[WiX-users] Cndl0099 when using v3.5

2010-03-29 Thread Jeff Yates
I had wix 3.0 installed and built four wix projects in vs 2008 sp1; 1 library and 3 installers referencing that wixlib. I compiled alll with pedantic warning level. Everything worked. Now, I have installed the beta of 3.5 and the installers fail to build, citing error cndl0099 in the autogenerated

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling related products

2008-09-03 Thread Jeff Yates
? SOmething like that? On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 23:01, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff Yates wrote: > > I then uninstall A. > > > > Can I also uninstall B, C, D and E as part of A? > > > > That requires a chainer .exe. It can't be done fro

Re: [WiX-users] WIX built MSI uninstall compatibility problem (2nd try)

2008-09-03 Thread Jeff Yates
Only issue I have with that approach is that it doesn't document intent whereas explicitly stating an auto-generated guid using ?s does. On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 20:24, Alexander Shevchuk < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Warning message is saying what need to be done: > > "... Please remove the Id att

Re: [WiX-users] WIX built MSI uninstall compatibility problem (2nd try)

2008-09-03 Thread Jeff Yates
We remove this in two ways... Use the question mark GUID for the Id to generate a new Product Id each build, or use a define to define the code. The compiler doesn't know if this changes or not and so doesn't care (we then change the define in the wxi file whenever we do a brand new release). I

Re: [WiX-users] WIX uninstall compatibility

2008-09-03 Thread Jeff Yates
That's an illegal GUID. GUIDs are in hex and so only contain the digits 0-9 and letters A-F. Use GuidGen to generate one for you - don't make one up yourself. On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:20, Jay H. Cho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, everyone > > I have question on maintaining uninstall version c

[WiX-users] Uninstalling related products

2008-09-03 Thread Jeff Yates
Hi everyone, If you have a moment, I was wondering if there was a way to uninstall additional products when uninstalling another product. For example... I install product A. I then install B, C, D, E (these are add-ons for A that I install via their own MSI and upgrade codes etc - so basically,

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the installation location of a product

2008-08-27 Thread Jeff Yates
7; Name='InstallDir' /> > > This was from the tutorial at: > http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ > Hth > Sean. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Yates > Sent: 27 August 2008 20:56 > To: wix

[WiX-users] Detect the installation location of a product

2008-08-27 Thread Jeff Yates
Hi, I want to create an MSI that detects the installation directory of another already installed product and then installs additional files and folders to that location. Is there a way I can do this in WiX? I am currently using v2. I am responsible for the installer of the product I want to detect

[WiX-users] Deploying optional components

2008-07-15 Thread Jeff Yates
e language packs). If you have any alternative approaches that would suit our current situation, please do share. Thanks for the help. Kind regards, Jeff Yates - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move D