Yes, you are correct.
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From: Graeme English [mailto:graeme.engl...@hotmail.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 12:09 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Access to variables in localization strings
Thanks Blair, I understand now!
Just
I had missed a space in part of the registry key name. Works great now. Thanks!
Bob
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Blair wrote:
> Check a verbose debug log. I suspect that EG_INSTALLDIR isn't getting set.
> If that property were set before CostFinalize ran, anything in the @Name
> attribute w
Thanks Blair, I understand now!
Just one thing though, I think you mean WixVariable rather than WixProperty in
the last line of your post, that correct?
Graeme
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> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:37:13 -0700
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users]
VolumeCostList control type?
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From: Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) [mailto:chunyan.ji...@ge.com]
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 6:42 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] How to find out the free disk space during the
install
Check a verbose debug log. I suspect that EG_INSTALLDIR isn't getting set.
If that property were set before CostFinalize ran, anything in the @Name
attribute would be ignored (along with the paths of any parent directories)
and you would get what you are trying to get (see
http://msdn.microsoft.com
Hi all,
I am wondering how to insert a custom dialog into a built-in dialog set in a
SINGLE file.
Here is what I do. Please let me know what do I do wrong.
1. download the sample zip files, compile, and test successfully.
http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/download.php?file=samples/samplewixuiaddd
I want to be able to use a Property value in the Name attribute of a
Directory entry. I set the property by reading a directory path from
the registry, then want to indicate that that is the path into which I
will be installing. Here is a snippet, indicating that I want to
create a directory named
I want to be able to use a Property value in the Name attribute of a
Directory entry. I set the property by reading a directory path from
the registry, then want to indicate that that is the path into which I
will be installing. Here is a snippet, indicating that I want to
create a directory named
OK based on Pally's earlier post, it would seem that
SQLSERVER><"MSSQLSERVER" or the property equivalent should work, but
neither works for me.
Do they work for anyone else?
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From: Dominique Louis [mailto:dominique.lo...@amxeurope.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 15:54
To:
That would have saved me an hour if I had looked up exactly what it did
:).
I read the name and just thought, must be like FxCop and moved on.
Thanks again Pally, you seem to have your finger firmly on the WiX
pulse.
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From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
Nope, Changing it to a Property does not work either.
I'm guessing that changing it to a property just makes it the equivalent
of writing SQLSERVER><"MSSQLSERVER"
Which would be incorrect as well.
Is the >< the correct conditional operator for what I'm trying to
achieve?
What is the difference bet
Ooops I didn't see that earlier.
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From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 15:59
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional installed based on REG_MULTI_SZ
value
<> is "not equal to"
In my tests using a simple installation package, it would appear that the
conditional comparison routines for strings stop looking through the string
at the first NUL character. Since REG_MULTI_SZ strings start with a NUL,
then terminate each value with an additional NUL (remember that the
conditio
<> is "not equal to"
>< is "contains"
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368012.aspx as on earlier
message.
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If you are using (or ever plan on using, or even are ever forced to use) any
win32 or .net assembly installations (including using the C/C++ runtime MSMs
or using the GAC) you are forced to place RemoveExistingProducts close to
InstallFinalize (so called "late") instead of one of the two "early"
pl
There are different layers of variables in WiX (candle's preprocessor
variables, Light's WixVariables/localization variables/binder variables, and
MSI's properties). Each have different syntax and are evaluated at different
times:
Candle's preprocessor variables "$(var.VariableName)" are evaluated
"This unfortunately produces WiX 2 Rigistry code that is now deprecated
in WiX 3. :( I then wrote an XSLT to transform the WiX 2 code to valid
Wix 3."
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wixcop.htm
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http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/heat.htm
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Hi Wix-user,
I would like to show the free disk space on the customized dialog during
the installation, like:
Space Required: xxx M
Space Available: yyy M
For the Space Required I can set it as my software required. But how can
I get the Space Available value? How to retrieve the free disk sp
Have you tried using a Property with its value set to "MSSQLSERVER" as I
first assumed you were doing? Even something as simple as
added to your first code fragment might cause this to work.
Essentially your code is doing exactly what you're trying to achieve
from how I understand it but a quirk
Hi Jaspreet,
I have found that the COM registration output heat.exe produces did
not work for My COM dlls ( originally written in Delphi ).
Instead I had to go through a laborious process of downloading WiX 2 and
running tallow over my dll as follows...
Tallow.exe /s MyCOMstuff.dll > MyCOMstuff.w
Hi Pally,
Thanks for taking the time to answer my query. I should have mentioned
that I had already tried putting quotes around MSSQLSERVER, but that
does not work either.
What I need is some kind of conditional code the does the equivalent of
a "Does this SQLSERVER property *contain* MSSQLSERV
INSTALLDIR may be set before your CA_RunEXE custom action runs (it will be
set by the time the standard action CostFinalize runs if it wasn't set
explicitly before, because CostFinalize populates all the properties
identified in the Directory table) but it may not be set when the standard
AppSearch
MSI supports dialogs in the uninstallation but doesn't require it, but
Add/Remove Programs (whatever it may be called in the different versions of
the OS) calls MSI in a mode that disallows it (when the "Remove" or its
equivalent is selected). You shouldn't use a custom action that produces a
modal
Hi All,
I am using below code to register an assembly :
I took this example from http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson6.php , but
somehow I am not able to see the assembly name in COM references.
Anyone have any idea to get the DLL listed in COM com
That says to throw the condition 'If the Property SQLSERVER does not
contain the Property MSSQLSERVER or the product is not already
Installed'
Try putting quotes around MSSQLSERVER if you want it to be a string
rather than a Property.
I may be wrong but that's how I understand it. See
h
Depends what you're trying to achieve.
You could write a bootstrapper that parses your XML file to generate the
required properties to pass to your MSI. This would be how I would try
to achieve this because I have had "Custom Actions = very bad" drilled
into me over the years by Rob M, Bob A et al
MSSQLSERVER Is not a property, it is a literal string that should exist
within the Registry.
I'm essentially trying to check if 'MSSQLSERVER' exists within the
multi-string SQLSERVER.
-Original Message-
From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
Sent: 14 September 2009 12:36
T
What is the property MSSQLSERVER set to? You appear to have omitted this
from your code fragment.
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Is it possible to have a complete silent install using a XML file with
all required install configurations?
David
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Hi WiX gurus,
I'm using the "supposed" standard way of detecting multiple SQLServer
instances...
But the Condition...
Does not evaluate correctly.
For instance if the Property SQLSERVER only contains "[~]SQLEXPRESS[~]"
( according to the log )
It still allows the instal
Personally I wouldn't worry too much about anything caused by VC++
redistributable merge modules. Any problem you find will be replicated
by the stand-alone redistributable installer & both were authored by the
MS Visual Studio dev's.
When I build my MSI's without the VC++ 8 merge modules included
Hi All,
In a dialog we need to show a confirmation message dialog on click of a
Next button.
1
1
1
On click of ButtonYes button
http://www.codeplex.com/dotnetinstaller/
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http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_upgradeversion.htm
Palbinder Sandher
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Sounds like you want to do what Windows Installer terms a "Minor
Update". See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370579.aspx &
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370037.aspx
Creating Patches is covered in the WiX docs at
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/patching.htm. Personal
Hi Brian,
Due to the problem with the -cg my setup currently has 1 file per component.
The solution that I am building contains 21 projects. To automate this I have
initially created 21 fragment files which are referenced from one 'main' .wxs
file. I have then added a pre-build event to each
I'm trying to replace a variable within a localization string however it always
appears blank. I've been using Light -dBuildMachine=abc. Anyone know if this
should work?
e.g.
http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization";>
This build was prepared
on [BuildMachine]
Cheers,
Graeme
-
Hi,
Can someone from WIX confirm that is a bug or I did something wrong.
Thanks
Jeff
--- On Fri, 11/9/09, puyo puy wrote:
From: puyo puy
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.0 FileSearch
To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset."
Received: Friday, 11 September, 2009, 9:29 AM
Hi
Setting the ProductCode to Autogen () will create
independent products for each new version. When you set OnlyDetect="yes"
this will not remove the older versions but only set the
PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Property to the product guids of the older
versions.
Best regards,
Sebastian Brand
Deploy
Since MSI does not support dialogs in the uninstallation of a product,
you'll have to create a Custom Action for asking the user.
Best regards,
Sebastian Brand
Deployment consultant
E-Mail: sebast...@instyler.com
Instyler Setup - Creating WiX-based MSI installations, elegantly.
http://www.inst
Hi
I have create a setup starting like this
http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";
xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";
xmlns:fire="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/FirewallExtension";
xmlns:Sql="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/SqlExtension";>
Hi
Is there a way to drop databases on uninstall after confirmation.
I have created a setup using wix. and then need to uninstall it. Also need
to drop the db. but sometimes i may not want to. Is there anything i can
follow currently available with wix?
::
Anuj Pa
Hi Blair,
First question: Do all three versions share the same ProductCode or are
they different between versions?
Answer is: They don't share the same product code. Because I need to
support the Upgrade functionalityfrom one version to the other.
Second question: Do you intend to supply "del
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