Re: [WiX-users] Per-User Previlage To Write to Program Files

As I understand this, the original problem wasn't explained at all clearly. The issue is not about a limited user being unable to install to Program Files. The issue is that with the IS per-user installer, the user gets offered a UAC prompt and the installation proceeds if he authenticates corr

Re: [WiX-users] Writing a C++ Custom Action Project

Your checks for an empty string are wrong - constructs like ip == L"" need to be *ip == 0 or similar. Check the documentation for the sprintf() implementation you're using. In Standard C %s is for a normal character string but you're using it for wide character strings - that would e

Re: [WiX-users] WSX file contains extra files?

You'll probably find it useful to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html and follow its advice. On 23/02/2015 15:56, Chrys Perdue wrote: > Does anyone have a solution for this? I keep getting this error but don't > understand why it is saying that I have these extra dlls. What do

Re: [WiX-users] Torch output, how to force wixmst XML output instead of CAB

ASCII (the One True ASCII, ANSI X3.4-1986) is the 7 bit subset of both Windows "ANSI" and Unicode. In UTF-8 encoding, this subset is a 7-bit value, so ends up in a single byte which makes it identical to the ASCII and "ANSI" encodings. The top half of Windows "ANSI" (values 128 to 255) does not

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstalling Service on Windows Server 2012 Not Removing Service

No. What does a verbose log show? > From: Greg Edwards [mailto:gedwa...@polariswireless.com] > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 9:53 PM > > I have a WIX installer build to install a Windows Service. When the > uninstaller is run on a Windows 8, it properly removes the service. But > when run on a Windo

Re: [WiX-users] RemoveFolderEx really slow on large folders

How does rollback work with your CA? > From: Sascha Sertel [mailto:sascha.ser...@gmail.com] > > Yes, what it is getting hung up on is enumerating a hundred > thousand files one by one and adding them up to a giant string > that is passed on to the MSI engine. > > I looked at the RemoveFolderEx C

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

Perhaps I'm missing something, or this just works by luck, but it seems to work for me in WiX v2: If I'm living on borrowed time, I'd value an explanation. > From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 6:56 PM

Re: [WiX-users] Check for Installed app

http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/ > From: Joel Palmer [mailto:jpalmer1...@comcast.net] > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 6:17 PM > > Can you give me the code to check for a previously installed > version of my app? Then, prevent install if it is there? > > Currently, I am allowed to install the same a

Re: [WiX-users] Setup.exe cygwin question

Before that even, I suggest explaining what this is about. Cygwin has a working installer. You're proposing creating a new installer for Cygwin which looks just like the current one. Why? I can imagine possible reasons, but without knowing some good ones it sound like a great deal of work for no ga

Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand will not accept any path with spaces

> From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:46 PM > On 12/20/2013 01:43 PM, Jeremy Farrell wrote: > >> From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] > >> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:28 PM > >> On 12/20/2013 01:16 PM, E

Re: [WiX-users] ExeCommand will not accept any path with spaces

> From: Gerry Reno [mailto:gr...@verizon.net] > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:28 PM > On 12/20/2013 01:16 PM, Edwin Castro wrote: > > On 12/20/13, 9:49 AM, Gerry Reno wrote: > >> It's not a Windows program. It's a CUI program that you launch from > cmd.exe > > Which you can still more easily s

Re: [WiX-users] Could not load file or assembly 'GMap.NET.Core, Version=1.7.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b85b9027b614afef' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified

I'm lost; what has this got to do with WiX? > From: james pruett [mailto:gpscru...@gmail.com] > > Hi, > Can anyone spot what I am doing wrong? > Thanks for looking. > -cellurl > > > VisualStudio10 comes up with this error:-- > > Could not load file or assembly 'GMap.NET.Core, Versi

Re: [WiX-users] Read System IP adresss

To start with you need to define what you mean by "System IP address". The smallest Windows systems I use have four different IP addresses, others have many more. > From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 08:55 > > In wix I want to read system IP add

Re: [WiX-users] Add Templates

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 7:46 AM > > Hi, > > How to add templates in wix. > > Thanks for help > > Chaitanya.

Re: [WiX-users] Where to install to by default nowadays; App Data or Program Files?

Googling 'msdn appdata' brought up http://blogs.msdn.com/b/patricka/archive/2010/03/18/where-should-i-store-my-data-and-configuration-files-if-i-target-multiple-os-versions.aspx which might be useful. > From: Katherine Moss [mailto:katherine.m...@gordon.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Re: [WiX-users] ldap_open/ldap_connect in Custom Action

Assuming the code is C or similar ... I know nothing about these APIs, but the way you're calling them doesn't make sense. If they expect to receive a pointer to a wide character as their first parameter, then they presumably expect that pointer to point to a wide character string - taking a poi

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstallation

> From: DellaRosa, James [mailto:jdellar...@aspexcorp.com] > > I have been trying, for about two days not, to get my product to use > the same .msi to install and uninstall. I've no idea what you're trying to say here. WI usually works by using the same MSI to install and uninstall. What are y

Re: [WiX-users] Completely revert installation on install failure

Yes, David Watson did at 2012-01-11 18:09:28 GMT: > > Rollback should and does happen automatically. If you have any custom > actions they need to cater for this. What does a verbose log say? > > How are you installing the service, are you using the > element? From: Kevin Hebert [mailto:ke...@le

Re: [WiX-users] Help needed

> From: Kshitish Seet [mailto:kshitish.s...@nextsphere.com] > > I am asked to use Windows Installer XML > (WiX) to create installation > package. I donot know where to start. If anybody have done > anything on this please advise. The web page you mention would b

Re: [WiX-users] Can an x86 msi create a registry key under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node on x64 systems?

If you run a 32-bit MSI then its registry entries will be created under Wow6432Node automatically on 64-bit versions of Windows. This is an feature of how Windows emulates the 32-bit environment on 64-bit Windows, nothing to do with WiX or Windows Installer. > From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaoh

Re: [WiX-users] Combined 32-bit and 64-bit MSI?

The fact that you need separate MSI files but can build them both from the same source? > From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] > > AFAICT, both links use separate MSI files for 32-bit and > 64-bit installs. > > Did I miss something? > > -Original Message- > From: Wilson, Phil

Re: [WiX-users] Why are we using a mailing list vs forum?

> From: john.bu...@telvent.com [mailto:john.bu...@telvent.com] > Subject: [WiX-users] Why are we using a mailing list vs forum? > > Just curious. Because mailing lists are easier and far more convenient to use. > I find forums easier to use. :o) ... All down to personal preference. I believe

Re: [WiX-users] Suppress Warning LGHT1008

> From: Simon Chromow [mailto:simon.chro...@bewotec.de] > > Hello everybody, > is it possible to suppress the warning LGHT1008? > > Thanks for your efforts > Simon http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wix+light+suppress+warnings -- Ach

Re: [WiX-users] VC++ redistributable questions

> From: Tobias S [mailto:tobias.s1...@gmail.com] > > ... > > - Most installs run in UI mode Interesting, where did you get that information from? What's the ratio between UI-mode runs and silent, and how accurate is the estimate believed to be? ---

Re: [WiX-users] MSVC problem on Vista (no SP)

You'd perhaps get a more useful answer if you told us what the problem is. > From: Michael Tissington [mailto:michael_tissing...@ciqual.com] > > I have a problem when doing a major upgrade on Vista (no > service pack) > > My install is using both MSVC 9.0 and 10.0 merge modules. > The first

Re: [WiX-users] How to write INSTALLDIR to registry?

That defines a property called WIXUI_INSTALLDIR with the value "INSTALLDIR". it has nothing to do with a property called INSTALLDIR. > From: Michel [mailto:mic...@acromania.nl] > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:33 AM > > INSTALLDIR is defined: > > > > ... -

Re: [WiX-users] One install for multiple OS

And the problem is? > From: Robert Hermann [mailto:rob.herm...@nicewareintl.com] > > I've got an install for a backend service that needs to > consider a couple of OS and then scenarios within that os. > > For the time being I need my project to first detect the os > and if its not at least

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Previous Inno Setup Installed App

One thing is that it looks like you're not allowing for the automatic redirection of various things such as the registry when you run 32-bit things on a 64-bit system. If your installer is 32-bit and you run it on a 64-bit system, then references to 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft' will get silently redirec

Re: [WiX-users] install location not preserved while upgradation

Feel free to contribute the implementation and documentation. > From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 8:48 PM > > There should be simpler method like "MigrateFeatures" in > "UpgradeVersion"element. > > On 02-02-2011 12:24, Neil Sleighthol

Re: [WiX-users] Where is DesktopFolder?

It means much the same as having ProgramFilesFolder underneath the TARGETDIR - the shortcut will go where you want it to go and the installer will build. > From: Kevin Burton [mailto:kev...@buyseasons.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:57 AM > > So what does it mean to have "DesktopFolde

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall shortcut?

ng what registry > settings they establish. So unless WiX has some special > registry settings it seems that these registry settings are incorrect. > > Kevin Burton > Senior Software Engineer > BUYSEASONS > 262-901-2000 Office > 262-901-2312 Fax > kev...@buyseasons.com &

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall shortcut?

Are you saying that the example doesn't work? In what way does it fail? > From: Kevin Burton [mailto:kev...@buyseasons.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:14 PM > > The link to install an uninstall link seems to be outdated: > > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_an_uninstall_s

Re: [WiX-users] How do you fix this error? (id is too long, 72 characters max)

Maybe it's just my lack of understanding, but you don't seem to be giving us many clues here. You say the problem Id is in "a generated file" - what file, generated by what? > -Original Message- > From: John Bergman [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] > Sent: Thursday, Decem

Re: [WiX-users] Hide commandline parameters in CAQuietExec

The '"/c" switch in the commandline' is - how can I put this - in the commandline ;). It's a parameter of the command, just data as far as WiX is concerned. It can't affect Wix's behaviour. > -Original Message- > From: David Binkovic [mailto:david.binko...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Thursd

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action

No, the CA DLL doesn't get installed at all if you've set it up correctly. It's a binary stream in the MSI and is available at uninstall time. Hard to tell what's wrong without seeing your WiX code and the relevant bits of a verbose log. > From: sagar shinde [mailto:sagar.i...@gmail.com] > >

Re: [WiX-users] Dealing with packages bigger than 2Gb

So you're assuming that whoever wrote the error message included three different ways to fix the problem, but chose not to mention the best way? Why do you assume that? > From: vivekanandan balaguru [mailto:vivb...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 7:49 PM > > We are trying to bui

Re: [WiX-users] Issues when evaluating a condition

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=msi+verbose+log > -Original Message- > From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 9:52 PM > > Ok, how do I gereragte a verose log? > Cheers > Seanm. > > -Original Message- > From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] >

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

Then the customer needs to speak to Microsoft and get them to change how their Windows package installation system works. The MSI service is part of the Operating System. It has nothing directly to do with your installation, in the sense that your installation doesn't control anything about it.

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapping and Burn

> From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 6:55 PM > > On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:31:34 -0700 (PDT) > Christopher Painter wrote: > > > Well said other then I don't agree that InstallShield is the reason > > people don't want to write installs.  ( Although this s

Re: [WiX-users] How author wix file to uninstall previous MSI version?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wix+uninstall+previous+upgrade > From: Lucius Fleuchaus [mailto:luci...@microsoft.com] > > Hello, I like to author an MSI in such a way that it first > uninstalls any previous version using the same upgrade code. > What is the key element of a wix file that enables this

Re: [WiX-users] WiX proposal on Area51

Would this be instead of the mailing list, rather than as well as it or gatewayed to it like the existing nabble interface? If so, I'd hate the idea, can't stand these horrible "web-based forums". Regards, jjf > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Wednes

Re: [WiX-users] Logging Error

Perhaps Windows path separators (\) in the paths? > From: Thode, Katelyn [mailto:katelyn.th...@guidancesoftware.com] > > I am attempting to log the installation of a package I > created. When I run the following command line: > > msiexec.exe /I "C:/comp/code/libdbg/tfuInstaller.msi" /l*v > "

Re: [WiX-users] Error when tryin to install the latest drop of the wix toolset

Other than the various people who've discussed it on this list and answered the questions about it in the last couple of days? > From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 9:47 AM > Importance: High > > Hi: > > When trying to install the latest drop

Re: [WiX-users] Quiet Execution of an executable embedded within the MSI

The traditional way to do this (discussed on this list a few times a few years ago) is a little hacky, but works well enough. 1) Put your executable in a self-extracting archive, using iexpress for example; 2) execute the self-extracting archive from the binary table in a 'quiet' mode, putting

Re: [WiX-users] Speeding up Light command

That's funny, it only takes about 20 seconds for me. Perhaps if you provide some information about what you're doing, people may be able to work out what's going on and suggest fixes or workarounds. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -Original Message- > From: S.P [mai

Re: [WiX-users] when can we expect Wix 3.5 RTM?

ng silly questions like this over and over > again? ;-) > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jeremy Farrell [mailto:jfarr...@pillardata.com] > > Sent: Dienstag, 13. April 2010 17:22 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] when

Re: [WiX-users] when can we expect Wix 3.5 RTM?

I'll be surprised if the date has moved much since this question was answered yesterday, or even since the several times it and similar questions have been answered in recent weeks. > From: MYFLEX [mailto:shrinuen...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 5:41 AM > > when can we expect Wix 3

Re: [WiX-users] Beginner's Question: 32 Bit MSI on 64 Bit OS

I can't imagine why you'd consider that to be "obvious" - it's nonsense. WiX is software, it can have knowledge of anything its authors want, and it can build any knowledge it needs to into an msi. An msi for a 32-bit application doesn't need any knowledge of the 64-bit environment anyway. You

Re: [WiX-users] Wix 2.0 to Wix 3.0

Your question doesn't make sense. WiX 2.0 and WiX 3.0 are releases of the WiX toolset which you use to build MSIs (product installers) - WiX is not a product installer. To move from one to the other you just upgrade the WiX toolset on your build machine, following the instructions with the new rele

Re: [WiX-users] Problem installing a .NET installer-based service using InstallUtilLib.dll

Err ... perhaps I'm missing something, but: in the message you link to, Brian describes the problem, then Neil points to the MSDN documentation on how to avoid the problem, then Brian says this method "appears to work perfectly". Have you tried the recommendations in the message you linked to? > -

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch Type raw causes a '1' to bewrittenin RegLocater table - should be a '2'

Wow, that's incredibly ancient - an early development build from 2004 or earlier. The bits have probably rotted. The release version of WIX 2.0 is 2.0.5805.0 which was released in 2008; since WiX 3.0 was released in July 2009 though, even that is obsolescent. If you want to stick to WiX 2.0 (perha

Re: [WiX-users] CNDL1033, LGHT1079 - question about long cabinet file names

I'd be very surprised if anyone could answer that question, certainly not reliably and completely. As the message clearly says, it's unsupported; and as the message helpfully explains, that means it's not guaranteed to work. That means anything can happen. Developers of everything which ever touche

Re: [WiX-users] Avoiding hard-coding the path to the WiX SDK when usingthe WDK

I recommend keeping the tools under source control, so you always know where they are and what they are. If you don't want to do that, the simplest thing is probably just to normalize the WIX variable in the script you use to launch build. Something like for %%X in ("%WIX%") do set WIX=%%~fsX

Re: [WiX-users] How to handle Registry Redirection through WIXon64-bit Platform

> From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:49 AM > > ... > An MSI has a platform attribute which must be set to "Intel" for x86 > packages or "Intel64" for x64 packages (can also use "AMD64" for x64 > packages but it's deprecated by "Intel64"). >

Re: [WiX-users] Building Votive - Email found in subject

Works for me as long as I correct for the line wrapping. > -Original Message- > From: Jahanzeb Khan [mailto:jk...@commondesk.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:32 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Building Votive - Email fou

Re: [WiX-users] Wix redistributable

or 2008 > Standard Edition or higher is not installed." > > Neil > > -Original Message- > From: Jeremy Farrell [mailto:jfarr...@pillardata.com] > Sent: 05 January 2010 19:02 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix redi

Re: [WiX-users] Wix redistributable

Really? Why? I'm still using an old version of WiX which didn't include such a warning - why was it added? Does something not work properly with more recent versions of WiX if Visual Studio isn't present? > -Original Message- > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > Sent: T

Re: [WiX-users] UI Custom Action displays dialog behing MSI UI

I had a similar situation where I needed to convert a mass of existing code into MSI custom actions. This code called various driver installation APIs which could create message boxes in unusual situations, and these boxes were displaying behind (and hidden by) the MSI UI. I know almost nothing ab

Re: [WiX-users] _Validation table

So MSDN is wrong when it says "This table is not shipped with the installer database"? In that case I assume either that it's intending to say something other than what it says, or it's presuming the use of a particular toolset which strips the table. As far as WIX is concerned though, this table i

Re: [WiX-users] InstallShield 2010 vs InstallAware 9

I don't know where you draw the line between 'simple' and 'top shelf', a few of the products whose installers were developed entirely with WiX are: Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 (over 4,600 files and 53,000 registry keys) Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Sun Microsystems MySQL > -Original Me

Re: [WiX-users] Are short names even useful anymore?

Don't forget that the WI team are still living back before UNICODE was invented. WI, the team that time forgot. > -Original Message- > From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:27 PM > To: d...@tramontana.co.hu; General discu

Re: [WiX-users] Windows 2003 Server 64 bit and XP 64 bit

You missed the MsiNTProductType property. Regards, jjf > -Original Message- > From: John Lalande [mailto:johnlala...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 10:32 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Windows 2003 Server 64 bit and XP 64 bit >

Re: [WiX-users] Cannot install in any other drive, except c drive

> From: Sunkesula, Srivardhan [mailto:srivardhan.sunkes...@netapp.com] > > I have a strange problem with my installer. >When I select a drive other than C drive for installation. >The installation is failing. > Can you please let me know, what could be the problem? > > > Thanks & Re

Re: [WiX-users] using dism.exe in my custom action

You missed the wonderful file system redirector. Whichever of the two names you use, Windows forces the 32-bit custom action to use the file in SysWOW64. [WindowsFolder]Sysnative\dism.exe should do what you need. > From: Lian Jiang [mailto:lji...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Friday, September 18, 20

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Driver Packages

> From: Slide [mailto:slide.o@gmail.com] > > I have two drivers that I need to install, I currently have > two inf files for them. Apparently DIFXAPP doesn't support > this as I get the following error: > > ... > DIFXAPP: ERROR: more than one driver package found in 'C:\Program > Files\MYAP

Re: [WiX-users] Can an installer use a file (extracted to the temparory file extraction directory) but not actually install it?

> From: Lian Jiang [mailto:lji...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 4:45 AM > > I have a driver file mydriver.sys which will be installed to > c:\windows\system32. What I am doing is: > > Step 1: install mydriver.sys to c:\program files\myapp; > Step 2: a custom action install this

Re: [WiX-users] How to treat support files that do not getinstalledontarget machine?

You sounds a bit confused about merge modules. Think of them as source code; they're used when building your MSI, to include functionality defined by a third party. The merge module doesn't exist when you get to the machine on which you're installing you're MSI. As a parallel, suppose I sent you a

Re: [WiX-users] warning LGHT1076: ICE47

When you ask for a way to get rid of a warning without fixing the problem and without suppressing the warning, it's hard to imagine what could be suggested. > -Original Message- > From: Vuchuru, Surekha (SBT US EXT) > [mailto:surekha.vuchuru@siemens.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 11,

Re: [WiX-users] Is there a walkthrough that works for installingdrivers in an MSI, wix v 3 (5120)?

Perhaps MSDN will be helpful: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms790295.aspx?ppud=4 Regards, jjf > -Original Message- > From: Mark Roden [mailto:mmro...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:06 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolse

Re: [WiX-users] Packaging multiple installers

The whole MSI SDK documentation is huge, no one would expect anyone to absorb it all quickly; many people building MSIs only need to be conversant with a fraction of it. Did you look at the Remarks section of the Feature Table documentation, as Rob recommended? It's about half a page, and (as he sa

Re: [WiX-users] Packaging multiple installers

Did you look at the resource he recommended to you? What further questions do you have after studying that? Sarcastic slamming of helpful responses is unlikely to encourage people to help you further, and is likely to put off others who might have helped. > From: SToney [mailto:stoneya...@msn.c

Re: [WiX-users] Error CNDL0288: The variable 'Configuration' with value'Release' was previously declared with value 'Release'

It would probably be helpful if you showed the code. Please show all uses of the token 'Configuration' in the .wxs file which candle is complaining about. > -Original Message- > From: Scott Button [mailto:scott.but...@sphericalangle.com] > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 7:02 PM > To: wix-use

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting Server 2008 Core

http://www.letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=Detecting+Server+2008+Core > -Original Message- > From: Alex Ivanoff [mailto:alex.ivan...@shavlik.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 7:10 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Detecting Server 2008

Re: [WiX-users] Log file generation

http://www.letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=msi+log+file > -Original Message- > From: Hukumchand Shah [mailto:hukum.s...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:18 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Log file generation > > Hi, >

Re: [WiX-users] extracting WiX compiled version from msi file

Not at all - it's the simplest and most straightforward option I've seen so far ... > -Original Message- > From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:42 PM > To: chr...@deploymentengineering.com; General discussion for > Windows Installer XM

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent 32 bit MSI install on 64 bit OS

The VersionNT64, Intel64, and Msix64 properties are all imprecisely and inaccurately worded, which makes it very difficult to work out how to use them properly. It's a while since I wasted a chunk of time experimenting to work out what they actually mean, but I'm fairly sure that Msix64 being defin

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent 32 bit MSI install on 64 bit OS

> From: Jeremy Lew [mailto:j...@liquidmachines.com] > > Before I resort to a CA that tries to call IsWow64Process(), is there > any other simple way to bail out if attempting to run a 32 > bit installer > on a Win64 OS? (My product requires the 64 bit installer on a > 64 bit OS) Launch conditi

[WiX-users] MSI, pkgmgr, DISM, Optional Components

How is Windows Installer related to the other Microsoft packaging tools (pkgmgr.exe in Windows Server 2008 and DISM.exe in Windows 7), in particular when using them to enable or disable Windows Optional Components? I know that I can't "nest" Windows Installer invocations (that is, use a Custom Acti

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting IA64 bit architecture

Only if a "better" solution is one which doesn't meet your requirements ;). Msix64 doesn't tell you anything about Itanium; if Msix64 is not defined, you could be on either a 32-bit or an Itanium processor (or running with a version of Windows Installer earlier than 3.1). You were asking about a p

Re: [WiX-users] Detecting IA64 bit architecture

> From: Andy2k8 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Is there any property that i can use to detect itanium 64 bit > architecture and abort the installation? Intel64 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372396(VS.85).aspx

Re: [WiX-users] Equivalent of UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE under MSI < 4.0

> From: dB. > > I just realized that UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE is an MSI 4.0 thing. How can I > detect that the product is being uninstalled during a major > upgrade for old versions of MSI? That's bad realization; if you're basing it on MSDN, you've been caught by some poor thinking (or rather, lack

[WiX-users] Checking/installing Windows 2008 Features

What is the best way for a WiX v2 built installer to test if one of the standard Windows Server 2008 Features is installed? Is it possible for an MSI file to invoke the installation of a Feature before continuing with the rest of its own installation? I need to check if a Feature is installed; if

Re: [WiX-users] Installing certificates with WiX v2

. > > -Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Farrell > > I'm using the release version of WiX v2 (2.0.5805.0) and need > to install > a certificate to the local machine's Trusted Root Certification > Authorities certificate store and the Trusted Publishers certific

[WiX-users] Installing certificates with WiX v2

I'm using the release version of WiX v2 (2.0.5805.0) and need to install a certificate to the local machine's Trusted Root Certification Authorities certificate store and the Trusted Publishers certificate store - the equivalent of certmgr.exe -add cert.cer -s -r localMachine root certmgr.exe -a

Re: [WiX-users] Improve the WiX mailing list

Is there a big complaint? I thought it was just that many people prefer a mailing list to a forum, in the same way that you prefer a forum to a mailing list. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Christopher Painter > Sent: Monday, J

Re: [WiX-users] WIX 3.0 release date

> From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:10 PM > > WiX v2 *is* out of beta. It has been for a good many months > (http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2008/02/17/WiX-toolset-o > n-SourceForge-marked-ProductionStable.aspx). We're going to > have to do an

Re: [WiX-users] wix mailing lists open to public => more spam

> From: DEÁK JAHN, Gábor > > On Thu, 22 May 2008 10:26:27 -0700, Neil Enns wrote: > > Neil, > > > I was one of those people. It's painful. And I can figure out Wix... > > Come on, guys, all it takes is a single, emtpy e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and, I guess, a reply to a confirmation m

Re: [WiX-users] Device Driver Installation

It's called the WDK these days, and is available from MSDN under Windows Server 2008. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Mahieu Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 4:20 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net;

Re: [WiX-users] wix mailing lists open to public => more spam

Require registration to post. WiX isn't the sort of subject that people typically want to ask a question or two about and then forget. Most newbies have been tasked with using WiX, so would be well advised to follow the list anyway. For the few people who have valid reasons to ask a question or

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade Problem with WIX installer

You were asked if you had changed the "product code" and you replied that you had changed the "product upgrade code". What do you mean by that term? The message you are seeing implies that you have not changed the product code. You need to give precise accurate information for people to be able

Re: [WiX-users] Systray doesn't work during Repair

> From: Anidil > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:19 AM > > It works fine during repair when i change the condition to > "Installed".But it doesn't launch automatically after the > installation unless i make it "NOT Installed" , in that > case repair doesn't work :(...strange.. What's strange?

Re: [WiX-users] Forums...

Maybe no-one can remember. I can't be sure if it was here, but I've a feeling there was such discussion once. It should be possible to find out from the archives. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aurélien DEROUINEAU

Re: [WiX-users] silent uninstallation using wix

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jenefer > > I am new to wix programming. I have created a wix installer > that will copy files to some desired directories on installation. > The current situation is such that every time i make changes to > the files i need to b

Re: [WiX-users] In place upgradation...

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of V K Gangwar Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 4:22 AM I developed an MSI installer with version 1.10.0. I want to upgrade this installer with version 1.11.0. When I double click on version

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrading

> From: Craig0ss > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 12:01 PM > > Ive read alot of other posts regarding upgrading but ive yet > to find any > information relavent to my situation, so if anyone knows of > any threads and > have the links to them then please post. Here is what i want to do > > I n

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:35 PM > > In article > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Jeremy Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Then, assuming the documentat

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with copy file

Then, assuming the documentation's correct, it needs to be set to a property which contains the required path as the doc says. In DestinationProperty="PATH" which works, you've set it to the name of the property called PATH which contains a pathname. You need to create a property which cont

[WiX-users] WiX v2 status

What is the current status of WiX v2? Rob wrote back in early April about its going into escrow in preparation for releasing the "final build". I've not seen any announcements about it since then, and can't find anything about an "official release" on the web sites. There was a build 2.0.5325.0

Re: [WiX-users] Bitmap scaling

From: Scott Palmer On 1/22/07, Bob Arnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Steve Bennett wrote: Ok, I should have clarified that I have read that bit of the tutorial many times and it doesn't help a lot. In part

Re: [WiX-users] DIFx prompt shows up behind UI

> From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > J. J. Farrell wrote: > > At the moment I'm setting these SetupAPI parameters to > > NULL. I'm guessing from Bob's message that I can solve > > this problem by passing a handle to the Installer UI > > window instead of NULL. Does this sound right?

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