[WiX-users] execution of "SRSetRestorePoint" takes long time

2010-02-25 Thread simon.su
Hi, My MIS built by WIX3.0, and I find that it took a lot time(about 2 minute) to execute the “SRSetRestorePoint" in the win7(chinese languge version). Following is the log. Any suggestion are appreciated very much, Thank. MSI (s) (30:A4) [11:17:34:453]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (s) (

Re: [WiX-users] SQL2008 Express Merge Module

2010-02-25 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
This is of interest... http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2007/08/23/diy-sql-express-sp2-bootstrapper.aspx Near the bottom: (Quoted below) re: DIY SQL Express SP2 Bootstrapper Monday, October 27, 2008 6:26 PM by sqlexpress Response to David - The SQL Express 2005 SP2 bootstrapper was r

Re: [WiX-users] Replace path text inside installed files.

2010-02-25 Thread Gary Smith
> You can try create a registry entry for the Installation directory and then > make your code read the reg entry for the installation path, or save the > path to the file as you said. > You can get the installation path using [INSTALLDIR] or [INSTALLLOCATION]. > This will give you the installation

Re: [WiX-users] Replace path text inside installed files.

2010-02-25 Thread ricky sundrani
You can try create a registry entry for the Installation directory and then make your code read the reg entry for the installation path, or save the path to the file as you said. You can get the installation path using [INSTALLDIR] or [INSTALLLOCATION]. This will give you the installation path. O

Re: [WiX-users] my icon absent from add/remove programs

2010-02-25 Thread Lisa Gracias
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:26 AM, jo...@msli.com wrote: > My .wxs file contains the following line: > > You need to set the path to the icon inside an element and give it a unique id. Then use the icon id inside your property tag.

[WiX-users] Install large set of files

2010-02-25 Thread Gary Smith
I have a need to install all of the files/directories under a particular folder as part of the install. These are basically sample files. I have read the horror stories of how to get large number of files into wix package. Most of these are a few years old though. Given the question, what's

[WiX-users] Replace path text inside installed files.

2010-02-25 Thread Gary Smith
Does anyone have a sample of how to replace text inside a file (or set of files) based upon install path? Basically, I have a DLL that will be installed where the users want to install it BUT the samples that they can compile and test against point to never never land (i.e. some path in my deve

[WiX-users] my icon absent from add/remove programs

2010-02-25 Thread jo...@msli.com
My .wxs file contains the following line: which is supposed to set the icon seen in add/remove program, but I only see the default icon for my application. Are there requirements on MyApp.ico for it to be used in add/remove program? Currently I use an ImageMagick tool to convert it from a t

Re: [WiX-users] Pure registry component without a directory?

2010-02-25 Thread Bryan Reich
It is trying to use the directory as a fallback for your keypath. What you probably want in this component is for one of the registry keys to be the key path, then it won't try to use the directory for that. Something like the following perhaps: -- Bryan -Original M

[WiX-users] Pure registry component without a directory?

2010-02-25 Thread Rodney Schuler
One feature of the .msi that I am trying to build is a large collection of HKCU registry edits with no associated file. (Wix-3) The first thing I tried using was components like: That makes errors like "error CNDL0010: The Component/@Directory attribute was not found; it

[WiX-users] installing updates, but not removing all files from previous version.

2010-02-25 Thread Dan Vogel
I have two installers for my application. The only difference between the two is that one includes a directory of demo images, the other does not. The installer with the demo images is large, so the second installer was created since not all customers will need the images. My employer wants to

[WiX-users] WIX 3.0 patching on W2K...

2010-02-25 Thread Sharat Janapareddy
I generated an MSP using WIX 3.0 patching mechanism. As far as the patch installation is concerned, everything works great. However, on a W2K server (which we have to support for our product), the CU's patch description and names are not being set correctly in ARP (Add or Remove Programs) when t

[WiX-users] How to show loading dialog for custom action during InstallUISequence?

2010-02-25 Thread pmdarrow
Hi all, Does anyone know how to show a "Loading..." popup while a custom action is executing during the InstallUISequence? I have a managed custom action that tests if the database connection string a user has entered is valid (i.e. a "Test Connection" button). Sometimes, if the user misspells

Re: [WiX-users] migration from heat 3.0.4805.0 to heat 3.0.5419.0

2010-02-25 Thread Andres Juarez
Hi Brian, Unfortunatelly that switch does not make any difference. 3.0.4805.0 looks like this: 3.0.5419.0 with the -suid still looks like this:

Re: [WiX-users] migration from heat 3.0.4805.0 to heat 3.0.5419.0

2010-02-25 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
Perhaps it would be useful to see the output of the transformation performed by your tool. Like you said, one option might be to replace the usage of heat+tool to just heat if the newer version of heat can produce acceptable output without additional processing. I'm fairly certain that the newe

[WiX-users] Burn Documentation

2010-02-25 Thread Varun P
Hi, We want to eliminate the bootstrapper using ISS since we use this for installing other prerequisite MSI installers. It makes more complicated to maintain our setups. Can you please point out me where I can find the documentation and a sample for using Burn tool which ships along with Wix 3.

[WiX-users] Uninstallation performance issue

2010-02-25 Thread Varun P
Hi, We are using WiX for our setup. We are shipping over 72,000 files. For around 900 to 1000 components we have same guid for all version. We allow side by side installation of our setup. The uninstallation of the setup takes around 3 hours in some machine and it uninstalls within 1hour in som

Re: [WiX-users] Install IIS after .NET

2010-02-25 Thread Igor Paniushkin
Thanks! It was exactly what I was looking for. But I still have an issue with IIS7, it doesn't correctly set them (error message something like, extension does not included in ISAPI and CGI restriction lists), but most probably it is already solved in Wix 3.5 (currently I'm using Wix 3.0). -Or

Re: [WiX-users] SQL2008 Express Merge Module

2010-02-25 Thread Arun Perregatturv
http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2007/08/23/diy-sql-express-sp2-bootstrapper.aspx this is done for SQL 2005 but you can do the same for SQL 2008. I am currently using it and it works fine. Arun Perregattur -Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mailt

Re: [WiX-users] IIS WebServiceExtension removed on repair

2010-02-25 Thread pmdarrow
Er right, that condition would get re-evaluated and remove the component on repair. But the problem still occurs without any of that. This happens on Windows Server 2003 - IIS 6.0. I haven't had a chance to test this the other OS I'm targeting (Windows Server 2008 with IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility