[WiX-users] Rename File based on Argument passed to MSI Installation

Hi, I have the MSI package where I Pass the Installation location as One of Argument1 in Command Line and Want to pass another argument2 also;Based on this second argument2(Env) can I rename a file which is in the Installation package?. If this can be done;then how it can be achieved?(as PostBuil

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing 3.7 on XP

I have just checked and the 3.6 MSIs are not signed but the 3.7 ones are. Neil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 18 February 2013 15:49 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing 3.7 on X

Re: [WiX-users] Service not starting

See Java Service Wrapper: http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com/doc/english/introduction.html From: "Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)" Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 10:54 AM To: "afor...@cmu.edu" , "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." , "P

[WiX-users] How to use the option WixUI_Mondo to get folder selection

Hi All, Please could you give an example to "How to use the option using WixUI_Mondo to get folder selection. I am able to do this by using "WixUI_InstallDir", but I have to use WixUI_Mondo as I have to use custom dialog. Thanks, Sijo Joseph

Re: [WiX-users] Service not starting

Services in Windows are not background processes. They are processes that support a very specific API for service management (Start/Stop/Suspend/Resume/etc). My gut says that the java VM doesn't natively support that API which is going to cause problems when the system tells the "service" to st

Re: [WiX-users] Service not starting

Thank you for the clarification, and I agree that it seems our applications aren't really services by that definition (at least, they weren't designed that way). Looks like we'll have to figure out how to get our application(s) to start up as soon as possible on boot up, regardless of which user

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 2010 and WxLib and Binding

Figured it out Sorry for the post. In case anyone has the same issue the -bf switch is to be put in the "Librarian" section and not the compiler section. Looking back now it's obvious. It's used with lit and not candle // Hello, To bi

[WiX-users] Change Default MSI Installation directory

Hi my directory structure looks like below and it will install into program folders by default.Can any one help me to change the Install directory to D:\Websites\ and also send the required directory through command line.

[WiX-users] Visual Studio 2010 and WxLib and Binding

Hello, To bind files to a lib file I need the -bf switch in lit. I seem to also need to specify the path to the binary files. I have read several posts that mention that if I look at the properties of my Lib project in VS I should simply have a check box to include the binary files as par

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing 3.7 on XP

It's possible in WiX v3.6 we didn't get the MSI packages signed so Burn fell back to hash verification. In WiX v3.7 I'm pretty sure I got the MSIs signed. On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Thanks for everyones suggestions. When I looked at the certificate I got > the err

[WiX-users] trouble with Visual Studio integration after upgrade to WiX 3.7

Hello I have used WiX 3.5 until today. Now I just wanted to upgrade to WiX 3.7 and ran the installer. Now I can compile with the new tools. Unfortunately I can't edit any .wxs file in VS2005 anymore. When I try to create a new WiX MSM project in VS205 I get the error message: The application for

Re: [WiX-users] Mandatory or Pre-requisite for creating an MSI in wix

Have a look at Burn on how to install prerequisites for your application. See http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.nl/2012/05/wix-burn-tipstricks.html for a nice example. Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards, Wilbert van Dolleweerd http://gplus.to/WilbertVanDolleweerd On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:20

[WiX-users] Mandatory or Pre-requisite for creating an MSI in wix

Hi All, I am new user to wix, please could you let us know the pre-requisites required to be added in the project while creating the MSI. Thanks, Sijo Joseph -- The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel - in partnershi

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing 3.7 on XP

Thanks for everyones suggestions. When I looked at the certificate I got the error "This certificate does not appear to be valid for the selected purpose." on both 3.6 and 3.7 but for some reason 3.6 had installed ok (I haven't tried removing and reinstalling 3.6 as I didn't want to loose WiX alto

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

Read the heat documentation. Harvest a directory heat dir ".\My Files" -gg -sfrag -template:fragment -out directory.wxs You don't have to install msi to check the effect of Heat params. See generated "SCBUFragment.wxs" for details. Anything included in fragment file will be part of your installati