[WiX-users] Looking for working HeatProject Example

I am using WiX (3.9R2) integrated in VS2013 to produce an Msi Installer for my VS solution. The solution comprises about 30 c# projects. I created a separate WiX project within the solution to produce the installer. To generate the .wxs files for all the other projects, i am using heat with harves

Re: [WiX-users] How to force .NET prerequisite installation before Burn MBA starts

Hi Jiri, I just managed the task you describe (albeit wit .Net 4.5.2.) with the follwing setup. --- BootstrapperCore.config -

[WiX-users] Managed Bootstrapper : What is the meaning of WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl ?

When building a managed bootstrapper application, one has to provide two WixVariable Tags as follows: If these tags are omitted, the project will not compile. Does anybody known, what the heck is the effect of these two Tags, and what are valid values for attribute "Value" ?

[WiX-users] BootstrapperCore.config : what are valid values for supportedFramework

Even after hours of desperate googling I couldn't find an answer to this question: When implementing a managed bootstrapper application, one has to provide a payload file named BootstrapperCore.config. Amongst other setttings, this file contains the element . Here is an example I found here: h

Re: [WiX-users] Downgrading a Bundle ?

Rob Mensching-7 wrote > I would be surprised if wixstdba supported downgrades but Burn does. Did > your test below use wixstdba? Hi Rob, my Test indeed uses wixstdba, in particular : Do you say that a custom Installer using ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost would not suffer this li

Re: [WiX-users] Downgrading a Bundle ?

@Rob : I don't know why it doesn't work, but i made some experiments and can confirm THAT it doesn't work in 3.9R2. : If i try to downgrade a bundle, a message pops up telling that a higher version of the bundle is already installed, which I first have to uninstall. However, having read some di

[WiX-users] Downgrading a Bundle ?

I know this has been asked before (and answered as 'impossible'), but perhaps something has changed during the last 6 months ? We're envisioning to create an Installer that uses Burn - for two reasons: - we'd like to check for prerequisites and install them automatically -

Re: [WiX-users] Power Fail during Installation

Hi Phil, really interesting. But when does that happen ? - Automatically after System Restart ? - Automatically Once anybody logs on - Automatically Once an Administrator logs on ? - Once someone manually execuetes the MSI ( that's what I guess) ?

[WiX-users] Power Fail during Installation

Apologize as this is a bit off-topic - actually it is a general MSI question. However, I couldn't find any other forum on the net to ask this question. Also, this has been asked a few years ago in this forum, but there was only one quite fuzzy answer. BTW, I'm only interested in MSI 5+. I'm won