Re: [WiX-users] What is a "versioned" file?

Yes, a versioned file is a PE binary file with a version resource (FILEINFO). On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Kenneth Porter wrote: > What does it mean for a file to be versioned? > > I'm getting the following error, using 3.6: > > Product.wxs(42,0): error LGHT0367: The Component/@Guid attribut

Re: [WiX-users] building Wix

It can be done but you need to unwire all the wix build customisations before it will work - personally I have found none of solutions in the wix source work unless you can first build everything and even then it is not easy. What I did to build wixstdba was pull out the projects wixstdba and ba

Re: [WiX-users] Condition under component is not working

This example still contains the Condition/@Level attribute. Make sure that attribute is removed! Follow Rob's suggestion to check the verbose log to make sure the property values are what you expect. I assume the Component in question is part of a Feature that has been selected to be installed

Re: [WiX-users] Are compiler extensions available for Light as they are for candle?

Rob I am finally working on this and I am ready to move our candle based preprocessor extension into the Binder File Manager you spoke of but I can't seem to find any documentation outside of Binder Extensions referenced within wix.chm in Extension Types. I read up on these and I don't believe

[WiX-users] What is a "versioned" file?

What does it mean for a file to be versioned? I'm getting the following error, using 3.6: Product.wxs(42,0): error LGHT0367: The Component/@Guid attribute's value '*' is not valid for this component because it does not meet the criteria for having an automatically generated guid. Components wit

Re: [WiX-users] MSP question

Ok, I tried the deferred custom action, but I use Session, so that won't work. I'll look at chaining, but I guess I'd better see if that delete stuff is really necessary for our use. I still wouldn't mind any additional remarks/advice about the MSP and the upgrade MSI though. Keith Douglas S

[WiX-users] building Wix

hello i'm having problem building wix : i have installed all the required prerequisites (or at their equivalent for Visual 2010) i basically just would like to build wixstdba, (it requires the balutil.lib ) - building any project in ext.sln (or in the wix solution) shows The "XsdGen" task was n

Re: [WiX-users] MSP question

How do I get it to not run in the patch or any upgrade? I'll The full MSI seems to provoke a rollback, which is maybe partially why I don't see the file being installed that way. I am at a loss as to why ... MSI (s) (E8:24) [13:06:00:742]: Component: F69b65670cb9b4; Installed: Absent; Reque

Re: [WiX-users] MSP question

The CA will run in both the patch and minor upgrade if not conditioned appropriately. Custom actions that change the machine state should be deferred, not immediate, which affects when they run. That might be something to do with it but it's strange how it affects some files and not others. It mig

Re: [WiX-users] MSP question

No difference in the source. The full MSI (with the commandline suggested) seems to preserve the files correctly but oddly does not seem to install the new file at all. Using Orca, I see that the file is in the file table, though, and its component is in the component table, FeatureComponent, M

Re: [WiX-users] How to get heat.exe to harvest

What version of the WiX toolset are you using? Harvesting is off by default in WiX v3.6 since it caused so many random problems in people's builds. We're investigating how to bring it back in WiX v4. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:37 AM, Alexander Krivács Schrøder < alexander.schro...@mermaid.no> wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper download progress

"Downloading" is part of "Acquire" because you might also be "Copying" from a DVD or network share. "Cache" is the operation of putting the packages in the "package cache". Packages are always securely placed in the "package cache" to ensure they are not tampered with before being executed. If y

Re: [WiX-users] Weekly Releases - history

Yeah, on my todo list. It's in the feed again, at least. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Could the history.txt file be added to the weekly releases page so we can > see what has changed? > > Thanks > > Neil > > Neil Sleightholm > X2 Systems Limited > n...@x2systems.com<

Re: [WiX-users] MSP question

For one of the components with missing files, can you see any difference in the Wix source code between the original and updated versions ? They should be the same. Also, does your updated MSI upgrade an existing installation, without error, with the MSIENFORCEUPGRADECOMPONENTRULES property set to

Re: [WiX-users] MSP question

Hi Peter, I only find one reference to the missing components: MSI (s) (18:04) [11:55:50:138]: Executing op: ComponentRegister(ComponentId={FEA74860-747D-4065-ABB8-7921CEE2BAF3},KeyPath=C:\cmsoft\60970\10021.Ver,State=3,,Disk=1,SharedDllRefCount=0,BinaryType=0) MSI (s) (18:04) [11:55:50:140]: E

[WiX-users] How to get heat.exe to harvest

Hey. I'm having some issues with heat.exe/harvesting. I've set Harvest=True on one of the referenced projects and ProjectOutputGroups=Content, but when I build, heat.exe is never run. Only candle.exe and light.exe are run, and light.exe fails with this message, which is not that surprising, con

[WiX-users] Make Component permanent on Upgrade

Hey, there. I have a tricky situation. In a new product version we decided to mark one config file as permanent and neverOverwrite. Also we have RemoveExistingProducts scheduled after InstallInitialize to support upgrade from very old versions, where components' guids were differ. The problem is

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper download progress

Hi. On packages in Burn, you can set a DownloadUrl, which gets downloaded as necessary during installation. In my custom bootstrapper, I'd like to show some progress during this download so that my users don't just have to sit there while nothing happens for potentially many minutes on a slow c

[WiX-users] Weekly Releases - history

Could the history.txt file be added to the weekly releases page so we can see what has changed? Thanks Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited n...@x2systems.com -- Better than sec? Nothing

Re: [WiX-users] MSP question

What does a verbose log say about the disappearing components ? -Original Message- From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca] Sent: 16 April 2012 17:59 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] MSP question Hi everyone, I'm using pyro to attemp

Re: [WiX-users] Loose file support in Burn?

Please open a bug with this information so it isn't lost in email. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Zhichao Hong wrote: > Rob, > > I have created a solution using VS2010 Pro and Wix 3.6 RC0. The main MSI > package is called DemoSoftware. It will install a file called ReadMe.txt > with content

Re: [WiX-users] Question about Bootstrapper entry in the control panel ARP

See the Bundle element's DisableModify and DisableRemove attributes in the documentation. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Zhichao Hong wrote: > I am using Wix 3.6 RC0 release. Created a bootstrapper application with > one MSI embedded. I did not give the bootstrapper a name so it will not > s