Re: [WiX-users] I'm puzzled...

2009-04-26 Thread Alex Cater
Curtis Jewell wrote: > > But, I realized after I wrote this that the RemoveFiles table column > that I'm trying to connect to with the directory table entries is called > DirProperty, not Directory_, which implies to me that I should be > setting properties with directory locations instead of ad

Re: [WiX-users] I'm puzzled...

2009-04-26 Thread Curtis Jewell
On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:25 -0700, "Brian Rogers" wrote: > Hey Curtis, > > While installing the MSI database is read-only. You cannot do what you Yes and no. INSERT INTO ... TEMPORARY statements work, I understand (from personal experience). Using TEMPORARY means that the statements just add to t

[WiX-users] Advertised Shortcuts and Per-User and Per-Machine data

2009-04-26 Thread Riyaz Mogharabin
Hey friends, I'm getting a bit confused in this. Can anybody give me a clue about what is Going on? I have to create a shortcut for the readme in the program files, and I do so But there is a problem. If I declare it as a non-advertised shortcut, the icon of it will not be known when The pro

Re: [WiX-users] installer doubts

2009-04-26 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Have you looked at the help file, I am pretty sure that answers all those questions. Neil -Original Message- From: Tency Kuruvilla [mailto:tency.kuruvi...@kcs.com.kw] Sent: 26 April 2009 06:53 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] installer doubts hi... i have seve

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

2009-04-26 Thread Neil Sleightholm
No Media/@EmbedCab means that the CAB is embedded into the MSI (as opposed to being in a separate file). Package/@Compressed determines whether the files are compressed or not i.e. added to the CAB file. Neil -Original Message- From: Jeff Reed [mailto:ree...@duckcreektech.com] Sent: 25 A

Re: [WiX-users] I'm puzzled...

2009-04-26 Thread Brian Rogers
Hey Curtis, While installing the MSI database is read-only. You cannot do what you would like to do. I asked this question a long time ago and the answer I got was "...because it is that way." If you were signing your MSIs this would invalidate the signature. Besides that, I don't have a good reas

[WiX-users] I'm puzzled...

2009-04-26 Thread Curtis Jewell
(complete source for the CA is at http://svn.ali.as/cpan/trunk/Perl-Dist-WiX/src/ClearFolderCA/ , specifically http://svn.ali.as/cpan/trunk/Perl-Dist-WiX/src/ClearFolderCA/ClearFolderCA/ClearFolderCA.cpp ) OK. My custom action is supposed to add entries to the RemoveFiles table to remove files and