[WiX-users] Burn - Localization Identifiers Duplicated

2013-06-21 Thread Mark Van Dyke
I have seen many posts about the following error message: The Localization Identifier 'SomeIdentifier' has been duplicated in multiple locations... I have seen many guesses as to why. However, I have not seen very much in the way of real answers as to why this is occurring. Could one of the Burn

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-21 Thread Alain Forget
My apologies for the multiple posts, but I've found some more information that might tell some of you something, even if I don't know what it implies. One thing I might not have previously mentioned is that the restart request does NOT appear if I wait for a few minutes after install before tryi

Re: [WiX-users] Give NetFx40Redist a local download path?

2013-06-21 Thread Marco Tognacci
Is the extension that you have used first including WixNetFxExtension.dllIf you download the source code, you can find the code in "wix37-sources\src\ext\NetFxExtension\wixlib" the wix project called NetFxExtension contains all the code used to provide the extensions for the versions of NetFX.

Re: [WiX-users] Heat - Include question

2013-06-21 Thread BGINFO4X
Hello, Sorry for the delay. Finally, after all your coments, I redesigned the application: /home is pointed to $USERPROFILE /OUT is pointed to $TEMP /EXPORT is pointed to $USERPROFILE/BGINFO4X/REPORT /BASE/CONF/OUT is pointed to $USERPROFILE/BGINFO4X/BASE/CONF/OUT Now, there is no necessary to

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall does not uninstall my driver package

2013-06-21 Thread Gonzalez, John
I've had to deal with this in the past. DIFX just unloads the driver from the device. DIF_REMOVE is only called when removing the entire device as happens in device manager when using the Remove option. I got around this with a CA that sent the DIF_REMOVE directly to the device class using the

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-21 Thread Alain Forget
I've found a number of Restart Manager posts similar to this: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-and-the-Restart-Manager-td3162984.html Since our services' JSL exes basically use Java, maybe it's Java that's locking our files, and the uninstaller doesn't/can'

Re: [WiX-users] Target directory issue with windows xp/ windows 7

2013-06-21 Thread Alain Forget
64-bit Windows Vista and beyond places 32-bit programs into Program Files (x86), and 64-bit programs into Program Files. It's just the convention they've adopted going forward with 64-bit operating systems. I do think I've seen 32-bit programs sneak themselves into Program Files on a 64-bit OS,

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-21 Thread Alain Forget
Blair (and anyone else interested), You were bang on about both manually trying to launch the service to test it and using " around the formatted string. Sometimes when I've been working at something for too long, I don't think of things like that and can't see the forest for the trees. :-s Un

Re: [WiX-users] SQL CE 4.0 Package

2013-06-21 Thread Rob Mensching
To get *version* comparisons the quotes from around the version numbers (that makes them strings) and put a "v" in front. So the following should evaluate to true: "v4.0.0.0 < v14.0.0.0" On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Michael Stoll wrote: > Here're the SQL CE 3.5 and 4.0 packages. > > Th

[WiX-users] Target directory issue with windows xp/ windows 7

2013-06-21 Thread Mamidi, Balasubrahmanyam
Hi, I am able to create MSI file for our product using wix installer. When I install this product on client PC(windows xp), it kept all the files C:\Program Files\Safety (the target directory & it's hot coded in code)..which is OK. But when I install this product on client PC(windows 7), it ke

Re: [WiX-users] Give NetFx40Redist a local download path?

2013-06-21 Thread John Ludlow
Unsubscribe, then: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users On 21 June 2013 15:38, Wesley Wells wrote: > Stop sending me this useless stuff!!! > > -Original Message- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 9:30 AM > To: General

Re: [WiX-users] Give NetFx40Redist a local download path?

2013-06-21 Thread Alain Forget
I would recommend you unsubscribe yourself from said "useless stuff": https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -Original Message- From: Wesley Wells [mailto:wwe...@midsouthmetalsupply.com] Sent: June 21, 2013 10:39 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'

Re: [WiX-users] Give NetFx40Redist a local download path?

2013-06-21 Thread Wesley Wells
Stop sending me this useless stuff!!! -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 9:30 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Give NetFx40Redist a local download path? PS: The "redist" fo

Re: [WiX-users] Give NetFx40Redist a local download path?

2013-06-21 Thread Rob Mensching
PS: The "redist" folder is what's authored in the extension (you can see it in src\ext\NetfxExtension\wixlib). It could have been anything. Looking for a file locally before looking for a file remotely is standard Burn engine behavior. On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:14 AM, Pally Sandher wrote: > WiX

Re: [WiX-users] How to turn off Logging within C# custom actions [P]

2013-06-21 Thread Rob Mensching
Yes. If the Property is defined hidden and compiled into the Merge Module and the CustomAction is set to HideTarget and compiled in the Merge Module then the toolset should take care of modularizing things for you. On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Steven Ogilvie wrote: > Classification: Public >

Re: [WiX-users] How to turn off Logging within C# custom actions [P]

2013-06-21 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Classification: Public Can you explain what you mean by that please? If I am using Hidden/HIdeTarget regardless in a Merge Module or the parent project it should work, right? -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: June-21-13 2:50 AM To: General discus

Re: [WiX-users] Wix CompilerExtension documentation and tutorial?

2013-06-21 Thread John Ludlow
@Blair: I did download WixContrib and the WiX code (which is why I know about the existence of tables.xml). To be honest, I feel like trying to reverse engineer the WixContrib code is a bit futile. In order to understand it, you need to understand certain things about WiX extensions so you know why

[WiX-users] Windows Installer Version

2013-06-21 Thread Natalie Carr
Hi at the moment I have my windows installer version at 4.5. I need to cover v3.0, is it just a case to lower the version or what implications would this have? Thanks Natalie -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Wind

Re: [WiX-users] How to use Votive culture in Post Build Event

2013-06-21 Thread Blair Murri
The light task is called once for each CultureGroup item. You will probably need to do the same in your post-build target(s). Each CultureGroup has an OutputFolder metadata you can use to locate that culture's MSI/WixPdb to pass to torch. > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:31:34 -0700 > From: phogl.

Re: [WiX-users] Wix CompilerExtension documentation and tutorial?

2013-06-21 Thread Tobias S
Did you consider the book "WiX 3.6: A Developer's Guide to Windows Installer XML" (ebook + kindle edition + hardcopy available) from Nick Ramirez. There Chapter 14: Extending WiX + Building a custom WiX extension - Setting the stage - Extending the CompilerExtension class - Adding an XML schema -

Re: [WiX-users] Patch Creation

2013-06-21 Thread Blair Murri
Depends on the version of the Windows Installer engine on the machine you apply the patch with. If you set your minimum MSI version to 200 you don't need to worry about SequenceStart. See this blog for an explanation: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2006/05/19/602133.aspx > From: jaco

Re: [WiX-users] Wix CompilerExtension documentation and tutorial?

2013-06-21 Thread Blair Murri
To quote RobMen on stackoverflow: "You might take a look at the extensions in the WiX contrib (http://wixcontrib.codeplex.com/) project. Since they aren't part of the WiX toolset they have the extra steps needed to build the extension." The WixExtension is required in most wix extensions and s

Re: [WiX-users] Give NetFx40Redist a local download path?

2013-06-21 Thread Pally Sandher
WiXNetFxExtension will check a sub-directory called "redist" where your bundle is for the package then download it if it doesn't exist at that path e.g. "redist\dotNetFx40_Client_setup.exe". This is standard Burn behaviour. Palbinder Sandher Software Platform Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F

Re: [WiX-users] Give NetFx40Redist a local download path?

2013-06-21 Thread Blair Murri
in the sources: src\ext\NetFxExtension\wixlib will have wxs files you can examine (that are supplied to your projects whenever the WixNetFxExtension is referenced in a build). > From: y...@slb.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; mark...@live.it > Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:01:37 + > S

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-21 Thread Blair Murri
Alain, Temporarily remove the ServiceControl\@Start and install. Then use the service control manager and start. See what errors are reported, diagnose, and tweak the installation. Once your service starts when installed, replace the @Start attribute. I didn't see anything special done when j

Re: [WiX-users] Java Program Installer

2013-06-21 Thread Blair Murri
I would recommend updating the conditions to 64-bit: 32-bit: This is clearer and separates out the maintenance part of the condition from the precondition part. > From: haw...@anx.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:03:12 -0400 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Ja

Re: [WiX-users] Error LGHT0217 the system was unable to find the specified registry key or value

2013-06-21 Thread Blair Murri
From: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/light.htm use -sval if you use the commandline From: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/msbuild_task_reference_light.htm set SuppressValidation if you use the Light task from MSBuild From: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/votive_property_page

Re: [WiX-users] SQL CE 4.0 Package

2013-06-21 Thread Michael Stoll
Here're the SQL CE 3.5 and 4.0 packages. There's a significiant difference in the behavior of those two! The SQL CE 4.0 packages detect SQL CE 4.0 of ANY language. While 3.5 detects only a specific language. The SQL CE 4.0 package could be altered to look for a specific language, but I like the