[WiX-users] Wix bootstrapper issues

2011-06-17 Thread Alexander Krivács Schrøder
Hey. How does the detection mechanism in the WiX bootstrapper work? I have two MSIs, both of which are made with WiX. One of them is detected by the bootstrapper, the other isn't: [119C:1814][2011-06-17T11:32:33.849+01:00]: Initializing string variable 'MbaNetfxPackageId' to value 'Netfx4Full'

[WiX-users] Dependancy Checker dialog

2011-06-17 Thread Rahul Ramesh Ekbote
Hi, I want to add list of pre-requisites in my dialog box. As soon as the pre-requisite found the radio button should checked. Is there any readymade dialog available for this functionality or any one implemented such kind of dialog box. It's something similar like Microsoft Dependency Checker.

Re: [WiX-users] External Custom Action Not Working

2011-06-17 Thread Roy Clemmons
The script fails to run even when it does nothing: Sub myFunction() End Sub However, when I embed the vbscript into a custom action, it works: It's only when I try to call it externally that it fails - even when my antivirus is turned off. I tried to keep the example as simple as possib

Re: [WiX-users] External Custom Action Not Working

2011-06-17 Thread Michael Stoll
AFAIK the msi engine does use a special host. So a vbs which runs with wscript may be invalid with the msi scripting host. I once created a vbs custom action. If I remeber correctly the msi host does not support msgbox function. Michael Am 17.06.2011 00:06, schrieb Roy Clemmons: > I hope this

Re: [WiX-users] External Custom Action Not Working

2011-06-17 Thread Roy Clemmons
An exception or an error of some sort is being thrown because the FatalError Dialog displays. The error is not identified. Does it work on your machine? -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:04 AM To: General discussion for

Re: [WiX-users] Computer Domain and Property(s) Listing

2011-06-17 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Computer name includes only the NETBIOS name, not the domain. LogonUser doesn't contain the user's domain either. You could try getting what you want from environment variables. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_installer_team/archive/2005/09/16/461742.aspx Just make sure the variable you check is a

[WiX-users] WiX 3.5 : problem with melted MSM content

2011-06-17 Thread Adrian Gantoi
Hello, I am trying to build a setup using WiX 3.5 build (migrating from WiX 3.0). This setup includes a melt generated wxs file (from a MSM). I have a problem due to the fact that the MSM intends to grant access rights on a particular folder it creates. Due to this, in the generated wxs I have

[WiX-users] AppPool specify identity

2011-06-17 Thread Daniel Powell
I want to give the user the choice to choose from Network Service, Local System and Local Service in the installer, however from what I can tell I cannot specify a variable for the Identity property of WebAppPool is there a way to do this, or will I have to make 3 separate components and use condit