Re: [WiX-users] Broken Dependencies

2011-09-30 Thread Rob Mensching
Thank, Bob. It was all him. I think I actually broke it. On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:25 PM, John Bergman < john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > Thanks! > > I can confirm that this did in fact fix the problem I was experiencing! > > -Original Message- > From: Rob Mensching [mailt

Re: [WiX-users] Broken Dependencies

2011-09-30 Thread John Bergman
Thanks! I can confirm that this did in fact fix the problem I was experiencing! -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 6:49 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Broken Depende

Re: [WiX-users] Broken Dependencies

2011-09-30 Thread Rob Mensching
Hmm, you might hit refresh. I see 2130 out there now. On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:35 PM, John Bergman < john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > Ya, but its not published yet... > > -Original Message- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Friday, September 30,

Re: [WiX-users] Broken Dependencies

2011-09-30 Thread John Bergman
Ya, but its not published yet... -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 6:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Broken Dependencies Today's build is this weeks build. It's

Re: [WiX-users] Broken Dependencies

2011-09-30 Thread Rob Mensching
Today's build is this weeks build. It's Friday. On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:33 PM, John Bergman < john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > Sweet. How do I get todays build, I am only aware of the weekly ones! > I'll test it and let you know for sure. > > -Original Message- > From:

Re: [WiX-users] project has been temporarily blocked for exceeding its bandwidth

2011-09-30 Thread Rob Mensching
We think SF changed their policy recently and we will need to react. Coming soon... On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:49 PM, john.burak wrote: > Right now when I try to view any pages in the Wix manual (v2 or v3) I get > this from SourceForge: > > This project has been temporarily blocked for exceeding

Re: [WiX-users] Broken Dependencies

2011-09-30 Thread John Bergman
Sweet. How do I get todays build, I am only aware of the weekly ones! I'll test it and let you know for sure. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 4:50 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Broken De

[WiX-users] WixUIMondo

2011-09-30 Thread Brad Lemings
Is it possible to change the text of the Typical button? If so, how? How about the text below the button? Yes, I'll have to localize custom text. :) Thanks. -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is s

Re: [WiX-users] Compiling Merge Modules in Vistual Studio, no ICE validation?

2011-09-30 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Sep-11 15:57, john.burak wrote: > Execution ERROR There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. > A > DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your > support personnel or package vendor. > > This merge module has no custom actions. That error doesn

Re: [WiX-users] project has been temporarily blocked for exceeding its bandwidth

2011-09-30 Thread Bob Arnson
On 30-Sep-11 17:49, john.burak wrote: > Right now when I try to view any pages in the Wix manual (v2 or v3) I get > this from SourceForge: FYI: Wix.chm ships in every build and isn't subject to quota. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Customizing the WiX Standard Bootstrapper App

2011-09-30 Thread Bob Arnson
On 29-Sep-11 06:27, Neil Hayes wrote: > I for example would like to move the opening UI more to the middle of the > screen, change the white background colour to fit our branding (Already done > the WixStdbaLogo), perhaps add some advertising. > > I found ThmViewer.exe and RtfTheme - under the so

Re: [WiX-users] Create Shortcut to "Computer" virtual folder

2011-09-30 Thread Bob Arnson
On 28-Sep-11 17:01, Jim Treinen wrote: > Is there a way to create a shortcut to a virtual location using WiX ? That's not supported by MSI. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- All of the data generated in your IT inf

Re: [WiX-users] Broken Dependencies

2011-09-30 Thread Bob Arnson
On 30-Sep-11 17:45, John Bergman wrote: > I downloaded 3.6.2116.0 and was going to upgrade to the latest version > (hoping that maybe the exception issue I was having previously would already > be fixed); however, now all of the projects that have WiX projects (Merge > Modules and Installs) fail

Re: [WiX-users] Gaming extension leaking MSIHANDLES

2011-09-30 Thread Bob Arnson
On 29-Sep-11 22:07, Gavin Dodd wrote: > This is called for files that have a gaming extension element to determine > if the custom action should try to process the Game Explorer data. > The check is incomplete it only checks for install / uninstall states not > WCA_TODO_UNKNOWN (seems to mean 'do n

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to install .Net 4.0 with Burn

2011-09-30 Thread Bob Arnson
On 30-Sep-11 10:11, Igor Solodovnikov wrote: > Of course .Net 4.0 should not be installed if it is already on the target > machine. Unfortunately during my testing i found my bundle shows "Microsoft > .NET Framework required for application setup" message even on machine with > .NET 4.0 installed.

Re: [WiX-users] Broken Dependencies

2011-09-30 Thread Rob Mensching
I think that bug is fixed in today's build. On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:45 PM, John Bergman < john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > I am using 3.6.1516.0; today I followed a post that was made about a week > ago to put WiX Binaries into the source tree so I don't need to have it > install

[WiX-users] project has been temporarily blocked for exceeding its bandwidth

2011-09-30 Thread john.burak
Right now when I try to view any pages in the Wix manual (v2 or v3) I get this from SourceForge: This project has been temporarily blocked for exceeding its bandwidth threshold Projects and users who host on SourceForge.net are given web space to augment their communities and interact with their

[WiX-users] Broken Dependencies

2011-09-30 Thread John Bergman
I am using 3.6.1516.0; today I followed a post that was made about a week ago to put WiX Binaries into the source tree so I don't need to have it installed on our build servers (Thanks for that by the way). Using 3.6.1516.0, everything is fine. I downloaded 3.6.2116.0 and was going to upgrade

Re: [WiX-users] How to cleanup folder created by Burn in temporary directory

2011-09-30 Thread Rob Mensching
They should be cleaned up automatically. There were bugs previously that prevented the clean up from happening and sometimes things like virus checkers or (if you are using a managed BA) the .NET Framework hang out longer than they should preventing the directories from being removed. If you reboo

Re: [WiX-users] Corrupt .Zip file (Wix Binaries) for 3.6.2123.0

2011-09-30 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes, known bad build push. I'll get it cleaned up. On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:27 PM, John Bergman < john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > The .Zip file for the WiX Binaries (wix36-binaries.zip) is corrupt for > 3.6.2123.0. > > ... and the PDB and Sources zips are also missing. > > > ---

[WiX-users] Corrupt .Zip file (Wix Binaries) for 3.6.2123.0

2011-09-30 Thread John Bergman
The .Zip file for the WiX Binaries (wix36-binaries.zip) is corrupt for 3.6.2123.0. ... and the PDB and Sources zips are also missing. -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It

[WiX-users] How to cleanup folder created by Burn in temporary directory

2011-09-30 Thread shruthi02
Hi, Burn creates a folder containing assembly and configuration files of the custom bootstrapper application, both during installation and uninstallation. Is there a way to force this to be cleaned up once the operation is complete? In addition, is there a way to force an MSI (created from WIX) t

[WiX-users] Removing/Deleting data at uninstall

2011-09-30 Thread Brad Lemings
This question has probably been asked many times before. If there is a web page that answers it, please provide links. If I have a software package that creates a database, user settings, and other data files while it is installed and I want to allow the user to delete or keep this data when u

Re: [WiX-users] Suppress redeployment of a file during repairs

2011-09-30 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Rather than not deploying the file you probably want to persist the properties that the GUI input is stored in. -Original Message- From: Gary Gocek [mailto:g...@gocek.org] Sent: 30 September 2011 17:11 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Suppress redeployment of a fil

[WiX-users] Suppress redeployment of a file during repairs

2011-09-30 Thread Gary Gocek
I deploy an unversioned file (with a CompanionFile setting) and modify the file during the install based on GUI entries. The repair case does not present the whole GUI, just the maintenance dialog, so during a repair, the file gets redeployed but the GUI entries are not available to re-modify it

[WiX-users] Trying to install .Net 4.0 with Burn

2011-09-30 Thread Igor Solodovnikov
I trying to create simple bundle which will install .Net 4.0 before installing my own msi package. Of course .Net 4.0 should not be installed if it is already on the target machine. Unfortunately during my testing i found my bundle shows "Microsoft .NET Framework required for application setup" mes

[WiX-users] Feature Condition in UI

2011-09-30 Thread Michael Tissington
I'm trying to launch an installed exe when the user clicks Exit, so I have the following but it NEVER launches the exe. What am I missing? (!MyFeature = 3) AND NOT (ACTION = "ADMIN") -- All of the data generated in your

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveRegistryValue not working as expected

2011-09-30 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Not sure if this addresses your problem - you don't say how the values are interfering with each other. Some alternatives that have worked for us when creating parallel versions... - change all the GUIDs in the new version's COM registration: new class and interface IDs etc - or use registry free

Re: [WiX-users] Request for comment: Where to put Burn log files.

2011-09-30 Thread Albert van Peppen
I would favor a property which can be tweaked. My applications that are installed all use their own logging folder, so it only makes sense to me that the installer logs are stored her as well. My applications have a special support tool which collects all sort of data for customer support, inclu

Re: [WiX-users] Patch no patching

2011-09-30 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Generate a verbose log. -Original Message- From: Michael Tissington [mailto:michael_tissing...@ciqual.com] Sent: 29 September 2011 10:32 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Patch no patching I have successfully created a patch and msimsp dete

Re: [WiX-users] Registry setting only populating during first installation

2011-09-30 Thread Rob Hamflett
A log file would show you when the property changes. Are you doing an AppSearch for the registry value? If so, a pre-existing registry value would overwrite the value you gave on the command line. Rob On 29/09/2011 20:58, Nick Porter wrote: > I am attempting to write new values to the Regist