Re: [WiX-users] Error 2705.Invalid table: Directory; Could not be linked as tree.

2013-07-06 Thread Phil Wilson
To be explicit, the problem is as stated: the Directory table in the MSI file does not correctly link between directories and parent directories. If the install works on some systems but not other, then look in the Directory table for values that might not resolve correctly on some machines. If it

Re: [WiX-users] Should GUIDs be the same in two packages that reference the same component?

2013-07-06 Thread Alain Forget
Thanks Phil & Bob. I'll put the common Components in a Fragment and reference them in both Packages. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: July 5, 2013 17:40 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Should GUIDs be the same in two pac

Re: [WiX-users] Removing bundle after installing MSI's

2013-07-06 Thread Rob Mensching
I want to re-iterate what Blair said here. The Burn engine does a whole lot of stuff to get your packages on the machine correctly and get them off correctly. Caching the packages is a very important part of that. If you don't register the Bundle as the ARP entry there isn't anything to clean up t

Re: [WiX-users] Don't display cmdline passed to Burn

2013-07-06 Thread Blair Murri
1. Not currently, but it does sound like a good feature request. 2. Not directly using the default binder. The default binder normally looks in the x86 directory of the directory the binder's assembly is running from for the file named "burn.exe" (it's possible for it to look in a different platf

Re: [WiX-users] Removing bundle after installing MSI's

2013-07-06 Thread Blair Murri
Without something like the bundle, the cached MSI is without its CABs ("Thank You Windows Installer" for stripping the embedded cabs and for not storing the external ones either) and thus Repair is broken unless the MSI is placed in some protected area by its bootstrapper (which most don't do).