[WiX-users] Changes in the source file(.wxs) to get a custom install

2012-06-21 Thread eddie burkowich
Hi, I have a radiobutton on a dialog box (i have created my own dialog box),(i m running as an admin) -All Admins My Current Work: Once i select this radiobutton(All Admins),click on next the system must check for the admin rights/logged in as administrators. If yes it should install for all th

Re: [WiX-users] Command line arguments to managed BA

2012-06-21 Thread Rob Mensching
The Command structure has the command-line. On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Brian C wrote: > Hello, > I have a managed bootstrap application, C# XAML mimicking > the WixBA example, but I would like to drive it with command line > arguments. I have tried adding a void Main(strin

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

2012-06-21 Thread Rob Mensching
Please run "msbuild -fl path\to\your.wixproj" and take a look at the msbuild.log file that is generated. In there you will find the exception stack. If you could put all that information in a bug we should be able to track down the issue. On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:16 PM, oji wrote: > Hi, > > I'm

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-21 Thread Rob Mensching
Understanding the Component Rules is important: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2003/10/18/Component-Rules-101 :) On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Alexey Ivanov wrote: > Thank you mr. Peter Shirtcliffe! > > 2012/6/21 Peter Shirtcliffe : > > Mostly you will have trouble with small & minor upda

Re: [WiX-users] What issues can rise if lose components Guid every build?

2012-06-21 Thread Rob Mensching
Reference counting is basically hosed. This old blog post of mine explains the fundamentals: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2003/10/18/Component-Rules-101 On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Igor Lemsky wrote: > I took a new project on support and development, which includes WIX-based > install

[WiX-users] What issues can rise if lose components Guid every build?

2012-06-21 Thread Igor Lemsky
I took a new project on support and development, which includes WIX-based installer. Among issues of this installer there is problem: every build Paraffin works on binary file's tree and generate almost new WXS files (only Dir and Component group are keeping out). As I understand with such implemen

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-21 Thread Alexey Ivanov
Thank you mr. Peter Shirtcliffe! 2012/6/21 Peter Shirtcliffe : > Mostly you will have trouble with small & minor updates. If a component is > being updated, only the file designated as the keypath is checked to see if > it is out of date: if it is up to date, all the others are ignored. Those > ki

Re: [WiX-users] custom action dll not getting called, debugging advice

2012-06-21 Thread David Connet
Make sure your DLL is statically linked. It may be failing because a dependent dll (that you're installing - for instance vc runtime) does exist yet. Dave From: Joe Damato To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2

Re: [WiX-users] custom action dll not getting called, debugging advice

2012-06-21 Thread Wilson, Phil
Sometimes these are dependency issues, C runtime support etc. Dependency Walker is a useful tool to deal with those issues. Phil W -Original Message- From: Joe Damato [mailto:j...@boundary.com] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML tool

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

2012-06-21 Thread oji
Hi, I'm using build 3.6.3014, and I'm getting the same error. My bundle has an embedded .msi in it and a custom bootstrapper application (based on WixStandard BA) Regards, -Javier 1>-- Build started: Project: Bootstrapper, Configuration: Debug x86 -- 1> C:\Program Files (x86)\Wi

[WiX-users] Command line arguments to managed BA

2012-06-21 Thread Brian C
Hello,     I have a managed bootstrap application, C# XAML mimicking the WixBA example, but I would like to drive it with command line arguments.  I have tried adding a void Main(string[] args) to the BA class, but that does not get hit.  I tried overloading the Run() the same way, b

Re: [WiX-users] custom action dll not getting called, debugging advice

2012-06-21 Thread Joe Damato
thanks everyone for the replies. i've changed: to: and i left my InstallExecuteSequence sequence intact and now the logfile output from the MSI shows that the MSI is attempting to call into my DLL during both UI and non-UI installs. i have now been trying to decipher this error messag

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.6 backwards compatibility

2012-06-21 Thread Rob Mensching
Should be fully backwards compatible *unless* we fixed a bug that existed in WiX v3.5. On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Brutvan, Michal < michal.brut...@solarwinds.com> wrote: > Is Wix 3.6 fully backwards compatible with 3.5? If I upgraded my build > server to use 3.6, will I be able to build som

[WiX-users] Updating from V 3.6.2424.0 to Version 3.6.3014.0

2012-06-21 Thread John H Bergman (XPedient)
Yesterday, I updated to 3014, and not when I build inside Visual Studio I am receiving a whole bunch of ICE30 errors that look similar to this, it appears to be about one per project. Error 40 ICE30: Error 2235: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\1ef5by35\Install.MM.Platform.UI.Common.msm,

Re: [WiX-users] Scheduling Custom Action

2012-06-21 Thread Wilson, Phil
You don't need a custom action. All you need is a registry item that has [Your property name] in it, and Windows Installer will do the rest. However. When a property is being passed from the UI sequence into the execute sequence it needs marking as secure so it goes into the SecureCustomPr

[WiX-users] bound wixpdbs when we build in visual studio?

2012-06-21 Thread David Watson
Hi, Is there a simple way of getting bound wixpdbs when we build in visual studio? I understand that we may need to create bound wixouts and then use these as inputs to light a second time to create wixpdbs with bound files. I didn't spot any votive settings for this, would I need to tweak the li

[WiX-users] Wix 3.6 backwards compatibility

2012-06-21 Thread Brutvan, Michal
Is Wix 3.6 fully backwards compatible with 3.5? If I upgraded my build server to use 3.6, will I be able to build some projects that are 3.5, or I will have to do some changes in the projects? -- Live Security Virtual Co

Re: [WiX-users] Scheduling Custom Action

2012-06-21 Thread Hoover, Jacob
The way I would do this is the custom action should be firstSequence, the value stored in a secure property and you should use a RegistrySearch to read the value during maintenance operations. If you have all those pieces in place, then it's just a matter of getting all the conditions right. I

Re: [WiX-users] pass a string value from one dialog to a managed custom action

2012-06-21 Thread jhennessey
Bob Uva-2 wrote > > I'm using WixUI_FeatureTree with a few custom dialogs. I want to get a > string entered by the user on one dialog and use it in a call to a managed > custom action implemented in a C# DLL assembly. What is the best, and > hopefully easiest, way to do this? > The process will

Re: [WiX-users] Scheduling Custom Action

2012-06-21 Thread jhennessey
Ravi Raj wrote > > I am populating UserName property in UI textbox and then storing it in > registry. For this I am using custom action to set this variable at > UISqeuence and ExecuteSequence. Everything works great. > > I found that if I change this value to something else, my registry is > ne

[WiX-users] AppSyndication

2012-06-21 Thread Michael Stoll
The WiX bootstrapper uses the "http://appsyndication.org/2006/appsyn"; scheme in it's update rss feed. I could not find any further information about that scheme. What's the meaning of the application guid specified by the scheme? It does not seem to be a product id and it's ignored by the boots

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-21 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Mostly you will have trouble with small & minor updates. If a component is being updated, only the file designated as the keypath is checked to see if it is out of date: if it is up to date, all the others are ignored. Those kind of updates are similar to repairs and repairs are likewise affected.

[WiX-users] Interacting with two dialog boxes using radio buttons

2012-06-21 Thread eddie burkowich
Hi, I have a dialog box (MyInstallPref) that have got two dialog buttons user , options , when i select the "user " i want to go to a dialog named MyInstallDirDlg, and when i select the options i want to go to a new dialog box that have other options I have linked the MyInstallPref(Set the sequen

Re: [WiX-users] heat.exe generate component for files in each folder, not to generate component for each file.

2012-06-21 Thread Alexey Ivanov
>so if the first file in a component exists and is of the correct version >(assuming no other file is marked as the keypath) then Windows Installer >would consider the component state to be present. What problems can occur with this? 2012/6/21 Alexey Ivanov : > In the project vacuum-im ~ 1200

[WiX-users] Interacting two dialog boxes using radiobuttons

2012-06-21 Thread eddie burkowich
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