[WiX-users] Новинка!

2008-05-18 Thread jonny kelvin
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Re: [WiX-users] DigitalCertificate Element

2008-05-18 Thread Albert Shamsiyan
Thanks for the prompt response Adam. So basically I should point the [EMAIL PROTECTED] element to the public key (spc file) representing my company signatures? If that's so, Is it possible to extract it from already signed file? If so how? -Original Message- From: Adam Majer [mailto:[EM

Re: [WiX-users] Installing .NET 3.5 redist?

2008-05-18 Thread Neil Enns
That link is certainly interesting! This part especially: "When you compile the application, you will have the option to package the Client Profile installer and your application together into a seamless, unified installer for the best possible experience." and "We're also working with third-pa

Re: [WiX-users] Installing .NET 3.5 redist?

2008-05-18 Thread Christopher Painter
Bob- I've looked at the agility trends and the embedded externalUI capabilities, and it's really cool... but I'm curious, how will we solve the chicken and the egg problem so that we can actually take advantage of these abilities? Do you see a big push of MSI 4.5 through Windows Up

Re: [WiX-users] Error 1721 + manifest

2008-05-18 Thread Bob Arnson
shaan khan wrote: My custom action need to impersonate current user and same time I want it to be run in elevated mode . MSI doesn't support that; it's either impersonated or elevated, not both. A manifest requiring elevation isn't honored because the app runs in the context of the MSI serve

Re: [WiX-users] Installing .NET 3.5 redist?

2008-05-18 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Enns wrote: The problem with option 1 is that it means we have to give up control of the end-to-end install and out of box experience for our product. A bootstrapper gives you more control over UI than you could possibly get with MSI's UI. I'm sure there are plenty of reasons why the .N

Re: [WiX-users] Installing .NET 3.5 redist?

2008-05-18 Thread Christopher Painter
Both InstallShield and MSI 4.5 have done some work in this area to address your concerns. Prereqs are no longer required to be done up front. You can fire up your UI and then associate the prereq to feature action state and then roll through your packages using one big transaction. It's reall

Re: [WiX-users] Installing .NET 3.5 redist?

2008-05-18 Thread Christopher Painter
Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The limitation is with Windows Installer, *not* WiX. The correct way of doing this is either, I'm afraid you missed the entire meaning of my comment. I fully understand how to deal with execute sequence mutex and composing applications from multiple p

Re: [WiX-users] Installing .NET 3.5 redist?

2008-05-18 Thread Neil Enns
The problem with option 1 is that it means we have to give up control of the end-to-end install and out of box experience for our product. When you are trying to construct a carefully designed user experience and impression of your application, a bootstrapper is a pretty fugly addition to the mi

Re: [WiX-users] Installing .NET 3.5 redist?

2008-05-18 Thread Adam Majer
Christopher Painter wrote: > The WiX `philosophy` seems to be don't add .NET dependencies to your > install and don't redist the framework.Just do an AppSearch/Launch > Condition and tell the user to go do it on their own. Personally > this conflicts with my needs and results in one of the

Re: [WiX-users] Error 1721 + manifest

2008-05-18 Thread jmcfadyen
where is this sequenced.. it needs to be after the installFiles action as you are using a file installed during installation. for more information on sequencing have a read of this. http://johnmcfadyen.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9DD01136FC094724!167.entry shaan khan wrote: > > i have custo

Re: [WiX-users] Starting & stopping program during install & uninstall

2008-05-18 Thread Adam Majer
Chris Mumford wrote: > During install I need to start a program that I've just installed, and I > also need to kill it during uninstall/upgrade. > > I believe that I can just add a custom action to start it, but what > about to stop it? Is there a non CA solution to this problem? Wouldn't such a

Re: [WiX-users] DigitalCertificate Element

2008-05-18 Thread Adam Majer
Albert Shamsiyan wrote: > Wix help regarding DigitalCertificate Element, states that the > SourceFile is The path to the certificate file. Is it possible to > extract it from already signed file? If so how? Can I just use a signed > file or I must use the certificate file? Err, no. Digital certifi

Re: [WiX-users] Generate MSI during install

2008-05-18 Thread jmcfadyen
here is a method I use to consume an xml file. You could get your server application to generate an xml and let the client consume it during installation. http://johnmcfadyen.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9DD01136FC094724!197.entry Matthew Sheets wrote: > > To expand on some of the earlier sugg

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[WiX-users] Starting & stopping program during install & uninstall

2008-05-18 Thread Chris Mumford
Hi again: During install I need to start a program that I've just installed, and I also need to kill it during uninstall/upgrade. I believe that I can just add a custom action to start it, but what about to stop it? Is there a non CA solution to this problem? Thanks! -Chris

[WiX-users] DigitalCertificate Element

2008-05-18 Thread Albert Shamsiyan
Wix help regarding DigitalCertificate Element, states that the SourceFile is The path to the certificate file. Is it possible to extract it from already signed file? If so how? Can I just use a signed file or I must use the certificate file? TIA - Albert Shamsiyan ---

Re: [WiX-users] yep - back to being 100% frustrated

2008-05-18 Thread Josh Rowe
Mike, The way I approach this is to provide an extra feature to install the database scripts using the various "defaults", but always to install the database scripts and installation options whether or not that feature is requested. Alternatively, I provide a "Database scripts" feature and a c

[WiX-users] Error 1721 + manifest

2008-05-18 Thread shaan khan
i have custom action with managed code . i have defined following manifest for custom action. when i embed manifest in custom action , it gives following error. Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install

[WiX-users] .NET 3.5 Optimized For Client Development Install

2008-05-18 Thread Christopher Painter
There are various references that VS 2008SP1 contains an optimized netfx redist. I've pulled the sp bootstrapper and ran the command create the installable layout but I don't see it.The only thing I see is a dotnetfx35setup.exe (3.5.30428.1) 2.8mb web downloader that when ran on my vs2008

[WiX-users] yep - back to being 100% frustrated

2008-05-18 Thread DE�K JAHN, G�bor
On Fri, 16 May 2008 07:35:17 -0700, Tanikella, Rajanikanth (SCR US) wrote: Raj, > 8.3 file names and such do not provide a compelling example of this in 2008. This one comes up from time to time... It was mentioned a couple of times that some old but still functional Novell file servers have th