Re: [WiX-users] Burn: upgrades

2012-12-09 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I wasn't expect psychic debugging as I have posted quite a lot of logs. What I am trying to find out is why burn thinks the upgrade hasn't happened when windows installer thinks it has. As far as I can tell I can run the msi in upgrade mode many times and it works as an upgrade but burn is for some

Re: [WiX-users] msiexec.exe returns error when Failure element has restartService action

2012-12-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Dec-12 15:44, Marty Offe wrote: > I am unsuccessfully trying to get my installer to configure the recovery > options for my Windows service. I am using the WIX > ServiceConfigFailureActions element and the Failure element(s). The only > Failure action that works for myself is runCommand.

Re: [WiX-users] WIX - framework localization

2012-12-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Dec-12 03:33, MichaƂ Domeredzki wrote: > Is it possible to check if user just have framework 4.0 ? not if he have for > exampale framework 4.0 polish ? See the WixNetfxExtension topic in WiX.chm for a list of all the available language pack properties. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Falling back to default language if locale is not present

2012-12-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 06-Dec-12 11:17, Shaun Greenfield wrote: > Hoping someone has an idea if this is even possible. We used to have an > English only installer but changed recently to a multi-language version. > Based on the recommended way we created a transform for Japanese and then > referenced those string

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: upgrades

2012-12-09 Thread Bob Arnson
On 03-Dec-12 03:20, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > What would cause that? If I run the install manually it appears to > upgrade, even running it through burn I only see one product code in the > registry. Sorry, psychic debugging is on the fritz. I'm just guessing based on the behavior. Try diffing a m

[WiX-users] "Failed to open the database" error. - SOLVED

2012-12-09 Thread mcalex
Hi all, I'm new to wix and am was getting this message when I try to build the wsx file of a wix project in Visual Studio 2012. The full text of the message (generated by Light) is: "Error9 Failed to open the database. During validation, this most commonly happens when attempting to ope

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Bootstrapper Version

2012-12-09 Thread Kannan24
Hi Rob, Thanks for your update. I have checked with the log file, but there is no version information. Please find the Bundle properties below. Temp file: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2010/BootstrapperApplicationData";> also i have manually update the version information, like htt

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Application: dynamically change variable/MSI property

2012-12-09 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
it's ok, I found myself :) m_pEngine->SetVariableString(L"ID", L"this_is_my_id"); then in the bundle.wxs: http://www.mypackage.com/mypackage.msi"; Permanent="no" SourceFile="$(var.SolutionDir)bin\x86\$(var.Configuration)\mypackage.msi" Visible="no" Vital="y

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Application: dynamically change variable/MSI property

2012-12-09 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
it's ok, I found myself :) m_pEngine->SetVariableString(L"ID", L"this_is_my_id"); then in the bundle.wxs http://www.xxx.com/mypackage.msi"; Permanent="no" SourceFile="$(var.SolutionDir)bin\x86\$(var.Configuration)\mypackage.msi" Visible="no"

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper Application: dynamically change variable/MSI property

2012-12-09 Thread up2date.cyb...@gmail.com
I created my own bootstrapper application, because I need to have a custom UI. I'd like to add dynamically some properties to my main MSI (from my custom wixstdba.dll). Is that possible?, even using a ? Thanks -- LogMeI