[WiX-users] Source attribute of Media element

Hi, I'm creating a patch for an installer and don't want to embed the cab in the .msp file. From the Wix documentation it appears that if I'm going to do that I need to set the Source attribute of the Media element. So I've tried that but it seems regardless of what I put in the source attribute

Re: [WiX-users] Scheduling RemoveExistingProducts after InstallExecute

Scott, James (TSG R&D - Fort Collins) wrote: > (Request Context) I'm trying to push the REP position in an existing > installer from before InstallInitialize into the script somewhere so I can > add CA's to back up configuration files, and I'm trying to figure out where > the best place is. >

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0: How to copy a directory(folder) recursively

Brian Young wrote: > We need to copy a directory recursively. > MSI doesn't support that. You can do wildcards but not ad-hoc subdirectories. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Open Source Business Conference

Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally set a property from command line?

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Re: [WiX-users] InstallExecute not defined?

Simon Dahlbacka wrote: > If I do that I'm greeted with an ICE63 WarningSome action falls > between InstallInitialize and RemoveExistingProducts. > Using Before="InstallFinalize"? Which action is scheduled InstallInitialize and RemoveExistingProducts? (Use Orca to see the InstallExecut

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall conditions! which one should I use?

If you look at the verbose log generated on Reinstall you can see that one of the first actions is RemoveExistingProducts and I assume that this action sets the value of REMOVE to be ALL. You should also look at what happens on a major upgrade as the first step of a major upgrade is uninstallati

Re: [WiX-users] No reboot prompt but log shows reboot scheduled

Ah - I see. The difference between my test scenario and the broken update is that the log for the broken update shows an Info 1903 line scheduling a reboot to delete the DLL file, not the .RBF file. Thanks - Greg > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:36:16 -0800 > From: b...@joyofsetup.com > To: wi

[WiX-users] Installation of certificate problem with IIS 7.0

I am installing a self signed certificate into the local machine store. When I open the IIS manager and I navigate to "Installed Certificates" I can't see the certificate there. Here is my code: PFXPassword='[CERTIFICATEPASSWORD]' StoreLocation='localMachine'

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008

Thanks Arun, Its more the process of generating the Setup.exe and having that linked to the packages I was looking for. Graham -- From: "Arun Perregatturv" Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:31 PM To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML to

[WiX-users] Uninstall conditions! which one should I use?

I wrote a custom action that I call at an uninstall time. Right now, I have something like... . . . REMOVE~="ALL" and NOT REINSTALL I am calling the uninstall CA before RemoveRegistryValues because the CA needs some of the registry values. I originally had the uninstall CA cond

Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally set a property from command line?

More information... It looks like the Property action isn't being executed by the time the UI displays the page that I use to verify the contents. Where should I schedule the CA's so that they come after the Property calls but before the UI is displayed? Thanks!

[WiX-users] Scheduling RemoveExistingProducts after InstallExecute

The RemoveExistingProducts documentation details four locations where it can be sequenced. The third location is between the InstallExecute/InstallExecuteAgain action and the Installfinalize action. Neither InstallExecute nor InstallExecuteAgain is automatically included in the sequence -- it's

[WiX-users] WiX 3.0: How to copy a directory(folder) recursively

We're using WiX version 3.0.4805.0. We need to copy a directory recursively. Say, there are some user data files saved in the User's 'AppDataFolder', for example, something like "C:\Documents and Settings\user_login\Application Data\CompanyName\ProductNameA". Now we need to change our proudct

[WiX-users] Setting environment variable: PATH

Hello All, appreciate your help on this as I tried everything possible. I am setting PATH variable with a path. It is getting set. But I am not able to run an exe present in the path using Start-->Run. However when I open the environment variable window manually and click OK without making any ch

Re: [WiX-users] InstallExecute not defined?

I don't think the documentation is particularly helpful, but a working sequence as the last three items in the execute sequence is InstallExecute, RemoveExistingProducts, InstallFinalize. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Simon Dahlbacka [mailto:simon.dahlba...@gmail.com] Sent: T

Re: [WiX-users] InstallExecute not defined?

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Bob Arnson wrote: > Simon Dahlbacka wrote: >> I'm trying to schedule RemoveExistingProducts after InstallExecute like so >> > > Generally, "before InstallFinalize" is the right way to go. If I do that I'm greeted with an ICE63 Warning Some action falls between In

Re: [WiX-users] InstallExecute not defined?

Simon Dahlbacka wrote: > I'm trying to schedule RemoveExistingProducts after InstallExecute like so > Generally, "before InstallFinalize" is the right way to go. I'm not sure why WiX doesn't include InstallExecute as a normal action, though... -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] QtExecDeferred error about quoted application name

Shannon Ma wrote: > CustomActionSchedule(Action=QtExecDeferred.FCB72E31_FB83_4E57_9058_69C40A8DB563,ActionType=1089,Source=BinaryData,Target=CAQuietExec,CustomActionData=[SystemFolder]mmcperf.exe) > MSI (s) (B8:8C) [18:46:13:199]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: > C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI8.tmp

Re: [WiX-users] Installer Error, Process aborted unexpectedly

Jacob, Christian wrote: > It's really just that. A small dialog with the title "Installer Error" and > the one sentence saying that the process has been aborted unexpectedly. > Actually it's a german message, but that should be the correct translation. > ;-) The Event logs don't have anything to

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

Neil Sleightholm wrote: > The SetProperty can be scheduled with the Before and After attributes. > Although I used SetProperty in this example SetDirectory might be more > appropriate (but it can't be scheduled), SetDirectory can't be scheduled because there's only one place it should go. SetPro

Re: [WiX-users] Stubs vs Merge Modules

James Lin wrote: > Does anyone know what's the different of using Wix Merge Modules vs. > Stubs? > What's a stub? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, Sa

Re: [WiX-users] No reboot prompt but log shows reboot scheduled

Swandog wrote: > After installation completes, there was no reboot prompt. The DLL was > replaced. I was unable to reproduce the issue where the COM DLL was not > replaced but what is worse, it's not clear why there was no reboot prompt and > how the MSI was able to replace the DLL while it wa

Re: [WiX-users] System Restore

Ben Cheetham wrote: > Is a System Restore Point automatically created either before and/or after a > Windows Installer installation is run? > Yes, if System Restore is enabled. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

[WiX-users] Conditionally set a property from command line?

I've looked all over and not found a good answer to this. I'm trying to set a property within WIX to a value set on the command line. If there's not a command line property set, then it should read the value from the registry. But I can't seem to get the syntax right, it either 1) always uses th

Re: [WiX-users] InstallExecute not defined?

There's InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize and many others, but I've not heard of InstallExecute. Use Orca to look at your InstallExecuteSequence and it will help you figure out what is valid. -Original Message- From: Simon Dahlbacka [mailto:simon.dahlba...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, Ma

[WiX-users] InstallExecute not defined?

wix 3.0.5020 I'm trying to schedule RemoveExistingProducts after InstallExecute like so but I'm getting the following error: Error 1 Unresolved reference to symbol 'WixAction:InstallExecuteSequence/InstallExecute' in section 'Product:*'.D:\Foo\Product.wxs 61

[WiX-users] System Restore

Is a System Restore Point automatically created either before and/or after a Windows Installer installation is run? If not, is it possible to force the creation of one via a custom action or otherwise? Thanks, Ben -- Op

Re: [WiX-users] Remove File Issue on Vista

Resending.. Please reply as it is a blocking issue.. > I need to remove the “user.config” file which gets created for user level > settings in my window app. This file is getting created under > %localappdata%\Company Name\StrongKey\ProductVersion folder. > > > > I have written the following to de

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

Hi Anweshi, Thank you for that, it all makes sense. It's the Product.xml for the 64-bit installer package I am missing then. I've just looked through the CAB files on the VS2005 Pro and VS2008 Std Setup DVDs I own and can't find a 64-bit produc.xml file for .NET v2 (found product.xml files for oth

Re: [WiX-users] Does anyone know how best to capture the registry changes made by RegAsm / RegTlib?

These should still work for self-registering exes, here: http://installsite.org/pages/en/msi/tips.htm Scroll down to RegSpy. It indeed uses CreateRemoteThread and RegOverridePredefKey. Somebody also extended it to do tlbs, RegSpy2. The source is all there. The original magazine article is her

[WiX-users] No reboot prompt but log shows reboot scheduled

Hi: I have an MSI that sets up a Web site (IIS) that uses several COM DLLs and a Windows service (not Web service). The MSI is used for new installations as well as upgrade existing installations. Occasionally upgrades are not completely successful because a COM DLL is loaded in memory a

Re: [WiX-users] Does anyone know how best to capture the registry changes made by RegAsm / RegTlib?

Heat can capture quite a lot but not self-reg exes. I have also used something called RegSpy but I can't remember where it came from. Neil -Original Message- From: Thomas S. Trias [mailto:tomtr...@artizan.com] Sent: 03 March 2009 19:31 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML to

Re: [WiX-users] Does anyone know how best to capture the registry changes made by RegAsm / RegTlib?

Well, RegAsm has the /regfile switch, but it doesn't work with the /tlb option; RegTLib has no such switch; I suppose I could embark on the wonderful world of code injection (which I'm sure my virus scanner will love), but even with CreateRemoteThread it looks pretty nasty. I recall how intere

Re: [WiX-users] Interpreting Return Codes of Executable Custom Action (type 2)

My solution is to have the CA invoke a DLL, which in turn execs the .exe and interprets the return code. Yes, it's more work, but it works cleanly, and the DLL can hook into the MSI API to write to logs etc. -Original Message- From: DONG LEE [mailto:dongl...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday,

[WiX-users] RegistrySearch and subkeys?

Hi, I have a product that is installed using MSI created using Wix. The product can host different Plugins that are also installed using WIX MSI packages. The main application is writing the INSTALLDIR to the registry so the installers for the Plugins know where they should be installed. This is

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008

This might help you even though it's for VS 2005 but this will work with VS2008. I was able to get Windows Installer 4.5, NET35 SP1, SQL 2008,VC++2005 Runtimes and Crystal Reports 10.5. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730839(VS.80).aspx#custompkg_creatingaproductmanifest Arun Perrega

[WiX-users] Does anyone know how best to capture the registry changes made by RegAsm / RegTlib?

Heat works well for self-registered DLLs; is there a similar technique that one can use for the results of RegAsm / RegTlib on a .NET assembly / type library? Is there a way to get a child process to inherit the Registry re-mappings? The same thing would be useful for self-registered EXEs. T

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008

Hi Anweshi, My application current requires things like: .NET 3.5 SP1, SQLNCLI, SQLCMD, Windows Installer 3, Crystal Reports 12. There may be others too. Is there something in the Wix MSBUILD tasks that can produce a Setup.exe to launch these pre-reqs? Regards Graham

Re: [WiX-users] DTF Session object properties

Hi Shawn, DTF's FeatureInfo class uses the MsiGetFeatureInfo API to retrieve the feature's attributes, title, and description. According to MSDN ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368612.aspx ), MsiGetFeatureInfo is on the list of functions that "must never be called from a custom acti

[WiX-users] Stubs vs Merge Modules

Does anyone know what's the different of using Wix Merge Modules vs. Stubs? thanks -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourc

[WiX-users] QtExecDeferred error about quoted application name

Hello, I'm trying to silently run a command-line app via the following: MMC30SEARCH Despite this, I see the following error in the install log, which notes the command string must begin with a quoted app name: MSI (s) (B8:38) [18:45:

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008

HI What prerequisites are you looking for... .NetFramework? Let me know.. I have worked on it and its quite easy to include them in WIX. Thank you Anweshi   From: "Wilson, Phil" To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tuesday, Marc

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

Thanks! I will have to see what each approach does to the MSI... Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks From: Neil Sleightholm To: tomtr...@artizan.com, General

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote: > There's this too that I think is a different one, right? > > http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bmg yes and no, It is not a bootstrapper but a tool is useful together with GenerateBootstrapperTask, specifically if you have a custom prerequisite /

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

The SetProperty can be scheduled with the Before and After attributes. Although I used SetProperty in this example SetDirectory might be more appropriate (but it can't be scheduled), e.g.: (The condition allows it to be overridden on the command line.) Neil -Original Message- From: Thom

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008

There's this too that I think is a different one, right? http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bmg Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Martin MacPherson [mailto:mar...@metapixel.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:50 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject:

[WiX-users] DTF Session object properties

Hi, I'm trying to put together a simple managed custom action using DTF which will show each of the features, their descriptions, and their cost. It seemed straight forward enough string msg = ""; foreach (FeatureInfo fi in session.Features) { msg += string.Format ( "Title: {0}\r\nDescript

Re: [WiX-users] OT: Windows Installer version number

Heh; this bit me in the butt at first too; luckily the ICE warning about the min and max versions being the same (even though they differed by build number) gave me a clue as to what was going on. Couple this with the fact that the "revision" number in VB6 (don't ask) is actually the build num

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008

There is always the MSBuild GenerateBootstrapperTask. ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164294.aspx) I've not used it but imagine it isn't the most flexible/powerful solution. It looks pretty straightforward however. 2009/3/3 Jacob

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

Neil, Interesting; I'd never used SetProperty before; I found that creating a Property with the same Id allowed me to give the Directory a default value. Does anyone know of any caveats to this method? The one I can see off the bat is that the Property element cannot be scheduled, but since

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

You can create a Directory with it's Id all in uppercase; that makes it a public property. You can then supply the property through any of the usual mechanisms: default value, command line argument to msiexec, UI, custom action, etc. We opted to use an unattended install with command line para

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008

Try this http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Wix+Bootstrappers Arun Perregattur -Original Message- From: Graham Allwood [mailto:graham.allw...@live.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:49 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008 Hi, I'm looking in to rep

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008

I am not sure, since I am primarily working with InstallShield. But maybe you are searching for setupbld.exe? Look for it within this Mailing List. I used it for example to chain an MSI and an MSP together. Regards, Chris. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Graham Allwood [mailto:graham.allw

[WiX-users] Bootstapper in VS 2008

Hi, I'm looking in to replacing our existing VS2008 setup project with on authored in Wix. The one thing I am struggling to find out is how I would do a bootstrapper for my Wix project. Is there a tool included in Wix 3.0 that can install my applications pre-requisites then launch my msi? T

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

Hi I had a similar kind of issue. You would get Access Denied exception only if you install in Program Files or in any other location where there are restricted permissions (this is mostly on Vista). If you try installing your applicaiton in C:\ see that it works perfectly. The problem is that

Re: [WiX-users] OT: Windows Installer version number

You know, I've always wondered that also. It's caused me to get in more then quite a few disagreements with development/management over the years. When it settles in that it simply is what it is they are very unhappy with one of them once saying "well that's the tail wagging the dog". Christo

Re: [WiX-users] Localization: Multiple cultures / Single MSI

This has been discussed here some time ago. You have only two options: either a separate MSI package for each language, or one package + multiple language transforms you should choose from and apply during install. Hope this helps. -- Yan -Original Message- From: Olivier Cochelin [mail

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

Thanks Neil! Neil Sleightholm wrote: > > TARGETDIR is just the root for Directory elements, you can add sub > elements to this that are for each drive you want to install to. You > will need to set these with a property or the SetDirectory element, > e.g.: > > /> > > > >

[WiX-users] OT: Windows Installer version number

Slightly of topic but does anyone one know why Windows Installer only recognises 3 part version numbers? It makes it a real pain to handle automated builds that use the last part for builds within a day. Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited n...@x2systems.com

[WiX-users] IIsExtension and Conditional Setup

Hi, I need to understand how create conditional setup of my web application. I have conditions, that specify in UI: (1) Use a Virtual Directory or Separate Web Site (2) Use Windows Integrated Security or Default (3) ip, port, alias, ... it's not so important If user select

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

TARGETDIR is just the root for Directory elements, you can add sub elements to this that are for each drive you want to install to. You will need to set these with a property or the SetDirectory element, e.g.: Neil -Original Message- From: JeroenRemie [

[WiX-users] Multiple Entries in Add Remove Programs

Hi All I am developing installer for a Application Suite, and the structure is follows: Application Core | |___ Flavor1 |___ Flavor2 |___ Flavor3 Here is my problem, Add remove programs should have entries for ApplicationCode, Flavor1, Flavor2, Flavor3. I should be able to rela

[WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

Hello, I am pretty new to WiX, but for a project in my company we have decided to use it to create an installer to facilitate automated releases and release updates. For this project, we need to install files to both the C and D drive of our Test and Develop enviroments. It seems like WiX will

[WiX-users] How to create a new sql instance in SQL Express 2005 using Wix

Hi I first of all thank you for the persons who helped me to solve the issue which i had earlier. I had earlier asked for how to install SQL Express 2005 included in the setup using wix. I am using Wix 2.0, .NET 2.0 VS 2005 (C#), SQL Express 2005. Now i want to create a new SQL instance in the

[WiX-users] Localization: Multiple cultures / Single MSI

Hello, I am rewriting with WiX 3 the installer of our product previously based on Wise. Only two cultures are supported, "en-us" being the default. Whatever the culture, the binaries installed on the target machine are the same. So, what I would like to have is a single MSI embedding localized UI

Re: [WiX-users] Installer Error, Process aborted unexpectedly

Jacob, Christian wrote: >> While everything works as expected on my machine (32bit Windows Vista), the >> setup gives me an error message when being run on a 64bit Windows Server >> 2008 saying that the process has been aborted unexpectedly. >What's the error message? Check the application even