Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction does not work

Hi Rohit, I suggest you to print (echo) the values for INSTALLDIR and SOURCEDIR and try to run the script directly from the command shell, this will give you exactly the error during the copy operation. Reasons could be: target folder already exists, it's read only, source not found, etc... Regards

Re: [WiX-users] How to ignore selected ICE errors or warnings during compilation

John Gilbert (MBS) wrote: > In this instance, the errors relate to a common merge module included in both > a 32bit and 64bit MSI. Everything had been working just fine on 64 bit > machines, (with MSIs built with build 1502), so it appears that I can ignore > this error. ICE warnings are usu

Re: [WiX-users] Question about Extensibility point in the WiX XML Schema

Dmitry Berkovich wrote: > My question is how I can add an additional attributes to > element? Take a look at the source code for WixGamingExtension in src\ext\GamingExtension. It adds custom attributes and elements. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module, Custom Actions and executables

Roberto Almanza wrote: > I tried passing in the INSTALLDIR as a parameter to the call, but it is > being passed in as the empty string. If INSTALLDIR is coming from the .msi package that consumes the .msm, it's not going to work: Merge modules are supposed to be self-contained, so their IDs are

Re: [WiX-users] Font not correct when uninstall from control panel

Anybody know how to control this? I checked the msi with orca's "dialog preview", but cannot find one corresponding to "/qb" uninstall. yixie wrote: > > I've tried to set "", but seems it won't > affect. > > > yixie wrote: >> >> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18088307/UninstallFont.jpg >> >>

[WiX-users] CustomAction does not work

Not Installed This fails on fso.CopyFolder Any Idea, Why? Regards, Rohit - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux ba

Re: [WiX-users] Call a .NET dll file in wix using custom

Hi Poornima, Did You add SNk for u r library(dll). Thanks & Regards, Chandrashekar vuppala Noor College of Engineering & Tech M-9908298419 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Poornima S Sent: Tue 5/08/2008 10:24 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: [E

Re: [WiX-users] Call a .NET dll file in wix using custom

A live.com search for 0x80131043 yielded many results, including this one at Aaron's blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2004/11/10/255346.aspx, and this specific comment from him in the comment section: "The error code you are getting is 0x80131043. According to the chart at the top

Re: [WiX-users] Call a .NET dll file in wix using custom

I tried to register DLL in the GAC, by adding Assembly=".net" to my element, as below: But I am getting an error when I try to run my installer as follows: An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'DLFetcher,version="1.1.0.0", culture="neutral",publickeyToken="402B9D897

[WiX-users] Question about Extensibility point in the WiX XML Schema

Hi, I am developing an extension for WiX. I have several types of extensions. Part of them need extend element. I have found examples in WiX extension how I can extend Xsd schema for this requirement. My question is how I can add an additional attributes to element? I looked at "wix.xsd" fil

Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module, Custom Actions and executables

I simplified my approach a bit and was able to get the exe to be copied over (along with a few xml files) and run... However, now I have a problem where I attempt to open the files when running the exe, the current directory is set to c:\. I tried passing in the INSTALLDIR as a parameter to the c

Re: [WiX-users] How to ignore selected ICE errors or warnings during compilation

John, Are you building using a .wixproj file? Or custom command-line stuff? Neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Gilbert (MBS) Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 4:26 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to ign

[WiX-users] Create new website or use existing

I want to give the user the choice of deploying a web app to an existing website or to create a new website. All the examples I've seen do one or the other but not both. 1) After reading the documentation on the IIS extension, am I right in thinking that I will require 2 website

Re: [WiX-users] User Defined File Sources

Attribute Source of File element has type String, not Formatted, which means you can't do what you want. Take a look at Transitive components to get the results you want: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372462(VS.85).aspx Regards, Alex Shevchuk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[WiX-users] Creating group/account and granting permission in WIX 3.0

Hi All, I am using WIX 3.0 to generate MSI for my web application/web service. I want to accomplish the below task in the WIX Need to create a local group Granting permission for that account/group full access to the install folder Need to provide write access to [log_file_path] I am not able

[WiX-users] How to ignore selected ICE errors or warnings during compilation

I just started using WIX build 3.0.2420.0, (I was using 3.0.1502.0). When Light.exe runs it performs the ICE validations. Some of those, I want to ignore. However, I have not been able to figure out how to do so. Here are a couple of lines of output I am seeing: 1>c:\main\source\setup\msiwix\

Re: [WiX-users] User Defined File Sources

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There are a bunch of files which the installer needs to add to the > user's mac hine, but the directory of where these "source files" are, > is going to be a val ue set by the user in the initial steps of the > inst

[WiX-users] User Defined File Sources

Greetings to all, I have an issue with an installer package that I am trying to create. There are a bunch of files which the installer needs to add to the user's machine, but the directory of where these "source files" are, is going to be a value set by the user in the initial steps of the insta

Re: [WiX-users] Loading Extensions

Done: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2038040&group_i d=105970&atid=642714 Neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Enns Sent: 03 August 2008 17:10 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject

Re: [WiX-users] custom action

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371254(VS.85).aspx for options on return value from CA. Perhaps you need IDABORT=3. Regards, Alex Shevchuk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Rerick Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 1:03 PM

[WiX-users] Merge Module, Custom Actions and executables

Hi. I am trying to use a merge module to define an exe that I will then reference from several wix projects. The merge module definition is below. I then make the modificaitons to my wix project as specified below. Ultimately I simply want to have the executable copied to the install direction a

[WiX-users] custom action

All, For a product install, I need to check some attributes of the installed SQL Server database and also make sure that the SQL Browser service is running. This needs to be checked before the product is installed. I have a VB script (I know they are evil, but I this is a requirement I can'

[WiX-users] SQL custom action issue

Hello, The following WIX line does not produce the desired behavior of running the SQL script on install, uninstall and rollback (it does not run on uninstall, we're not sure about install and rollback) When changing the above line t

Re: [WiX-users] Changing Directories Dynamically

Hi Brian, Thanks for the link, somehow I missed some information published there. In any case, I cannot use - don't want :^) - CA 35/51. The problem description is simple, I have a generic setup creating a sub-folder under Program Files, Common Files and System32, the subfolder name is the same (n

Re: [WiX-users] Changing Directories Dynamically

Hey Eitan, It is difficult to handle the hierarchy issue you explained below. A Custom Action Type 35 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368093(VS.85).aspx) will allow you set a formatted string. You could use the parent directory value in the text which will be expanded. I am not sure of

Re: [WiX-users] Sending params to Deferred Custom Action

Hi, calling to defered CA -- CustomActionData cad = new CustomActionData(); cad.Add("p1", "value1"); cad.AddObject("p2", somedata); session.DoAction("SomeDefereCA", cad); --- -- code of defered CA ---

Re: [WiX-users] Sending params to Deferred Custom Action

You have to use the CustomActionData Property, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2w2fhwzz(VS.80).aspx. Have a search online for the property name to find more detail and examples. Cheers, James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Be

[WiX-users] Sending params to Deferred Custom Action

Hello, I'm wondering how to pass params to deferred Custom Actions? My WIX Property doesn't exist anymore at the time deferred custom action is ran. Tx for suggestions, Benas - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin

Re: [WiX-users] Call a .NET dll file in wix using custom action

If all you are trying to do is register your DLL in the GAC, add Assembly=".net" to your element and it'll automatically get installed to the GAC. Neil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Poornima S [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04,

Re: [WiX-users] updating with a different account?

Hi, Are you using the property ALLUSERS=1 ? This property will let you do a system-level install instead of per-user. Rgrds, Eitan On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Mattias Åslund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is not a WiX-specific question I guess, but rather a windows installer > problem

[WiX-users] Call a .NET dll file in wix using custom action

Hi All, I have a DLfetcher.dll file which is in .NET. I need to create a WIX installer for my application, and when I run that msi the dll file should get registered in GAC. I modified my WXS file to use custom action behaviour of WIX. Code is as below: But when I run installer

[WiX-users] updating with a different account?

This is not a WiX-specific question I guess, but rather a windows installer problem, but you guys seem to have a lot of answers… I have two msi-packages for different versions of the same application (created by wix 3). Version two successfully upgrades version one, if run manually from the sam

[WiX-users] FW: Re: ServiceInstall account problem

That put me in the right direction. Thanks to everyone! *Von:* "Daniel Rieck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Gesendet:* 01.08.08 22:35:39 *An:* "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." *Betreff:* Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall account problem I'm already home for the weekend, but I'll ch

Re: [WiX-users] DTF FeatureParent

Thanks for your positive response Jason! Logged as RequestID 2037493, DTF - Request for FeatureParent, with some of the emails below included for context. I'm not sure if using MsiEnumFeatures and having to loop to find the particular feature will be quicker than directly querying HKCR\Installer\F

Re: [WiX-users] Error 26002. Failed to read IIsWebSite table. (-2147023728 )

It works fine after I specify the host header name. Sajid1105 wrote: > > Hi All, > > I think many have already hit this error. > Below is the log I have. > > ** > Action ended 17:33:10: InstallFiles. Return value 1. > MSI (s) (BC:B4) [17:33:10:937]: Doing action: InstallCe

[WiX-users] Error 26002. Failed to read IIsWebSite table. (-2147023728 )

Hi All, I think many have already hit this error. Below is the log I have. ** Action ended 17:33:10: InstallFiles. Return value 1. MSI (s) (BC:B4) [17:33:10:937]: Doing action: InstallCertificates Action start 17:33:10: InstallCertificates. MSI (s) (BC:78) [17:33:10:937]: Inv

[WiX-users] Changing Directories Dynamically

Hi, I need to find a way to change the name of a directory dynamically, something like: Where DIRPATH *only* contains the folder name i.e. MyFolder I am aware of using CAs to set a property, and using directly the syntax: But this will force me to ignore the tree hierachy, and set the prope