[WiX-users] HavestDirectory -svb6

2015-06-09 Thread Brad Woodfiel
With the Heat command there is an option '-svb6' for when dealing with dll and ocx files created in VB6. Is there a similar option for the HeatDirectory tasks? Thx -- ___ WiX-us

Re: [WiX-users] Duplicate files from multiple locations

2015-06-09 Thread Brad Woodfiel
n I was using HarvestDirectory, I wrote some XSLT transforms > to either remove duplicates or modify/set File/@Id to avoid duplication. I > also had to modify my build to automatically apply the XSLT transforms to > the HarvestDirectory generated wix source. > > > > -- > Edwin G.

[WiX-users] Duplicate files from multiple locations

2015-06-09 Thread Brad Woodfiel
Quick background on what I'm working on: I am creating a new WIX installer after years of using Install Shield for multiple of our PowerBuilder applications. The PB apps use files from our .Net applications and control libraries, so therefore are receiving files from multiple locations. These ex

Re: [WiX-users] Doing an Include file for HeatDirectory and HeatFile tasks?

2015-06-01 Thread Brad Woodfiel
Thank you Phill, That worked! For future readers, I created a .targets file, inside a Targets folder, that includes the will all the HeatFile and HeatDirectory tasks inside a project tag. http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"; ToolsVersion="4.0"> Harvest .

[WiX-users] Doing an Include file for HeatDirectory and HeatFile tasks?

2015-06-01 Thread Brad Woodfiel
Hey, I'm working on installers for multiple non-.Net applications. With these applications I need to retrieve com visible dll files, then register them, along with subsequent corresponding dependent files. I am using both HeatDirectory and HeatFile tasks to retrieve these file, however working

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0103 Error

2013-01-09 Thread Brad DuBois
morrow and hopefully will come to a better understanding of how WiX works. On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Brad DuBois wrote: > From VS output window: > > -- Build started: Project: VideoToolBootstrapper, Configuration: Debug > x86 -- > C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.6\bi

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0103 Error

2013-01-09 Thread Brad DuBois
m cannot find the file '' with type ''. Done building project "VideoToolBootstrapper.wixproj" -- FAILED. On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Rob Mensching wrote: > Uhh, that is a really bad error message. What is the command-line you are > using to link? > > >

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0103 Error

2013-01-09 Thread Brad DuBois
obably making some rookie mistake but I can't seem to identify or locate anything on the internet that has shed any light (pun intended!) on this issue I'm having. Any and all help is always appreciated! Thanks, Brad http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:bal="

[WiX-users] LGHT0103 Error

2013-01-09 Thread Brad DuBois
I'm currently riding the WiX learning curve and I have made some progress. I have made a couple of .msi files that I have wrapped in a bootstrapper application. The basic bootstrapper is working just fine so I am now working on adding on some prerequisite installations where I have ran into this

Re: [WiX-users] Registering/Unregistering ActiveX controls

2012-03-06 Thread Brad Smith
Thanks, Ahhh! After a bit of sweat and tears, and a full day of work, I finally got it to work ! Yes I ended up using Heat which harvested registry values from the ActiveX OCX (not the registry). Then managed to apply it to the WIX source file. Build and install - and wah-lah! Thanks, Brad

Re: [WiX-users] Registering/Unregistering ActiveX contolrs

2012-03-05 Thread Brad Smith
Hi Mike, Thanks for your insights - just a question What tool(s) did you use to find the differences in the registry? Brad. -Original Message- From: Michael Osmond [mailto:mosm...@baytech.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, 6 March 2012 10:24 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML

[WiX-users] Registering/Unregistering ActiveX contolrs

2012-03-05 Thread Brad Smith
Wix? I wasn't able to find much in documentation with this - can anyone help with some links? Any guidance from anyone would be greatly appreciated, as I'm keen to switch over to using this product more regularly. I'm using .NET 4.0, Wix v3.6.2627.0 Thanks, Brad. -

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall stops Explorer but doesn't restart it

2011-12-07 Thread Brad Lemings
doesn't restart it > > On 10-Oct-11 16:29, Brad Lemings wrote: > > I have a package with a background process that is normally running. When > the user uninstalls the software, Wix and/or Windows Installer prompts to > shutdown both the process and Explorer (to unregister

[WiX-users] Building Burn

2011-12-07 Thread Brad Wildenborg
ld download a prebuilt version, that would be wonderful. Thanks, Brad -- Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of discussion for

[WiX-users] Uninstall stops Explorer but doesn't restart it

2011-10-10 Thread Brad Lemings
Hi, I have a package with a background process that is normally running. When the user uninstalls the software, Wix and/or Windows Installer prompts to shutdown both the process and Explorer (to unregister extensions) but it does not restart Explorer. I'm sure this is a known issue. Can anyo

Re: [WiX-users] WixUIMondo

2011-10-03 Thread Brad Lemings
lease: Wix Toolset 3.5". So I located the .wxl sources with the appropriate text strings. I'm assuming I don't need the special markup in comments (e.g. _locIDText, _locComment)? Thanks. > -Original Message- > From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] > Sent: Mond

Re: [WiX-users] WixUIMondo

2011-10-03 Thread Brad Lemings
.@joyofsetup.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 1:54 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WixUIMondo > > On 30-Sep-11 18:06, Brad Lemings wrote: > > Is it possible to change the text of the Typical button? If so, how? > > How about th

[WiX-users] WixUIMondo

2011-09-30 Thread Brad Lemings
Is it possible to change the text of the Typical button? If so, how? How about the text below the button? Yes, I'll have to localize custom text. :) Thanks. -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is s

[WiX-users] Removing/Deleting data at uninstall

2011-09-30 Thread Brad Lemings
This question has probably been asked many times before. If there is a web page that answers it, please provide links. If I have a software package that creates a database, user settings, and other data files while it is installed and I want to allow the user to delete or keep this data when u

[WiX-users] Application's icons still appearing in windows Explorer even after uninstall

2011-08-28 Thread Brad Smith
Hi, I'm registering a filetype associated with my program's executable in Windows 7, and it works perfectly: ... ... However, I noticed that after the application is uninstalled, the application's data files *sti

Re: [WiX-users] Undefined preprocessor variable error message - how to get preprocessor variables working?

2011-08-19 Thread Brad Smith
to get preprocessor variables working? If you add a reference to your WixExample01 project then you can use $(var.WixExample01.TargetFileName),etc throughout your WiX project -Original Message- From: Brad Smith [mailto:brads...@tpg.com.au] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 6:38 AM To: wix

[WiX-users] Undefined preprocessor variable error message - how to get preprocessor variables working?

2011-08-18 Thread Brad Smith
to see what I'm doing wrong? Brad. -- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managin

[WiX-users] Subscribe Events

2011-07-18 Thread Brad Lemings
Is it possible for an external program or embedded script to subscribe to events (e.g. SetProgress)? Thanks. -- Storage Efficiency Calculator This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has b

Re: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes?

2011-07-18 Thread Brad Lemings
displaying release notes? On 11-Jul-11 13:02, Brad Lemings wrote: > Just wondering what the typical Wix conventions are for displaying release > notes near the end of an installation sequence. See "How To: Run the Installed Application After Setup" and replace "my

Re: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes?

2011-07-15 Thread Brad Lemings
aying release notes? Lots of properties built in listed here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370905(v=VS.85).aspx This one might be interesting: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372384(v=VS.85).aspx On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Brad Lemings wrote: > And how can the

Re: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes?

2011-07-15 Thread Brad Lemings
-Jul-11 13:02, Brad Lemings wrote: > Just wondering what the typical Wix conventions are for displaying release > notes near the end of an installation sequence. See "How To: Run the Installed Application After Setup" and replace "myapplication.exe" with "myrelease

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-Lingual MSI

2011-07-12 Thread Brad Lemings
. 2011/7/11 Brad Lemings : > Greetings, > > Just wondering if there is an easier way to accomplish this: > http://www.geektieguy.com/2010/03/13/create-a-multi-lingual-multi-language-msi-using-wix-and-custom-build-scripts/

Re: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes?

2011-07-11 Thread Brad Lemings
Oh nevermind. I didn't look at the whole example. "myapplication.exe" IS a Wix reference. -Original Message- From: Brad Lemings Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 1:51 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying relea

Re: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes?

2011-07-11 Thread Brad Lemings
users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes? On 11-Jul-11 13:02, Brad Lemings wrote: > Just wondering what the typical Wix conventions are for displaying release > notes near the end of an installation sequence. See "How To: R

[WiX-users] Multi-Lingual MSI

2011-07-11 Thread Brad Lemings
Greetings, Just wondering if there is an easier way to accomplish this: http://www.geektieguy.com/2010/03/13/create-a-multi-lingual-multi-language-msi-using-wix-and-custom-build-scripts/? Thanks. -- All of the data gene

[WiX-users] Typical Wix conventions for displaying release notes?

2011-07-11 Thread Brad Lemings
Hi, Just wondering what the typical Wix conventions are for displaying release notes near the end of an installation sequence. Thanks. -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? I

[WiX-users] Install Directory Structures

2011-07-05 Thread Brad Lemings
Hi, I was wondering if there were techniques, methods for accommodating both single-level and multi-level install directory structures using the same set of Wix XML source files? If I'm not mistaken, the directory structure is currently reflected directly in the XML code. Example:

Re: [WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements

2011-06-21 Thread Brad Lemings
L compared to your reg script. > > I could be way off base, but I think I could generate a reproducible test > case. > > -Original Message- > From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 4:47 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Ins

Re: [WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements

2011-06-20 Thread Brad Lemings
; DLL, and then pass it as a parameter to the Heat call for your component. > > The only problem would be writing the logic to identify which attributes > were changed by your DLL compared to your reg script. > > I could be way off base, but I think I could generate a reproducib

Re: [WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements

2011-06-20 Thread Brad Lemings
My guess is it is not safe to ignore this warning. The generated Wix source contains nothing but a DirectoryRef, a Component, and File element. I know more is required to register a COM server than that. So heat does not work. Question now is, why not? -Original Message- From: Brad

Re: [WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements

2011-06-20 Thread Brad Lemings
- From: Dave Brotherstone [mailto:dav...@pobox.com] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 1:58 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements > > -Original Message- > From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] >

Re: [WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements

2011-06-20 Thread Brad Lemings
Found a regdiff tool. Hopefully this should do the trick. :) -Original Message- From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 1:19 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix

Re: [WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements

2011-06-20 Thread Brad Lemings
] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements Use heat <http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/heat.htm> to harvest your registration information and create a wix fragment that you can include or copy/paste from... It's actually very easy :) -Original Message- From: Brad Leming

[WiX-users] Replacing regsvr32 commands with Wix elements

2011-06-20 Thread Brad Lemings
G'morning (or evening wherever you are): Our software has a couple of Explorer extensions - a namespace and shell extension to be exact - which we've always installed and uninstalled by running regsvr32 commands. Are there any helpful Wix tutorials circulating on the net that describe the Wix

Re: [WiX-users] Combined 32-bit and 64-bit MSI?

2011-06-13 Thread Brad Lemings
Wilson -Original Message- From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 10:38 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Combined 32-bit and 64-bit MSI? Is it possible to combine a 32-bit and 64-bit install in the same MSI file? If so, are there

[WiX-users] Combined 32-bit and 64-bit MSI?

2011-06-13 Thread Brad Lemings
Is it possible to combine a 32-bit and 64-bit install in the same MSI file? If so, are there some examples, tutorials to look at? Thanks, Eric. -- EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content au

Re: [WiX-users] Elevated Custom Actions

2011-05-23 Thread Brad Lemings
h the ** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] Sent: 23 May 2011 16:05 To: General discu

Re: [WiX-users] Elevated Custom Actions

2011-05-23 Thread Brad Lemings
imer -Original Message- From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] Sent: 22 May 2011 00:31 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.(wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: [WiX-users] Elevated Custom Actions AFAICT, it is not possible to execute a custom action a

[WiX-users] Elevated Custom Actions

2011-05-21 Thread Brad Lemings
AFAICT, it is not possible to execute a custom action after InstallFinalize. Is this true? -- What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging Custom Actions

2011-05-20 Thread Brad Lemings
ld give this a try first, rather than trying to start the service > manually with a custom action. I'm sure somebody with a lot more experience > with _BIND_TO_CURRENT_VCLIBS_VERSION can say whether the authoring above is > expected to work or not. > > Edwin G. Castro > Softwa

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging Custom Actions

2011-05-20 Thread Brad Lemings
nce > with _BIND_TO_CURRENT_VCLIBS_VERSION can say whether the authoring above is > expected to work or not. > > Edwin G. Castro > Software Developer - Staff > Digital Channels > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > Plea

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging Custom Actions

2011-05-20 Thread Brad Lemings
Digital Channels Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -Original Message- > From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 10:32 AM > To: General discussion for

[WiX-users] Debugging Custom Actions

2011-05-20 Thread Brad Lemings
ction ended 11:24:45: InstallFinalize. Return value 3. ... Not much help there. How does one go about determining why the action/command failed? Thanks, Eric. -Original Message- From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:24 PM To: General discussion for W

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging/Troubleshooting Service Installs

2011-05-19 Thread Brad Lemings
erv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > >> -Original Message- >> From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] >> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:21 PM >> To: General discussio

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging/Troubleshooting Service Installs

2011-05-19 Thread Brad Lemings
3-617-0291 www.fiserv.com P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -Original Message- > From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 1:43 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject:

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging/Troubleshooting Service Installs

2011-05-19 Thread Brad Lemings
cified so I'm guessing >the latter case is the real problem although its somewhat inconceivable that >the ServiceControl element does not imply Administrator privileges. I'm guessing the Account and Password attributes are the real culprit. Now to prove it... -Original Me

[WiX-users] Debugging/Troubleshooting Service Installs

2011-05-19 Thread Brad Lemings
Greetings, The following excerpt of a Wix file is supposed to install, stop, start, and uninstall a service (exact names have been tweaked): /uninstall I'm trying to install the resulting .MSI with the following com

[WiX-users] Grouping Merge Modules?

2011-05-18 Thread Brad Lemings
Currently, I have a .wxs file with the following: ... ... ... I was wondering if and how these merge modules could be grouped somehow and referenced with a single Wix element. Thanks. P.S. Sorry for the HTML. Is pla

Re: [WiX-users] How to use a particular version of runtime merge modules?

2011-05-18 Thread Brad Lemings
particular version of runtime merge modules? 1. Open the msm with Orca 2. Go to the file table 3. Check out the "Version" column 2011/5/18 Brad Lemings > Moving to the latest runtime version means a couple days work > rebuilding/redistributing our 3rd-party tools. That&

Re: [WiX-users] How to use a particular version of runtime merge modules?

2011-05-18 Thread Brad Lemings
5570 as far as I can see >> which resolves some pretty major security exploits. >> >> Palbinder Sandher >> Software Deployment Engineer >> T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 >> F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 >> >> http://www.iesve.com >> **Design, Simulate + Inn

Re: [WiX-users] How to use a particular version of runtime merge modules?

2011-05-18 Thread Brad Lemings
ience Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] Sent: 18 May 2011 03:22 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How to use a particular version of runtime mergemodules? All of our software - both 3rd-party and in-h

[WiX-users] How to use a particular version of runtime merge modules?

2011-05-17 Thread Brad Lemings
All of our software – both 3rd-party and in-house – is built against a particular version of the VS/VC runtimes – specifically "9.0.30729.4148". How does one utilize merge modules in Wix sources using a particular manifest/version of the VS/VC runtimes? Thanks, Eric. -

Re: [WiX-users] Custom UI sequence

2011-01-10 Thread Brad Schick
Thanks. I basically gave up on this. I've found it much easier, better documented, and faster to just edit the MSI directly with Orca. Not meant as a flame, but I've found that using Wix to bootstrap the process but them removing the Wix intermediary has made my life much simpler.

Re: [WiX-users] Custom UI sequence

2011-01-07 Thread Brad Schick
tion of my VS 2008 project. Again, this is a C++ console application rather than .Net. -Brad On Jan 7, 2011, at 12:25 AM, Thom Leigh wrote: > This is how I do it in my (working) customized minimal UI, using WiX > 3.5... > > In the main Product wxs: > > >

Re: [WiX-users] Custom UI sequence

2011-01-06 Thread Brad Schick
Well I have WixUIExtension added under Reference in the project. But I believe that I need that for the dialogs that I have not copied into the project. Other than that, there is no reference to WixUI_Minimal that I can find in my code. -Brad On Jan 6, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Neil Sleightholm wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Custom UI sequence

2011-01-06 Thread Brad Schick
Yes, that was changed from the start. I searched for "WIXUI_Minimal" in the copied file and replaced the one instance I found in with "SkyUI_Minimal". -Brad On Jan 6, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > In your copy of copy WixUI_Minimal.wxs (SkyUI_Minimal

Re: [WiX-users] Custom UI sequence

2011-01-06 Thread Brad Schick
The only reference I have in my source wxs is below, which was changed to the new name as shown: -Brad On Jan 6, 2011, at 3:28 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > After copying did you change the UI/@id attribute and then reference this in > your source? > > Neil > >

[WiX-users] Custom UI sequence

2011-01-05 Thread Brad Schick
e of the actions. C:\Users\user\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\misc\setup\SkyUI_Minimal.wxs(65,0): error LGHT0169: The location of the action related to previous error. Done building project "setup.wixproj" -- FAILED. Version 3.5.2415.

Re: [WiX-users] Strange MSI output directory using WiX 3.5.1512.0 on Win2003 R2 SP2 Cruise Control server

2010-03-18 Thread Brad Cunningham
, --Brad On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Did you upgrade from 3.0 to 3.5? I had a similar problem with the > targets file and it was due to it not being replaced on upgrade. I > fixed it by uninstalling and reinstalling. > > Neil > > Neil Sleightholm > n

Re: [WiX-users] Strange MSI output directory using WiX 3.5.1512.0 on Win2003 R2 SP2 Cruise Control server

2010-03-17 Thread Brad Cunningham
to update that issue with my details. Any other thoughts? -- Brad Cunningham Microsoft MVP: C# http://blog.bradcunningham.net On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Kristoffer Danielsson < kristoffer.daniels...@live.se> wrote: > > Do you think this could have something to do w

[WiX-users] Strange MSI output directory using WiX 3.5.1512.0 on Win2003 R2 SP2 Cruise Control server

2010-03-17 Thread Brad Cunningham
s point what is causing the issue? Any ideas? Thanks Brad Cunningham Microsoft MVP: C# http://blog.bradcunningham.net -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find b

[WiX-users] Any CPU and TargetPlatform

2010-01-27 Thread Brad Cunningham
s or any way to work with the "Any CPU" problem? Any best practices to following when building applications on a mix of x86 and x64 machines but deploying to a specific target CPU? Has anybody else ran across t

[WiX-users] Setting up individual working directories

2009-06-19 Thread Brad
e fixed value for the user who installs the application. I.e. if JOE installs the program and the WORKINGDIR is set to be 'AppDataFolder' then all the other users also try and start up in JOE's folder. Is there a proper System Folder

Re: [WiX-users] My files are not being removed on uninstall.

2008-10-27 Thread Brad Younie
t see how I can control that. I don't see anything in the code that would cause that. Executing op: SetTargetFolder(Folder=C:\Users\Brad\AppData\Roaming\Carnivore Games\Casting Call\) Executing op: FileRemove(,FileName=CastingCall.exe,,ComponentId={8F6D773E-F307-468E-91B2-9 2B740377BE7}) Executing

[WiX-users] My files are not being removed on uninstall.

2008-10-26 Thread Brad Younie
Hi Everyone, I'm new to WiX, but I have an install for my product that works pretty well, except for one thing: Most of my files are orphaned when uninstalled. I have one directory full of files that uninstall perfectly fine, but the other directories of files remain. I have set the KeyPath to "y

Re: [WiX-users] Wix bug?

2008-01-18 Thread Brad Thompson (WEBSTORE)
Thank you. Something must be wrong though. This issue is being reported by everyone on my team. Do you know how Windows Installer actually gets this information? Does it make a Win32 call for the locale information, or is it a flag inside the MSI itself? Brad Thompson. From: Bob Arnson

Re: [WiX-users] Wix bug?

2008-01-18 Thread Brad Thompson (WEBSTORE)
I have not received a response. Is this a Wix bug? Should I go to the Windows Installer chat for help on this? From: Brad Thompson (WEBSTORE) Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 11:20 AM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: Wix bug? I am using Wix Version 2.0.5325.0 On the lig

[WiX-users] Wix bug?

2008-01-14 Thread Brad Thompson (WEBSTORE)
I am using Wix Version 2.0.5325.0 On the light command line I use the English localization command: light.exe -loc WixUI_en-us.wxl -out WstSetup.MSI @wixobjs.rsp sca.wixlib wixca.wixlib wixui.wixlib @C:\Tmp\nm2F8.tmp The MSI file compiles correctly, however, when I run it I get a start up messa

[WiX-users] Two questions on SelectionTree and Features.

2008-01-02 Thread Brad Thompson (WEBSTORE)
stion: Is there a way to automatically set a feature to be installed based on other features without using SetInstallLevel? Brad Thompson. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual S

Re: [WiX-users] Having trouble with Wix V2 (title change)

2007-12-19 Thread Brad Thompson (WEBSTORE)
ectly, I get a dialog that says "Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt" Brad Thompson. From: Justin Rockwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:54 AM To: Brad Thompson (WEBST

[WiX-users] Having trouble with Wix V3

2007-12-18 Thread Brad Thompson (WEBSTORE)
I am having a couple of problems with Wix V2. They may be related. I've included my system configuration at the bottom. First thing, I cannot get Votive to create a valid Wix project file. Installation of Votive was successful (Version 5325). After installation, when I open Visual Studio I can s

Re: [WiX-users] Looking for a conversion utility for Wix V2 to Wix V3

2007-12-14 Thread Brad Thompson (WEBSTORE)
Awesome. On the SourceForge search under the "Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset" section, I had entered "convert" and various other words I could think of and nothing showed up. Brad From: Andrew Burgher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 1:07

[WiX-users] Looking for a conversion utility for Wix V2 to Wix V3

2007-12-14 Thread Brad Thompson (WEBSTORE)
Is there a conversion utility that will convert WixV2 WXS files to WixV3? I looked out on SourceForge and various searches didn't turn up anything. Brad. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForg

Re: [WiX-users] Registering an OCX

2007-09-25 Thread Brad Stanley
_vista.pdf > > Phil Wilson > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > Hall > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:22 AM > To: Brad Stanley > Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Regis

[WiX-users] Registering an OCX

2007-09-14 Thread Brad Stanley
Our software package needs to register an Active X Control. Currently I do it with the following: --- regsvr32.exe --- This works fine on Windows XP. Windows Vista works fine on my computer, but on another computer the install completes without registering

Re: [WiX-users] Administrator-only install?

2007-09-11 Thread Brad Stanley
On Sep 11, 2007, at 11:38 AM, Chad Petersen wrote: I put in a check like this a while back that stops the install if the user isn't an administrator. Privileged Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! --- Brad Stanley Scientific Programmer Oklahoma Climatological S

[WiX-users] Administrator-only install?

2007-09-11 Thread Brad Stanley
This may be a silly question, but I would like to detect the user upon installer startup and fail gracefully if the user is not the administrator. I've combed the tutorial and the schema, but I must be missing how to perform this check. --- Brad Stanley Scientific Programmer Okl

[WiX-users] cannot uncheck my checkbox

2007-05-11 Thread Brad Butts
re's my snippet: The control does not appear to be disabled (background is white); rather, it appears locked. I'm sure I'm doing something stupid--but I just can't figure out what. Thanks for any help! -- Brad Butts [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

[WiX-users] Pointing Tallow at an SLN file

2007-05-07 Thread Brad Butts
he SLN but there are lots of variations I'd have to account for: class libs, solution items, web site projects, setup projects, etc. I've thought about using the EnvDTE80 object, but that's a complicated nut to crack and I'm not even sure if I can point it to an SLN file via a fil

Re: [WiX-users] Weekly Release

2006-09-06 Thread Brad Davis
___ WiX-users mailing listWiX-users@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- -Brad - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with

Re: [WiX-users] Install Different Components on Different Drives

2006-08-31 Thread Brad Davis
ut need to do more? Need to support web services, security?Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimohttp://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&a

Re: [WiX-users] using heat to harvest COM objects that do not have the '.dll' extension.

2006-08-30 Thread Brad Davis
.tlb files aren't supported yet.  I thought those were usually compiled into a .dll or other file when shipped to the customer.  Do you ship the .tlb as part of your setup?  Does the .tlb register a separate .dll file in the actual registry keys?   Derek   From: Brad Davis [ma

Re: [WiX-users] using heat to harvest COM objects that do not have the '.dll' extension.

2006-08-30 Thread Brad Davis
ailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- -Brad - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technolog

[WiX-users] How to not dispaly a dialog box when feature is not selected

2006-08-29 Thread Brad Edwards
I have a Dialog Box that I need to display if a specific feature is selected in the feature tree.  If I unselect the feature, the dialog box still displays.  How do I keep it from displaying if the feature is de-selected.  Could someone provide an example of how this would work?  Thanks.

Re: [WiX-users] HEAT5158 error..

2006-08-28 Thread Brad Davis
y what went wrong.   Derek   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brad Davis Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:31 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] HEAT5158 error..   I enter the command below, and I get the HEAT5158 error...do I need a UR

[WiX-users] HEAT5158 error..

2006-08-28 Thread Brad Davis
t Corporation 2006. All rights reserved.heat.exe : error HEAT5158 : The web site 'ChangeTracking' could not be found.  Please check that the web site exists, and that it is spelled correctly (please note, you must use the correct

[WiX-users] Sample vbscripts

2006-08-27 Thread Brad Edwards
Does anyone have any samples of how to:   Populate a ListBox from a CustomAction _vbscript_ Set a Public Property from a CustomAction _vbscript_   Your help would be much appreciated.  Thanks.   Brad

[WiX-users] Reading Web.Config file to set Property

2006-08-26 Thread Brad Edwards
give you any examples…very frustrating L   Thanks.   Brad - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier

Re: [WiX-users] Setting a Property based on another Property

2006-08-25 Thread Brad Edwards
Thanks Eric. With a little tweaking it worked great. It took me a while to realize that I had to execute the custom action. Thanks again. Brad -Original Message- From: Eric Fesh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 12:18 PM To: Brad Edwards Cc: WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] Setting a Property based on another Property

2006-08-25 Thread Brad Edwards
You don't happen to have an example of how to do a custom action to do this do you? I'm just learning this wix stuff and have no clue how to do a lot of this. Thanks Eric. Brad -Original Message- From: Eric Fesh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 12:09 P

[WiX-users] Setting a Property based on another Property

2006-08-25 Thread Brad Edwards
accomplish this?  Thanks.   Brad - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 3.0: File name problems

2006-08-24 Thread Brad Davis
uesday.   Derek   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brad Davis Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:18 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WiX-users] WIX 3.0: File name problems   Using WIX 3.latest: It seems that it doesn't like

[WiX-users] Copying files to an existing directory structure

2006-08-24 Thread Brad Edwards
\wwwroot\aspnet\bin:  svcSecurity.dll, svcNotices.dll and svcTNT.dll.  I would also need to set this up as an additional component in the feature list.  I hope all this make sense…I’m kinda new at this installer stuff if you can’t tell J  Can you show me an example of how to do this?  Thanks.   Brad

[WiX-users] WIX 3.0: File name problems

2006-08-24 Thread Brad Davis
s to this file. More information: The format of the file 'Atlas.Validation.DispatchWrapper.tlb' is invalid.Any ideas?-- -Brad - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 3.0: Creating IIS virtual directories

2006-08-18 Thread Brad Davis
ereas previous that's always what you got).   Could you please open a bug and assign it to me to document 3.0 changes?  Bugs are the best way to ensure I get something done because I hate having them sitting around.   Derek   From: Brad Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, Au

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