Re: [WiX-users] New wix binary delta patching doesn't work

The "-delta" switch of pyro builds on top of the whole-file patch support in pyro, so if that isn't working, the delta addition won't do anything to help you. If you get pyro to build a whole file patch that updates your binaries, then add the -delta switch and test the results. __

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

GAC registration is only one part of the registration you have in your sample batch file, the other part is COM registration. Please add your COM registration (registry) to your wix sources. IE/javascript do not look in the GAC, they look in the COM portion of the registry for the objects they a

Re: [WiX-users] ps:SnapIn

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but the Windows Installer team has been trying to deprecate Merge Modules almost ever since they created them. If you don't have to distribute your merge modules to external customers, you should consider using WixLibs instead of Merge Modules.

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut to Folder example

Hi, I don't success for some reason. I have first directory to menu folder: // Then I have shortcut (I also tried with CreateFolder but no success to me, I do something very silly // This folder & component has also files but I don't show them > Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:45:27 +

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

If that didn't solve it, and if this hasn't been solved yet, try setting the property MSIENFORCEUPGRADECOMPONENTRULES to 1 either in your command-line or your upgraded MSI and try again. Assuming you are using a fully patched OS, this will catch the case where you have violated component rules a

Re: [WiX-users] HOWTO:avoid changing the Registry when patching

It is a good advice, thanks! Since I can have patching options configurable via REINSTALLMODE, I see no good reason to hard-code "PATCH" property conditioning inside wxs, as I did for registry writing action. However, just as I accepted thinking in terms of resources inside components, abstracti

Re: [WiX-users] WixVSExtension and VSTF2005_SP_LEVEL

Thanks, I ended up going down a similar route, the source-code for WixVSExtension look at the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DevDiv\vstf\Servicing\8.0\SP so I created a new RegistrySearch that used HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DevDiv\vstf\Servicing\9.0\SP and it seemed

Re: [WiX-users] WixVSExtension and VSTF2005_SP_LEVEL

Hi William, Im not sure about the WixVSExtension as we haven't started using that just yet, instead we do this manually by setting a string property for each version of Team Explorer And then use this property as a condition of a feature or whatever just by checking that its n

Re: [WiX-users] Newby looking for an easy way to ask for deletion of file on uninstall and to install it only if not present

Hey Dirk, Unfortunately the answer is 'no, there isn't an easy way to do this.' You would actually be working around the confines of the Windows Installer world. You can mark a Component as permanent which will leave it on the machine, but this would be before the user had a choice to select that

Re: [WiX-users] Create new website or use existing

Hey Chris, I am going to go out on a limb with this one and say that you could put each in an individual Component and the condition each Component according to your needs. Although I haven't done this in creating websites or adding to one, I have done this for different versions of IIS. I think

Re: [WiX-users] XmlConfig formatting

Hey Joe, I looked at this a bit and I don't see a way off the top of my head to do it without some custom coding. If you are building the WIX project you could look at the dutil directory. I would add an additional method for yourself that would call a formatter IMXWriter

Re: [WiX-users] Reading configuration from Config file

Hey Krishnan, I have a project that does this from an XML based answer file. If you want to take a look at it you can find it here. http://www.codeplex.com/WIXML/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=263 Property Loader - Beta Custom Action Thanks, -- Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complex

[WiX-users] How do I execute deferred CAs (for unit testing custom actions)?

This might not be quite directly related to wix, apologies if this is not the right list. There's the largest number of windows installer experts here and this might be useful to all custom action authors :) I've been working on unit-testing our C++ custom actions. In the beginning I had a shim

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut to Folder example

I have just tried this (in WiX v3): And it works for me, it places a shortcut on the desktop to the program file folder. Neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of timoha Sent: 10 August 2008 05:45 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net