Re: [WiX-users] Can WiX do this for me?

Instances of my application share files over the local network by sharing a Windows file share. The purpose of "browse to a network share" dialog is to choose the share to use. Something like this: http://i40.tinypic.com/2zfik8z.png No, not a mapped drive letter. Just \\computer\share\ . On Fri,

[WiX-users] UAC issue

Hello, I am really new to wix and I would like to ask about the UAC issue in wix. I could not install in Vista and windows 7 OS (Japanese). I have researched and most of my searches tells me to elevate my privileges. But, how should I really do this? I have tried to set my package's attribu

Re: [WiX-users] Can WiX do this for me?

...and in that original post what is the purpose of the "browse to a network share"? What's going to happen there? Also, if "share" means "mapped drive letter" then that has some issues for a per-machine install if other users log on and expect to use it. Phil Wilson -Original Message-

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe: Add attribute Win64="yes" to Component elements?

No, heat doesn't harvest 64-bit information. I just do a find/replace (sed would work from the command line if it needs scripting) Find: Guid="*"> Replace: Guid="*" Win64="yes"> Sascha On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM, jeff00seattle wrote: > > Hi > > I am using heat.exe of WiX 3.0. > > Can it

Re: [WiX-users] Install x64-DLL

You can happily build MSIs targeting the x64 platform on x86 boxes, there's no problem there. They just won't *run* on x86 boxes. FWIW, I have a dedicated x86 VM for running WiX builds and I have never had a problem outputting MSI files targeting the x64 architecture. Sascha On Fri, Apr 23, 2010

[WiX-users] heat.exe: Add attribute Win64="yes" to Component elements?

Hi I am using heat.exe of WiX 3.0. Can it add attribute Win64="yes" to Component elements when it harvests? - Thanks Jeff in Seattle -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/heat-exe-Add-attribute-Win64-yes-to-Component-elements-tp4947

Re: [WiX-users] Execute a script

same here on every tuesday I update to the latest weekly build. try build 1616. that works fine for me. creates SQL database runs scrips and also modifies the the App.config file which is a XML file. Regards, Asiri Wanigarathne http://www.asiri.name On 23 April 2010 02:26, Will Sullivan wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Install x64-DLL

I just got into this thread. I need to create both x86 and x64 MSI installs, because x86 installs on x64 boxes is messing me up because of the both the registry changes to Wow6432Node and path changes to C:\Program Files (x86)\ So, to create a MSI to be truly x64 installed and not x86 installed

[WiX-users] Resolved: Adding Conditional prevents Source installation even after successful MSI run

The problem had to deal with To fix this problem was to change it to Somehow there was label conflict - Thanks Jeff in Seattle -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Adding-Conditional-prevents-Source-installation-even-after-s

Re: [WiX-users] Install x64-DLL

Never mind. I just got it working. I must have typo'd something. It works with Win64="yes", and I do indeed get an ICE80 warning. Thanks, Matt -Original Message- From: Matt Johnson [mailto:ma...@timeamerica.com] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 3:15 PM To: General discussion for Window

Re: [WiX-users] PropertyRef WIX_SUITE_WH_SERVER

Bump? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/PropertyRef-WIX-SUITE-WH-SERVER-tp4933515p4947530.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] Install x64-DLL

Sorry Pally, I was directing my question to you. Not sure how I got "Thomas"... must have been looking at another email. :) -Original Message- From: Matt Johnson Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 3:12 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: RE: [WiX-users] I

Re: [WiX-users] Install x64-DLL

Hi Thomas, I'm fighting with the very example you gave. I've got a x86 package, and I am fine with it running under WOW on x64. In one particular case, I need to read from the 64-bit registry if it's x64, and from the 32-bit registry if not. In otherwords, I always want to get to HKLM\SOFTWA

[WiX-users] Need help tracking down how my Cancel button in ProgressDlg gets re-enabled by itself during InstallFinalize

Hi, In my install project, I've already created custom action to successfully hide the cancel button in the ProgressDlg. During installation, I do see that the cancel button was hidden. However, during "RollbackCleanup" stage (I assume it is in the InstallFinalize action), I see that the cancel

Re: [WiX-users] Speeding up Light command

Have you looked into using torch and pyro to generate your patches? Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Pally Sandher wrote: > Just as an example I decided to try this out with a large installer of > ours (900 MB un

Re: [WiX-users] Can WiX do this for me?

http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ -Original Message- From: Ansis Māliņš [mailto:ansis.mal...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 7:44 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can WiX do this for me? Bump. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Ansis Māliņš wrote:

[WiX-users] What does Light do?

Can anyone tell me more about the actions that Light does? For example, does linking happen before binding? When is the .wixout or .wixpdb file created? When are unreal tables used and is it okay to drop them with the -dut flag? We'd like to optimize our calls to Light and any info about the order

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile & FirewallException

Strike that. Figured it out, changed my XmlFiles to XmlConfigs. And realized that XmlConfig breaks SqlDatabase and FirewallException. -Original Message- From: Will Sullivan [mailto:wsulli...@softdocs.com] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 12:41 PM To: General discussion for Windows Install

[WiX-users] How do you extract COM registration info from a 64-bit DLL or TLB?

This is with WiX 3.0. I have an installer that has a COM component. I'm using heat to harvest the COM configuration from both the DLL and TLB files into a fragment that I then include in my wix build. This works great. Now, I need to produce a 64-bit version of the same product, but I build it

[WiX-users] Adding Conditional prevents Source installation even after successful MSI run

Hi I am having problem with a conditional, whereby it is not installing files. The WiX generated MSI successfully completes: 1. The conditional requirement (tested to make sure it works by putting host in a unpassable state) 2. Shows that product is installed within "Control Panel\All Control Pan

Re: [WiX-users] Speeding up Light command

Just as an example I decided to try this out with a large installer of ours (900 MB uncompressed, 400 MB MSI with embedded CAB). With a single Media Element (CompressionLevel="high") it took 23 minutes to build (approximately). As I've a quad core CPU (Intel Core2 Q6600 running at stock 2.4 GHz p

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile & FirewallException

Looking again at XmlConfig, I remember why I bailed on it. While XmlFile is easy to parse and works as expected, XmlConfig has some very weird limitations and while I can figure out how to do what I want to do in XmlFile, I can't figure out how to do it in XmlConfig. Here's a simplified exampl

[WiX-users] Wix Custom Action - SchedXMLFile

Hi, I have an xml file (e.g.: Sampleconfig.xml) that contains a number of key-value configuration data such as connection string. During installation time, there is a custom action that takes these data from the sample config file, and populate them as MSI properties. E.g.: the custom act

Re: [WiX-users] Execute a script

1602. I usually install the latest weekly release, but didn't do the last one. I don't see any movement on the bug. What version are you having success with? -Original Message- From: Asiri Wanigarathne [mailto:waas...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:54 PM To: General disc

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile & FirewallException

But MY problems are more important than anybody else's problems! Surely you got that memo, right? I'll check out XmlConfig, but I seem to remember I had to bail on that for some other reason. BTW, if you guys are working on IIS7, go right ahead and keep on ignoring me. Just let me know, k?

[WiX-users] Referencing a command from a Rollback & Uninstall custom action to avoid duplication

Hi, This question is from a maintenance perspective where currently I am duplicating the same command in a Rollback custom action and a Uninstall custom action. If you notice from the following example, I am duplicating the command for the rollback action "SetBtsAddAppRollback" in the uninstal

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile & FirewallException

Yes, we will do something about it. The bug is open along with a little less than 100 other bugs in WiX v3.5. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Pally Sandher wrote: > Use XMLConfig instead? > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Deployment & IT Administrator > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 94

Re: [WiX-users] Create 32-bit application pool

Oh nice, thanks for the tip! I'll look into doing it that way. --Anthony -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:32 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Create 32-bit application p

Re: [WiX-users] Create 32-bit application pool

Hi, Can't you just do somthing similar to ... We use this to set pipline mode from wix 3.0. Dave -Original Message- From: Anthony Nelson [mailto:anel...@ademero.com] Sent: 22 April 2010 15:16 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-user

Re: [WiX-users] Installing driver with Wix3.0.5419.0

Palbinder, Thank you the advice was spot on the problem; no problem now with building MSI, now I'm off to test :) Thanks again. Regards Vaughn On 22 Apr 2010, at 1:18 PM, "Pally Sandher" wrote: > Modify your WiX element in wixImsClient.wxs to > http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; > x

Re: [WiX-users] Create 32-bit application pool

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks! Anthony Nelson http://www.ademero.com/ o: 863 937-0272 x242 f: 863 582-9438 -Original Message- From: Anthony Nelson [mailto:anel...@ademero.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 12:39 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] Localization issues when using firewall extension

Your error says that the variable "WixSchedFirewallExceptionsInstall" is undefined. It works for en-us as from looking at the sources there is an en-us.wxl compiled into the WixFirewallExtension.dll which contains Configuring Windows Firewall I suggest downloading the WiX v3.0 sources & usin

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile & FirewallException

Use XMLConfig instead? Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office -

Re: [WiX-users] How to create or modify a web.config file in IIS root directory?

Hi, You probably could get around this by doing a file search for the web.config and then using the resultant property as a condition on whether to install the template web.config. Alternatively you may find it much easier to just create a new website in IIS and install the web.config to t

Re: [WiX-users] How to create or modify a web.config file in IIS root directory?

i changed one line, i removed the element and wrote (without it i couldnt compile) existing web.config files will be correctly modified and by uninstall the only the new modified conent will be deleted :) BUT if no web.config files already exists, the setup crashs with (cant open web.config file

[WiX-users] XmlFile & FirewallException

So, its clear that XmlFile breaks SqlDatabase (I'm real happy at the way this issue is being ignored, btw). Its also become clear to me that XmlFile also breaks FirewallException. Is there nothing XmlFile can'

Re: [WiX-users] How to create or modify a web.config file in IIS root directory?

i tried more things and now i am really confused... i am using Win7 and there it overwrites the already existing web.config file and by uninstall it delets the web.config file X_x in WinXP it doesnt overwrites the existing web.config file --> code will be added to the existing web.config file *yee

Re: [WiX-users] How to create or modify a web.config file in IIS root directory?

hmm my code only creates a web.config file and overwrites an existing web.config :( (i have to set a empty web.config file in the IISROOT directory to compile it). This empty web.config will be created and after its created it will be modifed. thats not what i want :( i want that he create

[WiX-users] Localization issues when using firewall extension

I've written up a question on stackoverflow regarding a localization issue. Hope the good people on this mailinglist is interested to provide an answer on stackoverflow since the formatting is a better on stackoverflow and the data which the user write (questions and answers) is under a creative co

Re: [WiX-users] Install x64-DLL

As far as I've been able to explore, you can't write to x64 areas of the registry in an x86 MSI. You can however read from them using RegistrySearch's with Win64="yes" (although this causes ICE80 warnings). Thomas to do what you want to do you'll need 2 MSI's, one for x86 platforms & one for x6

Re: [WiX-users] Can WiX do this for me?

Bump. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Ansis Māliņš wrote: > Before I spend a substantial amount of time learning WiX, I must know if it > can solve my problem. > > This is what I want: http://i40.tinypic.com/svjw2s.png > > 1. If an (older) installation exists already, the wizard calls up some >

[WiX-users] How to create or modify a web.config file in IIS root directory?

Hi i want to make a parent web.config file by WiX in the IIS root directory. I cant know, if a web.config file will already exists in the IIS root directory or not, so i have to create a web.config file if there is no one and only modify it , if there is already a web.config file (without deleting

Re: [WiX-users] Installer crash on scanning large network drive

Crashing & hanging are 2 very different things, confusing them will cause you a lot of problems. It doesn't even sound like this is hanging, it's just taking time to do the operation & you're not patient enough to wait for it. Windows Installer & WiX are also 2 different things. If you have Window

Re: [WiX-users] Installing driver with Wix3.0.5419.0

Modify your WiX element in wixImsClient.wxs to http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:difxapp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/DifxAppExtension";> Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design

Re: [WiX-users] Dependency Conditionals?

The first example (Property Id="JDK32") will work for both x86 & x64 platforms. The second property is unnecessary. Modify the example LaunchCondition appropriately. MSI's must be authored for x86 or x64 platforms. x86 MSI's will install on x64 systems & be redirected to the WOW64 areas automatica

Re: [WiX-users] XmlConfig results in ICE27 failure

Your XMLConfig code looks correct so it appears your IISROOT property isn't being set. Check a verbose log. Also there may be a property in IIS Extension which does the searching work for you. However seeing as I can't even find IISMAJORVERSION & IISMINORVERSION anywhere in the v3.0 WiX.chm you ma

Re: [WiX-users] XmlConfig results in ICE27 failure

Hi! i am trying to modify a maybe existing web.config file in the IIS root directory (default = c:\inetpub\wwwroot) but if i try this code below, a error occurs: "The system cannot find the file 'SourceDir\PFiles\web.config' " Why the hell is it using the parent directories? i thought the paramete

Re: [WiX-users] Checking for Self install

> I am attempting to determine if a specific version of a product is already > installed on the system. I basically want to do this to disallow/bail out of > an install if the MSI that is being executed is already installed on the > system. 1) If you run the same msi again you enter the maint

Re: [WiX-users] attributes column in feature table

thanks Rob it worked. Thanks for the links. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/attributes-column-in-feature-table-tp4912080p4941806.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -

Re: [WiX-users] attributes column in feature table

This link lists the installer tables with links to more information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368259%28VS.85%29.aspx Reading the information for Condition and Property tables is usually useful. By following a couple of links from the Property table page you can find the Property

Re: [WiX-users] attributes column in feature table

Hi Rob, It worked but i don't want message to be popped up on Modify/Repair options. In such cases with what condition should i add to Remove="ALL" ?. Also is there any link which gives the table so that i can refer to? Regards, Subramanyeswari -- View this message in context: http://window