Re: [WiX-users] New votive... rocks

2006-10-25 Thread Jarl Friis
gt; visual studio -> hack and slash -> compile -> > goto hack and slash" process is greatly improved. The VS error list is > populated, dbl-clicking on an error takes you to the source location, > intellisense, ctrl-shift-b.. everything! I completely agree... kudos to the tea

[WiX-users] Trying to create a Major upgrade with V3 (bug?)

2006-10-21 Thread Jarl Friis
#x27;. Anyone got a clue? Is this a bug? Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarlfriis - Using T

Re: [WiX-users] Checking for .NET 2.0 or 1.1 installed

2006-10-20 Thread Jarl Friis
r-detecting-the-clr.aspx Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarlfriis - Using Tomcat but need t

Re: [WiX-users] Feature lost in dark (V3)

2006-10-20 Thread Jarl Friis
Rob Mensching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Please do open a bug with the stack trace. Also, please make sure > you are using the latest WiX toolset. Done, bug 1581071 Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMA

Re: [WiX-users] Undocumented preprocessor features.

2006-10-19 Thread Jarl Friis
the Control table. So I consider it a design flaw of Windows Installer rather than a design flaw of Wix. Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn:

Re: [WiX-users] Using dark on a MSI generated with WixUI

2006-10-19 Thread Jarl Friis
Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jarl Friis wrote: >> That's pretty smart. But it seems to be a little too smart. Because if >> I modify some UI stuff with Orca, and then darken it, it *incorrectly* >> detects that the user interface is WixUI_Mondo. I

[WiX-users] Undocumented preprocessor features.

2006-10-19 Thread Jarl Friis
ns. In the preprocessor doc (for V2), an exclamation seem not to be explained there. Could someone point me to some docs on this, please? Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in

Re: [WiX-users] in gives problems.

2006-10-19 Thread Jarl Friis
Jarl Friis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Jarl Friis wrote: >>> This results in Error LGHT0204: ICE18: KeyPath for Component: >>> 'Comp2' is Directory: >>> 'MyDir'. The

Re: [WiX-users] Using dark on a MSI generated with WixUI

2006-10-19 Thread Jarl Friis
o UI, then just > look in wix\src\ui\ext\UIExtension\wixlib. Thanks. Well I guess I was just playing with the tools. In case others are interested, I figured out that you can disable the UIExtension by modifying the dark.exe.config (that will result in the UI being part of the resulting wxs file. Ja

[WiX-users] Using dark on a MSI generated with WixUI

2006-10-19 Thread Jarl Friis
someone explain? I am using Version 3. jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarlfriis - Using

[WiX-users] Feature lost in dark (V3)

2006-10-19 Thread Jarl Friis
-trace that dark generates in V3, it should be considered as a bug-report. Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarlfriis ---

Re: [WiX-users] in gives problems.

2006-10-18 Thread Jarl Friis
Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jarl Friis wrote: >> This results in Error LGHT0204: ICE18: KeyPath for Component: >> 'Comp2' is Directory: >> 'MyDir'. The Directory/Component pair must be listed in the >> CreateFolders table. >>

Re: [WiX-users] in gives problems.

2006-10-18 Thread Jarl Friis
for each component: "FeaInstall", "FeaCopy" "FeaInstall" will always be installed, i.e. it installs the "MyFile.xsd". "FeaCopy" will be installed if and only if VS2005 is present. So the the file to be copied in the is specified by FileId, which

[WiX-users] in gives problems.

2006-10-18 Thread Jarl Friis
t copying a file, by installing/uninstalling the parent component. However, when the parent component does not contain any other elements than a CopyFile, I get the above error. Can someone tell me what it means? and what I should do to resolve it? Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100

Re: [WiX-users] VS2005 integration.

2006-10-18 Thread Jarl Friis
Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jarl Friis wrote: >> However I expect this part to be in a feature that is installed only >> if VS2005 is installed on the target computer. How do I do that? >> > > Take a look at the WiX3.msi source. The VS extension in

[WiX-users] VS2005 integration.

2006-10-18 Thread Jarl Friis
do that? Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarlfriis - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need

Re: [WiX-users] Using a generated (by tallow.exe) fragment file in acomponent

2006-10-05 Thread Jarl Friis
you _must_ use the same > installer component GUIDs, for the same reason as in Rob's blog > post. Yeah, I guess this was a heavy motivator for inventing Merge Modules. Regarding creation of GUIDs for components, I made another post to this list. Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøga

[WiX-users] dependencies when building MSI using VS2005/MSBuild

2006-10-05 Thread Jarl Friis
erate from the one already found in the .wxs file. I am not expert in building MSBuild tasks, but is it possible to have the WixTasks.dll take care of that? Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linke

[WiX-users] Guid="*"

2006-10-05 Thread Jarl Friis
he algorithm. This means that e.g. rebuilding a DLL (with even just the smallest change in source code), will result in a new component GUID. Would it be an idea to seperate this feature out to an separate external tool to compute such Guid? Name suggestions "match.exe" or "spark.e

Re: [WiX-users] Using a generated (by tallow.exe) fragment file in acomponent

2006-10-05 Thread Jarl Friis
Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jarl Friis wrote: >> appropriate element). I have expected to be able to avoid >> that for the standard reasons: >> It's time consuming. >> It does not require intelligence. >> It's error prone; In half-a

Re: [WiX-users] syncing many autogenerated files with wxs file

2006-10-03 Thread Jarl Friis
tteration feature in the preprocessor: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/preprocessor.htm Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn: https://www.l

Re: [WiX-users] Using a generated (by tallow.exe) fragment file in acomponent

2006-10-03 Thread Jarl Friis
t version number in the hash calculation. When you write .NET, you probably mean: regasm.exe/tlbexp.exe, right? Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarlfriis ---

[WiX-users] Using a generated (by tallow.exe) fragment file in a component

2006-10-03 Thread Jarl Friis
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Re: [WiX-users] Tool for converting reg file to WiX content.

2006-10-03 Thread Jarl Friis
Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jarl Friis wrote: >> Maybe, but it is not installed when installing the Wix3.msi (latest >> weekly build). Is that intentional? >> > Tallow is a WiX v2 > tool. Its replacement is > Heat in WiX v3 but it > doesn

[WiX-users] Incorrect link on web

2006-10-02 Thread Jarl Friis
On http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/tools.htm The link to "WiX on sourceForge" is incorrect (it does not work). The fix is obvious. Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linke

[WiX-users] Manual for wixcop

2006-10-02 Thread Jarl Friis
Hi. Are there any documentation for Wixcop? I don't fine the output of wixcop/? sufficient. What about the others? heat.exe lit.exe dark.exe setup.exe setupbld.exe ct.exe Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [WiX-users] Tool for converting reg file to WiX content.

2006-10-02 Thread Jarl Friis
Stefan Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi... > > tallow.exe is the tool > > it is part of WiX. Maybe, but it is not installed when installing the Wix3.msi (latest weekly build). Is that intentional? Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. D

[WiX-users] Tool for converting reg file to WiX content.

2006-10-02 Thread Jarl Friis
Hi. Does anyone know of a tool for converting reg-file to wix content I have a reg-file, and I would like to convert it to lines of WiX elements. Anyone any good idea. Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[WiX-users] Suggestion for enhancement.

2006-10-02 Thread Jarl Friis
Hi. May I suggest that the Wix samples are included in the Wix3.msi installation procedure. Thanks in advance. Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarlfriis

[WiX-users] What is PojectAggregator2.msi ?

2006-10-02 Thread Jarl Friis
I wonder what PojectAggregator2.msi is for. Wix3.msi cannot install until PojectAggregator2.msi is installed. What ever is installed with PojectAggregator2.msi, I wonder why this is not part of Wix3.msi installation procedure. Jarl -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø

Re: [WiX-users] errors using light.exe on the latest stable.

2006-09-07 Thread Jarl Friis
Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jarl Friis wrote: >> When I try out the SampleWixUI, I get lots of the following errors: >> > Which localization (.wxl) file are you using? What does your command > line look like? For example, with the en_us loc file, the ligh

[WiX-users] errors using light.exe on the latest stable.

2006-09-07 Thread Jarl Friis
is defined. What should I do? -- Jarl Friis Softace ApS Omøgade 8, 2.sal 2100 København Ø. Denmark Phone: +45 26 13 20 90 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarlfriis - Using Tomcat but need