Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Files in one component vs a single file per component

Hey Jim, This is one issue. I don't have the full description right now. Do you have one file per component? If not, which one is the keypath and which one are you updating. If you are not updating the keypath, nothing in the component will be updated. http://blogs.msdn.com/pmarcu/archive/2007/0

Re: [WiX-users] What is the best way to troubleshoot an installer?

Hey Jim, Try the link below or breakout the RegEx Wilogutl.exe http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372811(VS.85).aspx Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://icumove.spaces.live.com On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:09 PM, MacDiarmid, James D < james.macdiar...@eds.

Re: [WiX-users] How to build a C# custom action project in CoreXT

I can add to the conversation that CoreXT is an internal MS-only build environment. This blog has some details. http://blogs.msdn.com/clichten/archive/2005/06/07/DDCPX-Aftermarket-Solu tions.aspx -Original Message- From: Richard [mailto:legal...@xmission.com] Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009

Re: [WiX-users] How to build a C# custom action project in CoreXT

You have to know the secret handshake. :-) It's a homebrewed inhouse build tool that MSFT uses. The funny thing is you see help wanted ads for positions at Microsoft where they then say that fimiliarity with the clients in-house tools is required. Hmmm... too funny. --- On Mon, 6/22/09, R

Re: [WiX-users] How to build a C# custom action project in CoreXT

In article , Lian Jiang writes: > I am using CoreXT and Wix3.5. A custom action project (*.csproj) cannot be bu ilt in the CoreXt. What's CoreXT? Googling doesn't seem to yield anything useful in the first couple of pages, unless you're talking about java. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipe

Re: [WiX-users] How to build a C# custom action project in CoreXT

Please ignore. Problem solved. Thanks Lian -Original Message- From: Lian Jiang Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:43 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: How to build a C# custom action project in CoreXT Hi, I am using CoreXT and Wix3.5. A custom action p

[WiX-users] What is the best way to troubleshoot an installer?

I'm looking through the install.log file, and I'm seeing a lot of stuff however I don't know what any of it means. Is there anything that can offer any help in decyphering it? Thanks, Jim -- Are you an open source ci

Re: [WiX-users] VIsta: Disable Registry Virtualization

You can still add manifests to your dll's. I've had to do it for other reasons, I wonder if it'd work for you. On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:48 -0700, "Maxim Sadovski" wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. > > Unfortunately there are no executables, we ship a set of DLLs that > operate on certain registry

[WiX-users] How to build a C# custom action project in CoreXT

Hi, I am using CoreXT and Wix3.5. A custom action project (*.csproj) cannot be built in the CoreXt. Does anyone have such experience and let me know how to do it? Appreciate your help. Thanks Lian -- Are you an open

Re: [WiX-users] Re-using a component multiple times indifferentfeatures

Ah, then duplicate the SQL for each Feature, I suppose. Sounds a bit odd to me, but each installer is unique. -Original Message- From: Dirk Räder [mailto:d...@raeder.cc] Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:05 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] VIsta: Disable Registry Virtualization

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately there are no executables, we ship a set of DLLs that operate on certain registry keys under HKLM\Software... --- On Mon, 6/22/09, Simon Dahlbacka wrote: > From: Simon Dahlbacka > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] VIsta: Disable Registry Virtualization > To: "Genera

Re: [WiX-users] VIsta: Disable Registry Virtualization

shouldn't you just add a manifest to your executable? On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Maxim Sadovski wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have a hard time finding whether it's possible to disable Vista > Virtualization for registry keys created under HKLM\Software during > instalation? Programmatically it i

[WiX-users] VIsta: Disable Registry Virtualization

Hi All, I have a hard time finding whether it's possible to disable Vista Virtualization for registry keys created under HKLM\Software during instalation? Programmatically it is done by calling NTDLL export NtSetInformationKey() - but, in my case, the best way to achieve this is within Wix in

Re: [WiX-users] Re-using a component multiple times in differentfeatures

Sure thing he doesn't want the EXACT same SQL-statement repeatedly. The statement mentioned in the first mail contained some properties, which are to be replaced for each call of the statement. Especially the feature's name, which is used as a login name. 2009/6/22 Chad Petersen > Of course each

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent "files in use" dialog?

hi Stefan, the best u can do is use the /passive mode instead of /qb u won't be able to cancel the progress... but it is unattended... cheers!!! -tony -- From: "Stefan Kuhr" Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 4:30 AM To: Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Preven

Re: [WiX-users] WixNetFxExtension / how to check for .NET 3.5 SP1?

Thanks! It's slowly starting to make sense now! :) That said, curiously, I couldn't open the NetFxExtension.wixproj :( But no matter, I opened the .wxs and get some inkling of what's going on now! :) - Original Message - From: "John Nannenga" To: "General discussion for Windows Insta

[WiX-users] DIFXAPP: ERROR - The operating system you are running on is not supported.

Hi, I used WiX v3.0 RC2 build (v3.0.5217.0) to build my installation package. I was trying to install the package on an evaluation copy of Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core, but got the following error: DIFXAPP: ERROR - The operating system you are running on is not supported. Only Windows 2000

Re: [WiX-users] Documenting installation packages

I wrote some VBScript that I call "Files by Feature" that I run against the resultant MSI file. It opens the database and dumps a list of each file that is in each feature to a CSV file that I can then open in Excel. It's basically a manifest of what gets installed. Otherwise, the XML seems fa

Re: [WiX-users] Re-using a component multiple times in differentfeatures

Of course each feature name is different, duplicate feature names aren't allowed, but if the end user chooses more than one feature to install on a given machine you don't really want the same exact SQL running multiple times on that machine, do you? I'd think no matter how many features they ch

Re: [WiX-users] WixNetFxExtension / how to check for .NET 3.5 SP1?

...\wix\src\ext\NetFxExtension\wixlib\NetFxExtension.wxs -Original Message- From: Lloyd Dupont [mailto:l...@galador.net] Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 6:14 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WixNetFxExtension / how to check for .NET 3.5 S

Re: [WiX-users] WixNetFxExtension / how to check for .NET 3.5 SP1?

Thanks, That's great! I also would like to know, how could I help myself with the sources? To my bewilderment, when I looked at the sources and did a solution wide search for "NETFRAMEWORK35" nothing came up! - Original Message - From: "Yan Sklyarenko" To: "General discussion for Windo

[WiX-users] MakeSfxCA do not copy file version from C# assembly to output dll.

Hi, I am using MakeSfxCA utility (Wix 3.0) to create a DLL with CSharp custom actions. Recently I have noticed that this DLL has the file version info exactly as the SDK "sfxca.dll" . I have tested it with both build #5217 & #5332 . When reverting the SDK in use to build #4827 I have gained the

Re: [WiX-users] Re-using a component multiple times in different features

What I really need is for the component to be action-ed for each of the features that are selected, because the feature name is going to be different for each one...Is this even possible or do I need to basically duplicate the sql for each feature.. On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Kim Gybels wr

Re: [WiX-users] Re-using a component multiple times in different features

> In this case then does that component get actioned multiple times or just > the once for all referenced features? > Just once. -- *Kim Gybels Software Developer * kim.gyb...@metris.com Tel: +32 16 74 01 01 Fax: +32 16 74 01 02 * Metris Europe * Interleuvenlaan

Re: [WiX-users] Re-using a component multiple times in different features

In this case then does that component get actioned multiple times or just the once for all referenced features? On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Yan Sklyarenko (via Nabble) < ml-user+60382-221122...@n2.nabble.com > wrote: > Here's the extract of the MSI docs: > "Components can be shared by two

Re: [WiX-users] Re-using a component multiple times in different features

Here's the extract of the MSI docs: "Components can be shared by two or more features, that is, the same component can be referred to by more than one feature." http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368579(VS.85).aspx -- Yan -Original Message- From: hegsie [mailto:heg...@gmail.com]

[WiX-users] Re-using a component multiple times in different features

Hi, I have a situation where I have multiple features that all perform the same piece of SQL on a database, rather than have to copy the the SqlString command multiple times, I was wondering if there is a way to do this using the ComponentGroup element.. the SQL looks similar to... exec sp_addlog

[WiX-users] Re-using a component multiple times in different features

Hi, I have a situation where I have multiple features that all perform the same piece of SQL on a database, rather than have to copy the the SqlString command multiple times, I was wondering if there is a way to do this using the ComponentGroup element.. the SQL looks similar to... exec sp_addlog

[WiX-users] Re-using a component multiple times in different features

Hi, I have a situation where I have multiple features that all perform the same piece of SQL on a database, rather than have to copy the the SqlString command multiple times, I was wondering if there is a way to do this using the ComponentGroup element.. the SQL looks similar to... exec sp_addlog

Re: [WiX-users] WixNetFxExtension / how to check for .NET 3.5 SP1?

See Advanced WiX Topics > Standard Custom Actions > WixNetfxExtension article in WiX.chm. You'll work with NETFRAMEWORK35 and NETFRAMEWORK35_SP_LEVEL properties to check your prerequisite correctly. -- Yan -Original Message- From: Lloyd Dupont [mailto:l...@galador.net] Sent: Sunday, June