Re: [WiX-users] How to for non english culture?

First I feel your pain I am doing something similar. The way I see it, WiX installs the application, the bootstrapper is for prerequisites that may or may not be on your destination PC. Yes you could use NSIS for all of this but you will get a better application installer using Windows Installer at

Re: [WiX-users] Problem in Upgrade scenario

Hi Richard, Any Suggestions? Thanks Amit On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Amit Shrivastav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > that custom action is present in old as well as new assembly. and also I am > putting assmblies in the GAC as well in the upgrade scenario. > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:14 P

Re: [WiX-users] Problem in Upgrade scenario

that custom action is present in old as well as new assembly. and also I am putting assmblies in the GAC as well in the upgrade scenario. On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does your InstallUtil based custom action depend on the *new* assemblies > you are trying

Re: [WiX-users] Problem in Upgrade scenario

Does your InstallUtil based custom action depend on the *new* assemblies you are trying to put into the GAC during the upgrade? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download Legalize Adultho

Re: [WiX-users] Problem in Upgrade scenario

Thanks Richard to answer. Let me explain you complete scenario: 1) In the upgrade scenario i have to keep Config files as it is. We are not planning to upgrade the config files and also database. 2) I have to modify complete binaries. 3) In the previous installation i am executing some custom act

Re: [WiX-users] Problem in Upgrade scenario

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Amit Shrivastav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am getting strange problem. I have added some custom actions on the > previous MSI. That custom action is invoked using installUtil.exe. When I am > executing that MSI working fine in both installation and unin

[WiX-users] Problem in Upgrade scenario

Hi All, I am getting strange problem. I have added some custom actions on the previous MSI. That custom action is invoked using installUtil.exe. When I am executing that MSI working fine in both installation and uninstallation scenario. Now I am upgrading my MSI using Major Upgrade. I want to exe

[WiX-users] How to upgrade?

Hi guys, I am quite new into the msi business, and I can't figure this out: I have two versions of my project, and of course I want to remove the previous version when a new version is installed. I used wix for my old version: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2003/01/wi";>

Re: [WiX-users] How to for non english culture?

Joel, that's the vision for WiX v3.5. We just don't have the bootstrapper right now. -Original Message- From: Joel Paula (hotmail) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 16:18 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to for non english culture?

Re: [WiX-users] How to for non english culture?

Thanks Michael. I understand that. But then, why did I move away from NSIS? It does exactly what you say. Best of all - I don't have to build with wix and then use some other application to make a real self contained installer - NSIS is the bootstrapper and the installer. I am trying to have an

Re: [WiX-users] How to for non english culture?

It's also worth noting that it's not awfully hard to write your own -- which has some advantages, in that you can customize it to your liking. I just wrote one for our own project this morning. Basically you'll need to produce an executable stub (with no external dependencies) that knows how to

Re: [WiX-users] Executing .bat,.reg,.msi files from WIX v3

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Kalvagadda, SivaKrishna \(MLX Technology\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have requirement of executing the .reg, .msi, .bat as a part of > installation of WIX MSI. Could someone help how to execute these kind of > files from WIX v3 Let's take them one at

Re: [WiX-users] How to for non english culture?

The lack of bootstrapper in the WiX toolset is a huge known gap. This was just discussed yesterday, WiX v3.5 (development starts in a couple months assuming WiX v3 bug counts continue to drop as they are) is focused on the bootstrapper project codenamed "burn". Solving the myriad of needs peop

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't think Wix has a native way to get the version number. However, > using the Upgrade table, if you define a row for each version you are > trying to detec t, then if the property of th

Re: [WiX-users] File Id: uniqueness requirements

MSI. -Original Message- From: Greg Silin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 14:36 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] File Id: uniqueness requirements Hi, When specifying the File Id element in the wix files, how unique does it have to be? Onli

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

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "pavan gadam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there any event that can track change of the Item selection? Windows Installer UI is simple. It is not an event/callback mechanism, really. Its declarative and the number of events you can listen to is limited.

[WiX-users] File Id: uniqueness requirements

Hi, When specifying the File Id element in the wix files, how unique does it have to be? Online docs have this: "The unique identifier for this File element. May be referenced as a Property by specifying [#value]." Is it unique within a directory, component, msi, or globally unique? Thanks! -g

[WiX-users] How to for non english culture?

After 1 week of struggling with WiX, I am ready to give up. This is my last attempt to save the time I have spent with it. My project: . Install a product that has a VB6 application and a .Net 2.0 application. . Install all required run times (It Just Works style) . Works for English (en)

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate symbol with wix library use (BinaryRef element required?)

References are usually created for you automatically. You shouldn't need an explicit *Ref object. -Original Message- From: Nic Barden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 14:10 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Duplicate symbol with wix library

[WiX-users] CloseApplication help!

Hello, I have an installation of which I need to do the following... Before InstallInitialize, check to see of "devenv.exe" is running If it is, display a dialog telling that the user needs to close it If the user closed the "devenv.exe" manually and click OK, the installation continues If the u

[WiX-users] Duplicate symbol with wix library use (BinaryRef element required?)

Hi, I am trying to create a common database library which includes a element and then have that Binary record referenced from other wix database setup projects. However, when I create 2 other wix library projects for 2 different databases that need to be setup and reference the common wix dat

Re: [WiX-users] Possible to create an installation report?

It might be easier to do a static analysis afterwards. Write a program that enumerates all the Component guids in the Component table and then use MsiGetComponentPath to report where the file or registry item is installed. Or somewhat more complicated, use the File and Registry tables and use t

[WiX-users] Executing .bat,.reg,.msi files from WIX v3

Hi All, I have requirement of executing the .reg, .msi, .bat as a part of installation of WIX MSI. Could someone help how to execute these kind of files from WIX v3 Thanks. Regards, SivaKrishna Kalvagadda, 201-671-5552. This message w/att

Re: [WiX-users] Removing shortcuts Shortcuts

Long story: http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/04/27/How-to-create-an-uninstall-shortcut-and-pass-all-the.aspx -Original Message- From: Chris Lord [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:58 To: wix-users Subject: [WiX-users] Removing shortcuts Shortcuts I have

[WiX-users] Removing shortcuts Shortcuts

I have a new installation which appears to compile and link all except one error relating to my shortcuts. I have used the code shown in the example from the Wix help but added another directory. The reason being this install is likely to be one of a number of installs and I wish to group the

Re: [WiX-users] does current wix 3.0 authored msi's provide automatically a similar solution where by a user can generate a transform .mst based on an interactive .msi session?

Those are tools built by the teams you refer to. I used to work next to the team that built the Office Customization Wizard. There were some awesome dudes on that team. Windows Installer doesn't provide such a thing out of the box. -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAI

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

I don't think Wix has a native way to get the version number. However, using the Upgrade table, if you define a row for each version you are trying to detect, then if the property of that row has the GUID then you know that version exists. Also, you can use the api MsiGetProductInfo in a custom

Re: [WiX-users] DTF and the Restart Manager

I have some DTF custom actions to update files which are not owned by my product (e.g. machine.config). The best practice when updating files during installation on Vista+ systems is to integrate with the restart manager to detect files in use, otherwise random failures can occur while reading/

[WiX-users] does current wix 3.0 authored msi's provide automatically a similar solution where by a user can generate a transform .mst based on an interactive .msi session?

There are many msi based setups I've used in the past, office and vstudio for example, where a custom command line is provided that allows you to run an interactive .msi session and at the end of it capture to a .mst all the settings you chose but not actually do the install. Does current wix 3

Re: [WiX-users] Certificate install to local machine fails with code 26352

I've dug a little deeper into this, written some test code to try to debug the problem, and I've found something interesting. The CertAddCertificateContextToStore function is failing with Access Denied when trying to add the cert with CERT_STORE_ADD_REPLACE_EXISTING, which is failing the installer

Re: [WiX-users] DTF and the Restart Manager

No specific plans, but I'm open to the idea. Can you provide more details? For what unmanaged APIs would you want to see a managed object model in DTF? In what scenarios would you use them? -Jason- -Original Message- From: Brian Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 19,

Re: [WiX-users] Errors Building Custom Action on Vista x64

Sorry for the delay... this sounds like another symptom of the WiX3 MSI directory-name bug that popped up in recent builds. Try a build from a couple weeks earlier, or I think this should be fixed in next week's build. -Original Message- From: Nic Barden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: T

Re: [WiX-users] Is it possible to conditionally create properties?

There's a few way to do what you want. You might take a look at the "Formatted topic" and "Conditional syntax" in the MSI SDK. It shows special operators that might give you want you want already. -Original Message- From: Nic Barden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2

Re: [WiX-users] problem about certificate installer

Well, that's your problem. Your installing the same Resource (certificate) with two different Components. That's breaking the Component Rules. -Original Message- From: Meizhong Wang (Intl Vendor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 03:18 To: General discussion for W

Re: [WiX-users] How to reset IIS with WIX.

Eww. Wouldn't ServiceControl give you better control? -Original Message- From: Luke Bakken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 07:01 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to reset IIS with WIX. > How can I reset IIS wi

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2 and 3 side by side?

Don't think that is supported. We didn't do all of the work to enable them SxS. -Original Message- From: moc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 08:16 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix 2 and 3 side by side? Hi, I have Visual Studio 2003 an

Re: [WiX-users] How to manually remove a permanent component

That clean up tool is just a GUI wrapper on top of msizap. -Original Message- From: Ryan O'Neill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 09:10 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to manually remove a permanent component

Re: [WiX-users] How to manually remove a permanent component

Yes, but like msizap, it only removes products, not individual components. Ryan O'Neill wrote: > Have you tried Windows Installer cleanup utility from MS? Much nicer than > MSIZap. > > -Original Message- > From: Ben Greenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 October 2008 16:54 > To: G

Re: [WiX-users] How to manually remove a permanent component

Have you tried Windows Installer cleanup utility from MS? Much nicer than MSIZap. -Original Message- From: Ben Greenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 October 2008 16:54 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How to manually remove a permanent

[WiX-users] How to manually remove a permanent component

Is there a way to remove permanent components from the WI database after the owner product has been removed? I realize you cannot do this within an MSI package, but I'm looking for a msizap type approach. Thanks, Ben - Thi

Re: [WiX-users] detect schedule reboot

You can either call MsiGetMode/Session.Mode from custom action or, if you are using MSI version 4.0, use MsiSystemRebootPending property. -Original Message- From: Paul Elsner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 5:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [W

[WiX-users] Http namespace reservations

I wonder if this will be a valuable built-in functionality: http://damianblog.com/2008/02/21/configuring-http-namespace-reservations -on-vista-using-wix/. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's ch

Re: [WiX-users] .NET Bootstrapper, Self-Extracting Executables

Thanks for the tip! I will look into the AutoIt language. To get me started, could you provide me with a sample piece of your script that checks the .NET version and downloads/launches the installer? Logan DEÁK JAHN, Gábor-2 wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:41:05 -0700, Rob Mensching wrote:

[WiX-users] Is it possible to conditionally create properties?

Hi, I have several properties which I only want created via the element when a certain feature has been selected. Is it possible to conditionally create properties? I would like to do this so I can then check for the existence of the properties from a CA and if they are not present I assume

[WiX-users] .NET Bootstrapper, Self-Extracting Executables

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:41:05 -0700, Rob Mensching wrote: Hello, as I had to face the same problem just a couple of weeks ago, the final approach I took was putting together a very simple bootstrapper in the AutoIt scripting language. Nothing fancy, it is a Setup.exe that checks for .NET 2.0 an

[WiX-users] Wix 2 and 3 side by side?

Hi, I have Visual Studio 2003 and 2008 I would like to use wix 2 with 2003 and wix 3 with 2008. I understand Wix 2 and 3 install to different directories, I have 2 installed and the add-on for visual studio2003 seems to be working. If I now install 3 am I right in thinking it will only add an add-

[WiX-users] CustomizeDlg Next button always enabled

Hi, I have 2 features as part of my installation. I am using the built in "CustomizeDlg" to allow the user to choose which features to install. However even if both features are marked as "Entire feature will be unavailable", the Next button remains enabled. I checked the dialog source and it

Re: [WiX-users] How to reset IIS with WIX.

> How can I reset IIS with WIX. Use a custom action to execute "iisreset.exe" - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win gre

[WiX-users] detect schedule reboot

Hi, I'm new at the list and I have a question. How can I dectect if the msi will schedule an reboot after installation? I want to set an registry key in such a case. In my special case the FileInUse dialoge cannot be used. Thanks. ---

Re: [WiX-users] .NET Bootstrapper, Self-Extracting Executables

Well the problem was that the bootstrapper was not working properly, in a number of ways. (I'm attempting to use the NetFx35ClientSetup.exe bootstrapper) First of all it was always running, even if the user has the framework installed, which I don't like because it detracts from my app's setup ex

[WiX-users] How to reset IIS with WIX.

Hi All, How can I reset IIS with WIX. Thank You, Madhavi. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-reset-IIS-with-WIX.-tp1355183p1355183.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] Default Log Location

>2008/10/19 Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I want to create one log file at my target directory. I don't want to give > any log related switch at command line. Is this possible to give log related > switch from else where. > > Regards > -Sandeep Your package

Re: [WiX-users] Possible to create an installation report?

>2008/10/19 Chris Mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Yes, but that isn't suitable for giving to a non-developer so I'd have to > write some kind of script to parse it to produce a report. > Perhaps you have a precise definition of the expected output. Otherwise, did you try Wilogutl.exe -see here: ht

Re: [WiX-users] .NET Bootstrapper, Self-Extracting Executables

Could you not use the MSBuild GenerateBootstrapper task to accomplish what you need to do? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164294.aspx 2008/10/19 A. Logan Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ah, excellent. Glad to know it's planned. Good

Re: [WiX-users] problem about certificate installer

No , The GUID is different. (I just see the email today and thanks for your quick reply.) -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:00 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] problem a

[WiX-users] ComboBox: Default Selection Change

Hi all, Is there any event that can track change of the Item selection? I need to display a message when the default selection of comboBox is changed by the user. Thanks, Pavan - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin