Would it be alright to call an msi/exe from the UI sequence of another msi,
i.e., before the execute sequence of the parent msi even begins? I've tried
this out and it seems to work. I was wondering if there are any hidden side
effects.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Sascha Beaumont
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Hi,
Does some one have an idea about cd-key verify during product installation in
UI?
For example, after the license agreement dialog, a customed dialog follows,
and it requires users to input some codes to check.Is there any better way?
2010-03-03
salever.lee
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Hi ,
I have a feature to copy Apache files into the installation folder.
Then i need to configure the apache serive by running command "httpd.exe -k
install -n " ApacheforLS" "
To run this command i need to go ino the bin folder and do..
How can i do this from wix code it self ??
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Hello, everyone
I am experiencing an strange problem when I install with per Machine scope. I
have the following properties defined to configure the name and port of my IIS
web site.
I was using per User scope and it worked perfectly. However, when I changed it
to per Machine, strang
If you do use an empty file and want the file to be "looked after" by
Windows installer for patching, repair, etc - you can update the
filesize information post-build. Something like the following should
work (this is a somewhat simplified version of an actual script we
use)
Const MSI_SOURCE = "ap
MSI sees 1.2.3.10 and 1.2.3.9 as 1.2.3 - so they appear as the same
version. In order to prevent a downgrade on a 4th field change, you
can rely on the (documented) fact that MSI ignores the 4th field to
prevent installs where the version numbers are identical to Windows
Installer.
I use the follo
If the issue is a registry key or something that includes the file
path, you could use the property [!filename] to get the short filename
of "filename" and write that to the registry. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368609(VS.85).aspx for more
information on the formatted text type.
I have two sets of files to install, call them A and A' they have the
same file name. I have them in different component groups and different
features. I only want to install either one feature or the other, never
both. The selection is controlled by a bootstrapper.
The compiler is complaining
Oh I just came up with an idea - have you tried scheduling a custom action
directly after your PrepareDlg that sleeps for a few seconds? I used this
and it seemed to work:
Product.wxs:
1
CustomAction.cs:
using System;
using Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller;
namespace ManagedCA
{
Oh, if you just use the source from WiX's PrepareDlg and use your own custom
strings, then shouldn't it be identical? Sorry I haven't provided exactly
what you're looking for, just trying to give back to the WiX community by
helping out :)
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pmdarrow wrote:
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> Is this what you are looking foror, or do you want the version with the
> actual text on it? http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=PrepareDlg
>
> I can get a screenshot of it for you if that link isn't good enough.
>
Thanks very much - that is the one. However, as i men
Is this what you are looking foror, or do you want the version with the
actual text on it? http://www.wixwiki.com/index.php?title=PrepareDlg
I can get a screenshot of it for you if that link isn't good enough.
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> Is this the dialog you're referring to? http://i46.tinypic.com/6e20hv.png
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No, not that one - the one right after. I thought 'PrepareDlg' was what it
was called. I think the default text starts with "Please wait while the
Setup Wizard prepares to guide you through the i
Why not just take a screenshot the moment the dialog pops up? If you've never
done it before, hit the PrtScn button on your keyboard to take the
screenshot and then press Ctrl-V in any program that accepts images (MS
Paint does the job).
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So this file is nothing to do with the actual install, and it will never be
patched, right? If that's the case then you're copying it yourself, or perhaps
with Windows Installer's MoveFile action to have it copied from SourceDir to
TARGETDIR.
Phil Wilson
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From: hil
This is usually a losing game.
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2009/02/20/9435239.aspx plus
discussion
Can you arrange to have the install complete while Notepad continues to run? If
you launch it completely asynchronously the install will go away and leave it
there.
Phil Wilson
pmdarrow wrote:
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> Why not just take a screenshot the moment the dialog pops up? If you've
> never done it before, hit the PrtScn button on your keyboard to take the
> screenshot and then press Ctrl-V in any program that accepts images (MS
> Paint does the job).
>
I would love to do that (i'
The solution in the tutorial is fine. It's the way that "everybody" detects
versions based on UpgradeCode, old and new to prevent downgrades and perform
upgrades.
You have a problem in that the 4th digit of the ProductVersion isn't used
anyway in major upgrades, so your upgrades will require y
I am using 6.0A and was going to try using a newer version. The strange thing I
am seeing is how it will sign only when I change the default CompressionLevel
(MSZip) to something else. I have tested both none and high and it will sign
the msi. FYI the largest portion of the Media consists of sev
I have never had any success signing any binary over 300MB.
There is a limitation to the size of the file you can sign with SignTool.exe
Microsoft has another tool called MakeCat.exe that you have to use for bigger
files.
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From: Tom Crozier [mailto:tcroz...@rackwise.co
Hi.
I need a simple way to prevent downgrades a product in a wix based msi
installer.
The old defective way which I found was something along:
NOT CUR_VER or ProductVersion>=CUR_VER
I want something which allows 1.2.3.10 to upgrade from 1.2.3.9. The
version above just does a string
There is a "Click here for support information" link in "Add or remove
programs" applet. If you click that link "Support Info" window appears and
that window contains "Publisher: " string.
Is it possible to create msi package that will not show Publisher string at
all? My client asks me to do this.
Hi all,
I know the PrepareDlg pops up (modeless dialog) briefly at very
beginning, but is there a way to 'pause' it there or slow it down from
disappearing so fast? I want to check one thing out on the layout and it
disappears too fast for me to tell.
We have our own PrepareDlg defined (with
Sounds like a bug in signtool.exe or one of its dependencies (if any) if
it works OK on smaller MSIs on the same machine.
Which version of the Windows SDK are you using? I'm using signtool from
the v6.1 SDK (have installed v7.0 but I've not gotten around to
modifying my build scripts as yet) but t
In my msi there are 3 types of installations listed in a radio button group
in a setup type dialog - Default, custom, and complete. If Default or
Complete is chosen, then the product is installed to ProgramFilesFolder. If
the user chooses Custom then in the next dialog they can choose a custom
loca
All - I have had problems trying to sign one of my installers. Smaller msi's
sign without any problem but I have an 800Mb msi file that will not sign.
I have tried signing it on 2 different machines
One of them gives me the error
SignTool Error: ISignedCode::Sign returned error: 0x800920
Update: I installed/uninstalled the product 100 times on a particular machine
(using a script) and the problem with my custom action occurred just once out
of those 100 attempts
From: Michael Bednarek
Sent: 02 March 2010 08:37
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject
Hi all,
Our product fails to install (seemingly at random) once every so often. Once
this failure occurs on a given machine, it is not usually possible to reproduce
the problem again (re-installing the product will work fine).
The machines on which the install fails are VMs which all come from
In my msi I have a custom action that launches notepad.exe with a Readme
document after installation is complete. Sometimes notepad launches in the
background, behind other windows. Is there any way to force it to the
foreground?
I found this question asked earlier but there were no replies.
http:/
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