Re: [WiX-users] "UI less" MSIs using just WixUI_Common or even without element for Bundle Usage

2013-09-13 Thread Blair Murri
They could, but there's no need to make the MSIs directly accessible to them. Most people look for the most friction-less means of getting their deployment done, they don't generally go out of their way to track down the components of the installation and invoke them directly. You could always p

Re: [WiX-users] Service Install Password not sent correctly toWindows Service

2013-09-13 Thread Blair Murri
Search this list for the property remember pattern. > Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:09:29 +0100 > From: swaroop.k...@ifdspercana.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Service Install Password not sent correctly > toWindows Service > > Thanks guys for all your help. I

Re: [WiX-users] Web.config file issues when using Heat with multiple Web Application Projects

2013-09-13 Thread Blair Murri
Is your RefTargetDir different on each of your ProjectReference elements or are they all the same? > From: kaize...@hotmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 22:43:20 +1000 > Subject: [WiX-users] Web.config file issues when using Heat with multiple > Web Appl

Re: [WiX-users] torch transforms

2013-09-13 Thread Blair Murri
Enrique, Could you do me a favor? When the issues database is back up and running, could you create a feature request as I described it? Thank you,Blair > From: edoming...@goalsystems.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:05:05 +0200 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] torc

Re: [WiX-users] HeatFile fail for a dll that need to be resigned

2013-09-13 Thread Blair Murri
I don't believe that the sn.exe tool allows -vr, but -Vr before calling heat should allow heat to work, yes. > From: mark...@live.it > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:53:00 +0200 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] HeatFile fail for a dll that need to be resigned > > I hav

[WiX-users] [SPAM] Re: WIX 3.8 improvement suggestions...

2013-09-13 Thread Rob Mensching
When the issue tracker comes back on line (hopefully over the weekend), please file these as feature requests. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Tobias Erichsen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I would like to propose a couple of improvements for WIX 3.8: > > > WIX-specific stuff: > > While developing a

Re: [WiX-users] Burn and uninstall condition for optional product

2013-09-13 Thread roberthyang
Sorry, I must be having an RTFM day :) This seemed to work : NOT (B_Installed AND WixBundleAction=3) This way the bundle only uninstalls if B has already been uninstalled. Hope this helps. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-an

Re: [WiX-users] Burn and uninstall condition for optional product

2013-09-13 Thread roberthyang
I'll try narrowing the scope of my question a bit. Suppose I have the following code in my bundle.wxs : B_Installed What should I add to the to make it effective only on uninstallation ? Is this possible ? Thanks ! -Rob Y

[WiX-users] WiX v3.8: Help wanted

2013-09-13 Thread Bob Arnson
I just posted http://www.joyofsetup.com/2013/09/13/getting-from-here-to-there-for-wix-v3-8/ to discuss plans for WiX v3.8. Please read, comment, and help. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- How ServiceNow helps IT

Re: [WiX-users] Documentation on website...

2013-09-13 Thread Rob Mensching
I believe there is a feature request (in the issue tracker that is down) out there to be able to mark parts of documentation as "introduced in vX.x". No one has implemented that feature, yet. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Tobias Erichsen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just noticed that the burn

Re: [WiX-users] How to compare strings from a Registrykey

2013-09-13 Thread Phill Hogland
True, my posts are incorrect in that the message is displayed only when the condition is FALSE. So just ignore my ramblings. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-compare-strings-from-a-Registrykey-tp7588946p7588953.html Sent from

[WiX-users] "UI less" MSIs using just WixUI_Common or even without element for Bundle Usage

2013-09-13 Thread Tobias S
Hi, Following situation. Previously we used within our company a modified (derived) version of . Now as we use a custom BAL together with the BURN Engine we can eliminate the UI dialogs in the MSIs. So in my understanding we head directly to a Setup layout as e.g. Microsoft does for Visual Studio

[WiX-users] WIX 3.8 improvement suggestions...

2013-09-13 Thread Tobias Erichsen
Hi everyone, I would like to propose a couple of improvements for WIX 3.8: WIX-specific stuff: While developing a type 1 custom-action in standard C, I noticed that the include files wcautil.h and dutil.h had some definitions that prevented me from creating a dll using just C instead of C++: *

Re: [WiX-users] How to compare strings from a Registrykey

2013-09-13 Thread David Watson
The evaluation order of launch conditions cannot be guaranteed. Also they are conditions on which to launch the msi so if the condition is true the message is NOT displayed. I can't see your conditions to see if that is an issue for you. If any launch conditions fail the rest of the conditions

Re: [WiX-users] How to compare strings from a Registrykey

2013-09-13 Thread Phill Hogland
Also your original statement: $(var.myNumber)]]> is basically like saying: if (8) /* is basically if (TRUE) */ ShowEmergentWindow saying: "higher nu

Re: [WiX-users] How to compare strings from a Registrykey

2013-09-13 Thread Phill Hogland
Given the the code you presented, I think you want something like: $(var.myNumber)<[CHECKNUMBER] $(var.myNumber)>[CHECKNUMBER]

Re: [WiX-users] How to compare strings from a Registrykey

2013-09-13 Thread sonhja
Actually I feel lost understanding your code... I'm not sure if that's similar on what you made, as I want that code to run as a pre-install condition. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-compare-strings-from-a-Registrykey-tp7588

[WiX-users] How to compare strings from a Registrykey

2013-09-13 Thread sonhja
I'm trying to build a simple installer with *Wix* that does some staff due to a *RegistryValue* that I insert. I have a registry value called *Number* with a value of 10. ![enter image description here][1] I used a *string value* with *REG_SZ* type. With that, as far as I understand, my variable

Re: [WiX-users] How to compare strings from a Registrykey

2013-09-13 Thread Ralph
Look at this thread , I do something similar and I published some code. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action, feature condition and silent install

2013-09-13 Thread Ralph
Before CostFinalize works! Now I have the custom action in both InstallUISequence and InstallExecuteSequence. Thank you guys for your help. BTW, today I finally started getting information about my custom action in the log, yesterday whatever I did, no custom action was mentioned even if it was

[WiX-users] Documentation on website...

2013-09-13 Thread Tobias Erichsen
Hi everyone, I just noticed that the burn-documentation on the website already includes many references to features that are only available with the 3.8 branch. Perhaps I have overlooked a hint clarifying that, but this might be a bit misleading if people try to use that with the released 3.7 re