Re: [WiX-users] WebDirProperties - set anonymous user to Application Pool Identity

2015-03-04 Thread Michael Pierce
I am trying to accomplsh the same thing. Did you figure this out? If so, how did you do it? Thank you, Mike -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WebDirProperties-set-anonymous-user-to-Application-Pool-Identity-tp7023516p7599465.html

Re: [WiX-users] How to hide a file in WXS configuration file ?

2014-10-13 Thread Michael Turner
ns that it is not possible to remove files or folders (installing by > MSI) after install (else restore them by MSI) ? > > - > Fabrice > > -Message d'origine----- > De : Phil Wilson [mailto: > phildgwilson@ > ] > Envoyé : vendredi 10 octobre 2014 18:

Re: [WiX-users] How to hide a file in WXS configuration file ?

2014-10-09 Thread Michael Turner
Fabrice, The CopyFile element is kind of an oddball, particularly in the use-case where it points to another File in the same installer. Sure, the CopyFile element exists, and it supports copying a file that you're already installing, but I've never found a good reason to use it in this way; it m

Re: [WiX-users] Build issue

2014-06-27 Thread Michael Ogilvie
I can now compile the MSI thanks Carter. Michael Ogilvie -Original Message- From: Carter Young [mailto:ecyo...@grandecom.net] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:08 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build issue This one gets you everytime. Thanks to Phil

Re: [WiX-users] Build issue

2014-06-27 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Thanks, will give it a try and let you know. Michael Ogilvie -Original Message- From: Carter Young [mailto:ecyo...@grandecom.net] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:08 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build issue This one gets you everytime. Thanks to

[WiX-users] Build issue

2014-06-27 Thread Michael Ogilvie
When I add: VersionNT <= 600 it causes an error when I try to build the MSI DRIVER = 1 AND VersionNT <= 600 error CNDL0104 : Not a valid source file; detail: Name cannot begin with the '=' character, hexadecimal value 0x3D. Line 57, position 64. Thank you,

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch doesn't find Key

2014-06-11 Thread Michael Turner
Try adding Secure="yes" on the Property. This means that "the Property can be passed to the server side when doing a managed installation with elevated privileges". I don't fully understand what "the server side" is, but I think it has something to do with the "transactional" part of the installa

Re: [WiX-users] Driver Issue

2014-06-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
t copied over to the C:\Windows\inf folder as a OEM*.INF Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -Original Message- From: Carter Young [mailto:ecyo...@grandecom.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:57 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Driver Issue See Al

Re: [WiX-users] Driver Issue

2014-06-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
.12{1464D187-0988-45 7A-91EE-36945AFD9347}312Camera DriversPixeLINK) MSI (s) (FC:5C) [07:02:22:917]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=MsiInstallDrivers,,) MSI (s) (FC:5C) [07:02:22:917]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=MsiInstallDrivers,ActionType=3073,Source=Bin aryData,Targ

Re: [WiX-users] Build order problems Votive vs MSBuild

2014-05-30 Thread Michael Urman
Conveniently timed blog post announcing a tool that sounds like it might show the dependencies as MSBuild sees them: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2014/05/29/solution-dependency-viewer-extension.aspx On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 8:20 AM, John Cooper wrote: > Yes, but it's very messy and you

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-21 Thread fom Forstner Michael
That sounds like a promising approach. I'll try that one too. Anyone know any downside of getting the old installdir that way? kind regards, Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Samstag, 19. April 2014 20:28 An: General discu

Re: [WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-18 Thread fom Forstner Michael
Hi, thanks for your response. I found something similar already on the internet, but thought there might be some built in function. Thanks for the link though. This one is much better described. I will do it that way then. kind regards, Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Neil

[WiX-users] Preserving install directory on upgrade

2014-04-18 Thread fom Forstner Michael
the custom install directory, so that MSI remembers it? Or do I have to write the INSTALLDIR to the registry and get it from there during upgrade? kinf regards, Michael -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reill

Re: [WiX-users] Modify MSI version

2014-04-16 Thread fom Forstner Michael
My tool changes the property in MSI database from "configValue=1" to "configValue=2" Is there some inconsistency going on if I do that, or is it okay? kind regards, Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: fom Forstner Michael [mailto:f...@keba.com] Gesendet: Mittwo

Re: [WiX-users] Strange Beahaviour while installing previous Version

2014-04-15 Thread Michael Turner
Chris, Well, it looks like you've found a workaround for now: just uninstall the old version before installing the new one. It isn't pretty, but it seems to be working for you. Sometimes, that's just what you have to do when you're migrating from one toolset to another. But if you want to keep

Re: [WiX-users] Create MSI package with out installing Wix on Target machine

2014-04-15 Thread Michael Turner
Dileep, Theoretically, there are other ways to utilize the WiX Toolset without formally installing it on a machine, but none of them work very well with Visual Studio Integration. If you're using Visual Studio Integration and you only need to work with one version of the WiX Toolset at a time, th

Re: [WiX-users] Strange Beahaviour while installing previous Version

2014-04-15 Thread Michael Turner
Chris, Is your new version a "Major Upgrade" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa369786.aspx), as opposed to a "Small Update" or "Minor Upgrade" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370579.aspx)? Also, if it is a Major Upgrade, then when is your RemoveExistingProducts action schedule

Re: [WiX-users] Help with adding new elements using XMLConfig

2014-04-15 Thread Michael Turner
Uma, Apologies for the delayed response. If you haven't figured it out already, you only need to remove the parent 'SnippetDir' node, and all of its children will be removed with it. However, you will need to be clever with your XPath to make sure you select the correct 'SnippetDir' node for rem

Re: [WiX-users] Service Start Too Early - Can I delay on install?

2014-04-15 Thread Michael Turner
>From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371634.aspx "Note: Services that rely on the presence of an assembly in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) cannot be installed or started using the ServiceInstall and ServiceControl tables. If you need to start a service that depends on an assembly in t

Re: [WiX-users] Strange Beahaviour while installing previous Version

2014-04-15 Thread Michael Turner
ay need to make further adjustments to the custom action DLL to ensure that it is fully self-contained for use in subsequent versions (e.g., if it's a C# or VB.NET DLL, make sure you're using the one whose name ends with ".CA.dll"). Regards, Mike Michael Turner wrote >

Re: [WiX-users] Strange Beahaviour while installing previous Version

2014-04-15 Thread Michael Turner
Chris, This looks like a bad design choice in the previous version. Most of the time, you're going to want to embed your custom action DLL as a Binary in the MSI package rather than installing it on the target machine as a File in a Component. I.e., put the custom action DLL on a Binary rather t

Re: [WiX-users] Modify MSI version

2014-04-09 Thread fom Forstner Michael
properties would be with different values afterwards. No file changes at all. I understand, that if I sign my MSI packages myself after build, that they will get invalidated by changing the MSI database. So I would have to resign it after modification. But is there more? kind regard

Re: [WiX-users] Modify MSI version

2014-04-09 Thread fom Forstner Michael
sub-customers without the actual need of writing code. (via a custom written tool). Thanks for your help. kind regards Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 08. April 2014 19:13 An: General discussion about the WiX to

Re: [WiX-users] problem with installer

2014-04-08 Thread Michael Turner
Have you tried running the application without going through the shortcuts? It is possible that the application may be crashing, and your machine may be configured to go straight to the debugger when a crash occurs. Usually when this happens, something is logged in the Application Event Log, so y

Re: [WiX-users] path to framework SDK $(FrameworkSDKDir)

2014-04-08 Thread Michael Turner
I'm not sure what you are expecting $(FrameworkSDKDir) to point to in a .wixproj. Which version of the framework? There is no clear answer to this question within the context of a WiX project, because WiX projects do not target .NET Framework versions and do not use the .NET Framework SDK. Rathe

[WiX-users] Modify MSI version

2014-04-08 Thread fom Forstner Michael
orrect version is registered in the system. So the change itself seems legit) Does anyone know why this is? Do I need to change more? Is it even possible? kind regards, Michael -- Put Bad Developers to Shame Dominate

[WiX-users] Resigning MSI package

2014-04-03 Thread fom Forstner Michael
the MSI signature. Someone in my earlier discussions mentioned that resigning of MSI packages is possible though. Can you provide me with some information of how to resign MSI packages? kind regards, Michael

Re: [WiX-users] Some but not all files being removed on uninstall

2014-03-26 Thread Michael Turner
Scott, Is your product using conditional Features? One way that components can get "orphaned" is if they belong to a Feature whose Level is 0 at time of uninstall. Usually this happens when the intent is to install the feature only if a certain prerequisite software is present, and if the prereq

Re: [WiX-users] Help with adding new elements using XMLConfig

2014-03-26 Thread Michael Turner
Uma, First of all, I don't think you can insert XML before a given node using XmlConfig; you can only append a new child to a given parent node. (http://stackoverflow.com/q/8224918) Also, there are two nodes that match your XPath expression, and XmlConfig only uses the first match. Since you kno

Re: [WiX-users] Running an MSI twice

2014-03-08 Thread fom Forstner Michael
The upgrade path wouldn't concern me to much, because our end customer relationships are all 1-to-1. But you got me thinking with the signature part. Maybe my approach on this was not quite the best. Maybe I should consider just teaching my internal customer's how to make easy setup projects for

Re: [WiX-users] Running an MSI twice

2014-03-07 Thread fom Forstner Michael
Unfortunately not. The idea is that I deliver a base version of a product. My internal customers can add some configuration commands on their own. Now, if they want to change the configuration commands they use my program and change the related propery in the MSI. Then they deliver it to the e

Re: [WiX-users] Running an MSI twice

2014-03-07 Thread fom Forstner Michael
ched MSI package from the C:\Windows directory, which ofcourse does not include the changed property. Is there something else I need to change to trigger MSI to consider the changed package as a "upgrade"? Is it even possible? Are there more things that FindRelatedProducts c

[WiX-users] Running an MSI twice

2014-03-07 Thread fom Forstner Michael
nly a reconfiguration of the old instance, by using the original MSI package from windows chache, including the old command property. Is there something else I need to change to tell MSI that the "configured" package is essentially the same a a new built one? Is that even possible?

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrades

2013-11-28 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Hello Phil, Thanks for the info. >From the log files it looks like it uninstalls the stuff twice. >From the install logs of the MSI it goes through the uninstall then the install then it looks like Burn also uninstalls the old version. just does not make sense. Thank you, Michael O

[WiX-users] Upgrades

2013-11-26 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Do you need to include this " " in each MSI if you wrap all of the MSI's in a burn bundle? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT orga

[WiX-users] registry entries

2013-11-26 Thread Michael Ogilvie
? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDyn

[WiX-users] registry entries

2013-11-26 Thread Michael Ogilvie
? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDyn

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper: SQLExpress installtion not working [P]

2013-11-18 Thread Michael Kolowicz
that. Freundliche Grüße / Best regards Michael Kolowicz -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. November 2013 02:52 An: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper: SQLExpress

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper: SQLExpress installtion not working

2013-11-18 Thread Michael Kolowicz
ne [04D0:0914][2013-11-18T20:13:08]i299: Plan complete, result: 0x0 [04D0:0914][2013-11-18T20:13:08]i300: Apply begin [04D0:0B70][2013-11-18T20:13:08]i000: Cancelling... [0700:010C][2013-11-18T20:13:09]i360: Creating a system restore point. [0700:010C][2013-11-18T20:13:34]i361: Created a system

[WiX-users] Is it possible to share a Payload between MSI and MBA?

2013-10-23 Thread Michael Stoll
There's a manual which is a large. And I want to be able to use it from MBA and also install it with an MSI package. Ideally without waisting disk/download capacity on a file dublicate. Currently the MsiPackage and the BootstrapperApplicationRef elements define the same Payload, with just a dif

[WiX-users] Get InstallCondition from MBA (modify action)

2013-10-16 Thread Michael Stoll
Is it possible to access the InstallCondition attribute from a MBA, when the launch action is modify? When the launch action is modify, the default request state is set according to the install state of the product, not the InstallCondition. (See: http://wixtoolset.org/issues/3978/) I tried t

Re: [WiX-users] Component/@Guid error

2013-08-20 Thread Michael Turner
I have encountered this also. This a defect in light.exe 3.0.5419, which I confirmed by downloading the WiX 3.0.5419 source code and searching for the error message. (I did this a few months ago, so I can't remember the exact location off the top of my head.) This is what the linker does in 3.0.

Re: [WiX-users] Use a TargetProperty in a Verb in a ProgId, for file association

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Partridge
ork if you change your code to: ? NB: I didn't think at all about the sequencing, so you'd want to work out what is best for your situation. Cheers, Michael Ps. I've not added a Verb to heat output in the way you're attempting. Coming from WiX2, I post-processed the tallow

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a new dependent file to shared component without breaking component rules

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Partridge
accident. Once again, thanks to all for the input, I appreciate it. Cheers, Michael -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013 7:36 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding a new dep

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a new dependent file to shared component without breaking component rules

2013-08-13 Thread Michael Partridge
a record and put in the fix if we do create a new version of one of the existing "Product1"'s.) Thanks again for the useful input. Cheers, Michael Ps. I have pushed back to the developer to see if we can remove this additional dependency, but unsure if that will be possible. --

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a new dependent file to shared component without breaking component rules

2013-08-12 Thread Michael Partridge
already in the field and won't have any updates. In reality Product1 and Product2 are different versions of our product that can be installed side-by-side - users like to have access to previous versions. Cheers, Michael -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmenschin

[WiX-users] Adding a new dependent file to shared component without breaking component rules

2013-08-11 Thread Michael Partridge
l remain on the user's computer if they uninstall Product2 then uninstall Product1. At least then, if someone uninstalls Product2 our .dll will continue to run correctly. Does anyone have any further insight? Thanks, Michael --

[WiX-users] wixlib backward compatibility in WiX 3.5, 3.6, 3.7

2013-08-08 Thread Michael Turner
Does anyone have experience using 3.5-built wixlibs with light.exe in WiX 3.6 and 3.7? For purposes of this discussion, I'm only concerned with the official RTMs (3.5.2519.0, 3.6.3303.0, 3.7.1224.0). My objective is to use wixlibs for inter-project collaboration, so that one project can produce w

Re: [WiX-users] SQL CE 4.0 Package

2013-07-01 Thread Michael Stoll
bers > (that makes them strings) and put a "v" in front. So the following should > evaluate to true: "v4.0.0.0 < v14.0.0.0" > > > > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Michael Stoll wrote: > >> Here're the SQL CE 3.5 and 4.0 packages. >

Re: [WiX-users] SQL CE 4.0 Package

2013-06-21 Thread Michael Stoll
085&clcid=0x407"; Permanent="yes" /> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=166086&clcid=0x407"; Permanent="yes" InstallCondition="VersionNT64" /> Am 17.06.2013 16:53, schrieb Michael Stoll: > I&

Re: [WiX-users] SQL CE 4.0 Package

2013-06-17 Thread Michael Stoll
If you get it working well, it'd be great if you could help us expand the provided packages and we can get that code in to maybe the SqlExtension. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:47 AM, Michael Stoll wrote: I might have been unclear, sorry. I don't want to create the msi package, I just

Re: [WiX-users] SQL CE 4.0 Package

2013-06-17 Thread Michael Stoll
6.06.2013 21:19, schrieb Dan Blanchard: > It's pretty easy to distribute SQL ce DLLS, you can just deploy the files. > Here is a blog that describes this. > > http://erikej.blogspot.com/2011/02/using-sql-server-compact-40-with.html > > I made my own merge module >

[WiX-users] SQL CE 4.0 Package

2013-06-16 Thread Michael Stoll
I'm authoring a burn package for SQL CE 4.0. Are there any preexistend SQL CE packages? The package should use msi files that are downloaded automatically. But the only msi files for download, that i could find where the SP1 CTP version. Is there a msi package out there with a permanent downloa

Re: [WiX-users] Install Network Component Type "Service"

2013-05-03 Thread Michael Ogilvie
ivers? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics

Re: [WiX-users] Install Network Component Type "Service"

2013-04-26 Thread Michael Ogilvie
k you, Michael Ogilvie -- Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize an

[WiX-users] Install Network Component Type "Service"

2013-04-23 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Hello, I have a NIC GigE filter driver that installs fine but does not add the service to the NIC's on the computer. How do I install the network service in wix? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Try New

[WiX-users] Error

2013-04-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Hello, Does anybody know why this error keeps popping up? Error 0x8007006e: Failed to load version check XML document. Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform

Re: [WiX-users] Burn slow install

2013-04-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
It looks like when the system got up to date with all of its updates the issue went away. Is there any way to bypass this windows update check? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:42 AM To

[WiX-users] Burn slow install

2013-04-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
][2013-03-25T11:46:44]w308: Automatic updates could not be paused due to error: 0x80080005. Continuing... Seems to be stuck for 6min before providing an error. Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Precog is a next

[WiX-users] $(TargetPath) in PostBuildEvent does not point to correct location of MSI (with Culture)

2013-03-29 Thread Michael Pitra
not to $(ProjectDir)bin\Release\de-at\MyProject.msi, because I'm using for localized strings. I have read that this problem existed in some versions around 3.0, but there were fixes. What am I missing here? Thanks in advance, Mi

Re: [WiX-users] wix v3.7 on win2008r2

2013-03-22 Thread Michael Jeppesen
Thanks for the answer. I have already enabled the .NET framework in the Management Console. Regards Michael Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:19:12 + From: Pally Sandher Subject: Re: [WiX-users] wix v3.7 on win2008r2 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Message-ID

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle install on Windows XP 32-bit

2013-03-21 Thread Michael Ogilvie
MSI code: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 3:35 PM To:

[WiX-users] wix v3.7 on win2008r2

2013-03-21 Thread Michael Jeppesen
#x27; from assembly 'wix, Ver sion=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=ce35f76fcda82bad'. at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Heat..ctor() at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Heat.Main(String[] args) Anybody who knows what's is wr

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle install on Windows XP 32-bit

2013-03-20 Thread Michael Ogilvie
I reverted back to 3.6 and I still see this issue, so it's nothing to so with the wix version. Any ideas on why it would automatically restart the exe when the install finishes? I am using the custom ba from Neil S. Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist 1900 City

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall

2013-03-20 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Thanks got it all fixed up. Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist 1900 City Park Drive Ottawa, ON K1J 1A3 Tel: 613-247-1211 ext 242 | Cell: 613-302-9844 http://www.Pixelink.com Sent from my iPhone On 2013-03-20, at 2:00 PM, "Phil Wilson" wrote: > As the

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall

2013-03-20 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK 1900 Ci

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle install on Windows XP 32-bit

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Ogilvie
-bit What does the log file show? On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Michael Ogilvie < michael.ogil...@pixelink.com> wrote: > When I run my exe install on a Windows XP machine the bundle will > launch itself after the install. > > > > So when the install completes I ha

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Thought of that, I created new GUID for those components and tried the install again. Still an issue on Windows XP WIX 3.6 and 3.7 Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK 1900 City Park Drive, Suite 410. Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1A3 tel: 613.247.1211 Ext. 242 |  cell

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Ogilvie
I remove all files then do a fresh clean install of the bundle and then a uninstall of the bundle and some of the files are left. This only happens on Windows XP, Windows 8 cleans up everything Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -Original Message- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu

[WiX-users] Uninstall

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Why would some files be left after the uninstall?? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK 1900 City Park Drive, Suite 410. Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1A3 tel: 613.247.1211 Ext. 242 | cell: 613.302.9844 | fax: 613.247.2001 | skype: pixelink.mogilvie

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle install on Windows XP 32-bit

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Ogilvie
xeLINK [0E60:05A0][2013-03-19T16:07:34]i410: Variable: WixBundleName = PixeLINK Software Development Kit [0E60:05A0][2013-03-19T16:07:34]i410: Variable: WixBundleOriginalSource = C:\Documents and Settings\mogilvie\Desktop\SDK_Kit.exe [0E60:05A0][2013-03-19T16:07:34]i410: Variable: WixBundleProv

[WiX-users] Bundle install on Windows XP 32-bit

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Ogilvie
When I run my exe install on a Windows XP machine the bundle will launch itself after the install. So when the install completes I have two windows, one says close and the other has "repair", uninstall" and "close" This does not happen on Vista, Win7 or 8 Th

[WiX-users] Are there any special characters I should avoid in a FeatureGroup ID?

2013-02-27 Thread Michael Turner
The syntax rules for ComponentGroup and FeatureGroup IDs seem to be fairly liberal: just about anything goes, including embedded spaces and backslashes (i.e., characters that are not allowed in traditional identifiers). Of course, $(...) and !(...) are still special and can be expanded (if valid)

Re: [WiX-users] Using Condition Level="0" results in files being left behind after upgrade then uninstall.

2013-02-27 Thread Michael Turner
Condition Level="0" is tricky. There's a warning about this buried in the MSDN documentation for the Condition Table : "Conditions should be carefully chosen so that a feature is not enabled on install and then disabled on uninstall. This will or

Re: [WiX-users] error LGHT0136 There was an error importing table

2013-02-22 Thread Michael Scheepers
Any one? Am 14.12.2012 10:24, schrieb Michael Scheepers: > Hi there, > > I do have a problem setting a property by the element filled > with a text from a locale file, cause it contains a new line. > > Is there a way to escape the \r\n in the locale file so I can use it

[WiX-users] error LGHT0136 There was an error importing table

2012-12-14 Thread Michael Scheepers
Hi there, I do have a problem setting a property by the element filled with a text from a locale file, cause it contains a new line. Is there a way to escape the \r\n in the locale file so I can use it in the element? Regards Michel -

Re: [WiX-users] Popup window cause text disappearing

2012-11-27 Thread _ext Huebner Michael
group. Perhaps this caused the hide of the radio button group when CAPS LOCK message was shown. Hops this helps Best regards, Michael >I have a dialog for setting the connection string for SQL server with the >followin

[WiX-users] Fwd: Re: Ensure .NET4 Full is installed

2012-11-22 Thread Michael Scheepers
sry, didn't answer to the list.. so here it is... :) Original-Nachricht Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Ensure .NET4 Full is installed Datum: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:44:43 +0100 Von: Michael Scheepers An: Andrew Jones Andrew, in that case you have to something like installed or

Re: [WiX-users] Ensure .NET4 Full is installed

2012-11-20 Thread Michael Scheepers
Hi Andrew, take a look at the WiXNetFxExtension. It will determine the available frameworks and initialize some properties, that one can reference. The following properties may help you to compose your condition... It might look some what like: Reme

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.6 MergeModule creation regression?

2012-11-06 Thread Michael Turner
Dirk Ziegelmeier wrote > here is a minimal mergemodule showing the error: > > > http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: [WiX-users] Password validation without CA

2012-11-05 Thread Michael Turner
Nirmalraj, I have implemented something similar, and I ran into the same problem that you did. In my implementation, I created additional custom dialogs to display messages if the "Password" and "Confirm Password" entries did not match or if either the user name or password was empty. Then I kee

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Windows 8

2012-10-30 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Are you sure, from what I have found the tile picture is a png not a icon. Is there any way to change the tile size of the shortcut? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:39 AM To: General

[WiX-users] FW: Windows 8

2012-10-30 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Does anybody know how to change the pic for your file shortcut on the new windows 8 metro startmenu? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with

[WiX-users] Registry Search

2012-10-25 Thread Michael Ogilvie
LabVIEW\12.0" I need a wildcard for the version number Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today:

Re: [WiX-users] Some in burn wixstba similar to msiexec/xProductCode

2012-10-15 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Thanks, I will try updating again and hopefully I don't have more issues Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK 1900 City Park Drive, Suite 410. Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1A3 tel: 613.247.1211 Ext. 242 |  cell: 613.302.9844 | fax: 613.247.2001 |

Re: [WiX-users] Some in burn wixstba similar to msiexec /xProductCode

2012-10-15 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Does v3.6 have the bundle self-update feature or only v3.7? Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK 1900 City Park Drive, Suite 410. Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1A3 tel: 613.247.1211 Ext. 242 |  cell: 613.302.9844 | fax: 613.247.2001 | skype: pixelink.mogilvie

Re: [WiX-users] VS2008 issue after update to v3.7

2012-10-15 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Hello, Thanks Rob, does the wix reference need to be in the Wix toolset directory? I tried adding it there and I was able to reference it. Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK 1900 City Park Drive, Suite 410. Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1A3 tel: 613.247.1211 Ext. 242

Re: [WiX-users] VS2008 issue after update to v3.7

2012-10-15 Thread Michael Ogilvie
it's not a valid wix extension but it has not changed since it was working before this issue. Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK 1900 City Park Drive, Suite 410. Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1A3 tel: 613.247.1211 Ext. 242 |  cell: 613.302.9844 | fax: 613.2

Re: [WiX-users] VS2008 issue after update to v3.7

2012-10-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Hello, I don't have an option for 4 only 3.51, 3.0 and 2.0 Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK 1900 City Park Drive, Suite 410. Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1A3 tel: 613.247.1211 Ext. 242 |  cell: 613.302.9844 | fax: 613.247.2001 | skype: pixelink.mog

Re: [WiX-users] VS2008 issue after update to v3.7

2012-10-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Hello, In VS2008 I go to create a new Project and choose the Windows Installer XML types and if I try to create a new project from any of the templates I get that error. Images: http://www.files.pixelink.com/temp/error.bmp http://www.files.pixelink.com/temp/VS2008.bmp Thank you, Michael

Re: [WiX-users] VS2008 issue after update to v3.7

2012-10-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
It looks like I cannot even create any Wix project in VS anymore Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK 1900 City Park Drive, Suite 410. Ottawa, Ontario K1J 1A3 tel: 613.247.1211 Ext. 242 |  cell: 613.302.9844 | fax: 613.247.2001 | skype: pixelink.mogilvie

Re: [WiX-users] VS2008 issue after update to v3.7

2012-10-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
I have tried to repair my VS2008 pro and I have also tried repairing the v3.7 install. Still does not work. I have even uninstalled v3.7 and installed 3.6 again and it still does not work. V3.7 did something to my vs2008 Thank you, Michael Ogilvie Application Support Specialist | PixeLINK

[WiX-users] VS2008 issue after update to v3.7

2012-10-11 Thread Michael Ogilvie
Hello, I just updated to v3.7 and now I cannot open a bundle wixproj in VS2008. getting an error " .wixproj is not supported by this version of the application" Thank you, Michael Ogilvie -- Don&

Re: [WiX-users] upgrading from 64-bit to 32-bit product leaves files behind

2012-09-19 Thread Michael Urman
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > On 18-Sep-12 16:24, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: >> I'm really confused by this behavior, and don't know where to look >> further. > The verbose upgrade log. It will tell you why MSI decided to leave a > file behind. If it decided to do so. It could a

[WiX-users] ComPlusExtension (Win64) does not honor reference count during install?

2012-07-06 Thread Michael Turner
I am using WiX 3.5 RTM (3.5.2519.0). I have several x64 products that depend on a COM+ application, and they may be installed either concurrently or separately, so I am using a Wixlib to include the COM+ application in the main feature of each product. I use a custom dialog to prompt for a user n

[WiX-users] Contribution / AddGroup

2012-06-28 Thread Michael Stoll
would be to add a "CreateGroup" attribute to the "Group" element of the WixUtilExtension. Regards Michael -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's

[WiX-users] AppSyndication

2012-06-21 Thread Michael Stoll
The WiX bootstrapper uses the "http://appsyndication.org/2006/appsyn"; scheme in it's update rss feed. I could not find any further information about that scheme. What's the meaning of the application guid specified by the scheme? It does not seem to be a product id and it's ignored by the boots

Re: [WiX-users] String manipulation

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Scheepers
ble to simply set a property in your custom > action. > > Neil > > -Original Message- > From: Michael Scheepers [mailto:mscheep...@tool-links.de] > Sent: 05 June 2012 08:23 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Strin

Re: [WiX-users] String manipulation

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Scheepers
; > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 2:41 AM, Michael Scheepers > wrote: > >> Hi Bob, >> >> thanks for reply. >> >> What I discovered seems to meet, what you are writing. I can't interrupt >> AppSearch with a custom action. >> >> Thats the point where

Re: [WiX-users] String manipulation

2012-06-04 Thread Michael Scheepers
there a way to do this at all? Regards, Michel Am 03.06.2012 19:13, schrieb Bob Arnson: > On 01-Jun-12 10:09, Michael Scheepers wrote: >> Now I think a small extension is what I need, but I am not sure if the >> extension is packaged to the msi or is only used at compile time (when >&

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