[WiX-users] How to invoke custom action when user clicks Cancel button?

2009-02-16 Thread Andrew Kendall
Good day! I can't work out how to get a custom action to execute when the user cancels the install. Could somebody please advise me. Many thanks. Andrew Kendall -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC),

[WiX-users] Admin Install, deploying CustomizeDlg, 'Location' ambiguity

2009-01-07 Thread Andrew Kendall
I mean, what is the significance of the double reference to CustomizeDlgLocation, separated by a hyphen? How does CustomizeDlgLocation resolve to TARGETDIR? How can I make CustomizeDlgLocation point to a different property? Your precious time, attention and responses are, as always, very greatly

[WiX-users] How to save entire open installer database to a copy msi file from custom action?

2008-12-23 Thread Andrew Kendall
empty MSI and copy to it all the tables and their content from the current open database. All advice will be gratefully received. Many thanks. Andrew Kendall -- ___ WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Network Install: How To Control What User Sees?

2008-12-10 Thread Andrew Kendall
this whole area of network installs, and would be most grateful for some clear guidance. Like I say, it's concepts I need to know about here, rather than technical specifics. Many, many thanks. Andrew Kendall From: Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To

[WiX-users] Network Install: How To Control What User Sees?

2008-12-09 Thread Andrew Kendall
Agreement handled, when no dialog appears for the user? Despite much Net foraging, I'm stuck, and would be most grateful for some pointers, perhaps to any articles that deal with these issues in depth. Many thanks for your time and attention. Regards, Andrew Ke

[WiX-users] Feature Tree Selection - Determining When "Entire Feature..." has been selected

2008-11-05 Thread Andrew Kendall
Hi, I've read up on the Custom install Feature selection tree, the popup menu and using a custom action to find out what the users selected. However, I can't find how one determines whether "Will be installed on local hard drive" or "Entire feature will be installed on local hard drive" has bee

[WiX-users] Property used in Edit Control - How to refresh after changing in CustomAction

2008-10-30 Thread Andrew Kendall
Hi, If I've got a Property associated with a Edit Control field, and I invoke a CustomAction DLL function (say, in response to a PushButton) to change the value of the Property (MsiSetProperty), how do I get the Edit field to reflect the change? It does not seem to happen automatically. Many t

[WiX-users] Store an RTF string in a Property?

2008-10-29 Thread Andrew Kendall
eagerly look for pointers/assistance from the WWW (World Wide Wix) community. Many thanks for your time and attention. Yours truly, Andrew Kendall - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer'

[WiX-users] I know nested installs are strongly discouraged, but...

2008-10-27 Thread Andrew Kendall
lp/tips will be gladly appreciated. Regards, Andrew Kendall - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win gre

[WiX-users] Program Menu: How To Implement An Icon?

2008-10-22 Thread Andrew Kendall
Hi, I've worked out how to a top-level Program Menu entry which contains a nested list of shortcuts, viz: ... NOT VersionNT64 ... Though I am able to attach icons to the nested shortcuts,

Re: [WiX-users] My installer seems to be ignoring a property set inside Custom Action dll

2008-10-17 Thread Andrew Kendall
ge- From: Andrew Kendall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 02:15 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] My installer seems to be ignoring a property set inside Custom Action dll Rob, thank you! My CustomAction now sch

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-17 Thread Andrew Kendall
whoops sorry replied to wrong msg :) - Original Message From: Eitan Behar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Friday, 17 October, 2008 9:59:40 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product. I'm sure that this i

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-17 Thread Andrew Kendall
yes, I feared that! The real question is why my msi won't uninstall the install, why it decided to leave fred.txt installed? - Original Message From: Eitan Behar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Friday, 17 October, 2008 9:59:40 Subjec

Re: [WiX-users] My installer seems to be ignoring a property set inside Custom Action dll

2008-10-17 Thread Andrew Kendall
users] My installer seems to be ignoring a property set inside Custom Action dll MSI SDK notes that the FeatureCondition table is evaluated at CostFinalize. Your CustomAction is scheduled after CostFinalize... a little late, I think. -----Original Message- From: Andrew Kendall [mailto

[WiX-users] My installer seems to be ignoring a property set inside Custom Action dll

2008-10-17 Thread Andrew Kendall
ing set ok from the DLL (which the install log confirms), theFredDoc feature is not being installed, implying that its Level is not being changed to 1. Can anybody please help me out here? Many thanks for your time and attention. Regards, Andrew

[WiX-users] How to create shortcut to an existing application?

2008-10-08 Thread Andrew Kendall
or two, I would be most grateful, and thank you in advance for your time and attention. Regards, Andrew Kendall - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the cool