Re: [WiX-users] Network Install: How To Control What User Sees?

Andrew Kendall wrote: > Ok, if an individual user wants to install our product on their computer, no > problem. What I don't understand is how to set things up for a network > install, whereby an administrator specifies a bunch of install options, which > are then propagated to each client insta

Re: [WiX-users] WixDIFxAppExtension and MergeModules

Moradi, Ari wrote: > I understand your point. However, I think that the DIFx merge module > dependency is a good way to go, because right now, it is not possible to > build two different merge modules using DIFxAppExtension and then include > them both in the same MSI. Any good solution to tha

Re: [WiX-users] Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:SchedSecureObjects'

Alan Sinclair wrote: > c:/PROGRA~1/WI577F~1/bin/light.exe -nologo -w0 -wx -pedantic:legendary > -out Mypkg.msi MyEdge.wixobj MyCommon.wixobj MyCore.wixobj > MyEdgeService.wixobj MyCA.wixobj MyEdgeGui.wixobj Release/vc_crt.wixobj > "c:\PROGRA~1\WI577F~1\bin\wixui.wixlib" -loc > "c:\PROGRA~1\WI577F~

[WiX-users] Unresolved reference to symbol 'CustomAction:SchedSecureObjects'

I'm trying to add code to set directory permissions, plagiarizing working code from another file. Adding the new code gets an error from light and it's got me baffled.

Re: [WiX-users] Different behavior on uninstall

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rolando Valdivia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry, I forgot to mention that I made a log for the kit, and the error Says > "InstallFinalize return value 3", there is no more information. Look earlier in the log. InstallFinalize returns 3 when an action

Re: [WiX-users] Different behavior on uninstall

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I made a log for the kit, and the error Says "InstallFinalize return value 3", there is no more information. Thats why I ask. Thanks, Rolando 2008/12/10 Wilson, Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The standard answer for this type of issue is to enable MSI logging, and >

Re: [WiX-users] Different behavior on uninstall

The standard answer for this type of issue is to enable MSI logging, and look at the MSIxxx.log file in the temp folder. A .reg file wih this will turn it on REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer] "Logging"="voicewarmupx" Phil Wilson -Original Message

Re: [WiX-users] difference between lit and light

How do you see this fitting into the whole MSI 4.5 / micropackage strategy? It seems somewhat outdated to try to share component/resource data ( be it by nested install, merge module or by wixlib ). --- On Wed, 12/10/08, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PR

Re: [WiX-users] difference between lit and light

No and if they followed my recommendation they might never do so because they have to share with people that do not use WiX v3. If they chose to ship .wixlibs, they'd still have to ship Merge Modules for everyone else. -Original Message- From: Jon Seanor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[WiX-users] Different behavior on uninstall

Hi, I have a weird behaviour uninstalling my kit. When I try to uninstall from Add/Remove programs or right click the msi and uninstall, the installer starts the installation, but before finish, it rolls back. When I double click the msi and choose the option remove, everything finish without prob

Re: [WiX-users] difference between lit and light

Hi Rob, In the closing paragraph you wrote, "These days I always recommend that if you are sharing setup logic and files with people also using WiX v3, skip Merge Modules and just use binary .wixlibs." Are there wixlibs available for the Microsoft redistributables - e.g. vc runtimes, msxml,

Re: [WiX-users] Very slow performance running SQL Scripts

I'm wondering if we've just crossed some unspoken threshold in the Windows Installer. That or we have some N^2 (or worse) algorithm shredding the SQL script and we don't feel it until 100K. Based on all of the bugs in the SQL Script processing and a few of the feature requests, I think we have

Re: [WiX-users] Very slow performance running SQL Scripts

Actually if I don't run the 100k one, the package runs just fine. I cannot test the 100k alone since it needs the whole sequence to be installed before. Currently I keep investigating this out of "curiosity" since due to some requirements I had to move to Neil's approach using sqlcmd directly (

Re: [WiX-users] WixDIFxAppExtension and MergeModules

Yeah, .wixlibs have more features in them that make sharing compiled code much better than Merge Modules. You picked up on my hint. -Original Message- From: Moradi, Ari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 16:11 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML too

Re: [WiX-users] Very slow performance running SQL Scripts

And is it just the last one (100k) that is slow? Or is the 60k slow as well? I hope the 2K are okay. -Original Message- From: Eitan Behar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 22:30 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-us

Re: [WiX-users] Writing to registry fails, but msi log reports keys written?

No known issues. Thousands of people use the Registry table everyday to create registry keys with no issue. Usually, these issues end up being some CustomAction wreaking havoc with what was expected. -Original Message- From: Eric Maines [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, Decemb

Re: [WiX-users] does

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Re: [WiX-users] Problem passing property value to a deferred VB Script custom action

What? No, don't do that. If you're immediate Custom Action isn't elevated then it won't succeed... plus you're likely to leave junk behind. Read about deferred CustomActions in the MSI SDK, there is a very specific mechanism called "CustomActionData" that is used to pass data to deferred Cust

Re: [WiX-users] Network Install: How To Control What User Sees?

Note, you can have an "Admin Install UI" that shows up when the admin creates the network image and you can specify "Admin Properties" that are persisted during that process. That can be used, for example, to have the Admin accept the EULA and have the act of accepting the EULA stored in the ne

Re: [WiX-users] ClickThrough 3.0.4805.0 throws exception when selectiong Isolated Apps

Rob Mensching-2 wrote: > > ClickThrough has significant bugs that have all been punted to WiX v4 > essentially rendering ClickThrough useless until then. > Thanks for the quick reply! -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/ClickThrough-3.0.4805.0-throws-exception-when-selecti

Re: [WiX-users] difference between lit and light

http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2008/10/10/What-are-.wixlibs-and-why-would-you-use-them.aspx - has more information about .wixlibs. -Original Message- From: Dale Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 06:55 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer X

Re: [WiX-users] ClickThrough 3.0.4805.0 throws exception when selectiong Isolated Apps

ClickThrough has significant bugs that have all been punted to WiX v4 essentially rendering ClickThrough useless until then. -Original Message- From: Roy Abou Assaly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 06:58 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] WixDIFxAppExtension and MergeModules

Re: The reason to use the MFC merge modules is that they're the recommended way of distributing MFC (other than locally) and that they install resources so it's important to use the merge module to follow component rules. Neither is true of DifxApp. I understand your point. However, I think that

[WiX-users] Writing to registry fails, but msi log reports keys written?

Hi wix-users, I was recently asked to write values to the registry in a working installer. All the other parts of the installer work, even the log seems to show it registered. - The problem is when I look in the registry, the keys are not written. (I also tried changing the Action attribute

[WiX-users] ClickThrough 3.0.4805.0 throws exception when selectiong Isolated Apps

Hi, I'm using the WiX Beta Exit build 3.0.4805.0. 1. I start ClickThrough 2. I select Click Through for Office Addins (shouldn't it be ClickThrough and Click Through? Typo?) 3. I get taken to the "Build" page with the 7 steps. Everything is good. Now, when 1. I start ClickThrough 2. I sele

Re: [WiX-users] difference between lit and light

See the diagram in the WiX help file (About WiX->Tools and Concepts). Lit creates a library that can be consumed by light. You don't have to use "lit", but if you want to package multiple "wxs" files into a reusable library, that is what you would use, as I understand it. -Original Message--

[WiX-users] difference between lit and light

Hi: can someone please explain the difference between lit.exe and light.exe, are both required? Cheered Sean. -- SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happe

Re: [WiX-users] Network Install: How To Control What User Sees?

Andrew Kendall-2 wrote: > > Given that no dialogs appear for a client install, how do you control what > gets installed? Is there some default value for each button/checkbox that > the user is not seeing!? > For a per-machine installation via group policies, only the InstallExecuteSequence is r

Re: [WiX-users] Network Install: How To Control What User Sees?

Hi Bob et al, Sorry, I'm not clear on this at all. I'm struggling with network install concepts in general here, and perhaps I should outline what I am trying to achieve a bit more clearly. The installation package for our product is currently created using InstallShield, for a traditional, no

Re: [WiX-users] finding nant

I think you click on the +'s to navigate to the zip files. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Sean Farrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 10/12/2008 07:22 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subje

Re: [WiX-users] Problem passing property value to a deferred VB Script custom action

When executing CA as deffered it has no access from the MSI property anymore. What you can do is store the value in the registry (HKLM) and then read the value from there. Regards, Romeo Andy2k8 wrote: > > Hello > > I have defined a property and elevated custom action as follows: > > >

[WiX-users] Problem passing property value to a deferred VB Script custom action

Hello I have defined a property and elevated custom action as follows: And this is sequenced as : NOT Installed NOT Installed However i get the following error when i run the MSI MSI (s) (70:54) [15:35:58:181]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=DeletePCCCons