Re: [WiX-users] MSI language problem

2009-04-05 Thread Rob Mensching
Check your Product/@Language and Package/@Language (if specified). Andy2k8 wrote: > I see that the default UI language of the MSI got changed from English to > German after I have fiddled with the German transforms.Now whenever I run any > of my application MSI which is not embedded with any lan

[WiX-users] MSI language problem

2009-04-05 Thread Andy2k8
I see that the default UI language of the MSI got changed from English to German after I have fiddled with the German transforms.Now whenever I run any of my application MSI which is not embedded with any language transforms, it gets launched in the German language.The system locale is set to E

Re: [WiX-users] CA before RemoveFiles

2009-04-05 Thread Rob Mensching
Don't know. Depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Michael wrote: > Thanks Rob Mensching, > > Which execute enumeration I must use. I tried with "immediate". I > can't get 'CustomActionData'. > Regards, > -SMR > Rob Mensching wrote: > >> Commit custom actions run at the very end, by

Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio

2009-04-05 Thread Rob Mensching
There is a bug open hoping to fix the problem... at the very least a better error message is hoped for. Eric Brown (REDMOND) wrote: > That does seem to be the problem; if I use a sample C# project, it works fine. > > It would be nice if this was more obvious. Sigh. > > -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] How refer Binary file in CA

2009-04-05 Thread Michael
Thanks Chris. Christopher Karper wrote: > You don't have to permanently install it, but you need to extract it from > the binary table. It can't be used by anything until it's pulled out and > put on the file system. > > Chris > > > On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Michael wrote: > > >> Than

Re: [WiX-users] Registering a shell extension

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Lars Von Wedel wrote: > Obviously, I can also put this into the Wix script for my installer and I am > wondering > whether there are any reasons not to do this ? > No, that's the right way to install them. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] GroupBox Text Color

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Arthur Curvello wrote: > Hi, I’m trying to change the default blue color of groupbox text, but no > success. > According to the MSI SDK, only text controls support text styles. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with radio buttons property

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Tripphippy wrote: > QuoteServerDlg.wxs(19,0): error LGHT0094: Unresolved reference to symbol > 'Property:QuoteServer' in section 'Fragment:'. > You need to define the property and give it a default value. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] extracting wix xml from wixlibs

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Adam Langley wrote: > I am writing a tool to make it easier to create custom WiX dialogs, can > someone tell me how I would go about extracting the wix dialog files (i.e. > WelcomeDlg.wxs) from the UI wixlib? > You can't; .wixlibs contain compiled WiX authoring, not the original source code.

Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally Creating a directory tree

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
phillip_sid...@dellteam.com wrote: > I am passing REGION into MSIEXEC, not manipulating it with a UI element, > so it is set well before the feature installation is evaluated. > > I am running verbose logging and I can see the REGION property is set > and much further down in the log, the Feature i

Re: [WiX-users] MMC 3.0 SnapIn install

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Gerhard Bremer wrote: > You're right, as I found out by now, using WixPSExtension is different from > what InstallUtil does. But I remember a WixMMCExtension in V2.x. What > happened to that one? Was it thrown out or has it just not yet been ported to > V3? > Nobody volunteered to do the wo

Re: [WiX-users] General Wix questions

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Sascha Beaumont wrote: > For a beginner I would highly recommend > reading "The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer" (you should be > able to find it on Amazon) and then referencing MSI45.chm (from the > Windows Installer 4.5 SDK) and WIX.chm (from Wix 3.0) when developing > your installation.

Re: [WiX-users] Optionally Removing Bitmaps from UI

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
jnewton wrote: > I would like to be able to set some property and have this affect whether or > not the bitmaps are displayed in the UI. That's not currently supported. You'd want to conditionally hide the controls themselves, not just whether they point to particular bitmaps. -- sig://boB ht

Re: [WiX-users] remove files where multiple users installed with ALLUSERS=0

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Mike Wu wrote: > Hey all, I have an installer that can install for current user or > local machine by setting ALLUSERS. If two users use ALLUSERS=0 and the > default install directory, when one uninstalls, it removes files for > both users. > Per-user setups should go to per-user directories, n

Re: [WiX-users] ShellNew/FileName

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
nathanjphillips wrote: > It seems like Wix doesn't support the ShellNew/FileName registry key under > Extensions in order to allow Windows Explorer's New command to create a new > file. Please file a feature request so we don't forget to support it natively. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com

Re: [WiX-users] Running WiX tools from Cygwin, environment variables

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Geoff Kennedy wrote: > > > > Try dropping the $(...) surroundings. wants the name of a variable, whereas $(...) says to expand that variable in-place. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- __

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing Votive due to previous VS express installations

2009-04-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Amir Abiri wrote: > I am trying to install Votive, but I'm getting an error message saying that > VS Express editions are > not supported. > Which version of Votive? What is the error message? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] How refer Binary file in CA

2009-04-05 Thread Christopher Karper
You don't have to permanently install it, but you need to extract it from the binary table. It can't be used by anything until it's pulled out and put on the file system. Chris On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Michael wrote: > Thanks Rob Mensching, > But, I don't want to copy this file to com