Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in the All Users Start Menu

2011-11-05 Thread Kjartan Þór Kjartansson
Has no-one else had this problem that users can't click on shortcuts placed in the start menu when the ALLUSERS property is set to 1? Maybe it is relevant but this is happening on Windows 7 32-bit, I don't have an oppertunity to test how this works on other platforms. Kjartan _

Re: [WiX-users] Best strategy for optional file removal on uninstall

2011-11-05 Thread Blair Murri
As I understand it, within a transaction you can only manipulate database columns and rows that are marked "temporary" (because they don't exist in the MSI itself) [see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa367457.aspx]. So, instead of removing rows, you will need to add them in the cases where y

Re: [WiX-users] Antwort: Re: What happend to minor upgrade using wix

2011-11-05 Thread Blair Murri
Actually, the only difference between minor upgrades and small updates is patch/transform applicability. UpgradeCode, the Upgrade table, the FindRelatedProducts and RemoveExistingProducts actions are all ignored/suppressed, and as a result ProductVersion is also ignored (except for "assigning"

Re: [WiX-users] Dependencies between components

2011-11-05 Thread Blair Murri
If two components must be always be installed/removed together, I don't see why they can't be in all the same features. If one of the components depends on another but the dependency is not mutual, you could make a hidden feature that also contains the dependent component and use a custom actio

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Custom Actions

2011-11-05 Thread Christopher Painter
I'm wondering where this requirement comes from. If the Native CA is signed, why does it matter in an assembly that is stored inside of it is signed or not? You can't tamper with the managed assembly without invalidating the signature of the signed native assembly. Either way, if you can't t

[WiX-users] Managed Custom Actions

2011-11-05 Thread Deepa Choundappan
Hi - We have managed custom actions in our setup. And now that we are getting ready to ship - I have realised that we need to sign the managed dll and pack that inside the native CA.dll. So far I have not had luck modifying the wix.ca.targets file to split the build process into two parts to give m