[WiX-users] How to shwo Error Dialog without "Ignore" button for WriteRegistryValues failure

2010-07-10 Thread Elfe Xu
Hi, I found when WriteRegistryValues action failed, an error message box pops up, with Cancel/Retry/Ignore buttons. In our product, some registry value are very important, and we don't want the installer report as success if the write failes. How could I customize the error message box, to remov

[WiX-users] Property set in UI Sequence are not recognized in Execute Sequence?

2010-07-10 Thread Elfe Xu
Hi, I have a dialog with checkboxes to allow user choose the features they want to install, and I have several custom actions to prepare data if user want to install some feature. The INSTALL_AGENT public property allows user to choose features by command line, and the install_agent private pro

[WiX-users] Noel Anderton/DG/Prudential is out of the office.

2010-07-10 Thread Noel Anderton
I will be out of the office starting 07/10/2010 and will not return until 07/25/2010. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.

Re: [WiX-users] WiXUI_InstallDir skipping dialogs!

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 7/9/2010 2:26 PM, Stelios Kyprou wrote: > > When you use the Return EndDialog value, MSI ends the UI sequence and starts the install. It should be NewDialog to insert a wizard page. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Compiler extension - how to include a custom action?

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 7/8/2010 5:00 PM, Nick Ramirez wrote: > At the risk of sounding completely clueless, how does one debug an extension > project? It seems that the GetLibrary function's parameters are populated by > Candle. Do I debug Candle somehow? Sure. Set a breakpoint in your extension's methods and run Can

Re: [WiX-users] 64 bit app installing in Program Files (x86) folder

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 7/7/2010 10:58 AM, Gernot Kerger wrote: > > Set it to your preferred directory under ProgramFiles64Folder. WixUI won't overwrite it if it's already set. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- This SF.net email

Re: [WiX-users] Registry permission for key and subkeys

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 7/9/2010 12:23 PM, Andreas Hirth wrote: > thanks for pointing that out. Obviously with this information I could fix > the behavior by patching the WiX sources and building my own binaries. But > looking at the current head of the 3.5 development I see the same code there > as in 3.0. So I guess

Re: [WiX-users] COM registration of a DLL

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 7/9/2010 7:35 PM, David Thielen wrote: > What's the easiest way to have WIX perform COM registration of a DLL? > Preferably a way where we don't have to update the file's version numbers. > Use Heat then replace the hard-coded version number with a preprocessor variable. -- sig://boB ht

Re: [WiX-users] Require reboot before re-installation

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 7/7/2010 12:54 PM, Samuel Larsen wrote: > Could someone suggest a method for forcing a reboot after an uninstall before > another install is permitted? I have the following problem: My installer > installs a device driver. An uninstall correctly removes the driver from the > filesystem. If

Re: [WiX-users] Browse location fails if current install location is an empty CD drive.

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 7/9/2010 5:23 AM, Christopher Hughes wrote: > However, if somebody tries to install this on a machine that only has a C:\ > drive where D is the CD-ROM player, trying to change the destination by > pressing the Browse button fails (only when the CD-ROM drive is empty mind > you). After pressing

Re: [WiX-users] COM registration of a DLL

2010-07-10 Thread Bruce Cran
On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 21:44:51 -0600 David Thielen wrote: > That sets the version number so we then have to update for every > build. I'd prefer to avoid that. Isn't there an attribute to the file > command that tells the system to register it? There is, but you should read http://stackoverflow.com