Re: [WiX-users] MSI to WIX for web setup compiler error

It is worth noting that the MSI web setups generated by Visual Studio (I am using 2008) need "IIS6 management compatibilty" to be installed first on the target system for the MS generated MSI setups to work, if you are installing on an IIS7 system. This is one of the great things about Wix is that

Re: [WiX-users] Any CPU platform in wix 3.0

Hi Sam Have a look at these: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/471424/wix-tricks-and-best-practices http://www.brianpeek.com/blog/archive/2007/11/13/x64-development-with-net.aspx http://stackoverflow.com/questions/516730/visual-studio-any-cpu-target There are some good approaches that I've used

Re: [WiX-users] How to make use of the output .wxs file of heat.exe in WiX3.0?

I think you need to use a component group: heat ... -cg WebSiteFiles This wraps all your components up into a single component grouping that you can then reference easily in your feature: Richard 2009/8/6 bonn deng > Hi all, I am now using heat.exe to generate the .wxs file of on

Re: [WiX-users] How to put computer name in CustomAction ExeCommand?

What about using the ComputerName property? e.g. or I use this for a deferred action, you could easily adapt this for your needs with the [ComputerName] property: Cheers Richard 2009/8/6 Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) > Hi Wix-user, > > I want to define one Custom Action like this: >

[WiX-users] Stopping IIS website during uninstall

Hey everyone My installed IIS application locks a log file that doesn't release until the application/and or the pool has been stopped. I'm finding that during uninstall that I get prompted for a reboot because of this I suspect - IIS website still running when it tries to remove all the files.