You can create a .url file yourself (INI format) or put the URL in the Target
of a classic element. See the comments at
http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/03/18/new-wix-feature-internet-shortcuts/
Best regards,
Sebastian Brand
www.instyler.com | blog.sebastianbrand.com
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Hi,
Where is your RemoveExistingProducts scheduled? I assume the IIS stuff doesn't
handle upgrades well depending on how the existing IIS app/vdir is removed.
If you are using Wix 3.5, check out the element, otherwise see
http://jpassing.com/2007/06/16/where-to-place-removeexistingproducts-in-a
Try to remove the custom action, the WIXUI_INSTALLDIR is an indirect property
that should just contain the name of the property that shall contain the path,
not the path itself.
Best regards,
Sebastian Brand
www.instyler.com | blog.sebastianbrand.com
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From: Andy.Kr
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And my launch condition syntax is fine.
anything I'm missing here?
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I am facing the same problem now, and it seems to be a common bug?
I also hope to see the answer in this post
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Thanks for your recommendation, I tried to set ConfigureIfExists for
, while during repair, I still got error while configuring
existing website. Is this a common issue for WIX or I was doing something
wrong in my code? btw, I am working on 64bit server of Win2008
Here is the new Logs:
Action end
That looks like the problem. Looks like I can simply specify
UpgradeVersion/@MigrateFeatures="yes" and wix will do the rest.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
Matt Johnson MCPD, MCTS, MCSD, MCDBA
Director of Application Development
Time America, Inc.
ma...@timeamerica.com | www.tim
Matt
Do you have the action MigrateFeatureStates in your Install and UI execution
sequences.
Michael
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From: Matt Johnson [mailto:ma...@timeamerica.com]
Sent: Friday, 7 May 2010 6:54 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Ho
There is no Icon property on util:InternetShortcut.
Is there a workaround to change the icon? I want the url shortcuts to the
web-app I'm installing to have my applicaton's icon instead of internet
explorer.
Thanks,
Matt Johnson MCPD, MCTS, MCSD, MCDBA
Director of Application Development
Time
No, like a lot of ASP.NET config files I've seen, it's part XHTML, part
JavaScript, and part XML.
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From: Mike Carlson (DEV DIV) [mailto:mica...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 3:44 PM
To: General discussion for Windows In
Is the file you're trying to modify valid XML?
I'd really avoid writing your own CA, if at all possible. They're notorious for
inadvertently ruining your MSI's support for rollback, uninstall, and/or
various patch scenarios.
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From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jc...@mi
Using the boxed File Id's helped a lot. It appears Default.aspx is a lost
cause and I'll need to craft a CA to do some substitutions in the file. Anyone
have something like this? As advertised, web.config seems to work fine.
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From
Also, you should make sure the file you're editing is parsable as XML. My
guess is that an aspx file is not. You would be better off moving the item
you're trying to change to a setting in the web.config. You can definately
edit the web.config as xml.
Matt Johnson MCPD, MCTS, MCSD, MCDBA
D
The Default.aspx lacked an line, but
both Web.config files have it and are treated in exactly the same way as the
original Default.aspx.
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From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jc...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 2:32 PM
Where you have:
File="[INSTALLLOCATION][ProductName]\Default.aspx"
Try this instead:
File="[#FDEFAULTASPX]"
The [#filekey] syntax will resolve to the correct location.
Matt Johnson MCPD, MCTS, MCSD, MCDBA
Director of Application Development
Time America, Inc.
ma...@timeamerica.com | www.tim
Yes, it is definitely possible. The Default.aspx file in an ASP.NET
configuration file. The two Web.config files are both for IIS7. I'll check.
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From: Mike Carlson (DEV DIV) [mailto:mica...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2
We use the wix extensions from http://msiext.codeplex.com, including for UI
that allows you to configure the target database connection. The current beta
of MsiExt supports SQL parsing, so you get execution with GO statements (or
other separator if you're trying to do Oracle for example). It sup
Is it possible your XML file has an inaccurate header? I've seen people before
with an XML header like this:
But their file isn't actually saved in UTF-8 format. This mismatch will cause
MSXML (which XmlFile uses) to fail on that file, everytime - I don't remember
with what error code.
Anot
You can use other custom actions to concatenate several properties:
MyWholeString will end up being
[PropA][PropB][PropC][PropD][PropE][PropF][ProG][PropH][PropI]
You can do this as little or as much as needed. Each of the three strings in
this example can hold up to 255
I used to use Neil's approach - executing sqlcmd from CAQuietExec. However, I
quickly found that there's one major drawback - you can't control the
installer's progress bar inside a sqlcmd script.
Many of my db scripts are quite long, so we need some interaction with the user
or they'll think
I've followed the article in the Wix docs titled "How To: Implement a Major
Upgrade In Your Installer".
Everything works fine, except when I perform the major upgrade, it uses the
default feature selection rather than selecting the features that were
installed with the prior version.
So I have
This is what I do:
http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/executing-sqlcmd-from-wix.ht
ml
Neil
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From: lewisv [mailto:le...@nitorco.com]
Sent: 06 May 2010 21:25
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] db install thoughts
I am working on a install
I am working on a install app that needs to install/update a db.
The system will need to install/upgrade the database.
The first time i will need to create db (with one or more sql files),
Each time after that I will need to issue one or more scripts based on the
current version of the db.
I
Here's the portion of the WiX:
Here's a portion of the error log:
Action start 11:42:22: SchedXmlFile.
Action start 11:42:22: ExecXmlFile.
Action ended 11:42:22: ExecXmlFile. Return value 1.
Action ended 11:42:22: SchedXmlFile. Return value 1.
Acti
I have a custom action that ends up calling an executable with a large number
of parameters (specifically, the parameters contain fully qualified paths).
This naturally ends up causing the ExeCommand to exceeds its length limit.
What is the best (or recommended) way of handling the scenario
...
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And my launch condition syntax is fine.
Let me know if you need anything else
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Andy
Hello,
I'm using the latest build of the WiX 3.5.1630.0
and I have a problem while attempt to update currently installed product.
I don't know how to avoid this that's why I here :)
I'm trying to update my product and run in command line:
msiexec /i setupproject.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=
Post your Directory Tree where INSTALLDIR is used (not the entire thing
just a decent snippet) & the Property element you use for
WIXUI_INSTALLDIR.
Your RegistrySearch looks fine but the Custom Action may not be
necessary (also you need a capital C in LaunchConditions).
Palbinder Sandher
Softwar
Okie I'm clear about the first part,
This is what I'm doing to retain the old INSTALLDIR
But this doesn't work.
Upgrade always installs to the default path.
any ideas??
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Andy
MSI Developer
Schneider Electric
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Condition the InstallDirDlg Events with "NOT Installed" & it will only
show during the first install, not upgrades.
See
http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/08/customised-uis-for-wix.html
if you need help modifying the stock WiX UI sets.
As long as you use a RegistrySearch to set INSTALLDIR ap
Hi all,
I am creating a patch basing on previous released version msi and new version
one, both include a service's install and start codes,
The problem is the patch I created uninstalled previous services and installed
the service again, even though the service file keep same with previous
rel
I'm trying to hide installation path selection dialog during an upgrade and
install to the previous INSTALLDIR path stored in the registry. But it
always installs to the default path.
Is it a must to show InstallDirDlg always part of upgrade??
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Andy
MSI Developer
Schneider Electric
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Total shot in the dark, but are you declaring the deferred CA Impersonate="No"?
Otherwise you're running as the calling user, so maybe it's something to do
with CAS.
dB. @ dblock.org
Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York
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From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com]
It could make an interesting custom action.
Microsoft CAB supports extracting files from any source (disk, stream, memory,
etc.). Elmue's cablib
(http://www.codeproject.com/KB/files/CABCompressExtract.aspx) knows how to deal
with all of it, for example how to extract single files from a CAB em
If it is possible in your case, I would change the build script to dump these
files to the custom MSI table(s) and let the CA read the table(s) to pull
necessary data and alter the behavior of the installation. Thus, you won't need
to perform heavy operations in immediate CA. And moreover, you g
Thanks for your reply Dov. I am using WiX 3.0.5419.0. My VM has 1.5GB RAM and
is otherwise idle, so I hope that it's not a memory issue!
I have been investigating this further and have been able to reproduce the
issue with a very simple installer:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>
Hi,
Yeah, I considered that option as well. Felt like duplication though (it is
actually 8-10 files I might need to read, albeit small ones), and I wasn't
entirely comfortable with that. Perhaps I will choose that solution after
all, now that I've explored the alternative.
Thanks for you opinion!
If you are happy to build your installer with the help file not
compressed into a cab, you can use the OriginalDatabase property to find
the file and use the WixShellExec custom action (documented in the wix3
help) to run it.
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From: Sebastian Brand [mailto:sebast...@inst
A Custom Action must point to a DLL/EXE/VBScript or Jscript.
If the file must be in the MSI itself you cannot run it using a
VBScript/DLL/EXE Custom action because the .chm is not extracted yet. You could
wrap the .CHM in a small EXE and run that then...
Best regards,
Sebastian Brand
www.instyl
Hi,
Couldn't you just put the file in the binary table as well as install it, may
be simpler overall than your approach.
Dave
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From: Niklas Söderberg [mailto:niklas.soderb...@gmail.com]
Sent: 06 May 2010 08:40
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
S
I recommend you to set the ConfigureIfExists="no" attribute for
tag then update the website settings using C#/C++ custom
action.
Regards,
Houssam Hamdan
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From: Yan, Lu (Shanghai) [mailto:l...@husky.ca]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:31 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforg
Is it possible to run .chm file during installation?
I added one checkbox, and if it's checked custom action is called which
should show install guide.
I tried this:
Checkbox state is checked on Next button click:
SHOW_INSTALL_GUIDE = "1"
It works if I define executable file in Binary ele
Thanks for your suggestions, but I guess I didn't emphasize enough that I
need to read the file in an _immediate_ custom action, that is, I need to
read it from the installation package before the file gets installed. I
guess there's no easy way to do it, so the way I solved it was to
temporarily e
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