Re: [WiX-users] Source files and MSI file location.

2009-12-31 Thread Blair
As I understand it, the SourceDir property must be the root of the source tree (the directory tree that the files and folders you are installing), and it is set to be the directory location of the MSI file itself. Can you move setup.msi to the Conent folder? -Original Message- From: V0id

Re: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using customaction

2009-12-31 Thread Blair
Custom Actions in CUB files are supposed to be immediate custom actions. Please read MSDN. Use MsiProcessMessage. -Original Message- From: nagaram.c [mailto:nagara...@symphony.cc] Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:33 AM To: 'Schrieken, Rene'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XM

Re: [WiX-users] Input Validation

2009-12-31 Thread Blair
How about this? NOT ($(var.InputValidated)) $(var.InputValidated) Yes, I realize that this maintains the double-evaluation, but it is more maintainable (since you type it only once) and the time to evaluate

Re: [WiX-users] Performance Counters supported for MSP?

2009-12-31 Thread Jeff Perrigo
Hi Bob, I apologize for taking so long to respond. I was helping somebody else with this authoring and was waiting for them to get back to me with their update. The components the performance counters are tied to were being updated in the patch but the counters themselves were not, which was a

[WiX-users] Input Validation

2009-12-31 Thread pmdarrow
Hi all, what's the best way to validate that several required fields on a dialog are filled in? I've done some searching on this list but haven't found anything conclusive. Here's a snippet of a dialog that asks the user to enter some database information: NOT (

Re: [WiX-users] writing to console from smoke.exe using customaction

2009-12-31 Thread nagaram.c
With the below code WriteFile is returning false, GetLastError shows “Handle is invalid” Nag _ From: Schrieken, Rene [mailto:rene.schrie...@logica.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:41 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Cc: nagara...@symphony.cc Subjec