Re: [WiX-users] What makes a custom action incompatible with DataExecution Prevention on Vista?

Is there a reason why it only happens when I relaunch the msi after a force reboot? From: James Finnigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 10, 2007 3:53 PM To: Man, Shirley; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] What makes a custom

[WiX-users] What makes a custom action incompatible with Data Execution Prevention on Vista?

Hi all, When I restart an installation after a force reboot, in the "Validating Install" phase, I get the error "Windows Installer has stopped working" and a systray bubble saying the installer was closed due to Data Execution Prevention. I only get the error when I relaunch the msi after a faile

Re: [WiX-users] Specify column width of VolumeCostList Control

Hi, In my wxl, I put {0}Difference but the literal value of {0} is displayed as the column header. Where should I put the {0} ? Thanks, Shirley From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 5, 2007 9:26 PM To: Man, Shirley Cc: wix-users

[WiX-users] Specify column width of VolumeCostList Control

Hi all, I want to hide some of the columns in VolumeCostList. According to MSDN, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372790.aspx Authors can set the column widths in the VolumeCostList control by appending column widths after any font specifications. Column widths are ente

[WiX-users] WiX / WI single file size limit?

Hi there, One of our data files is about 3.5 GB uncompressed and light.exe crashes with the following exception. The MSI builds fine if I exclude the huge file. Is this a WiX or Windows Installer limit? If it comes from Wix, is there a workaround? I am using Windows Installer Xml Linker version 3

[WiX-users] Adding an error message popup without aborting installation

Hi, I am launching a third-party installer (say, abc.exe) within my own, and I would like to display a popup message saying "abc.exe failed to install" if abc fails. This abc installer is launched in silent mode, so there is no error message from it. User will continue the rest of the installation

Re: [WiX-users] Reboot during Copying Files stage

In this test, there were about 15 files, 8 Mb each. From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:32 PM To: Man, Shirley Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Reboot during Copying Files stage Man, Shirley

[WiX-users] Reboot during Copying Files stage

Hi all, Has anyone seen this Windows Installer behavior before? 1) Launch installer, proceed to Copying Files stage. 2) Reboot computer in the middle of copying files 3) Relaunch installer again. 4) Installer will freeze for awhile in the EULA screen (and sometimes it freezes to death). The wo

[WiX-users] ProgressBar weird behavior on Windows 2000

Hi all, On Windows 2000, our installer's progress bar first jumps to 100%, then rewinds back to 0%. Has anyone seen this behavior before? Thanks, Shirley - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download D

[WiX-users] External exe launched in the background

Hi, I have a customaction calling a third-party installer But for some reason on Vista, the third-party exe is launched in the background behind the Windows Installer. Is there a way to force it to launch in the foreground instead? Thanks, Shirley --

Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

: Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:45 AM To: Man, Shirley Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use Man, Shirley wrote: That means I will need to set some property to force a reboot then? The default behavior doesn't prompt user about the r

Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 8:02 PM To: Man, Shirley Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use Man, Shirley wrote: Is there a way to disallow uninstall (i.e., by throwing an error message) if any of the installed

[WiX-users] Disallow uninstall if file in use

Is there a way to disallow uninstall (i.e., by throwing an error message) if any of the installed files is in use? Any property I can check in ? The default behavior allows users to choose Ignore and proceed with the uninstall process. Thanks for your help. Shirley ---

[WiX-users] Setting UILevel in Wix

> Hi, > > Is there a way to set UILevel to 5, so uninstall can always run in > "Full UI" mode? > > The reason for this is I need to disable the Ignore button in the > FilesInUse dialog, but the change is only reflected in Full UI mode. > > Uninstalling from Add/Remove Program will still show th