[WiX-users] Can i Install Another msi from my MSI..

Hi all, I am packaging my software through MSI. And I have a dependency on another MSI. Can I install this Msi from my own MSI... Thankx Kanishk -- uberSVN's rich system and user administration capabilities and model con

[WiX-users] Referencing a file as parameter to other

Hi all, I´m trying to make a CustomAction that calls an executable existent in end-user´s computers, that uses as parameter, a file in the wix package. I´m running through two problems. 1- I´m get warning ICE03 - string overflow. I did a quick research and found out that a workaround would

Re: [WiX-users] Create Database failed

On 13-Aug-11 20:49, JesseBearden wrote: > I believe, going forward, I'll just use the command line option for > SQL to add the current user on new installs and try to write a custom > action that will give the current user the necessary rights(Since > Local System is an "Admin") for existing ins

Re: [WiX-users] Need help on error LGHT0132 The assembly file 'any.dll' appears to be invalid. Please ensure this is a valid assembly file and that the user has the appropriate access rights

On 15-Aug-11 15:11, Helali Bhuiyan wrote: > I am trying to write a new MSI for our only dll. The Wix version is > 3.5.1932.0. That version was released six months before WiX v3.5 RTM. Try the RTM build and see if the problem still occurs. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Handling exceptions within wix

On 15-Aug-11 09:32, Robert Hermann wrote: > The Exit Dialog appears after the install session is completed. So it has no > access to any of the > Session.Item("some session variable"). Is this correct ? Yes. > When you say temporary file, do you mean to have the custom action write to a > tempor

[WiX-users] Need help on error LGHT0132 The assembly file 'any.dll' appears to be invalid. Please ensure this is a valid assembly file and that the user has the appropriate access rights

Hello all, I am trying to write a new MSI for our only dll. The Wix version is 3.5.1932.0. I am trying to gac this dll and this is a 4.0 binary. I checked some forum answers and found that I need to add the following line in the light.exe.config file Howe

Re: [WiX-users] SFC: The following key was not removed, because it is protected by Windows

Rob & Phil, Many thanks for your help on this. I had some dodgy entries in my MSI which I have now taken out and it looks ok now. Regards, Anil. On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote: > You may be self-registering Dlls like oleut32.dll, dao360.dll. Or > installing them and having

[WiX-users] Shortcut Entries

Hello, I have a situation where on one machine the installer creates the shortcut entry for my application on the Start Menu but it doesn't on another. In both cases, the application installed ok - no errors in the verbose MSI log. Can anyone shed any light on this? Are shortcut entries held in

Re: [WiX-users] Burn uninstall fails - bundle is removed from ARP

>> Personally, I would note the bug in the bug database and tell people to not do that behavior until it is fixed. If the bug is really blocking you, adding a comment explaining why you need it fixed helps us realize that the bug is worse than maybe we thought it was. << Thanks for the respons

Re: [WiX-users] Handling exceptions within wix

To make sure I understand, The Exit Dialog appears after the install session is completed. So it has no access to any of the Session.Item("some session variable"). Is this correct ? When you say temporary file, do you mean to have the custom action write to a temporary file and then to have

[WiX-users] Progress text for commit custom actions

Hi, I'm trying to show progress text for a commit custom action. For deferred custom actions I have a ProgressText element with the Action value set to the name of the matching custom action, and that works fine. For commit custom actions, this text appears really briefly, and then the inst

Re: [WiX-users] Setting the WorkingDirectory of a shortcut to a per-user location

Hi Michael, OK, I suppose I could do that. I'm sort of surprised that I can't put the literal text "%USEPROFILE%" (or for that matter any environment variable name), in the shortcut, but I'll experiment further, and also with your suggestsion. Thanks, John. -Original Message- From: Micha