Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage/@DetectCondition syntax

2013-08-22 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Thursday, August 22, 2013 4:59 PM -0400 Bob Arnson wrote: > On 18-Aug-13 18:24, Kenneth Porter wrote: >> Burn v3.6.2816.0, Windows v6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1) > That's a beta build of WiX v3.6. Try upgrading to the RTM version or > v3.7 RTM. I just pulled

Re: [WiX-users] Building trunk and assembly signing

2013-08-19 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Monday, August 19, 2013 10:50 AM -0700 Kenneth Porter wrote: > Aha. I ran MSBuild in .\tools and it ran both 32 and 64 bit versions of > sn to exclude everything from verification, and now the non-elevated > build seems to be proceeding to completion. I tried this on a seco

Re: [WiX-users] Building trunk and assembly signing

2013-08-19 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Monday, August 19, 2013 10:25 AM -0700 Blair Murri wrote: > wix-devs mailing list has more history regarding building the toolset. Thanks. Just signed up for that. > src\tools needs to be built once elevated before you build the toolset. > You don't need to use OFFICIAL_WIX_BUILD if you w

[WiX-users] Building trunk and assembly signing

2013-08-19 Thread Kenneth Porter
I want to debug the problem I'm having with ExePackage/@DetectCondition so I cloned the current git trunk and attempted to run MSBuild on it. I'm new to assembly signing but I think I have my head around the principles from reading a bunch of blogs about it, including the need to use the 64 bit

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage/@DetectCondition syntax

2013-08-19 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Monday, August 19, 2013 8:01 AM -0700 Phill Hogland wrote: > It seems like you would want to use DetectCondition to determine if the > package already exists and InstallCondition to determine when you want to > launch the exe. If the prerequisite package is not installed, I want to run its

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage/@DetectCondition syntax

2013-08-19 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Monday, August 19, 2013 7:42 AM + Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Just to be clear if DetectCondition is true it means the package is > already installed. In your case "ub5Present" has a value of > 'C:\Windows\system32\' does that mean it isn't installed? Empirically, it appears that utils:C

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage/@DetectCondition syntax

2013-08-18 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:05 PM + Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Probably worth checking the logs to see that the values you are checking > are. With no package installed: [0688:0740][2013-08-16T09:39:59]: Setting string variable 'ub5Present' to value '' [0688:0740][2013-08-16T09:39:59]:

Re: [WiX-users] ExePackage/@DetectCondition syntax

2013-08-18 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:45 PM + Neil Sleightholm wrote: > I think you should use DetectCondition='ub5Present' as the value won't be > set unless the component is found. I tried that and now the condition is always true. The installer is run even when it's already installed, and goes

[WiX-users] ExePackage/@DetectCondition syntax

2013-08-18 Thread Kenneth Porter
The following bundle installation never runs even when the package is detected absent (ub5present is set to ""). What's wrong with my syntax? It seems that the DetectCondition value always evaluates to true. ... -

[WiX-users] Repairing damaged package database

2012-05-14 Thread Kenneth Porter
What do I need to remove to repair a damaged OS package database? Ie. if uninstall from Add/Remove programs fails, what do I do manually to manually remove the package from the database? (I can manually delete the package itself, of course.) Is it sufficient to remove the package's cache direct

Re: [WiX-users] alternative licensing options for WiX

2012-04-18 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:19 PM +0200 Dirk Räder wrote: > Although I'm not a lawyer, as far as I am concerned, WiX makes use of > CPL-licensed components only during compilation / build time. Custom actions might use WiX code, so you may end up bundling WiX scripts or executables that g

[WiX-users] What is a "versioned" file?

2012-04-17 Thread Kenneth Porter
What does it mean for a file to be versioned? I'm getting the following error, using 3.6: Product.wxs(42,0): error LGHT0367: The Component/@Guid attribute's value '*' is not valid for this component because it does not meet the criteria for having an automatically generated guid. Components wit

[WiX-users] Distributing a C++ library

2012-04-15 Thread Kenneth Porter
I'm looking for example packaging for a C++ DLL and its import library and headers. I'm providing a sample program and some documentation. It seems like this would be a common kind of package so an example illustrating how to structure it would be great.

Re: [WiX-users] Installing VS2010 support

2012-04-13 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Friday, April 13, 2012 10:12 AM -0700 Kenneth Porter wrote: > I ran the wix36.exe from the Codeplex website and see the package > installed on Vista 64 Ultimate under C:\Program Files (x86). But I don't > see the WiX project option in the VS2010 New Project dialog. Did I mi

[WiX-users] Installing VS2010 support

2012-04-13 Thread Kenneth Porter
I ran the wix36.exe from the Codeplex website and see the package installed on Vista 64 Ultimate under C:\Program Files (x86). But I don't see the WiX project option in the VS2010 New Project dialog. Did I miss a step? I have VS2010 installed to G:\msvs10 (on an external USB drive that I keep al