Re: [WiX-users] Packaging multiple installers

>> Maybe you should put "Look in MSI SDK" in the WIX help documentation It is already there! :) See "Useful Windows Installer information" under "Additional Resources" folder. And this actually makes perfect sense, because WiX is a toolset to simplify building and maintaining the MSI packages. So,

[WiX-users] Installation credentials on install

I have an msi that is executing a sql script The sql script is executing a query with a 4 part name I have two identically configured machines with linked servers to a third machine Sql script executes successfully on machine 1 with logged on user as the credential Sql script fails on machine 2 w

Re: [WiX-users] Packaging multiple installers

Thank you so much for your invaluable reply. If you had read my original post, it would let you know that I am just starting with WIX and was looking for directions on where to look because I work with people that tell me to look in the book or "Hmm, MSI SDK about the Feature table Remarks section

Re: [WiX-users] How much of a web application deployment process should be packaged in a WiX MSI?

You might even try looking at Nullsoft Scriptable Installer (NSIS) at nsis.sourceforge.net . There may be some plugins for Web Services. I have been using it lately. It is a nice tool for non-msi installs and is widely used for many products, especially WinAMP plugins. The scripting langu

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFile and LongName

I apologize, I should have specified: 3.0.5217.0. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:10 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFile and LongName What version of the WiX to

Re: [WiX-users] Packaging multiple installers

Hmm, MSI SDK about the Feature table Remarks section talks about all kinds of this stuff. SToney wrote: > I'm putting "all" DirectoryRef's in one library, and understand that the > directory tree structure doesn't get created until you "copy" files to it. > How can I change the Feature Level so t

Re: [WiX-users] Votive with Wix 3.0.5120.0 doesn't recognize WixComplusExtentions.dll

What is the error? MacDiarmid, James D wrote: > I'm trying to add a complus component but Votive does not recognize the > reference to the WixComplusExtension.dll. > > Any ideas what would cause this? > > >FileSource="D:\Projects\NFTS\Src\apps\nfts\binaries" Name="binaries"> >

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFile and LongName

What version of the WiX toolset are you using? Bazarewsky, Michael C. wrote: > Hello, > > I have a WIX MSI that removes a runtime-generated file. The applicable > fragment looks like this: > > LongName="FrameworkDeploy.sql" >

Re: [WiX-users] Register .exe files

Avoid SelfReg. Take the registration that the exe would run and author it in your MSI. There are discussion in the wix-users archives about tools that can help you. rahul.ekb...@sungard.com wrote: > Hi, > > We have some ATL .exe files that needs to register. In our old installer > its shows > >

Re: [WiX-users] How to skip a CA if a reboot is pending?

MsiGetMode works with WI3.0 ! *Clunks head* Karl Denning wrote: > > Hi, > > I cannot find how to detect if a reboot has been scheduled by my > installer. > I need to skip some CAs if this is the case. > I would use MsiGetMode, but my installer must work with WI 3.0 > > Is there a property t

[WiX-users] Votive with Wix 3.0.5120.0 doesn't recognize WixComplusExtentions.dll

I'm trying to add a complus component but Votive does not recognize the reference to the WixComplusExtension.dll. Any ideas what would cause this?

[WiX-users] RemoveFile and LongName

Hello, I have a WIX MSI that removes a runtime-generated file. The applicable fragment looks like this: This works right now, but is messy, because of the wildcard. I originally just used But that did not work, presumably because Name is supposed to be a s

Re: [WiX-users] I need help with installing MS SQL Server Express 2008 from a wixinstaller.msi

-> If you're doing a recursive MSI install it's not going to work. That's why there are bootstrappers and chainers that install MSI-based -> setups sequentially. -> Phil Okay .. recursive MSI install being one .msi package calling another one. How would I go about creating a bootstrapper?

[WiX-users] How to skip a CA if a reboot is pending?

Hi, I cannot find how to detect if a reboot has been scheduled by my installer. I need to skip some CAs if this is the case. I would use MsiGetMode, but my installer must work with WI 3.0 Is there a property that is set automatically? Or do I need to spelunk the "Session Manager" registry key?

Re: [WiX-users] Tutorial: How to install files into WinSxS

Hi, thanks for sharing your steps. I am having some issues with the .dll placement upon installation and I have some questions too. You didn't mention any context in which to add the top level Component tag. Does it need to go in the Wix, Product, Package, top-level Directory (with Id="TARGETDIR")

Re: [WiX-users] Packaging multiple installers

I'm putting "all" DirectoryRef's in one library, and understand that the directory tree structure doesn't get created until you "copy" files to it. How can I change the Feature Level so that the feature for Level 2 gets processed instead of Level 1? SToney wrote: > > I am starting on my first W

Re: [WiX-users] WiX UI

Nick, The best UI that I've found in that regard is WixAware (only supports Wix v2.0 at the moment) and MSI Factory (supports Wix 2.0 and 3.0 currently). WixAware does give the ability to directly access the XML for touch up coding where I did not see this in MSI Factory. Also MSI Factory was a l

Re: [WiX-users] What's the difference between [# and [!

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:54, David Bartmess wrote: > I'm trying to figure out the difference in a file reference using [#fileid] > and [!fileid]. > > What's the difference between these two? This is covered on the "Formatted" topic (linked for instance from the documentation on MsiFormatRecord)

Re: [WiX-users] WiX UI

I use WixEdit and War Setup to create my dialogs and then VS2008 to "fiddle" in the XML Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:31:48 -0700 From: ml-user+236499-12496...@n2.nabble.com To: stoneya...@msn.com Subject: [WiX-users] WiX UI Hi guys, Atm I gave very few experience in Wix, only use it for sm

[WiX-users] WiX UI

Hi guys, Atm I gave very few experience in Wix, only use it for small projects. Now I'm wondering, is there some graphical application/tool available to work with Wix, instead of having to fiddle in the XML? I thought Votive was, but after installing it, I can't find it anywhere in Visual Studi

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to execute an exe file duringoraftermyinstall

Great! No, you can also schedule CAs in the InstallUISequence. CAs schedule here will only run during a full UI install and will be disabled on a quiet install. Jacques On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:04 AM, MacDiarmid, James D < james.macdiar...@eds.com> wrote: > > Nice! That worked. So if I unde

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to execute an exe file duringoraftermyinstall

Nice! That worked. So if I understand correctly, all Custom Actions must be in between the InstallInitialize action and the InstallFinalize action in the InstallExecuteSequence? -Original Message- From: Jacques Eloff [mailto:repst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:43 PM To

Re: [WiX-users] I need help with installing MS SQL Server Express 2008 from a wixinstaller.msi

If you're doing a recursive MSI install it's not going to work. That's why there are bootstrappers and chainers that install MSI-based setups sequentially. Phil From: Robert Hermann [rob.herm...@nicewareintl.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:10 AM To: G

[WiX-users] What's the difference between [# and [!

I'm trying to figure out the difference in a file reference using [#fileid] and [!fileid]. What's the difference between these two? Thanks! David Bartmess Wall Street On Demand david.bartm...@wallst.com direct: 303.417. x585 cell: 303.883-9117 fax: 303.444

Re: [WiX-users] How to selectively NOT install file if file already exists on system

I have a solution to propose, but first a comment. It's ok for a customer to have requirements and needs. The issue here is that maybe the customer and your manager decided what the solution was going to be. I don't know if that's the case, but if your manager and the customer cooked up some i

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to execute an exe file duringoraftermyinstall

Hi James You just need to change the Before attribute so that the custom action says Jacques On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:11 AM, MacDiarmid, James D < james.macdiar...@eds.com> wrote: > > Jacques, > > You were right, there was a typo. That seemed to fix that issue. Now > I'm getting something ne

Re: [WiX-users] Does anyone know about a rating of existent installation programs?

Not in my experience. My consistent observation is that the more code (custom actions) there is in the install the more likely it is to fail. If your "complex" means "lots of custom actions" then prepare for extra difficulty! This is not a reflection on WiX custom actions, but sequencing them a

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to execute an exe file duringoraftermyinstall

Jacques, You were right, there was a typo. That seemed to fix that issue. Now I'm getting something new. I moved the to a line just above the InstallFinalize code, but it doesn't recognize it. ICE77: StartNFTSListener is a in-script custom action. It must be sequenced in between the InstallI

[WiX-users] Why doesn't this work? Opening PDF at Finish button click

I'm trying to get several PDF's to open on the Finish button click on the featuretree.wxs. I can execute the same custom actions during the InstallExecute sequence, and they work fine. But when I move them to DoAction events on the Finish button, the command prompt window opens then immediately

[WiX-users] Does anyone know about a rating of existent installation programs?

Hello WiX community, I have a general question: has any of you ever met a kind of rating ("Top N" thing) of the installation programs? I mean a list of software sorted by the quality of its installation. It would be great if there were different aspects considered, like general architecture, follo

[WiX-users] Packaging multiple installers

I am starting on my first WIX Installer Package. Thanks in advance for all the information I have read to get me this far. In my installation, I put 3 radio buttons to install a Demo, Advanced or Network version. I am going to have all 3 options on the CD/DVD. Some files are shared between the 3 a

Re: [WiX-users] Windows service and minor upgrade.

Ok, I'm posting my solution to my problem. Not Installed In my opinion there is no necessary "install" the service that is already installed. This solution smells of "workaround" but it works. Thanks all. Nic --- On Sat, 6/13/09, Fiorillo Nicola wrote: > From: Fiorillo Nicola > Subject:

[WiX-users] I need help with installing MS SQL Server Express 2008 from a wixinstaller.msi

Hello, I'm writing (or trying to write) a WIX installer that based upon what the user selects, installs SQL Express 2008 to the local machine. I've got the command line down ... I know the command line works because I can run in it in command window without any problems at all. I run it

[WiX-users] Trying to install SQL Server Express 2008 using WIX

I've posted this a couple times and have not seen it come across on the boards so I'm trying again. Please excuse duplicates. Rob Hermann Senior Software Developer Niceware International, LLC 10437 Innovation Drive Suite 147 Milwaukee, WI  53226 Tel: 414-476-6423 x110 Fax: 414-476-7955 Email:

Re: [WiX-users] How much of a web application deployment process should be packaged in a WiX MSI?

I've not done this in WiX, I used InstallShield. WiX seems to have everything you'd need to do what I described except for chaining prereqs. You'll have to wait for WiX 3.5 and Burn to do that. For the database stuff, I've done it both ways. At a previous company I wrote 35 micropackage ins

Re: [WiX-users] Needs to understand how wix register the .dll or .ocx?

Hi, regsvr32.exe calls the dllselfregister function in a com dll which usually will read from a reg resource in the dll and write the registry keys needed with all the correct com information. Some people have been known to modify this function to do other things along with com registratio

Re: [WiX-users] How much of patch pcp database makes it into msp?

Thanks Jason! That worked just fine and the same as if I had the original MSP file available. I guess that was to be expected. In this particular case, since I am authoring the patches, all are guaranteed to have sequence table. At this point I got what I wanted and the only unknown/concern is i

Re: [WiX-users] Need help in updating the properties file (xml file)

Hi Rob, Thanks for the reply and problem was resolved by changing SelectionLanguage to XSLPattern from XPath. Thanks, Uday. > Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:05:47 -0700 > From: r...@wixtoolset.org > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Need help in updating the p

[WiX-users] Register .exe files

Hi, We have some ATL .exe files that needs to register. In our old installer its shows Self-Register: C:\BancWare\ALMENG~1\DISTRI~1.EXE However in wix installer it only copies the file into the disk. How to register these kind of .exes. Thanks, Rahul Ekbote Senior Software Engineer * S

[WiX-users] FW: Needs to understand how wix register the .dll or .ocx?

From: Ekbote, Rahul Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:52 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Needs to understand how wix register the .dll or .ocx? Hi, I want to understand how wix registers the components in registry. When I run the heat .exe for files

[WiX-users] Needs to understand how wix register the .dll or .ocx?

Hi, I want to understand how wix registers the components in registry. When I run the heat .exe for files it generates code like.