[WiX-users] Best practice for combined 32/64bit installer

rom a bootstrapper that runs the correct MSI, is there some accepted practice for achieving this with a single MSI? I had previously believed that it was [not possible/bad form] to make a 32bit installer install 64 bit binaries, and vice versa... Thanks! Adam Langley Senior Deve

Re: [WiX-users] WixUICostingPopupOptOut and build 3.5.2325.0

I would assume that the error 'is declared more than once' is because the new release fixes the bug by including the declaration by default. Adam Langley Senior Developer +64 9 486 9010 +64 21 884400 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com  Please consider the environment befor

Re: [WiX-users] Reading Assembly Information

grab the culture string assemblyCulture = module.ContainingAssembly.Culture; Note: The MetadataReaderHost used to hold a lock on the assembly until GC collected these objects, but a recent checkin to Microsoft.Cci has implemented IDisposable on MetaDataReaderHost which will clean

Re: [WiX-users] Candle is ignoring preprocessor arguments

t var, it works - so yes, the env var is evaluating to empty, why would MSBuild NOT tokenize this argument and replace env vars? It was working for almost a year sooo sooo bizarre. Adam Langley Senior Developer +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com  Please conside

[WiX-users] Candle is ignoring preprocessor arguments

ndle.exe just start doing this all of a sudden? We havent changed anything in the source files, nor updated our WiX installation. We can SEE that candle is being passed the value on the command-line, but it just FAILS to put it into Source paths! Help! Thanks Adam Langley Senior Devel

Re: [WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory

I found the problem. I had to expand my properties (session.Format(string)) during my immediate CA, so that the deferred CA gets the actual path values, not the path 'tokens'. Adam Langley  Please consider the environment before printing this email! -Original Message-----

[WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory

I have written a deferred CA which I need to manipulate a file that is placed in the target-directory, at the end of the install. What is weird is that the path is correctly evaluated in my logging messages, but when I use the path to open a file, it says FILE NOT FOUND, even though I KNOW the

[WiX-users] managed custom action cannot access target directory

I have written a deferred CA which I need to manipulate a file that is placed in the target-directory, at the end of the install. What is weird is that the path is correctly evaluated in my logging messages, but when I use the path to open a file, it says FILE NOT FOUND, even though I KNOW the

Re: [WiX-users] Deploying SSRS reports using Wix Installer.

Aha! Put them in a folder and tell the user to upload them. Sad, but true. -Original Message- From: Sachin Dubey [mailto:sachin.du...@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 12:29 p.m. To: Wix Users Subject: [WiX-users] Deploying SSRS reports using Wix Installer. Hi All, What i

Re: [WiX-users] Building Votive

d for 3.0, it might help: http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-create-wix-build-mach ine.html. The other thing to watch is that the last time I checked the CVS source didn't contain the binary files saved correctly. Neil -Original Message----- From: Adam Langley [ma

[WiX-users] Building Votive

I would like to add some functionality to Votive (3.5 codebase), yet I am finding it rather difficult getting it to build in Visual Studio 2008. Is the environment setup documented anywhere? Thanks Adam Langley -- This

[WiX-users] Registry preprocessor instruction uses 64-bit registry

s there a functionality/syntax that I am unaware of for taking care of this dilemma? Thanks! Adam Langley -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualizati

[WiX-users] Is it still a bad idea to rename your MSI files?

/dont_rename_that_msi.html Is this still the case, and how are other people handling naming in these situations? Thanks Adam Langley -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer

[WiX-users] The "ResolveNonMSBuildProjectOutput" task was not found

Hi All, Just today all of my wix projects started failing to build. I am not aware of any new installation which could have affected this. I have re-installed VS AND WiX, and still the problem remains. C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets(789,5): error MSB4036: The "ResolveNonM

Re: [WiX-users] The "ResolveNonMSBuildProjectOutput" task was notfound

an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package.

[WiX-users] extracting wix xml from wixlibs

quire our team members to extract the source code when the WiX binaries are already on the system... Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscrib

Re: [WiX-users] votive causing massive pauses in Visual Studio

from this version)... Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com     -Original Message- From: Phil Sayers [mailto:p...@cds-am.net] Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2009 1:29 a.m. To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-u

Re: [WiX-users] fold not being removed on uninstall: sporadic

ation earlier in the InstallExecuteSequence... This is what I have... 1 FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH AND Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com     -Original Message- From: Jim Williams [mailto:jimwilliam...@comcast.net]

[WiX-users] votive causing massive pauses in Visual Studio

_any_ file, C#, Xml etc) such as keypresses and mouse clicks. Unloading the WiX projects fixes the key-press pause, and uninstalling WiX (Votive) fixes everything else... Has anyone else experienced this problem? Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com

Re: [WiX-users] fold not being removed on uninstall: sporadic

Its Synchronous, as it checks the return result... Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com     -Original Message- From: Jim Williams [mailto:jimwilliam...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, 17 March 2009 4:41 p.m. To: 'General discussio

[WiX-users] fold not being removed on uninstall: sporadic

tries to delete anything from the system. I end up with an empty folder structure: C:\Program Files\Company Folder\Application Folder\ Remaining on my system, about 50% of the time. Can anyone point out why this might be happening? Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010

[WiX-users] Custom rollback action needs to fire BEFORE remove files...

eceded by this (note the time stamps): MSI (s) (B0:D4) [18:22:47:434]: Executing op: FileRemove(,FileName=C:\Program Files\Common Files\olydvrsv.exe,,) So, the file is removed BEFORE the rollback custom action is fired - which is the wrong way around. How can I get this the right way around? T

Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit

Thank you Rob, and Richard, that fixed my issues. Regards, Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com     -Original Message- From: Richard [mailto:legal...@xmission.com] Sent: Friday, 16 January 2009 10:55 a.m. To: General discussion for

Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit

before_ the roll-back custom action (or at least after 'InstallFiles'), so that the Property "FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH" is available for my CA with the correct location of the uninstaller? Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.c

Re: [WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit

;InstallFFDShow") FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH AND My 'condition' for install-rollback is the same as for my install action, I assume that is correct, that when an install is rolled back the component still has the same install-status (>2)? Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64

[WiX-users] run custom action on rollback from failure to commit

I have a vustom action which installs some 3rd party tools... FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH AND This works well, on install it runs the ffdshow.exe, and on uninstall it runs the ffdshow uninstaller (FFDSHOWUNINSTALLPATH is an exe located via the registry). My question is: How do I ge

Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module doesnt remove all files

Thanks Rob, Just curious, I couldn't find any documentation on this - in a wix MSI, features contain components, and that defines which components are actually installed. In a WiX Merge, there is no concept of a 'feature', so what _is_ included? ALL defined components? Adam

[WiX-users] Merge Module doesnt remove all files

am files\common files\ (AKA "CommonFilesFolder"). Thanks! Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com     -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community

[WiX-users] creating a merge module which outputs files to a directory passed from the setup project.

e the case. Help, anyone? Thanks Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 alang...@winscribe.com www.winscribe.com     -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell service

[WiX-users] Limited User Account, first-run problem

used for setting up the new user? Thanks in advance! Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 www.winscribe.com - Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting fo

Re: [WiX-users] optionally removing AppData folders createdby application, during uninstall

Sure. Its pretty simple - just create your dialog, copy WixUI_Mondo (or one of the other UI sequences if you want), and insert your button publications... Compare my XML below with WixUI_Mondo.wxs and you'll see what I've changed (and inserted)... Adam Langley Senior Develo

[WiX-users] optionally removing AppData folders created by application, during uninstall

iour? Thank you in advance... Adam Langley Senior Developer Tel: +64 9 486 9010 - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source.

Re: [WiX-users] possible bug

MSI is installing a VS Package, so there are several registry modifications needed, none of which are showing up in the log... Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel.  +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 www.seconag.com From: Bob Arnson

[WiX-users] possible bug

istry keys and files in separate Component elements (of which I did the latter). Thanks! Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 <http://www.secon

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with WiX custom UI

Try running the MSI with msiexec.exe /l* setup.log /i MySetup.msi Then take a look at the log file, it should give you some clues as to whats going wrong. Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel.  +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072

Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

27;ve seen this before trying to use the Quiet Execute Action)... Thanks Regards, Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel.  +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 www.seconag.com -Original Message- From: Daryn Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

(this may take a few minutes) 1 My CA is definitely executing, I can see its process start and chew away at 15% CPU for 3-4 minutes, but the progress text just stays on "Removing Backup Files"... Thanks - Ad

Re: [WiX-users] how to use quiet custom action

Hi, I followed the instruction below, and copied the example in WiX.chm, I get the following ICE68 error: Error 7 ICE68: Invalid custom action type for action This is the example used... . . . Thanks - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore

[WiX-users] show progress text for custom action

describing this? Thanks - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 <http://www.seconag.com> www.seconag.com --

[WiX-users] special characters in Wix Product Name

... Untitled.gif Can anyone point out what this is happening? Surely Windows Installer can render this character? Thanks - Adam Langley Ps: sorry about the image – compressed it as much as I could (c; <>

[WiX-users] multiple language inside of a wix MSI

Is it possible to have a language dropdown selection as the first page in the MSI wizard, which changes the locale used for the UI? I have played with localizing MSIs but this all seems to be auto-detected, and non-modifiable after the MSI has begun executing. Thanks - Adam

[WiX-users] creating INF files

ed to start the MSI on the command line and pass it the INF as an argument. I just want to set the default property value for different environments by having several different INF files for a single MSI package. Thanks! - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North

[WiX-users] Creating a folder with permissions of a new user

exist. Can anyone help? This is a sample of my XML Thanks! - Adam Langley Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Road Albany North Shore 0632 New Zealand Tel. +64 (0)9 414 4071 Fax. +64 (0)9 414 4072 <http://www.seconag.com> www.secon

[WiX-users] dependent features

UI forces the user to select the GAC feature aswell? But if only the website that doesn't need the GAC assemblies is chosen, the GAC feature is allowed to be disabled. Is there a standard way to approach this type of 'inter-feature dependencies'? Thanks

[WiX-users] macro/property for detecting debug/release from Votive

I am using Votive in Visual Studio 2005. Can anyone tell me how I can configure my WXS file to pick up DLLS to be deployed (with the tag) from bin\Debug if the build configuration is set to Debug, and bin\Release if its Release? Thanks - Adam Secon NZ Ltd. A1/400 Rosedale Roa

[WiX-users] automatic uninstallation of previous version

Hi guys, Can anyone tell me if there is a simple XML element I can add to my WXS file to automatically uninstall previous versions of a product, before executing the install procedure? I would like the user not to have to go to 'add/remove programs'... Thanks - Adam Secon