Re: [WiX-users] How to check if JRE is installed using WIX

2010-04-03 Thread ppremk
Hi, I am doing this for my package, not sure if this is the correct way, but might be of help: (JREINSTALLED) there might be better ways to achieve this but this works for my package and alerts users cheers -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-check-if-

[WiX-users] Signing MSI's

2010-04-03 Thread ppremk
Hello Guru's I have begun my journey with wix and have found it very powerful. I intend to sign my MSI package with a valid cert. My code below is how I am doing it right now. the question is: 1. is this the valid way of achieving it? 2. what is the difference between the MSIPackage

Re: [WiX-users] Building Patches With Pyro

2010-04-03 Thread Kyle Huey
Looks like the problem was that I was running torch with just -a when I needed to be running it with -ax. Everything seems to work correctly after changing that. On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Kyle Huey wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm using WIX 3.0 RTM to build patches for an MSI I've developed.

Re: [WiX-users] Annoying dialog in the beginning of installation

2010-04-03 Thread sd
I have a similar problem. It doesn't happen 100% of the time, and it doesn't have anything to do with large number of files (I only have 2 I'm installing and I've been told it's a bug). I haven't found a workaround so I added a custom string file (CustomStrings.wxl) to my project and added: htt

[WiX-users] Building Patches With Pyro

2010-04-03 Thread Kyle Huey
Hello All, I'm using WIX 3.0 RTM to build patches for an MSI I've developed. The MSIs work great, and I can build a patch off of the .wixpdb files, but if I try to create a patch off of an administrative installation of the MSIs pyro fails. See the following output: $ pyro -v -delta patch.wixms

Re: [WiX-users] First run notepad with my.cfg and only then start the service

2010-04-03 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/1/2010 9:28 AM, Viv Coco wrote: > shown to the user to modify as needed (I give the user the chance to > change it by running notepad.exe with my conf file during installing) > You can't run UI during InstallExecuteSequence. You should let the user configure after installation. -- sig:/

Re: [WiX-users] CreateFolder, Permission, ignore errors

2010-04-03 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/1/2010 5:37 AM, Alexander Gnauck wrote: > I have a setup where a folder is created and permissions should be set. > Under some conditions this can fail but should abort the installation on > failure. With File there is the vital flag, but I have found nothing > similar for CreateFolder and Per

Re: [WiX-users] Crash in Votive project build

2010-04-03 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/1/2010 6:55 AM, John Aldridge wrote: > I have a Votive(MSI) project in Visual Studio which sometimes crashes > right at the end of the build with the traceback > Try setting the RunWixToolsOutOfProc property in your .wixproj file and see if the crashes recur. -- sig://boB http://joyofs

Re: [WiX-users] Annoying dialog in the beginning of installation

2010-04-03 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/2/2010 6:08 PM, Rajendra Magar wrote: > Whenever I try to install my msi, I get a popup dialog with the message > "Please wait while the installer finishes determining you disk space > requirements." and "Return" button. > This is right after "I accept the terms in the License Agreement" fol

Re: [WiX-users] Annoying dialog in the beginning of installation

2010-04-03 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I don't have a solution but I think this is this bug: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642714&aid=2951181&gro up_id=105970. Quite a few people have reported it but no one has found a solution. Neil -Original Message- From: Rajendra Magar [mailto:rma...@newfrontieradvisors