] Managed custom actions in Wix 3

I have attempted to use custom actions in wix3 created using Visual Studio 2005 and WIX 3 The error message appears when i execute the msi file There is a problem with this Windows installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnell or

Re: [WiX-users] Using CustomAction

Thanx for the hint, but somehow that doesn't quite work as expected ... maybe I should post some of my wix-code ... maybe I'm doing some stupid wrong ... --- cut --- cut--- cut--- cut --- --- cut --- cut--- cut--- cut --- I don't want to "install" the wsp-file somewhere on my ma

[WiX-users] Splash screen

Hi there, I would like to present a splash screen before the installer runs. Is this functionality available natively in WiX? Or would I need to do this with a custom action. Any help is greatly appreciated. Regards, Stephen IONA Technologies PLC (registered in Irelan

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Re: [WiX-users] Odd error when trying Include assembly in build

1. That's a pretty old build. I'm not sure how many bugs have been fixed since then in WiX v3. 2. Those types of problems are almost always load issues (if you have a relatively new WiX toolset) with the assembly and .NET Framework. You might try breaking out the fusion logger (FusLogVw, I

Re: [WiX-users] Virtual directory creation problems on Windows Server 2008 64-bit

The WiX IIS CustomActions on Vista require the Legacy Admin Interface. The IIS team chose to completely rewrite their data store and not install the previously supported access interfaces by default. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Manis

Re: [WiX-users] Using CustomAction

The Formatted topic in the MSI SDK describes the magical syntax to get you the full path to your file: "[!FileId]". Lots of other good stuff in that particular help topic. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henning Eiben Sent: Monday, April

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Re: [WiX-users] adding a component on a minor upgrade

Bob Arnson a écrit : > Frédéric Viollet wrote: >> The problem is that, according to the MSDN, REINSTALL=ALL only >> reinstalls the previously installed features. So I am not able to add >> new features on a minor upgrade. >> > > You need to install new features using the ADDLOCAL property. Can