Re: [WiX-users] Getting SQL Server instance name?

Hi Kim, I think you still need a CA for enumerating the array returned from the MULTI_SZ; You cannot assume that your instance is the only one installed (or the first in the list). If you don't want to use a CA then you should register the instance with your application during install in the reg

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction fails with error code 1603??

You should build / use a bootstrapper for this. Installing other MSI files from within a CA (especially managed ones) are a scenario for deasaster (As far as I have seen at least) and are highly discouraged! Check out if you can use Burn; I have good hopes for it, although I haven't found the time

Re: [WiX-users] Registry on 64bit XP vs Win7

There is a way; use a CA which checks what OS you're running on (x86 or x64) and then use the registry redirection flags or functions to inform the registry redirector to use the correct registry. Note that these functions only work on x64 OSses (they do work in x86 exeutables on x64 OS). Not su

Re: [WiX-users] C++ Custom Action Dll not running on Windows Server 2008 R2

Hi, I think it is good practice to use statically linked DLLs for CA DLLs; it is not just the MSVCRT that can cause problems. If you use third party, or own external, components the problem arises as well :) So therefor we build the CA DLL with everything statically in it with the least external r

[WiX-users] WiX 3.5 dutil.lib build

Hi, Why is there a sudden change in building the libs? In the wix-3.5.1623.0 the libs are build with Unicode while before they did not? I am compiling my CA DLLs (build in native C++) with non Unicode and after updating today to the build 1623 gives me the following link errors: 1>dutil.lib(file

Re: [WiX-users] Performance Issues with File table sequencing

I'm also interested in this; my (largest) Installer installs around 13000 files, most of them are just bytes or some KBytes, and the installation of this 200 MBytes MSI file takes a big 30 till 45 minutes (depending mainly on fragmentation of the target station). It would be nice if I could cut th

Re: [WiX-users] test and production install

Hi, I generate 2 MSI files in my nightly build: a test installer for the testers, which is basically a release installer just not officially to be released and contains more log info, and a development installer which developers can install. This last one is build with debug flags and contains

Re: [WiX-users] Adding multiple files to component

I've been following this discussion and still I haven't seen the solution we've build; When we create an installer set we harvest the files into the appropriate folders, then we have create a tool which scans which files are there. The files are stored into a database where they are assigned a GUI

Re: [WiX-users] Old versions

I've checked my backups and found some more WiX versions; they can be found at the mentioned site. WiX 3.0.4123.0 is included as well ;-) Albert -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Albert At School Verzonden: vrijdag 22 augustus 2008

Re: [WiX-users] Database selection dialog

I.ve just put a new version of SQLMsiCA (V1.70) online on http://madbutcher.dyndns.org/snippets/. - Original Message - From: "Albert At School" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Database selection dialog >

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch question

Check out my SQL browser source code for a nice solution for enumerating SQL instances in a C++ CA (http://madbutcher.dyndns.org/snippets/) Albert - Original Message - From: "Mike Rerick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Sent: Thursday,

Re: [WiX-users] Old versions

I've put a collection of my WiX archives online; they where on the list of deletion but maybe it can be of some use for someone else. 3.0.4123.0 is not in it unfortunally.. When I find it on my home drive somewhere (i must have more of them) i'll put it online as well. All these files where down

Re: [WiX-users] Database selection dialog

As mentioned before; I've something like that online at http://madbutcher.dyndns.org/snippets/ Comments are welcome and when requested enough it may grow into somethong more beautyfull ;) Note that this CA was build for WiX 2.0 and was never tested (by me that is) in WiX 3.0. Regards, Albert

Re: [WiX-users] Find MSSQL Data directory?

Hi Tim, For SQL 2005 or SQL 2008 (i assume you use one of them) you need to find the following registry key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names\SQL] "SQLEXPRESS"="MSSQL.1" Based on the value of the name of the instance ("SQLEXPRESS" in this example) you'll

Re: [WiX-users] Localized version of License.rtf

>> Could we please start this discussion on wix-users instead of inside this bug? It would probably be >> more efficient to just talk about this there. Agreed. Ok, can someone tell me how to find a solid solution for Wix2.0 as for the the problem described below? Or is it safe enough to switch