Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-21 Thread fom Forstner Michael
That sounds like a promising approach. I'll try that one too. Anyone know any downside of getting the old installdir that way? kind regards, Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Samstag, 19. April 2014 20:28 An: General discussion a

Re: [WiX-users] Burn - Checkbox on Modify Page

2014-04-21 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Out of the box that isn't possible. If you start with the extended BA http://wixextba.codeplex.com/ (WiX 3.8 is basically the same code as this) you could modify OnChangeState() and OnClickRepairButton() to support this function. Neil -Original Message- From: Shannon Cornish [mailto:sha

[WiX-users] Major upgrade removing files

2014-04-21 Thread kirannhegde
Hello , Here is my scenario: A higher version installer contains lower version of certain binaries . In the higher versioned installer, sequencing "RemoveExistingProducts" after "InstallInitialize" results in missing files. This is an issue with Windows Installer service and has been a

[WiX-users] Burn - Checkbox on Modify Page

2014-04-21 Thread Shannon Cornish
Hi, I would like to add a checkbox to the Modify page of my Burn project and have that value be passed into the MSI file. I have added a element as a child and a checkbox to the 'Modify' page of my burn application using a custom theme (based on the RTF License theme). I also have used an ele

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSPs

2014-04-21 Thread KG
Of course, as soon as I write this I figure it out. Ignore please... -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Chaining-MSPs-tp7591695p7594242.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSPs

2014-04-21 Thread KG
Sorry to open a such an old thread, but I'm having some troubles with a very similar situation as the one I previously described. I ended up going with Rob's first suggestion - the Bundle has A.msi, B.msi, C.msi, B.msp, and C.msp (B.msi and C.msi are not embedded and not included). So far we have

Re: [WiX-users] Chaining MSPs

2014-04-21 Thread KG
Sorry to revive such an old thread, but I'm having some troubles with a very similar situation as the one I previously described. I ended up going with Rob's first suggestion - the Bundle has A.msi, B.msi, C.msi, B.msp, and C.msp (B.msi and C.msi are not embedded and not included). So far we have

Re: [WiX-users] Difference between [#FileId] and [!FileId] reference?

2014-04-21 Thread Sascha Sertel
Ok, so it's an MSI thing, thanks Phil! Still interesting that I don't get any ICE warnings when using [!filekey] for the shortcut target property, since according to MSDN it should be treated like [#filekey]. Also happy to learn about [$filekey] to get the directory of the file path only. That'll

Re: [WiX-users] Immediate Custom Action could not be run in some computers.

2014-04-21 Thread Phil Wilson
This is useful for showing C++ dependencies: http://www.dependencywalker.com/ --- Phil Wilson On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Carter Young wrote: > Following Phil's Hunch, see here: > > http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/redistributables_and_install_checks/install

Re: [WiX-users] Immediate Custom Action could not be run in some computers.

2014-04-21 Thread Carter Young
Following Phil's Hunch, see here: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/redistributables_and_install_checks/install_vcredist.html Carter Quoting Phil Wilson : > 1157 is a missing dependency, so I'd assume that there's a dependency > not installed on all computers. If it's a C++ D

Re: [WiX-users] Immediate Custom Action could not be run in some computers.

2014-04-21 Thread Phil Wilson
1157 is a missing dependency, so I'd assume that there's a dependency not installed on all computers. If it's a C++ Dll it'll most likely be a missing C run time. --- Phil Wilson On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 5:55 AM, uni wrote: > Hi all, > > I have sequenced a custom action in my msi afte

Re: [WiX-users] Chained Installation

2014-04-21 Thread Prantik Sarmah
Thank you. It works now. Thanks & Regards, Prantik Sarmah On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Phill Hogland wrote: > Use something along these lines: > Vital='yes' > Compressed='no' > DownloadUrl="http://10.64.2.42/t/Products/{2}"; >

Re: [WiX-users] Chained Installation

2014-04-21 Thread Phill Hogland
Use something along these lines: http://10.64.2.42/t/Products/{2}"; SourceFile='path_to_I1\I1.msi' InstallCondition='evaluatetes_to_1 = 1' > SourcePath is the location of your package at build time. DownloadURL is the location where you

[WiX-users] Chained Installation

2014-04-21 Thread Prantik Sarmah
Hi, I am a new-bie to wix. I need to install two msies from web through a chained installation. My wxs is as below. http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> http://10.64.2.42/t/Products/I1.msi"/> http://10.64.2.42/t/Products/2.msi"; />