Re: [WiX-users] What's the best way to deal with configuration data?

2014-10-02 Thread Rob Mensching
Use Group Policy. _ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: Colin Sim [mailto:colin@ipfx.com] Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2014 3:20 PM To: General discussion abou

Re: [WiX-users] What's the best way to deal with configuration data?

2014-10-02 Thread John Cooper
It depends. We don't access AD directly. We call ADFS through a wrapper service. Since many of our services have hundreds of users, roles, etc., UI entry is prohibitive. We load a database instead. Not as flexible, but plenty fast. -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Ent

Re: [WiX-users] What's the best way to deal with configuration data?

2014-10-02 Thread Colin Sim
And in the case of AD deployment, you'll just roll out a configuration file along with the MSI install? -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Friday, 3 October 2014 11:00 a.m. To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] What's the best way to deal with configuration data?

2014-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 01-Oct-14 18:43, Colin Sim wrote: > I have some questions about how best to deal with install or setup > configuration data. Install defaults in per-machine locations (e.g., HKLM or ProgramData). The first time the app runs, copy it to the running user's per-user locations (HKCU/AppData). --

Re: [WiX-users] What's the best way to deal with configuration data?

2014-10-02 Thread Hoover, Jacob
I would only gather the minimum required information needed to install the application. Utilize a configure on first run model for application configuration, and write to an application/user defined storage location so that the user data is automatically persisted on repair/modify. Newer versi

Re: [WiX-users] Burn MBA MS .NET 4.5.x Prerequisite

2014-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Oct-14 03:25, Orzyszek Andreas wrote: > The problem i’m faceing is that if I run the setup on a machine with .Net 4.0 > Full installed the .Net 4.5.2 is not installed before my custom MBA is > started. That's by design. If your BA can be loaded, it is. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Using external cab for multiple language msi packages.

2014-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Sep-14 13:24, Phill Hogland wrote: > Using a Burn driven MSIs, without using language transforms, results in MSI > packages, of the same name, in a culture named folder tree. I have also > been evaluating using external cabs for the common files. From what I have > reviewed the cab gets cre

Re: [WiX-users] On uninstall, group is not removed from user

2014-10-02 Thread Bob Arnson
On 27-Sep-14 16:33, Nick Ramirez wrote: > RemoveOnUninstall="no"> > ... > When I run this installer, the existing user is updated so that it is now a > member of the Administrators group. However, on uninstall, the membership is > not removed from that user. Is there something else I need to add to

Re: [WiX-users] What's the best way to deal with configuration data?

2014-10-02 Thread John Cooper
That is correct. Information that needs to persist to a repair or upgrade is persisted in the registry. -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Enterprise Service Applications | Continuing Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@ja

Re: [WiX-users] What's the best way to deal with configuration data?

2014-10-02 Thread Colin Sim
Hi guys, That sounds great and I've considered these approaches before. However, as I understand it (and I may well be wrong), when a repair or modify is invoked through the "Programs and Features" application (appwiz.cpl), it's not going to be able to see the original configuration file so all

Re: [WiX-users] What's the best way to deal with configuration data?

2014-10-02 Thread John Cooper
I have an XML file driven approach where in it reads the XML file, sets the appropriate properties, and continues the install without further UI. -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Enterprise Service Applications | Continuing Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenex

Re: [WiX-users] Burn MBA MS .NET 4.5.x Prerequisite

2014-10-02 Thread Ireneusz Grala
Hello, Yes You have to add SKU in bootstrapper.config like this as stated here http://stackoverflow.com/a/18227544/150 I remember I had the same problem. Regards Irek W dniu 02.10.2014 o 09:25 Orzyszek Andreas pisze: > Hello, > > I’m pretty new into using the WIX toolse

Re: [WiX-users] What's the best way to deal with configuration data?

2014-10-02 Thread Phil Wilson
2 is the approach I've been involved with, but the feature that makes it more corporate friendly is to allow it to be silent and read a file with all the parameters that would have been entered using the UI wizard. The general approach is that each relevant data item on a form has a public propert

[WiX-users] Conditional Directory install

2014-10-02 Thread Pavan Konduru
Hi, I have used conditional component install this way, which works for me when I don't want to install a file in some situations: KEY_FOUND Can the same be done for a directory? I want a directory created only a particular condition. Or will it suiffice to add the component co

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.x Installs are mutually exclusive. Why? :)

2014-10-02 Thread Rob Mensching
Jacob is correct. To answer your questions: 1. Why exclusive? No one has put forth the (large?) effort to make the MSBuild and Visual Studio integration work side-by-side. Do what Jacob says for SxS. 2. SDK folder? We're trying to get those in sync but they would be breaking changes in WiX v3.x

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.x Installs are mutually exclusive. Why? :)

2014-10-02 Thread Tunney, Stephen
How does that translate into usage by developers? Where is [[Version]] pulled from? I see the following at the top of my wixproj files http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003";> Debug x86 3.7 I'm assuming I should put the propertygroup you mentioned below the Pro

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.x Installs are mutually exclusive. Why? :)

2014-10-02 Thread Hoover, Jacob
You don't need WiX installed to use it. Check out the "Integrating WiX Projects Into Daily Builds" topic in the help file. Short version is to download the binaries zip, put it in a known location on your build machine, and then use $(SourceCodeControlRoot)\wix\[[Version]]\ $(WixT

[WiX-users] WiX 3.x Installs are mutually exclusive. Why? :)

2014-10-02 Thread Tunney, Stephen
Hey guys, Just ramping up to upgrade from 3.7 to 3.9 and it appears as though I can only have 1 version installed (via the installer) at a time on my development box. This has me a touch concerned. I would really like to maintain older versions of our product with the version of WiX that gene

Re: [WiX-users] Burn MBA MS .NET 4.5.x Prerequisite

2014-10-02 Thread Sascha Sertel
Hallo Andreas, it looks like you have the right pieces, but there are some differences from how my bundle typically looks: - I hope it's a typo that your prereq is NetFx452Redist but further down in the PackageGroupRef you're referencing NetFx451Redist? That second one should probably be NetFx452R

Re: [WiX-users] msiexec -Embedding

2014-10-02 Thread Hoover, Jacob
Not a wix question, but a quick google search shows it's related to custom actions. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2005/03/02/384088.aspx -Original Message- From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 9:47 AM To: wix

[WiX-users] msiexec -Embedding

2014-10-02 Thread Keith.Douglas
I was installing an update to one of our (virtual) machines and noticed that it failed, complaining that an installation was in progress. Since sometimes SCCM and other things auto-drop for us, I figured I'd look to see what it was. With procexp, I found an msiexec -Embedding call being run. Wha

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Custom UI, Checkbox to customize install

2014-10-02 Thread John Cooper
That is not currently supported. That may be supported in Wix 3.9 depending on how the RTM looks. -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | Enterprise Service Applications | Continuing Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenr

[WiX-users] Burn MBA MS .NET 4.5.x Prerequisite

2014-10-02 Thread Orzyszek Andreas
Hello, I’m pretty new into using the WIX toolset and I have written an custom MBA for the installation of our software products using Wix Toolset 3.9.901 Here is a part of the bundle.wxs file that is used: The problem i’m faceing is that if I run the setup on a machine with