Re: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 11 Support Timeline?

2012-03-02 Thread Rob Mensching
WiX v3.6 Beta does not support VS 11. You need a more recent build from http://wixtoolset.org/releases On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Raphael Schweizer < rschwei...@schweizer-informatik.ch> wrote: > Hi WiX users > > Rob Mensching wrote: > > Latest WiX v3.6 builds support Dev11. You may need to r

Re: [WiX-users] Harvest Component Path

2012-03-02 Thread Rob Mensching
IIRC, that's how that API works. On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Andy Clugston wrote: > I am working with the Windows Installer APIs (msi.dll). I would like to be > able to harvest the paths of file components of certain products installed > on the system. I am currently using the automation int

Re: [WiX-users] General Installer question

2012-03-02 Thread Rob Mensching
The custom action scans a root directory and adds the necessary RemoveFile/RemoveFolder temporary rows to the MSI (as it is runnin) and the Windows Installer handles deleting folders and rolling back and all that. On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:36 PM, victorwhiskey wrote: > I've been trying to understa

Re: [WiX-users] Wow!

2012-03-02 Thread Bruce Cran
On 02/03/2012 21:55, Larry Fluckiger wrote: > I'd love to see the new look. Can anyone point me to some screenshots? There's a screenshot at http://www.joyofsetup.com/2012/01/22/the-new-wixtoolset-org-and-weekly-builds/ -- Bruce Cran

Re: [WiX-users] Wow!

2012-03-02 Thread John H Bergman (XPedient)
I'll post one when I install it on my notebook this weekend. -Original Message- From: Larry Fluckiger [mailto:larry...@microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 3:56 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow! I'd love to see the new look.

Re: [WiX-users] General Installer question

2012-03-02 Thread victorwhiskey
I've been trying to understand this, but how would it help if you don't know what's goign to be written upfront? Rob Mensching-7 wrote > > Use the RemoveFile or RemoveFolder element. If you don't know everything > up > front, add temporary rows to those tables. The wix-contrib project on > codep

Re: [WiX-users] Wow!

2012-03-02 Thread Larry Fluckiger
I'd love to see the new look. Can anyone point me to some screenshots? - Larry -Original Message- From: John H Bergman (XPedient) [mailto:john.berg...@xpdnt.com] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:29 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Wow! It

Re: [WiX-users] Concurrent Installations and Custom Actions

2012-03-02 Thread ShitalKumar Mehta (Synergy Technologies LLC)
I can detect REPAIR by setting a custom property. Here is how I did it: In my MYWIXUI_MONDO.wxs file, I specified values for CUSTOMMODE property as below. I than detect the value of CUSTOMMODE in CustomAction and perform actions accordingly. 1 1 1 1 1 1

Re: [WiX-users] How to reference a wxs file from another

2012-03-02 Thread Chad Petersen
An option I use on the candle command line is just to pass an arg of *.wxs rather than calling each. Likewise on the light command I pass in *.wixobj. I find it cuts down on the length of the command line. -Original Message- From: Ian Williams [mailto:iawil...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursd

Re: [WiX-users] Combine .wixobj files

2012-03-02 Thread John Cooper
Why do you want to do that? The usual way to assemble wixobj's is to use a Library project to assembly them into a wixlib. If you turn binding on, this also includes the binaries referenced by the wixobj's making the wixlib freestanding. Wix and VS will handle the linking for you if you set a

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 11 Support Timeline?

2012-03-02 Thread Raphael Schweizer
Hi WiX users Rob Mensching wrote: > Latest WiX v3.6 builds support Dev11. You may need to run devenv.exe /setup > right now... we're trying to track down a real answer on that. Any hints how to get that to work? I downloaded and installed WiX 3.6.2221.0 but had no WiX project types in VS 11.0.50

[WiX-users] Combine .wixobj files

2012-03-02 Thread Troy Teixeira
Can someone please send me an example of the light.exe command to combine two .wixobj files residing in the same directory? Thanks -- Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use o

[WiX-users] Harvest Component Path

2012-03-02 Thread Andy Clugston
I am working with the Windows Installer APIs (msi.dll). I would like to be able to harvest the paths of file components of certain products installed on the system. I am currently using the automation interface and what I am finding when calling get_ComponentPath() is that the full path is only ret

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: multiple packages in one fragment

2012-03-02 Thread John Cooper
When I use RegistrySearch elements, I generally have them as children of Property elements. If that is the case for you, a PropertyRef to the wrapping Property element would do the trick. -- John M. Cooper -Original Message- From: jhennessey [mailto:jack.hennes...@hyland.com] Sent: Fri

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: multiple packages in one fragment

2012-03-02 Thread jhennessey
Yes, if you reference anything in a fragment it brings in the entire fragment (not just the element you referenced). It doesn't look like there is a RegistrySearchRef element (perhaps submit a feature request). So, I would recommend putting the searches in an include file so you can pull them in f

[WiX-users] [WIX-users] Patch in Wix 3.6 is empty. warning PYRO1079: The cabinet '***.cab' does not contain any files

2012-03-02 Thread Leo Koivuniemi
Hi all, Hope you can help me with this one. I have been google-ing but found no solution. What I have done is upgraded from Wix v3 to Wix v3.6 (because of VS2010 support). I have managed to get everything working just fine except for when building a patch. I get this warning from pyro.exe pyro.