Hi,
We’ve been compiling with 2.4 for a long time we are considering upgrading to
the latest 3.6 version. I would appreciate if you could answer these questions:
1) 3.6 plays nice with DifxApi. The SW stack contains drivers that have to be
installed and upgraded. I have custom actions that ar
Hi,
In addition to Bruce's suggestion, I recommend running Procmon
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx with Registry
accesses enabled.
Calin
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From: Bruce Cran
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:24 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installe
I have a spec where certain files should be installed on the server side, while
other are supposed to be installed in the client case. For instance, certain
drivers will have different inf files prepared based on the installation type.
I would like to have the server side install by setting a pu
Vista has Service Hardening which I would like to enable with WiX v2. Is there
an element/attribute available? So far, I see that the relevant specs around SH
use "sc privs" and friends to specify a running context. If there is no
element, then the alternative is a custom action?
---
Hi,
I did not test my msi on XP X64 and someone actually came and reported an
error. I see that my installer follows the guidelines at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370556(VS.85).aspx
but also that someone reports a documentation bug. Is VersionNt 501 or 502
for XP X64? I don't
> I've read that the signature problem is actually fixed with WI 5.0 in
> Windows 7, so you can continue to use embedded cabs and the signature
> doesn't become invalid (on Windows 7). But I've stopped using embedded
> cabs, so I haven't tried to see if that'
I build my MSI with WiX. The problem I see on Vista is that the MSI file is
copied to a temporary folder or system folder before installing it. If I
have a laptop with 5400 rpms, then that can take awhile - and I see this
with lots of installers.
1) How can I prevent this? Some setup apps (usual
, 2008 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] elevating twice
> You'd have to launch your configuration tool as a deferred async
> CustomAction.
>
> -----Original Message-
> From: Calin Iaru [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 06:54
> To:
If UAC is enabled, then my MSI will require one elevation prompt during
installation. This is acceptable, since registry keys are written and other
components such as drivers are installed. What I would like to do is to
circumvent a second elevation when the MSI file is scheduled to launch an
i
a fairly fundamental thing and is the last
> remaining issue in my installer.
>
>
>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wix-users-
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Calin Iaru
>> Sent: Friday, 20 June 2008 7:58 PM
>> To
oesn't include any of the subversion binaries so it won't build, but the
> files are there. In the BuildSubversion\WixDialog folder you will see the
> PostDlg.wxs that I am trying to get the condition working in.
>
>
>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> F
jumping out there that can be tweaked?
>
>
> Troy
>
>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wix-users-
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Calin Iaru
>> Sent: Friday, 20 June 2008 5:49 PM
>> To: General discussion for Windows
Or you can use the same ExitDlg and customize the elements inside it
like bitmaps, static text, position of elements based on conditions.
Not EXISTINGPRODUCTS
1
EXISTINGPRODUCTS
1
Calin Iaru wrote:
> If I were you, I would play with where s
If I were you, I would play with where some
variations could yield the expected results. This is how I display a
Firewall Dialog which adds some applications to the Windows Firewall
after installation. Normally, the ExitDlg would be displayed when
finishing the installation, but I needed it cu
I have changed the GUIDs on the new package and now the old shortcut is
deleted. I think this is a good approach.
Calin Iaru wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am doing a major upgrade and the Start Menu/Programs/OldEntry
> folder is not removed. I would like to keep the OldEntry, but now, bot
Hi,
I am doing a major upgrade and the Start Menu/Programs/OldEntry
folder is not removed. I would like to keep the OldEntry, but now, both
OldEntry and NewEntry exist in the Programs folder. Any ideas as to why
is the delete shortcuts action inhibited?
Best regards,
Calin
PS.
The in
Hi Riches,
I ran into the same scenario while developing an installer. From an
installation point of view, this should never happen on a customer's machine
because the customers install MSIs that are different if versions are
different. From a design point of view, different installer packa
For the machine name, use the ComputerName property. I will let someone else
answer the Domain question, but so far it appears that there is no obvious way.
From: Tris Hodges
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:39 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Get Target machine name
My suggestion is to edit the condition as .
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From: "Anton Filippov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:46 PM
To:
Subject: [WiX-users] Reinstall driver
> Hi
>
> I'm using WiX and my own dll for install driver (because driver
Some of the conditions that I write are quite long and they are based on
several factors like operating system, service pack, user interface level,
features installed, features set to be removed and so on. Or conditions can be
broken in several shorter conditions; for instance I could have a Con
The installer adds some applications to the Windows Firewall with the
acceptance of the administrator. Doing an upgrade would preserve the Firewall
settings and although I have some solutions in mind, none of them are direct.
It would help if the old version would know that is being upgraded and
The deal is that I need some data to be saved between custom actions. One
custom action in some case could retrieve some Windows Firewall settings and
preserve them during an upgrade. The easiest and probably only way to do this
is by using some permanent store that can be read by a second custo
Hi,
my WiX file specifies RemoveExistingProducts as the last action to be
executed. The drawback of this procedure is that when doing an upgrade, there
may be 2 installations in parallel - one that installs the new version and one
that removes the previous one. There's a side effect when us
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From: Mike Dimmick
To: 'Calin Iaru' ; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:13 PM
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] upgrade does not work
I'm trying to trace what's happened there. In the basic UI case,
MigrateFeatureStates
ure antivirus.
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From: "Rob Mensching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 12:20 PM
To: "Calin Iaru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] problems browsing WiX.sourceforge.net
> Can you provide more details about thes
If you put it in on a bitmap then that could cause a problem. I had to
stretch a few rectangles to dig a hole so that the checkbox is on top of
the native window and not on a bitmap.
Anidil wrote:
> I have included a check box in the ExitUIDlg , but it doesn't seems to
> display when the MSI is
Your custom action needs to return 0. Check the code and if the function
CustomAction_SxsMsmInstall returns something else, then you have an error.
SaiTeja wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when I run my msi in Virtual Machine am getting following error.
>
> Can any one tell me how to solve this
>
> Action start
Let's try it your way and see how it goes.
Richard wrote:
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Calin Iaru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
too complicated.
Too complicated? Its *one* row in the ServiceControl table.
I designed some custom actions that are
Hi Richard,
too complicated. I designed some custom actions that are triggered
before StopServices if EXISTINGPRODUCTS and I also trigger a custom
action after InstallFinalize.
Best regards,
Calin
Richard wrote:
> You can stop services that you didn't install, but they have to be
> lis
The driver's inf file installs an user mode agent that runs as a
service. When the drivers are updated, so should the service. I can see
in the log file that StopServices action is called, but it appears that
the previous service is never stopped. If this happens, then the new
service cannot be
You have a switch on Ligth.exe called -reusecab. This will cache the cab
file built on the first time.
Stephen Tunney wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> I am creating an installer with a file in it that takes forever to
> compress and add to the cab file (35 minutes). It is obviously due to
> the
:
But note this:
if the LongName does not end with a star symbol, then the shortcuts
are not removed. I compile with WiX 2.0.4820.0.
Calin Iaru wrote:
> I recently had to rename the some applications and the corresponding
> shortcuts. The problem is that af
I recently had to rename the some applications and the corresponding
shortcuts. The problem is that after an upgrade, the renamed
applications are installed, the old applications are deleted, but the
old and new shortcuts coexist. You will find below the component definition:
Put it on Vista, it works. Back to XP, edited candle.exe.config and had
it run only on . It works.
Switched back to and it fails
with this error code:
"
D:\temp\wix>candle.exe
Unhandled Exception:
Cannot print exception string because Exception.ToString() failed.
"
If someone wants the .d
From: Calin Iaru
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 10:31 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: A tricky one
So, we rebranded some applications and the customers are about to install a new
msi package. And here's the problem:
- if the customer did not have any previous ver
So, we rebranded some applications and the customers are about to install a new
msi package. And here's the problem:
- if the customer did not have any previous versions installed, the MSI
package will go as planned.
- if the customer did have a previous version, our installer will attempt an
Some links are down like the download links. Sometimes the browser won't even
open WiX.sourceforge.net. What is wrong? I could not download WiX 2 nor could I
take any of the weekly releases. By the way, it appears that the Stable WiX2
crashes on my computer out of the blue. There are no updates
What I think it happens is that the program will uninstall and delete only
the files that have been installed. I remember a note which warns that if
the user creates new files in the application directories, the files created
are not deleted, therefore the application directory is not deleted. I
I used a custom action which is triggered when pressing the Finish button.
The action is launched if the checkbox is selected.
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:05:19 +0200, Anidil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> How do i customize my ExitDialog UI dialog (Last UI Dialog) to include a
> checkbox which tak
Hi Levi,
you can try this sequence with WiX 3:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";
xmlns:difxapp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/DifxAppExtension";>
...
You will also need to specify some cust
Just tested a property inside a text control - no results that can be
validated. The MsiSetProperty does not updated the controls connected to
that property - not ever. It's not that it does not guarantee, but even
more (or less).
> You can try using properties in the static text. (e.g., "This i
forum and
keep you posted.
Best regards,
Calin
Bob Arnson wrote:
> Calin Iaru wrote:
>> my MSI setup needs some custm actions that should modify a Static
>> text control after pressing a Configure button. I have found a
>> workaround for this problem by crea
Hi all,
my MSI setup needs some custm actions that should modify a Static
text control after pressing a Configure button. I have found a
workaround for this problem by creating many such text controls on the
same client area and position and having one visible. When the
Configure button
I can actually try to install the child device driver before the bus
driver.
Is there a way to specify the sequence of file installations? In this
case, it would be an advantage to have a component installed before
another component.
Best regards,
Calin
Hello,
I am working on a Setup
Hello,
I am working on a Setup Wizard made with Windows Installer on XML
and DIFxApp ver 2.01. The setup can install 2 driver packages, where one
of the drivers is a bus driver, and the second one is a regular device
driver for a child device. It seems that from time to time, a "New
Hardware
will create a small upgrade sample and fill it in as a bug.
Best regards,
Calin
Bob Arnson wrote:
> Calin Iaru wrote:
>> It should be only Administration because the setup resets the
>> level of all other features to 0 when "Typical" is selected like this:
>
run with ADDLOCAL=Administration,Demos,Utilities. I tried to change
ADDLOCAL after MigrateFeatureStates with a custom action, but
it remains "Administration,Demos,Utilities" when ExecuteAction is called.
Best regards,
Calin
Bob Arnson wrote:
> Please keep /wix-users/ on the thre
, then the upgrade
will upgrade only that feature.
Typical + Upgrade = Upgrade All //wrong
Custom + Upgrade = Upgrade Custom //right
Calin Iaru wrote:
> Just found it - it's MsiQueryFeatureState. The good thing is that it
> accepts a product code which
> I can retrieve with
ll feels like a workaround. For instance, I don't see any
changes on the FEATURESTOREMOVE
property.
Calin Iaru wrote:
> Hi List,
>
>
> I am running an upgrade dialog and from the log I see that
> MigrateFeatureStates correctly detects the feature which was previosl
the one I need.
I will just remove it for now.
Best regards,
Calin
Calin Iaru wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> been there. I find that something similar is done with WinDbg.
> Thanks to all for helping out. Keep you posted.
>
> Best regards,
> Calin
>
> Bob A
Hi List,
I am running an upgrade dialog and from the log I see that
MigrateFeatureStates correctly detects the feature which was previosly
installed. However, an upgrade will install not only that feature, but
also the rest of the features. The tutorial from tramontana.hu upgrades
based o
Hi Bob,
been there. I find that something similar is done with WinDbg.
Thanks to all for helping out. Keep you posted.
Best regards,
Calin
Bob Arnson wrote:
> Calin Iaru wrote:
>> I see that MigrateFeatureStates discovers that the features are
>> installed. Next, Insta
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Calin Iaru
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:17
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade and remove
>
> Short note:
>
> InstallValidate does not discover any of the Features as bei
Short note:
InstallValidate does not discover any of the Features as being installed.
Calin Iaru wrote:
> Hi List,
>
>I have 2 MSI packages which are compiled with different versions and
> different product code GUIDs. I want on the newer one to offer the
> possibilit
Hi List,
I have 2 MSI packages which are compiled with different versions and
different product code GUIDs. I want on the newer one to offer the
possibility to remove the installation. How can I do this? I have tried
several times to trigger a Remove event on the new version, but I still
ha
For your second question:
you need to surround that statement with
so that the XML parser does not
interpret "<>" as an empty element. Alternatively, you can use
CONDITION_PROPERTY < > "F1"
> installed! Why?
>
> And another question...
> I tried to use '<>' as 'not equal' comparative opera
Hi List,
I have an ExitDlg which launches notepad if Admin feature is
selected. The problem is that the editor is launched even during typical
setup, even though the feature level is set to 0.
What am I doing wrong?
Best regards,
Calin
-
Actually there's a repaint message which fails every time the Dialog
gets focus. Whatever control is on over a large bitmap - no matter if
it's CheckBox, PushButton - the bitmap will appear first and the control
will appear after the user hovers the mouse over that area. And even
when the contr
Hi List,
I am using a CheckBox control on ExitDlg inviting the user to open a
readme file. The problem is that this CheckBox appears only if the user
hovers the mouse over the area where the CheckBox resides. If I change
the sequence of the ExitDlg to become a WelcomeDlg, the CheckBox appea
Hi Roxana,
just a quick note on the first case - it may be that your custom DLL
is using some other DLL's which are available on the development
machine, but not on the test machine. You could use Dependency Walker to
find out.
Best regards,
Calin
roxana wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I'm usi
ugh.
Best regards,
Calin
Bob Arnson wrote:
> Calin Iaru wrote:
>>
>> Is there a way to show multiple SelectionTree controls in
>> one dialog box? Each of them should have different features.
>>
> Selection-tree controls always show the same feature t
Hi List,
Is
there a way to show multiple SelectionTree controls in one dialog box? Each of
them should have different features.
Best regards,
Calin
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Hi List,
An
Install button may not be selected although I specified Default=”yes”
for that Control. Looking closer at it, seems that the first button to be selected
is also first button that is specified for that dialog. That would explain why
a setup wizard has the “Back” b
, mentioned in MSDN). So the
first one is the one we use at this time.
Regards,
Chesong
Lee
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Calin Iaru
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 4:55 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Caching shortcut
Hi List,
Strange
thing on Windows XP – maybe you can tell me more about it. If I create a
shortcut and specify an Icon, then that initial icon is displayed no matter if
the icon - as a binary file - has been modified and the MSI recompiled. This is
not the case with Server 2
Hi List,
If
I use then
everything goes fine. I would like to create a shortcut called Command Shell to
point to the installation directory. For some reason, this code fails and there
are no log entries referring to it.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Calin Iaru
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:34 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcut tag does not create a shortcut always
Hi List,
If I use then
everything goes fine. I would like to
Hi List,
when starting a fresh installation, there's always a window saying
"Preparing to install ...". I see in the log file that this "show
dialog" event is not wrapped between any actions, so my question is - Is
there a way to customize this window?
Best regards,
Calin
--
Hi List,
given the scenario below, I would like to know how to force a device
scan before installing
a driver:
Device Manager shows "Other Device" detected
The drivers are installed
The drivers are uninstalled
The device entry disappears from Device Manager, but there is no
"Other Devi
Hi List,
is there any possibility to create a folder inside the system DRVSTORE?
When installing a driver, some files may reside in different folders and
the inf file
needs them from different locations. The problem occurs when the installer
copies these files to the DRVSTORE and the directo
preferably with no impersonation -
> which *can* be run in Local System Context. The former is the requirement
> for custom actions which changes the system. The latter allows normal users
> to install the package if privileged installation is allowed by the group
> policy.
>
&
ards,
>
> Chesong Lee
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Calin Iaru
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:37 PM
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Device scan before install
>
> Hi List,
Hi List,
given the scenario below, I would like to know how to force a device
scan before installing
a driver:
Device Manager shows "Other Device" detected
The drivers are installed
The drivers are uninstalled
The device entry disappears from Device Manager, but there is no "Other
Device" s
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