Re: [WiX-users] Burn: doing an Administrative Installation

2014-04-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 09-Apr-14 14:00, Bruce Cran wrote: > We package our MSI using Burn, and have had a request to allow users to > dump the files in one of the MSIs to a directory instead of installing > them - i.e. doing an Administrative installation > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367541%28v=vs.85%2

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: different bundles, same msi package - not detected

2014-04-23 Thread Bob Arnson
On 22-Apr-14 13:58, Bruce Cran wrote: > I have two different products/bundles that install different versions of > the same msi package. I had expected that the bundle would detect the > existing installation of the msi and log it as an upgrade, but instead > it's logging it as "absent" and the sub

Re: [WiX-users] Managed Bootstrapper Error Handling

2014-04-23 Thread b . rasing
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[WiX-users] Managed Bootstrapper Error Handling

2014-04-23 Thread Mike Tanfield
Hi all, The project I am working on is using a custom bootstrapper for our install process. We have run into various issues in our install process, but instead of looking for solutions for each individual issue here, I am attempting to create a UI element (DialogBox, Window, etc.) that shows

[WiX-users] Managed Bootstrapper Error Handling

2014-04-23 Thread Mike Tanfield
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Re: [WiX-users] Custom action to run .bat file to install service

2014-04-23 Thread Pavan Konduru
Use this: -Original Message- From: Eric Chaland [mailto:e...@clm-consulting.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:10 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Custom action to run .bat file to install service Hello, I need to install and customize a service

[WiX-users] Custom action to run .bat file to install service

2014-04-23 Thread Eric Chaland
Hello, I need to install and customize a service (Tomcat). I've created a custom action but the service doesn't get created. What am I doing wrong? Could anyone please share a sample - I need to run something like "service.bat install Tomcat" Thanks in advance for your help.

Re: [WiX-users] chained installation

2014-04-23 Thread Phill Hogland
I am in the process of doing a similar conversion, and am very happy with the wix model of moving the UI to the bootstrapper application and having smaller MSI packages for each application (or feature), chained. So I can add my 2 cents, and others can provide more details. When you use the Cha

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade removing files

2014-04-23 Thread Phil Wilson
>From the original post, the requirement is to down-version installed files and avoid the bug that GAC and SxS assemblies are missing, So RemoveExistingProducts must be before CostInitialize, the placement that is not documented but seems ok according to my support call of a few years ago. None of

Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade removing files

2014-04-23 Thread Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS)
Can the answer be as simple as when you schedule RemoveExistingProducts? Bob Arnson made this post on his blog that really helped me: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/01/16/major-upgrades-now-easier-than-ever/ It includes a link back to MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371197%28VS.

Re: [WiX-users] Installation WiX Toolset v4.0.1621.0

2014-04-23 Thread Burgert, Clemens
The last version I installed successfully, was v4.0.1015.0. I think that's a similar problem as is described in Bug 4222. http://wixtoolset.org/issues/4222/ Here are the errors from the log file: [1034:191C][2014-04-23T16:23:54]e000: Error 0x80070032: Failed attempt to download URL: 'http://wixt

[WiX-users] chained installation

2014-04-23 Thread Prantik Sarmah
Our company releases products where the MSIs are pretty large in size.In order to reduce the customer's cost of installation,we are planning to move towards a WebInstallation model and I am thinking of the following way. 1) Segregete Product1.msi into multiple sub msis (Section1.msi,Section2.msi..

Re: [WiX-users] How can I get version of product installed by merge module?`

2014-04-23 Thread Phill Hogland
Here are a couple of different approaches to this issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7970594/msi-reading-properties-from-custom-action-in-merge-module-msm http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/avoiding-GUID-decoration-in-merge-module-property-name-td5742531.html

Re: [WiX-users] Installation WiX Toolset v4.0.1621.0

2014-04-23 Thread Phill Hogland
Wix 4.0 is early development with breaking changes. So unless you plan to do development work on the wix 4.0 tools, you probably want to stay in the wix 3.x family. Wix 3.8 is stable. Wix 3.9 has latest updates. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559

Re: [WiX-users] Installation WiX Toolset v4.0.1621.0

2014-04-23 Thread Carter Young
What was the last successful version that installed? Carter Quoting "Burgert, Clemens" : > Hello, > > today, I tried to install the new WiX Toolset v4.0.1621.0. > But I get the same issue as in the last Release. > > "Faild. Try Again?" > > Best regards > > Clemens > > > > MediaNet GmbH Netzwerk-

[WiX-users] Installation WiX Toolset v4.0.1621.0

2014-04-23 Thread Burgert, Clemens
Hello, today, I tried to install the new WiX Toolset v4.0.1621.0. But I get the same issue as in the last Release. "Faild. Try Again?" Best regards Clemens MediaNet GmbH Netzwerk- und Applikations-Service L?rracher Stra?e 5a, 79115 Freiburg, Telefon 0761/496-1400 Registergericht AG Freiburg

[WiX-users] How can I get version of product installed by merge module?`

2014-04-23 Thread Verbuk, Artem
Hi I am using WIX 3.8 and VS2010. I have two WIX projects: One is a merge module project and the other one is the regular WIX setup project. My merge module project among other things installs some executable, let's call it AAA.exe. Inside my merge module I know to get the version of this execu