Re: [WiX-users] Failed to open XM === applicationHost.config

Here are some gotchas to be aware of when using XmlConfig/XmlFile to modify IIS 7's applicationHost.config file : - You have to be elevated in order to *read* in the file. In my case, I was parsing the file from the UI sequence in order to present a list of web sites to the user. The simplest (

Re: [WiX-users] Which one to use? WIX3 or WIX3.5beta?

I agree *except* IIS support. IIS7 support in WiX v3.5 is still having the bugs worked out. On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Blair wrote: > The core toolset in 3.5 is quite stable, but it is still recommended that > you upgrade at least every month (grabbing the latest weekly release each > time

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0 error with .net 4

Using this config file, I get the following in the logs: SFXCA: Failed to get requested CLR info. Error code 0x80131700 SFXCA: Ensure that the proper version of the .NET Framework is installed, or that there is a matching supportedRuntime element in CustomAction.config. This i

Re: [WiX-users] Which one to use? WIX3 or WIX3.5beta?

The core toolset in 3.5 is quite stable, but it is still recommended that you upgrade at least every month (grabbing the latest weekly release each time) until it RTMs. The stuff in 3.5 that is not in 3.0 has less bake time than most of the toolset, but if you are not using any of that, it doesn't

[WiX-users] Which one to use? WIX3 or WIX3.5beta?

Hi, Our team is about to use WIX to create installer for our product, and we need to decide which version of wix to choose. Although the wix s...@codeplex recommend to download wix3.0, I also saw this from tfsbuild.com

Re: [WiX-users] MSI vs Windows 7 UAC

A couple of observations: Add Impersonate="no" to your CustomAction declarations. That attribute defaults to "yes". You are impersonating the installing user instead of running those CAs as SYSTEM. Normally custom actions are run from the Binary table instead of the File table, unless you also ne

Re: [WiX-users] Candle is ignoring preprocessor arguments

It's so weird, we have MSBuild message tasks, outputting the environment variable, and pre-build events outputting the variable, each correctly displaying the value in the build log. If we place the hard-coded path in the pre-processor args list instead of a redirection to the environment var, i

Re: [WiX-users] Help related to AppPool

Regarding the uninstallation, all uninstallation by the WiX custom actions is based on component refcounting. I.e. when the last component of guid "8AB78BF1-B785-4203-B23B-2CEB31757ADA" is uninstalled from the system, all things inside that component will be removed. Although this has the unfor

Re: [WiX-users] MSI vs Windows 7 UAC

1) NOT Installed Installed 2) NOT Installed NOT Installed 3,4) As I said, very annoying and looks unprofessional. The thought is that

[WiX-users] Help related to AppPool

Hi I have create an Wix install which basically installs an WebApplicaiton. This installer has 2 dialog which are similar. Both of them take IIS Website, AppPool and Virtual Directory. In my case the AppPool and WebSite are the same. I always give “DefaultAppPool” during install. This installs

Re: [WiX-users] MSI vs Windows 7 UAC

1 - Post the Custom Action WiX code. Could be a number of things. 2 - See 1. 3 - That's expected behaviour. Windows Installer won't request elevation until it needs to which is when the InstallExecuteSequence starts (hence anything needing elevation should be in the InstallExecuteSequence between

Re: [WiX-users] MSI vs Windows 7 UAC

The phrase "Cabinet error code 11" seems to indicate that the cabinet may be corrupt. The general 1603 code tells you nothing although, it is a general error code for the whole install failing Regards, greenaj Kurt Jensen wrote: > P.S. I have incorporated the tools in 2-4, without any

Re: [WiX-users] MSI vs Windows 7 UAC

P.S. I have incorporated the tools in 2-4, without any of these problems, in our current installation using Visual Studio vdproj. Surely there is some setting I am missing but have not found yet. -Original Message- From: Kurt Jensen [mailto:kurt.jen...@ophir-spiricon.com] Sent: Wednesda

Re: [WiX-users] error CNDL0242

hello Peter Shirtcliffe, Thank you for your replay. I found out why the Windows Installer limits it, because of the limitation of the windows registry. The Windows Installer saves the values to the ARP (Add/Remove Programs) properties in the registry and there is the version key saved as a DWORD.

[WiX-users] MSI vs Windows 7 UAC

First I need some guidance. I have several problems which all appear related to dealing with UAC on Windows 7. But they may each require separate solutions. Should I post these separately? 1) On a Windows 7 computer with the default UAC setting, my installation appears to be failing because SF

Re: [WiX-users] VB script CA fails only on my laptop

sorry for typing mistake. function name is 'MSIProcessMessage'. Sanjay Rao wrote: > your custom action execution failed. > you can use 'm MSIProcessMessage' to insert log messages in msi log > file. Use this function in your custom action code to debug exactly > what is failing on your system.

Re: [WiX-users] VB script CA fails only on my laptop

your custom action execution failed. you can use 'm MSIProcessMessage' to insert log messages in msi log file. Use this function in your custom action code to debug exactly what is failing on your system. use following command to create logs - |msiexec /i your_installer.msi /l*v logs.txt Sanja

Re: [WiX-users] C++ Dependency Help

The answer is both.  In this case the VS2005 dll is third party and our VS2008 dll consumes it.  However we do have a very large baseline of reusable product line assets and sadly some of them are still in VB/C++ 6, VS2005.  The majority is in VS2008 and there is now exploration of VS2010.    Ou

Re: [WiX-users] C++ Dependency Help

As a long-time temporary setup guy I do help 'my' developers by loading exes and dlls in VS2008 and opening their manifests. I check module dependencies and tell devs if something is wrong. For example, normally (unless mandated by a binary third-party component) we don't want both 8 and 9 versi

Re: [WiX-users] C++ Dependency Help

Why are you development teams using 2 different development environments for the same product? If it's a 3rd party library or tool which needs the other one when your dev team are developing using the primary one then fair enough but if not, upgrade everything to VS 2008 & drop any requirement f

Re: [WiX-users] uninstalling files

Well good luck with that. Also from the code you pasted you've only got 1 Feature. What exactly do you expect to happen when you have no Features selected for install but you want your Product to still be installed? I assume you're using WiXUI_Mondo or a derivative of it when there's no benefit ov

Re: [WiX-users] C++ Dependency Help

I hadn't seen your post and didn't know about sxstrace.  I've googled it and it looks like sxstrace isn't available on XP/2003 which just happens to be the platforms we are deploying on.  Awesome! I'm starting to think my "setup guy" answer should be  "We deploy the latest 2005 and 2008 C++ red

Re: [WiX-users] uninstalling files

I need that as i do not want it to be seen in the programs & features. Regards, Subramanyeswari -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/uninstalling-files-tp5157670p5157941.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -

Re: [WiX-users] uninstalling files

You could get rid of for a start 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

Re: [WiX-users] How to schedule MaintenanceWelcomeDlg?

Looking at the WiX sources has all that information. In the v3.0 src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\MaintenanceWelcomeDlg.wxs there is the following: Installed AND NOT RESUME AND NOT Preselected Your code looks to me to be a quick & elegant solution to this issue

Re: [WiX-users] uninstalling files

Hi, What do you mean by ' Components referenced in more than 1 Feature per Component? '... This is my wxs code.

Re: [WiX-users] how to add alt key to Edit Box?

Image attachments get stripped from the list. You may want to upload it to somewhere & paste a URL to it or describe what you're trying to do. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + In

Re: [WiX-users] uninstalling files

It should work like that if your Features are properly authored without any extra work. That's one of the basic functionalities of Windows Installer. Do you have Components referenced in more than 1 Feature per Component? Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 94

Re: [WiX-users] Launch the Internet Problem

Looks like your Type 50 custom action is authored correctly to me. Check the BROWSER property is being set during the InstallExecuteSequence. Try adding 'Impersonate="yes"' to the CustomAction, "http://"; to the URL & maybe even adding 'Execute="immediate"' to the CustomAction (that's the default b

Re: [WiX-users] uninstalling files

seems to be i did not explain it. After installing, when i try for modify and unselecting some of the features, i want the corresponding files should get uninstalled. How to do that? Regards, Subramanyeswari -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.

Re: [WiX-users] uninstalling files

When are you unchecking those features? During install or maintenance (modify) or what? If it's during install I don't understand what you're asking, nothing is installed at that point. If it's during maintenance, that's how it works as long as your features are authored correctly. Palbinder Sandh

Re: [WiX-users] External UI like MS Office 2007

You're wrong about dotnetinstaller. You can chain together any executables, MSI's, MSP's & MSU's using it. Doesn't need to specifically be pre-requisites. If you want an external UI and don't want to use dotnetinstaller or something else already written, write your own. Good place to start would b

Re: [WiX-users] VB script CA fails only on my laptop

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robmen/archive/2004/05/20/136530.aspx 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 Scotl

[WiX-users] uninstalling files

Hi, I am installing the files based upon the feature selection. Upon selecting all features, my msi installed(copied) all the files. But when i uncheck the particular feature, i want to uninstall those files which are related to that particular feature. How to do that? Regards, Subramanyeswa

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting IIS version

I'd also recommend updating your WiX v3.5 to latest. IIS 7 support is still under development in WiX v3.5 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 Environm

[WiX-users] VB script CA fails only on my laptop

I have sequenced following VB script CA in the InstallDirDlg that validates the Install path entered by the user. And on the "Next" button, 1 I had no problems running the CA on any computers so far but on one single laptop, the moment installer hits the VB script CA during install, it fail

Re: [WiX-users] Patching multiple instances of product using new purelyWix process.

Does this thread help: http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg27915.htm l ? -- Yan -Original Message- From: d8x...@hotmail.com [mailto:d8x...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 08 June, 2010 21:49 To: Wix-Users Subject: [WiX-users] Patching multiple instances of product

[WiX-users] how to add alt key to Edit Box?

hi all, how can I assign alt key to the Edit Box? in the following image? please tell me how to add alt key to the edit box. http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/file/n5157453/respond.bmp -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.6

[WiX-users] External UI like MS Office 2007

i have a set of 5 msi which i would like to install on users machine. However i dont want the user to go and double click each msi individually, But i would like give a UI to the user asking which msis to install and based on this user input execution of other msi would be decided and progress bar