[WiX-users] installer doubts

2009-04-25 Thread Tency Kuruvilla
hi... i have several doubts to confirm.. 1.How to change the image in the installer wizards.noramally a default image coming up in the side of the wizards 2.how to create the shortcut with an icon in the desktop. 3.how to specify the publisher in the installer. 4.how to specify the all user and

Re: [WiX-users] how to suppress the batch file dos prompt in wix?

2009-04-25 Thread Hukumchand Shah
Thanks for the reply. Now somehow I am able to suppress the dos window. But now I am stuck at some different problem. code snippet is: . But when I run the installer it throwing error 2762 and quits the installation. I rendered the log file then I got following error: DEBUG

Re: [WiX-users] On Team Build and WiX, and why it hates me.

2009-04-25 Thread Brian Rogers
You might want to look at adding the entire namespace as -ext My.Test.Namespace.WixExtension and put the extension in the root with candle. Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Bob Arnson wrote: > Christopher Karpe

Re: [WiX-users] Light.exe emits seemingly bogus warning

2009-04-25 Thread Jeff Reed
I was under the impression that's what the EmbedCab attribute does. That mostly makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 2:56 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset

Re: [WiX-users] How To Create Successive Patches That Supersede Previous?

2009-04-25 Thread Emanuel Masciarelli
Thanks for the information. I'll look into using a major upgrade instead of the way I'm currently doing it. The only real requirement is that the install be as lightweight as possible. The initial install MSI is 15 meg due to the Visual Studio runtime and when I update the exe I don't want th

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 35, Issue 107

2009-04-25 Thread Heath Stewart
The components were not removed because another product (or product version installed side-by-side) installed them. Removing the files does not unregister the products. You need to identify which other products installed those components and uninstall those products (or at least uninstall the featu

Re: [WiX-users] How To Create Successive Patches That Supersede Previous?

2009-04-25 Thread Heath Stewart
This is not a recommended use for patches. If you're going to update all files, you should consider a major upgrade instead. To avoid the issue where the patch always sequences to the highest ProductVersion (which means you must change the ProductCode or some other identity property, or you lose c

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFile authored for a patch

2009-04-25 Thread Heath Stewart
What you did is recommended for removing non-keypath files. Please post your entire verbose patch installation log. On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 2:37 AM, luciana istoc wrote: > Hi, > > I am building a patch (with the "torch","pyro" method and a separate wxs > file that describes "Patch" and "PatchFami

Re: [WiX-users] Is it allowed to remove all files within a component with a patch?

2009-04-25 Thread Heath Stewart
Generally you should not remove files in a patch, but if you must: within the same component that owns the files remove the File elements and add RemoveFile elements for the same files. You cannot, however, remove the KeyPath file legally. You also cannot remove the component or you will break any

Re: [WiX-users] On Team Build and WiX, and why it hates me.

2009-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Christopher Karper wrote: > 5.) I build the Installer project using the WixExtension... I get a candle > error "candle.exe(0,0): error CNDL0144: The extension > '..\..\..\Install\WixExtension\WixExtension\bin\Release\WixExtension.dll' > could not be loaded." > Use fuslogvw to see why binding f

Re: [WiX-users] Create an one click installer out of exe's

2009-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Rajesh Chintamani wrote: > I'm a novice to WIX & would like to know 'Is it possible to create an exe > out of exe's using wix ? > No. WiX is a toolset for building Windows Installer packages. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] adding a bootstrapper breaks comboboxes on custom UI!

2009-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
barry wrote: > anyone know how adding a bootstrapper could cause comboboxes to freeze on a > custom ui dialog? > You probably want to talk to the bootstrapper folks. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Crystal R

Re: [WiX-users] Retriving msiexec command-line options

2009-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
slmnow wrote: > So how can i differentiate between the user doing "msiexec /passive /x > {xxx-xxx}" vs a normal uninstall. You can't. There's no difference between how ARP runs your uninstall and how someone might run it programmatically or via the command line. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup

Re: [WiX-users] How to disable/bypass FilesInUse dialog

2009-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Karthik Krishnan wrote: > It is buried/implied in the documentation, but there is a simpler way. Just > change the sequencing of the windows. That is not a reliable method. See https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642714&aid=2780533&group_id=105970. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade - feature migration

2009-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Dale Quigg wrote: > Running a verbose log during upgrade shows that FindRelatedProducts is > working. > What's logged for MigrateFeatureStates? -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Crystal Reports - New Free Run

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Installer Upgrade problem

2009-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Shawn Dwyer wrote: > Is there anything I can do at this point to prevent our (already released) > 2.x from installing over our (in development) 3.x? > That would require time travel, so probably not. Your 2.x product is related to your 3.x product only via the upgrade code and MSI explicitly

Re: [WiX-users] Administrative Install and wixui_mondo

2009-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Pally Sandher wrote: > Unfortunately the WiX extensions solution is in Visual Studio 2008 > format & as we're still using Visual Studio 2005, I can't rebuild > WixUIExtension.dll to test changes even if I wanted to help update them > myself. > WiX can be built with all no-cost tools and VS supp

Re: [WiX-users] Administrative Install and wixui_mondo

2009-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
spsingam wrote: > it would be nice to be able to use the "msiexec /a" and get the > Administrative install to work. > > how would large organisations deploy msi/s if they cannot push it out via > group policy. > That doesn't require UI. As I indicated last year, admin UI dialogs are rarely req

Re: [WiX-users] How to update product version using a patch?

2009-04-25 Thread Heath Stewart
You need to include in one of your elements. Keep in mind that changing the ProductVersion in the first 3 fields constitutes a minor upgrade which sequences different. Changing the 4th field constitutes a small update and is generally recommended. See http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2005/0

Re: [WiX-users] Hardcode the TARGETDIR

2009-04-25 Thread Heath Stewart
That's actually Windows Installer behavior. Windows Installer always sets TARGETDIR to the root of the fixed drive with the most free space. See <>. You should never install to TARGETDIR unless you schedule a type 51 custom action to set it always: . Schedule it before CostFinalize. Why you must

Re: [WiX-users] Hardcode the TARGETDIR

2009-04-25 Thread Heath Stewart
Sorry, forgot to post the URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372064.aspx. On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Heath Stewart wrote: > That's actually Windows Installer behavior. Windows Installer always sets > TARGETDIR to the root of the fixed drive with the most free space. See <>. > >

Re: [WiX-users] Hardcode the TARGETDIR

2009-04-25 Thread Curtis Jewell
There's no harm, it just violates a strong suggestion. On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:29 +0430, "Riyaz Mogharabin" wrote: > Dear Friends, > > It seems that in WiX 3, the TARGETDIR is set to the local drive which has > the most free space on the system. > I need to hardcode this so the user will always

Re: [WiX-users] how to suppress the batch file dos prompt in wix?

2009-04-25 Thread Brian Bakkebo
Just worse after I see what your batch files says changeregbat. if you are changing registry entries you can do it through wix very simply plus you get the rollback. http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/write_a_registry_entry.htm If you want to do alot of registry entries based on multiple files

Re: [WiX-users] how to suppress the batch file dos prompt in wix?

2009-04-25 Thread Hukumchand Shah
Hi Thank you for reply, I got following error in the log file. MSI (s) (98:A8) [17:55:01:125]: Doing action: CHANGEREGBAT MSI (s) (98:A8) [17:55:01:125]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText Action 17:55:01: CHANGEREGBAT. Action start 17:55:01: CHANGEREGBAT. MSI (s) (98:A8) [17:55:01:265]: Creating MSI

Re: [WiX-users] how to suppress the batch file dos prompt in wix?

2009-04-25 Thread Brian Bakkebo
Hukum, I would try immediate Execute="immediate" Also I would log the install to see if you can find the problem(see below) Other than that, I second what Brian said below as well as Rob has said many times, dont use batch files in your installer, you are asking for problems. >From wix help: Wh

Re: [WiX-users] Hardcode the TARGETDIR

2009-04-25 Thread Brian Bakkebo
Hi Riyaz, not exactly sure why you want to hard code it to the C:\ folder? Take a look at this as it might be what you want to do: http://www.dalun.com/wix/04.25.2007.htm Also you can do this: http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-Change-Default-Install-Location-td1092961.html I haven't noticed that wix def

Re: [WiX-users] how to suppress the batch file dos prompt in wix?

2009-04-25 Thread Hukumchand Shah
Thank you for the solution. Now I am using the 'QtExec' but when i make the .msi and run it then it's ending prematurely. here is the code snippet i am using: C:\Program Files\APP\run.bat 1 Am I doing anything wrong in above code? Please help? Thanks & Regards, Hukum On Wed, Apr 2

[WiX-users] Create an one click installer out of exe's

2009-04-25 Thread Rajesh Chintamani
Hi All, I'm a novice to WIX & would like to know 'Is it possible to create an exe out of exe's using wix ? i.e. I need to create a one click installer out of the available exe's where in running the primary exe installs all the secondary exe's in a sequence. Can this be possible using the wix, if

[WiX-users] RemoveFile authored for a patch

2009-04-25 Thread luciana istoc
Hi, I am building a patch (with the "torch","pyro" method and a separate wxs file that describes "Patch" and "PatchFamily" elements) for removing some files from the installation folder and some additional modifications in the existing files. Therefore, I have to use the element RemoveFile. Unt

[WiX-users] Is it allowed to remove all files within a component with a patch?

2009-04-25 Thread luciana istoc
Hi, Does Windows Installer allow to remove all the files authored within a component by applying a patch? For example a patch (small update) would like to remove both files from the next component:             .

[WiX-users] Noel Anderton/DG/Prudential is out of the office.

2009-04-25 Thread noel . anderton
I will be out of the office starting 04/25/2009 and will not return until 05/03/2009. I am attending a training course off site. I will respond to your message when I return. -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 3

[WiX-users] Hardcode the TARGETDIR

2009-04-25 Thread Riyaz Mogharabin
Dear Friends, It seems that in WiX 3, the TARGETDIR is set to the local drive which has the most free space on the system. I need to hardcode this so the user will always see "C:\MyProgram\" as the default install path. For this, I've done the following: And this is working properly. Yet,

Re: [WiX-users] Light.exe emits seemingly bogus warning

2009-04-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
The problem is the Package/@Compressed attribute, you have this set to "no" so that file are placed uncompressed in the same location as the MSI not embedded into the FEMedia.cab as specified by the media element. So the warning is correct in that there aren't any files in the cab file. If you inte