Re: [WiX-users] install file from subfolder

2012-02-06 Thread tomer.c
Hi. I'm having problems with pyro. I get this error: (note the weird Patch.msp in the temp directory showing twice?!) Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Updating file information. Creating cabinet files. There will be '4' threads used to produce CAB files. Creating cabinet

Re: [WiX-users] Registry setting with configurable install directory -- problem with value of %SystemRoot%

2012-02-06 Thread jhennessey
Try setting the RegistrySearch/@Type attribute to "directory" instead of "raw". -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Registry-setting-with-configurable-install-directory-problem-with-value-of-SystemRoot-tp7255442p7260751.html Sent from the

[WiX-users] MSP, whole features getting reinstalled

2012-02-06 Thread john.burak
I'm creating my first MSPs. It appears that if a single component changes then all other components in the same Feature are reinstalled/repaired when the patch is applied. Is that correct behavior? Backstory: I have some components that install Services. These components do not change in the ne

[WiX-users] Included reference pulls in WixUI_Advanced

2012-02-06 Thread Derrick Brown
Hello! I managed to ignore the welcome screen, but in some cases, I need the InstallDirDlg dialog to show up. So I put in these lines: [Show Dialog="InstallDirDlg" After="WelcomeDlg"]UPGRADING_OLDER_PRODUCT AND NOT INSTALL_LOCATION_FOUND[/Show] This gives me these errors (I do not have

[WiX-users] Difference between Light.exe command lines generated from MSBuild switches

2012-02-06 Thread Derrick Brown
Hello! I'm seeing a different in the output Light.exe command lines when I msbuild and various combinations of switches, specifically /target. I tracked down the issue to a wixlib that doesn't get included on the light command line. When building from Visual Studio or the following command li

Re: [WiX-users] standard bootstapper and non-admin user

2012-02-06 Thread Peter Hull
Never mind it is due to the way our policies are set up.Thanks,Pete > From: peterhul...@hotmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:28:03 + > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] standard bootstapper and non-admin user > > > The me

[WiX-users] creating a patch using results in pyro error 0103

2012-02-06 Thread Michael Scheepers
Hi there, I have a problem when I try to create a patch using torch and pyro. What I did until now: I saved the wixpdb files from the initial installer becaus I read it was recommended to do so. Well, I did... I created a new installer.msi with some changed files along with all other files pac

Re: [WiX-users] Harvesting dll's referenced in a c# project in VS

2012-02-06 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Using Guid="*" does make things much simpler and I have started using this layout to simplify even further: This means there is only one entry for each file so it makes it even simpler for non-WiX developers to add/remove files i.e. no need to edit Direc

Re: [WiX-users] WIX Example

2012-02-06 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
A component in Windows Installer is the smallest "atom" available. It is immutable. In particular, the Windows Installer engine decides which resources to process based on which components are selected. When you place more than one physical resource in a component you lose the ability to patch/u

Re: [WiX-users] Harvesting dll's referenced in a c# project in VS

2012-02-06 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
To share my experience with harvesting: We had a very simple setup (no COM, no installutil automated setup, etc.). The projects producing built assemblies were responsible for staging all required files in such a way that we could use heat to harvest a directory into the setup. We didn't use pr

[WiX-users] 64-bit heat.exe

2012-02-06 Thread Jerry Maloney
Hi, all. I'm encountering the problem ("*Could not harvest data from a 64bit dll*") detailed in this thread ( http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27244946), which Rob identified as a bug in heat.exe. I am wondering if (A) anybody has been able to compile heat for the x64 target

Re: [WiX-users] standard bootstapper and non-admin user

2012-02-06 Thread Peter Hull
The message is "0x8007051b - This security ID maynot be assigned as the owner of this object." Here's the log: [12B8:12F8][2012-02-06T14:21:24]: Burn v3.6.2527.0, path: C:\Users\Peter Hull\Documents\in2it System Software\Setup.exe, cmdline: '' [12B8:12F8][2012-02-06T14:21:25]: Setting string var

Re: [WiX-users] BootstrapperApplication.DetectMsiFeature not fired

2012-02-06 Thread Alexander Krivács Schrøder
Just as an FYI, I now updated WiX to v3.6.2603.0, but the issue is still present. -Original Message- From: Alexander Krivács Schrøder [mailto:alexander.schro...@mermaid.no] Sent: 6. February 2012 12:44 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] BootstrapperApplication.Detec

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and Pyro Warning PYRO1110

2012-02-06 Thread Sanjay Poria
Further to my original question, I have been doing some testing. If find that: (1) if the patch contains a _new_ file that belongs to a feature that the is not installed on the user machine, then the patch effectively installs the feature (and uninstalling the patch does not remove the feature)

[WiX-users] BootstrapperApplication.DetectMsiFeature not fired

2012-02-06 Thread Alexander Krivács Schrøder
I'm using the WiX v3.6 Beta (v3.6.2221.0) here. This functionality has worked before, but now, the DetectMsiFeature event does not fire at all upon calling Engine.Detect(). Other related events, like DetectPackageComplete and DetectRelatedMsiPackage do fire. Is this a known problem?

Re: [WiX-users] install file from subfolder

2012-02-06 Thread Blair
For the archives: Look at the "Specify source file locations" in the "Others" section of the "How To Guides" part of the CHM (or navigate there in the online manual). If those test.dll files are going into other directories than ones named subfolder1/subfolder2/etc then you will probably be lookin

Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally Including CustomActionRefs

2012-02-06 Thread Blair
I know that this is really old, but I don't see any reply to this, and I thought that I would respond so that, if nothing else, the archive will contain the answer. If you grab the source code and look at the WXS files for the extensions you will see that many of the custom actions have @Overridab