Re: [WiX-users] COM registration of a DLL

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Re: [WiX-users] COM registration of a DLL

How do I get the reference to automatically set the version number? Thanks - dave David Thielen - CTO/founder 303-499-2544 x1185 720-352-0676 (cell) www.windwardreports.com World's coolest blog - Windward Wrocks! -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2system

Re: [WiX-users] COM registration of a DLL

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[WiX-users] COM registration of a DLL

Hi; What's the easiest way to have WIX perform COM registration of a DLL? Preferably a way where we don't have to update the file's version numbers. ??? - thanks - dave -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What w

[WiX-users] Is there a wix guru out there looking for a small contract project?

setup - Vista has a bunch of things it prefers f. Is there a way to use the RMB paste for the license key is setup. g. Registry keys can be read If so, please contact me. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com +1 303-499-2544 x1185 +1 720-35

Re: [WiX-users] Set firewall exception

Ps - a port number of 1707 should not be dynamically allocated by the OS as it's not in the dynamic range. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm -Original Message- From: Mike Dimmick [m

Re: [WiX-users] Set firewall exception

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[WiX-users] firewall command via netsh

=1707 name=Windward mode=ENABLE -- or -- netsh firewall add allowedprogram program=%office%\winword.exe name=MsWord mode=ENABLE Which do you think is safer? I'm thinking 1707 since nothing else out there uses it. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544

Re: [WiX-users] Set firewall exception

Our copy protection is a UDP broadcast and a TCP reply to limit the totally number of AddIns in use to what is licensed. So we definitely want that port opened no matter what :) David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm

Re: [WiX-users] Set firewall exception

I agree with you but What happens then is they install and then complain that they get the prompt. And when evaluating the product, the salespeople then complain that it is impacting sales. So... We have to. David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars

Re: [WiX-users] Set firewall exception

In our case the AddIn hits the port as soon as Word starts so we need it added on installation. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm From: [EMAIL

[WiX-users] Set firewall exception

Hi; Is there a WIX command to set an exception in the Windows firewall? If so, what is it? And can it be set for a program we are not installing (winword.exe)? Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http

Re: [WiX-users] App extensions for ASP.NET

/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg03741.htm l that point toward installing them. It may be that we just assumed based on the examples and postings on this. ??? - thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.co

Re: [WiX-users] App extensions for ASP.NET

team recommend them? thanks - dave From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of David Thielen Sent: Fri 1/12/2007 11:38 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] App extensions for ASP.NET Hi; What is the correct settings for ASP.NET (.NET

[WiX-users] App extensions for ASP.NET

kPath="yes"? Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join Sourc

[WiX-users] How to install an app twice?

Hi; We have an ASP.NET application. We would like to let people install it multiple times, giving a different name for the web app each time and installing to a different directory. How can we do that? thanks - dave - T

Re: [WiX-users] More on GenerateBootstrapper task

o the directory the bootstrapper is in - so no optional download. thanks - dave From: Aaron Feng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 1/6/2007 7:56 PM To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] More on GenerateBootstrapper task

Re: [WiX-users] More on GenerateBootstrapper task

And having been fighting this for over 3 weeks now and having used a support incident and Microsoft techs (I'm on number 4 now) have been working this for 2 weeks - if there is not an example somewhere for the product you want - give up. It is not documented and no one seems to know how to use

Re: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi

nks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob MacFadyen Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:09 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi

I took a look at 7Z but according to it's docs it doesn't even have self-extracting zips. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mai

Re: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi

Same issues we have with Chilkat - caption, icon, & version (I forgot about that). So looks like we both are at the same point. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film

Re: [WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi

The only problem is it's Microsoft's bootstrapper from MSBuild/GenerateBootstrapper so I have no control over that. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.co

[WiX-users] zip program for bootstrapper & msi

will in a build script (file is still locked when it returns, can't set the caption or icon). ??? - thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardrepor

[WiX-users] Determine the user running ASP.NET apps?

Hi; During the install we have to encrypt the connections strings in Web.Config for the ASP.NET app we are installing. This requires the "user" running the ASP.NET app. Does anyone know of a way to query the system to get the user running ASP.NET? Thanks - dave Dav

Re: [WiX-users] Single deployable bootstrapper EXE in 7Zip selfextracting archive

Hi; Is there a way that the original setup.exe can be set as run-once when Windows boots so that after the reboot it starts from the beginning? That would be ok because at that point everything is installed and it then runs your installer. ??? - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com

[WiX-users] Better bootstrapper wrapper?

recent threads, it will not restart if one of the bootstrapper installs requires a reboot. ??? - thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm

Re: [WiX-users] Single deployable bootstrapper EXE in 7Zip selfextracting archive

using http://chilkatsoft.com/ Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jesse Englert Sent: F

[WiX-users] bootstrapper request

. Has links to download and install SqlServerExpress if they want it. * Creates our database. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/fil

Re: [WiX-users] bootstrapper - final questions (I think)

ve so the help here has been invaluable. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob MacFadyen

[WiX-users] bootstrapper - final questions (I think)

hotfix.htm) to install? Two of them for Word 200/2002/2003 and one for Word 2003 only. 4. Any idea how to make IIS a prerequisite (sort-of essential for an ASP.NET app). Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com <http://www.windwardreports.com> 303-499-2544 x

Re: [WiX-users] GenerateBootstrapper questions

from www.microsoft.com <http://www.microsoft.com/> and runs it. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: [WiX-users] GenerateBootstrapper questions

unction with the MSDN Magazine Bootstrapper article, this is pretty much enough to figure things out. Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erv Walter Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:07 AM To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists

Re: [WiX-users] GenerateBootstrapper questions

I see all assume that the install programs for things like the .NET framework are downloaded with setup.exe which eliminates the whole purpose of it. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.co

[WiX-users] GenerateBootstrapper questions

e? I hope with answers to the above I will have at most 1 - 2 followup questions. thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm -

[WiX-users] Is click once what we should be using?

Hi; We have a WIX built installer that works great. And we are working on creating a bootstrapper for the prerequisites that would call our msi at the end to complete the install. Should we be looking at click once? thanks - dave -

Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

ROTECTED] Sent: Tue 12/5/2006 2:16 PM To: Rob Mensching; David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist In the underlying complexity, I'm sure SQL 2005 is more complex than Exchange 2007. The prerequisite detection,

[WiX-users] Generate Bootstrapper support?

Hi; Is there support for GenerateBootstrapper (in MSBuild) anywhere? It appears to have what I need for prerequisites but there is no documentation of what to use for the Include="..." for each MS prerequisite. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 30

Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

I take it I would have to use the VS installer instead of WIX? We can't do that as we use a lot of WIX functionality that does not exist in the VS installer. I wish WIX had this capability... Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185 Cu

Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

sion does: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2A5E4EBC-651C-40AA-9525-1810AF47C317&displaylang=en Regards, Rob From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:22 PM

Re: [WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

Hi; That looks great except... It does not include the two we need - .NET 2.0 and J# 2.0. thanks - dave From: Michael Osmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 12/4/2006 7:33 PM To: David Thielen; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users

[WiX-users] Need recomendation - including .NET redist

Hi; We have had feedback from 4 potential customers that having .NET 2.0 as a prerequisite with the message taking them to the download made our installer "too difficult and too complicated" (and note - these are programmers!) So we need to have installing the .NET framework (and J# redist) a

[WiX-users] Need a wix consultant :: 1 - 2 days work

server that is optionally installed with IIS.   If you are inside the US this is 1099 work. If you are outside the US we just send you a check or paypal payment.   Thanks - dave       David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 x1185   Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com

[WiX-users] Installing an ASP.NET 2.0 app

ning aspnet_regsql.exe   And is there anything else we need to do for an ASP.NET installer?   Also, if anyone out there knows this stuff real well and would like a small consulting job to create our initial installer for this – please email me.   Thanks – dave         David Thi