[WiX-users] on show dialog is loosing focus for my main screens

2009-04-06 Thread Hukumchand Shah
Hi All, I am creating some message dialogs and showing them in as shown below 1 1 !(loc.upgrademsg) condition when this dialog appears and when I press yes button of this dialog then my main

[WiX-users] spawndialog not working....

2009-04-06 Thread Hukumchand Shah
Hi All, I want to show the different dialog boxes depending upon the conditions without loosing focus for my main dialog. first condition second condition But here it never shows the upgradeMsgDlg even if I make the [second condition= 1]. I don't undertsand why it's behaving like this? Is there

[WiX-users] how to change an installed package?

2009-04-06 Thread Alan Sinclair
This is not strictly a WiX question, but I'd *really* appreciate any suggestions! I shipped a merge module which customers build into their MSIs. The merge mod installs a device driver. The problem is that I did not properly allow for an upgrade. During an upgrade, the driver must NOT be uninst

[WiX-users] Registering votive in build\debug\x86 with VS 2005

2009-04-06 Thread Thomas S. Trias
I got past the first two hurdles, getting votive2005 to build, modifying RegisterVotive.bat to use the build\debug\x86 directory, but when I go to add a .WIX project, the solution explorer goes blank (although it says Project1 created successfully). Here is my modified RegisterVotive.bat:

Re: [WiX-users] DTF Runtime Problems

2009-04-06 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I don't know what is wrong but have you tried monitoring it with procmon (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx) that should highlight what it is trying to load when it fails. Neil -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com

Re: [WiX-users] DTF Runtime Problems

2009-04-06 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
I've seen this behavior once when I used a custom WiX build withtout code signing, and tried to run the installation built with that custom build on another machine. The problem was solved exactly the way it is described at Neil's blog: http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-create-

Re: [WiX-users] Service Install doesn't work when the component keypath is used

2009-04-06 Thread Alexander Shevchuk
This is requirement for ServiceInstall table (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371637(VS.85).aspx). Look for description of Component_ column: "External key to column one of the Component Table. Note that to install this service using the InstallService table, the KeyPath for this com

[WiX-users] Service Install doesn't work when the component keypath is used

2009-04-06 Thread Joe Osman
I've tried to install a .NET service using the ServiceInstall element but didn't succeed when I've used the keypath attribute of the component. When I used the keypath attribute of the file and not the component the service was installed successfully. Is this a bug ? Here is the code (when usin

Re: [WiX-users] WiX Patching, Merge Module problem?

2009-04-06 Thread Stryder Crown
I've actually abandoned this mode of creating patches in favor of the msimsp method. Not sure what I was doing wrong, but I know this is working, so we'll have to come back to it later. Thanks for the reply though! Stryder On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Heath Stewart wrote: > MSMs would alrea

[WiX-users] DTF Runtime Problems

2009-04-06 Thread Christopher Painter
Today I was looking at an install logfile that had the following: sfxca: Failed to load assembly Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller error code 0x8007002 This is a deferred CA that is known to work on other systems. Anyone have any thoughts? --

Re: [WiX-users] Unable to remove website during uninstall

2009-04-06 Thread Mike Carlson (DEV DIV)
I just noticed you're modifying web.config directly using XmlFile. Just in case, could you try to see if the problem reproduces without that, in case there is some kind of conflict? Does the problem reproduce for you on pre-Vista OS's as well? Either way, it sounds like you should file a bug. T

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs Fatal Error 1603 after abort uninstall because of in-use/locked file

2009-04-06 Thread Wilson, Phil
Get an MSI log and see what's going on. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Paul Lewis [mailto:ple...@wimba.com] Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:06 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs Fatal Error 1603 after abort

Re: [WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs Fatal Error 1603 after abort uninstall because of in-use/locked file

2009-04-06 Thread Paul Lewis
Hi, I guess my question is more of a MSI specific query, if anyone knows a good MSI discussion group/mailing list I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Paul Paul Lewis wrote: > Hi Folks, > > When uninstalling from Add/Remove Programs if the uninstall is canceled > because a file is in-use (click Cancel a

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

2009-04-06 Thread Geoff Kennedy
Hi Bob, Thanks, tht did the trick! I also found out that I had to undef the variable before redefining it. If I didn't do that Candle wouldn't redefine the variable and would kick out a warning about it. The final construct is: Thanks again! ---

Re: [WiX-users] How to start an existing service

2009-04-06 Thread Chad Petersen
Looks like if Wait="no" then the dialog has a Retry, Cancel and Ignore buttons, but with it set to Wait="yes" then you can only Retry and Cancel. No Ignore if it is set to wait. Dialog otherwise looks identical except for two buttons versus three buttons. If I choose Ignore then the MSI does instal

Re: [WiX-users] Best Practice for using Variables

2009-04-06 Thread Kai-Uwe Teske
it was so simple. if i include my *.wxi in ervery fragment all works fine. Brian Rogers schrieb: > Hey Kai-Uwe, > > I imagine that the varible definations are not correctly declared in your > wixproj file. What you have listed below should work with $(var.xxx). The > !(loc.xxx) and !(wix.xxx) is u

Re: [WiX-users] prepocessor variables in fragments

2009-04-06 Thread Kai-Uwe Teske
In wixproj file var=123; works on my machine. Frederico Rico Apostolo schrieb: > Hello every1, hope it's all good. > > I would like to avoid using in every > fragment I put a $(var.var), how can I make then global pls > > Best Regards, a noob. > > > _

[WiX-users] CreateFolder/RemoveFolder with Empty Component Guid

2009-04-06 Thread Dominik Guder
Hi folks, I'm using the new heat dir crawler with following options: heat.exe dir -ag -ke ... this will add Guid="*" for empty directories. (see below) But this is not valid for autogenerated Guids. My solution is currently to remove the asterisk and use an empty GUID.

[WiX-users] prepocessor variables in fragments

2009-04-06 Thread Frederico Rico Apostolo
Hello every1, hope it's all good. I would like to avoid using in every fragment I put a $(var.var), how can I make then global pls Best Regards, a noob. __ Esta mensagem e ficheiros anexos incluem materia privada, confidenci

Re: [WiX-users] Remove default Description in welcome dialog

2009-04-06 Thread Natalia Gladkova
Copied from the wrong topic... -Original Message- From: Vishal Nahar [mailto:naharvish...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 6:05 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registry values are not updated during "Change" i dnt know whether

Re: [WiX-users] Registry values are not updated during "Change"

2009-04-06 Thread Vishal Nahar
i dnt know whether ur method wrks or nt. but i found out a way tat is write a wix localization file in which you can define the values of the strings in http://wix.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/wix/wix/src/ext/UIExtension/wixlib/WixUI_en-us.wxland add this file in ur project as in this acrticle ht

Re: [WiX-users] Registry values are not updated during "Change"

2009-04-06 Thread Natalia Gladkova
I found the similar discussion and it helped me to solve this. The solution for this problem is the following: I added the component writing the registry values to a separate feature, RegistryFeature. And then I added the following code: -- -- Best regards, Natalia Gladkova

Re: [WiX-users] Remove default Description in welcome dialog

2009-04-06 Thread Natalia Gladkova
Actually, I'm not a professional in WIX, I only work with it for 1.5 months. So, I can be entirely wrong with the initial idea of replacing WelcomeDlg. In a project I work in standard WelcomeDlg is replaced, but we are using WixUI_Common. I'm afraid I cannot tell you about WixUI_InstallDir. I wou

Re: [WiX-users] Remove default Description in welcome dialog

2009-04-06 Thread Vishal Nahar
well i am using 3.0 in which i am referring to uiextension.dll from which i used wixui_installdir like so the following is not applicable here ? On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Natalia Gladkova < natalia.gladk...@arcadia.spb.ru> wrote: > Well, it's not really very simple... > > But it is somethi

Re: [WiX-users] Remove default Description in welcome dialog

2009-04-06 Thread Natalia Gladkova
Well, it's not really very simple... But it is something like this: 1. Find WelcomeDlg.wxs file. 2. Create new dialog, for example MyWelcomeDlg.wxs. 3. Copy source code to this new dialog (replacing Description with your text) 4. Replace the code NOT Installed with NOT In

Re: [WiX-users] Remove default Description in welcome dialog

2009-04-06 Thread Vishal Nahar
how to simply replace standard Welcome dialog with your own. ? On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Natalia Gladkova < natalia.gladk...@arcadia.spb.ru> wrote: > Welcome dialog description text is set as "!(loc.WelcomeDlgDescription)". > You can investigate whether this value can be changed somehow. >

Re: [WiX-users] Remove default Description in welcome dialog

2009-04-06 Thread Natalia Gladkova
Welcome dialog description text is set as "!(loc.WelcomeDlgDescription)". You can investigate whether this value can be changed somehow. Or you can simply replace standard Welcome dialog with your own. Best regards, Natalia Gladkova -Original Message- From: Vishal Nahar [mailto:naharvis

Re: [WiX-users] Registry values are not updated during "Change"

2009-04-06 Thread Natalia Gladkova
I've just tried to set transitive="yes" for InstallParamsComponent component. It didn't help. But I gather that if this attribute is set to "yes", the installer reevaluates the statement in the Condition upon a reinstall and either removes or installs the component. It is not exactly what I need;

[WiX-users] Remove default Description in welcome dialog

2009-04-06 Thread Vishal Nahar
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Re: [WiX-users] CopyFile doesn't work

2009-04-06 Thread Natalia Gladkova
Thank you very much, Rob! It helped. The new code is below. -- -- Best regards, Natalia Gladkova -Original Message- From: Rob Hamflett [mailto:r...@snsys.com] Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 2:15 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net S

Re: [WiX-users] Remove default Description in welcome dialog

2009-04-06 Thread Vishal Nahar
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Re: [WiX-users] Registry values are not updated during "Change"

2009-04-06 Thread post
Hi Natalia, tried setting transitive=yes for the parent component(s)? Kind regards, Hans On Mon, April 6, 2009 12:12, Natalia wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm storing installation parameters in the registry. > > The code is the following: > > -- > > >Key='SOFTWARE\MyAppli

Re: [WiX-users] CopyFile doesn't work

2009-04-06 Thread Rob Hamflett
We don't spend all our time hitting 'refresh' in our email clients. Don't repost the exact same question after waiting just half an hour. Rob Natalia wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm building an installation package with Wix 3.0.5120.0. > > I need to copy a license file from the target machine to

[WiX-users] CopyFile doesn't work

2009-04-06 Thread Natalia
Hello all, I'm building an installation package with Wix 3.0.5120.0. I need to copy a license file from the target machine to the installation directory. The code is the following: -- -- License

Re: [WiX-users] CopyFile doesn't work

2009-04-06 Thread Rob Hamflett
Rather than using SourceDirectory and SourceName the way you are, I think you need to use SourceProperty. Rob Natalia Gladkova wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm building an installation package with Wix 3.0.5120.0. > > I need to copy a license file from the target machine to the installation > dire

[WiX-users] Registry values are not updated during "Change"

2009-04-06 Thread Natalia
Hello all, I'm storing installation parameters in the registry. The code is the following: -- -- All works as I expected it to while installing and uninstalling. But if I choose "Change" mode on the "MaintenanceType" dialog an

[WiX-users] CopyFile doesn't work

2009-04-06 Thread Natalia Gladkova
Hello all, I'm building an installation package with Wix 3.0.5120.0. I need to copy a license file from the target machine to the installation directory. The code is the following: -- -- License f

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