Many thanks darbid, yes i have had option 2 up and running but for other
reasons needed to go with option 1 and had hoped I could remove the dialog.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:53 AM, darbid wrote:
> I have read that if you want to add a certificate to the current users
> store
> then you need th
Hi,
I have the following component defined to install a certificate to the
users trusted root authority folder in their certificate store. This is a
per-user install.
It works but prompts with a dialog box to confirm the action. I really
need this to happen silently. Is there a way without re
Using WixStdBA with WiX 3.6.
Is there a way allow custom command line parameters to set values of Variables
in the bundle?
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Sent: 11 April 2013 15:10
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix - bootstrapping an MSI with Burn Installs ok,
Uninstall Fails. MSI on
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ot;1"'
[0F30:0F50][2013-04-11T00:30:01]: Registering package dependency provider:
{129A003A-2370-4378-B0FA-10509C76FE2E}, version: 1.0.0.0, package: x86
[0FAC:0348][2013-04-11T00:30:01]: Applied rollback package: x86, result:
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igned installer without running into any signing-related issues before.
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From: stewarth [mailto:stewart.hil...@thomsonreuters.com]
Sent: 03 September 2012 10:18
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Resuming with saved settings after re-b
We are trying to use the Deployment Framework for BizTalk (BTDF) which uses
BizTalkDeploymentFramework.WiXSetup.targets, when we use the target name of
"installer" the deployment from BizTalk actually does a *.* delete on all of
the file from the root C:\ directory.
It hoses a machine as it has
I really don't know why the new version 7.1.0 is shown with a blank language
code as one was specified. Is that the cause?
More importantly, can anyone tell me if this looks like an issue that I could
fix by switching to WiX?
Many thanks
Ian
-Original Message-
From: Ian Brooke
t's an Installshield problem though rather than one with
the Windows Installer.
Looks like I'm going to have to spend the time to switch it to WiX, not
something I wanted to do at this moment in time :(
Ian
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From: Neil Sleightholm
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 1
I hope you don't mind this slightly unusual question!
We have a product currently installed by Installshield (Express 2012) which
we are considering switching to WiX but don't really want to spend the time
doing that if it doesn't solve our problem.
What I really need to determine is if this is
I'll looking to have my burn bundle invoke uninstall on a different burn bundle
if it is detected on a machine. What is the easiest way to accomplish this?
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his element and what are the consequences?
To expand, the app is installed on many different versions of Windows (from
XP to Win7), if I cannot omit the element what value should I specify (I
most certainly do not want to require people to upgrade their version of
msiexec)?
Many thanks
Ian
-
Finally, I having trouble locating some complete documentation on WiX,
especially a detailed description/list of the various tags/attributes that
are available, what they do, their usage, etc. Can someone please point me
where to start my learning
Yep, you need to reference something in a fragment (DirectoryRef, ComponentRef,
etc) to load the fragment (it will all be loaded, note).
Also remember to include allt he .wxs files in your call to candle and light.
Ian
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From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com
are
reported as cached.
Is there something I should be doing with the RollbackBoundary element to get
the desired behavior? I played around with it a bit but didn't get what I
wanted.
Thanks,
Ian
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From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com]
Sent: Wedn
l
behavior is identical. I found a bunch of similar bugs for rollback during
uninstall, but they have mostly been fixed. I didn't see much about rollback
during install.
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Just a guess, but what is the Package/@InstallerVersion? That attribute should
be the minimum Windows Installer number required - Major*100 + Minor.
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From: Maxim Kopeyka [mailto:m...@xtendx.com]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 8:52 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.ne
thread.
Thanks again,
Ian
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From: Sam Morris [mailto:s...@red-redemption.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 5:07 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Localized bundle: Picking up the right files
On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:57:52 +, Ian Williams
rrect, but whenever I do
this the installer doesn't seem to work: invoking with -lang does nothing and exits immediately. Has anyone been able to load a
thm.xml per language?
Thanks,
Ian
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From: Ian Williams [mailto:iawil...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Wednesday, Febr
r each language.
...
...
What am I doing wrong in the Payload specification? Are these supported by
WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense at this time?
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problems.
However, whenever/wherever I open a command prompt window to try to run Candle
I only get an unknown command.
Is there something I need to do to get the exe into my paths?
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I _think_ you can accomplish everything you want here by simply passing in a
runtime property when msiexec is called, like "ConfigurationToBuild". Then you
can use the value of that property to determine what to install, etc. I've had
success with that approach personally.
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Hi Lars,
The /quiet flag that msiexec takes when running an MSI is still valid for MSI's
build in WiX 3.6, of course. WiX 3.6 bundles are passed whatever command line
arguments you send them, so they can be made to accept /quiet as well. If
you're using WiXStdba, I can confirm that it will acce
Merging threads; just ensuring my reply doesn't get lost. Thanks.
-Original Message-
From: Ian Williams [mailto:iawil...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 11:15 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Globalized Bundle?
Hmm
I believe you are mixing WiX preprocessor variables with runtime properties.
Your property IISROOT should be accessed using the following syntax: [IISROOT]
You are using the preprocessor syntax: $(var.IISROOT). Try [IISROOT] there
instead.
Ian
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From: Bourne, Kevin
need to be fixed before this
works well but you can see the beginnings.
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Ian Williams wrote:
> I'm trying to investigate the viability of making my bundle installer
> "globalized" - that is, it is one installer that will look at the
> languag
I think you meant
"ja-jp"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb896001.aspx
:-)
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Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 5:40 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
(wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net)
Subj
he download it (so I need to make a different version of the .exe for
each language using the !(loc.X) stuff).
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Command line variables given to the bundle are passed to the BA. The WixStdBA
currently does not turn them into variables that you can use in your bundle.
-Original Message-
From: Gilles QUERRET [mailto:g.quer...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 7:11 AM
To: wix-users@lists.s
ut needing to write
their own BA.
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27;m using
WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense as my BootstrapperApplicationRef.
Does this not create Variables from values passed in like this? The logs show
no such variable being created.
If I add , then
the value is simply false.
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bserved is true). So I'm not sure how I can inject an
extra condition into this. I don't have much experience with this area of wix.
Ian
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From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com]
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 4:51 PM
To: General di
I'm trying to conditionally include some CustomActionRef's based on a property
at runtime. I'm on WiX 3.6 beta right now. I can't figure out how to do this.
Does anyone know if this is possible?
Thanks,
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don't have a way to specify the "x" in "WiX v3.x".
We renamed "BaseInputPath" to "BindInputPath" in WiX v3.6 (kept
backwards
compatibility) and allowed named bind paths. "base path" w
Release)?
I can't seem to get this working and the standard binder used by
Light.exe is searching the filesystem for paths with the literal string
!(bindpath.foo).
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Hi,
I have a WiX setup package (3.5) configured in Visual Studio 2010, and I have
added all of the solutions projects as references to the setup project, and set
the 'Harvest' property to True, so that these assemblies are included in the
output .msi file. This works fine. I now want to add a
I'm looking for a way to detect .NET Framework 4.0.
Any resources that provide samples on how to detect this framework?
Thanks,
Ian Ceicys
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From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 5:25 AM
To: General discussion for Wi
I believe it's also possible to statically link the CRT into your DLL to
remove the runtime dependency...
-Original Message-
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
Sent: 17 February 2009 16:17
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to
You can't update a per-machine install from a per-user install (or vice versa).
It's an inherent limitation.
There were some threads on this earlier and you should be able to find them via
search.
From: Chris Lord [chris.l...@atterotech.com]
Sent: Friday
Check your UpgradeCode and Upgrade ID= and make sure they are correct. The
Upgrade ID= should be the UpgradeCode of the product you wish to upgrade. Often
times the UpgradeCode in the new package is also set to the same value. It
basically describes a family of products.
-Original Message-
nd we need to install them
...
Hope this helps!
Ian
-Original Message-
From: Andrew Lee [mailto:a...@solarflare.com]
Sent: 08 Janua
Innosetup does not use Windows Installer. The bottom line is that Windows
Installer does not support mapped drive setups and Wix only produces Windows
Installer setups.
If you're restricted to use MSI-type setups then other authoring tools will not
help because of the inherent limitation of MSI
files to components? I have like at least 100-200
Assemblies, few Services and add another 50-10 files for dependency files and
on top of this Install .NET/SQL.
Thanks,
Arun Perregattur
-Original Message-
From: Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) [mailto:a-iae...@microsoft.com]
. Return value 1.
Arun Perregattur
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From: Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) [mailto:a-iae...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:43 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Sub Folders Install
That's not real
ub folders working, now let me try the remove file.
Thanks,
Arun Perregattur
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From: Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) [mailto:a-iae...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:10 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-
27;s unable to Removefile.
Thanks,
Arun Perregattur
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From: Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) [mailto:a-iae...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:52 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Sub Folders Inst
I don't see a "Tools" subfolder under the "Test App 1.0" folder you created so
nothing will be installed there.
Not sure why the RemoveFiles doesn't work. Did you get the spelling correct on
the file names?
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From: Arun Perregatturv [mailto:aperregatt...@napcosecurity.c
mensch...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 1:09 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WIX 3 - Suggestions
How is it different than heat?
-----Original Message-
From: Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) [mailto:a-iae...@microsoft.
I also have a home-made tool for generating components. I have another tool
that generates a complete wix file after you specify directory structure and
files within the directories. It's used to to most of the grunt work and then
the rest is done by hand. (UI based.)
Is there a public share on
Have you tried the following?
PFXPassword=""
-Original Message-
From: Maruti Gouroji (Infosys Technologies Ltd) [mailto:v-mag...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 12:47 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Need Help: Importing p
olset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] "Repair" mode doesn't run custom actions
They're scheduled in the InstallExecuteSequence.
-Original Message-
From: Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation)
[mailto:a-iae...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 3:39 PM
To: General discuss
here's no mention of my Cas in the log
-Original Message-
From: Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation)
[mailto:a-iae...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 2:07 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] "Repair" mode doesn&
Changing the GUIDs should do the trick. That way, they will be individually ref
counted. However, you need to be sure that the key paths are unique and I'm not
exactly sure what constitutes the key paths for such items.
Best bet is to test it and see what happens.
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Fro
You say that it doesn't seem to run the CAs. Have you checked a verbose log
file to see for sure?
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From: David Bartmess [mailto:david.bartm...@wallst.com]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 1:03 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [Wi
Your analysis appears accurate. It's really not too much work to have a
setup.exe check for the presence of an install. If found then launch with
proper command line for minor upgrade else just do normal launch.
You can find sample code to peruse at www.devage.com in the dotNetInstaller
project
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
-Original Message-
From: Sangeetha Haudakari (Excell Data Corporation)
[mailto:a-san...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:27 PM
To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] How to unsubscribe from this mai
read them, I could not find an execution order or something for msiexec.
Sorry for the long story but this story don't fit for me.
Regards
Martin Lierschof
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Von: Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) [mailto:a-iae...@microsoft.com]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. D
I'm not aware of any method other than command line or exe file. That is the
official guidance from Microsoft.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367574(VS.85).aspx
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From: Martin Lierschof [mailto:mliersc...@vizrt.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:23 AM
To:
This is'nt strictly WiX related?
Though I have found Jungwook's Custom Action Debugging Tool very useful
for debugging Custom Actions.
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/03/07/388739.aspx
I would double check how and where you are setting the CustomActionData
and ensure your actions are
Since Sudripta is in-house, I contacted her and took a look at the msi's. There
are some component rule violations happening here. :)
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@wonderware.com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 3:02 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Instal
Are the files in question assemblies being installed to the GAC?
Also, why are you lowering the version of the files?
-Original Message-
From: Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation) [mailto:v-su...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 12:30 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.ne
There are three types of upgrades:
Small update
Minor upgrade
Major upgrade
If you use the minor upgrades your launcher needs to be able to decide if the
previous version exists on the machine or not. If it does exist a special
command line is needed to install the new over the old.
If you auth
As long as the previous version have an UpgradeCode guid then just author the
different guids in the Upgrade table of the new msi's and follow the rules for
authoring major upgrades.
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-part-8-major-upgrade.aspx
-Original Me
users] ALLUSERS property and upgrades
That's unfortunate, thanks for confirming that for me though. Any idea how
to craft a Condition element that's based on a previous installation's
Product's Version setting?
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporat
I think you are stuck with the dialog option. Per-user can only uninstall that
user, and per-machine can only uninstall per-machine, AFAIK.
-Original Message-
From: Colin Bleckner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:38 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Inst
, Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the full path to the log file?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: prasoon81 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:41 AM
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subje
.
Thanks
Prasoon
Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) wrote:
>
> Your log snippet shows that the component is to be installed. If the
> script did not run (and it's correctly associated with that component)
> then it is hard to tell why from what you have posted. It would be be
Your log snippet shows that the component is to be installed. If the script did
not run (and it's correctly associated with that component) then it is hard to
tell why from what you have posted. It would be better to put the entire log on
a server somewhere so people can see it in its entirety.
Do you have logic in your install that blocks if a newer version is found?
You will need a new Upgrade entry to detect prior versions that have the new
upgrade code, too. (The one you are calling CurUpgradeID.)
-Original Message-
From: Colin Bleckner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Frida
Just Google "wix remove user" and the first hit shows you how to do it.
-Original Message-
From: Vuchuru, Surekha (SBT US EXT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:00 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Modifying a
Done. RequestID=2230723
Thanks,
Ian
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From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 10:56 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] EventSource and KeyPath
Not implemented feature. Need to
I inherited an installer with many registry entries regarding event keys. I
happened to notice the EventSource tag in the help file and found that I could
write the same keys using this tag.
However, when I place and EventSource tag under a component tag there appears
to be no way to make the k
iled to get sid for account: Group A
I know that the account gets created because I don't have a rollback CA and
after rollback, the account is present. I also can see if verbose log file that
the CA that creates the account occurs before ExecSecureObjects.
Thanks,
Ian
-Original Me
] registry permissions on new groups
Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) wrote:
> I'm having trouble trying to use PermissionsEx to set permissions for the new
> group. Is this possible or does it only allow setting permissions for
> "standard" groups such as Network Serv
ssionsEx to set permissions for the new
group. Is this possible or does it only allow setting permissions for
"standard" groups such as Network Service, Administrators, etc?
Thanks,
Ian
(I Google this and couldn't find anything relevant.)
If I'm reading this correctly you are trying to launch an exe (which the
program installed) before InstallFinalize. I'm not sure if that will work.
The recommended way is to launch at the very end using an immediate custom
action.
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PRO
A condition of "NOT REMOVE" will run during both install and repair.
-Original Message-
From: Eric Maines [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 2:04 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] CustomAction after Install or Repair?
Hi, I have a CustomA
I've been asked to create a virtual directory that points to a network path. It
appears from the help file that I must refer to a Directory element when
defining the WebVirtualDir element.
Is there some other way to accomplish this short of writing a custom action?
-
Have you searched through the Wix help file using keywords like registry and
permissions?
-Original Message-
From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:03 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject:
that is
generated. If you have two msi packages and they are not absolutely identical
then each needs a different GUID.
Ian
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From: Bob Lim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:20 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset
08 11:01 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] error LGHT0217 - The Windows Installer Service could
not be accessed
If there are issues they are in the Windows Installer since they provide the
tool for validation.
-Original Message-
From
Hi,
We've recently seen the following error sometimes in builds. When we retry the
build leg, the error disappears.
We've caught the error on different build machines with different products
where 3.0/2.0 wix are used.
Product with 3.0 wix:
1>errors in directory e:\sdaws\main\product\installe
This is more of a windows installer question. Please see the following:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368010.aspx
-Original Message-
From: Andrew Kendall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:13 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370536(VS.85).aspx
From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:51 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] How to enable I
It sounds like the two msi's don't have ALLUSERS set to the same value. I don't
believe you can perform a major upgrade on msi's that don't match. They both
have to be per-user or per-machine. You can't mix and match as far as major
upgrades go.
-Original Message-
From: chaiguy1337 [mai
ing removed (which I
assume is the case in an explicit uninstall), which makes sense. Is this
correct?
Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) wrote:
>
> This should get you started:
> http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-part-8-major-upgrade.aspx
>
> Also,
tions. Loading user
profiles is tricky from what I've heard.
-Original Message-
From: Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:41
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] uninstall per
I've used a custom action to do something similar in the past. A stripped down
version of the code is below. I can't guarantee 100% effectiveness but it
worked for my needs at the time.
UINT __stdcall FunctionName (MSIHANDLE hMsi)
{
UINT uiStatus = ERROR_SUCCESS;
WriteToLog( hMsi, _T("E
This should get you started:
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-part-8-major-upgrade.aspx
Also, when a major upgrade runs the UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE property is passed
into the version being uninstalled.
-Original Message-
From: chaiguy1337 [mailto:[EMAIL
If you don't want the original msi to execute the custom action when being
uninstalled via major upgrade, you need the condition of NOT
UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE to be in the original msi. It's not clear to me if you
have that condition in the original msi or the second msi.
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Here is code from an installer I have that works for me:
-Original Message-
From: Amy Rosewater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:44 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] grant permissions on a folder to a speci
I don't think Wix has a native way to get the version number. However, using
the Upgrade table, if you define a row for each version you are trying to
detect, then if the property of that row has the GUID then you know that
version exists.
Also, you can use the api MsiGetProductInfo in a custom
What conditions have you tried on the component? Have you tried "NOT Installed"?
Are you creating the database with SqlDatabase tag? If so, please paste your
code for that tag.
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From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, Octob
You should be able to Google "msi chainer" or "msi bootstrapper" (or something
similar) and find some information.
There is one free chainer that I have used in the past and that works well
located at:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/dotNetInstaller.aspx
You can download the source and se
Alex,
Thanks very much. That is very helpful. That might be worth adding to your very
useful blog. I refer to it almost daily!
Ian
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From: Alexander Shevchuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:39 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer
Hi,
I haven't yet used Wix fragments but have used a couple of include commands.
I've been trying to research what the difference is between using fragments vs
including code via type tags but am not finding anything.
Can anyone offer a basic explanation on how the two differ?
T
the letter O... but it
is tough to see with that font, but there is a slight difference (the
letter O is more round and the number 0 is more oval).
Jim Williams
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From: Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation)
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Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:24
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