Re: [WiX-users] Element to harvest all files in a directory

Blair & Rob, I appreciate you both taking the time to explain how MSI (and subsequently WiX) interact with this problem space. That type of foundational knowledge isn't found in manuals. I'll be able to rethink a couple parts of my installer now. ---

Re: [WiX-users] Executing user-interactive stuff in InstallExecuteSequence ?

IIRC the error dialog will be suppressed, but the text that would have been in the dialog will be in the error log. -Original Message- From: Richard [mailto:legal...@xmission.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:48 PM To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Executing user-interactive stuf

Re: [WiX-users] Executing user-interactive stuff in InstallExecuteSequence ?

In article , "Blair" writes: > What is considered best practice is to fail the installation attempt from > InstallExecuteSequence with an error message indicating that the previous > product must be removed first. This should then show up in error logs which > would give the corporate clien

[WiX-users] Configurabble Install Directory

In our installer we would like to allow the users to select install directory. However, we want to install it one directory off of user's choice. i.e. if the user chooses c:\ we want to install it to c:\MyApp. I am able to achieve this with . . Our product has two features First o

Re: [WiX-users] Element to harvest all files in a directory

I'd also add that it's taken us quite a while to come up with mechanisms to handle the creation stable identifiers. It wasn't until late in WiX v3.0 that we really got it. We tried adding the auto-harvesting to Votive but there were too many bugs to get it stable (VS2010 shipped and we need a stabl

Re: [WiX-users] WiX proposal on Area51

Haven't we always said setup development IS development?  Seems like stackoverflow proper with the tags we already have is the way to go.  Seems like Area 51 would be for competely other subjects like scuba diving or something.   Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a

Re: [WiX-users] WIX installer but not a single file package;

In your Media element, make sure you don't have a Cabinet or CompressionLevel attributes and that your EmbedCab attribute is "no" or non-existent. In your Package element, set the Compressed attribute to "no". And make sure that none of your File elements contains a Compressed element. Note that i

Re: [WiX-users] Element to harvest all files in a directory

Windows Installer has severe limitations when it comes to files being added/removed arbitrarily from installations that will cause problems like orphaned files, etc. This is due to some of the architectural decisions at its core. To overcome those limitations, requirements such as yours can only b

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Error: Failed to find files with pattern: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\wix

The error is before that point in the log. Look for a line where some action is said to return a "3". -Original Message- From: Spencer Berry [mailto:sbe...@eidpassport.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:37 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall Error: Fai

Re: [WiX-users] Element to harvest all files in a directory

> Bear in mind that heat.exe isn't a substitute for actual setup > development. It's a tool to make doing things (initially) easier > especially for people migrating from things like InstallShield where > there's a lot of stuff hidden from/done for you in the background. I'm not trying to be cri

[WiX-users] WIX installer but not a single file package;

Hi All, currently when I build by WIX installer (using candle and then light), it creates a single setup.msi for me. What I need is to create a single setup.msi but all the files that I need to install should not be present in setup.msi. I need them to exist separately and setup.msi should pick

[WiX-users] WIX installer but not a single file package;

Hi All, currently when I build by WIX installer (using candle and then light), it creates a single setup.msi for me. What I need is to create a single setup.msi but all the files that I need to install should not be present in setup.msi. I need them to exist separately and setup.msi should pick

Re: [WiX-users] Purposefully Installing Multiple Instances of an MSI

Ah I forgot about that! To repent for my wrong answer, there seems to be a good discussion about it here: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Multiple-I nstance-Transforms-Walkthrough-Proposed-Simple-Addition-to-WiX-to-Make-T hem-Easier-td708828.html. Neil -Original

Re: [WiX-users] WiX proposal on Area51

Would this be instead of the mailing list, rather than as well as it or gatewayed to it like the existing nabble interface? If so, I'd hate the idea, can't stand these horrible "web-based forums". Regards, jjf > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Wednes

[WiX-users] Uninstall Error: Failed to find files with pattern: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\wix

I'm new to WIX, and I've inherited a project that uses WIX for building the installer. During UN-install, the installer ends with a message that it has ended prematurely due to an error. Looking into the Installer Debug/Log file I see the following messages: Action 10:35:31: RollbackCleanup.

Re: [WiX-users] Executing user-interactive stuff in InstallExecuteSequence ?

What is considered best practice is to fail the installation attempt from InstallExecuteSequence with an error message indicating that the previous product must be removed first. This should then show up in error logs which would give the corporate clients a chance to deal with situation. -Ori

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling patch, requires orginal MSI

Often this happens when versions of the files are not correctly set. That is, your patch contains one file that has changed (i.e. binary comparison will show differences) but version number of dll or exe was not changed. However, if you read install documentation (and some blogs) in depth, you w

[WiX-users] Executing user-interactive stuff in InstallExecuteSequence ?

Hi, As written in some other posts I have written A DLL for MSI which detects my old setup program, asks the user if he wants to deinstall and deinstalls the old product. However, the old setup application does not offer a silent uninstall. Right now, I call the DLL after LaunchConditions in *

Re: [WiX-users] WiX proposal on Area51

I love this idea. I was actually looking at using their hosted solution for a while then they took it off the market. I didn't realize they opened a new way to get the same thing. On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Yan Sklyarenko wrote: > Hello WiX Community, > > I'm sure you know about StackOverf

Re: [WiX-users] Need some help in using wix

Am 28.07.2010 19:09, schrieb Blair: > #2: Add the InstallScope="perMachine" attribute to your Package element. > This will add the ALLUSERS property for you. Is there an advantage/disadvantage about 1 ? Regards Luke --

[WiX-users] Uninstalling patch, requires orginal MSI

Hello fine WiX-Users! Here's my dilemma, I'm testing patch creation with WiX. I take my setup.msi and make a patch (msp) for it. The patch is something simple, such as changing an .ico file. The patch works great. When I uninstall the patch, it prompts for the original MSI. If you target

Re: [WiX-users] Purposefully Installing Multiple Instances of an MSI

There is instancing support made available through WiX, but you have to predetermine the number of instances you support (it isn't an unlimited number) and the ProductCodes have to be manually updated in your authoring. The feature is called "instance transforms". The MSDN documentation starts her

Re: [WiX-users] Purposefully Installing Multiple Instances of an MSI

I don't think you can do that without having multiple installs. That is how SQL2005 worked, each install was its own msi (all 64 of them IIRC). Neil -Original Message- From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jc...@microsoft.com] Sent: 28 July 2010 00:38 To: General discussion for Windows Inst

Re: [WiX-users] Element to harvest all files in a directory

Look at the heat tool. -Original Message- From: CPAJChambers [mailto:cchamb...@cryptontechnology.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:37 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Element to harvest all files in a directory Hi there, Thanks for reading! Just a quick

Re: [WiX-users] Need some help in using wix

#2: Add the InstallScope="perMachine" attribute to your Package element. This will add the ALLUSERS property for you. -Original Message- From: Kumar Deepak [mailto:kdee...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:46 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Need

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade -- Custom Action running when it shouldn't

You may have to clarify which product you're referring to here because UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE is set in the old product if it is being uninstalled because of an upgrade. If you're trying to influence the behavior of the old product as it uninstalls then it may well be too late. The uninstall seque

[WiX-users] Note: 1: 2727 2:

I was looking at a log of one of my installers while poking around with something in the InstallUISequence & noticed that the longer it sits in the InstallUISequence, the bigger the log file became. Looking through the log I found there are repeated instances of "Note: 1: 2727 2: " throughout it s

Re: [WiX-users] Element to harvest all files in a directory

You can use an XSLT to transform the output from heat.exe by supplying it with the -t parameter without any need for a custom application if you need that functionality. Bear in mind that heat.exe isn't a substitute for actual setup development. It's a tool to make doing things (initially) easier

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a feature specific EULA

Ah almost. The problem was quotes around the values, &F_SrePlugins35="3" failed &F_SrePlugins35=3 worked. I finally have an MSI doing what I want! Thank you all most sincerly. From: Pally Sandher [pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 08

Re: [WiX-users] Element to harvest all files in a directory

> Is there a WIX element that I can use within > a WIX script that will pick up all of the files within a location, As has been mentioned, use heat.exe. In Visual Studio, I have small C# app that generates WiX source by taking the output from heat and slightly tweaking the XML with LINQ. This

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a feature specific EULA

Try something like I think that should work but it depends on when (if?) Windows Installer re-evaluates the &Feature Properties. It normally checks that stuff during CostFinalize which runs before the WelcomeDlg shows up in the InstallUISequence so I'm not sure if it will re-evaluat

Re: [WiX-users] Determine build language at compile time.

This is the part I was missing "Usually WXL files are known only to light.exe, not to candle.exe, so culture can only be known long after the preprocessor is done." I use code similar to your example currently for other items. I was more interested in being able to use WXL data in the statement

Re: [WiX-users] Error using common Localization String IDs

Yes. http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization";> http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization";> -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Error-using-common-Localization-String-IDs-tp5343712p5345673.html Sent from the wix-us

Re: [WiX-users] Does the msi-filename matter?

Dear Blair, Thank you. I will do it this way then. I only changed the approach a little bit: 1.) One main file (and lots of fragments etc.) 2.) For each "version" an environment variable needs to be set, e.g. set VER=personal set VER=corporate set VER=demo 3.) Inside the main file

Re: [WiX-users] Element to harvest all files in a directory

No but you can use heat.exe to achieve a similar result. Plenty of discussing on this list how to do exactly that, search the archives. 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 w

[WiX-users] Element to harvest all files in a directory

Hi there, Thanks for reading! Just a quick question really. Is there a WIX element that I can use within a WIX script that will pick up all of the files within a location, instead of me having to specify each individual file? Something like a FileGroup element, where I just specify a SourceDir

[WiX-users] Need some help in using wix

1. Need to create a virtual directory under a website and map it to a folder on local drive. 2. Need to make installed application visible to all users (instead of only the user installing it) Regards, Kr Deepak DETAILS: 1. Currently we are creating website like this

Re: [WiX-users] Windows service installation error

Hi, Thanks. You are right. I removed these two line and still it worked. I think I made 3-4 changes at a time so thought it might be correct fix. Thanks again. Rahul -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:49