Re: [WiX-users] Detecting .Net Framework 3.5 Installed Or Not to skip the Custom Dialog.

2010-04-14 Thread Sascha Beaumont
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/check_for_dotnet.htm On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Vishwajit Walke wrote: > On the similar lines can I detect the .Net Framework Installed or not ? > > From: Vishwajit Walke > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:27 AM > To: 'General discussion for Windows

[WiX-users] Detecting .Net Framework 3.5 Installed Or Not to skip the Custom Dialog.

2010-04-14 Thread Vishwajit Walke
On the similar lines can I detect the .Net Framework Installed or not ? From: Vishwajit Walke Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:27 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Detecting ASP.Net Extensions Installed Or Not to skip the Custom Dialog. Hi, I'm done with

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall problems

2010-04-14 Thread Sascha Beaumont
See my post earlier this week (http://n2.nabble.com/correct-upgrade-table-td4876031.html) showing the solution I've come up with to prevent the user from installing different 'builds' of the same product. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Viv Coco wrote: > I got into this problem once when I did

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall problems

2010-04-14 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Bad bad bad bad bad... Rob put together a good post explaining why it's so nasty... http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2009/3/6/More-on-Haacks-Troubleshooting-Windows-MSI-Installers On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Johann Taferl, T-AU wrote: > Hi, > > try using the "windows installer clean up

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Vista VirtualStore from CustomAction

2010-04-14 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Unfortunately, no. You're going to need to redesign your data migration process, possibly requiring a manual step or separate tool that runs pre or post install as the user. Sascha On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Francesc Castells wrote: > Thanks Sascha, > >From your comment, I studied wh

[WiX-users] Pyro and not uninstallable patches

2010-04-14 Thread F Santiago
Hey guys, I have a case here that I was wondering if you could help. We've been looking at how Pyro makes MSP's. There are some rules which have been baked into Pyro so that a particular configuration of a patch has to be built with a not-Uninstallable switch. We found one of the situati

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with build order under MSBuild 4.0

2010-04-14 Thread Sironi, Mark
To reply to my own post: I did some digging in the Wix2010.targets file and found the below target, ResolveProjectReferences. It looks like the second command should be invoked to actually build the project (based on the comments). However when the build runs via MSBuild, BuildProjectReferences

[WiX-users] Problem with build order under MSBuild 4.0

2010-04-14 Thread Sironi, Mark
I'm having problems with project build order trying to build solutions with Wix projects using the .Net 4.0 MSBuild. I have a solution with an exe project and a Wix setup project to install the exe. The Wix project contains a reference to the setup project. When I build the solution in VS2010 it

[WiX-users] Preventing downgrade after upgrading multiple products to one (resent)

2010-04-14 Thread msw000
Sorry about the formatting of the last post; somehow my mail client stripped out all the newlines. Let me try this again: I'd think there must be a way to do this, but I haven't found one in the MSI docs or wix-users archives. I've got two existing installers for different products with diffe

[WiX-users] Preventing downgrade after upgrading multiple products to one

2010-04-14 Thread msw000
I'd think there must be a way to do this, but I haven't found one in the MSI docs or wix-users archives. I've got two existing installers for different products with different upgrade codes. I'd like to make a new installer which will be a major upgrade replacing both of them. That's easy, righ

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceDependency does not parse variables?

2010-04-14 Thread David Watson
Also doesn't $(env.COMPUTERNAME) evaluate at build time to the name of the build machine? You can use the [ComputerName] property instead directly into your dependency. Something like... Dave -Original Message- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: 14 April 2010

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

2010-04-14 Thread John Aldridge
On 14/04/2010 01:59, Bob Arnson wrote: > Could you turn on verbose MSBuild logging and capture another failure? > That should be good enough in a bug report to get the MSBuild/Votive > folks on the case. Bug ID 2987220 Thank you again. -- Cheers, John --

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceDependency does not parse variables?

2010-04-14 Thread Wilson, Phil
The service dependency in the MSI file's ServiceInstall table is Formatted type, so [PROPERTY] should work. Does a log tell you that it's being set? And if it's from the UI phase is in the SecureCustomProperties list? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: glenneroo [mailto:gl...@glenn

[WiX-users] ServiceDependency does not parse variables?

2010-04-14 Thread glenneroo
I'm trying to install a service with a pile of CORBA dependencies, which, unfortunately are dynamically generated and based on the name of the PC. I've set my variables, e.g. Within my block i have tried: and ...neither of which works. To verify the variables, i tested $(var.ITCONFIG)

[WiX-users] ComboBox change event?

2010-04-14 Thread Scharp, Craig
Hi all, In my wix UI, I would like to stay on the same screen and update values on that screen when the user changes the selection in the combo box. I can get it to work if I change the selection on the combo box and move to another screen using properties, but I'm wondering if there is a way

[WiX-users] Parallel builds of Wix projects

2010-04-14 Thread Gary Schorer
I'm trying to build a large set of projects (hundreds) in parallel with msbuild.exe. It includes a mix of Wix and C# projects. Using the /m flag, msbuild is perfectly happy to give me a build process for every core and build the C# projects in parallel. However, when it hits Wix projects, it seems

[WiX-users] Detecting ASP.Net Extensions Installed Or Not to skip the Custom Dialog.

2010-04-14 Thread Vishwajit Walke
Hi, I'm done with the IIS 6.0 Detection through Wix 3.0 (IISMAJORVERSION="#6"). On the similar lines, can I check for ASP.Net Extensions ? Thanks. Vishwajit. READER BEWARE: Unencrypted, unsigned Internet e-mail is inherently insecure. Internet messages may

Re: [WiX-users] Deferred custom action creates directories in the installation directory

2010-04-14 Thread Dariel Marlow
That's exactly why it is of concern; it doesn't remove the temp directory after running. The other is not a native-code custom action, both are managed. I'll investigate further as to why there are differences and see if I can narrow it down. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.5 Build error

2010-04-14 Thread Antony Walmsley
I was getting the same error following an upgrade from Visual Studio 2008 / Wix 3 to Visual Studio 2010 / Wix 3.5.1602.0. It seems that, when upgrading, the value of in the wixproj file is not changed from v3 to v3.5. The line "" is also not changed correctly. On 5 March 2010 02:57, Bob Arnson

Re: [WiX-users] Disable feature when feature already installed

2010-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/13/2010 10:02 PM, puyo puy wrote: > Thanks for your quick response. Is that possible to detect the spelling check > feature and display “Feature already installed” when it already installed by > other product? > AFAIK, the feature tree control doesn't support that. -- sig://boB http://

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper

2010-04-14 Thread Jeffrey Bindinga
Please check the bypass if statement, you've forgotten a value for the compare: -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Bootstrapper-tp4901722p4901793.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] To set property with the value of another property, use a CustomAction with Property and Value attributes?!

2010-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/14/2010 2:58 AM, Erich Nurr wrote: > now only the defined value ( - ) will be set and not the Value of the > Property which should be like: > c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe > You're not setting that property; you're setting the property ASPNETREGIIS. Don'

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall problems

2010-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/14/2010 9:26 AM, Johann Taferl, T-AU wrote: > try using the "windows installer clean up" to delete the entry in your > software list. > Avoid MsiZap at all costs: It modifies MSI's knowledge of what's installed but doesn't actually remove any resources. Instead of mucking around with t

Re: [WiX-users] Deferred custom action creates directories in the installation directory

2010-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
On 4/13/2010 9:52 PM, Dariel Marlow wrote: > I have another installer that is running with elevated privileges and its > deferred custom actions are executing from the windows\installer directory. I > can't find why one runs from the program files directory while the other runs > from windows in

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall problems

2010-04-14 Thread Jeffrey Bindinga
I fix the uninstall problem. I installed a ODBC driver using the functionality in wix and installed the files into the System32 folder. I made the files permanent, but the odbc driver funtionality in wix still wanted to remove the driver which failed. After moving the driver files for odbc to

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper

2010-04-14 Thread Carolina Zuqueto Amaral
Hi, I created a bootstrapper, but it isn´t efficient. There is a program what when it is installed, the bootstrapper does not recognize. And the program is reinstalled. This program is the HASP. How can I solve this? PROJ File: http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003";>

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall problems

2010-04-14 Thread Johann Taferl, T-AU
Hi, try using the "windows installer clean up" to delete the entry in your software list. Luck, Johann _ FN: 53380 a; Landesgericht Salzburg; DVR-Nr: 0684317 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This message i

[WiX-users] Execute a script

2010-04-14 Thread Carolina Zuqueto Amaral
Hi, I created a path for to do the following changes: - Remove a file - Update some files - Execute a script But, the third option did not work. Setup Commands: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:Util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExte

Re: [WiX-users] Accessing Vista VirtualStore from CustomAction

2010-04-14 Thread Francesc Castells
Thanks Sascha, >From your comment, I studied what is going on in the installer with the impersonation, etc...and you'll probably scream here, but the thing is: 1- The installer is "per machine" and updates a "per user" installation (this can't be changed) 2- It runs elevated, with admin rights, ot

Re: [WiX-users] Is "neutral culture" package really necessary?

2010-04-14 Thread Rob Hamflett
It should work. I make an English MSI and a Japanese MSI. I then use torch to create a Japanese transform which can be applied to the English MSI. Rob On 14/04/2010 10:26, Yan Sklyarenko wrote: > Hello WiX community, > > It is well-known that the best "supported" way of having all > localizat

[WiX-users] Is "neutral culture" package really necessary?

2010-04-14 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
Hello WiX community, It is well-known that the best "supported" way of having all localization in a single MSI package is: - create a package with neutral culture - create a package for each culture - generate language transforms and embed into the "neutral culture" package - use bootstrapper

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall problems

2010-04-14 Thread Viv Coco
I got into this problem once when I did the following: 1) Create MyInstaller.msi Version X.X.X 2) Use this installer to install my product 3) Create again the MyInstaller.msi Version X.X.X, meaning a new rebuild of the msi but with the same version and different Product GUID and Package GUID as i

Re: [WiX-users] To set property with the value of another property, use a CustomAction with Property and Value attributes?!

2010-04-14 Thread Erich Nurr
thx for reply! i tried the folowing code: -- ASPNETREGIIS AND NOT Installed and i tried the same with AssignToProperty="yes" in the follow Code: ---