[WiX-users] Set environment variable on uninstall?

The documentation for the Environment element says that it will set/remove the value of an environment variable when the component is installed... is it possible to set one during uninstall (w/o a custom action?) My reason is that I add items to the PATH & CLASSPATH when I install, and I'd like

Re: [WiX-users] Crash in MsiGetProperty call (did notcloseMSIHANDLEs)

I did switch it so it was always 0 and that fixed the problem. I somehow thought that wasn't the real problem, but I guess it was :) I have bad memories of the problem being somewhere entirely different than it appears. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] Crash in MsiGetProperty call (did not closeMSIHANDLEs)

I'm using the technique shown here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/En-US/library/aa370134.aspx to dynamically determine the size of the buffer required. I just removed the rest of the code because it doesn't make it that far. I've used this technique in the past with no problem. _

[WiX-users] Crash in MsiGetProperty call (did not close MSIHANDLEs)

I'm having a problem where it appears that my custom action is terminating during a MsiGetProperty call. Hopefully someone could provide some insight into the issue. I've simplified reproducing the problem to this /* Get the Installation directory from the installer **

Re: [WiX-users] Undefined preprocessor variable

I was trying to rebuild the various dialogs I need... pretty much WIXUI_INSTALLDIR but without the license agreement. Case sensitivity was my problem, everything is compiling without issue now :-) Thanks From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[WiX-users] Undefined preprocessor variable

When I try to compile some of the wix 3 ui files, I get errors like Common.wxs(15) : error CNDL0150 : Undefined preprocessor variable '$(var.bannerBmp)'. Is it possible to pass values for variables on the command line? Ex: "C:/Program Files/Windows Installer XML v3"/bin/candle ./u

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .VC Runtime Dependency?

Running depends on a problem machine is just showing me issues with MSJAVA.DLL and MPR.DLL. The depends FAQ makes me think they aren't really issues to be concerned with. Also, building statically, I don't know of a machine that it does work on. I have only been testing on my development XP m

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .VC Runtime Dependency?

The dependency walker doesn't use any unusual Dlls. If you haven't already tried this, get to a system where your custom action Dll fails, just copy depends.exe and your Dll onto it and see what it says about any missing dependencies. The only missing dll is MSJAVA.dll, which is not an issue a

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .VC Runtime Dependency?

What tool version are you using to build your Dll? Msvcrt.dll goes back to VS 6.0. I'm building with Visual C++ 2005 Express. And what's dutil.lib/dll? I believe wcautil is dependent on dutil. From the http://www.tramontana.co.hu/ tutorial: Apart from msi.lib,

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .VC Runtime Dependency?

Thanks for the info Mike, I think I had the general idea about the static version vs the import library, though I wouldn't have known what to call them. I mentioned that when I included it, my installer kind of worked, because I thought it might be helpful in providing some sort of basis that the

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .VC Runtime Dependency?

I'd appreciate any advice that could point me in the direction of solving this problem. With my project settings as they are, if I build the dll and the installer, the installer will fail with the usual premature termination error, because my dll failed to load. I started working from a tem

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .VC Runtime Dependency?

So now's the time to add logging or even a MessageBox call to verify that the function is now being loaded and executed. Based on everything I've learned to this point, all signs point to something wrong in how I built the dll. I have logging throughout the dll already, and the project sett

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .VC Runtime Dependency?

While its not the stupid error you pointed out, it was the result of another stupid error... I think. I'm still not good with the VS environment. It turns out, for whatever reason, I had been specifying msvcrtd.lib as an additional dependency. My interpretation is that it made the linker dyna

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .VC Runtime Dependency?

Thanks for the suggestion. It didn't seem to have any effect though. The size of the dll (and all the other files in the build directory) stayed the same, and the msvcr80.dll dependency still exists. From: Brian Simoneau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .VC Runtime Dependency?

I'm compiling my CA dll with the /MT flag. Running dependency walker on the system where it won't install shows the dll is dependent on msvcr80.dll. Why would the dll continue to be dependent on msvcr80.dll even though I've specified to link statically? A co-worker told me it's impossible

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .NET dependancy?

http://dependencywalker.com/ is your friend. .NET 2.0 includes the VC 2005 runtime, so it's a likely candidate. You can change the VC project to use static runtime to avoid the DLL dependency. Thanks for the tips. I've looked at my dll with dependency walker, but I'm not quite sure what to loo

Re: [WiX-users] How do I get rid of the "...installed to run fromnetwork" option

I'm curious about this as well. I've noticed the same behavior in my installer, and I haven't been able to figure out a) what it is doing, or b) how to make it go away. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Palmer Sent: Thursday,

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .NET dependancy?

One system in question had version 1 of the .NET framework, and installing version 2 made the problem go away. Any tips on how to find out what the dependency is, and how I can configure my build setting to remove it? From: Rowland, Chris Sent: Thursday, M

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .NET dependancy?

I was having this issue on a Vista machine and I changed my build settings to use the setting "No Common Language Runtime support" and the problem went away. Now the same type of issue (use of a CA in the DLL fails) has popped up on a couple of XP and a 2K system, while it works fine on othe

Re: [WiX-users] Stuck with an uninstall that doesn't work?

I'm not sure, but maybe it's trying to compare the property INSTALLUNINSTALL to the (nonexistent) property INSTALLER? Maybe you need INSTALLUNINSTALL="INSTALLER" -Original Message- From: Alex Steen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 2:26 PM To: Rowland, Chris; [EMAIL PR

Re: [WiX-users] Stuck with an uninstall that doesn't work?

I've also discovered that you can use msizap to force remove uninstallable applications. Msizap comes with the windows platform sdk and is used like so... msizap T {product code} Is using msiexec /fv the preferred method Rob? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: [WiX-users] ServiceInstall error 1923

Did you run as an administrator? Error 1923 looks like a permissions problem. 1923: Service '[2]' ([3]) could not be installed. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On B

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0 Localization

I had originally copied the WixMondoUI fileset from wix 2.0 and modified it to create my custom UI. What effect does that have on your answer? From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:25 PM To: Rowland, Chris Cc: WiX-users@l

Re: [WiX-users] WixLocalization, not quite getting it.

In WiX 2.0 you would use Text="$(loc.ButtonNext)" to reference the string you defined in your localization file. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pseudonymic Wannabe Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 5:38 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Su

Re: [WiX-users] How to get 8.3 path for INSTALLDIR

I've come to the conclusion that I have to convert to Wix 3.0 to use this feature. I've got my installer converted over to comply with the exception of a couple ICE warnings that I may or may not fix. I'm still having issues getting the 8.3 path, though. I have 2 CustomActions. The fir

[WiX-users] WiX 3.0 Localization

Due to my unfortunate need for 8.3 paths, I'm finding it necessary to convert from 2.0 to 3.0. One error I got in converting was: error LGHT0010 : The WixLocalization/@Culture attribute was not found; it is required. I took a guess and changed to and that resolved the comp

Re: [WiX-users] CustomAction = .NET dependancy?

Thanks, I believe I have that aspect sorted out for now via build settings. I wasn't sure it was .NET, but installing the .NET framework on a machine that exhibited the problem caused the problem to go away. From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mo

[WiX-users] Trouble building with wcautil.lib

In Visual C++ 2005 Express, everything compiles ok until I add the line: WcaInitialize(hInstall, "VerifyLicenseDir"); which yields the message: LicenseFileUtils.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] referenced in function [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I add #

[WiX-users] CustomAction = .NET dependancy?

My installer is failing on some systems, and it appears that its dependant on the .NET framework. My CustomActions were authored in VC++. Is .NET always a requirement of installers that use CustomActions or is this a result of the build settings I used to build the DLL? -

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

I was able to build with a colleague's VC2005 install with no issues (build wise) but in trying to move my project into VC++ 2005 Express on my own system, I get linkage errors. 1>wcautil.lib(wcalog.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol [EMAIL PROTECTED] referenced in function "int

Re: [WiX-users] How do you have a component work only on an install?

I have used a condition like this (&Complete = 3) AND NOT (!Complete = 3) Where "Complete" was the id of my main feature. Check out http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson5.php It seems to work for me. Maybe someone with more experience has a better suggestion though. -Original Message--

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

As in /MD instead of /MT? From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:08 PM To: Rowland, Chris Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

I found a co-worker lucky enough to have 05 installed and built my dll there (easy as pie) but the CA still bails, apparently before it has a chance to log anything. Is there any way to determine from the log why a CA is failing to execute, if it appears that its never even getting into the CA

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

I noticed the following that probably relates to this. A warning I had been ignoring. Are you dynamically linking against MSVCRT? I'm not sure... how might I find out? msvcrt.lib(crtdll.obj) : warning LNK4229: invalid directive '/manifestdependency:type='win32' name='Microsoft.VC80.CRT' ver

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

No, I haven't tried that. The WiX chm explicitly says you need VS 2005 to build. I guess I could try it with 03 anyways. From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:18 AM To: Rowland, Chris Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WiX-users@list

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

I'll try to answer your questions, but this is my first experience doing any sort of work in Visual Studio, so I'm largely unfamiliar. I'm also using 2003, which seems that is partially contributing to my problems. Basically the installer seemed to be working, except on one particular vista 64

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

Yeah, the error was in the custom action. (It returned the value 3) I had tried to attach to msiexec.exe before to debug, but didn't make any progress with that. Can you show me how you fired off the MessageBox from within your CA? This is a lot of debugging just so I can debug :-)

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

After an obscene amount of headbanging, I finally managed to get it to build (with warnings) with the almighty T() call. Unfortunately that resulted in a CA that caused the installer to quit due to an error. If only I could log what was going on >< Assuming the lack of wrapping my strings

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

It's an immediate CA. I tried wrapping my strings with _T() but _T is not defined. Another VS05 difference? Could my definitions be causing a problem? I more or less copied them from a forum post I saw regarding a similar problem. #define __out /* ? */ #define __in /* ? */ #define __ino

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

Thanks for the continuing advice. I'm still not seeing any log out put though. I've commented out the guts of my CA, so now I have just: extern "C" UINT __stdcall VerifyLicenseDir(MSIHANDLE hInstall) { WcaInitialize(hInstall, "VerifyLicenseDir"); WcaLog(LOGMSG_STANDARD, "Enter

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

I was able to resolve my build errors by "defining" everything missing myself (to /**/ ). I read that they might be defined by default in VS05, but not in VS03 (what I'm using.) However, I rebuilt my installer with the new DLL and ran it with *cv logging, and I still don't see anything. The C

Re: [WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

Thanks, that looks like what I wanted. I'm having trouble linking everything correctly though, and I get a ton of errors in wcautil.h, like "E:\Program Files\WiX\sdk\inc\wcautil.h(48): error C2065: '__in' : undeclared identifier" And "E:\Program Files\WiX\sdk\inc\wcautil.h(48): error C2182:

[WiX-users] Logging in a custom action

Is there any way to write a message to the install log from a custom action? Chris Rowland* Software Engineer * SunGard * Data Management Solutions * 1194 Oak Valley Drive, Suite 100 * Ann Arbor, MI 48108 * Tel 734.332.4423 * Fax 734.332.4440 * http://www.sungard.com/datamanagementsolutions

Re: [WiX-users] How to get 8.3 path for INSTALLDIR

>So try this: An immediate CA after CostFinalize uses [!fileId] to get >the short path, chops off the filename, and sets another property to >just the directory, which you then use in an Environment element. Worth >a shot. I think I've found an acceptable solution by creating the INSTALL dir fol

Re: [WiX-users] How to get 8.3 path for INSTALLDIR

Will doing a deferred execution of my CA work in my situation? My understanding is that I can't set a property in a deferred custom action, all I can do is read the property "CustomActionData" If this is the case, my only hope seems to be to set the environment variable in the custom action, whic

Re: [WiX-users] How to get 8.3 path for INSTALLDIR

I'm back on task trying to resolve this 8.3 INSTALLDIR path issue, and I can get the path in question using the method Phil suggested, but I'm not certain how to use that to set the environment variable. As far as I understand, I cannot install a component after InstallFinalize, and I had to run m

[WiX-users] How to get 8.3 path for INSTALLDIR

I'm trying to set an environment variable to be the value of INSTALLDIR, but I need it to be the 8.3 style path. I saw an old mailing list thread about this topic that Rob responded to with: >You could always just use "[!FileId]" to get the short name of a file. This thread was in

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional RemoveFiles on Uninstall

>RemoveFolder maps to the RemoveFile table, which only removes empty >folders. So you need both RemoveFile and RemoveFolder. That sounds pretty inconvenient if you want to recursively remove every file in every directory, which I would have guessed was a fairly common thing to want to do. Is the

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional RemoveFiles on Uninstall

>There's your problem: Without a guid, the component is unmanaged and >never removed. Take a look at a verbose log around the InstallValidate >action to see which components and features are scheduled for >installation/removal. I gotcha, I figured I didn't need a guid because the intent was to

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional RemoveFiles on Uninstall

I tried to set up the property like you said, but it's still not working. Can you see where I've gone wrong? My checkbox control: NOT(WixUI_InstallMode = "Remove") My property definition: Feature: Component: REMOVEALLFILES AND (&Complete = 2) I

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional RemoveFiles on Uninstall

I'm trying to do the same thing, but when check the checkbox to remove the Installation directory, it's not deleting the directory, or the 2 files that are left behind. I cant imagine you have to explicitly remove files before removing the directory, do you? I have a hidden feature to enable my

[WiX-users] User specific permissions

I'm trying to create a folder that's either writable by the installing user, or by all users, depending on ALLUSERS. What would I need to do to set permissions specific to the installing user? I attempted to use the USERSID property, and got no error, but the resulting older had an odd BUILTIN\BU

[WiX-users] identify the product code of an existing installation

Is it possible to determine the product code (if any) for an arbitrary file that resides on the system? The idea would be to offer to uninstall the application that lives in a given directory using msiexec /x{product-code}

[WiX-users] Conditional feature install

I'm trying to show one of 2 mutually exclusive features in the customize dialog based on the value of ALLUSERS. For some reason, one is always shown, and the other is always hidden, no matter what I think the value of ALLUSERS is. Additionally, other aspects of the installation that are dependant

Re: [WiX-users] Another version of this product is already installed

Does WI support any sort of automated backup of files that have changed since installation when performing the un-installation? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Bardon Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:47 AM To: Bob Arnson Cc: Wilson,

[WiX-users] Another version of this product is already installed

I'm trying to come to grips with how upgrades are handled, and I was wondering if someone could shed some light on the subject for me. In an attempt to understand better, I've been trying to install a pseudo "minor upgrade". I installed the base version, then I tried to install the slightly mo

[WiX-users] Help uninstalling

I've managed to install my package in such a way that I cannot uninstall it. I was experimenting with utilizing properties on the command line, and did a successful quiet install using a particular property. I then noticed that the UI based uninstall would fail because it was dependant on said

Re: [WiX-users] public properties, saving state

I don't know if the functionality you're thinking of exists, but alternatively you could set the property based on a registry entry you set during installation. Chris From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lindsay Harris Sent: Thursd

[WiX-users] "vital" file not installed and no error

I'm testing a scenario where our software has been installed with the old installer, and I install a newer version of the software over top of it using the wix 2.0 based installer. I wanted to test that if a file could not be written it would cause an error of some sort. Every file in my inst

Re: [WiX-users] Installing locally hosted files

Ah, yes I see now (I assume that's what you're referring to.) I think that should work, I'll give it a shot. Thanks again. From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:59 AM To: Rowland, Chris Cc: wix-users@lists.sourc

Re: [WiX-users] Installing locally hosted files

I don't want to set my directory to the current location of the files on their machine, rather I want to copy those files to the location they choose to install the software. So say the required files were in c:\myfiles\ and they chose to install to c:\program files\installdir\ then I want to

[WiX-users] Installing locally hosted files

For a particular installation, the user has some of the files required for installation already on their system prior to running the installer. I want to copy these files into the installation directory. Is there a preferred method for doing this? Would I need a Custom Action, can I manu

Re: [WiX-users] verify file existance custom action

Ok, I finally have access to the machine I need and I'm trying this out. I tried to build in Visual Studio 03 as a C++ project, and right off the bat I got some build errors that I don't understand. I'm sure they're pretty typical, I'm just unfamiliar with VC++. error LNK2001: unresolved exter

Re: [WiX-users] verify file existance custom action

Thanks Levi, I'll give that a shot as soon as I get access to my development box back. From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:56 AM To: Rowland, Chris Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] verify file

Re: [WiX-users] verify file existance custom action

If I look at the log after a completed installation, I can see the following property values. Property(S): MYFOLDER = C:\FTP\#This is the folder I selected in the dialog ... Property(S): MYFILEEXISTS = C:\requiredfile.txt #this is where the file was found (MYFOLDER wa

Re: [WiX-users] verify file existance custom action

That actually looks like exactly what I want... much cleaner than my C++ hackjob. That gives me a followup question, however. I plugged your suggestion (with Depth="0") into my dialog I use to browse to the directory that contains the file. It appears that the property I'm trying to set to

[WiX-users] verify file existance custom action

I read that "managed code" in a custom action is a no-no (please forgive me if I use the wrong terminology) so I am attempting to write my custom action without using managed code. Most examples I find seem to use it, however, so I'm doing the best I can. I wrote a simple VC++ app (.exe) that

Re: [WiX-users] Locate a required file during an install

Ah, thanks! That did the trick. It makes a lot more sense when you start to realize what things are being used to reference. Thank you both for your help. From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:25 AM To: Rowland,

Re: [WiX-users] Locate a required file during an install

I honestly don't know :-) I'm totally inexperienced in this area. I tried to mimic a working example I had, and both the wix elements and the c++ source look equivalent (to me) Is there some documentation that describes what you're talking about? From

Re: [WiX-users] Locate a required file during an install

I have the following elements defined. Do they look right? And -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Hamflett Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:02 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Locate a required file duri

Re: [WiX-users] Locate a required file during an install

Thanks for the advice Rob. I've got the directory browsing dialog in place, but I'm having issues getting my dll to work. When I hit the Next button in my dialog, I get an 'installer information' message window that says "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for

[WiX-users] Locate a required file during an install

I'm working on an installer that depends upon files that the user has received prior to performing the installation. Our current installer (not windows installer based) prompts the user to browse for the location of the files... I'm trying to replicate this, but I'm not exactly sure how to go abou