Re: [WiX-users] Question regarding the attribute"Win64" in"Component"

2008-10-29 Thread MAKARAND HAZARIKA
Hello everyone, Actually I am new to the world of Wix and Windows Installers. And the first task I get is to combine a 32bit and a 64bit installer. Now looking at all the gentlemen's discussions, I figure the problem is not as simple as I had pictured the first time. So what is the final conclusi

Re: [WiX-users] uninstall per user product

2008-10-29 Thread hyung
Thanks everyone for the help. I have managed to detect all users who ever installed our product using MsiEnumProductsEx and LookupAccountSidW. Now I am facing another challenging problem - how do we uninstall all per-user installations? If some accounts are no longer accessible, what can we do? Q

[WiX-users] Example of installation of a web application

2008-10-29 Thread Joe Osman
Hi, I am looking for an example of installing web application using WIX. Thanks, Joe === This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subjec

Re: [WiX-users] StartMetabaseTransaction: Error 0x8007041d: failed to get IID_IIMSAdminBase object

2008-10-29 Thread Andres Juarez
I know, sorry, the log is 60MB size, so I cannot attach it. Yes, the service IIS, is stopped prior performing any othe IIS CA. The ExecXMLFile CA is also a WIX native CA: But that CA does not fail, the one that fail and start the rollback is the StartMetabaseTransaction one. MSI (s) (00:B

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts created in ALLUSER mode invokes MSI installer

2008-10-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Turn on the MSI logging registry key and check out the verbose log file. It'll tell you which component is getting reinstalled. The EventViewer will also give you the Component GUID but I find the verbose log file easier to work through. -Original Message- From: Arun Kumar A V [mailto

[WiX-users] Shortcuts created in ALLUSER mode invokes MSI installer

2008-10-29 Thread Arun Kumar A V
I am creating some shortcuts in my Wix installer script under ALL USER, by setting the property value to 1. My shortcuts do get created in ProgramMenuFolder under All Users section, and are visible to all users, irrespective of who installed it. But, when a user (not the one who installed it)

[WiX-users] MSMQ Error

2008-10-29 Thread David Gonzalez
Greetings to all, I am currently using Wix to install some MSMQueues, I get a successful build but the installer fails. When I look at the log it says this: MessageQueuingExecuteInstall: Error 0xc00e0005: Failed to create message queue MessageQueuingExecuteInstall: Error 0xc00e0005: Failed to c

Re: [WiX-users] Directories in merge module

2008-10-29 Thread Rob Mensching
MSI SDK documents how the TARGETDIR directory can be redirected. The WiX Merge element can be nested under the directory you want targeted. -Original Message- From: Ulf Jonson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 13:20 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [

[WiX-users] Directories in merge module

2008-10-29 Thread Ulf Jonson
Hi , I have a merge module created in Wix that I use with my other installation tool (Wise). When I add the merge module I can specify the folder where the files should be installed. This works fine. fil1.txt ends up in the specifie

Re: [WiX-users] StartMetabaseTransaction: Error 0x8007041d: failed to get IID_IIMSAdminBase object

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Andres Juarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Adding subject to this thread. > > Hi Sebastien, thanks for answering. > > By reading the event viewer log I would tend to think this is an IIS issue > and not an installer issue. > > I am not sure how can the installer be badly authored, all we are

[WiX-users] memory question

2008-10-29 Thread Natxo Mateos
Hi, I'm having some problems with memory failures when using TinyXML and I'm not sure how to handle the pointers destruction. That's a simplification of my program structure : XML_Write() { TiXmlDocument xdoc(); TiXmlElement *pMainElem= new TiXmlElement("Main"); pMainElem->SetAt

Re: [WiX-users] Store an RTF string in a Property?

2008-10-29 Thread Rob Mensching
>From the MSI SDK: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371540.aspx "ScrollableText Control This control displays a long string of text that cannot fit entirely on the page. A common use for this control is displaying the license agreement. Note that the string of text used with this contr

Re: [WiX-users] StartMetabaseTransaction: Error 0x8007041d: failed to get IID_IIMSAdminBase object

2008-10-29 Thread Rob Mensching
Bad set of boxes or IIS behaving badly. There are reports of IIS not always working correctly on simple Metabase writes. Not very helpful, I'm sorry. -Original Message- From: Andres Juarez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:18 To: General discussion for Windo

Re: [WiX-users] StartMetabaseTransaction: Error 0x8007041d: failed to get IID_IIMSAdminBase object

2008-10-29 Thread Andres Juarez
Adding subject to this thread. Hi Sebastien, thanks for answering. By reading the event viewer log I would tend to think this is an IIS issue and not an installer issue. I am not sure how can the installer be badly authored, all we are using for dealing with IIS are the native WIX CAs. The

[WiX-users] Store an RTF string in a Property?

2008-10-29 Thread Andrew Kendall
Hi All, Is it valid to hold a RTF string in a Property, like this: and then use this property in a ScrollableText control of a dialog: [CONFIRMINSTALLRTF] If so, I'm doing something wrong, as the example text does not appear in the dialog :( I'm actually trying to create a summary dialog

Re: [WiX-users] vc9 mergemodule and long uninstallation times

2008-10-29 Thread Bryan Turner
This is true, but the .Net Framework also shows up in the ARP, and removing that can also break not just my app, but lots of apps. I guess users are conditioned not to do this, as we have not had any issues with this. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: T

Re: [WiX-users] Pyro and .Net Assemblies

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 INRO(Robert Inzinger) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > > I try to generate a path with pyro (3.0.4429.0). With "normal" files > there are no problems. If I try to generate a patch of a .Net Assembly I > get the following error: > > pyro.exe : error PYRO0130 : The primary key 'RUNT_SdConfig.dl

[WiX-users] Pyro and .Net Assemblies

2008-10-29 Thread INRO(Robert Inzinger)
Hi I try to generate a path with pyro (3.0.4429.0). With "normal" files there are no problems. If I try to generate a patch of a .Net Assembly I get the following error: pyro.exe : error PYRO0130 : The primary key 'RUNT_SdConfig.dll/version' is duplicated in table 'MsiAssemblyName'. Please remov

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with update "ComboBox" control

2008-10-29 Thread Egor Sinkevich
-Original Message- From: Egor Sinkevich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 1:26 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem with update "ComboBox" control >>Add to your control events dummy property setting events

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with update "ComboBox" control

2008-10-29 Thread Egor Sinkevich
>>Add to your control events dummy property setting events that set the >>property to its existing value, i.e. Foo=[Foo]. Unless you do this, >>Windows Installer's UI engine doesn't think those properties have been >>changed when this control is processed (because they were changed in >>your custo

Re: [WiX-users] How to add a localization file to a WiX (VS2005) project?

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Bob Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Sébastien, > > Thank you for your reply! > > When I tried to add new item or existing item, no dialog > ever comes up. I think there is something wrong with my > VS2005 SP1 which I have been re-installing a few times on > this machine. No wonder I cannot

Re: [WiX-users] How to add a localization file to a WiX (VS2005) project?

2008-10-29 Thread Bob Lim
Hi Sébastien, Thank you for your reply! When I tried to add new item or existing item, no dialog ever comes up. I think there is something wrong with my VS2005 SP1 which I have been re-installing a few times on this machine. No wonder I cannot add a wxl file because I assume no one can add the

Re: [WiX-users] How to add a localization file to a WiX (VS2005) project?

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Bob Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi guys, > > I am looking for answer to this question too. Any idea on how to add a wxl > file to a wixproj? > > Thanks! > > rgrds, > Bob Lim Under VS Solution Explorer add a New element and choose a Wix Localization File Read these documentation chapters

Re: [WiX-users] fill combobox dynamically

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Egor Sinkevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All! > > We've WIX 3.0 based installation with database setup dialog. Database setup > dialog contains different settings like SQL server name, authorization > parameters and databases combo box. What we need is fill databases combo box > from

Re: [WiX-users] check prerequisite

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Egor Sinkevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All! > > We've WIX based installation and now we need check some prerequisite. E.g.: > .NET 2.0 > .NET 3.5 > IIS > MSMQ > > And so on. > What is the best way we can do it? > > Thanks! > Another prerequisite for using Wix is reading the documentati

Re: [WiX-users] How to add a localization file to a WiX (VS2005) project?

2008-10-29 Thread Bob Lim
Hi guys, I am looking for answer to this question too. Any idea on how to add a wxl file to a wixproj? Thanks! rgrds, Bob Lim New Email addresses available on Yahoo! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! http://mail.p

Re: [WiX-users] Grant permissions on a folder to a specific user

2008-10-29 Thread Eitan Behar
Hi, Just use wrote: > It's very urgent, please help me. > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:20:15 +0530> Subject: [WiX-users] Grant > permissions on a folder to a specific user> > Hi,> > I am develpoing > installer using WiX 3 (3.0.4311

[WiX-users] Add permissions to user on existing directory

2008-10-29 Thread sujanakar reddy
Hi, I am developing installer using WiX 3 (3.0.4311.0), in my installer I want to assign read permissions to the user on a directory. Below is the code snippet, with this code the permissions are assigned to user but it is removing all other existing permissions of the directory. I want to

[WiX-users] Variable Shorcut Name and Upgrading...

2008-10-29 Thread Han Sheng Ler
Hello guys, I'm using the SoftwareName and VersionNo to for the shortcut name on desktop and Program Menu. As you can see, VersionNo is variable,i.e. it changes with new builds. For example, Product 5.0. If I upgrade to Product 5.1, the desktop and Program Menu creates new icons called Product

Re: [WiX-users] Grant permissions on a folder to a specific user

2008-10-29 Thread sujanakar reddy
It's very urgent, please help me. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: Thu, 23 > Oct 2008 15:20:15 +0530> Subject: [WiX-users] Grant permissions on a folder > to a specific user> > Hi,> > I am develpoing installer using WiX 3 > (3.0.4311.0), in my installer I wa

[WiX-users] check prerequisite

2008-10-29 Thread Egor Sinkevich
Hi All! We've WIX based installation and now we need check some prerequisite. E.g.: .NET 2.0 .NET 3.5 IIS MSMQ And so on. What is the best way we can do it? Thanks! - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move D

[WiX-users] fill combobox dynamically

2008-10-29 Thread Egor Sinkevich
Hi All! We've WIX 3.0 based installation with database setup dialog. Database setup dialog contains different settings like SQL server name, authorization parameters and databases combo box. What we need is fill databases combo box from custom action when user trying "open" it. E.g.: 1.

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Andres Juarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi there. > > We are running a MSI in W2K3+Sp1, and we get the error below. > > Is anyone familiar with this error? > > > MSI (s) (00:B8) [16:37:35:138]: Executing op: > CustomActionSchedule(Action=ExecXmlFile,ActionType=11265,Source=BinaryData,Targe

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Error

2008-10-29 Thread Romeo Salayo Jr.
That's what I did (see my first post), btw I managed to find a solution. I figured out that in terminal server I must not run CA in defferred system context, So I created another CA only for windows2003 with attribute TerminalServerAware="yes". That solves the problem. Thanks All! Sébastien Mou

Re: [WiX-users] Build changes in v3.0.4624.0

2008-10-29 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I think the problem is that I am missing something else (I was building on a different PC). The error appears to be reported as "Some x64 components necessary for compilation were not found. Ensure you have in installed the x64 components in the Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 SDK or Vis