Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Number of files in download

2012-06-27 Thread Miss Parker
Alright, done. Thank you! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-Number-of-files-in-download-tp7579138p7579170.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---

Re: [WiX-users] Burn, MsiPackage and DisplayInternalUI

2012-06-27 Thread Kannan24
Hi, I need to change the DisplayInternalUI at run time in BA. Unable to find the DisplayInternalUI property in BA. Please, how to set the DisplayInternalUI property in BA? Thanks, Kannan -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-MsiPacka

Re: [WiX-users] determining if app is already installed

2012-06-27 Thread Bob Uva
ok, thanks Rob! On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > AppSearch is a perfectly valid thing to use for that. > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Bob Uva wrote: > > > I'm trying to use a modified version of Wix_FeatureTree dialog set. I > want > > to determine if my application i

Re: [WiX-users] Burn, MsiPackage and DisplayInternalUI

2012-06-27 Thread Don Walker
Rob Mensching-7 wrote > > The wixstdba isn't designed to show the internal MSI UI. You'll probably > want to make a custom BA that is designed to show the internal MSI UI. > Could you provide more detail about this? My simple test case sets DisplayInternalUI="yes" for my MSI package that is bas

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper UpgradeCode

2012-06-27 Thread Jose More
It seems that a Bundle Id is generated for every new build and that's why to end up with multiple entries in ARP. We couldn't find any mechanism to set this BundleId to a well-known GUID, is there any way to do this at build-time? run-time? > Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:07:32 -0500 > From: benben

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

2012-06-27 Thread Brian C
Rob,   I have gotten a little further now.  Using Model.Command.CommandLine, I now get my command line arguments great, except that on Windows 7, when I start the Bootstrap application, I always get "ignored" as an argument, even when none are passed?!? XP works fine, but Windows 7 (x64 or x32)

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

2012-06-27 Thread Don Walker
Rob Mensching-7 wrote > > 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! > I've replaced the VC90CRTx86 merge module with a bundle that runs the C++ redistributable. This works on XP without any

Re: [WiX-users] determining if app is already installed

2012-06-27 Thread Rob Mensching
AppSearch is a perfectly valid thing to use for that. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Bob Uva wrote: > I'm trying to use a modified version of Wix_FeatureTree dialog set. I want > to determine if my application is already installed, and if it is, to read > an xml file to retrieve a value from it

[WiX-users] determining if app is already installed

2012-06-27 Thread Bob Uva
I'm trying to use a modified version of Wix_FeatureTree dialog set. I want to determine if my application is already installed, and if it is, to read an xml file to retrieve a value from it. If the app is not installed, I want to bring up a different dialog on a Next button press. Is there a stand

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
The WiX setup installs that stuff under C:\Program Files\MSBuild. For example, I found the following in one of my .wixproj: $(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets $(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets The MSBuild documentation at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes. The WiX toolset (wix36.exe or the old WiX v3.5 MSI) installs the wix.targets and WixTasks.dll and other things appropriately so they "just work". Or you could use the binaries.zip file like someone pointed out with a link to the documentation how. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Dan Muller

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Dan Muller
Before reading this post i did do a search for msbuild and found it in my .NET folders, and i have a copy of wix.target and wixtasks.dll, however they are not actually from the wix installation but my sharpdevelop install. So my question is, is there a wix.target and wixtasks.dll that is distribute

Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper

2012-06-27 Thread Rob Mensching
You'll have to proxy out to a 64-bit process. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Henning Krause wrote: > Since I'm in the context of Burn, I can't call CAQuietExec. I'm not > running in any MSI context. That comes later... > > Henning > > > -Original Message- > > From: John Cooper [mailto:j

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Number of files in download

2012-06-27 Thread Rob Mensching
Hmm, doesn't look like that is possible. That's a bummer. Feel free to open a bug. It's something we should support. Might do it by adding payload information to the BootstrapperApplicationData.xml. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Miss Parker wrote: > Hi, > > I need to display in my GUI the exac

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: Resume Installation Plan

2012-06-27 Thread Rob Mensching
Save the values you need in a persisted Variable *before* calling Apply(). When you come back after reboot, the values will still be there. Basically, in Burn we fixed the "problem" that MSI does not store Property values by allowing Variables to be persisted. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 6:57 AM, jh

Re: [WiX-users] Burn, MsiPackage and DisplayInternalUI

2012-06-27 Thread Rob Mensching
You set DisplayInternalUI at build time. On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Kannan24 wrote: > Hi, > > I need to set the DisplayInternalUI value to "No" using BA.dll. > > > SourceFile="D:\Work\Build\syncfusionessentialstudiosetup\EssentialStudioSetup\bin\Debug\EssentialStudioSetup.msi" > Compress

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Richard Mayes
MSbuild is installed with the dotnet framework so you won't need to install SharpDevelop or VS. What you are getting is that msbuild can't find the Wix targets and binaries. For all my wix projects I redirect the wixproj files to point to a directory that is checked into source control. That way t

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
If you have WiX installed on the computer, then you have everything you need, even if Visual Studio is not installed. Give it a try. Let us know if you run into any problems. Try to provide as much information as possible about your configuration. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Dig

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Dan Muller
I don't know what I was doing but I had tried msbuild but must have supplied the wrong argument. My problem now is that there is no w.target in my C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3.6\bin directory. It exists in my sharp develop directory and I am sure I can find it in the visual studios dir

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Richard Mayes
Why don't you just use the msbuild commandline if you already have the wixproj? Just call msbuild in the same directory to the sln or wixproj and it will find it. Richard Mayes Blog: http://blog.slinkysoftware.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/caveman_dick On 27 June 2012 15:24, Dan Muller wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread David Watson
A wixproj is an msbuild file, so it should build directly from the command line (msbuild blob.wixproj). http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/msbuild.htm We check the whole solution into TFS and use TFS build to automate. Just add the solution into the tfsbuild.proj e.g. If you use nant there

[WiX-users] Creating an installer through the command line

2012-06-27 Thread Dan Muller
Is there a way to build an installer directly from a wixproj? The normal method is to call candle on a wxs, then light on a wixobj, but in a project with multiple source files and therefore multiple wixobjs, is there a way to create the installer through the command line? What would be the process

Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper

2012-06-27 Thread Henning Krause
Since I'm in the context of Burn, I can't call CAQuietExec. I'm not running in any MSI context. That comes later... Henning > -Original Message- > From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:56 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML

Re: [WiX-users] Files to install in a location other than INSTALLDIR

2012-06-27 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
A property and a directory ID are both kinds of properties. You use NEWLOC1 as a directory ID and you write your directory structure so that the default locations for the 2 properties are the IDs of their corresponding directories in the tree: -- default directory structure for INSTALLDIR

[WiX-users] Burn: Resume Installation Plan

2012-06-27 Thread jhennessey
In my BA I have several packages and features. I decide which of these to install by showing a UI that allows the user to select them individually. If one of the packages requires an immediate reboot what is the recommended way of persisting the plan for after reboot (I don't want to have the user

Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper

2012-06-27 Thread John Cooper
Hmmm. Generally, when I call applets I wrap them in C# or call them with CAQuietExec[64] because of this issue. The trick is that there are two powershell.exe's on a 64-bit system, and you get the 32-bit one by default. You're probably going to have to find a way to force the 64-bit powershe

Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper

2012-06-27 Thread Henning Krause
Maybe my question was poorly phrased. I'm not running a custom action. My call to Get-WindowsFeature resides in a Managed Bootstrapper application (aka Burn). I haven't found a way to start the Bundle process as x64. Kind regards, Henning > -Original Message- > From: John Cooper [mailt

Re: [WiX-users] msi execution with Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows XP fail

2012-06-27 Thread beatman
Thank you, I don't why but I was sure it should be 450. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/msi-execution-with-Windows-Installer-4-5-on-Windows-XP-fail-tp7579140p7579143.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper

2012-06-27 Thread John Cooper
You have to call with a 64-bit entry point. If you're using CAQuietExec, you need to be using CAQuietExec64 to execute in a 64-bit process. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo..

Re: [WiX-users] msi execution with Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows XP fail

2012-06-27 Thread Bruce Cran
On 27/06/2012 13:59, beatman wrote: > Now, the problem: I have created a few .msi packages with > InstallerVersion="450" and tried to run them on a Windows XP SP2 machine > with Windows Installer 4.5 correctly installed; unfortunately, the packages > fail to execute, reporting the following error >

[WiX-users] msi execution with Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows XP fail

2012-06-27 Thread beatman
Hi all, this is my first post here, I'm a new (since a few months) WiX user from Italy Now, the problem: I have created a few .msi packages with InstallerVersion="450" and tried to run them on a Windows XP SP2 machine with Windows Installer 4.5 correctly installed; unfortunately, the packages fai

[WiX-users] Files to install in a location other than INSTALLDIR

2012-06-27 Thread Sudripta Nandy
Hi, In my setup, I want to install 2 files say 'abc.txt' and 'efg.txt' in a separate location other than the default install location (INSTALLDIR). This separate location is also user-specified and I am storing the path in a property called 'NEWLOC1'. I also need to do a 'FileShare' of this

[WiX-users] Burn: Number of files in download

2012-06-27 Thread Miss Parker
Hi, I need to display in my GUI the exact number of files that are being downloaded. I can't seem to get the number of files, just the number of packages so when an exe or msi has one or more payload file(s) I get the incorrect number of files. Is there any way to access number of files after pla

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

2012-06-27 Thread Kannan24
Hi, Could you please give the more details about the rollback, ie which property or method to call the rollback? I tried to uninstall the installed setup. When i debug the source, the LauchAction does not make uninstall action. I used the below code to uninstall the setup. SyncBA.Model.Engine.D

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade not working

2012-06-27 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
The documentation for CAQuietExec says you have to pass the command line in a property called "QtExecCmdLine". I can't see any property with that name in your source files. Have a look in the Wix help file and check that you're following the instructions correctly. -Original Message- From:

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade not working

2012-06-27 Thread rajeshk
I tried and reproduce the problem.I was follow the below steps. 1. I was installed new MSi version 1.0.0 2. I was implemented minor upgrade and MSI version is 1.1.0 3. Then I tried for major upgrade (version 4.1.0). First 2 steps are working fine, but when i tried for 3 step its throw the error.A

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade not working

2012-06-27 Thread rajeshk
I tried and reproduce the problem.I was follow the below steps. 1. I was installed new MSi version 1.0.0 2. I was implemented minor upgrade and MSI version is 1.1.0 3. Then I tried for major upgrade (version 4.1.0). First 2 steps are working fine, but when i tried for 3 step its throw the error.A

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade not working

2012-06-27 Thread rajeshk
I tried and reproduce the problem.I was follow the below steps. 1. I was installed new MSi version 1.0.0 2. I was implemented minor upgrade and MSI version is 1.1.0 3. Then I tried for major upgrade (version 4.1.0). First 2 steps are working fine, but when i tried for 3 step its throw the error.A

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

2012-06-27 Thread maksim.vazhenin
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Maksim -Original Message- From: maksim.vazhe...@emc.com [mailto:maksim.vazhe...@emc.com] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 3:00 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] x86 & x64 vc runtime merge modules installation problem Hi All, Re

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade not working

2012-06-27 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
That isn't an error. It is telling you that the component won't be removed because a different MSI on the computer has also installed that component, so the component is still needed. It may be from a previous failed upgrade. Can you reproduce this error on a clean virtual machine ? -Original

[WiX-users] Major upgrade not working

2012-06-27 Thread Rajeshkannan Krishnamoorthy
Hi, I tried to install the major upgrade for my application. When its try to uninstall the existing application its throw the error message like "isallowing uninstallation of component: {AA67D22F-62E9-4034-BD7D-7210A43050BD} since another client exists". Then its try to install the changes, but t

Re: [WiX-users] Launch External Application using WiX

2012-06-27 Thread Pally Sandher
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[WiX-users] X64 Burn Bootstrapper

2012-06-27 Thread Henning Krause
Hi, as part of my managed bundle, I may need to activate certain Windows Features. Since I'm targeting Windows 2008 R2 or later, I can safely use the Add-WindowsFeature and Get-WindowsFeature cmdlets. The Add-WindowsFeature would be called from a custom action. However, I want to display a lis

[WiX-users] Launch External Application using WiX

2012-06-27 Thread Ravi Raj
I want to implement launch application on successful install only (and not on repair or uninstall). Its an external application (say VLC media player). How can write my custom action to do this? -- Thanks and Regards, Ravi Raj --