Re: [WiX-users] Passing Variables from C# custom BA to WIX

2014-07-31 Thread Rob Mensching
I don't see anything obvious. Debugger is probably required. -Original Message- From: linos [mailto:lino...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 20:09 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing Variables from C# custom BA to WIX Hi Rob, Thank You for the

Re: [WiX-users] Installer size doubles up if signed

2014-07-31 Thread Hoover, Jacob
If you build your 32 bit and 64 bit MSI's, and then compare the checksums of the cabs, are they different? -Original Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:13 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] In

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application

2014-07-31 Thread Rob Mensching
1. Sounds like you want support instance transforms. There is a feature request for that. 2. The BA is provided the BootstrapperApplicationData.xml with lots of information. If more information is required, we could probably add it. 3. You should be able to affect the requested state for the pa

Re: [WiX-users] Installer size doubles up if signed

2014-07-31 Thread John Cooper
I sign all of my MSI's and Burn bundles. I only see a few K difference, so something is seriously wrong. How do these MSI's look in Orca? -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@ja

[WiX-users] Installer size doubles up if signed

2014-07-31 Thread Ashish Agarwal
Hi, We are in the process of migrating to Wix from the old Visual Studio installer and are hitting an issue. We use a single setup project that runs once in 32 bit mode and once in 64 bit to generate two MSI files. These are then packaged together using Burn. When the external cab files are not si

Re: [WiX-users] Passing Variables from C# custom BA to WIX

2014-07-31 Thread linos
Hi Rob, Thank You for the insight on using PlanPackageBegin event. I tried your recommendation in my wpf app, but haven't had much success. I have a simple wix ba project that contains one bundle and chain element. In my PlanPackageBegin event I have added source code to check for Netfx4Full. T

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application

2014-07-31 Thread serkbugs
I'm newbie in installers and I can't say that all things I wanted to have, could be also helpful for other people. For now I can remember only a few things: For instance, a way to say to the bundle to stay in Programs and Features( P&F) (probably it is possible now but I didnt find any info a

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application

2014-07-31 Thread Rob Mensching
What kind of control? -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 14:49 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application Thanx for quick answer. I will try to do

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application

2014-07-31 Thread serkbugs
Thanx guys for for some hints. After a few days of playing with Transformations I don't want to make this process more complicated. I think I will do all work I need just with custom utility for now. 01.08.2014, 00:58, "Neil Sleightholm" : >>>  My preference would be to have multiple predefin

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application

2014-07-31 Thread serkbugs
Thanx for quick answer. I will try to do multiinstances in a different way(not through installer). One comment from my side after a few days trying to start it work. I think we need a little bit more control of installing process in BA application. If I had more control over package detect/app

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application

2014-07-31 Thread Neil Sleightholm
>> My preference would be to have multiple predefined MSI's, and use a single >> external CAB that's common among all of them. For what it is worth that is how SQL 2005 worked. -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: 31 July 2014 19:44 To: Gener

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application

2014-07-31 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Instances are ugly... And to do them right would be very difficult. There aren't many restrictions to what a transform can do, so all the assumptions that are made at compile time of the bundle would have to be re-evaluated. My preference would be to have multiple predefined MSI's, and use a

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application

2014-07-31 Thread Wesley Manning
I think you're the third or fourth person to ask on this mailing list in the last year. It's not supported. There was a discussion on this mailing list some time ago if I recall. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: July-31-14 5:51 AM To: wix-users@lists.s

Re: [WiX-users] database script file execution can't find needed embedded support files

2014-07-31 Thread Rob Mensching
Not supported today would be a good feature request. -Original Message- From: Taylor, Duane E. [mailto:tay...@mitre.org] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:02 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] database script file execution can't find needed embedded support files H

Re: [WiX-users] database script file execution can't find needed embedded support files

2014-07-31 Thread Taylor, Duane E.
OK. Thank-you. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@firegiant.com] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 1:23 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] database script file execution can't find needed embedded support files Not supported today woul

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application

2014-07-31 Thread Rob Mensching
There is a feature request open for Burn to support multiple instances. -Original Message- From: serkbugs [mailto:serkb...@yandex.ru] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 01:51 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sergey Kozhemyachenko Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from

[WiX-users] database script file execution can't find needed embedded support files

2014-07-31 Thread Taylor, Duane E.
Hello, I have an WiX installer that is creating a database and I have that part of the installer working. I also run a SQL script. I followed the tutorial at http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/sql/creating-a-database and generally have things running. The SQL script file itself reference

Re: [WiX-users] [WIX3.8] System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.

2014-07-31 Thread John Cooper
Case is everything. LogFilecopy <> LogFileCopy. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: ThomasW [mailto:lord.lya.

[WiX-users] [WIX3.8] System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.

2014-07-31 Thread ThomasW
Hey, I want to copy the msi log file to another location. To do so, i want to pass the MsiLogFile to a c# custom action. I tried several way, but it seems, that the session. customactiondata is empty. Here my code, maybe someone got an idea what i did wrong. NOT Instal

Re: [WiX-users] Build msi for multiple platforms

2014-07-31 Thread Phill Hogland
The functionality is a MSBuild feature, which VS uses, to 'batch process' cultures in the wix linking/binding process. I use batch scripts to to call MSBuild for each platform specific build of my driver projects. You could create a MSBuild targets file (much like the wix source does) which calls

Re: [WiX-users] Build msi for multiple platforms

2014-07-31 Thread Ashish Agarwal
There is a Batch build option in visual studio. On Jul 31, 2014 3:51 PM, "Berend Veldkamp" wrote: > I know I have to create separate msi's for x86 and x64, and I managed to do > so in Visual Studio. However, to build both versions, I need to manually > switch the platform between x86 and x64, and

[WiX-users] [WIX]: Append ProductName into INSTALLDIR

2014-07-31 Thread Dileep S
Hi All, I want to append the [ProductName] property at the end of the selected driver path. Ex: Before change the Directory path: C:\ProgramFiles\XXX\ After change the Directory path: D:\Test\XXX\ XXX is [ProductName] value. Once, we select Folder change on UI, it displays only D:\Test\ How to

[WiX-users] Build msi for multiple platforms

2014-07-31 Thread Berend Veldkamp
I know I have to create separate msi's for x86 and x64, and I managed to do so in Visual Studio. However, to build both versions, I need to manually switch the platform between x86 and x64, and then build again. Is there a way to build both platforms at the same time? We already can build msi's for

[WiX-users] Multiple Instance installations from wix BA application

2014-07-31 Thread serkbugs
Hi, Our customer wants to install multiple instances of windows service per each service(like SQL server installation with multiple instances). I was trying to build a prototype using custom BA application(Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApplication). I've read a