Re: [WiX-users] Can't get my custom action to read the CustomActionData property.

2010-04-17 Thread Curtis Jewell
; Return="check" Execute="deferred" /> ... > Dariel Thanks. This did the trick. Apparently Windows Installer is a little smarter than I am. --Curtis -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, puddin

[WiX-users] Can't get my custom action to read the CustomActionData property.

2010-04-16 Thread Curtis Jewell
on Server with PID 2136 (0x858). MSI (s) (08:40) [18:51:39:917]: Running as a service. MSI (s) (08:40) [18:51:39:917]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated custom action server. MSI (s) (08:D8) [19:06:01:285]: Closing MSIHANDLE (2) of type 790536 for thread 2356 Action ended 19:06:01: InstallFinali

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade mechanism

2010-03-30 Thread Curtis Jewell
0.0) I will have both properties set (I think): > OLDAPPFOUND and NEWAPPFOUND. Won't I get into troubles with this? I would say it would be best to set the minimum to a version lower than you ever released (0.0.1) to start with - and yes, I would include it. Start as you intend to finis

Re: [WiX-users] Check the space in path

2010-03-30 Thread Curtis Jewell
rl-Dist-WiX/src/ClearFolderCA/ClearFolderCA/CheckForSpaces.cpp?r=11626 --Curtis Jewell On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:11 +0200, "Wilbert van Dolleweerd" wrote: > Should properly written Windows software not be able to work with a space > in > a path? > > I mean: installation usually occ

[WiX-users] Fwd: Re: Save and reuse previous InstallDir

2010-03-29 Thread Curtis Jewell
- Original message - From: "Curtis Jewell" To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:15:11 -0600 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Save and reuse previous InstallDir OK. Let's make sure I'm doing part 2 right. I'

Re: [WiX-users] Save and reuse previous InstallDir

2010-03-29 Thread Curtis Jewell
(I'm not the original questioner, but I DO have questions that apply to this.) 1) What do I do when I want to default to a specific directory if ARPINSTALLLOCATION wasn't written by the original MSI? 2) How do I block that RegistrySearch from occuring when I'm not upgrading? --Cu

[WiX-users] Some ICE03 errors I'm wondering how to fix...

2010-03-19 Thread Curtis Jewell
get, Key(s): CA_Relocate_msm_Cmd.BC4B680E_4871_31E7_9883_3E2C74EA4F3C Relocating Strawberry Perl... --Curtis Jewell -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears

[WiX-users] Uncaught error in WiX 3.0. (May wish to verify that this IS caught in 3.5?)

2010-03-13 Thread Curtis Jewell
s.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Run(String[] args) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Main(String[] args) -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately

[WiX-users] Question about upgrading.

2009-12-16 Thread Curtis Jewell
uninstall part of the upgrade? --Curtis Jewell -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, puddi

[WiX-users] DirectoryRef under a Feature tag doesn't work where it would under the Fragment...

2009-09-01 Thread Curtis Jewell
the generator bailed...] -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors and pi

Re: [WiX-users] Too large a feature - How do I split it down?

2009-08-30 Thread Curtis Jewell
make most of the Fragment tags contain a Feature tag.) --Curtis -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors a

[WiX-users] Too large a feature - How do I split it down?

2009-08-30 Thread Curtis Jewell
Right now, I have a 3600+ component feature, and I'd like to know how to split it up into subfeatures that do not show up on a feature tree. (when that gets added in - I'm not using it right now. Here's how it looks right now: --Curtis -- Curti

Re: [WiX-users] MSI with both 32-bit and 64-bit components

2009-08-24 Thread Curtis Jewell
unique but I can't figure out how to not make them conflict. > > Any ideas on how to do this cleanly ? > > Wix Fragment > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Curtis J

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting if WiX 3.0 is installed

2009-06-24 Thread Curtis Jewell
ist > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use

Re: [WiX-users] VIsta: Disable Registry Virtualization

2009-06-22 Thread Curtis Jewell
WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > -- > Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge > conference! >

Re: [WiX-users] How to include another MSI at my MSI

2009-06-11 Thread Curtis Jewell
; WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which

Re: [WiX-users] Help Required in Removing the Folder during uninstallation

2009-06-09 Thread Curtis Jewell
an example that he could use. --Curtis On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:32 -0700, "Rob Mensching" wrote: > I'm a little confused by this requirement. Are you saying you won't know > where the files you want to delete exist? How is a CustomAction going to > know any bet

Re: [WiX-users] Help Required in Removing the Folder during uninstallation

2009-06-08 Thread Curtis Jewell
to delete. If the file names are known, of course, then RemoveFile tags should be added as appropriate. --Curtis On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:33 -0700, "Rob Mensching" wrote: > Why do you need a CustomAction? RemoveFiles is a standard action and > will handle rollback for you. &g

Re: [WiX-users] Help Required in Removing the Folder during uninstallation

2009-06-08 Thread Curtis Jewell
DRESERVATIONLOGFILEPATH" On="uninstall" /> > > > > > > > > > Actually it is creating the Folders on installation. But fails to remove > the Folder on unistallation. Please help me out in resolving this issue, > >

Re: [WiX-users] Pressing yes to a cancel dialog during a binary custom action does not trigger rollback

2009-05-28 Thread Curtis Jewell
On Thu, 28 May 2009 11:04 -0600, "Richard" wrote: > > In article <1243528043.2048.1317665...@webmail.messagingengine.com>, > "Curtis Jewell" writes: > > > I know MsiProcessMessage is what I want to do to check for that cancel > > but

Re: [WiX-users] Pressing yes to a cancel dialog during a binary custom action does not trigger rollback

2009-05-28 Thread Curtis Jewell
indows Installer documentation that is a list of > such functions, you have to read through each one in the reference. Such a list would be quite nice. -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Al

Re: [WiX-users] Pressing yes to a cancel dialog during a binary custom action does not trigger rollback

2009-05-28 Thread Curtis Jewell
'd like to be able to detect when the Cancel button has been hit. I know MsiProcessMessage is what I want to do to check for that cancel button... (I'd make the call each time I recurse into AddDirectory) but what's opaque is what parameters do I use if checking for a Cancel button p

Re: [WiX-users] How to guide is always blank

2009-05-14 Thread Curtis Jewell
K > i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourc

Re: [WiX-users] Running WiX utilities from a script

2009-05-07 Thread Curtis Jewell
se (AFAICT) they don't return values. I have to regex the output to find out if there was an error in my Perl scripts. Report that as a bug? > Can anyone help? > > Best regards > > Matthias -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-P

Re: [WiX-users] Modifying MSI database during installation help!

2009-05-06 Thread Curtis Jewell
adding RemoveFile entries during uninstall for the uninstall, TEMPORARY worked just fine. > 3. Execute the view using MsiViewExecute(), but I get a vague error of > ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE from the function. > So is it possible at all to modify a database of a running MSI through a > custo

Re: [WiX-users] I'm puzzled...

2009-04-26 Thread Curtis Jewell
t a deferred action, I should be able to set any non-SDK property, as well as getting them!) --Curtis -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors and pi

[WiX-users] I'm puzzled...

2009-04-26 Thread Curtis Jewell
in my MSI. What am I doing wrong? (If you need logs, I'll send an MSI log (I've made a super-verbose one, but it's over 70MB!), and a output log from Visual Studio. (to show what the OutputDebugString calls show) later on today or tomorrow) -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fas

Re: [WiX-users] Hardcode the TARGETDIR

2009-04-25 Thread Curtis Jewell
ears to be hardcoded > in > the property table to a local drive. > > Does anybody has an idea if this is going to have any harm on my > installer? > > Regards, > > Riyaz -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pud

[WiX-users] RemoveFiles custom action. (was Re: Two problems: Not deleting files, and icon does not display.)

2009-04-20 Thread Curtis Jewell
/ClearFolderCA.cpp (Yes, I'll be nice and post a pointer to the completed code when I'm done.) --Curtis On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:44 -0600, "Curtis Jewell" wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:58 -0700, "Rob Mensching" > wrote: > > 1. MSI SDK says the RemoveFo

Re: [WiX-users] Two problems: Not deleting files, and icon does not display.

2009-04-20 Thread Curtis Jewell
e that the Id attributes ended with .ico, and everything worked. (The way the documentation and tutorials read, I thought the ID attributes had to end with the extension of the object being pointed to, instead, and of course, reading an icon from what it thought was a .bat file had funny results!)

[WiX-users] Two problems: Not deleting files, and icon does not display.

2009-04-16 Thread Curtis Jewell
1 1 Perl-Dist-WiX Perl Test 5.10.0 Curtis Jewell http://csjewell.comyr.com/perl/ And here's the fragment that tries to remove the folder: (PerlFolder.wxs) And here's the

Re: [WiX-users] Question about including large number of "modified" files...

2009-02-26 Thread Curtis Jewell
te_from_name_string($ns, $filename); $id = $guid; $id =~ s/-/_/g; # To change dashes into underlines for the ID. print <<"EOF"; EOF } # Next one, please? $file = $dir_object->read(); } print <<&

Re: [WiX-users] Very Simple Installer

2009-02-03 Thread Curtis Jewell
t want to manage large xml > definition file with an entry for each file to be packaged. > > Is there a way to do that with WiX? > > Thanks. > Martin -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-ME

Re: [WiX-users] Why is this not registering the shortcuts as all-user ones? (fwd)

2009-01-30 Thread Curtis Jewell (Perl-programming e-mail)
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Bob Arnson wrote about Re: [WiX-users] Why is this not...: > Curtis Jewell (Perl-programming e-mail) wrote: >> Package/@InstallScope='perMachine' should turn on ALLUSERS=1 and therefore, >> avoid those particular 2 ICE's, correct? If not, why

Re: [WiX-users] Why is this not registering the shortcuts as all-user ones?

2009-01-30 Thread Curtis Jewell (Perl-programming e-mail)
your folder from the > Start Menu on uninstall : > Had that, I just didn't include it in what I sent to the list. [The whole set of 90 .wxs files ends up over 1 MB in size.] --Curtis -- Curtis Jewell (Perl-programming e-mail) p...@csjewell.fast

[WiX-users] Why is this not registering the shortcuts as all-user ones? (fwd)

2009-01-30 Thread Curtis Jewell (Perl-programming e-mail)
... C:\blueberry ... ... ... ... --- Package/@InstallScope='perMachine' should turn on ALLUSERS=1 and therefore, avoid those particular 2 ICE's, correct? If not, why not? I'm

[WiX-users] Why is this not registering the shortcuts as all-user ones?

2009-01-30 Thread Curtis Jewell (Personal e-mail)
yPath, not a file. C:\Documents and Settings\Curtis\Local Settings\Temp\perldist\wix_fragments\Icons.wxs(5) : error LGHT0204 : ICE43: Component C_S_CPA N_Client has non-advertised shortcuts. It should use a registry key under HKCU as its KeyPath, not a file. -- Curtis Jewell (Personal e-mail) s

Re: [WiX-users] Hard-coding installation directory...

2009-01-13 Thread Curtis Jewell
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:35:45 -0700, "Richard" said: > > In article <1231871231.14692.1294570...@webmail.messagingengine.com>, > "Curtis Jewell" writes: > > > Can I do something like this to hardcode the installation directory? > > Or i

[WiX-users] Hard-coding installation directory...

2009-01-13 Thread Curtis Jewell
t go in Program Files.) --Curtis -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors and picture

Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder

2009-01-08 Thread Curtis Jewell
ibute value must be 'TARGETDIR' and its Name attribute > value > must be 'SourceDir'. ... Add the line incorporated above after the (and a matching before the ) and it should work. That'll make your fragment refer to the root directory in your main .wxs file and eve

Re: [WiX-users] v3.0.4714 wix.msi is invalid

2008-11-15 Thread Curtis Jewell
On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:57:58 -0800, "Bob Arnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Curtis Jewell wrote: > > It may be because it's being sent as text/plain - can somebody who can > > configure wix.sourceforge.net change it? > > > > There's

Re: [WiX-users] v3.0.4714 wix.msi is invalid

2008-11-15 Thread Curtis Jewell
] 5,572,189 74.5K/s eta 76s --Curtis -- Curtis Jewell [EMAIL PROTECTED] %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors and pictures in HTML mail]

Re: [WiX-users] Unresolved reference to symbol 'Directory:Test' in section 'Fragment:

2008-11-09 Thread Curtis Jewell
soft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > > ... This line is the problem. It needs to either be a or you need to put one in somewhere else in the file (or the file(s) you're linking the fragment to) for it to refer to. --Curtis -- Curtis Jewell [EMAIL PROTECTED] %DCL-E-MEM-BAD,

Re: [WiX-users] List of WIX Error Codes (or Votive with VS2005)

2008-11-07 Thread Curtis Jewell
- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywh

Re: [WiX-users] 3 problems with "integration" of WiX and VS2005 SP1 (fwd)

2008-10-28 Thread Curtis Jewell
XML v3\bin\WixUIExtension.dll" RP_Setup.wxs >>> >>> 3. References to non-WiX projects in the same solution get detached >>> (with a caution sign) when I save and exit from Visual Studio, and when >>> I delete and attach the reference again it still shows the caut

Re: [WiX-users] 3 problems with "integration" of WiX and VS2005 SP1

2008-10-28 Thread Curtis Jewell
; I think the first issue is caused by the Wix utility static libraries > being build with VS 2008. You'd need to rebuild them with 2005, I > believe. This isn't a problem with 2.x (and VS 2005). > > Curtis Jewell wrote: > > 1. I'm trying to write a custom acti

[WiX-users] 3 problems with "integration" of WiX and VS2005 SP1

2008-10-28 Thread Curtis Jewell
IExtension.dll" RP_Setup.wxs 3. References to non-WiX projects in the same solution get detached (with a caution sign) when I save and exit from Visual Studio, and when I delete and attach the reference again it still shows the caution sign - I've attached a screenshot. (WixProject1 is a ne

Re: [WiX-users] Making an MST at install time...

2008-10-26 Thread Curtis Jewell
ST) is a diff between two MSI files. There isn't a way > that I know of to generate an MST from inputs entered during the > InstallUI sequence. The tools that I've seen are outside of the > installation process. > > -Original Message- > From: Curtis Jewell [mailto

[WiX-users] Making an MST at install time...

2008-10-26 Thread Curtis Jewell
? (I'm thinking of having a dialog at the end of the Install UI sequence to request the saving...) --Curtis Jewell -- Curtis Jewell [EMAIL PROTECTED] %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors and pictures in