Thanks a lot!
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Not sure why it is writing to the 32-bit registry locations, but on 64-bit
boxes, C:\Windows\System32 are 64-bit binaries, and C:\Windows\SysWOW64 are
32-bit binaries. Also, C:\Windows\SysWOW64 is what 32-bit applications "see"
when they ask for C:\Windows\System32 due to "file-system redirectio
Is it possible that the part of the application you want to heal is in a
different feature than the part that the shortcut points to?
When your program launches, it can enumerate the features and heal all the ones
it wants to use, if that completes your picture. It requires either having your
a
Also, just a supplemental note to what Neil already laid out there, you
don't have to resolve those quotes in the case of pointing to a file, if you
know how to set it up correctly...
Value='"[INSTALLDIR]runme.bat"'
On the outside there is a single quote followed by a double quote, likewise
on th
Oops, this was really intended for miscrosoft.public.platformsdk.msi.
I did a test with XP with Framework 2 already installed and then run
Client Profile install. What you get is pretty much the same as if you
had downloaded 3.5 installer from MS site manually and then run it. IOW,
your user will
The problem is that the Property/@Value does not except formatted values
(i.e. [INSTALLDIR]), you need another custom action to setup the
property for the CAQuietExec. There is an example in the help file,
"Quiet Execution Custom Action", "Deferred execution" second example.
Neil
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Hi
I want to run with QtExec a .bat file that is installed to target folder.
I use the template from help file
However it fails. The [INSTALLDIR] reference is not interpreted but used
literally. What do I do wrong?
I know that this is the issue, because when I hardcode the path, it works.
That is a good suggestion, but it requires a solid WAN connection and
the pipe to several outlying domains is rather narrow and not always
as reliable as I would like, which forced me to go down a different
path.
I do appreciate the suggestion about the type 35 CA, I will check that
out an
How about doing an administrative installation? Then clients can do an
install that will run from source. Or do you not have clients for this
app?
A type 35 CA will let you set INSTALLDIR as required.
For the group membership check, an early CA (about the same time in the
sequence as AppSearch) t
1. Make Directory non-empty. Copy some file into it. MSI deletes only empty
folders on uninstall.
2, 3, and 4. Put items in Component which is marked as Permanent.
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Hello!
I have four questions to the uninstallation of an msi...
1) How can I keep a Directory in wix when I uninstall the msi
2) How can I keep a File in wix when I uninstall the msi
3) How can I keep a FileShare in wix when I uninstall the msi
4) How can I keep a RegistryValue in wix when I uninst
yes I agree, and while that may have been its design, I know that if
you manually point to a network or domain share as the installation
point/directory it works fine. So, maybe my question is better asked
how do I set that network\domain share as the value held by
[INSTALLDIR]? I can get
anwesha.m wrote:
> Action 23:46:45: CreateWebSite.
>
On Vista and Server 2008, the WiX IIS custom actions require that the
"IIS Metabase and IIS6 configuration compatibility" feature be
installed. It also requires running from an elevated process because of
lockdown changes the IIS team mad
pavan gadam wrote:
> ses.Database.Execute("INSERT INTO
> `ComboBox`(`Property`,`Order`,`Value`,`Text`) VALUES ('ComboWebsiteProp'," +
> "1,'" + samWeb + "','" + samWeb + "')");
>
> I am getting error as
>
> Function failed during execution. Database: Table(s) update failed.
>
You can't make per
Mukesh Agrawal wrote:
> I have an installation that uses custom actions. There are certain custom
> actions which I want to get executed during Repair Mode of the installer.
>
Use the states for features/components rather than "global" properties.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a
xiaoli wrote:
> I'm doing a major upgrade. I'd like to install my product for both the first
> install and reinstall.
>
If you're using major upgrades, you don't need to worry about
REINSTALLMODE changing for first install -v- reinstall.
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> If you want me to test it please let me know, if not I'll wait for the
> next release.
>
I probably won't get a chance to review it until Thursday night so it
should show up in Friday's build.
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David Aragon wrote:
> Is there a way to set [INSTALLDIR] to an active directory domain share
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MSI is designed for installing to the local computer.
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> From: "bryan rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [WiX-users] Always have to relearn Wix every time I use it.
>
> Sort of a general usability post, I've noticed that WIX is in the
> range of technologies that I have to relearn every time I reuse it.
I wish I would have found out earlier abo
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:27:37 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "anwesha.m" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [WiX-users] Installation hangs on 64-bit Windows Server 2008
> I have an MSI which works fine on 32 and 64-bit windows server 2003 and
> 32-bit windows server 2008, but when I install on 64-bit window
I'm trying to copy the original MSI file during my installaion. I found the
OriginalDatabase
property and this seemed to be what I needed. I created a CopyFile element and
used
OriginalDatabase as the value for SourceProperty. The problem is that once
I've done this, at some
point during t
Good luck. I'll check it out when I'm out of meetings later today
hopefully.
Chris
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Pedro Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply.
>
> Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. Just created a new
> class library project in visual st
Thanks for the quick reply.
Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case. Just created a new
class library project in visual studio and got the same result. Here's
the msbuild and heat result:
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d:\Work-Test\HeatTestLib>msbuild HeatTestLib.csproj
Microso
It's implemented, but any error in building your solution will make the
project harvester fail and pretty well hide the info. Try just running
msbuild from the command line on the file you're trying to harvest, and make
sure you clear out any errors from there. If your projects require
variable
Use ServiceInstall? Y
Use Installer Class? N
Use Installutil? N
Neil
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] installation of a .net based servi
Hello,
I'm sorry if this has been asked or if there are any info on this, but
I've searched and couldn't find anything.
I'm using v3.0.4422.0, and I'm trying to get the outputs of a C#
project file .My command line is like this:
"heat.exe project MyProject.csproj -pog:Binaries -out sample.xml"
well I found the following article on installing .NET services using
installutil from an installation made with WIX:
http://blog.vagmim.com/2004/09/installing-windows-services-created.html
The thing which is sort of difficult to understand is the statement:
"I had given this link in the WIX users
Hi Bryan,
Well it's the kind of technology you use a lot at the beginning of a project
when you create the main part of the installation but then eventually update
once in a while for new files so it's kind of expected not to remember
everything...
Personally, stuff quickly comes back, especially
Sort of a general usability post, I've noticed that WIX is in the
range of technologies that I have to relearn every time I reuse it.
There are some things that stick, like the use of GUIDs but generally
I have to relearn the whole thing from the beginning. Are there others
that have this experien
Hi
I have an installation that uses custom actions. There are certain custom
actions which I want to get executed during Repair Mode of the installer.
In the log file, I can see WixUI_InstallMode property getting changed to
Repair. But, it seems that this property is inaccessible.
Also, the Win
Hi,
I need to insert values into ComboBox using C# Custom Action.
Code snippet
string samWeb="abcd";
ses.Database.Execute("INSERT INTO
`ComboBox`(`Property`,`Order`,`Value`,`Text`) VALUES ('ComboWebsiteProp'," +
"1,'" + samWeb + "','" + samWeb + "')");
I am getting error as
Function failed du
I have an MSI which works fine on 32 and 64-bit windows server 2003 and
32-bit windows server 2008, but when I install on 64-bit windows server
2008, the installer hangs.
Only if I cancel the process from Task Manager, the installation continues
and completes successfully!
>From the installation
I'm doing a major upgrade. I'd like to install my product for both the first
install and reinstall.
I tried: "msiexec /log install.log /i FrameworkInstall.msi
REINSTALLMODE=av". It works fine for reinstall. but there are some issues
while reinstalling. the msi works fine, and the application does
Hi i have a sample msi that contains only a 64 bit dll in its component.i
have set the attribute Platforms="x64" in Package node (called Template
summary property) and win64="yes" in the component atrribute to support
64bit platform. it works fine on 64 bit machine as expected.
i have used the Fo
I've not got round to trying it yet, but as for installing .Net on XP
machines, my customer really wants that as there are a lot of XP machines
out there still. Especially ones that do not have 3.5. So I can see that it
is going to be useful for me.
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