[WiX-users] unexplained Custom Action failure

I setup a Custom Action to call a simple command line utility I created that installs an SSL certificate. It keeps failing so I took the contents of the log file that have the Custom Action arguments and execute them manually in a command window. Of course, the certificate installs correctly. I

Re: [WiX-users] HTTPS and IIS

Wow, that is good news. Is WiX 3.5 (and associated IIS extensions) stable enough for me to use in a production environment? Thanks. - Phil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:54 AM To: General discussion for Windows

[WiX-users] HTTPS and IIS

What is the best way to add an HTTPS binding (tied to an SSL certificate) to the Default Website in IIS7? I believe there are 3 possibilities: 1) WiX extension 2) Use appcmd.exe to update the IIS 7 metabase 3) Manipulate \inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config using XML/XPa

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry

Ok, so it was writing to the Wow6432Node. So the next question: How can I force a 32bit installer to install registry keys to both the standard and Wow6432Nodes? Thanks. - Phil -Original Message- From: Wendell Joost [mailto:wende...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:19 P

[WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry

I have an MSI that runs under an administrative account, it successfully updates the registry on Win2K3 and XP, but when I execute the same MSI on Windows Server 2008, it makes no changes to the registry. Note the installer log indicates that the install was completely successful! Is anyone els

Re: [WiX-users] WiX and certificates

3.0.5419.0 -Original Message- From: Mike Carlson (DEV DIV) [mailto:mica...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:24 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX and certificates What version of WiX are you using? -Original Mes

Re: [WiX-users] WiX and certificates

Duh, Permanent did work - thanks for that. Here is the error I get for when attempting to install the .pfx: MSI (s) (8C:08) [17:46:35:065]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 4612 (0x1204). MSI (s) (8C:94) [17:46:35:147]: Running as a service. MSI (s) (8C:94) [17:46:35:150]: Hello, I'm your 32

[WiX-users] WiX and certificates

I am installing certificates with the following WiX snippet: So I am having 2 problems: 1) When I uncomment the .pfx certificate it succeeds the fi

[WiX-users] Square Brackets in a Custom Action

I have a custom action that executes appcmd (the IIS 7 tool for metabase modifications) and it needs to contain '[' and ']' in the command line. The following custom action fails to compile with the square brackets: If I remove the square brackets it executes but performs the wrong

[WiX-users] Reading contents of a text file

Does anyone have an example of how I can read the contents of a text file and use it with WiX? Thanks. - Phil -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer eve

[WiX-users] Creating or Updating an Xml Element

I want to update my machine.config to create the element in system.web if and only if it does not already exist. Then I want to update the retail attribute to be set to "true" no matter whether or not the element existed before the install began. Here is my WiX snippet:

[WiX-users] Asynch install process

Is there a way with WiX to initiate a child process at/near the end of an installation that does not wait for child process to return before existing the install. Specifically I want to call the aspnet_compiler to JIT some websites but I don't want the installer to wait 60-90 sec for this proce

Re: [WiX-users] Conditionally Creating a directory tree

I am passing REGION into MSIEXEC, not manipulating it with a UI element, so it is set well before the feature installation is evaluated. I am running verbose logging and I can see the REGION property is set and much further down in the log, the Feature is installed. Any ideas what I am doing wron

[WiX-users] Conditionally Creating a directory tree

I have a directory tree that I have been installer with WiX for some time now. Recently we decided that these directories only need to be installed under certain conditions. I moved the ComponentGroup for these directories into its own feature and tried to set a condition as follows: RE

[WiX-users] sending CustomAction output to stdout

So I have this CustomAction that performs a database synchronization and I would like to take the output and put it in a log file: I tried adding the following, but it does not seem to like ">>". Am I missing something simple? Of course if I execute the resultant command manually it w

Re: [WiX-users] Wix for IIS 7

So the short answer is no direct support. You can use IIS 6 compatibility mode and everything works fine. Here is a post from Rob and Neil responding to the very same questions I had over a month ago: Oh, no, there

Re: [WiX-users] Log File name

So I have this working from the command line already. What I want to do is duplicate the effect of "LOGVERBOSE=1 /l*v MyPackage.log" without having to provide it on the command line. Essentially I want the package to default to verbose logging to file in the same dir as the MSI with the name I def

[WiX-users] Log File name

So it looks like I can set logging to verbose in WiX with this property: 1 Is there a way in WiX to set the default logfile name, and have it be created in the same folder as the .msi? Thanks. - Phil -- This SF.ne

[WiX-users] Uninstalling not default transform instances

I have created a number of instance transforms in my WiX installer as below:

Re: [WiX-users] Win2K8 Server installs

Here is the error from the log: MSI (s) (1C:40) [16:16:41:694]: Doing action: Mss.EncryptConnStrings Action start 16:16:41: Mss.EncryptConnStrings. MSI (s) (1C:40) [16:16:41:694]: Note: 1: 2753 2: Dell.InstallUtil.exe DEBUG: Error 2753: The File 'Dell.InstallUtil.exe' is not marked for installat

[WiX-users] Win2K8 Server installs

By using the IIS 6 metabase compatibility mode on Win2K8 I have a website being installed properly. However, my custom actions that run a file that comes with the installation fail only on Win2K8 but run fine on XP and Win2K3. Any ideas? Is this a known WiX issue? Thanks. - Phil --

[WiX-users] small contribution - ASP.NET 2.0/3.5 installs

I took Neil's suggestion and reviewed this link: http://www.nabble.com/Re:-Failed-to-read-IISWebSite-table.-(-2147024774- )-p15487354.html. There we are couple misspellings and one fatfinger. I wanted a vdir that included anonymous access, script only security, default app pool, default document

Re: [WiX-users] A few questions

Ok a tougher question. I have everything working and my vdirs installed only the script maps are not set. Before we moved to WIX I would just use the IIS app: aspnet_regiis.exe -s W3SVC/1/ROOT/MYVDIR Is there a way to do this with the Iis WIX extensions or do I need to setup a custom action? Als

Re: [WiX-users] A few questions

Thanks for the info! My only open issue at this point is whether or not there is a built in variable for windows and windows\system directories. Thanks. - Phil -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:05 PM To: Gener

[WiX-users] A few questions

1) Are there built-in variables for the windows system folder? wwwroot? .Net framework folders? 2) What is the best way to execute an upgrade without uninstalling? 3) When installing a vdir using the WebVirtualDir element, do I need a WebSite element if the vdir is under the Default