This happens on VS2005 as well. I think it's a problem with the latest
builds.
//aj
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Tony Juricic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Build and Tool Settings pages for my existing project in VS 2008 now
> show red icon and say:
> An error occurred trying to load the pag
I am getting all kinds of broke with the latest two weekly builds as well.
I can open the solution, but it won't build the WiX project, and I am seeing
an error out of range on two of the project properties pages.
//aj
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:21 AM, carlldev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I ca
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Shurts
> *Sent:* Friday, May 30, 2008 06:48
> *To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* [WiX-users] Problem with CreateDatabase
>
>
>
> I tried searching on Google and not much is coming back. If anyone could
> help, I w
http://www.google.com/search?q=CPU+Speed+Registry&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS238US238
//aj
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 7:23 PM, ywchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> please provide more info on how to do it. Thanks.
> --
> View this message in context:
> http://www.nabble.com/I
I tried searching on Google and not much is coming back. If anyone could
help, I would appreciate it greatly.
WiX Version Info:
Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Compiler version 3.0.3617.0
Snippet from my project file:
VersionNT AND NOT
VersionNT64
//aj
On Jan 4, 2008 6:09 PM, Aaron Shurts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wouldn't think the package architecture would be terribly important. A
> 32-bit package
I wouldn't think the package architecture would be terribly important. A
32-bit package can be installed on either. I believe the key would be
marking the individual components as either 32-bit or 64-bit by setting the
msidbComponentAttributes64bit attribute. You could even go so far as
separati
Did you add the references to your extensions in your WiX project?
...and, did you add the schemas to the wxs file?
i.e.
http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";
xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";
xmlns:sql="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/SqlExtensio
Brad,
First question:
Set the attributes when you are defining your feature and components.
Example:
Second question:
There is no elegant solution unfortunately. You could use a custom dialog
that does not employ the SelectionTree control, such as checkboxes, or a
custom action that hooks y
Set the ROOTDRIVE property to "C:\" and Move your component under the
TARGETDIR DirectoryId tag. I am not sure why you would want your setup
package to share the root. That seems a little dangerous and
counterintuitive.
//aj
On Jan 2, 2008 8:14 AM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
Guna,
Silent installations are built in to the Windows Installer service. There
isn't really anything special you have to do to make it work. Take a look
at the Windows Installer command line switches for more information:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/227091
You will also want to take a look
Have a look at this MSDN article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/03/WixTricks/
//a
On 9/25/07, Jessi Darling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Could someone please show me an MSBuild file example?
>
> --
> Jessica Darling
> ---
I have seen this time and time again. When someone doesn't understand the
subtle nuances of the Windows Installer service, all of a sudden all the
tools built around it suck or are "STUPID". :-)
On 9/25/07, Justin Rockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hey, Dong, thanks for the laugh! :) While
I am getting a leaked MSI handle error. Everything was working fine until I
added an additional website component for SSL. Here is a snippet of the
installer.
Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Compiler version 3.0.2925.0 -- btw
say in a verbose log file?
*Aaron Shurts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote:
Any ideas why this might not be working (using WiX v3)?
I am not getting anything back from this and I know the key has values:
sm
tcp
np
I am using other registry searches in this product and they are worki
Any ideas why this might not be working (using WiX v3)?
I am not getting anything back from this and I know the key has values:
sm
tcp
np
I am using other registry searches in this product and they are working just
fine. The key is a REG_MULTI_SZ.
I checked out the resultant MSI in Orca an
can call the wix compile and link tasks also from the setup.proj file
------
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Aaron Shurts
*Sent:* Fri 6/15/2007 19:51
*To:* dave_c
*Cc:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrap example
The fo
Rather than posting your project files, post a verbose log of your
install/uninstall where this behavior is exhibited.
Regards,
//aj
On 6/15/07, Venkatesh Malepati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am left with these folders.
1) COMPLIB and
2) Data folders and read me files.
I donot know how to s
The following example generates a setup.exe using the SDK bootstrapper.
http://www.nabble.com/Sharing-some-bootstrap-information-tf3853598.html#a10917299
Regards,
//aj
On 6/15/07, dave_c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi there,
Does anyone have an example bootstrap program I can get a hold of or
There is no way to set the site ID. I believe WiX just enumerates the
existing sites and takes the next available number.
Regards,
//aj
On 6/15/07, Krishna Kishore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am Creating Website with Wix ToolSet, the Site identifier is always
starts with 1,
But whenever I
If you are not pre-populating the properties, you can use the following
conditions:
WORDFIND
EXCELFIND
If you are pre-populating with say a value of 0, then you could use the
following conditions:
WORDFIND<>0
EXCELFIND<>0
Regards,
//aj
On 6/13/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTE
Why not set the REBOOT property to 'Always'? ForceReboot is bad to use in
some scenarios and could end up making some of your users angry.
Regards,
//aj
On 6/11/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stefan Pavlik wrote:
> I am able to schedule the ForceReboot action (e.g. MsiDoAction -
>
You'll need to use a bootstrapper. I posted some code not too long ago that
demonstrates creating a bootstrapper using the setup.exe that comes with the
SDK. Do a search on nabble for GenerateBootstrapper. The code is in C# and
very easily modified.
Regards,
//aj
On 6/11/07, Sumit Malhotra (S
How is that a change to your requirement? I could tell you how to do this,
but I don't feel like advocating what I consider to be a horrible design.
This should get you the information you need, but I guarantee you'll be back
on this mailing list in a short period of time trying to resolve issues
((VersionNT > 501) OR ((VersionNT = 501) AND (ServicePackLevel >= 2))) AND
MsiNTProductType = 1
This will check for all workstation level OSes that are XP SP2 or higher.
If you want to allow servers as well, drop the ' AND MsiNTProductType = 1'
from the condition
Regards,
//aj
On 6/8/07, Richar
Take a look at heat.
http://installing.blogspot.com/2006/04/heatexe-making-setup-easier.html
Regards,
//aj
On 6/7/07, Afshin Sepehri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I have a question about how to add files to a component. Is that possible
to add all the files in a directory to a component a
Of course it's possible, but it's not suggested at all and I doubt you will
find anyone on this list that would condone or endorse it.
Regards,
//aj
On 6/6/07, carlH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'll go back to them and ask for some more details. In the mean time,
does
anyone actually know if
If it only accepts MSIs, they are probably deploying software via GPOs and
AD. You really should provide them with a true MSI if you don't want a
support nightmare.
Regards,
//aj
On 6/6/07, carlH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The said that they need it to be an MSI as they have some kind of sof
Add the property name to MsiHiddenProperties property. This is a semi-colon
delimited list of properties whose values you do not want written to the
log.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370308.aspx
Regards,
//aj
On 6/6/07, Don Tasanasanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In my install
My career used to center around systems management and when Sun FINALLY
released an MSI for the JRE installer, the world rejoiced. ...until we
found out they has just wrapped their junker of an install in an MSI. Then,
we cursed their names. If your client is asking for an MSI, they more than
l
Add an error custom action at the beginning of the deferred execution
sequence which is conditioned to check for something like (NOT Installed)
AND NOT ADDLOCAL or ADDLOCAL = "". This will ensure that at least one of
the features is selected to be installed.
Regards,
//aj
On 6/6/07, Anil Prasad
Call this as a custom action just after CostFinalize in the immediate
sequence:
sub ConvertSlash()
dim strInstallDir, strModifiedDir
strInstallDir = Session.Property("INSTALLDIR")
strModifiedDir = Replace(strInstallDir, "\", "/")
Session.Property("SLASH_DIR") = strModifiedDir
end sub
e the one-to-one mapping to the Metabase Id.
*From:* Aaron Shurts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:02 AM
*To:* Rob Mensching
*Cc:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Creation of Virtual Directory within existing
Website
Rob,
I
D would be nice. :-)
Regards,
//aj
On 6/6/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does this only happen if there are two web sites with the same
IP:Port:Header?
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Shurts
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 05, 2007 12:53 PM
*To:*
Created a bug:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1731648&group_id=105970&atid=642714
[ wix-Bugs-1731648 ] Problem referencing existing website to create vDir
Regards,
//aj
On 6/5/07, Aaron Shurts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have done many experiments
ll go ahead and create
a bug for this.
Regards,
//aj
On 6/5/07, Aaron Shurts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am having the same problem, so if anyone has a solution, please let us
know what it might be.
Regards,
//aj
On 6/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The s
I am having the same problem, so if anyone has a solution, please let us
know what it might be.
Regards,
//aj
On 6/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The scenario is that my target machine has two websites as follows:
Default Web Site, IP Address - All Unassigned, Port - 80,
Leather is the best material... Just kidding. :-)
I have added a project to one of my solutions that generates a bootstrap to
preinstall required pre-requisites. I thought I would share this with all
of you:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Bui
he product is a hotfix MSI.
>
>
>
> All the hard work of moving files, copyin files, etc is done by Nant - we
> just want to use WiX as the main GUI.
>
>
>
> My C# is pretty solid. Do you have any examples or URLs that show what you
> are suggesting?
>
>
>
> Che
OT, but I love that word...catastrophically. When functions in my
code fail, I generally don't relate them to cataclysmic events. :-)
Can you post some snippets of the module so we can have a look, namely
how the components are organized?
Regards,
//aj
On 5/31/07, Mike Dimmick <[EMAIL PROTECTE
eople wanting to drop temp fiels and then
> remove them.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers guys - I really appreciate your promprt replies.
>
> -Mike
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Aaron Shurts
> To: Rob Mensching
> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; wix-users@lists.sourcefo
You definitely don't want to use an MSI for that. A simple batch file
should get the job done.
Regards,
//aj
On 5/31/07, Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> [please keep wix-users on the thread so people know the answer]
>
>
>
> That isn't an install. It is *almost* an install an
RemoveFiles is a standard action and would only removes files within
components that are marked for removal. What you are asking for would
require an additional custom action. Why not store the executables
that you want to run in the Binary table and call them from there?
They never get installed
Are you trying to stuff 50GB in to one cab?
Regards,
//aj
On 5/30/07, Ravit Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> 1. I'm using version: 2.0.4701.0
>
>
>
> 2. I did start my work with having the files outside the cab because I
> suspected that cabinet cannot hold large amount of data as I h
search on his blog. :-P
Regards,
//aj
On 5/30/07, Aaron Shurts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are you trying to stuff 50GB in to one cab?
>
> Regards,
> //aj
>
> On 5/30/07, Ravit Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 1.
Have you had a look at the ShellExecute custom action? From the manual:
"ShellExecute CustomAction
The WixShellExec custom action in wixca (part of WixUtilExtension)
lets you open document or URL targets via the Windows shell. A common
use is to launch readme files or URLs using their registere
I am mainly concerned with how I reference multiple extensions. Is it like
the following?
Is this even supported? You know all those questions. Thanks for the
input.
Regards,
//aj
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Feature conditions to evaluate at the time of the CustomizeDlg call, is
there some MSI function I can call from C in my UI that can set the
Feature Level in the database?
Lewis
-Original Message-
>Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:01:13 -0700
>From: "
You can do it, but not in the way you describe.
...
This will group several files into one component, but you can not use a
wildcard reference on a directory. Heat works *okay*, but I don't like the
output so I usually end up changing it around a bit. The -gg option won't
show
I use this very successfully actually and have not had any problems with
it. My feature declaration looks like this:
The "Condition" tag sets the feature to 1 or 0 based on the presence of
[MY_NEEDED_PROPERTY]. I use this in several different installs and it works
great. For instanc
n this and make sure it is assigned
to me. I'll fix it tomorrow night for Friday's release.
*From:* Mike Dimmick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:14 PM
*To:* 'Mike Dimmick'; Rob Mensching; 'Aaron Shurts'; 'Bob Arnson'
*Cc:* wix-u
I always create my own based off of the Mondo file, but I would assume you
should be able to use the DialogRef tag to overwrite/alter the elements that
you wish. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
Regards,
//aj
On 5/22/07, Kevin Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm currently using the WixUI_
Ignore those extra spaces, I don't know where they came from. :-P
1
//aj
On 5/22/07, Aaron Shurts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The condition on your publish property event appears to be the problem.
If you always want this event to trigger than this text:
TRUE
should read like this
The condition on your publish property event appears to be the problem. If
you always want this event to trigger than this text:
TRUE
should read like this:
1
When you have just "TRUE" in there. The installer isn't really checking
against anything so that condition will always evaluate to false
[mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Mike Dimmick
*Sent:* 23 May 2007 00:06
*To:* 'Rob Mensching'; 'Aaron Shurts'; 'Bob Arnson'
*Cc:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Problem with SQL custom actions.
Something got broken in the build process
gration (or even scarier a bug that wasn't fixed in WiX v2
either). Is it possible to share the .wxs and SQL script? The last bugs
we've fixed have all been edge cases where the SQL Script had to be set just
so. Difficult to review.
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *
reSql. Return value 3.
Any thoughts / suggestions? The DLL is actually in the binary table, so
it's not a matter of the DLL missing.
Regards,
//aj
On 5/21/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Aaron Shurts wrote:
> I decided to go with v3 because I didn't feel like re-writ
Can you clarify your question? Are you asking how to reference a directory
and all its contents at build time for compilation in to your MSI or are you
asking how to copy the contents of a directory on the target machine at
install time?
Regards,
//aj
On 5/21/07, Sreenivasa Rao Ramisetty (Satya
failure.
You may get more data that's useful for debugging by turning on verbose
logging (msiexec /l*v).
--
Mike Dimmick
--
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Shurts
*Sent:* 21 May 2007 19:43
*To:* wix-users@lists.so
Hey all,
I am having a problem with SQL custom actions. This is what I am getting in
the log:
MSI (s) (9C:C0) [10:10:21:781]: Doing action: ConfigureSql
Action 10:10:21: ConfigureSql. Configuring SQL Server
Action start 10:10:21: ConfigureSql.
MSI (s) (9C:98) [10:10:21:796]: Invoking remote custo
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