[WiX-users] property not being used

Hi: I'm trying to debug an installer whereby I need to find out what value a property holds: I have the following fragment: Below is the log created giving me the property values. The command line used was: Msiexec /I d:\work\hotSpotcliker.msi /lp d:\work\msi.log ---start lo

Re: [WiX-users] Visually Editing WXS Files

I created a project on CodePlex called IsWiX (http://iswix.codeplex.com) for this purpose but it's functionality is very narrow at this point.  It currently only supports authoring Files and Folders in the context of a Merge Module.  This was because at my day job we make extensive use of merge

[WiX-users] Visually Editing WXS Files

After installing the WIX tools set and Votive for the Visual Studio plugins what at is the best way to visually update/maintain the WIX projects? Editing the WIX projects inside Visual Studio seems to just provide strictly a text editor for the XML file. This makes it difficult to make changes

[WiX-users] Microsoft.Deployment.Compression support for ADS?

Does the compression library support decompressing alternate data streams (ADS) in cab file and if so, which method should be used? Currently using CabInfo.UnpackFileSet but which successfully unpacks normal files but not ADS files. I scanned the documentation and didn’t find anything pertainin

Re: [WiX-users] How to check for the existence of an IIS 7 web site?

Yet more information. When I include a component that contains a WebVirtualDir element (shown below) a ConfigureIIs action is added to the MSI's launch sequence as seen via ORCA. If the website cannot be found the installer silently fails and rolls back. If the website is found, the installat

Re: [WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module property name

Thank you Rob and Christopher, and thanks too to whoever put SuppressModularization functionality into WiX. (I did RTFM and didn't find SuppressModularization in the 3.0.5419.0 chm, but see it in online docs which I'll use in future instead of chm.) Alan -Original Message- From: Chris

[WiX-users] Remember Property Pattern - Empty SetFromCmdLineValue overwritting

I'm trying to setup Remember Property Pattern (according to Rob's blog http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/The-WiX-toolsets-Remember-Proper ty-pattern) and I'm having a problem with SetFromCmdLineValue action overwriting the value pulled from the registry. Below are the relevant sectio

Re: [WiX-users] How to check for the existence of an IIS 7 web site?

A little more information to add to the mix. Using ORCA I can see that IIsWebAddress and IIsWebSite tables are added to the MSI. The values are: IIsWebsite WEB: IISWEBSITE Description: Default Web Site KeyAddress: IisWebAddress Id: -

Re: [WiX-users] Creating virtual directories to UNC shares

Found an answer for this, sending it here in case it can be helpful to someone. I am using a directory that picks its path from a property I define early in the installation. Code snippet below. ... ... Thanks, Johanna -Original Message- From: Blair

Re: [WiX-users] How to check for the existence of an IIS 7 web site?

Hi again. My requirements have changed a little since the previous post, but the problem I am experiencing is very similar. I need to be able to check for the existence of an IIS7 website based on the website's description. If the website does not exist I need to cancel the installation. If

Re: [WiX-users] Setting "List folder contents" permission on folder

Looks like some messages get lost by the mail list server, so I'm resending my question just in case... Does anyone know how to set "List folder content" attribute of a folder via Permission element for a particular user? Thanks, Denis S. -- Forwarded message -- From: "Denis Stank

Re: [WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module propertyname

David-  That's the "correct" way to do it and if you are redistributing the merge module to a third party (  does anyone do that anymore?? I wouldn't! )  that is what should be done.  But I've found in my day job where my merge modules are just that way to do the equivilant of binary wix librar

Re: [WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module property name

Once again, here's another post below  that didn't make it to the list.   Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Message From: Christopher Painter To: General d

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Patching and properties

An MSP is simply a transform which turns one MSI into another MSI. If you can do it in an MSI, you can do it in an MSP. Simply write your Custom Action into your new MSI & Condition it with the PATCH property so it only runs during patching. It should then be run when your MSP is applied to the tar

[WiX-users] FW: Patching and properties

Thanks Pally for your reply. I'll elaborate a bit more about what we need. Basically what our client needs is when installing a patch, to check if certain middleware assembly versions is installed (which our client will install). When we make the application build it is not certain what those m

Re: [WiX-users] avoiding GUID decoration in merge module propertyname

Hi, If you own the merge module you can make the property alterable. I did an example with a property called DBNAME a while back... In the merge module add something like this. Add to the main wix -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmen

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and properties

Patches don't have versions. The version would be the ProductVersion of the new version your patch is upgrading the old version to. I don't quite understand your question regarding passing properties to Custom Actions. Can you elaborate on what you're trying to do? Palbinder Sandher Software Dep

[WiX-users] Patching and properties

Hi there, Is it possible to pass a property value somehow to a custom action when installing a new patch (in stead of passing it with the command line)? And also I want to know if it is possible to get the patch version being installed with a custom action. I did run the following command : "mi