Hi Eric,
Directory resolution is done during CostFinalize, way after AppSearch. What
you need to do is save the value of HostDir in the registry as part of your
install. Then, during reinstall/upgrade you can use AppSearch to get saved
value from registry and use it for FileSearch.
Alex
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Yes, HostDir is the innermost item in my installation hierarchy. It contains
a component and an ini entry (in msi.ini).
So if a different msi with this same structure is executed, I'd expect the
filesearch to find this file. But it's not.
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From: John Ludlow
T
Make sure you reference all components/groups. Check if your installer
installs all files you expect to be installed. Check if any of the
components marked as permanent (Permanent attribute is set to "yes").
Remember also that MSI removes only empty folders, so if your application
creates some file
I had to learn to pull in the fragments.
Thank you very much.
I didn't have to create my own cab file.
In MyApp.wxs, I added to
In MyApp.fragment.wxs, group_MyApp is defined as a
and hold all the files.
Finally, I had to add to MyApp.wxs
Hi,
I am checking out wix 3 help doc (How To: Create a Shortcut on the Start
Menu). I am wondering why it is necessary to write registry to HKCU if
product is installed for all users. Suppose one admin of system installed
the product, what will happen if another admin of system uninstall the
pro
I am compiling the WiX.wixproj(VS 2008) form the following location on my dev
box:-
G:\WiX3\wix3.0.5419.0-sources\src\Setup.
What is the folder structure that I have to setup to get it compiled correctly?
Right now I am getting several of these errors:-
G:\WiX3\wix3.0.5419.0-source
>So instead I'm checking for the presence of this file. If it's there, I
want
>to fail the install.
Not sure how and when HostDir property gets its value. You might want to
make it public (all uppercase and Secure set to "yes") if AppSearch happens
in the InstallExecuteSequence.
Alex
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What sets HostDir? Does HostDir point to a folder containing msi.ini
(you can check that from the log)?
2009/7/22 Eric Napier :
> Component search is a better choice except that I won't know the old
> component guid.
> So instead I'm checking for the presence of this file. If it's there, I want
>
As far as Media element, this can help:
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/04/04/from-msi-to-wix-part-16
-installable-items-handling-installation-media.aspx
I have suspicion that wxs files created by Paraffin contain fragments and in
order to include content of fragment to resulting m
Component search is a better choice except that I won't know the old
component guid.
So instead I'm checking for the presence of this file. If it's there, I want
to fail the install.
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From: "Wilson, Phil"
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML tool
I am using wix3.0.5419.0 to generate an msi from 2 wxs files (first sets
project, second sets files in a tag), but the resulting msi
is too small and doesn't work.
Incantations to generate msi in my build product directory:
Paraffin.exe -dir '.\.' -custom "MyApp" -g -alias '.\' -ext '.WXS'
MyApp
Hi Alex
I tried and it worked. Thanks a lot.
Not Installed
Not Installed
-Original Message-
From: Al
Few options available here and you can find more using search engine of your
choice:
Neil Sleightholm's blog:
-
http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2009/01/wix-script-for-major-upgrades.ht
ml
My take on it:
-
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-part-8-
major
Take at look at the WiX tutorial at
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php
This has some detail on doing upgrades. That should start you on your
way.
Chris
-Original Message-
From: John D. Marinuzzi [mailto:nu...@hypack.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 13:12
To: wix-users@lis
I run it...plain and simple. I have a dedicated machine with removable
drives that I can image to a base setup of Win2000, Win XP, Vista and a
Win 7 install will be added in the near future.
>From there, I can test a clean install, or I can install a previous
version and make sure it gets upgr
I don't know that they do! How do you automate that a developer says "this file
should be installed to that location"? There's no way to automate that unless
you have some tool that records it, and that tool is basically WiX. You could
have another pretty GUI tool that records what developers sa
What's the goal here? Are you looking for that file, or is it just a marker for
a previous version of the product? If it was previously installed with an MSI
package a component search would be more reliable - it doesn't depend on
directory locations, and it works if the user changes the install
Bob Arnson wrote:
> Pally Sandher wrote:
>
>> If you want to know what happens if you don't change the GUID's read up
>>
>>
>
> MSI supports having multiple products install the same component to
> different directories. But it does require even more strict adherence to
> all the compo
Thanks Jason. Your input help a lot.
-Original Message-
From: Jason Ginchereau [mailto:jason...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 9:28 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] strong name for C# custom action project
Are you using d
Hello,
I used WIX to create an installer for our last release of our software. I
was using NSIS prior to that, but we had customers who wanted to be to
implement installs over a network, so we switched. So, we are at a point
where I have to do another release, and I want to be able to 1) Inst
Are you using delay-signing? If so is it possible that mycustom.dll was
delay-signed without being real-signed.
Strong name signing should work fine for mycustom.dll (but not mycustom.CA.dll
since that is not a .NET assembly). The tricky thing is you have to make sure
the managed assembly gets
I want to fail an installation if a file (msi.ini) is present. My filesearch
element doesn't seem to be finding my file. I've confirmed the file is
there.
If I remove the filesearch element, the directory search finds the directory
and fails the install. However, when I include the filesearch eleme
Hi,
My msi uses custom action from C# custom action project.
As you know, as C# custom action project will generate mycustom.dll and
mycustom.CA.dll. The former is managed and the later is unmanaged.
In my project, all binaries (including mycustom.dll and mycustom.CA.dll) are
signed and the ms
Bob,
1. GUIDs
Sorry, it is my mistake. -ag works. I got error msgs (error LGHT0231)
earlier due to my folder structure, installation not default to
ProgramFilesFolder. Checked new MSI files, yes, they share the same GUIDs.
2. Patching
Just try to find inside details how the difference is calculat
The tutorial is a good place to start as there aren't any differences in the UI
Elements between v2.0 & v3.0, only the linking method which the WiX 3.0
documentation covers anyway as far as I can remember.
Neil Sleightholm has written a very good blog on customising the stock WiX
UI's. Find it a
shibo wrote:
> 1. auto-generate GUIDs
> When using option -ag, I have to manaully change * to a real GUID.
>
Why?
> Is my finding correct?
>
I don't know. I'd go by the doc.
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Sean Farrow wrote:
> Is there any information on the burn utility as to how itworks and how
> it can be uses?
>
Not yet.
> Secondly, I'm creating a setup for a product and need to prevent some
> files being added to the setup for the time-being, is there a way of
> doing this using a #define o
Ole Martin Sørli wrote:
> it says to look in the doc/examples/wixui/custom directory, but I can't seem
> to find that anywhere...
>
They never got finished so we removed them but didn't update the help
file. Gabor's tutorial discusses some customizations at
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/le
Bob,
More info:
1. auto-generate GUIDs
When using option -ag, I have to manaully change * to a real GUID.
2. PatchWizard in WiX 3.0
With different GUIDs of components between two distributions, I can still
create a patch and install it properly. The log file shows that file id is
used in file com
When someone volunteers in their own time to write an updated one, yes.
Until then, no.
Some people don't seem get this whole concept of open source
development.
Palbinder Sandher
Software Deployment & IT Administrator
T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500
F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501
http://www.iesve.com
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Hi:
Is there any information on the burn utility as to how itworks and how
it can be uses?
Secondly, I'm creating a setup for a product and need to prevent some
files being added to the setup for the time-being, is there a way of
doing this using a #define or some other similar construct?
Bob,
No, I have not changed the directories. The commands I run are:
heat dir KDS5.0 -gg -o KDS50_1.wxs
heat dir KDS5.0 -gg -o KDS50_2.wxs
-gg means generating guids now. If this is the right one, shall I use:
-ag autogenerate component guids at compile time
Thanks, Shibo
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Hi.
On this page:
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/WixUI_dialog_library.htm
under "Customizing dialog sets"
it says to look in the doc/examples/wixui/custom directory, but I can't seem to
find that anywhere...
Am I blind?
Kind Regards
Ole Martin
*
Hi,
It seems I've found a solution to the problem and the solution may help
others trying to do the same thing: I've put the Folder shortcut
component under the Shortcuts folder and added tag and
used Directory attribute to move the resulting shortcut to the Desktop.
Example:
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