Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-23 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
13 11:34 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P] Classification: Public Sorry Mark, I am not familiar with Generatebootstrapper what is that? Steve -----Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.fre

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
As an after build task, I'm doing a GeneratorBootstrapper command. Perhaps that clobbers any custom stuff I have in my Bundle.wxs for the MSI? Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 11:08

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
through it run the MSI, you don't see any log files in your %temp% folder? -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: July-22-13 11:49 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
Bundle.wxs: ... Product.wxs: CA: Configuring the logging level for Web.Config... NOT Installed NOT Installed -Original Message----- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: July-22-13 9:25 AM T

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
ssage- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: July-22-13 12:15 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P] Steve, Correct, I do not see the logs. I experimented with removing my GenerateBo

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
g variable 'SERVICESLOGLEVEL' to value 'WARN' ... [19A8:0CE0][2013-07-22T11:28:25]i000: Setting string variable 'SERVICESLOGLEVEL' to value 'DEBUG' I didn't launch my MSI so you can't see the log file :( But look at your log files see what they ar

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
the MSI log file to find where the property is changing. -Original Message----- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 9:35 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundl

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
t value but you can change it via the command line to change it... -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: July-22-13 8:06 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from b

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
It seems that if I run setup.exe via the commandline, the MSI Property does get forwarded to the MSI, e.g. Setup.exe SETLOCALDB=true Mark Freedman -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 8:06 AM To: General discussion

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-22 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
]"/> > BinaryKey="BIN_CustomAction" DllEntry="ChangeConfigLevel" > Impersonate="no" Execute="deferred" Return="check" /> > > So if I don't have a command line parameter to the logging level is set to > the d

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-19 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
xe -Original Message----- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: July-19-13 12:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P] Currently, I do not have a custom bootstrapper application,

Re: [WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle [P]

2013-07-19 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
n Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Freedman, Mark P. wrote: > I'm on Wix 3.7. I have an MSI that I would like to set a registry key > (perhaps via a Custom Action, as he will have to check if the key > already exists). > > I'm understand that a Bundle in a bootstrapper projec

[WiX-users] passing command args to MSI from bundle

2013-07-18 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
I'm on Wix 3.7. I have an MSI that I would like to set a registry key (perhaps via a Custom Action, as he will have to check if the key already exists). I'm understand that a Bundle in a bootstrapper project can't change the machine state (such as setting the registry). Therefore, I'm attempting

Re: [WiX-users] Wix dev and regular dev best practices

2013-05-30 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
I've recently added WiX to my continuous integration server, Team City. They key is to not have to install stuff on the build machines. WiX includes the install binaries that can be put right in your source tree. However the binaries do not include the files necessary for Custom Actions (CAs), s

[WiX-users] Include file in Visual Studio wix output, but not in MSI?

2013-05-29 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
I have a WiX installer project in VS 2010. I have a text document that I wont to include alongside the MSI file when the project is built. I added the file to the project, and set the file property "Copy to Output Directory" to always. When I build the project, the MSI is built, however, the tex

[WiX-users] Wix Windows Service installer depdendent on SQL Server

2013-05-28 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
I'm looking to make a wix installer for a service that will be dependent on sql server. The name of the SQL Server service is dependent on the name of the SQL instance and other things. In a windows depoloyment project, I'm scanning the list of services that start with MSSQL$ and setting them as

[WiX-users] wix.ca.targets file

2013-05-21 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
I am working on a custom install actions project and want to redirect the path to wix.ca.targets in the csproj file, e.g. ..\..\InstallTools\wix\3.7.1224.0\Wix.CA.targets The path this is pointing to is the contents of the wix37-binaries.zip, which did not contain wix.ca.targets. The only p

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
allFiles in an immediate custom action and the files haven't been copied yet. You need immediate="no", I think that's the syntax. Custom actions have conditions. A typical condition to cause a CA to run only at install time is (case sensitive) Not Installed Phil -

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
property. Is this running in a "Repair" or "Upgrade"? -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS  66227 Office:  913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -Original Message- Fro

Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action When did you schedule your CA to run? -Original Message- From: Freedman, Mark P. [mailto:mark.freed...@jhuapl.edu] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX

[WiX-users] Getting install path from Wix Custom Action

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
I have a custom action and am trying to access the Install Directory, or Target path (the base folder that the user chooses to install to). Within my Action, I tried pulling it from Session. TARGETDIR maps to "C:\", despite installing it to program files, and INSTALLDIR yields empty stirng. Wha

[WiX-users] Deployment Tools Foundation Documentation: Sample C

2013-05-20 Thread Freedman, Mark P.
Hello, The Wix 3.7 Deployment Tools Foundation help file references a sample project. "A sample CA project with two CAs is included in the Samples\ManagedCA directory.". I have no such directory installed the the wix3.7.exe package, nor does the original sources or binaries contain such a fold