Re: [WiX-users] uninstall fails to drop database, iis objects

2008-12-28 Thread siaj
Amy, I am working on an install which should install a new instance every time the user runs a install again. I am asking for the user Input (website name) every time he installs a new instance. Can you tell me how are you doing the new install every time ? Are you taking user input, every time he

Re: [WiX-users] Running an Installer from MSI

2008-12-28 Thread Durwin Wright
Could he install thes into %userprofile% (or a subdirectory) and run the installers from there in order to get around the McAfee restriction? Durwin Wright | Sr. Architect | durwin.wri...@ingres.com | Ingres | 500 Arguello Street | Suite 200 | Redwood City | CA | 94063 | USA +1 650-587-5523 | fax

Re: [WiX-users] Running an Installer from MSI

2008-12-28 Thread Luke Mason
This is not an answer for you, but just a note that McAfee would prevent you doing this, as it prevents program execution from a temp directory. This is part of the anti-malware addons I believe. -Original Message- From: Frankenspank [mailto:frankensp...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 29 Decemb

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 3 - Suggestions

2008-12-28 Thread John Robbins
Hi, I'm sure the team would be thrilled if you contributed the CA code to handle the VS registration. If you're looking for something to generate fragments and maintain directories of files, I wrote a tool Paraffin to do just that. (http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2008/12/2

[WiX-users] Running an Installer from MSI

2008-12-28 Thread Frankenspank
I have included two components inside my WIX project which are the installers I want to install. They are installed to the temp folder. Then, I run the installers inside the InstallExecuteSequence: Everything installs smoothly but then when I go to uninstall, I get a message about missing

[WiX-users] WIX 3 - Suggestions

2008-12-28 Thread Frankenspank
These suggestions are primarily for the dev team. I am not an expert on deployment, but I have used InstallShield, NSIS and Visual Studio to create installers in the past. Overall, I have found the easiest to use and maintain to be NSIS. I've recently started a project using WIX, the existing in