Re: [WiX-users] Read a value from a text file and use it in WIX source file

Hi Walter, I am not able to accomplish this, please help me out. I am doing the below Steps: 1. From C# code I am setting environment variable as shown below, System.Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("DRAFTVERSION", "1.2.3.4"); 2. In Installer Project's Properties under Pre-Build event Comman

Re: [WiX-users] Event Source not populating on upgrade... [P]

Sigh... I finally figured out what was causing this issue :( I was creating some registry values in EventLog\My Company and these registry keys had forcecreateoninstall forcedeleteonuninstall... Fixed that up... nuts! thanks, Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-x

Re: [WiX-users] Getting WiX Product version in MSBuild

Alex, The MSI version is different from a file version and you have to extract it from the MSI database. I did it using a python script and msilib but I was doing it outside of MSBuild. You could also do it with C#, here's a page with an example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10233400/h

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

Did you type that command in a Admin CMD box and see what happens? It does not work for me either. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Simple-MSI-failing-Error-3-2147287038-tp7592771p7592792.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list ar

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

Is your Desktop mapped to a roaming profile?? Quoting JoeMarks : > Yes, you are correct, after some search I got to this thread > > > So by setting the command to [WindowsFolder]Sysn

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

Yes, you are correct, after some search I got to this thread So by setting the command to [WindowsFolder]Sysnative\dism.exe would fix that, but my problem persists... -- View th

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

Your call to dism has the path '[WindowsFolder]SysWOW64\dism.exe'. If you open an Admin CMD box and type your full command you will get a better explanation of the error. SysWOW64 specifies the 32 bit operating system files. Error 11 is returned which indicates that you cannot service a running

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

I'm running the installer on Desktop, so it's not on a Networked drive. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Simple-MSI-failing-Error-3-2147287038-tp7592771p7592788.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

AFAIK, you can test this on a virtual machin as long as the installer is started from a non networked drive. IE, on the Virtualbox Virtual Disk, but none of the shared folders you mapped as Drives... Carter Quoting JoeMarks : > @eyoung100: So it mean I can't test this on a Virtual Machine?

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

@eyoung100: So it mean I can't test this on a Virtual Machine? @Phill: Yes, I also posted this question on stackoverflow to improve my chances of getting an answer :) That sounds interesting, any way to check if the installer is indeed being run again? Thank you for your replies. -- View this

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

The log is available on stackoverflow, has no evidence that it is trying to run a custom action, and contains this line: MSI (s) (04:D4) [17:20:10:936]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding REMOVE property. Its value is 'ALL'. So it does not appear to be the failing install log, I think the same MSI is being

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834484 Is the dsim tool your executing meet the criteria discussed in the article. If the tool is mapped as a Network drive: * The drive that contains the folder that you are trying to install the Windows Installer package to is accessed as a substitute d

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

I thing the mailing list hides the "raw" text, it's only visible on the thread in here Even if I remove the CustomAction from the installer i get the same log file, so I guess i

Re: [WiX-users] displaying action data text in ExecuteProgressActionDataText

Okay I will take a look, however if you look at the ActionText within the MSI (I have an MSI running NOT silently) so I can position the MSI and the bootstrapper side by side and see the Action Text the bootstrapper is prefixing Action to the MSI stream... Steve -Original Message- Fro

Re: [WiX-users] Scheduling a system reboot on restart manager failure

First, those blog comments are from before Restart Manager, MsiRMFilesInUse and the changes made in MSI 4.0 and higher to reduce the need for reboots. They are ok as far as they go, but cannot be used as a guide to what happens in a Restart Manager world. Second, I still don't think there is an is

Re: [WiX-users] displaying action data text in ExecuteProgressActionDataText

As Jacob says, those messages come from the ActionText data in the MSI files. Take a look at what's in there, if anything. If you want to control the text, that's the place to start. The callbacks just send you what's in there. I haven't looked at the bootstrapper and exactly what it may do with t

Re: [WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

That error is just a "%1 could not be found.", implying that something (most likely dism.exe?) could not be found. I see no trace of the code you used - didn't make it into your post. --- Phil Wilson On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:50 AM, JoeMarks wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I was doing som

[WiX-users] Using wix in a form of compiler service?

Hello guys, Is there a way to use WiX in a form of a library (no executables) So that I could e.g. create a .net web-application which can be hosted somewhere (e.g. on windows azure), and produce MSI installers for users? The scenario is that user enters some info, and then downloads the installe

[WiX-users] HeatProject

I'm trying to include a "sample" C# project in my installer using HeatProject as follows: The output file, _DVSDemo.wxs, is being created but apparently not compiled and included in the installer, leading to "Unresolved reference" errors for the component groups in _DVSDemo.wxs. What

Re: [WiX-users] displaying action data text in ExecuteProgressActionDataText

In the bootstrapper the burn engine is tacking on: Action : CustomAction name. progress text I don't believe I can change the first two elements (Action :) I am just using straight forward strings to describe what the custom action is doing, my dev manager wants to filter out the extra fluff. As

[WiX-users] ICE38 on per-user installs

Moving this to wix-users. I was asking if I should create a feature request to ignore ICE38 in per-user installs. But after I asked I found another thread on wix-users (see link below) that pointed out if the user has the ability to choose the install location then multiple users could install

[WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

Hi everyone! I was doing some changes to an existing installer, and I needed to enable .Net 3.5 on Windows 8. This can easily done with the comand "dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /all /NoRestart". So I was doing a simple Installer to add to my Bootstrapper that would run

[WiX-users] Getting WiX Product version in MSBuild

Hi, I've managed to create add WiX project to my C# solution which build the msi package. I've set the product version to be automatically obtained from the app's executable file version. But now I want to be able to get that version inside the msbuild script (wixproj file). What I'm trying

[WiX-users] Re: How to compare REG_DWORD values in conditions (detect .NET 4.5.1)

Read two values with RegSearch, and convert thay to formatted text with custom action (jscript). And compare properties in conditions. Отправлено с Почта Windows От: bwehking Отправлено: ‎пятница‎, ‎14‎ ‎февраля‎ ‎2014‎ г. ‎17‎:‎12 Кому: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Hmm, sorry f

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe Exception with MSBuild and HeatDirectory

Yes E: drive is local not a network share. The location of the heat.exe is correct, when i copy the full path i get from the error and run heat.exe from there it works i.e. the path is correct. I have built the project with MSBuild without any problems the issue came when introducing HeatDirector