Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: Change Default Selection of ComboBox

2008-10-15 Thread pavan gadam
Did not notice the time i had sent... My apologies for resending that early.. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great

Re: [WiX-users] Change Default Selection of ComboBox

2008-10-15 Thread pavan gadam
I was able to do it. But is there a way where we can display some message in the dialog when the ComboBox default selection is changed by user, without reloading the dialog using twin dialog. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by

Re: [WiX-users] Regarding Customizr errors

2008-10-15 Thread Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd)
Thanks for reply. My scenario is like : Suppose I am installing DB and that DB already exists then wix is showing one long error. Instead of this, I want to give graceful error. I can define error in Error tag with one error id but how I will linked with this error id on particular error. Rega

Re: [WiX-users] Regarding Customizr errors

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Mensching
? -Original Message- From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 16:08 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Regarding Customizr errors Hi, While doing installation if some error comes t

Re: [WiX-users] Change Default Selection of ComboBox

2008-10-15 Thread Richard
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "pavan gadam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > All the items appear in the combobox when i click on drop down. By default > ComboBox shows blank and none of them is selected. How can we achieve this? Set the combo box's property to the appropriate value for the

[WiX-users] Regarding Customizr errors

2008-10-15 Thread Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd)
Hi, While doing installation if some error comes then some predefined related errors are coming. How can we give our own customize errors? Regards Sandeep - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's

Re: [WiX-users] XmlConfig to delete multiple nodes...

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Mensching
Doubt it. I *think* XmlConfig uses selectSingleNode... but you could try it and be sure. -Original Message- From: Amy Rosewater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 13:08 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] XmlConfig to de

Re: [WiX-users] WcaGetProperty and memory management

2008-10-15 Thread Alexander Shevchuk
Use ReleaseStr. -Original Message- From: Alex Ivanoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:17 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] WcaGetProperty and memory management How do you free memory allocated by WcaGetProperty

Re: [WiX-users] Does this violate component rules?

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Mensching
Neither Product will update the other's file because the KeyPath's end up different. You could even change the GUIDs assuming the Directories will never be the same (they seem to be different in your example). -Original Message- From: Ben Greenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednes

[WiX-users] WcaGetProperty and memory management

2008-10-15 Thread Alex Ivanoff
How do you free memory allocated by WcaGetProperty (build 3.0.4603.0)? - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prize

[WiX-users] XmlConfig to delete multiple nodes...

2008-10-15 Thread Amy Rosewater
Hi All, Does anyone know, if you use a function like contains() in your xpath query for VerifyPath when deleting with XmlConfig, and multiple nodes match the statement, will it delete them all? Amy Amy Rosewater SPECTRUM Human Resource Systems Corporation 707 17th Street Suite 3800 D

Re: [WiX-users] Does this violate component rules?

2008-10-15 Thread Ben Greenberg
Thanks. Let's say that Product A is installed and installs version 1.0 of Shared.dll to \path\to\A. Then, later, product B is installed and installs version 1.1 of Shared.dll to \path\to\B (same component, different directory). Will WI update the other copy of the file to 1.1 or will it rema

[WiX-users] Looking for an Msixxxxx Property

2008-10-15 Thread cemiles
I'm trying to extend WiX at the product/fragment level w/ a new extension. The hangup is, I'm trying to institute some Remove flags: A) RemoveOnUninstall B) RemainsOnMajorUpgrade C) Never Remove I've seen properties that get the component state (assume we're extending at the file level) like so

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing

2008-10-15 Thread Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation)
You should be able to Google "msi chainer" or "msi bootstrapper" (or something similar) and find some information. There is one free chainer that I have used in the past and that works well located at: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/dotNetInstaller.aspx You can download the source and se

Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing

2008-10-15 Thread David Bartmess
Can you point me to a resource for information on how to do this? Thanks! -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-15 Thread Alex Ivanoff
It still does not work for me. In my case MyVariable has ";" in it: MyBariable=Name1=Value1%3bName2=value2 -Original Message- From: John Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 03:29 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-use

Re: [WiX-users] Fwd: Change Default Selection of ComboBox

2008-10-15 Thread Richard
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "pavan gadam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Resending... > > Any Help??? You're resending after waiting only 4 hours for an answer? Come on now, try to have at least a little patience. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for do

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-15 Thread John Hall
> > I've modified by wixproj file to take parameters from the > > commandline and pass them into WiX: > Does it mean there is a bug in WiX MSBuild-related stuff or > it is not implemented? I don't know. I just assumed that they were different things and that you need to plumb them together yours

Re: [WiX-users] Use of ComponentGroup and "Duplicate symbol 'WixComponentGroup:xxx' found."

2008-10-15 Thread John Hall
> > > > > > > > > > To be explicit, it appears that you are somehow including > your Fragments code twice. Maybe you lit the Fragment.wxs > into a .wixlib then added both the .wixlib and the > Fragment.wxs to the link line? That would create the problem. In many places there appear to be spa

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-15 Thread Alex Ivanoff
Does it mean there is a bug in WiX MSBuild-related stuff or it is not implemented? -Original Message- From: John Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 03:29 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build from command li

Re: [WiX-users] Dark Errors on ModuleSignature decompile on MSM created with Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 1.1

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Mensching
Can you please open a bug on the issue. -Original Message- From: James Horsley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 01:54 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Dark Errors on ModuleSignature decompile on MSM created with Microsoft Visual Studio In

Re: [WiX-users] Use of ComponentGroup and "Duplicate symbol 'WixComponentGroup:xxx' found."

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Mensching
To be explicit, it appears that you are somehow including your Fragments code twice. Maybe you lit the Fragment.wxs into a .wixlib then added both the .wixlib and the Fragment.wxs to the link line? That would create the problem. Everything else looks fine. -Original Message- From: Eit

Re: [WiX-users] problem about certificate installer

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Mensching
Do the two Components installing the certificate have the same GUid? -Original Message- From: Meizhong Wang (Intl Vendor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 01:36 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] problem about certificate installer Hi all,

Re: [WiX-users] WindowsFolder Property is not resolved properly inside merge module

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Mensching
MSI SDK says properties should be modularized. That's the correct way to use them. When merged there should have been a custom action added to your install to set them correctly. It's a silly design but that is the design. -Original Message- From: Swadhin Sonowal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [WiX-users] Use of ComponentGroup and "Duplicate symbol 'WixComponentGroup:xxx' found."

2008-10-15 Thread Eitan Behar
Just for the sake of trying...remove the lib reference, and include the fragment directly to the project... On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Nic Barden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Eitan, > > > > I am not explicitly referencing it in the wxs file, I simply have a project > reference to the w

Re: [WiX-users] Use of ComponentGroup and "Duplicate symbol 'WixComponentGroup:xxx' found."

2008-10-15 Thread Nic Barden
Hi Eitan, I am not explicitly referencing it in the wxs file, I simply have a project reference to the wixlib file that the project that contains the fragment generates. This is my understanding of how you should do this, and it will automatically get pulled in. Is that correct? Cheers

Re: [WiX-users] Use of ComponentGroup and "Duplicate symbol 'WixComponentGroup:xxx' found."

2008-10-15 Thread Eitan Behar
Hi Nic, Your code looks right, how are you refering to the wix fragment? Rgrds, Eitan On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Nic Barden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to wrap my contents inside a like > this forum post says: > > > http://n2.nabble.com/Multiple-Wxs-Merge-in-Visu

Re: [WiX-users] Create .mst from edited .wixout file (or other wix format file)

2008-10-15 Thread Ulf Jonson
Hi, Ok I found out myself. I have tired this approach but I must have made some simple mistake when I tried first time. Just type: torch myEditedTransform.wixout -out myNewTransform.mst Derek Cicerone:s blog said it would be possile so I tried again. "You could create a transform with torch, t

[WiX-users] Fwd: Change Default Selection of ComboBox

2008-10-15 Thread pavan gadam
Resending... Any Help??? -- Forwarded message -- From: pavan gadam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:18 PM Subject: Change Default Selection of ComboBox To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." < wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Hi all, I have

[WiX-users] Use of ComponentGroup and "Duplicate symbol 'WixComponentGroup:xxx' found."

2008-10-15 Thread Nic Barden
Hi, I am trying to wrap my contents inside a like this forum post says: http://n2.nabble.com/Multiple-Wxs-Merge-in-Visual-Studio--td701023.html#a701 024 I am still unsure of the best design for this, but I would ideally like the main installer to be the only place where the APPLICATIONROOTD

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

2008-10-15 Thread Tina Basinger
Any other ideas why the custom action might only fail when called from a merge module? Thanks! -Tina On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > All of the code I included is defined in the merge module. Thus, any > modularization should occur across all 3 items

Re: [WiX-users] Problem using FirewallException

2008-10-15 Thread Paul Lalonde
Having compiled and debugged the firewall extension CA, I isolated the bug to the GetFirewallProfile() function, which was returning a NULL INetFwProfile. The bug has been fixed in 3.0.4603. I was using 3.0.4513. Unfortunately, 3.0.4603 has its own problems (eg bug #2168111). So that's th

Re: [WiX-users] Using 'foreach' in wixv2

2008-10-15 Thread Mukesh Agrawal
I figured out after reading the wixv2 source code that 'foreach' is inherently disabled. Extending the PreprocessorExtension class is a way to achieve this. Moreover, I found out that, 'foreach only supports direct nesting of a single Fragment element or nested foreach statements.'. Also, with ca

[WiX-users] Create .mst from edited .wixout file (or other wix format file)

2008-10-15 Thread Ulf Jonson
Hi, I would like to know if this is possible. I am able to produce a "myTransform.wixout" file from my "myTransform.mst" with "dark.exe". Since it contains vaild xml it is possible to edit some changes. Can I now go back to an .mst file from the edited ."transform.wixout" with any of the wix tool

[WiX-users] Change Default Selection of ComboBox

2008-10-15 Thread pavan gadam
Hi all, I have a ComboBox whose default selection needs to be determined dynamically. I am using Custom Action to populate the items dynamically. But i am not able to set one of the items as default selection of the ComboBox. All the items appear in the combobox when i click on drop down. By def

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-15 Thread John Hall
> Let me rephrase. How do I specify preprocessor variables when > I build from command line with MSBuild? > > msbuild myinstall.wixproj /p:??? I've modified by wixproj file to take parameters from the commandline and pass them into WiX: You need to add something like this to the BeforeBu

[WiX-users] Dark Errors on ModuleSignature decompile on MSM created with Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 1.1

2008-10-15 Thread James Horsley
When decompiling merge modules created by Microsoft Visual Studio Installer 1.1 Dark is giving the following error: Decompiling the ModuleSignature table. dark.exe : error DARK0001 : Unable to cast object of type 'System.Int32' to type 'System.String'. Exception Type: System.InvalidCastException

[WiX-users] problem about certificate installer

2008-10-15 Thread Meizhong Wang (Intl Vendor)
Hi all, I found a problem about certificate installer. If I have two msi package to install and both of them need to install the same certificates. The process of installer is ok, but I got failed when uninstalling. Because when uninstalling the first msi package, the certificate

[WiX-users] WindowsFolder Property is not resolved properly inside merge module

2008-10-15 Thread Swadhin Sonowal
Hi WindowsFolder Property is resolved to empty string inside merge module. The wix code snippet where it is looking for the standard WindowsFolder property is http://in.msn.com/coxandkings - This SF.Net email is sponso

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with XmlConfig

2008-10-15 Thread Michael Zemanek
You are missing the leading ampersand for xml entities (& itself is an xml entity) -> Carriage return code is 13 and line feed is 10, so you have to use instead of . Or use the full sequence for CR/LF: For your sample, the following should work: -Original Message- From: "Pi