Re: [WiX-users] WiX vs NSIS

2013-04-21 Thread Sanjay Rao
Hi, - Wix based on Windows installation technology(msi), which is controlled/managed by windows installer service. - Its Microsoft recommended installer building software which has built in support in windows. NSIS is not more than a wrapper over scripting language where as WIX/MSI is specifica

Re: [WiX-users] Wix ExePackage can't activate log using Burn

2013-04-21 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Hmm, Just a guess but... InstallCommand="/s /v"REBOOT=ReallySupress /qn /l*v [LogPathVariable]"" And then if it fails, what does the bundle log show when it executes your ExePackage? What is the error code that is returned? It should log all the options passed to the package so we could tra

Re: [WiX-users] Wix ExePackage can't activate log using Burn

2013-04-21 Thread Marco Tognacci
If I run from cmd the ExePackage in silent mode, and suppress reboot, with this command line parameters it works"/s /v"REBOOT=ReallySupress /qn /l*v %temp%\MyExe.log"" but if I use this InstallCommand in the ExePackage the package return an error and doesn't installInstallCommand="/s /v"REBOOT=

Re: [WiX-users] Wix ExePackage can't activate log using Burn

2013-04-21 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Exe package logging would be dictated by the Exe. You could try passing /? To the exe to see what parameters it supports. From there, you can customize the parameters the bundle passes to the package to get the desired result. -Original Message- From: Marco Tognacci [mailto:mark...@li

Re: [WiX-users] Wix ExePackage can't activate log using Burn

2013-04-21 Thread Marco Tognacci
Is this a bug in wix, or this is not the right way for enabling log for ExePackage?I have tried to use LogPathVariable="MyExe.log" but the log doesn't work. > From: mark...@live.it > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:09:29 +0200 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix ExePac