[WiX-users] all users and administrator installation

2009-04-27 Thread Tency Kuruvilla
hi.. anybody can provide me the sample code for all users and administrator installation. also is et the background and banner images for the installer.but it's dimensions are not working properly according to the help file. how to create shortcut in desktop with the application icon.i tried i

Re: [WiX-users] Installing multiple MSI

2009-04-27 Thread Markus Ewald
On 27.04.2009 18:24, Raja, Moiz (Moiz) wrote: > Hi All, > > When I install my program I present checkbox to install an optional > feature. If the user selects that checkbox then I need to install > another MSI. I understand that a bootstrapper is required to do this > type of installation. Any sugg

Re: [WiX-users] Installing multiple MSI

2009-04-27 Thread Sascha Beaumont
If you're looking for an Open Source solution in the spirit of WiX, then I'd probably recommend using NSIS or something similar, or the Microsoft Bootstrapper. If you're looking for something "off the shelf", I personally ended up purchasing a license for MSI Factory (http://www.indigorose.com/pro

[WiX-users] util:PermissionEx Error in WiX3.0.5217.0 - ExecSecureObjects did not close 1 MSIHANDLEs

2009-04-27 Thread Andres Toussaint
We just upgraded our WiX version to 3.0.5217.0 (RC2) and our MSI stopped working. Same exact WXS compiled under 3.0.4805.0 works fine, but under 3.0.5217.0 throws an error when attempting to setup registry keys, using PermissionEx. Has anyone encountered a similar problem? Is this a bug in

Re: [WiX-users] util:PermissionEx Error in WiX3.0.5217.0 - ExecSecureObjects did not close 1 MSIHANDLEs

2009-04-27 Thread Bob Arnson
Andres Toussaint wrote: > We just upgraded our WiX version to 3.0.5217.0 (RC2) and our MSI stopped > working. > Please open a bug on SourceForge and attach your .wxs source authoring and verbose log. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] install based on property value

2009-04-27 Thread Bob Arnson
Calin Iaru wrote: > Is there a way to have both the client and the server files on the same msi > file? > Use multiple features. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Per

Re: [WiX-users] Wrong Assembly version in MsiAssemblyName table after

2009-04-27 Thread Bob Arnson
Dov Kleinman wrote: > It all worked fine when file version and assembly version were the same > number. Oddly enough when assembly version has less meaningful digits, > "light" adds zeros to have both versions with the same number of digits. > Sounds familiar -- try upgrading to the RC2 relea

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

2009-04-27 Thread Bob Arnson
Riyaz Mogharabin wrote: > Can anybody give me a clue about KeyPath, Advertised and Non-Advertised > shortcuts, and also Warning about per-user and per-machine? > http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2007/4/27/How-to-create-an-uninstall-shortcut-and-pass-all-the -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com

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

2009-04-27 Thread Bob Arnson
barry wrote: > Do you know where is the best place to post my problem for the bootstrapper > experts? > Try http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-US/?Refinement=112&query=BOOTSTRAPPER&rq=&rn=. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrade: some files are randomly not installed

2009-04-27 Thread Wilson, Phil
Going back to the big picture here, if you have your RemoveExistingProducts towards the end of the upgrade then the upgrade will use file update rules to decide what to replace. The upgrade is on top of the existing files, so you need to increment file versions to get files updated. If you wan

Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrade: some files are randomly not installed

2009-04-27 Thread little.forest
Thanks Jeff. Actually, I did that in VMWare. But the result was the same - major upgrade was broken. I then narrowed it down: it seems it only happens to 3 files. So I thought why these 3 files? I then remove them from the package and rebuilt them. This time it seems working. By saying "seems"

[WiX-users] Wrong Assembly version in MsiAssemblyName table after

2009-04-27 Thread Dov Kleinman
Hi, I have a .Net assembly file with file version "4.0.763.0" and assembly version "4.0.0.0". In order to install it into the GAC I have used latest Wix3 toolset and faced a wrong registration issue. Taking a look into the MSI file with Orca tool shows that in MsiAssemblyName table the file ver

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

2009-04-27 Thread Tabmow
Thanks Thomas - i'll give that a try. Thomas S. Trias wrote: > > You could do something like this: > >Value=""[SystemFolder]cmd.exe" /D /E:ON /V:ON /C > "[#batchfile.bat]""/> > > I used the /D /E:ON and /V:ON in order to get a well-known environment > without any surprises (hence turnin

Re: [WiX-users] How would I register aCOM+ serviceusing Wix(DCOMCNFG)

2009-04-27 Thread MacDiarmid, James D
Ok Cool Thanks I'll check that out. -Original Message- From: Phil Sayers [mailto:p...@cds-am.net] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 1:34 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How would I register aCOM+ serviceusing Wix(DCOMCNFG) This arti

Re: [WiX-users] How would I register aCOM+ serviceusing Wix(DCOMCNFG)

2009-04-27 Thread MacDiarmid, James D
No, You're right. I have some COM+ and some non-COM+ DLLs. I guess now I need to determine how to get them listed in the non-COM+ dlls listed in the DCOM section. Thx -Original Message- From: Phil Sayers [mailto:p...@cds-am.net] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 1:30 PM To: 'General discus

Re: [WiX-users] How would I register a COM+ serviceusing Wix(DCOMCNFG)

2009-04-27 Thread Phil Sayers
This article from Rob M. mentions DCOM. Maybe there's something in the download link? (watch for wrap) http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2007/3/12/RobMens-Recommendation-Do-not-a dvertise-COM-information-in-MSI -Original Message- From: MacDiarmid, James D [mailto:james.macdiar...@eds.c

Re: [WiX-users] How would I register a COM+ serviceusing Wix(DCOMCNFG)

2009-04-27 Thread Phil Sayers
Whoops...this would be the COM+ folder...not what you are looking for. -Original Message- From: MacDiarmid, James D [mailto:james.macdiar...@eds.com] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 1:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How would I regist

Re: [WiX-users] How would I register a COM+ serviceusing Wix(DCOMCNFG)

2009-04-27 Thread MacDiarmid, James D
Phil, Thanks for the info. I'll give this a try but let me ask. When you say COM+ is this going to appear under the COM+ Applications folder or under the DCOM Config Folder? Thx -Original Message- From: Phil Sayers [mailto:p...@cds-am.net] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:42 AM To: '

Re: [WiX-users] Rollback Handling of Custom C# Action

2009-04-27 Thread Jason Ginchereau
Managed custom actions run in a different process for every action invocation, so you won't be able to pass any state information via static or instance class members. The typical pattern is to save that information in temporary files, and then have either the commit or rollback action cleanup

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

2009-04-27 Thread Dale Quigg
>> Dale Quigg wrote: >> Running a verbose log during upgrade shows that FindRelatedProducts >> is working. > > Bob Arnson wrote: > What's logged for MigrateFeatureStates? Thanks Bob, There was no entry in the log for MigrateFeatureStates. It looks like this was a "problem encountered between key

Re: [WiX-users] Novice Question: How do I make my product overwrite a previous version?

2009-04-27 Thread Wilson, Phil
For an upgrade you need to change the ProductCode guid. That appears to be the issue. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Deobrat Singh [mailto:deobrat.si...@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 3:31 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Novice Question:

[WiX-users] Installing multiple MSI

2009-04-27 Thread Raja, Moiz (Moiz)
Hi All, When I install my program I present checkbox to install an optional feature. If the user selects that checkbox then I need to install another MSI. I understand that a bootstrapper is required to do this type of installation. Any suggestions on 3rdparty bootstrappers that may be available

Re: [WiX-users] How would I register a COM+ service using Wix(DCOMCNFG)

2009-04-27 Thread Phil Sayers
I use something like this to create a COM+ app... I think my need for CreateFolder comes from something else in my wxs that I haven't had time to work out, but I found that I needed it for my situation. This works for me,using Wix 3.0.4603 At the top of your wxs file... include... xmlns:compl

[WiX-users] Rollback Handling of Custom C# Action

2009-04-27 Thread tgoffice
Hello, I have written a custom action in C# which performs some complex DB scripts (which can't be processed by the existing SqlExtension.) How can I ensure that the executed scripts are rollbacked if another component fails after executing this custom action? I think of somethink like this: Is

Re: [WiX-users] How would I register a COM+ service using Wix(DCOMCNFG)

2009-04-27 Thread MacDiarmid, James D
Not yet. Where can I find out more on that? -Original Message- From: Brian Rogers [mailto:rogers.br...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 6:36 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How would I register a COM+ service using Wix(DCOMCN

[WiX-users] install based on property value

2009-04-27 Thread Calin Iaru
I have a spec where certain files should be installed on the server side, while other are supposed to be installed in the client case. For instance, certain drivers will have different inf files prepared based on the installation type. I would like to have the server side install by setting a pu

Re: [WiX-users] Heat 3.0.4923 vs 3.0.5217 vb6 dll output

2009-04-27 Thread Roy Abou Assaly
Sorry. I'll explain the situation. I sort of cried "wolf" in the beginning since I used an XSLT to massage my XML after Heat produced the XML. At that point Candle wouldn't compile. That was my mistake as confirmed by Brian and yourself. I fixed that error. When it came to running Light to p

Re: [WiX-users] multi-CD install using WiX?

2009-04-27 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
Take a look at the element. -- Yan -Original Message- From: sam desilva [mailto:sam.desilv...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 2:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] multi-CD install using WiX? hi i am new to wix i would like to create simple msi which

[WiX-users] multi-CD install using WiX?

2009-04-27 Thread sam desilva
hi i am new to wix i would like to create simple msi which span to 2 cd (multicd i) multi-CD install using WiX? -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensign option that enabl

[WiX-users] Novice Question: How do I make my product overwrite a previous version?

2009-04-27 Thread Deobrat Singh
Hi, I have a web project for which I created a MSI package. I ran the MSI with product version 1.1.0.0. When I try to run the package with a new minor version (1.3.0.0), the installer fails. The log says Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot co

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

2009-04-27 Thread barry
Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > 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/ > Thanks Bob, Do you know where is the best