Re: [WiX-users] MakeSfxCA and project output

Thanks John for looking into this and figuring out what was going on. Thanks Jason for confirming this was an oversight and not by design. I've fixed the issue in my local environment and unit tested on XP and Japanese XP. I submitted bug 2647864

[WiX-users] Overwrite File during Install

Hello, If the WiX installer project is using one MSM + other files in it, is it possible to overwrite the file that was included in MSM in WiX? Ex: My WiX 3.0 installer project is using one MSM file (Framework binaries and files like html) + the binaries and files of the application, which u

[WiX-users] How to change the installed config file after msi setup

Hi, I am not sure if this is a wix question. But I prefer to get some advise from the setup expert here. I want to make an msi to install files (application.exe and application.exe.config) into Program Files Folder, and then from msi to launch another application to modify the application.ex

Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a entry with Assembly=".net" defined?

Oh Biztalk, yet another Microsoft product that didn't think about deployment properly. Sorry for being cynical and unhelpful but this one has bitten me before! Neil -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:robert.obr...@microsoft.com] Sent: 27 February 2009 23:10 To: 'General disc

Re: [WiX-users] MakeSfxCA and project output

Thanks John for the investigation, it wasn't obvious to me before what the root cause was. So... what this means is, SfxCA just doesn't support subdirectories in the CA package. Perhaps I should have documented that limitation but honestly I think it was an oversight in the implementation and te

[WiX-users] can I expect that a entry without the Remove attribte specified just handles start/stop behavior of an existing service and does not try and install and/or remove it

can I expect that a entry without the Remove attribte specified just handles start/stop behavior of an existing service and does not try and install and/or remove it? -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-

Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a entry with Assembly=".net" defined?

Our service deliverable msi is installing a biztalk 2009 application. As is the case with all things bts everything it uses needs to get deployed to the gac. One of those bts resource dll's makes use of the vs08 settings designer/api for externally exposing runtime settings you want to be a

[WiX-users] WiX 3.0: How to install a Root Certificate

We're using WiX version 3.0.4805.0. We need to install a root certificate. I tried to search the forum and google for a workable example, but no luck. I appreciate if someone could post some workable source code to show me how to install a root certificate. Here is my code which doesn't work:

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: How to CopyFile

Hi Brian, Many thanks. I took your advice and made the code change. It works now. Here is the working code: Thanks again, /Brian From: Brian Rogers To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 11

[WiX-users] Suppressing ICE33 validation warnings

Seems wix doesn't favor advertising using class tables for COM components. Though it allows advertising, it is not a big supporter of that feature. But, when validating my MSI using ORCA, I get a lot of ICE33 validation warnings (if I don't advertise). Is there a way I can suppress this ICE33 va

[WiX-users] [Wix-Users] 64bit Quiet Execution CustomAction on Wix2

Is there CAQuietExec64 on Wix2? http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/qtexec.htm It doesn't look like and attempting to use it doesn't produce any results. So is there any way at all to run scripts in 64-bit on Wix2 besides creating your own 64bit DLL? -- Oleksandr Lozitskiy "Wealth is the pro

Re: [WiX-users] SUPPORTDIR for WIX

Hey Akash, I haven't used InstallShield since version 11 but don't remember that directory. You can create a element inside your directory structure. Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:35 AM, akash bhatia <911a

Re: [WiX-users] Error when compiling a wix source file with a copyright symbol

Aaron Carlson wrote: > A string was provided which does not match the specified database codepage > '1252'. Either set your database codepage to match these characters, or > change these characters to ones that exist in the database's codepage. > > > > I was able to narrow the error down to having

Re: [WiX-users] Launching an application at the end of Install (usingWIX V2)

Wilson, Phil wrote: > It's my understanding there's still an issue. The launched program is running > as limited Administrator. If it offers anything that can Shell launch an > executable that has a requiresAdministrator manifest then that program will > then prompt to elevate to administrator.

Re: [WiX-users] running deffered managed custom actions with elevated privileges

Thanks that did it. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 5:42 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] running deffered managed custom actions with elevated privileges Deferred Cus

[WiX-users] Error when compiling a wix source file with a copyright symbol

Hello all, I'm attempting to upgrade from wix 3.0.2925.0 to 3.0.5020.0 but now I'm getting this error message: A string was provided which does not match the specified database codepage '1252'. Either set your database codepage to match these characters, or change these characters to ones that

[WiX-users] How do you configure the service sid type to unrestricted in WIX? thx!

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Re: [WiX-users] Installing Windows WCF Service

Yes, but that should give me an error "Service Failed to start." -Original Message- From: cemiles [mailto:chad.mi...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:06 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing Windows WCF Service Did you check to make su

Re: [WiX-users] Installing Windows WCF Service

Did you check to make sure your account has "log on as a service" rights? Pierson Lee (PIE) wrote: > > I have created a WiX 3.0 (Windows Installer XML Toolset, Version > 3.0.4526.0) installer to install a Windows WCF Service. When I install the > service under a domain account (my credentials)

[WiX-users] version number in MSI file properties.

Hi All, I am curious about having version number displayed in MSI file properties, is it something not achievable. I have included valid version number, product name and description in .wxs file, however when the MSI is created it doesn't show version in its properties. It doesn't even display

Re: [WiX-users] Launching an application at the end of Install (usingWIX V2)

It's my understanding there's still an issue. The launched program is running as limited Administrator. If it offers anything that can Shell launch an executable that has a requiresAdministrator manifest then that program will then prompt to elevate to administrator. A file Browse dialog might e

[WiX-users] Installing Windows WCF Service

I have created a WiX 3.0 (Windows Installer XML Toolset, Version 3.0.4526.0) installer to install a Windows WCF Service. When I install the service under a domain account (my credentials) I get the following failure: Product: IDSService -- Error 1923. Service 'IDSService' (IDSService) could not

Re: [WiX-users] DTF Debugging

Usually, for me, clicking ok on that brings up the code as long as it was compiled in debug. -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 1:12 PM To: chr...@deploymentengineering.com; General discussion for Windows Installer XML too

Re: [WiX-users] DTF Debugging

Chris, did you find a solution to this? Neil -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: 25 February 2009 21:27 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] DTF Debugging Is anyone having problems having

Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a entry with Assembly=".net" defined?

I don't believe there is any supported way, WiX or otherwise, to put a config file in the GAC. I am curious why you would want to? Neil -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:robert.obr...@microsoft.com] Sent: 27 February 2009 17:15 To: General discussion for Windows Installer X

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the current user in WiX?

Windows will never, ever give you the user's password. You will have to prompt the user to give it to you. Also, you will need to ensure that the user's account has the "log on as a service" privilege, or else the service won't start up. Paul. -Message d'origine- De : sandun css [mailto:

Re: [WiX-users] Help needed

Hi When you install Visual Studio on your machine you will have the Bootstrapper packages (like for .Net Franework , SQL Express etc) already created.. You can utilize them... they perform all the checks.. and if you need you can customize it Thank you Anweshi _

[WiX-users] is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a entry with Assembly=".net" defined?

is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a entry with Assembly=".net" defined? -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the

Re: [WiX-users] MakeSfxCA and project output

FDI Error code of 11 means user aborted; I found that interesting so I dug into this a bit... sfxca\Extract.cpp :: ExtractCabinet Comments note that the destination directory (szExtractDir) must already exist (and should be empty) sfxca\Extract.cpp :: FNFDINOTIFY... casefdin

[WiX-users] Component Id in ORCA

Hi   I am using ORCA to detect the Component Id and using it to do a Component Search. I am searching for the existence of SQL Server 2008 Management Objects. Which is the right column to check for the ComponentId.. I see that there are many GUIds and there is nothing like Component Id which I c

Re: [WiX-users] Question about dynamically defining a version var

I figured it out. Inside my target that reads out the version, I use a CreateProperty tag to create a property named DefinedConstants that is the value of my version property and the existing value of DefinedConstants. Works really well. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > Regg

Re: [WiX-users] DLL failing to register on a SeflRegCost file

The only messages were the same as the pop up message about Error 1904.Module Y:\sandbox\ -Original Message- From: Jeremy Lew [mailto:j...@liquidmachines.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 9:55 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DL

Re: [WiX-users] DLL failing to register on a SeflRegCost file

Sounds like a dependency issue. Take a look at the event logs, are there any WinSxS errors reported? -Original Message- From: Steven Chin [mailto:steven.c...@mathworks.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 8:44 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] DLL failing to regi

Re: [WiX-users] Install pre-requisites from server manager features

Search for launch conditions. You'll probably want an immediate custom action (or multiple actions) to run before launch conditions Most "features" can be traced to a service. I have a product that requires Message Queueing, which is the MSMQ service. Here is a VB.NET custom action I wrote usin

Re: [WiX-users] Help needed

I found the Bootstrapper Manifest Generator useful for this. http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bmg Ben -Original Message- From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.kar...@gmail.com] Sent: 27 February 2009 13:43 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-

[WiX-users] DLL failing to register on a SeflRegCost file

In my win64 installer, I have two .dll files that I have specified in my .wxs file as SelfRegCost="0". If I install the product to the local drive on my machine it will self register fine. If I install it to a directory on the network drive it gives me an "Error 1904.Module Y:

Re: [WiX-users] Help needed

You can't do this from within the installer, as MSI won't allow multiple simultaneous installations. Read up on Bootstrappers, that will get you what you need. Chris On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Prabhakaran Paulraj < prabhakaran_paul...@dynamicbi.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I am a newbie

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action on Finish Dialog

Brian, I agree and I even tried directly calling the shutdown command and it didn't work. Maybe something like this WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 0 and NOT INSTALLED NOT Installed and WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 0 Is this how I have to do? Arun Perregattur -Orig

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap x86 + x64 Framework v2?

Hi, Combine them how? Do you mean you actually combined the files into one single executable? Thanks, Ben -Original Message- From: Anu Dev [mailto:queryl...@yahoo.com] Sent: 27 February 2009 11:38 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap x86 + x64 Framework

Re: [WiX-users] Installer for an WebProject

Heat isn't designed to work in a CI system today. Bahn Thomas wrote: > Yes, this works. > How i can use this in a buildserver for continous integration? > I create the Gernerated.wxs automatic by the buildserver. It overwrite my > changes in the file. > >

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the current user in WiX?

SetProperty. Have you read any of the documentation? Many of the questions you've asked could be answered by spending a little time working through the available documentation. sandun css wrote: > Yes. I could get the user name as [LogonUser]. But, I need that value to be > in another property.

Re: [WiX-users] Installer for an WebProject

Yes, this works. How i can use this in a buildserver for continous integration? I create the Gernerated.wxs automatic by the buildserver. It overwrite my changes in the file. Von: Yan Sklyarenko [...@sitecore.net] Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Februar 2009 13:08 A

Re: [WiX-users] Installer for an WebProject

Leave your Product.wxs as is, don't include under , but instead wrap your generated fragment contents into , something like this: . This works for me. Hope it helps. -- Yan -Original Message- From: Bahn Thomas [mailto:thomas.b...@cic-group.eu] Sent: Friday,

Re: [WiX-users] Setting default value of a property

You should use Type 51 ("set a property") custom action for this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368237(VS.85).aspx# -- Yan -Original Message- From: sandun css [mailto:sandun...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:04 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Wi

[WiX-users] Setting default value of a property

Hi, I have a property called 'USERNAME'. I need to set its default value to the 'LogonUser'. (user name) How can I do that? Sandun. -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC ta

[WiX-users] Help needed

Hi Everyone, I am a newbie to Wix and i'm using .NET 2.0, Visual Studio 2005, Wix 2.0. I need to check to some of the conditions before my application starts the installtion. It should check for .NET 2.0 or higher version if not found it should install it. I used the help from http://www.tramo

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap x86 + x64 Framework v2?

Hi I had the similar issue.. In the bootstrapper Package I combined X86 and X64 together and that worked... Thank you Anweshi From: Ben Cheetham To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:59:03 PM Subject: [WiX-users] Bootstrap x86 +

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the current user in WiX?

Yes. I could get the user name as [LogonUser]. But, I need that value to be in another property. (i.e. ) But, the above code doesn't work. How can I achive it ? On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > I don't think there is ever a way to get the user's password as plain > text

Re: [WiX-users] Installer for an WebProject

Thanks, the -sfrag switch helped. But there is a new problem. The automatic generated File have following content: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> There a many Files, Directorys and components... Here is the ComponentGroup... I have an Pr

[WiX-users] Bootstrap x86 + x64 Framework v2?

Hi, I've created an MSI using Votive and have amended the WiX project file to build a bootstrapper after build following a guide of the WiX site. The WinForms app the MSI installs requires .NET v2, which is installed by the bootstrapper as per below: .NET Framework 2.0 (x86)

Re: [WiX-users] How to get the current user in WiX?

I don't think there is ever a way to get the user's password as plain text. The user's name is in a standard MSI Property. sandun css wrote: > Is there a way to get the current user's name and password in the wix code? > > I need it to install services, as the user who is logged in > ---

Re: [WiX-users] SqlDatabase with multiple data files?

Just a thought... In the past, I decided to put database management out of the installer Wix-part. The installation of the database was not the issue, but once you need to maintenance the troubles start. You'll need to determine the database version, make the necessary upgrades to the databas

Re: [WiX-users] IIS Metabase properties - DefaultLogonDomain & NTAuthenticationProviders

Not supported today. They'd make a good feature request... troy hostetter wrote: > I am wondering how to set these IIS using WiX .. I cannot find them in the > element? > > - Troy > -- > Open Source Business Conference (O

Re: [WiX-users] running deffered managed custom actions with elevated privileges

Deferred CustomActions can run non-Impersonated and then they are elevated (assuming the MSI UAC prompt was accepted). Scott Sam wrote: > I've used dtf to create some custom actions that execute deffered. The > problem that I'm having is that these CA's need to be run with elevated > privileges.

[WiX-users] Problem with MSI and EXE

Hi Here is the problem I have: I using WIX project to generate a 64 bit MSI. I am using Clickonce Bootstrapper packages. So the WIX project creates SetUp.Exe and SetUp.MSI. The problem i have is When i run the SetUp.MSI alone it says that all the prerequisites are present (and yes they are pr

[WiX-users] Right To Left Support

Hi, I am currently working on an MSI build for Right to Left Languages. I am facing certain issues for the installer. Basically, I have set the RighttoLeft property for the Control and the Dialog elements in Wix. However, when displaying the dialogs, it shows it in the standard Left to Righ

Re: [WiX-users] COM Registration - schema problem?

Hi Bob, I found MS KB article describing how to alias COM component manually, which creates exactly same registry entries as the WIX code should. I filed defect report: https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=detail&aid=2644742&group_id=105970&atid=642714 KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Excute an application from wix

WiX v3 has an article in its docs (installed together with the toolset), which described a step-by-step procedure how to make it work; see "How To Guides > User Interface and Localization > How To: Run the installed application after setup". -- Yan -Original Message- From: Richard Bennett

[WiX-users] How to get the current user in WiX?

Is there a way to get the current user's name and password in the wix code? I need it to install services, as the user who is logged in -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC

Re: [WiX-users] Excute an application from wix

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