Re: [WiX-users] Install Condition for .Net framework 3.5 SP1

Use the NetFx library that comes with WiX. See the WiX documentation, there's a topic in the How To that describes how to check the Framework version. It should also have a reference to a table with all the predefined properties for each framework version. Neil

[WiX-users] Heat and COM executable registry extraction

Hi guys, I need to install a couple of COM executables and I have been trying to use Heat (ver 3.0.4513) to extract the COM information. From what I see heat extracts part of registry information into the fragment but the information seems to be less than what is needed. After installation, inv

[WiX-users] Install Condition for .Net framework 3.5 SP1

Hi, How can I add acheck for .net framework 3.5 SP1. Actually I want to check for "v3.0 SP1" under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework. Currently I am opting below mentioned work around for this. I am looking inside v3.0 SP1\SBSDisabled and reading Uninstall value.

Re: [WiX-users] Intercepting the SQL CA

Nic, Is it just values to do with actually locating the database that you are trying to deal with. If so, my suggestion would be to make the actual script files neutral (ie do not mention the database or server name) and use the wix SQLDatabase entry locate/create the database. Then there would

Re: [WiX-users] Intercepting the SQL CA

SQL CustomActions are written using the standard "schedule"/"execute" mechanism. The "schedule" CustomActions read the tables in immediate mode and marshals the data to the "execute" CustomActions that do the work in deferred mode. So you need to make sure you add the tables before the SQL Cus

[WiX-users] Intercepting the SQL CA

Hi, I'm trying to perform token replacement on SQL script files (such as database name, server name etc) via a custom CA before the SQL CA executes them. I have successfully created the custom CA. However, I am unsure how to "intercept" the SQL CA to provide it the "new" files/scripts to exec

[WiX-users] Dependencies and merge modules

I'm migrating our installer over from an InstallShield based solution to Wix. With Installshield, all of our applications dependencies were automatically detected, and the appropriate merge module was reccomended. My questions for the list are... Is there good documentation on how to detect a

Re: [WiX-users] How Update / Upgrade strategy (small, minor, major) affect file overriding?

I believe it is also possible to bypass the maintenance screen by simply passing /qb to misexec. This should give you a progress bar and cancel button, but that's it -- the upgrade happens with no user intervention: msiexec /i ExampleInstaller.msi /qb REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus I could b

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

There's no way to get a more detailed error printout without modifying the code of the MakeSfxCA tool. The easiest way to diagnose the issue would be to capture the command-line from your build log and then launch that same command-line in a debugger: devenv /debugexe MakeSfxCA.exe If you don

Re: [WiX-users] How Update / Upgrade strategy (small, minor, major) affect file overriding?

Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) wrote: > > Your command line looks wrong: > msiexec /i ExampleInstaller.msi REINSTALALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus > should be > msiexec /i ExampleInstaller.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus > > (However, it may be another typo.) > Such a stupid mistake

[WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

Any tips on figuring out MakeSfxCA errors? I'm getting the following output when calling MakeSfxCA.exe from the command line. ... CA_Name=Fully_Qualified_CA_Name Modifying SfxCA.dll stub Error: Non-negative number required. Parameter name: index ---

[WiX-users] Features in different .msi

Let's say I have a product A that has features A1 and A2. Is it possible to have one .msi that has feature A1 in it and another one that has A2? - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Bu

Re: [WiX-users] Create and/or modify MSI database tables via DTF from CA

MSI docs do not say anything about creating temporary tables. The usual practice is to author an empty table in the MSI which is then available for custom actions to add temporary rows. >> the Database that I get access to through the Session object says it has an >> OpenMode of ReadOnly (howev

Re: [WiX-users] How Update / Upgrade strategy (small, minor, major) affect file overriding?

Your command line looks wrong: msiexec /i ExampleInstaller.msi REINSTALALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus should be msiexec /i ExampleInstaller.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus (However, it may be another typo.) It is expected behavior to get the maintenance dialog during a minor upgrade. Once you

Re: [WiX-users] Q about Feature costing..

Hi Vidya, I am also Facing the Same problem as you are, i wonder what have you done to fix it. I want change the text for Parent Feature to show the text totalling the subfeature. Please let me know is anything at all u think would help me Thanks Vidya Kukke wrote: > > Hi, > > My installer

[WiX-users] Feature costing

Hi, My installer has a feature tree with sub-features. The costing displayed in the custom setup dialog is good for the sub-feature. However at the parent feature level it shows as 0KB. Is there any way I can modify that to show the costing of Total of the sub-features at parent level? E.g o

Re: [WiX-users] Create and/or modify MSI database tables via DTF from CA

1. No. The database is read-only while running. 2. I'm not sure you can add temporary tables, maybe. 3. You can add temporary rows. -Original Message- From: Nic Barden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Wi

[WiX-users] Create and/or modify MSI database tables via DTF from CA

Hi, I am trying to update the MSI tables at runtime from a Custom Action to perform token replacement in SQL Script files. The issue I am running into is that the Database that I get access to through the Session object says it has an OpenMode of ReadOnly (however the IsReadOnly property is fa

Re: [WiX-users] Failure using Wix installer certificates with Windows Vista

If you have another Certificate bug the stripped down example would be very helpful. Just make sure to file the bug under extensions V3.0 And I'll see it. -Original Message- From: Luke Bakken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:29 To: General discussion for W

Re: [WiX-users] New to Wix, how do I use the temp folder?

TempFolder is a standard folder. -Original Message- From: David Bartmess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:22 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] New to Wix, how do I use the temp folder? I'm trying to extract certain files into the temp f

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in wix.ca.targets version 3.0.4318.0?

Thanks - I removed it from the GAC and that fixed it. Sorry I misread your last response and thought it was supposed to be there. I have no idea how it got in the GAC in the first place if the installer doesn't GAC it as I certainly don't remember manually GAC'ing it! Re:

Re: [WiX-users] Failure using Wix installer certificates with Windows Vista

Rob, I'm using 3.0.3829 + the patches I submitted to fix the orphaned private key issue - that issue is fixed in CVS and I'm eagerly awaiting the next binary release. I'm putting together a stripped-down example to add to a bug report on SourceForge. I'll try it out on XP and Vista with the v2 bi

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in FeatureRef?

Hi Francis, Ah, yes - of course. That makes perfect sense. Putting the FeatureRefs in the main tree does exactly what I want it to do. Thanks for your help./ - Brian Brian Gillespie Rhinoceros Development Robert McNeel & Associates/// Francis Kam wrote: > Sounds about right. I've been down

Re: [WiX-users] How Update / Upgrade strategy (small, minor, major) affect file overriding?

> The only way I've got this to work at the moment is by > manually changing the Product Id and checking it in before > doing a publish to avoid the annoying "another version of > this product is already installed..." message. Otherwise it > forces the user to uninstall the previous version before

[WiX-users] New to Wix, how do I use the temp folder?

I'm trying to extract certain files into the temp folder for the user, so that I can run scripts and delete them after. I don't want them installed anywhere in the Program Files subtree. How can I specify a Directory with the temp folder as the name? Thanks! David Bartmess Wall Street On

Re: [WiX-users] How Update / Upgrade strategy (small, minor, major) affect file overriding?

Product/@Id="*" -Original Message- From: Adam Connelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 06:24 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How Update / Upgrade strategy (small, minor, major) affect file overriding? The proj

Re: [WiX-users] MSI SQL Join Syntax

The MSI SQL Syntax is not a full SQL implementation. The documentation is complete. "WHERE" is what you're looking for I think. -Original Message- From: Nic Barden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 09:54 To: WiX User Group Subject: [WiX-users] MSI SQL Join Synt

Re: [WiX-users] ClickThrough - Need help

No, definitely not. Later, yes, now... no. -Original Message- From: Rahul Ranjit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 02:05 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ClickThrough - Need help Thank you! You would definitely n

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 2010 and WiX. Which version?

v3. -Original Message- From: Jon Arild Tørresdal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 02:39 To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 2010 and WiX. Which version? As you all probably know WiX will be part of Visual Studio 2010. Anybody k

Re: [WiX-users] Failure using Wix installer certificates with Windows Vista

What version of the WiX toolset are you using? -Original Message- From: Luke Bakken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 09:35 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Failure using Wix installer certificates with Windows Vista

[WiX-users] MSI SQL Join Syntax

Hi, Does anyone know the correct syntax for joining 2 tables in MSI SQL? There isn't a lot of help from the formal documentation at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372021(VS.85).aspx I am trying to join the SqlScript and Binary tables to get a list of binary files that are actually

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in wix.ca.targets version 3.0.4318.0?

How did Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll get in the GAC? It's not supposed to be there; the WiX installer does not put it there. Like I said, if MakeSfxCA.exe finds a dependency in the GAC, it will NOT include it in the CA package. However, you can still force a referenced assembly in

[WiX-users] Failure using Wix installer certificates with Windows Vista

WiX users, I'm following up on a thread from late July entitled "Failure using Wix installer certificates with WCF". I am trying to use WiX to install PFX certificates with private keys on Windows Vista. The installer I have works on XP, but on Vista the certificates *appear* to install correctly,

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in wix.ca.targets version 3.0.4318.0?

Hi Jason, I have checked the GAC and yes the dll IS in there. The "dependant assembly..." IS also output. I just verified this again and when I call MakeSfxCA.exe WITHOUT explicitly specifying the WindowsInstaller.dll the same error is logged (even though it has indicated it has loaded the de

[WiX-users] How to create shortcut to an existing application?

Hi All, The product I am installing is a plug-in for another application, and I want to create a shortcut for the 'mother' application already installed on the users machine. All the examples I have seen so far declare Shortcut elements as children of File elements, but that is not applicable i

Re: [WiX-users] Target framework when building WIX v3

The 3.0 and 3.5 framework versions use the 2.0 runtime. They're just library and syntax additions. I would suggest trying to reinstall the v2 of NetFx, then reinstall Wix 3. I don't know for sure what's causing it, or if that will fix it, but it'd be a great first shot since you're apparently ha

[WiX-users] Whats the best way to create a stub based installer?

I need an installer with a stub that has a very small disk size (maybe less than 1MB) that checks conditions to see if the program is already installed, and if it is it launches program.exe, and if it isn't installed, it launches setup.exe as well as other pre-req setup programs like windows instal

Re: [WiX-users] Bug in wix.ca.targets version 3.0.4318.0?

That DLL is deliberately not listed separately in wix.ca.targets. It should always get pulled in automatically as one of the detected dependencies of your CA assembly. What is the output from MakeSfxCA.exe when it doesn't include that DLL? It should say something like: Loaded dependent

Re: [WiX-users] How to create "Pinned" Start menu items

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/09/03/54760.aspx -Original Message- From: Scott Palmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 08 October 2008 15:30 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How to create "Pinned" Start menu items How can I

Re: [WiX-users] How to create "Pinned" Start menu items

On 08.10.2008 16:30, Scott Palmer wrote: > How can I have my WiX installer create an item in the Start menu that is > "pinned" ? You can't: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/09/03/54760.aspx -f.r - This SF.Net e

[WiX-users] How to create "Pinned" Start menu items

How can I have my WiX installer create an item in the Start menu that is "pinned" ? Thanks, Scott - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with M

Re: [WiX-users] How to GAC .Net assemblies the correct way?

There is a complete example of how to do this in the WiX help file that ships with WiX. Look under the How To section. Neil From: Wong Shao Voon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:54 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] H

[WiX-users] Heat.exe and '1 directory - 1 component' mode

Hello WiX community, Does heat.exe utility support the mode "1 directory - 1 component", when it harvests all the files of a certain directory to a single component? I failed to find this option playing with the command-line switches, but tallow.exe could do this (-1 switch). Thank you.

Re: [WiX-users] How Update / Upgrade strategy (small, minor, major) affect file overriding?

The project I'm working on at the moment uses a build server to automatically build our installers, etc. As part of this, it provides the version number to the installer. Therefore, every publish we do (and in fact every checkin of source) is a different version of the product. This means tha

[WiX-users] Bug in wix.ca.targets version 3.0.4318.0?

Hi, I created a CA using version 3.0.4318.0 of WiX. When I ran the CA that was built via an installer, I received the error "Failed to load assembly Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller. Error code 0x80070002". Upon checking the C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\wix.ca.targets fil

[WiX-users] Visual Studio 2010 and WiX. Which version?

As you all probably know WiX will be part of Visual Studio 2010. Anybody know which version? 2 or 3? Thanks. Regards, Jon Arild Tørresdal Blog: http://blog.torresdal.net - This SF.Net

Re: [WiX-users] How Update / Upgrade strategy (small, minor, major) affect file overriding?

Thx for the answer Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) wrote: > > For the minor upgrade and small update you don't make use of the Update > tag at all. > Ok - lets stick to minor upgrade. I don't insert the upgrade tag, I change the package guid, and version. I run the installation msiexe

Re: [WiX-users] How to GAC .Net assemblies the correct way?

Very simple, just use the file property Assembly=".net" that way the file will go to the GAC regardless of its position in the directory tree. Notice that if you want the DLL also in Program Files\YourApp\bin, you need another component. -Original Message- From: Wong Shao Voon [mailto:[E

[WiX-users] How to GAC .Net assemblies the correct way?

Hey guys, I could use a custom action to gacutil the .Net dlls into the GAC. But I searched that WiX and MSI has the correct way of GAC'ing the dlls, instead of using gacutil.exe . After I googled, I still couldn't find a single example on how to do it. Could someone kind enough to enlighten me

[WiX-users] Assemblies in GAC don't find their native dependencies

Hi all, We have a framework that consists of both managed and unmanaged assemblies. The managed assembies depend on the unmanaged assemblies. Some are connected using dllimport (e.g. [DllImport("kernel32")]) and some .NET assemblies are managed C++ that include the headers of the unmanaged assemb

Re: [WiX-users] ClickThrough - Need help

Thank you! You would definitely not recommend us to consider it for production level work. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ClickThro

Re: [WiX-users] ClickThrough - Need help

ClickThrough is not fully developed. There are a lot of bugs left to be addressed. Due to lack of resources, we've been focusing on finishing WiX v3 and will pick up ClickThrough in WiX v4 (I hope). -Original Message- From: Rahul Ranjit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, Octobe

[WiX-users] ClickThrough - Need help

Hi, I've been fiddling around with ClickThrough since yesterday and I'm not sure if I'm doings things rt. Steps: 1. Created a test application 2. Used the ClickthroughUI tool to generate the setup.exe and rss feed. 3. Copied the two items into a virtual directory. 4. Updated the application and