Re: [WiX-users] candle failing from MSbuild w/ "The file exists"

where (candle, msbuild, sitting between keyboard and chair). In other words: it works, but I don't know why. ;-/ thanks ~John On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:38 PM, John M. Wright wrote: > When attempting to build a wixproj from VisualStudio 2012/MSBuild, it > started failing today with t

[WiX-users] candle failing from MSbuild w/ "The file exists"

When attempting to build a wixproj from VisualStudio 2012/MSBuild, it started failing today with the below message. Can you provide any insight as to why this might be failing and what file it is complaining already exists? Note: If I run the candle command directly in the console, instead of thr

[WiX-users] bundle shown in ARP after .net4 installed, but user cancelled

I have a custom .net BootstrapperApplication where I've included .net in the chain: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> When I run the installer on a machine wi

[WiX-users] windows guidelines reference on elevated permissions

Rob, You've mentioned a few times the windows guidelines stating a process (such as a burn MBA) shouldn't elevate until it's needed. (see quote below from another thread). I'd like to bring this to the attention of my product owner. Can you provide a link to the applicable windows guidelines text

[WiX-users] MBA ExecuteFilesInUse vs Error

I'm using wix 3.6 RC and have created a managed boot loader. Based on the xml comments in BootstrapperApplication.cs, I expected the ExecuteFilesInUse event to be raised in the case a file in my .msi is currently locked. However, what I'm actually seeing is the Error event firing with the followin

Re: [WiX-users] Managed bootstrapper; BootstrapperApplication.Engine.Elevate()

Did a sourceforge bug get created from the below email? If so, can you point me to it so I can monitor it's status? If not, can one be generated? Or -- is there already a way to determine if the user allowed the elevated permissions when calling Elevate directly? In my case, I'm performing custom

[WiX-users] Accessing MSI description / feature info from burn BootstrapperApplication

I've created a .net-based custom UI using a class extending Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperApplication (MBA). From within my code, I'm trying to get a list of the MSIs and their features so that I can create a Feature Tree style control to display in my WPF UI. In lo

[WiX-users] Access to MSI path from custom burn BootstrapperApplication

I'm creating a custom UI using the Wix 3.6 BootstrapperApplication and have a working installer using the windows installer system. However, we'd like to give the user the option of performing an "xcopy" style install instead of fully registering via the windows add/remove programs, etc. This is p