Re: [WiX-users] Burn and Msi logging revisited

1. The mba (Managed Bootstrapper Application) can install the .NET Framework *before* your managed BA comes up. That's actually howthe WiX toolset works. Install it on a machine with out .NET Framework and it will first install .NET Framework then launch the custom BA. However, I must say, I don't

Re: [WiX-users] Sets of files installed at different times.

I've seen many installers by others where their bootstrapper installs "installation tools" before the real installer begins to execute so I think this kind of approach certainly has a lot of precedence already. I have not personally used burn so I'm not much help myself. If I was going to start

Re: [WiX-users] Extracting embedded packages from the standard bootstrapper

I've submitted feature request #3535563. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Extracting-embedded-packages-from-the-standard-bootstrapper-tp7578806p7578880.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -

Re: [WiX-users] Sets of files installed at different times.

Thank you for your in depth response. Since reading your post we have looked in to burn, and have a few questions that we hope someone could answer. An idea that is being thrown around is that of a first MSI that would lay down the necessary files in the form of perl scripts, and a second that wo

Re: [WiX-users] Burn and Msi logging revisited

In reply to Rob's points: 1. I knew about the Burn log file Variables and link on the failure page. Since I'm new to both Windows Installer and WiX, I was hoping to avoid the need to write my own bootstrapper just to control logging. I may be installing to XP machines without .Net installed so I w

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Installer 3.1 or 4.5 for XP?

The current released versions of WiX will always support all the curent versions of Windows Installer. Looking forward, the only reason I can imagine that we'd move the minimum supported Windows Installer in the WiX toolset is if we cut support for old OSs. In the coming months through next coupl

Re: [WiX-users] Extracting embedded packages from the standard bootstrapper

Yeah, that's not supported in Burn today. Could file a feature request for a future version. On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Don Walker wrote: > dark can be used as described. However, my customers don't have WiX > installed > and may not have .Net - I am under the impression that dark uses .Net

Re: [WiX-users] Burn and Msi logging revisited

1. Burn provides Variables to the paths to all log files, including it's own log file. For example, the wixstdba code uses the Variable to provide a link on the failure page. Your BA could do other things. Note: the log filenames from a Bundle are designed to be pretty self-explanatory and are sto

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.6 Burn MsiPackage Basic Quesiton

The way to implement this is to download a new Bundle. The WiX toolset's install basically does this via the "Check Updates" tile in the bottom left. We don't automatically get the latest in the WiX toolset's install but could have... On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:40 AM, yojam wrote: > We have a si

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper UpgradeCode

I need to write the blog entry about this. Bundles are registered on the machine. Bundles can be uninstalled, manage the package cache and they reference count their packages. Basically, they do everything in their power to help create a "unified installation experience for a set of packages". Look

[WiX-users] Burn and Msi logging revisited

I've found a number of topics about log file location and some topics about logging detail levels by searching the mail list and the bug tracker. I still don't know how to get logging working the way I want so here we go again. The Windows Installer properties that interact with logging are Msi

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.6 Burn MsiPackage Basic Quesiton

We have a similar requirement in order to download latest versions (hosted in DownloadURL) and we cannot redistribute the bundle installer (will be pre-installed on certain platforms). Would it be possible to change this hash/file validation by implementing a custom Boostrapper Application? Thanks

[WiX-users] Help with localized file locations

In my install source hierarchy, I have different localized versions of files in different directories. So far, I have something that looks like this: [Install.wxs] ... ... [Resources_en-us.wxl] http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization";> 1

Re: [WiX-users] Sets of files installed at different times.

Windows Installer uses a declarative language (implemented in an embedded database) to describe the end state of the system. This means that all files in selected components are installed at the same conceptual time in no specific order. Components can have Conditions that decide whether the com

[WiX-users] Sets of files installed at different times.

Our installer needs to run a set of scripts on install and uninstall, is there a way to write a specific set of files to the disk, then call them using some custom actions we made and depending on whether some of them produced proper files outputs, wix would then install the rest of the files to th

Re: [WiX-users] Example of multiple browse buttons in a single Dialog

Can you send me the code for your solution? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Example-of-multiple-browse-buttons-in-a-single-Dialog-tp693894p7578866.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -

Re: [WiX-users] Perl Script on initialization **UPDATE**

Thank you for your help! We eventually figured it out, here is a snippet of our working source We had to write our own exe to do it however, but that was not really a problem. Now we are trying to figure out how we can get the perl scripts into th

Re: [WiX-users] Passing component Id in Custom Action

raviraj87 wrote > > I want to pass a file name in the argument of Custom Action. These files > are getting installed into the system. Can I pass the component id of > these > files rather than passing hard coded name? > You can use this expression [#/filekey/] to get the full path of a file. Ta

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Planning: package customization

Kannan24 wrote > > Hi, > > 1. I followed the update to set the msiproperty values in managed code, > but i cannot achieve to set the property value. > > I have used the below code. > > Bundle.wxs: > > > >SourceFile="C:\Users\Kannanns\Documents\Visual Studio > 2010\Projects\Test

Re: [WiX-users] Only one Registry Entry gets deleted while Repair

I got the answer: I have to remove *NOT Installed* condition form the custom action. BTW thanks for your responses. On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Ravi Raj wrote: > I was checking the conditions for the registry entry and added a new > component: > > Guid="833D44E7-EECA-476F-BD06-9045692EE2

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Planning: package customization

Hi, 1. I followed the update to set the msiproperty values in managed code, but i cannot achieve to set the property value. I have used the below code. Bundle.wxs: BA Managed code: SyncBA.Model.Engine.Plan(LaunchAction.Install); SyncBA.Model.Engine.A

[WiX-users] Passing component Id in Custom Action

I want to pass a file name in the argument of Custom Action. These files are getting installed into the system. Can I pass the component id of these files rather than passing hard coded name? -- Thanks and Regards, Ravi Raj -

Re: [WiX-users] Light.exe error: Value cannot be null

I seem to remember getting this error in one of the builds, have you tried the latest nightly build 3.6.3014.0 for example. Neil Neil Sleightholm n...@x2systems.com On 15 Jun 2012, at 06:39, Miss Parker wrote: Hi, 1) I tried that clean/rebuild before posting, and i

Re: [WiX-users] Only one Registry Entry gets deleted while Repair

I was checking the conditions for the registry entry and added a new component: Not Installed its a simple registry entry for storing ComputerName. I preformed the Repair via Maintenance mode, and I saw that now both registry entries gets deleted. This is pretty strange. Is it happening b