Re: [WiX-users] How to mix 32bit driver and 64bit driver into same package?

2012-06-25 Thread tzleon
Now I found a solution, I gave up the difxapp_*.wixlib, but using dpinstall.exe instead(see http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/44191/Drivers-Installation-With-WiX), and using bootstrapper to launch the executable file while the previous msi copied driver binary to system. Now another problem is un

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

2012-06-25 Thread Kannan24
Hi, Thanks for your update. 1. Am tried to uninstall the setup using this.Engine.Plan(LaunchAction.Uninstall), but the unable to remove. I checked with the log, its shows unable to remove cached bundle. This is the issue with my last update also. *[20C0:23D4][2012-06-25T07:54:26]: Unable to remo

[WiX-users] What is a rollback boundary?

2012-06-25 Thread Nick Ramirez
Can someone explain what the RollbackBoundary element is used for? Is it always used with the ParallelCache attribute on the Chain element? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/What-is-a-rollback-boundary-tp7579098.html Sent from t

Re: [WiX-users] Unnecessary? reboot when repairing an install on Win XP

2012-06-25 Thread Don Walker
This section of the log is the first occurrence of the string "reboot". I also tried verbose logging (/l*v) and didn't get any earlier occurrences of "reboot". I've uploaded the entire verbose log through nabble. See http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/file/n7579097/Setup

Re: [WiX-users] Using a Bundle for Prerequisites

2012-06-25 Thread David Mannion
Thanks for the quick response, but I'm a little confused. Burn has a ton of really useful features (flexible and easy to use pre-installation checks, downloading or embedding files, etc.) for handling prerequisites and the documentation suggests this is one of the main uses for bundles : "A bu

Re: [WiX-users] Unnecessary? reboot when repairing an install on Win XP

2012-06-25 Thread Rob Mensching
IIRC, there were bugs in WinSxS on Windows XP that did not handle replacing files in use well causing more reboots than necessary. Yay, Fusion! On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Don Walker wrote: > I have a fairly simple test install built with WiX 3.6.3025.0. It does > include the VC90CRTx86 merg

Re: [WiX-users] Unnecessary? reboot when repairing an install on Win XP

2012-06-25 Thread Wilson, Phil
There should be something earlier in the log that says what's going on. The part of the log you posted is just info confirming it's going to do a reboot and use those files, not the actual reason it created them in the first place. If you search for -reboot- there may be something earlier than t

Re: [WiX-users] After InstallFiles on Change

2012-06-25 Thread rstoney99
Somehow this issue went away...I don't have much insight into the solution. I basically just fixed the issue with my installer calling the uninstall custom action when it should have been calling the install custom action and it made this issue go away. Thanks for your help! -- View this message

[WiX-users] Unnecessary? reboot when repairing an install on Win XP

2012-06-25 Thread Don Walker
I have a fairly simple test install built with WiX 3.6.3025.0. It does include the VC90CRTx86 merge module. On Windows 7 I can install and then immediately repair the install without being asked to reboot after the repair. On Windows XP I get asked to reboot after the repair. Here is the part of

Re: [WiX-users] Error from heat with remote share as directory

2012-06-25 Thread Rob Mensching
GetShortFileName seems to be failing. Not sure how to resolve it. Wonder if it is really necessary any longer. On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Richard Mayes wrote: > Hi > > I've created a project that uses heat to harvest files from a > directory that ideally will be located on a share. I have g

Re: [WiX-users] Trying to call .Net 3.5 installer for Windows 8 with Dism

2012-06-25 Thread Rob Mensching
You need to execute the custom action "deferred" to be in the script and thus elevated. On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Bill Pierce wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to get the following command line to run during a Windows 8 > install of our product. > > Dism /online /enable-feature /featurenam

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

2012-06-25 Thread Rob Mensching
The message says "Continuing..." which means it was not a fatal error. On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 5:12 AM, Kannan24 wrote: > Hi, > > I have included the features list in BA using condition check process. > The following things are unable to get the solution. > > 1. Uninstall the installed setup, I

[WiX-users] Trying to call .Net 3.5 installer for Windows 8 with Dism

2012-06-25 Thread Bill Pierce
Hi all, I'm trying to get the following command line to run during a Windows 8 install of our product. Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Source:x:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess I've added the following code and many variations to my installer to try to get Windows 8 to instal

[WiX-users] Uninstall not clean

2012-06-25 Thread Osanger, Martin
Hi, Our WIX MSI does a "Per User installation" in an "Active Directory Environment" with "Roaming Profiles". I install the MSI with "User A" on "Workstation A". After that, I initiate an update with "User A" on "Workstation B" (original MSI was saved, so that the update works). If I then unin

Re: [WiX-users] custom action with administrator privileges

2012-06-25 Thread James Johnston
> -Original Message- > From: nejiba [mailto:nejiba.ta...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 09:26 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] custom action with administrator privileges > > Re > I was following the tutorial here: > http://www.codeproject.com/KB/l

Re: [WiX-users] How to mix 32bit driver and 64bit driver into same package?

2012-06-25 Thread James Johnston
> -Original Message- > From: tzleon [mailto:tzl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 06:52 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] How to mix 32bit driver and 64bit driver into same > package? > > I wish to mix 32bit driver and 64bit driver into same package, bu

[WiX-users] Error from heat with remote share as directory

2012-06-25 Thread Richard Mayes
Hi I've created a project that uses heat to harvest files from a directory that ideally will be located on a share. I have got this working great on my local machine but when it builds on TFS I get a strange error. heat.exe : error HEAT0001 : Failed to get short path name Exception Type: System.

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp driver files in multiple directories

2012-06-25 Thread James Johnston
> -Original Message- > From: Frank Jenner [mailto:frank8...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 19:29 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] DIFxApp driver files in multiple directories > > I'm attempting to use the WixDifxAppExtension to in

Re: [WiX-users] DIFxApp driver files in multiple directories

2012-06-25 Thread Wesley Manning
Ran into the same problem and couldn't figure it out either. In our case I was modifying the inf file with our branding anyways so at same time I just created two inf files: one for 32bit and one for 64bit and a separate MSI for each one. I then have burn detect the OS "bitness" and run the ap

Re: [WiX-users] After InstallFiles on Change

2012-06-25 Thread rstoney99
Rob - Thanks for the help. I'm not sure if I'm reading the log right, but if I am it looks to verify my thoughts: *Log of Working full install * (Installs folder/files before running DoSomething.exe) MSI (s) (88:BC) [08:26:16:559]: Executing op: SetTargetFolder(Folder=C:\Program Files (x86)\MyProg

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

2012-06-25 Thread Kannan24
Hi, I have included the features list in BA using condition check process. The following things are unable to get the solution. 1. Uninstall the installed setup, I have installed the setup and tried to uninstall using CustomLauch.Uinninstall code, but it unable to start the uninstillation. Pleas

[WiX-users] R: Use ValidatePath to validate a path different from WIXUI_INSTALLDIR

2012-06-25 Thread Luca Bottari
Can I assign my path to WIXUI_INSTALLDIR, check for validation e re-assign back its value to my variable usign the Order property? I would not write custom actions... Thanks -Messaggio originale- Da: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Inviato: domenica 24 giugno 2012 18.36 A: wix-user

Re: [WiX-users] How to mix 32bit driver and 64bit driver into same package?

2012-06-25 Thread Frank Jenner
You cannot build a single MSI that deploys both the 32-bit and 64-bit version of the driver. As you discovered, you can only use one of the difxapp libraries in your build. This is due to the fact that the underlying SetupAPI calls in DIFx are not "thunked" in WOW64 (see here: http://download.micro

[WiX-users] x86 & x64 vc runtime merge modules installation problem

2012-06-25 Thread maksim.vazhenin
Hi All, Recently I faced the following issue with installation of x86 and x64 merge modules on a host: installation on Windows Server 2008 SP1 fails with the following errors: Component Based Servicing (CBS) log: ... Session: 30232391:1539712812 finalized. Reboot required: yes 2012-06-20 17

Re: [WiX-users] How does Torch auto detect changes in files between two wixpdbs?

2012-06-25 Thread David Watson
Cheers Bob. I have added a feature request. https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3537703&group_id=105970&atid =642717 I also will look into a pyro extension. Dave W. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: 24 June 2012 17:30 To: wix-users@list

Re: [WiX-users] custom action with administrator privileges

2012-06-25 Thread nejiba
Re I was following the tutorial here: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/library/driver-install-with-wix.aspx The command usind DPinst.exe works and shows me the message "the driver was successfully installed" but my case is a little more specific.. the device still not working and my computer cannot de

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

2012-06-25 Thread Vadym Verba
For clean installation it really doesn't matter if you have new GUIDs for each build. As you said, patching ability will be lost. In terms of patch new GUIDs are classified as "new Components to be installed instead of old ones" and patch does not support component uninstallation. About upgrade:

Re: [WiX-users] custom action with administrator privileges

2012-06-25 Thread nejiba
Thank you for your answer! i will try this and I'll let you know :) -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/custom-action-with-administrator-privileges-tp7579039p7579072.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --