Re: [WiX-users] Determine if a MSI was created using WIX

Property with ID 18 in _SummaryInformation table will contains string like "Windows Installer XML (3.5.2215.0)" for every package created with WiX. -Original Message- From: teuf008 [mailto:teuf...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 11:38 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subje

Re: [WiX-users] Simple Upgrade/Reinstall Question

to what I need to do? I left some of the various combinations commented out above, we are fast pushing torwards a deployment, and need some insight or direction. -Original Message----- From: Alexander Kozlenko [mailto:alexander.kozle...@hotmail.com] Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] is there an issue with the latest 3.6 cab file

Have the same problem. "Can't find Wix36lib.cab ..." error on installing (MSI+CAB). -Original Message- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 5:41 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] is there an issue with the latest

[WiX-users] EmbeddedUIResource element

According to documentation and to compiler Name is required attribute, but in attribute description I find this: "If this attribute is not specified the Id attribute will be used." What is incorrect: documentation part or compiler behavior? -

Re: [WiX-users] Installer appears very slow

seconds out of 20 of total for creating restore point. Is there a way to specify this MSIFASTINSTALL property value from within Wix? I mean something like: Would it overwrite the built-in MSI property when install is running on Windows 7? Thanks! -Original Message- From: Alexander Kozlenko

Re: [WiX-users] Simple Upgrade/Reinstall Question

Try to use this code: , but also you need to suppress ICE61 for safely allowing downgrade. -Original Message- From: John Bergman [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 11:16 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Installer appears very slow

Creating Restore Point. You can use MSIFASTINSTALL (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd408005(VS.85).aspx) property for disabling this and some other things, but this will work only for Windows Installer 5.0 (Windows 7 only, no redist). -Original Message- From: Lena Vinogradov [mail

Re: [WiX-users] Error in Custom Action

tom Action Can this be the case that you have Return='ignore' in the custom action definition? I suppose in this case returning ActionResult.Failure will be ignored. -- Yan -Original Message- From: Alexander Kozlenko [mailto:alexander.kozle...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, Se

[WiX-users] FW: Embedded UI, custom action and WiX assembly

Any suggestions? -Original Message- From: Alexander Kozlenko [mailto:alexander.kozle...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 11:58 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Embedded UI, custom action and WiX assembly Hel

[WiX-users] Error in Custom Action

What is the best way to block installation on error in Custom Action? I used ActionResult.Failure result value but installation continues to install. Only throwing an exception of type InstallerException helps me to block installation. Thanks. Alexander Kozlenko

[WiX-users] Embedded UI, custom action and WiX assembly

Hello. I have installer with embedded UI and managed custom action. Is there any way to reuse Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller assembly instead of duplicate it in both binary streams (for UI assembly and for CA assembly)? Thanks. Alexander Kozlenko

Re: [WiX-users] Pin to Taskbar and Advertised shortcut

Hi Fabio, Thanks for code sample, but this doesn't help... Alexander Kozlenko -Original Message- From: Fabio Di Lorenzo [mailto:fa...@dilorenzo.ch] Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 5:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] P

Re: [WiX-users] Pin to Taskbar and Advertised shortcut

spx <http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/32765.aspx>Regards, Fabio On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Alexander Kozlenko < alexander.kozle...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello. Still can't find a solution so asking here. > > I have an advertised shortcut for my installed app

[WiX-users] Pin to Taskbar and Advertised shortcut

ompany.MyApplication") after run. I see that Acrobat Reader 9 has advertised shortcut too and this shortcut has all two menu items for pinning. What I'm doing wrong? Thanks. Additional project data: Targeting Windows 7 x64 only, WiX 3.5. Alexander Kozlenko -

Re: [WiX-users] MsiLaunchApp

...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 6:04 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MsiLaunchApp On 24-Aug-10 07:26, Alexander Kozlenko wrote: > Hello. I didn't find an answer so will ask in this mailing list. > Anybody can explain how can I m

[WiX-users] MsiLaunchApp

Hello. I didn't find an answer so will ask in this mailing list. Anybody can explain how can I migrate from WinShellExec custom action to MsiLaunchApp in WiX 3.5? Thanks. Alexander Kozlenko -- Sell apps to mil