[WiX-users] Detect .NET Framework 3.0

2010-08-02 Thread BSR PHANI
Hi , Can any one please help me that how to detect .NET Framework 3.0(launch condition) using WIX 3.0? Thanks, Phani -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/

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2010-08-02 Thread Rob Mensching
Hmm, random guess. How many Directory elements do you have with no parent? Just TARGETDIR or others...? On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Pally Sandher wrote: > I was looking at a log of one of my installers while poking around with > something in the InstallUISequence & noticed that the longer it

Re: [WiX-users] strage votive automation issue on vs2010

2010-08-02 Thread Rob Mensching
Hmm, sounds like the best thing to do is to file a bug. On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Tomasz Grobelny < tom...@grobelny.oswiecenia.net> wrote: > Build 1930? No change... > -- > Regards, > Tomasz Grobelny > > Dnia sobota 31 lipiec 2010 o 23:53:30 Rob Mensching napisał(a): > > I think there was

Re: [WiX-users] InstallFinalize error

2010-08-02 Thread Rob Mensching
Search for the first instance of "value 3". Almost certainly this is the error. On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Pally Sandher wrote: > It indicates you have an error somewhere earlier in your install > process. Search a verbose (/l*vx) log for the actual error. > > Palbinder Sandher > Software De

Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade - still doesn't work

2010-08-02 Thread Wilson, Phil
Onlydetect="yes" is not what you need to do in order to get an upgrade Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Joe Osman [mailto:joe.os...@taitradio.com] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 4:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI s

Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade - still doesn't work

2010-08-02 Thread Joe Osman
Yes, the installer found the related product: MSI (c) (A0:08) [11:20:08:562]: Doing action: FindRelatedProducts MSI (c) (A0:08) [11:20:08:562]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText Action 11:20:08: FindRelatedProducts. Searching for related applications Action start 11:20:08: FindRelatedProducts. FindR

Re: [WiX-users] How to request live id credentials from the user during installation

2010-08-02 Thread dB .
You might want to look at the UI wix extension in http://msiext.codeplex.com. It has all the facilities such as testing credentials, browser in AD, and checking whether the user has certain privileges. dB. @ dblock.org Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York -Original Message- From: Pratapa Re

Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade - still doesn't work

2010-08-02 Thread Christopher Painter
What does the log say?  Does FindRelatedProducts find the product and set the property?  One common problem is a Major Upgrade can go from a Per-User to Per-Machine install or the other way around.   Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read

Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade - still doesn't work

2010-08-02 Thread Joe Osman
I followed your suggestions and scheduled the remove existing products before InstalInitialize but it's still doesn't work. The old version gets installed beside the new version and it doesn't remove it. When I tried to schedule the product removal before CostInitialize I got a compilation erro

[WiX-users] How to request live id credentials from the user during installation

2010-08-02 Thread Pratapa Reddy Sanaga
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to request live id credentials from the user during installation. Here is what I'm thinking: 1. Use some custom UI to show a simple message to enter the live id and password with Login and Cancel buttons. This will be executed in InstallUISequence. 2. Save the log

Re: [WiX-users] Feature Tree and Remove problem

2010-08-02 Thread Joel Phelps
Thanks for the tip on the AddFeature. However, to be more specific for others, the actual events you want to use are AddLocal and AddSource, because if you go looking for an AddFeature event you won't find one. Joel Phelps Sentinel / eCollections Software (515) 564-0585 -Original Message

Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade ?

2010-08-02 Thread Christopher Painter
When I worked at Continental Airlines I would always schedule RemoveExistingProducts prior to CostInitialize.  I was pushing my packages with SMS as System so I wasn't concerned with elevation concerns.  I wanted my installs to behave as close as possible to an uninstall / reinstall because our

Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade ?

2010-08-02 Thread Rob Hamflett
For years I used to have RemoveExistingProducts scheduled before CostInitialize, and then a few weeks ago msiexec started crashing on some customers machines. When I moved RemoveExistingProducts to after InstallInitialize everything started working again. Rob On 02/08/2010 11:56, Pally Sandh

Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade ?

2010-08-02 Thread Pally Sandher
You could achieve that by simply scheduling RemoveExistingProducts before InstallInitialize -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371197(VS.85).aspx. "normal" usage placement tends to be after InstallInitialize as the WiX documentation suggests -> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major

Re: [WiX-users] InstallFinalize error

2010-08-02 Thread Pally Sandher
It indicates you have an error somewhere earlier in your install process. Search a verbose (/l*vx) log for the actual error. 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 **

Re: [WiX-users] WiX problem on Vista

2010-08-02 Thread Bruce Cran
On Saturday 31 July 2010 11:08:48 S.P wrote: > Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of different machines to fully > test this issue.But it works well on XP. A good way to test install/uninstall scenarios on a large number of configurations is via a VM technology such as VirtualBox (which is free

Re: [WiX-users] CreateDatabase custom action error

2010-08-02 Thread Tomasz Telepko
Hi, Both SQL Server Log and SQL Server Profiler didn't show any info. But simply starting SQL Server Browser service (which was stopped) solved the problem. Regards, Tomasz -Original Message- From: Michael Osmond [mailto:mosm...@baytech.com.au] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 12:30 AM T

[WiX-users] XmlConfig of WIX cannot handle multiple nodes

2010-08-02 Thread Roy Song
Hi, I am new to WIX, and I need to add following in machine.config. However, when I use XmlConfig to add them into machine.config, I got below result.

Re: [WiX-users] From DLL: UI mode and setup mode

2010-08-02 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
For b) might MsiGetMode() with the last 3 parameters help ? Its not exactly what you asked for but it might be what you really want :) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370125%28VS.85%29.aspx -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: 31 July 2010 21:52 To: 'Gene

Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade ?

2010-08-02 Thread Rob Hamflett
> Does Wix / MSI support product downgrade ? Sort of, but not fully. You can schedule RemoveExistingProducts after InstallInitialize to remove the old version before installing the new version. By this point though the costing has already happened so Windows Installer has already decided w