Re: [WiX-users] WiX 2.0 and VS2008?

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Painter
I did a hybrid solution where I think I weaked the msbuild files to point to the 2.0 targets or something. Basically you'd be using Votive Beta3 bits but once built the resultant MSI and CA's would be WiX 2.0. That might be an acceptable solution to you. Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Removing the exit dialog from the UI sequence?

2008-05-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Enns wrote: What I can't figure out, however, is how to get rid of the finish dialog. If I take out the DialogRef for ExitDialog I wind up with the following two build errors: C:\Users\neile\AppData\Local\Temp\kbfa-qdm\foo.msi : error LGHT0204: ICE 20: Exit dialog/action not found in

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 2.0 and VS2008?

2008-05-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Robert Rollins wrote: I just recently found out about WiX from my boss, who's having me do a research project to see if WiX would work to improve our product's installer. I installed Votive 2.0, but it didn't give me an option to integrate with VS2008, just 2005 (I have both installed on my

[WiX-users] Removing the exit dialog from the UI sequence?

2008-05-23 Thread Neil Enns
We'd like our installer to simply not have a "finished" dialog at the end of setup. I've gone through the work outlined on WixWiki for setting up a custom UI, and now have a bunch of DialogRef and Publish entries in our wix project to mimic the WixUI_Minimal sequence. I've even figured out how t

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[WiX-users] WiX 2.0 and VS2008?

2008-05-23 Thread Robert Rollins
I just recently found out about WiX from my boss, who's having me do a research project to see if WiX would work to improve our product's installer. I installed Votive 2.0, but it didn't give me an option to integrate with VS2008, just 2005 (I have both installed on my machine). I've read that WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Custom Dialog based on Feature selection

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Painter
No Problem! Hammad Butt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:This worked. Thanks a lot! From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 1:01 PM To: Hammad Butt; Bob Arnson Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Wix: Custom Dialog b

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Custom Dialog based on Feature selection

2008-05-23 Thread Hammad Butt
This worked. Thanks a lot! From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 1:01 PM To: Hammad Butt; Bob Arnson Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Wix: Custom Dialog based on Feature selection I'm guessing you'll want to read this: http://r

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Custom Dialog based on Feature selection

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Painter
I'm guessing you'll want to read this: http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2008/04/21/How-to-escape-the-ampersand-in-WiX-and-MSI-UI.aspx Hammad Butt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the help. I can see that I need to use the & operator in the condition statement.

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Custom Dialog based on Feature selection

2008-05-23 Thread Hammad Butt
Thanks for the help. I can see that I need to use the & operator in the condition statement. In the Wix xml file, I still don't know what the syntax should be. Here is what I am trying &Documentation = 3 "Documentation" is the ID of a feature. I am trying to check if this feature has

Re: [WiX-users] Problem building Wix V3

2008-05-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Eva, Mark E (ESL Lab-Boise) wrote: The following errors occur when I try to build Wix 3.0.4116.0 from wix3-source.zip from /releases/3.0.4116.0 In general, the sources.zip is for reference; it's missing several large DLLs and other binary files that are available either from CVS or the binari

Re: [WiX-users] Removing dialog causes error 2707

2008-05-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Ryan O'Neill wrote: I had a working solution but the customer wanted to replace the WelcomeForm dialog with a LicenceForm dialog. After doing this and changing all references from one to the other, I get a 2707 error when I try to use the disk cost button. Look for a missing SetTargetPath

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility: Detection & Beyond

2008-05-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Ross Holder wrote: I should add I have access to some additional WiX samples that specifically detect Visual Studio 2008 and will share the solution as soon as I've had a chance to test 'em out. WixVSExtension includes detection for the various SKUs of VS2008. See the "WixVSExtension" top

Re: [WiX-users] Default UI images

2008-05-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Willie Burton wrote: Where can I find the default UI Images? They're embedded in WixUIExtension.dll. The sources are in the src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\Bitmaps directory. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ - This SF.n

Re: [WiX-users] Dynamic Shortcuts in Wix

2008-05-23 Thread Bob Arnson
Carl Caulkett wrote: I am trying to create menu and desktop shortcuts which are named dynamically by the installer. In other words, suppose I have a property called INSTANCE_NAME, I would like to be able to include Name="[INSTANCE_NAME]" in my element. The problem is that, unlike other attr

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate Messages & Bounces to wix-users

2008-05-23 Thread Willie Burton
It's happen to me today. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Holder Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 3:16 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Duplicate Messages & Bounces to wix-users Not sure if this type of message is appropriat

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate Messages & Bounces to wix-users

2008-05-23 Thread Rob Mensching
This won't help much but I haven't seen that sort of behavior when sending email to the list... First I've heard anyone mention it either. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Holder Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 12:16 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-

[WiX-users] Duplicate Messages & Bounces to wix-users

2008-05-23 Thread Ross Holder
Not sure if this type of message is appropriate for the list generally, but I'm curious if others have been trouble posting to wix-users? I've only really ever posted 2 distinct articles here, but have had to re-send messages each time to get the message posted. I've event got bounced message rec

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility: Detection & Beyond

2008-05-23 Thread Ross Holder
Stephen: As I tried to state in the problem description, at the moment, it certainly appears to me that implementation of any Property/Condition node pair results in a mandatory LaunchConditions failure for all registry checks associated with Visual Studio. (And I do mean all.) It's not at al

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Custom Dialog based on Feature selection

2008-05-23 Thread Jim Williams
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368012(VS.85).aspx Look in the section called "Access Prefixes" for the $ and ! characters used to reference feature IDs. Jim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hammad Butt Sent: Fr

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Custom Dialog based on Feature selection

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Painter
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368012(VS.85).aspx Take a look at the feature action and & and ! operators. Hammad Butt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I installed the MSI SDK but I was unable to find “Examples of Conditional Statement Syntax”. Is it possible for

Re: [WiX-users] Wix: Custom Dialog based on Feature selection

2008-05-23 Thread Hammad Butt
Hi, I installed the MSI SDK but I was unable to find "Examples of Conditional Statement Syntax". Is it possible for you to paste the relevant example in this mail thread? Or you can just tell me what property do I need to look at if I want to find out if a feature was selected for install? Tha

[WiX-users] Problem building Wix V3

2008-05-23 Thread Eva, Mark E (ESL Lab-Boise)
The following errors occur when I try to build Wix 3.0.4116.0 from wix3-source.zip from /releases/3.0.4116.0 Please note the error below; The chm target can't find chm.proj as it is missing from the source zip file. Thanks for your help, Mark # C:\wix_

Re: [WiX-users] Why isn't my filesearch working?

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Painter
Glad to have helped. I don't know if you remember, but you helped me a couple years back getting my feet with your AssemblyInfo task. It really helped me solve a build problem that enabled me to get minor upgrades and patching to work 100% perfectly. Neil Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [WiX-users] Why isn't my filesearch working?

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Painter
Ya... that's a fun one. There's even a couple old articles on Installsite that get it wrong in a sense. The workaround ( x.x.x.x-1 ) is correct but the reasoning focus on MinVersion being Inclusive vs Exclusive instead of Languages.I don't know the whole history but I suspect this is on

Re: [WiX-users] Why isn't my filesearch working?

2008-05-23 Thread Neil Enns
Yeah, that was the problem. ARGH. Man, I mean. MAN! Sigh. Neil From: Christopher Painter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:03 AM To: Neil Enns; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Why isn't my filesearch working? Ah, the joys of Windows Installer. You

Re: [WiX-users] Why isn't my filesearch working?

2008-05-23 Thread Kelly Leahy
Wow... That's got to be the wierdest 'feature' I've ever seen. Christopher Painter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/23/2008 11:03 AM To Neil Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net" cc Subject Re: [WiX-users] Why isn't my filesearch working? Ah,

Re: [WiX-users] Why isn't my filesearch working?

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Painter
Ah, the joys of Windows Installer. You are probably bumping into this as found in the Signature Table help topic. Note The language specified in the Languages column is used in the comparison and there is no way to ignore language. If you want a file to meet the MinVersion field requirem

[WiX-users] Why isn't my filesearch working?

2008-05-23 Thread Neil Enns
Ok, it must be the Friday before a long weekend and I'm being silly somehow. I'm trying to do a simple filesearch to verify the version number on a file: But this is always failing, and as far as I can tell the NVIDIADRIVERVER property is never getting set. Wh

[WiX-users] Removing dialog causes error 2707

2008-05-23 Thread Ryan O'Neill
I had a working solution but the customer wanted to replace the WelcomeForm dialog with a LicenceForm dialog. After doing this and changing all references from one to the other, I get a 2707 error when I try to use the disk cost button. This is a fully customised UI. Any pointers as to what

[WiX-users] Default UI images

2008-05-23 Thread Willie Burton
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Re: [WiX-users] WIX GUI

2008-05-23 Thread Meftah Tayeb
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Re: [WiX-users] WIX GUI

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Painter
I've not found a acceptable designer yet. Votive is nice start for how it should `fit in` with Visual Studio, but beyond that it's nothing more then code editor, not a true designer. WiXAware is a nice designer, but it throws exceptions on about every screen I click on and it only suppor

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility: Detection & Beyond

2008-05-23 Thread Stephen Askew
Why not just add two RegistrySearch elements, one looking in the WOW6432Node, and one in the standard location. If Windows Installer can't find the first location it will look in the next. From: Ross Holder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 May 2008 14:27 To: w

[WiX-users] Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility: Detection & Beyond

2008-05-23 Thread Ross Holder
Today has been quite a day. It began with me debugging a .wxs file whose build logs and pertinent documentation seem to be demonstrating reticence concerning detection and acquisition of strings related to an install of Visual Studio 2008. Surprised? I sure was! First a quick review (skip to th

[WiX-users] Visual Studio 2008 Extensibility: Detection & Beyond

2008-05-23 Thread Ross Holder
Today has been quite a day. It began with me debugging a .wxs file whose build logs and pertinent documentation seem to be demonstrating reticence concerning detection and acquisition of strings related to an install of Visual Studio 2008. Surprised? I sure was! First a quick review (skip to th

Re: [WiX-users] WIX GUI

2008-05-23 Thread Pally Sandher
Personally I use Visual Studio 2005 as an IDE. Works perfectly with Votive. Go to http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/ get the MSI from the latest release of whichever version of WiX you are using & install it (it will also install the latest WiX binaries). I find WiXEdit is nice for editing/twea

[WiX-users] Dynamic Shortcuts in Wix

2008-05-23 Thread Carl Caulkett
Hello, I am trying to create menu and desktop shortcuts which are named dynamically by the installer. In other words, suppose I have a property called INSTANCE_NAME, I would like to be able to include Name="[INSTANCE_NAME]" in my element. The problem is that, unlike other attributes, the "Name

Re: [WiX-users] Custom WiXUI - overriding default dialogs

2008-05-23 Thread Alex Goryuk
That¹s a good point, so it¹s the magic combination of Installed AND NOT RESUME AND NOT Preselected And Sequencing within the UI element. Thanks, Alex G. On 5/22/08 8:56 PM, "Bob Arnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Goryuk wrote: >> Re: [WiX-users] Custom WiXUI - overriding default dialogs

[WiX-users] Современные требования к предп роектной, проектной подготовке строител ьства

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[WiX-users] Работа Руководителя: Технологи и эффективного управления людьми

2008-05-23 Thread Учебный Центр
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Re: [WiX-users] WIX GUI

2008-05-23 Thread Ryan O'Neill
Try WixAware. I think SharpDevelop (free) has a designer in there too, I may be mistaken though. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Meftah Tayeb Sent: 22 May 2008 23:10 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] WIX GUI Hi, Please Help Me: i am L

[WiX-users] Система управления знаниями в организации

2008-05-23 Thread Performance appraisal