[WiX-users] XmlFile adding emnpty xmlns attribute

2007-03-25 Thread John Lemire
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to use xmlfile to add a standard element to a standard .config file that originally looks like this: http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0";> I have it creating the elements and their attributes ok but it is also adding an x

[WiX-users] FW: Background color (and other settings) for a Dialog

2006-12-02 Thread John Lemire
Have you had success with this approach? I've never been able to get the background bitmap to stay behind all the other controls once users started clicking around in the dialog. It always seems that eventually one or more of them gets z-ordered behind the bitmap and disappears on me... __

Re: [WiX-users] File attributes - how to set "Archive" bit?

2006-12-02 Thread John Lemire
This brings up a question that occurs to me fairly regularly reading this list and that is is it hard to be a contributor to the wix effort and/or does it take a long time to see contributed changes become available? This seems like the kind of candidate question where it'd be nice to recommend

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-07 Thread John Lemire
of others who's names I'm not yet familiar with yet. Appologies for the misunderstanding and many thanks for the great work, commitment, and effort. -john -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 9:13 AM To: John Lemire

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-07 Thread John Lemire
Yes the hypocrisy of which is not lost on us as Microsoft uses this exceptionally handy feature itself (in the windows installer installer instmsi.exe no less) while discouraging it and leaving it undocumented... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beh

Re: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-06 Thread John Lemire
and if it matches one it applies that ones transfom before showing the UI. -Original Message- From: Derek Cicerone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sat 8/5/2006 5:38 PM To: John Lemire; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Multi-language msi What is the MsiTran S

[WiX-users] Multi-language msi

2006-08-05 Thread John Lemire
Title: Multi-language msi Hi, We are currently using the MsiTran / SummaryInfo mechanism to build a single msi for English, French, German, and Italian. We're being asked to add Japanese, Chinese, and Korean and I was thinking if wix would make this easier maybe now would be a good time to i

Re: [WiX-users] RFC: Moving Wix 3.0 to use the .NET Framework 2.0

2006-06-15 Thread John Lemire
I think it’s very nice that candle/light/etc now run on either. We too develop apps that must run on either so we have some dev boxes that only have 1.1 on them. Naturally this includes the automated build servers which only have 1.1 and VS2003 on them to ensure no code references 2.0 cla

Re: [WiX-users] NEWBIE problem

2006-06-13 Thread John Lemire
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tue 6/13/2006 7:14 PMTo: John Lemire; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: RE: [WiX-users] NEWBIE problem More generally Components are "small" and Features are "things users canturn on and off".  So, typically a Feature contains many Co

[WiX-users] NEWBIE problem

2006-06-13 Thread John Lemire
Hi, First just a warning - this is my first foray into wix. I am trying to build a wxs file to install an asp.net web service and an asp.net web app that is a front end to it. If I understand the logical and constructs correctly then each of these is a and because I want the user to be able t