Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch problem

2014-07-23 Thread Bevan Weiss
Is this a 64/32bit registry type issue? And is the burn package being run with elevated privileges? (just to rule out issues with registry permissions) Regards, Bevan Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:38:22 -0700 (PDT) From: vorsichtdiekurve Subject: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch problem Hi, I'm trying t

Re: [WiX-users] Testing Wix FirewallException element logging question.

2014-05-02 Thread Bevan Weiss
It might be worth looking in the FirewallException CA code, or just testing it, but perhaps it would accept a comma-separated list of which Zones it should be active in. So you might be able to put "domain,public" to get the desired single entry with both tick boxes set. I haven't tried this mysel

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-26 Thread Bevan Weiss
Have you verified that your XSLT is performing its job properly? If it's setting the permanent attribute on every harvested component this would obviously be the problem. How are the registry entries a requirement? If you are installing a 32bit application it can't see the 64-bit registry hive, s

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-25 Thread Bevan Weiss
I would suggest the following: Replace all manually generated GUIDs with '*' wherever possible. WiX can autogenerate GUIDs for you in most situations (where you have a source file I believe, it possibly works with RegistryKeys as well.. I can't remember). You've also got duplicated RegistryKey en

Re: [WiX-users] Avoid .net 3.5 requirement

2014-03-20 Thread Bevan Weiss
just break open your created MSI and check the customactions.config file to make sure that it's not modified from what your project settings have. Regards, Bevan Weiss >Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:06:19 -0400 >From: "Kevin Delafield" >Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Avoid .net 3.5 re

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-19 Thread Bevan Weiss
two items or the custom action thing. > >Regards, >Suvra Jyoti >On 19-03-2014 17:37, Bevan Weiss wrote: >> Suvrajyoti, >> >> If you allow the INSTALLDIR to be changed, then the whole thing could >> be different... >> For instance if someone changed the INS

Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as what the user specified in the UI dialogue

2014-03-19 Thread Bevan Weiss
to modify the MSI in memory database early on to get the tables right for the actual installer operation. Regards, Bevan Weiss Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:57:28 +0530 From: Suvrajyoti Panda Subject: Re: [WiX-users] (Gentle Reminder)Creating directory under C:\Programdata same as wha

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe harvesting case sensitive vb6 dll's

2014-03-19 Thread Bevan Weiss
ese components unless you will be forcing a major upgrade. Since changing component IDs on a minor upgrade is getting into dangerous territory. Regards, Bevan Weiss SAGE Automation >Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:11:38 +0530 >From: Ravishankar >Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe harvesting c

Re: [WiX-users] R: How to install VSTO Excel add-in that use dll with COM-visible objects?

2014-03-16 Thread Bevan Weiss
/10/vsto-4-2010-lessons-learned.ht ml http://mgrowan.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/wix-installation-for-excel-add-in/ Regards, Bevan Weiss -- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:44:02 + From: "Verbuk, Artem" Subject: Re: [WiX-users] R: How to install VSTO Excel add-in

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 93, Issue 64

2014-02-20 Thread Bevan Weiss
i get from the error and run heat.exe from there it works i.e. the path is correct. > >I have built the project with MSBuild without any problems the issue came when introducing HeatDirectory i.e. putting heat.exe to use. > > > > >On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Bevan Weiss wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe Exception with MSBuild and HeatDirectory

2014-02-18 Thread Bevan Weiss
Is E:\ local? I suspect it might be a network share. If the MSBuild process is using elevated privileges then all network shares (created when non-elevated) disappear. This only occurs with WindowsServer 2008R2 and above I believe (and I'm not sure if it's in Windows 7, but it's definitely in Wi

Re: [WiX-users] How to select ASP.NET version

2014-02-14 Thread Bevan Weiss
h to your msi). This will generate a LogFile.txt which will contain the verbose install log. Msiexec /L*v LogFile.txt /I [PATH TO MSI] Regards, Bevan Weiss SAGE Automation = >Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:17:45 +0530 &

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Service windows 7

2014-02-12 Thread Bevan Weiss
ily writes to this EventLog without fail. It runs as LocalSystem (just because I'm lazy, and don't want to create individual folder permissions for a custom user)... Regards, Bevan Weiss =

Re: [WiX-users] ListView Creation

2013-12-27 Thread Bevan Weiss
t's really so important to have it like this. Or you could try going back to SharpSetup and asking them to help. Bevan -Original Message- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:23:23 +0530 From: ak m Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ListView Creation Hi Bevan Weiss, Thank you for the information. My

Re: [WiX-users] ListView Creation

2013-12-25 Thread Bevan Weiss
columns with Name, No, pincode, Thanks in Advance... On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Bevan Weiss wrote: > Attachments get stripped from this list, you will need to provide a > URL or some other such link to a hosted image. > > A ListView only really has two particular pieces of usef

Re: [WiX-users] ListView Creation

2013-12-24 Thread Bevan Weiss
Attachments get stripped from this list, you will need to provide a URL or some other such link to a hosted image. A ListView only really has two particular pieces of useful information for each 'row', that being a Value, and an item of Display. If you want more columns then perhaps you need to re

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Database installation

2013-12-17 Thread Bevan Weiss
You should find the custom table that the SqlDatabase Custom Action uses, and then write a Custom Action yourself which will occur before the SqlDatabase one which populates the custom table with the appropriate data. If you open the generated MSI with Orca or similar you might find the custom tabl

Re: [WiX-users] Progress Bar

2013-12-17 Thread Bevan Weiss
So you are creating a custom UI? What Custom Actions are you using? Have you created your custom actions to return data regarding how much time they will take to perform? You need to provide more information than just the UI control code. You've mentioned that they show on the UI, this is about al

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 91, Issue 51

2013-12-14 Thread Bevan Weiss
>On 12/13/2013 11:21 PM, Bevan Weiss wrote: >> I would suggest using two separate components for it. >> Each Shortcut is really a file.. >> Then each would get its own HKCU registry entry. >> >> Is your installer PerUser or PerMachine? >> The HKCU entry might

Re: [WiX-users] Creating two start menu shortcuts for the same executable

2013-12-13 Thread Bevan Weiss
I would suggest using two separate components for it. Each Shortcut is really a file.. Then each would get its own HKCU registry entry. Is your installer PerUser or PerMachine? The HKCU entry might not be so appropriate for a PerMachine install. Bevan 2013/12/13 Markus Ewald : > Hi! > > I'm try

Re: [WiX-users] Calling CustomAction which requires Elevated Privileges from UI PushButton

2013-11-24 Thread Bevan Weiss
Thanks again Blair, I do really like this idea... and would have actually gone this way, if I hadn't now got the UI elevation working.. yeah it has the ugly black CMD line box.. but it's only for a second, and they have asked for a new certificate to be generated, so I'm ok with this UI imperfect

Re: [WiX-users] Getting XmlFile 'Components' to be re-triggered when executing a Change 'install'

2013-11-24 Thread Bevan Weiss
Thanks Blair The verbose log says that the component is already installed, so it won't perform any action. I guess I have to explicitly modify the install action for the appropriate components? Is there a WiX standard CA to perform this? I assume it'd just need to look at the WiX_InstallState pro

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 90, Issue 108

2013-11-23 Thread Bevan Weiss
the UAC world. Phil Wilson On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Bevan Weiss wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to create a WIX installer which allows a user to select a > certificate to use for a Web Site SSL binding. > However, if they don't have a valid certificate ins

Re: [WiX-users] Calling CustomAction which requires Elevated

2013-11-23 Thread Bevan Weiss
gards, Bevan > >Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 18:34:55 +1100 >From: Bevan Weiss > >Hi all, > >I'm trying to create a WIX installer which allows a user to select a certificate to use for a Web Site SSL binding. >However, if they don't have a valid certificate installed ye

[WiX-users] Getting XmlFile 'Components' to be re-triggered when executing a Change 'install'

2013-11-23 Thread Bevan Weiss
led with the appropriate properties (which are already defined in the XmlFile element). Regards, Bevan Weiss -- Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of

[WiX-users] Calling CustomAction which requires Elevated Privileges from UI PushButton

2013-11-22 Thread Bevan Weiss
Is there anything more obvious that I'm missing? I do have InstallPrivileges="elevated" set on the overall Package.. and InstallScope="perMachine" I'm sure some of you have even done this successfully before.. would love to know how. Regards, Bevan Weiss -

Re: [WiX-users] Web.config file issues when using Heat with multiple Web Application Projects

2013-09-16 Thread Bevan Weiss
dle-project-references-when-using-heats-output-with-candleprovides > a couple of tips. >> From: Bevan Weiss >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Web.config file issues when using Heat with >> multiple Web Application Projects >> >> Hi Blair,Thanks for the reply.My DirectoryRefI

Re: [WiX-users] Web.config file issues when using Heat with multiple Web Application Projects

2013-09-15 Thread Bevan Weiss
ats-output-with-candleprovides a couple of tips. > From: Bevan Weiss > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Web.config file issues when using Heat with > multiple Web Application Projects > > Hi Blair,Thanks for the reply.My DirectoryRefId for each WebApp is > different, and they are then located in d

Re: [WiX-users] Web.config file issues when using Heat with multiple Web Application Projects

2013-09-14 Thread Bevan Weiss
ther installers? Regards,Bevan Weiss > Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:03:58 -0700 > From: Blair Murri > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Web.config file issues when using Heat with > multiple Web Application Projects > > Is your RefTargetDir different on each of your ProjectRef

[WiX-users] Web.config file issues when using Heat with multiple Web Application Projects

2013-09-12 Thread Bevan Weiss
xs file outputs if desired, however I didn't think they would be so beneficial to send just yet. I would have expected others would have come upon this issue before.. Unless it's something that a recent version of WiX has brought up. I'm running v3.7. An