Re: [WiX-users] Custom bundle-loader UI

2012-07-19 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Since you are talking about multiple MSI's, then the answer would be using WiX and Burn to generate your UI. I would start by looking at WiX's own installer for a basic example of writing a custom UX if you want it in .Net, or looking at the existing C++ StdBA if you don't want to have the depen

[WiX-users] Custom bundle-loader UI

2012-07-19 Thread Josh Suereth
tl;dr; What environment do I need to create my own UI? First - Please don't laugh if I'm asking silly questions. I'm a Scala developer working on the JVM. I've been using WiX for a few months and it's a great tool! I was very happy to be able to use pure XML, and I drive my builds through our

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Components with different GUIDs?

2012-07-19 Thread Farrukhw
Hi Peter, Thanks for your reply.. I've given msi builds which were not designed by me and after Pyro's complaint, I investigated that in every build, same named components got new Component ID (GUID). Although, I've informed the owners and asked them if they are changing the Component IDs for eac

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Components with different GUIDs?

2012-07-19 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
That would be a violation of the component rules and would go horribly wrong. If you want to change component GUIDs, you will need to use a major upgrade as Neil suggested previously: ensure that all MSIs that install those components are removed by the major upgrade and schedule RemoveExistingProd

[WiX-users] Patching Components with different GUIDs?

2012-07-19 Thread Farrukhw
Hi Guys, Is that possible to Patch a Component whose GUID was changed in Updated build? Pyro gives an error: I know if I change the GUID in my updated msi back to the one which was in Original msi. But I have a case in which a great number of GUIDs (might be in thousands) have to be updated then

[WiX-users] WixConfig

2012-07-19 Thread Ilana Girshevich
Hi, I'm trying to add 2 new connection strings in web.config in my install using WixConfig. This is my code:< < < <  < < < <  util:XmlConfigId="GrocerySnapshotConnectionStr"File="[POSSERVICE]Web.config"Action="create"ElementPath="//configuration/connectionStrings"Name="add"Sequence="5"On="install"