[WiX-users] Mutiple Installations

Hi, I made a installer to install an ASP.Net web application. These are steps I am thinking to make multiple installations possible on one machine: 1. Create a base installer. 2. Create a transform for each new installation based on user input. 3. Install the new instance wi

Re: [WiX-users] Silently executing a PowerShell script from WiX Hangs PowerShell

In the past I have experienced the same PowerShell hang you are describing but in my experience I never saw any changes made to the system. My tests occurred before CAQuietExec64 existed so I don't know if using CAQuietExec64 would allow the scripts to actually execute now. I was going to sugge

Re: [WiX-users] Referencing other property as default value of a property?

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Blair wrote: > What does a verbose log say? > I am afraid it did not say much there are the references I could to to the applicable elements --- Action start 12:11:27: AppSearch. AppSearch: Property: SQLSERVER, Signature: RepositoryLocation --- Property(C): Compu

[WiX-users] Silently executing a PowerShell script from WiX Hangs PowerShell

Note: This question is also posted at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4138324/silently-executing-a-powershell-script-from-wix-hangs-powershell. I am trying to silently execute a PowerShell script from a WiX produced MSI. However, anytime I run the installer PowerShell hangs. This in turn hang

Re: [WiX-users] Wix main and heat project not coupling

"heat project" assumes that the variables described on the following page were created and passed to the candle tool that compiles its output. Wix Documentation --> Working in Visual Studio --> Using Project References If you don't use the msbuild tasks you need to create the used subset of assoc

Re: [WiX-users] Transitive components are not being installed on feature add

Component has been disallowed for some reason. Look up in the log file for the Component/@Id and/or Component/@Guid. On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Andrius Docius wrote: > Hi, > > I'm hoping someone could help me with an issue I have with Transitive > component usage. > > If user initially does

[WiX-users] Wix main and heat project not coupling

Hi All, I am try to create a simple MSI installer where in i create a heat project with the command ler>heat project "D:\ContentServiceEntities.csproj" -pog Binaries -out "ProjHeat.wxs" -v -gg -cg gnwcommon -var "mygnwcommonprj". I do get a heat file which i use it in my main project file like t

[WiX-users] Transitive components are not being installed on feature add

Hi, I'm hoping someone could help me with an issue I have with Transitive component usage. If user initially does not select a feature with transitive components to be installed, and then starts our setup again to add this feature, the transitive components are not installed. In the log I see th

[WiX-users] AppSecInc. Community MSI Extensions 1.2 Released

Forgive me for shameless advertising. AppSecInc. Community MSI Extensions 1.2 has been released. http://msiext.codeplex.com/ This is the second open-source release of our community MSI custom actions and WIX extensions. Here're some highlights. * Added support for SQL error commands and sql

Re: [WiX-users] Path name shows wrong on custom setup when I clicked'change' after install.

Are you saving and retrieving ARPINSTALLLOCATION ? If not, you need something like the following. In this example, the product installation directory is called INSTALLDIR. ARPINSTALLLOCATION ARPINSTALLLOCATION not Installed