Yan Sklyarenko wrote:
> Hello WiX community,
>
> This is a pure MSI question.
> I'd like to insert a row into the Directory table, which corresponds to
> the root of disk drive, for instance, D:\. But, neither "D:\", nor "D:"
> works in DefaultDir column...
>
> Is this at all possible? If so, th
Anidil wrote:
> Can't we author all the setup components inside an msm?Do we really need wix
> then?What all are the advantages of going for wix instead of deploying an
> application using merge modules?
By extension, we do not need tools like WiX as we don't need tools like
compilers. We can all
Christopher Painter wrote:
> The WiX `philosophy` seems to be don't add .NET dependencies to your
> install and don't redist the framework.Just do an AppSearch/Launch
> Condition and tell the user to go do it on their own. Personally
> this conflicts with my needs and results in one of the
Chris Mumford wrote:
> During install I need to start a program that I've just installed, and I
> also need to kill it during uninstall/upgrade.
>
> I believe that I can just add a custom action to start it, but what
> about to stop it? Is there a non CA solution to this problem?
Wouldn't such a
Albert Shamsiyan wrote:
> Wix help regarding DigitalCertificate Element, states that the
> SourceFile is The path to the certificate file. Is it possible to
> extract it from already signed file? If so how? Can I just use a signed
> file or I must use the certificate file?
Err, no. Digital certifi
Chris Eldredge wrote:
> I'm trying to create an MSI that installs a .NET assembly and registers
> it for use in SQL Server 2005.
>
> The problem is that the SQL I'm executing inside a SqlString is telling
> SQL Server to load the assembly, but when I install the MSI it seems
> that the assembly
Karthik Krishnan wrote:
> You can set the File's parent Component's "Permanent" attribute to
> "yes", which I think accomplishes what you are trying to do.
This generally should only apply to system files.
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RW wrote:
>
>
> As it changes and will contain important data, I don't want the uninstaller
> to actually remove it.
Generally, this is not the correct way of doing things. The idea is to,
1. install MyConfig.XML with default data in program directory
2. your application opens MyConfig.XML in
SaiTeja wrote:
> Continuation for the previous mail.
>
> When I start service manually from services.msc, I got error message as
> "Windows Couldnot start Service on Local Computer - Error 1067: The process
> terminated unexpectedly"
Try to run it directly from installation location. What error d
Richard wrote:
> There are times when I think the "unzip files" approach is legitimate.
>
> For instance, suppose you have a bunch of data files that represent a
> snapshot in time for a dynamically updating service.
Install the initial snapshot as a zip file. The service or custom action
will th
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It's a slightly unusual option, but if I was in your shoes I might
> consider supplying the application packaged as a wixlib (containing the
> main application installation), together with a utility which allows the
> reseller to select their "template" folder. After veri
Xin Liu (Intl Vendor) wrote:
> In our msi there is a .zip file needed to be unzipped to target folder
> during installation. Does Wix directly support this kind of action?
Why? Isn't the MSI file like a zip file?
Anyway, your solution is really nasty. As far as I know, it will prevent
the content
SaiTeja wrote:
> I have created a WIX installer that works perfectly on XP.
>
> But When I try in Vista Business, my custom actions are failing
>
> Below is the custom action
>
> ExeCommand="UninstallLogonHandler" FileKey="xyz.exe">
>
Let me quess, the xyz.exe depends on the C runtime? And yo
SaiTeja wrote:
> ((NOT VersionNT=500) AND (VersionNT64))
This is just a side note, but you should almost never use something like
(NOT Version=500). Maybe you are looking for something like
(VersionNT>500)? If you do not want to use CDATA section, you probably
can just type (VersionNT >
Anidil wrote:
>
> I see that the service.exe has been copied and registered under windows
> service console.but it doesn't start automatically.I get the following
> message when tried starting manually."Windows could not start the service on
> Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respon
SaiTeja wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for Info.
>
> Can you suggest for Msi Logging for XP or 2000
>
>>> ->
>>> -> C:\Install.txt
I'm not using this, but my suggestion would be to,
1. DO NOT use C:\ for cruft like log files. Put them in User's
Directory like User's Application Data similar. Or te
Szentpali Janos wrote:
> I am glad to see I am not alone out there :). Sadly nobody else seems to
> care :(.
I would prefer that people actually replied in text only while also
removing unnecessary cruft from the quoted bits before replying. What is
the point of replying at bottom of email if one
Jose Sanchez Saldana (Excell Data Corporation) wrote:
> I’m attempting to call sed.exe as an embedded binary from an MSI –
> however, it has three dependencies: cygiconv2.dll, cygintl2.dll, and
> cygwin1.dll. Does wix have any mechanism, through custom actions, that
> would allow sed.exe to be call
Adrian Alonso wrote:
> Hi! I need to add a launch condition to my product installer to
> determine if the OS is Windows XP. My product can be only installed on
> WinXP. Do you know which registry entry should I take or if I should use
> another kind of launch condition? What I'm looking for is an "
robert marshall wrote:
> When creating shortcuts for our wix installer we've previously set the
> Workingdirectory for the shortcut to be the root directory for the app
> in C:/Program Files. Vista complains about users saving stuff there -
> which happens when they do a save as and don't change th
SaiTeja wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can any review the wix code for the following and give example for last one
>
> Description="This will install only on Windows XP or later"
>
> NOT VersionNT = 500
Err, this is NOT VersionNT = 500 which means it will not install only on
one version of
Richard wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Regarding the service now, I think the problem has a lot to do with the
>> installation of stuff into the GAC (the recommended way of doing things
>> after al
Richard wrote:
> The problem isn't anything to do with Vista, its because your service
> has a dependency on something in the GAC and the files don't really
> appear in the GAC until after the Commit phase of the install.
>
> Just mark your service as starting automaticly and you shouldn't have
>
Hi,
I have a service I want to install and automatically start with an
installer. Now, the runtime for the service is not available until after
installer completed because the runtime goes into the GAC (it is just
the VS2005 SP1 C runtime).
One solution is to deploy the files locally (as in a per
Wilson, Phil wrote:
> If you were in fact installing the base VS 2005 merge modules on Vista
> instead of the SP1 versions, this might be the Orca issue with dates -
> if you open a merge module with Orca it will unconditionally change the
> modify date. If you did that to the original VS 2005 merg
Richard wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Rob Hamflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>
>
> Do you really need this business?
CDATA sections is not needed in XML. It is only used if you don't want
to escape special characters like > and/or want to preserve whitespace.
Regula
Richard wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Craig0ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Basically my installer installs certain standard letters for use with the
>> software, if i change the standard letter to incorperate client specific
>> details and then uninstall the product the modi
hina1703 wrote:
> Hello Richard,
>
> I am still trying to find out some information as subtle advantages of WIX
> over InstallShield & looking for a demo project. Do you have any other
> example project which you can share with me?
> Also are there any power point slides or any info available?
T
Wilson, Phil wrote:
> That's correct, Vista uses the same SxS model with Fusion to install the
> C++ runtimes as GAC installation, so the runtimes aren't available until
> after InstallFinalize.
Solution:
* Install merge module if (VersionNT < 600) OR Version9X . In other
words, install the m
Rob Mensching wrote:
> schema is all documented. The command-lines and the tools to use are
> documented.” I’m happy for people to say, “Hey, such-and-such isn’t
> documented… can I expect it to remain constant supported and all that
> good stuff?” I’ll then go into the tools and see if it is a
Richard wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> How can I structure this such that the merge module is installed
>> completely prior to installing the component?
>
> In addition to what Bob Arnson said, ch
Bob Arnson wrote:
> Adam Majer wrote:
>> How can I structure this such that the merge module is installed
>> completely prior to installing the component?
>>
>
> That's not how Windows Installer works: Merge modules lose their
> identity when merged, so th
Hi all,
I want to install a service, but the service needs a runtime installed
first to be able to run. More importantly, the C runtime.
My current setup is,
This results in the component installed prior to the runtime or at least
the runtime being unavailable before the component is in
Peter Marcu wrote:
> The wixout is not a pure xml file in WiX 3.0. It has a cab at the
> beginning of it that contains embedded binary files.
Wouldn't it be possible to fix this such that it is a proper XML file?
The cab could be embedded in the XML (eg. base64) and the entire thing
would be much
Jeff Bean wrote:
>
>
> Adam Majer-2 wrote:
>> Installing the runtime from VS2005 SP1 using the merge module (yes,
>> correct version) does NOT work on Vista while it works *perfectly* on
>> 2003 server - both clean installs of the respective OS. Both OSes need
>&
Hi all,
Installing the runtime from VS2005 SP1 using the merge module (yes,
correct version) does NOT work on Vista while it works *perfectly* on
2003 server - both clean installs of the respective OS. Both OSes need
the runtime installed for the program to run.
The install log on Vista indicates
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