Re: [WiX-users] Problem building a WIX project using devenv

2009-04-15 Thread Brian Rogers
Hey Moiz, Have you tried msbuild.exe instead of devenv.exe using the command line? Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Raja, Moiz (Moiz) wrote: > Hi All, > > I am new to this forum. I started working wit

Re: [WiX-users] Fails to register a dll that depends on VC9 runtime

2009-04-15 Thread Wilson, Phil
You can't guarantee the order in which files in your MSI file will get installed, so you can't be sure that the VC 9 runtime is installed before your COM Dlls try to self-register. So it's not really surprising that at the end of the install it will work (because now all the files are there).

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service Event Log Source set to 'Service1'

2009-04-15 Thread Wilson, Phil
I think Service1 is the default name generated by .NET service classes, so I'd look in the service code. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Murray Hipper [mailto:mhip...@snowdengroup.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:59 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFile Table

2009-04-15 Thread Benjic
Actually I realized what the problem was – I had not nested the remove folder element under the directory that was causing the error. Once nested correctly it did not report the ICE validation error. Thus if the RemoveFile table(or removefolder)entry is not nested under the directory that the

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFile Table

2009-04-15 Thread Alex Cater
my point was that we get an error reported. Does that make this a bug..? Technically, I suppose its arguable, but in my opinion it isn't a bug, especially considering that the WiX documentation states that the name attribute is required. The RemoveFile and RemoveFolder elements are, to all i

[WiX-users] Problem building a WIX project using devenv

2009-04-15 Thread Raja, Moiz (Moiz)
Hi All, I am new to this forum. I started working with WIX about a week and have moved an existing setup which I had originally written (created) using the Visual Studio Setup project to WIX. I am seeing issues with building my WIX project from the command line using devenv. The same project bu

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer

2009-04-15 Thread Scott Vickery
-Original Message- From: Luke Bakken [mailto:luke.bak...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:20 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer >> I have a situation where I need to run the same installer more

Re: [WiX-users] Single installer for 32-bit and 64-bit

2009-04-15 Thread Simon Dahlbacka
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Prashant Murthy wrote: > Hi All, > > Is it possible to bundle 32-bit and 64-bit files into a single MSI and > install the appropriate ones based on the system on which it is being > installed? AFAIK, no ---

[WiX-users] Fails to register a dll that depends on VC9 runtime

2009-04-15 Thread Taresh Parekh
Hi there, We've created a Wix based installer that has a few COM dlls that use VC 9.0 runtime dlls. We've included the VC9 runtime merge modules in our product.wxs file & it even installs the merge modules. But it fails to self register the COM dlls. Surprisingly if we ignore the failure & comp

[WiX-users] Single installer for 32-bit and 64-bit

2009-04-15 Thread Prashant Murthy
Hi All, Is it possible to bundle 32-bit and 64-bit files into a single MSI and install the appropriate ones based on the system on which it is being installed? Specifically, I have a 32-bit driver (.sys) file and a 64-bit driver (.sys) file. The rest of the files are all 32-bit. I am trying to u

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Installer Upgrade problem

2009-04-15 Thread Alex Cater
Works for us. No CustomActions necessary. I recall that there were sequencing issues related to LaunchConditions although it appears that this has now been addressed from WiX version 3.0.5027.0. LaunchConditions, FindRelatedProducts and Downgrades -- View this message in context: http://n

Re: [WiX-users] WixAssignCulture parameter missing

2009-04-15 Thread David Bartmess
Figured this out. Needed to add the culture to the list in the project properties. Not sure why this didn't come up before, I've reverted to the previous build, and it still happened. -Original Message- From: David Bartmess [mailto:david.bartm...@wallst.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 15,

[WiX-users] WixAssignCulture parameter missing

2009-04-15 Thread David Bartmess
I just upgraded to v3.5207 and all of a sudden I'm getting the following error. Does anyone know what's causing this? I haven't changed the source code between the previous version of wix and this one... Thanks! Error 2 The "WixAssignCulture" task's outputs could not be retrieved from the "Cult

Re: [WiX-users] Large installer and disk space requirements

2009-04-15 Thread Suraj Sudhakaran
Reposting... > I have a 1.3 GB MSI installer. > When I begin installing it , it copies itself to %TEMP% and > C:\Windows\Installer directory. > > This increases the disk space required on C: by 2.6 GB apart from the space > required for actual installation. > > Is there a way to prevent the copyi

[WiX-users] Large installer and disk space requirements

2009-04-15 Thread Suraj Sudhakaran
> Reposting... > > >> I have a 1.3 GB MSI installer. >> When I begin installing it , it copies itself to %TEMP% and >> C:\Windows\Installer directory. >> >> This increases the disk space required on C: by 2.6 GB apart from the >> space required for actual installation. >> >> Is there a way to preve

Re: [WiX-users] Run a .bat file minimized?

2009-04-15 Thread Thomas S. Trias
You could do something like this: I used the /D /E:ON and /V:ON in order to get a well-known environment without any surprises (hence turning off auto-run commands and turning extensions and delayed evaluation on). In general, the batch file should be written in such a way that it does not

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer

2009-04-15 Thread Luke Bakken
>> I have a situation where I need to run the same installer more than once on >> a web server.  The situation is that I want to be able to install to a given >> web site once for each customer we have on the same web server.  As I get >> more customers for a given product, I want to be able to

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer

2009-04-15 Thread Scott Vickery
-Original Message- From: Luke Bakken [mailto:luke.bak...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer > I have a situation where I need to run the same installer more than

[WiX-users] CustomUI Conditional Installation

2009-04-15 Thread Prabhakaran Paulraj
Hi Everyone, I am using a Custom UI which gets the users preference for the application to get installed for the Current User or for All Users according to the user preference. I am getting the users choice using the RadioButtonGroup. I am also aware of the Property AllUsers=1 which makes the i

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Installer Upgrade problem

2009-04-15 Thread Pally Sandher
UpgradeCode -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372379(VS.85).aspx & http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372375(VS.85).aspx LaunchCondition -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369752(VS.85).aspx & http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369752(VS.85).aspx Works for us. No

Re: [WiX-users] Installing .NET service as "NT Authority\Network Service" fails on some locales of Windows XP

2009-04-15 Thread Michael Zemanek
Hi Brian, try to use the (language independent) SID for the network service account (SID: S-1-5-20, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243330/en-us for a list of well-known SIDs). Usually those are used inside curly brackets {S-1-5-20}, but I am not sure if that works directly with WiX. Worst ca

Re: [WiX-users] How to install a shortcut conditionally?

2009-04-15 Thread Sebastian Brand
Thanks Bob, it works now even when just setting "1" as condition. Best regards, Sebastian Brand Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly. http://www.instyler.com -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 16:

Re: [WiX-users] Error to build patch

2009-04-15 Thread Michael
Hi All, I found error in Patch.wxs. In PatchMetaData Description ' symbol is present. But, msimsp.exe won't allow this. Now code working fine. Regards, -SMR Michael wrote: > Hi, > > I using sample given in 'http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php' > for patching. In that 3 .wxs files ther

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFile Table

2009-04-15 Thread Benjic
See the RemoveFolder element. Fortunately I do use this element to achieve what I am trying to do...my point was that we get an error reported. Does that make this a bug..? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/RemoveFile-Table-tp2636076p2637434.html Sent from the wix-user

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFile Table

2009-04-15 Thread Alex Cater
See the RemoveFolder element. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/RemoveFile-Table-tp2636076p2637396.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- This SF.net email is sponsored