[WiX-users] HowTo install a MSHelp2 collection into VS2005 or VS2008

Hello, We need to install a MS Help2 collection into VS2005 and/or VS2008. I was looking for a nice HowTo Guide on the subject. ;-) But it don't seem to work. Searching through the various blogs on the subject, I found this open issue: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=15

[WiX-users] creating Localized installer.

Hi All, Is it possible to create a localized installer that detects Locals of system and installation get launched in local language. i.e. Say if installation started by a German user than installation progress should be in German, and in Japanese if Japanese user start installation. >

Re: [WiX-users] Win Services problem

Hi, When i am installing WinServices through wix Installer am getting following error. "Verify that you have sufficient privilages to start the system service" Please help me out. Thanks & Regards, Chandrashekar vuppala M-9908298419 Oakton Global Technology Services Centre (India) Results

Re: [WiX-users] VS 2005 problem with Wix 3.0.4311.0 version

These are steps i followed while insatlling wix 1. ProjectAggregator2.msi 2. Wix3.0.4311 3. Restated the machene Now i have opened new project, but it is showing blank in the solution explorer, by default it hasopened wxs file. Thanks & Regards, Chandrashekar vuppala M-9908298419 Oakton Glo

Re: [WiX-users] VS 2005 problem with Wix 3.0.4311.0 version

Oh I think I know what the problem is. You need to also install ProjectAggregator2.msi. That is required for VS2005 integration (but not for VS2008). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chandra Vuppala Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:12 PM T

Re: [WiX-users] VS 2005 problem with Wix 3.0.4311.0 version

Hi Jason, Am using Windows Vista can u tell me what all i need to install and give me the steps for installation to make it work. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jason Ginchereau Sent: Thu 17/07/2008 9:28 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML

Re: [WiX-users] A method for avoiding ICE38 error

ICE30 and ICE38 are two quite different errors. ICE38 seems pertinent in this case so I will assume you are talking about this. When deploying files to a users profile if the file is a keypath to the component the files fullpath will be written to the component's registry i.e. c:\users\%usernam

Re: [WiX-users] How to set the IIS read permission and execute permission

Look at the WebDirProperties under IIS. That's where I set mine... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Tarm Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:48 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to set the IIS read permissio

Re: [WiX-users] Testing for existence of a Project Reference

Thanks bob, i missed that syntax in the help file omits the $(var. ) So now I have broken this down to the simplest example i can think of and still seem to be having troubles. I created a new solution, added one class library and one wix installer project. I added a reference to ClassLibrary1

Re: [WiX-users] Testing for existence of a Project Reference

Steve Baker wrote: > I am trying to test if a project reference has been defined from inside a wxi > file by testing one of the constants that should be defined like this: > > > > $(var.id) is a variable resolution, to expand the id int

Re: [WiX-users] Custom UI Dialog errors

Dane Anderson (Volt) wrote: > I am attempting to create a trial Custom UI (my first). Nothing spectacular, > just a single dialog box > with a single edit control, and a next button (fancy will come later after I > get THIS to work). > There's a bunch of minimum requirements you have to meet

[WiX-users] Testing for existence of a Project Reference

I am trying to test if a project reference has been defined from inside a wxi file by testing one of the constants that should be defined like this: if i have the project refe

Re: [WiX-users] using preprocessor variables in pre/postbuild steps in VS2005

Where are you defining the preprocessor variables you would like to have access to in the pre and post build steps? In the wixproj file? in a wxs? Steve Baker From: "Antoine, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 4:22 PM To: wix-users@

[WiX-users] using preprocessor variables in pre/postbuild steps in VS2005

Everyone,     I am currently using WiX v3.0.2925.0.  I have a few projects that use local preprocessor variables.  I may need to pass one or more of these on to pre- and post-build steps in Visual Studio 2005.  So far I have been unable to do so.  From reading the documentation, there a

[WiX-users] A method for avoiding ICE38 error

During installation I create some per-user folders in Users\username\AppData\Roaming. Thus I get hit by ICE30 error. I don't really understand why would creating folders under CU profile cause problems for component un/installation in this particular case. Anyhow, I solved the problem with a tric

Re: [WiX-users] Where does FilesInUse dialog get its names from?

Thanks for consideration Neil! Unfortunately my problem is killing some COM EXE servers that don't show a window, plus I don't always get my authored FilesInUse dialog. When uninstalling if programs are running I get some other system-provided dialog which doesn't successfully kill even the app

Re: [WiX-users] Merge module question

Anidil wrote: > Can't we author all the setup components inside an msm?Do we really need wix > then?What all are the advantages of going for wix instead of deploying an > application using merge modules? By extension, we do not need tools like WiX as we don't need tools like compilers. We can all

Re: [WiX-users] Where does FilesInUse dialog get its names from?

Solved! Tony, if you are writing a managed application, you need to make sure it has the AssemblyTitle assembly attribute set on it. That's where the string comes from. Neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Juricic Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [WiX-users] Where does FilesInUse dialog get its names from?

Ok, I'm making a bit of progress. Here's what the msi log says: MSI (s) (80:C8) [10:11:05:038]: RESTART MANAGER: Detected that application with id 5816, friendly name ' ', of type RmUnknownApp and status 1 holds file[s] in use. Clearly the friendly name is blank. So the big question is: where d

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

I'm not sure how, but all the closing tags for my components somehow got lost in the copy paste o_O. rest assured that everything is closed correctly and compiles in the original source. Thanks again for the help, Steve Baker From: "Steve Baker" <[EMAI

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

Thank you all for the discussion. I still find myself unable to understand what risk is posed in this situation by me intentionally ignoring the conventional standards and component rules. I have: 30 or so different product installers, all installed automatically and silently by Team Build scr

Re: [WiX-users] VS 2005 problem with Wix 3.0.4311.0 version

There might be some problem with the WiX installation on your system, since nobody else is seeing that kind of problem. What OS are you running on? Can you try uninstalling and reinstalling WiX? Does the previous week's build work? (You probably don't want to use 4311 anyway since that week ther

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild

That sounds perfectly reasonable! Neil -Original Message- From: Adam Connelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:41 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild Thanks a lot for the replies. I'm hitting myself

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild

Hi Adam, My build scenario is even more difficult than yours. You may have seen my email earlier about my blight. Our product has 3 levels of inheritance (with room for more) each with customizations adding to the previous tier spanning across .net code, databases, reporting services, etc. I have

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild

Thanks a lot for the replies. I'm hitting myself on the head - just 5 minutes before reading both replies I had given up with the hand-editing and added a Wix project. So I now have exactly what Christopher recommended :P I created a separate Solution configuration that just builds Wix project

[WiX-users] Custom UI Dialog errors

Please bear with me, I'm relatively new to Wix (only worked with it for 6 months 2 years ago)and it was only up to V2 something at that time. I am attempting to create a trial Custom UI (my first). Nothing spectacular, just a single dialog box with a single edit control, and a next button (fancy

Re: [WiX-users] Mutually Exclusive Features/Components

You could swap the normal Feature selection tree dialog for one which presents the options as radio buttons. When you click next you change the feature states based on the radio button currently selected. Or you could present the options as a button each, and the user clicks the relevant one

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild

Adam, WiX ships with complete MSBuild support through a set of tasks and targets, there's no need to try and hand-edit things. Do you have Visual Studio installed? If so, create a new Visual Studio project and look for a WiX node in the new project dialog. Create that, add the contents of your

Re: [WiX-users] SqlScript, XmlFile, Pyro and patching

> I thought a patch installer (.MSP) did not have a UI. You might have a > more controlled environment, but without a UI we couldn't prompt for SQL > credentials and thus couldn't run SQL Scripts in a patch. If you can > hard code credentials or there actually is some way to display a dialog > to

[WiX-users] Mutually Exclusive Features/Components

How can I install separate versions of files based on user selection? I have an installer I've created that currently has 4 features, one for each specific flavor of my application. I want the user to select which flavor they want at install time, and lay down the proper files accordingly. As of

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild

I just use Votive to set my projects up, then use MSBuild on a CI Build machine to actually accomplish the builds. I also need to split mine up into x86 and x64 builds, so I have all that run within there. I just create the projects I need, then the installer projects for each component within t

Re: [WiX-users] SqlScript, XmlFile, Pyro and patching

> > This fails giving the following error in the log. > > > > Action start 11:04:08: InstallSqlData. > > InstallSqlData: Error 0x80070006: failed to get size of stream > > InstallSqlData: Error 0x80070006: failed to read SqlScripts table > > Try using pyro's -notidy argument. Very helpful to

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

No problem. Not a totally clean machine (they are dev boxes), however these components GUIDs never existed / never were installed before. (brand new installations with brand new components). Let me know what you find. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild

I actually sorted the problem (a typo :(). I would still be interested to find out how others structure their projects. Adam -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Connelly Sent: 17 July 2008 11:19 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subje

Re: [WiX-users] COM+ Registration in WiX3

There is a COM+ custom action and compiler extension. Check out wix.chm for details. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Faden Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:44 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] COM+ Registr

[WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild

Hi, I currently trying to add a task into my MSBuild file that will create the various MSI files needed for the project. I've got the following file structure: Root/ Build.xml Code/ Deploy/ ProjA ProjB Installs/ ProjA.wxs Sorry if that's not amazingly clear. Basical

Re: [WiX-users] Executing Sql Stored Procedure from SqlString

Sorry, i wasnt clear in the previous post. Can i use SqlString Select Query to get Currencies and Bind it to the ComboBox properties or do i have to write a custom action only? Rahul - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Mob

Re: [WiX-users] Component Rules

hi john, I see your point this is something that I have not experienced in the past and doesnt seem to follow normal known logic. you mind if i test this overnight and get back to you tomorrow. Are you testing this on a clean machine just in case there is no relics of these components hanging ar