The Package element populates the MSI's Summary Information Stream.
The InstallerVersion attribute populates the "Page Count Summary Property"
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370570(VS.85).aspx) (aka, the
Minimum Installer Version) of MSI files.
According to (http://msdn.microsoft.com/
Dear Blair,
Thank you for your advice and concern.
Yes, I will use "&FeatureName=3" style syntax for CustomAction by feature.
> I don't know what you mean by
> "selected by command internally" but if you need help with
> that please elaborate more.
I haven't decided yet how I implement the so
Does anyone know of a workaround to get the 32bit version working?
Besides applying a couple workarounds to the wxs files, the x64 version is
working quite well; however, we are now faced with only some developers can
move because the 32 bit version does not install completely.
Basically, we se
The WiX documentation for the packa...@installerversion attribute is a little
vague. I've been searching for a better definition but have come up blank.
Where can I find a list of known values for the packa...@installerversion
attribute?
If "Change" is grayed out you will not get the installer UI you are looking
for. Is ARPNOMODIFY set perchance?
After you install, what do you see if you double-click the MSI again? You
should get the "Change" experience, which is your starting point to show a
modal dialog during your uninstall exp
By the way, I added this:
Then I run the msi again, and I saw the "Change" and "Remove" buttons were grey
out. There was only the "Repair" button available. Is this correct?
Also, if I run uninstallation from [start]->[All Programs], I didn't even see
this UI. I only saw the basic uninstallatio
Does anyone know of a good tutorial or a place to get examples that show how to
properly register a VSX package?
I created a C# subproject along w/ some project templates. I tried using an
example that was auto-generated by the VSSDK Assist program, but it looks old
(even though I downloaded th
I kept searching for the answer about this issue. But I couldn't find any
example to make it work.
Can you Wix experts point me out? What else I need to do to show UI in
uninstallation, namely, "enable maintenance mode"? And further how to add a
radio button etc. to enable "remove user data opti
Hi Aris,
Thanks! I added this in code, then the "Remove" button is gone in ARP:
But the uninstallation is still the simple progress bar. Could you please tell
me how to "enable maintenance mode"?
Thanks.
From: Aris J. Green
To: General discussion for Window
1) When you invoke a CA through a dialog control event, the messages
you attempt to write to the log don't end up in the log. You can work
around this for debugging by using MessageBox or OutputDebugString to
write out logging information.
2) When you invoke a CA through a dialog control event,
Hi,
When SQL Server creates the database files in the O/S it does so using the
identity of the SQL Server Service, the Service identity does not have access
to your program files area.
I suspect you will have big issues trying to create the database in My
Documents for this reason. If you a
I'm trying to use a custom action in a dialog to validate a PID entered by the
user. The dialog has a maskededit control that is used to get the string. I
have the following sequence defined on the "Next" button to use to validate the
entered data:
1
VALIDATEKEY =
"1"
I looked i
MsiFormatRecord() could have been used to expand your value as well.
Note also that with [#File.Id] values, on maintenance transactions (such as
some minor upgrades and/or removals) it is possible for it to be blank.
-Original Message-
From: Nicolas Lambert [mailto:nlamb...@coveo.com]
Se
Thx Blair.
I found the solution, I made a mistake, it was my fault.
I was setting a property for my customaction that had the value :
[#SearchWeb.config]. Since it was working okay for a deferred customaction, I
thought that there would be no problem for an immediate custom action since
they a
See "Conditional Statement Syntax" -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368012(VS.85).aspx
Ampersand means action to be applied to the feature.
Alex
-Original Message-
From: Arvind Aiyar [mailto:arvind.ai...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 11:22 AM
To: General dis
I swear I knew this, but for the life of me I can't figure it out:
How do I use the Feature Id in a custom action condition ? I used something
like this during Install and Uninstall but this doesn't seem to work. Is there
a reference on how the ampersand (&) evaluates when applied to Feature ID
I'd like to install Windows Device Metadata for our device via our
installer. The process is quite simple and described in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd835040.aspx. The basic steps
are:
1. Query the path of the device meta store by calling
SHGetKnownFolderPath with a KNOWNFOLDERID of
Something like this?
...
...
$(var.F2s-Condition)
$(var.F2s-Condition)
This has a limitation in that you can't select F2 for installation via
ADDLOCAL or via the UI's feature selection treeview or similar mechanisms.
Instead you have to set properties and only condition F2 based
If you can uninstall (and the uninstall of your component actually does
something) you have a servicing issue and you need to make your guids
consistent from build-to-build for the same "flavor" component dealing with
the same resource set.
-Original Message-
From: Maillet, Ed [mailto:emai
Something like this?
VersionNT64
NOT VersionNT64
-Original Message-
From: rishikesh singh [mailto:rishi.co...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 6:18 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] ConditionBased Installation
Hi
We have
No keypath in your component? You are likely to have a hard time with
upgrades and servicing if you don't come up with a way to make your
generated guids consistent from build-to-build for the same inputs.
I would recommend you make a series of RegistryValues (one for each
"component") and use the
Here's the real use case.
I need to create what I'll call an 'Infrastructure Package',
specifically for a web service application in a corporate server
environment. I need a single unattended MSI that can create an IIS 6.0
web site and application pool based on an environment setting on the
machine
No, there is no built-in functionality to accomplish that.
But the bigger question is why you want to create such components. Ideally, you
would have file KeyPaths. Random component guids are usually bad for servicing
scenarios. What are you doing with these components? Giving us more details
Hey all,
I hope I'm missing something obvious. Is there a way for the
preprocessor to generate a guid value for a variable? (without making my
own custom extension).
Something like
I'm trying to create multiple conditional components like:
Hi There,
Can you please help me out to find out the WWWROOT path in wix ?
Thanks
Jaspreet
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Hi
We have requirement where i need to copy one file say "File1" to folder
say "Folder1" if the system is 64bit Machine else copy "File2" to that
folder during installation. Please let me know how to write this condition.
Thanks in Advance.
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Hello,
I'm trying to define a new SQL database using Wix, that has its files (MDF
and LDF) in a specific folder (ideally in the user's documents and settings,
but this is another story)
The thing is when I use the snippet :
Hi Bob,
I think you did not understand my question.
I will try explain it again:
I have 2 features and 2 components. Where Comp1 belong to feaute F1
and Comp2 belong to F2.
My system can be installed in 3 variants:
1) only F1 selected - I am expecting that only Comp1 will be installed
2) F
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