Re: [WiX-users] How does patching decide which files to include in msp?

2010-09-18 Thread Tony Juricic
It may be a problem with a 'new' WiX patching, as opposed to WiX patching that is just a wrapper around the legacy PatchWiz.dll. I think I encountered similar issues in the past and decided to stick with PatchWiz.dll for the time being. Except for bugs in Windows XP versions (and these seem to be

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper Web Downloads of Microsoft Packages

2010-09-18 Thread Christopher Painter
When creating internet download bootstrappers that reference  Microsoft packages,  what are the best practices? For example InstallShield has a Setup Prerequisite that can download vstor40_x86.exe from Microsoft.com through go.microsoft.com/fwlink link ID that resolves to the download url for t

Re: [WiX-users] How to allow 32-bit installer to write toC:\Program Files

2010-09-18 Thread Christopher Painter
I gave the short answer in a hurry.  The longer answer ( found on a blog exchange between Bob Arnson and myself ) involves using a custom action to resolve the 64bit ProgramFilesFolder and then converting it to a shortpath.   The magic wasn't in that part though.  The magic is in exploiting th

Re: [WiX-users] Warning 21 File in Component was changed, but the KeyPath file was not

2010-09-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 17-Sep-10 14:17, Oleksandr Y. Nechyporenko wrote: > I've assumed that it is a good idea to group files which used for same > function into one component. Not if you want to patch them independently. > Anyway it seems to be a problem with pyro.exe when RegistryValue is used as > keypath. You

Re: [WiX-users] How to allow 32-bit installer to write toC:\Program Files

2010-09-18 Thread Travis Gaff
That may not work on localized or non-standard installations. For example, in Spanish C:\Program Files can become C:\Archivos de Programas CONFIDENTIALITY The information contained in this message is confidential. It is intended to be read only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed

Re: [WiX-users] [wix-users] IisExtension WebAppPool Identity="other"

2010-09-18 Thread Bob Arnson
On 18-Sep-10 07:03, GB wrote: > when I try to set a specific user for a WebAppPool using Identity=other" > and User="MyUser" I get an error stating that User must be specified if > Identiy="other" is used. But that's exactly what I did! Could anyone > shed some light on this? https://sourceforge

[WiX-users] [wix-users] IisExtension WebAppPool Identity="other"

2010-09-18 Thread GB
Hi all, when I try to set a specific user for a WebAppPool using Identity=other" and User="MyUser" I get an error stating that User must be specified if Identiy="other" is used. But that's exactly what I did! Could anyone shed some light on this? thx Gerd ---