Re: [WiX-users] Wix and InstallShield 2012

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Burn (in the WiX toolset) is the thing that inspired InstallShield's Suite Installer. It supports all those scenarios you list. On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 11:20 PM, wrote: > > > Dear all, > > I am studying Wix and InstallShield 2012 to choose one finally. Do you > have any comparison materials? >

[WiX-users] Wix and InstallShield 2012

2013-06-08 Thread yuanfanganyidea
Dear all, I am studying Wix and InstallShield 2012 to choose one finally. Do you have any comparison materials? Can the Wix support the following? 1. Suite Install. A dialog for dynamically choosing one or more .msi to install. 2. Multiple languages. A dialog for dynamically choosing one

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper rollback failure

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Looks like the same batch file is used multiple times. That just isn't supported yet. On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Roopa Prabhu wrote: > Hi Rob, > Thanks for th reply. Iwould need to use the same exe (with different > parameters) in most of my installation steps in the chain, so would like

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper rollback failure

2013-06-08 Thread Roopa Prabhu
Hi Rob, Thanks for th reply. Iwould need to use the same exe (with different parameters) in most of my installation steps in the chain, so would like to know which release this is planned for. I've now modified my sample application such that different batch files are used in the EXePackages. Howev

Re: [WiX-users] unable to install wix 3.6 and 3.7 on windows server 2008

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Well, we've had a lot of people successfully download all that so it might be something closer to your machines. Of course, always possible there is something wrong on the server... On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Mustapha Kone wrote: > haven't tried on other machines but even the zip file cont

Re: [WiX-users] MBA: ExecutePackageComplete/status: possible values ?

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Okay, whatever the underlying "system" returns. The list should generally come from the Win32 API. The complete list is not documented today. On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Benjamin Mayrargue wrote: > Le samedi 8 juin 2013, Rob Mensching a écrit : > > > Yeah, pretty much. It's whatever the und

Re: [WiX-users] unable to install wix 3.6 and 3.7 on windows server 2008

2013-06-08 Thread Mustapha Kone
haven't tried on other machines but even the zip file containing the compiled binaries/exe on the site is corrupt.   Mustapha D. Kone MCTS NoWay is MyWay NoLimit is MyLimit Only thing I Know is learning From: Rob Mensching To: Mustapha Kone ; General

Re: [WiX-users] No rollback after error in a bunde (wix 3.7)

2013-06-08 Thread Nicholas Pierce
I couldn't see anything, so I added a feature request for it at https://sourceforge.net/p/wix/feature-requests/734/. Nicholas On 7 June 2013 21:56, Rob Mensching wrote: > I think there is a feature request for something like that. If not, seems > like a reasonable thing to get tracked. > > > On

Re: [WiX-users] MBA: ExecutePackageComplete/status: possible values ?

2013-06-08 Thread Benjamin Mayrargue
Le samedi 8 juin 2013, Rob Mensching a écrit : > Yeah, pretty much. It's whatever the underlying package returns. Well that is not True. Web the user does not accept elevation there is a code. When there is not enough disk Space there is another code. These codes are not coming from underlying p

Re: [WiX-users] multiple RemotePayload in ExePackage

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
IIRC, first one. On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:38 AM, Benjamin Mayrargue wrote: > Hi all, > the doc says it is possible to have multiple RemotePayload tags under the > same ExePackage tag. > > If this is real, which EXE is runned ? The 1st one ? All ? > > Thks, > B. > > --

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall file question

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
That's more of a Windows Installer question. The File Versioning rules are what's available: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368599(v=vs.85).aspx On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 AM, BGINFO4X wrote: > Hello, > > Is there any way to tell WIX that when uninstalling the progr

Re: [WiX-users] MSI Package Installation location

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Windows Installer will remove it when the last Product sharing the Component is uninstalled. The verbose log file should show more. On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 7:56 AM, chennam wrote: > yes Registry Key still exist .How do I remove it while Uninstallation. > > > > -- > View this message in context: >

Re: [WiX-users] Choosing language in multi-language installer

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
You'd have to write a UI to do such thing. Burn would be a place to start if you wanted. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Ranjith Venkatesh wrote: > I would like to build a multi-language installer for my App which is > currently available in English and German. > I will make the English Install

Re: [WiX-users] [WIX-users] Asking a website about the latest release of a product [P]

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
The WixBA uses the Update element and an app syndication feed to do it's updates. Completely implementation is available in the WiX toolset code in the wix38 branch. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Alain Forget wrote: > Okay, found the element and attribute (thanks!), but I'm not sure I > under

Re: [WiX-users] Forward msi messages in embedded mode

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Seems like a reasonable feature for WiX v4. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Ogrodowski, Sabine (ehem. Frauenhoffer) < sabine.ogrodow...@haufe-lexware.com> wrote: > Yes exactly, in my main bundle's UX I want to display some MSI progress > messages during long running operations. > > If it was im

Re: [WiX-users] Question about code page 1252

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
IIRC, I've just used (TM) in the end. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Sharon Pierson wrote: > I am trying to display a string in the welcome page that contains > something like > > Company(c) My Product Name(tm) > > In the localization file, this is written as: > Company© My Product Name™ > > Us

Re: [WiX-users] unable to install wix 3.6 and 3.7 on windows server 2008

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
The RTM builds should be self-contained Bundles, no internet connection necessary (except maybe for NETFX v4). That error seems to suggest the Bundle is somehow corrupted since files are failing to be extracted out of the attached container. Does the exact same bundle work on other machines? I'm n

Re: [WiX-users] remotepayload as a dependency of ExePackage

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
RemotePayload isn't a great name for the concept because it keeps confusing people. RemotePayload is used when you have *none* of the bits available at build time. Thus all the metadata that is usually gathered at build time is specified directly on the RemotePayload element. RemotePayload does *n

Re: [WiX-users] MBA: ExecutePackageComplete/status: possible values ?

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Yeah, pretty much. It's whatever the underlying package returns. On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Benjamin Mayrargue wrote: > Hi list ! > > Do you know what are the possible values sent using > ExecutePackageCompleteEventArgs.Status in the corresponding managed > bootstrapper event ? > > 0 = succ

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper rollback failure

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
Ahh, I see. You are scheduling the same executable (in this case a batch file) multiple times in a chain. That is not supported today. As long as the executables are different the correct behavior will happen. In this case, you can simply change the contents of the batch file (add a unique comment