Re: [WiX-users] Autogen GUIDs for components

Will do, I will write script to output the GUIDs for my files and monitor if it changes from build to build. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 05/11

Re: [WiX-users] error LGHT0217 - The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed

We already had a validator extension. I added a semaphore to limit the number of simultaneous validations, and played with the number of concurrent validations we allowed. Only when I moved it to 1 (one) did the errors go away for a couple of weeks now. It appears based on observation that Wind

[WiX-users] Reading Element value from xml file.

Hi Rob, Is there any way to read a Element value in Xml file inside Wix proj. If yes can u give me sample or code snipet for that. Iam using to setvlaue of elemet, but in action attrib there is nothing called getvalue. For eg:- i want to get a value of key ServiceLocation from xml file b

[WiX-users] How to create service pack for Wix installer application

Hi All, I am using WiX 3.0.4318.0, we are able to create a patch for an installed application. and now we want to create a service pack for the application. how can we create a Service Pack, which will check if any previous service pack is installed or not. a

Re: [WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sample codes

Hi Rob, Is there any way to read a Element value in Xml file inside Wix proj. If yes can u give me sample or code snipet for that. Iam using to setvlaue of elemet, but action there is nothing called getvalue. Thanks & Regards, Chandrashekar vuppala IMPORTANT 1. This email and any

[WiX-users] How to create service pack for Wix installer application

Hi All, I am using WiX 3.0.4318.0, we are able to create a patch for an installed application. and now we want to create a service pack for the application. how can we create a Service Pack, which will check if any previous service pack is installed or not. a

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Reevaluating Dependent Properties

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Re: [WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sample codes

The MSI SDK has a topic that covers all the facets of updating files, versioned and not. -Original Message- From: Michael Lin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 18:10 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running minor

Re: [WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sample codes

Ok, your point is well taken.  But what if the file I want to replace is a text file or a html file? Thanks, Michael --- On Wed, 11/5/08, Leonides T. Saguisag, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Leonides T. Saguisag, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sampl

Re: [WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sample codes

A minor upgrade package name must not change, If the original MSI file was sample.msi, the minor upgrade must have the same name. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Leonides T. Saguisag, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:53 PM To: General discussion fo

[WiX-users] Making a reg key to stay upon uninstall

Hi, In my setup program, I am creating a registry key. But, I need that registry key to stay even when I uninstall the product. During creation of the registry key, I am specifying Action as 'createkey', but, still the key is getting deleted when I uninstall the product. Please let me know h

Re: [WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sample codes

Re #2: DLLs normally have a version number bound directly into the binary. In this case, timestamps alone do not suffice to make a file "newer". You can read about the file versioning rules here: http://tinyurl.com/5rc27e Best regards, -- Leo From: Michae

Re: [WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sample codes

1. MSI SDK provides the details. 2. Typically you build with a newer version. From: Michael Lin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 15:29 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; Rob Mensching Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sample codes

Re: [WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sample codes

Hi Rob, 1. Can you explain what command option do I use to create the log file? 2. How to make helper.dll a newer version?  All I did was to write a c# utility to change the file's last access time.  Is this enough? Thanks, Michael --- On Wed, 11/5/08, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sample codes

1. Look in your verbose log file. It will explain why the original MSI was required. 2. Does helper.dll have a newer file version? -Original Message- From: Michael Lin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 14:58 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-

[WiX-users] Running minor upgrade sample codes

I am running the sample codes that came with the wix tutorial (version 2.0) for minor upgrade.   First of all, I created the initial install package which I named it as "sampleOld.msi".  The install process ran without any errors.   After that, I created the second install package which I n

Re: [WiX-users] Autogen GUIDs for components

And be aware, we are still investigating to see if the implementation has any bad side effects (like your Component GUIDs randomly changing)... -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 14:22 To: General discussion for Windows I

Re: [WiX-users] Autogen GUIDs for components

Thanks Rob, that would do it. If anyone else is interested you can do something like this: Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 November 2008 21:59 To: General dis

Re: [WiX-users] Autogen GUIDs for components

Directory/@ComponentGuidGenerationSeed -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 13:37 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Autogen GUIDs for components I was wondering if there was

Re: [WiX-users] Autogen GUIDs for components

I was wondering if there was a possibility to relax the "standard directories" rule. The example I was think of was installing files in to a web folder e.g. C:\inetpub\wwwroot. It would be really useful to auto generate files for these folders and use the Guid="*" syntax. Neil -Original Messa

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action

What I did when debugging some of my DTF code was put a call to Debugger.Launch() right at the beginning of my custom action. At that point, I could easily attach and step through the code with the debugger. ## $_='^#(/||/@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@:^[-['^";@@@\\>])@

[WiX-users] Message Queues

Greetings to all, I've been working with Message Queues lately, and have managed to find some helpful examples online. As up front as the msmq:MessageQueue element looks, I haven't found or coded an example that works for me. I am currently using Windows Server 2003 and was wondering if anyone h

[WiX-users] Questions: how to keep the directory structure in the output?

Hi, I want to keep the directory structure after the msi is installed. Could I do that in wix 3.0? I read the history.txt of wix 3.0.4624.0 and find a new feature has been added. The description is as below: Feature - Added an optional RelativeIntermediateDirectory

Re: [WiX-users] Reevaluating Dependent Properties

Ahh, the built-in Windows Installer search functionality don't work that way. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:29 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Reevaluating Dependent Properties Hi Ro

Re: [WiX-users] registry permissions on new groups

Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) wrote: > Say I create a group called "Group A". Now, if I want to add permissions for > this group to a registry key, what would the PermissionEx tag look like? > I don't know that it's supported. SecureObjects relies on LookupAccountName, which is failin

Re: [WiX-users] Feature Tree Selection - Determining When "Entire Feature..." has been selected

Andrew Kendall wrote: > I've read up on the Custom install Feature selection tree, the popup menu and > using a custom action to find out what the users selected. However, I can't > find how one determines whether "Will be installed on local hard drive" or > "Entire feature will be installed on

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2753 on Merge Module...

John D. Marinuzzi wrote: > MSI (s) (B0:E8) [13:03:03:968]: Doing action: > Action.A14EEF5D_58AF_4037_9330_DFC385C52744 > Action start 13:03:03: Action.A14EEF5D_58AF_4037_9330_DFC385C52744. > The problem is in the merge module: It's scheduling an action to be executed regardless of whether the

[WiX-users] FW: Reevaluating Dependent Properties

sorry about the last post ... it got sent inadvertently using plain text From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Reevaluating Dependent PropertiesDate: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 18:29:26 + Hi Rob,Hi All, I realize I can use the SetProperty CustomAction sets the value of MYDATAFILE to specifi

Re: [WiX-users] Reevaluating Dependent Properties

Hi Rob,Hi All, I realize I can use the SetProperty CustomAction sets the value of MYDATAFILE to specifically [MYDIR]\myData.txt. However, I want the installer to go through the property evaluation logic already defined in the definition of MYDATAFILE.

[WiX-users] LGHT0001 The operation completed successfully

When I build from a VS2008 project I have started getting this error: light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0001: The operation completed successfully. Done building project "Setup.wixproj" -- FAILED. But as the error says the "The operation completed successfully". Is anyone else seeing this? I thin

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2753 on Merge Module...

It appears the Merge Module is adding a CustomAction to your install and doesn't like it when you choose to not install the file. You probably need to follow up with the vendor. -Original Message- From: John D. Marinuzzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:09

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2753 on Merge Module...

> From: Rob Mensching > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 2753 on Merge Module... > > Nothing looks wrong in the authoring. What about the verbose log file? > Does the Merge Module have a CustomAction that refers to the file that > is causing you problems? If so, then the Merge Module is what is >

Re: [WiX-users] Version key under Uninstall\{GUID}\

The max value of the MSI ProductVersion would be 255.255.65535. In hex 255 would be FF, and 65535 would be . The Version field is probably just hex conversions of the three relevant ProductVersion fields appended together. Seems to hold true for a sample app I have installed: DisplayVersion 3.

Re: [WiX-users] Version key under Uninstall\{GUID}\

MSI SDK has a little bit of information about the Uninstall Registry Key. That's the only documentation I've ever seen for it. -Original Message- From: Andy2k8 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 04:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Vers

[WiX-users] Feature Tree Selection - Determining When "Entire Feature..." has been selected

Hi, I've read up on the Custom install Feature selection tree, the popup menu and using a custom action to find out what the users selected. However, I can't find how one determines whether "Will be installed on local hard drive" or "Entire feature will be installed on local hard drive" has bee

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2753 on Merge Module...

Nothing looks wrong in the authoring. What about the verbose log file? Does the Merge Module have a CustomAction that refers to the file that is causing you problems? If so, then the Merge Module is what is causing you grief. -Original Message- From: John D. Marinuzzi [mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: [WiX-users] Reevaluating Dependent Properties

SetProperty CustomAction to reassign a Property with the new values? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 06:28 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Reevaluating Dependent Properties Hi All, Is it pos

Re: [WiX-users] xmlFile Bug, creating excess attribute's in children

MSXML. -Original Message- From: hegsie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 04:01 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] xmlFile Bug, creating excess attribute's in children Hi, The following code...

[WiX-users] COM+ DLL reference count

Hi, Last week I posted a query about our COM+ application getting reference counts on running a repair install. I realise COM+ is one of the darker corners of installer technology but I'm still scratching my head on this one. The reference counts in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\SharedDLLs is i

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2753 on Merge Module...

I read that a few times on the net in forums and stuff, but it doesn't seem to be the case here. I have a feature that has a mergeref that refers to Merge listed under a directory. Here is the basic structure (dots and 'whatever's added for simplicity):

[WiX-users] Reevaluating Dependent Properties

Hi All, Is it possible to reevaluate dependent properties in WiX? I am using WiX 3.0.3907.0. I have a property MYDIR that uses RegistrySearch to get an initial default value. The dependent property MYDATAFILE uses the value of MYDIR.

[WiX-users] Version key under Uninstall\{GUID}\

Hello What version does the "Version" key under the Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{GUID}\ hold? Is that the MSI file version? I see that the application version is added to the VersionMajor and VersionMinor Properties. What does a Version value of 0x0100 (16777216) mea

[WiX-users] xmlFile Bug, creating excess attribute's in children

Hi, The following code... generates the following

Re: [WiX-users] Autogen GUIDs for components

2008/11/4 Brownfield, Cory M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm using WiX version 3.0.4617.0. > > A component can have its GUID defined like this : Guid="*" if under a > standard directory. Here's a portion of the error message returned when > trying to install to a nonstandard location: > > "Since this