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2009-11-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] unsubscribe The footer of each message sent has a link to https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users which has the unsubscribe method. Chris On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Robert O'Brien < robert.obr...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Been trying var

Re: [WiX-users] unsubscribe

2009-11-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
rom: Matti Hägerlund [mailto:matti.hagerl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:17 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] unsubscribe Eh? /M4tti 2009/11/18 Robert O'Brien

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2009-11-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
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[WiX-users] my wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net subscription settings configured with Mail Delivery = disabled . . . and yet I'm still getting list emails

2009-11-13 Thread Robert O'Brien
My wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net subscription settings configured with Mail Delivery = disabled . . . and yet I'm still getting list emails. Am I missing something about how to make this subscription setting take effect? -

[WiX-users] in the wix 3.5 release work is a file | new | project | wix | patch project template going to eventually get included?

2009-10-13 Thread Robert O'Brien
in the wix 3.5 release work is a file | new | project | wix | patch project template going to eventually get included? -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you

Re: [WiX-users] is it a bug that iis:WebSite doesn't locate presence of existing website using just the Name -> Description attribute value versus port settings?

2009-04-09 Thread Robert O'Brien
g but as long as the site id is set correctly it will find the site. I hope this helps. Neil -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:robert.obr...@microsoft.com] Sent: 09 April 2009 17:50 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'; 'tomtr...

Re: [WiX-users] is it a bug that iis:WebSite doesn't locate presence of existing website using just the Name -> Description attribute value versus port settings?

2009-04-09 Thread Robert O'Brien
e a duplicate site id in which case IIS adds one until it finds a free number. See here for more details: http://blogs.msdn.com/mpoulson/archive/2006/03/06/544893.aspx Neil -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:robert.obr...@microsoft.com] Sent: 09 April 2009 16:51 To: &

Re: [WiX-users] is it a bug that iis:WebSite doesn't locate presence of existing website using just the Name -> Description attribute value versus port settings?

2009-04-09 Thread Robert O'Brien
7;t matter whether or not at install time the default web site is configured with a port 80 binding. From: Thomas S. Trias [mailto:tomtr...@artizan.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 6:33 PM To: Robert O'Brien Cc: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'; Dmitr

Re: [WiX-users] is it a bug that iis:WebSite doesn't locate presence of existing website using just the Name -> Description attribute value versus port settings?

2009-04-08 Thread Robert O'Brien
the description is not actually being used. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] is it a bug that iis:WebSite doesn't locate presence ofexisting website usin

Re: [WiX-users] is it a bug that iis:WebSite doesn't locate presence of existing website using just the Name attribute value versus port settings?

2009-04-08 Thread Robert O'Brien
with name "Default Web Site" known to be site 0 regardless of what port and/or host header and/or ip bindings an operator has created on it for a given environment, e.g. becomes just the following without the iis:WebAddress specifics? -----Original Message- From: Rober

Re: [WiX-users] is it a bug that iis:WebSite doesn't locate presence of existing website using just the Name attribute value versus port settings?

2009-04-08 Thread Robert O'Brien
. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: [WiX-users] is it a bug that iis:WebSite doesn't locate presence ofexisting website using just the Name attribute value versus portsettings? From: Robert O'Brien To:

Re: [WiX-users] is setting sql:Database ConfirmOverwrite="no" expected cause the db not being created if it already exists?

2009-04-08 Thread Robert O'Brien
is setting sql:Database ConfirmOverwrite="no" expected cause the db not being created if it already exists? No. It removes the prompt when an overwrite will occur. -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:robert.obr...@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 08:39 To

Re: [WiX-users] is customaction impersonate attribute default when attribute is not specified "yes" or "no" . . . the current chm details does not say which

2009-04-07 Thread Robert O'Brien
: "Typically the value should be 'yes', except when the custom action needs elevated privileges to apply changes to the machine." Be great if you could open a documentation bug to suggest that this be more specific. -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailt

Re: [WiX-users] using torch.exe -ax to enable use of admin install msi target and update input parameter values

2009-04-07 Thread Robert O'Brien
rchive/2007/09/01/column-types-cannot-be-changed-in-a-patch-or-transform.aspxfor more information. On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Robert O'Brien wrote: > Thanks that appears to be exactly what my issue was with my adminInstall > output. I used orca to reconfigure the feature level settin

[WiX-users] is it a bug that iis:WebSite doesn't locate presence of existing website using just the Name attribute value versus port settings?

2009-04-07 Thread Robert O'Brien
We have a service deliverable msi where optionally have some w08/iis70 "Default Web Site" vdir settings we want to apply and some "Site1 Web Site" and "Site2 Web Site" settings we want to apply (see relevant excerpt below). We need to allow for deployments where "Site1 Web Site" and "Site2 Web

Re: [WiX-users] We are getting some unexpected and undesirable behavior from iis:WebAppPool and iis:WebSite extensions, just checking to see if we are doing something wrong.

2009-04-03 Thread Robert O'Brien
Thanks for responses. 1. setting the SKIPCONFIGUREIIS property via an immediate CA (scheduled prior to ConfigureIIs of course) to simply skip IIS configuration when the target host already has the website installed would require us having some way to determine if the target host already has

[WiX-users] We are getting some unexpected and undesirable behavior from iis:WebAppPool and iis:WebSite extensions, just checking to see if we are doing something wrong.

2009-04-02 Thread Robert O'Brien
We are getting some unexpected and undesirable behavior from iis:WebAppPool and iis:WebSite extensions, just checking to see if we are doing something wrong. background Specifically we have the following relevant snippet of wix that defines our appPool setting and the WebSite we want created to

Re: [WiX-users] any insights as to why sql extension commands containing public property references are not working

2009-03-02 Thread Robert O'Brien
ning public property references are not working What you are seeing is a limitation in the code. I'm not sure that there is a real requirement behind the limitation but the code does expect things to behave the way you list. If you think it should be different, feel free to file a fea

[WiX-users] Can I expect that a ServiceControl entry without the Remove attribute specified just handles start/stop behavior of an existing service . . .

2009-02-28 Thread Robert O'Brien
Can I expect that a entry without the Remove attribute specified just handles start/stop behavior of an existing service and does not try and remove and/or install it? -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-

[WiX-users] can I expect that a entry without the Remove attribte specified just handles start/stop behavior of an existing service and does not try and install and/or remove it

2009-02-27 Thread Robert O'Brien
can I expect that a entry without the Remove attribte specified just handles start/stop behavior of an existing service and does not try and install and/or remove it? -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-

Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a entry with Assembly=".net" defined?

2009-02-27 Thread Robert O'Brien
ect: Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a entry with Assembly=".net" defined? I don't believe there is any supported way, WiX or otherwise, to put a config file in the GAC. I am curious why you would want to?

[WiX-users] is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a entry with Assembly=".net" defined?

2009-02-27 Thread Robert O'Brien
is there a way to get a dll.config file deployed along side a gac destined file, e.g. a entry with Assembly=".net" defined? -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the

Re: [WiX-users] any insights as to why sql extension commands containing public property references are not working

2009-02-23 Thread Robert O'Brien
Both look okay to me, but I have had fun in the past with getting exec('strings') to do what I wanted. Michael -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:robert.obr...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2009 5:48 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Inst

[WiX-users] Any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use of the setting designer/api runtime settings?

2009-02-22 Thread Robert O'Brien
Any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use of the setting designer/api runtime settings? I tried the following two options and the first doesn't work because it seems the file copy to the gac of the dll.co

Re: [WiX-users] any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use if setting designer/api runtime settings?

2009-02-20 Thread Robert O'Brien
in the gac folder along side its parent dll? !Sdk1=2 And &Sdk1=3 And ?Sdk1Gac14=2 And $Sdk1Gac14=3 !Sdk1=2 And &Sdk1=3 And ?Sdk1Gac14=2 And $Sdk1Gac14=3 From: Robert O'Brien Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:13 AM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: any p

[WiX-users] any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use if setting designer/api runtime settings?

2009-02-19 Thread Robert O'Brien
Any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use if setting designer/api runtime settings? I tried the following two options and the first, currently commented out, doesn't work because it doesn't drop the file

[WiX-users] any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use if setting designer/api runtime settings?

2009-02-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
any pointers on the syntax i should one use to enable deployment of a gac dll required dll.config file, e.g. gac dll's that make use if setting designer/api runtime settings? I tried the following two options and the first, currently commented out, doesn't work because it doesn't drop the file

[WiX-users] i need util:XmlFile associated SchedXmlFile action to happen before a specific CAQuietExec deferred custom action . . .

2009-02-13 Thread Robert O'Brien
i need util:XmlFile associated SchedXmlFile action to happen before a specific CAQuietExec deferred custom action . Would using the following sequence entry for SchedXmlFile be the correct / supported way to make that happen? !Database1=2 And &Database1=3 And ?Database1=2 And $Database1=3 !Da

Re: [WiX-users] i need util:XmlFile associated SchedXmlFile action to happen before a specific CAQuietExec deferred custom action . . .

2009-02-13 Thread Robert O'Brien
Would !Database1=2 And &Database1=3 And ?Database1=2 And $Database1=3 !Database1=2 And &Database1=3 And ?Database1=2 And $Database1=3 !Database1=2 And &Database1=3 And ?Database1=2 And $Database1=3 -- Open Source Busi

Re: [WiX-users] any insights as to why sql extension commands containing public property references are not working

2009-02-11 Thread Robert O'Brien
ollbacks? q2 - is having the sql:String attribute pair ExecuteOnUninstall="yes" RollbackOnInstall="yes" correct to control having the specific setting applied during uninstalls and also during component install rollbacks? From: Robert O'Brien Sent: Wednesday, February 1

Re: [WiX-users] any insights as to why sql extension commands containing public property references are not working

2009-02-11 Thread Robert O'Brien
ollbacks? q2 - is having the sql:String attribute pair ExecuteOnUninstall="yes" RollbackOnInstall="yes" correct to control having the specific setting applied during uninstalls and also during component install rollbacks? From: Robert O'Brien Sent: Wednesday, February 1

[WiX-users] any insights as to why sql extension commands containing public property references are not working

2009-02-11 Thread Robert O'Brien
Any insights as to why the following sql extensions commands that create a sql login and db user setting work but the following similar sql extensions calls where I have the sql login and db user statements making use of a public property value + the statements configured to also ex

[WiX-users] is setting sql:Database ConfirmOverwrite="no" expected cause the db not being created if it already exists?

2009-02-09 Thread Robert O'Brien
is setting sql:Database ConfirmOverwrite="no" expected cause the db not being created if it already exists? -- Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax de

[WiX-users] is customaction impersonate attribute default when attribute is not specified "yes" or "no" . . . the current chm details does not say which

2009-01-30 Thread Robert O'Brien
is customaction impersonate attribute default when attribute is not specified "yes" or "no" . . . the current chm details does not say which -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to

Re: [WiX-users] does

2008-12-13 Thread Robert O'Brien
If a person wanted to create some form of wix support for installed .txt or .xml file regular expression search and replace... q1. What would you gain by taking on the effort of the native code implementation work necessary to provide it as a wix extension versus creating support for this using

[WiX-users] does

2008-12-09 Thread Robert O'Brien
I have a bindings.xml file that my wix component deploys that I then need to roll through and just do a search and replace of all "localhost" hits before this file gets processed by an After="InstallFiles" custom action. Does http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmi

Re: [WiX-users] Announcement: WiX v3.0 beta exit release available

2008-12-06 Thread Robert O'Brien
gh less optimal). -Original Message----- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 08:34 To: 'WiX-users' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Announcement: WiX v3.0 beta exit release available Great news and congratulations on reaching this mileston

[WiX-users] looking for some clarification on conditions to use for sequencing activities to cover install | modify add feature | rollback | modify remove feature | uninstall cases

2008-12-06 Thread Robert O'Brien
Looking for some clarification on conditions to use for sequencing activities to cover install | modify add feature | rollback | modify remove feature | uninstall cases. I usually end up having one type of custom actions that are feature or component specific and intended to provision things du

[WiX-users] is it possible for Installed to be set during rollback processing, e.g. rollback custom actions should always have at least a "Not Installed" not a "Installed" entry in their sequence cond

2008-12-05 Thread Robert O'Brien
is it possible for Installed to be set during rollback processing, e.g. rollback custom actions should always have at least a "Not Installed" not a "Installed" entry in their sequence condition? -- SF.Net email is Sponsor

Re: [WiX-users] Announcement: WiX v3.0 beta exit release available

2008-12-05 Thread Robert O'Brien
Great news and congratulations on reaching this milestone. A while back I posted some questions to the forum about how to structure an msi to automatically set REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE property settings to necessary values for patch and minor upgrade processing. There were working solutions

Re: [WiX-users] prerequisite conditions

2008-12-05 Thread Robert O'Brien
ce tables. Otherwise, you could also use a CustomAction using the "Error" attribute and you could sequence this after CostFinalize to achieve the same effect. Robert O'Brien-2 wrote: > > Is it expected that prerequisite condition statements support checking > feature s

[WiX-users] prerequisite conditions

2008-12-04 Thread Robert O'Brien
Is it expected that prerequisite condition statements support checking feature state and action values in order to determine if prerequisite should be checked for, e.g. is the following valid given an msi that has a Feature named "Databases" and a SQL08DIR property assignment using registry sear

Re: [WiX-users] is there a canned way for authoring a prerequisite that checks for the presence of another msi installed product, e.g. w/o using registry or directory or file searches?

2008-12-03 Thread Robert O'Brien
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] is there a canned way for authoring a prerequisite that checks for the presence of another msi installed product, e.g. w/o using registry or directory or file searches? ComponentSearch. -Original Message- From: Robert O&

[WiX-users] is there a canned way for authoring a prerequisite that checks for the presence of another msi installed product, e.g. w/o using registry or directory or file searches?

2008-12-02 Thread Robert O'Brien
is there a canned way for authoring a prerequisite that checks for the presence of another msi installed product, e.g. w/o using registry or directory or file searches? - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move

Re: [WiX-users] any tips on why the following xmlfile machine.config install changes are not working

2008-12-01 Thread Robert O'Brien
Not sure I'm just using standard issue file | new | wix project template generated wixproj to wrap build process with Build Configuration Platform=x64 enabled. -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:40 PM To: Robert O'Brien; General disc

Re: [WiX-users] any tips on why the following xmlfile machine.config install changes are not working

2008-12-01 Thread Robert O'Brien
, December 01, 2008 7:29 PM To: Robert O'Brien; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: RE: [WiX-users] any tips on why the following xmlfile machine.config install changes are not working No, the problem is that the RegistrySearch isn't set 64-bit. So it's al

Re: [WiX-users] any tips on why the following xmlfile machine.config install changes are not working

2008-12-01 Thread Robert O'Brien
)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\WixNetFxExtension.dll installed by the Wix3_x64.msi installer was built with Target=x86 versus Target=x64? -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:07 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; Robert O'

Re: [WiX-users] any tips on why the following xmlfile machine.config install changes are not working

2008-12-01 Thread Robert O'Brien
e registry search entry. -Original Message----- From: Robert O'Brien Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 4:17 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] any

Re: [WiX-users] any tips on why the following xmlfile machine.config install changes are not working

2008-12-01 Thread Robert O'Brien
Got this to work switching XmlFile entry for install pass to following XmlConfig entry. -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 11:39 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-

[WiX-users] any tips on why the following xmlfile machine.config install changes are not working

2008-12-01 Thread Robert O'Brien
Any tips on why the following xmlfile machine.config install changes are not working? I'm using the following component entries: To try and get this new element created during install but finding that no machine.config changes exist after setup completes.

Re: [WiX-users] Is there a strategy for getting rid of ice57 warning in a vdir component with these file, shortcut and webapplication settings you'd typically expect?

2008-11-21 Thread Robert O'Brien
e.g. is using wixproj | properties | settings | suppress specific ice validation = ICE38;ICE43;ICE57 considered acceptable? -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 3:37 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer X

[WiX-users] Is there a strategy for getting rid of ice57 warning in a vdir component with these file, shortcut and webapplication settings you'd typically expect?

2008-11-21 Thread Robert O'Brien
Using the following vdir component setup I get the following build ice57 warning which in my case is treated as an error due to my wixproj "treat warnings as errors" setting. Error 22 ICE57: Component 'Site1Vdir1' h

Re: [WiX-users] what's the custom action name I use to sequence a custom action to process just before/after CreateDatabase activities?

2008-11-21 Thread Robert O'Brien
r CreateDatabase activities? ConfigureSql is an old name. New names: InstallSqlData and UninstallSqlData. -----Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:29 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Sub

[WiX-users] is there a source settings that would cause WixUI_FeatureTree to not display features in order that they are defined in the sources?

2008-11-20 Thread Robert O'Brien
Up until a half hour ago when I started yanking no longer required feature condition statements my WixUI_FeatureTree UI experience was displaying features in the order that they were defined in the sources, e.g. e.g. if this was the order I entered my features in my sources this was the order t

Re: [WiX-users] correct way to enable commadn line support for defining features/subfeatures that are selected and unselected by default when you step into interactive install UI experience

2008-11-20 Thread Robert O'Brien
to show up in the tree or not. -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 14:36 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] correct way to enable commadn line support for

Re: [WiX-users] correct way to enable commadn line support for defining features/subfeatures that are selected and unselected by default when you step into interactive install UI experience

2008-11-20 Thread Robert O'Brien
nable feature action choices for both interactive and unattended installer passes. That being the case could you provide a quick comment on what the primary intended use case for conditionally setting feature levels to 1=enabled or 0=disabled? -Original Message- From: Robert O'Bri

Re: [WiX-users] correct way to enable commadn line support for defining features/subfeatures that are selected and unselected by default when you step into interactive install UI experience

2008-11-20 Thread Robert O'Brien
AL and friends. That might work better... -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 14:05 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] correct way to enable commadn line support for d

Re: [WiX-users] what's the custom action name I use to sequence a custom action to process just before/after CreateDatabase activities?

2008-11-20 Thread Robert O'Brien
before/after CreateDatabase activities? Try ConfigureSql On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Robert O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > I have a custom action that I wanted to schedule to happen just before > CreateDatase processing occurs. I tried the following custom action >

[WiX-users] what's the custom action name I use to sequence a custom action to process just before/after CreateDatabase activities?

2008-11-19 Thread Robert O'Brien
I have a custom action that I wanted to schedule to happen just before CreateDatase processing occurs. I tried the following custom action sequencing statement Not Installed and when I compile I get the following error Error 1 Unresolved reference to symbol 'WixAction:InstallExecuteSequenc

[WiX-users] CreateDatabase processing failing because databasehostname public property assignment using [%ComputerName] doesn't appear to be working

2008-11-19 Thread Robert O'Brien
If I use the following my log output shows something other than what I'd expect Property(S): DATABASESHOSTNAME = [%ComputerName] and my CreateDatabase call that uses the public property DATABASESHOSTNAME fails If I use the following my log output shows what you'd expect Property(S): DATABASESHOS

Re: [WiX-users] using a variable for Component Win64 attribute value still generating generic warning not uniquely suppressible in wixproj | build | suppress specific warnings field

2008-11-19 Thread Robert O'Brien
:36 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using a variable for Component Win64 attribute value still generating generic warning not uniquely suppressible in wixproj | build | suppress specific warnings field Robert O'Brien wrote: > Any ins

[WiX-users] correct way to enable commadn line support for defining features/subfeatures that are selected and unselected by default when you step into interactive install UI experience

2008-11-19 Thread Robert O'Brien
I have the following logic in each of my feature/subfeature settings so that from the command line users can easily define what features/subfeatures are selected and unselected by default when they step into the interactive install or run and unattended install. When I run my msi in interactive

Re: [WiX-users] what is the recommended way for setting the AppPool associated with a new iis:WebSite?

2008-11-19 Thread Robert O'Brien
-Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tu

[WiX-users] what is the recommended way for setting the AppPool associated with a new iis:WebSite?

2008-11-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
what is the recommended way for setting the AppPool associated with a new iis:WebSite? Lots of samples on this for the case of an iis:WebVirtualDir but nothing that made sense in the case of an iis:WebSite where creating a child iis:WebApplication doesn't make sense given that's typically a vd

[WiX-users] the "How To: Generate a GUID" document suggests that wix supports compiling with PUT-GUID-HERE tokens vs actual Guid values or where allowed "*" token autogenerated Guid values defined...b

2008-11-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
the "How To: Generate a GUID" document (excerpt below) suggests that wix supports compiling with PUT-GUID-HERE tokens vs actual Guid values or where allowed "*" token autogenerated Guid values defined...but the PUT-GUID-HERE tokens case isn't working with the latest install "All examples in the

[WiX-users] using a variable for Component Win64 attribute value still generating generic warning not uniquely suppressible in wixproj | build | suppress specific warnings field

2008-11-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
Background -- A while ago I raised an issue to do with a warning being generated when using a variable for the Component Win64 attribute value. Below you'll see the an excerpt of the logic I'm using so that in the case of all managed code deliverables I can create one set of wix so

Re: [WiX-users] How to GAC .Net assemblies the correct way?

2008-11-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
C .Net assemblies the correct way? Yeah, you have to search for "global assembly cache" in the WiX.chm to find it. "GAC" only finds the NativeImage element. Probably should tweak the documentation to catch both. -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[

Re: [WiX-users] How to GAC .Net assemblies the correct way?

2008-11-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
I looked under the current wix help file how to section and could only find "How To: NGen Managed Assemblies During Installation". This appears to cover having wix generated msi's install/uninstall to %systemroot%\assembly\gac_32 & %systemroot%\assembly\gac_64 but does not appear to have an opt

[WiX-users] does current wix 3.0 authored msi's provide automatically a similar solution where by a user can generate a transform .mst based on an interactive .msi session?

2008-10-20 Thread Robert O'Brien
There are many msi based setups I've used in the past, office and vstudio for example, where a custom command line is provided that allows you to run an interactive .msi session and at the end of it capture to a .mst all the settings you chose but not actually do the install. Does current wix 3

Re: [WiX-users] How can i do Partial Un installation

2008-09-24 Thread Robert O'Brien
I believe the default behavior of the and maintenance mode UI experience is that it provides users the option of only selecting specific features currently installed that they would like removed. -Original Message- From: Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] S

Re: [WiX-users] how does one get XmlFile to insert literal translations of < and > entity settings when setting values?

2008-09-24 Thread Robert O'Brien
entity settings when setting values? You need to create a new element. Or you can switch to XmlConfig and insert a document fragment. -Original Message- From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 13:14 To: 'General discussion for Windows Insta

Re: [WiX-users] Do i need to pass property values both at install time and Uninstalltime.

2008-09-23 Thread Robert O'Brien
uppala M-9908298419 From: Robert O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 24/09/2008 7:51 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to Keep the Property value along with MSI Here is what I use to sa

Re: [WiX-users] How to Keep the Property value along with MSI

2008-09-23 Thread Robert O'Brien
Here is what I use to save off the databasehost name provided at install time so it will be set automatically to the correct value during uninstall processing. For $(var.SoftwareKey) assignment I have the following in place.

[WiX-users] how does one get XmlFile to insert literal translations of < and > entity settings when setting values?

2008-09-23 Thread Robert O'Brien
Background: - I have a wix souce file with the following XmlFile entry When I run my msi using "msiexec /I myServiceDeliverable.msi SERVICEGATEWAYIDENTITY="" /l*v myServiceDeliver

Re: [WiX-users] SQL Server 2008

2008-09-23 Thread Robert O'Brien
...also if you switch the account initially specified for services to run under during setup of sql05 or sql08 to a different account sometime after setup completes you need to remember to add that account to the appropriate SqlServer local security groups in order for the necessary security pe

[WiX-users] handling v1.0 to v1.1 release start | programs | folder changes

2008-09-23 Thread Robert O'Brien
In my v1.0 release I had shortcut settings in multiple components using start | programs | "My Service Deliverable" menu folder.In my v1.1 release I changed the wix sources to use "start | programs | "My Service Deliverable v1.1". When I run a v1.0 to v1.1 msp patch or msi upgrade I end up

Re: [WiX-users] Patch creation problems

2008-09-22 Thread Robert O'Brien
You need to launch the msp using the command line and the properties REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=omus. If you want to be able to use your msp by double clicking on it you need to add something like the following to your wix sources so that those property values will get assigned automatically

Re: [WiX-users] WiX-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 36

2008-09-22 Thread Robert O'Brien
fyi - in my wix sources I'm able to successfully set/use util:xmlfile elementpath values with attribute search qualifiers using the following escaping syntax. You can use alternatively: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evans, J

Re: [WiX-users] create setup.exe

2008-09-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:15 AM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] create setup.exe fyi - msi minor upgrade detection using QFEUpgrade=1 property setting condition is no longer working for me, i.e. qfeupgr

Re: [WiX-users] create setup.exe

2008-09-18 Thread Robert O'Brien
it to show up...its probably because when I was testing this I was still setting REINSTALL=ALL and REINSTALLMODE=vomus on the command line. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 6:08 PM To:

Re: [WiX-users] msp patch and msi upgrade processing scenario where a specific .config file setting which has changed is not getting updated

2008-09-17 Thread Robert O'Brien
And ?Service1=3 And (QFEUpgrade=2 Or QFEUpgrade=1) Conversely when the msp is removed I ended up with the prior release copy of that file w/o the mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:38 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Ins

Re: [WiX-users] some final points for clarification on the wholev1.0 to v1.1 msp patch upgrade [ or a v1.0 to v1.1 msi upgrade ]process

2008-09-17 Thread Robert O'Brien
That's was it. I had had one test build of my patch where it tested it doing a v1.0 to v1.1 minor upgrade where the v1.1 wix had introduced a ServiceControl entry. I used hyper-v snapshot to roll back to prior that msp patch minor upgrade test pass and removed the v1.1 wix that had introduce

Re: [WiX-users] create setup.exe

2008-09-17 Thread Robert O'Brien
Here is what I'm now using to accomplish this w/o needing a setup.exe wrapper, e.g. you can just double click the msp and/or msi. Initial knowledge share for the double click msp property settings solution this came from John Nannenga.

[WiX-users] msp patch and msi upgrade processing scenario where a specific .config file setting which has changed is not getting updated

2008-09-17 Thread Robert O'Brien
I have a msp patch and msi minor pgrade processing result where a specific .config file setting which has underwent some miner content changes in the v1.1 release is not getting updated. If I diff my v1.0 target adminInstall and my v1.1 update adminInstall used to by the old msimsp patch method

Re: [WiX-users] some final points for clarification on the whole v1.0 to v1.1 msp patch upgrade [ or a v1.0 to v1.1 msi upgrade ] process

2008-09-15 Thread Robert O'Brien
de [ or a v1.0 to v1.1 msi upgrade ] process Found the MSIPATCHREMOVE property... Ref: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370348(VS.85).aspx -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 1:03

Re: [WiX-users] some final points for clarification on the whole v1.0 to v1.1 msp patch upgrade [ or a v1.0 to v1.1 msi upgrade ] process

2008-09-15 Thread Robert O'Brien
Got answers to these. Would be interested if anyone already has a command line utility wrapping MsiRemovePatches api that allows cmd.exe scripted removal of patches. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien Sent: Monday, Sept

[WiX-users] some final points for clarification on the whole v1.0 to v1.1 msp patch upgrade [ or a v1.0 to v1.1 msi upgrade ] process

2008-09-15 Thread Robert O'Brien
1. when I run a v1.0 to v1.1 msp patch upgrade [ or a v1.0 to v1.1 msi upgrade ] am I expected to include the additional public property settings that were needed/used when I ran the original v1.0 deployment, e.g. INSTALLDIR, DATABASESHOSTNAME, DATABASESDOMAINLOGINGROUPNAME, etc.? 2. is t

Re: [WiX-users] what setting causes current wix build output to land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land

2008-09-14 Thread Robert O'Brien
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] what setting causes current wix build output to land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land Robert O'Brien wrote: > The syntax of the command is incorrect.

[WiX-users] scoping wix3 way patch msp generation and relevance of public property settings during msp or msi minor upgrade processing

2008-09-14 Thread Robert O'Brien
q1 - In the new wix3 way patch msp generation xml is there a way to specify the element to cover get the msp patch generated to cover changes to all components from v1.0 to v1.1 versus having what appears to be the need to specify every component explicitly as the patch help document sample syn

Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to get current wix vs08 project extensions to output a patch msp?

2008-09-14 Thread Robert O'Brien
$(TargetName).log" del "$(TargetDir)en-us\$(TargetName).log" pushd "$(TargetDir)en-us\" & "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bin\MsiMsp.exe" -s "$(ProjectDir)obj\$(Configuration)\$(TargetName).pcp" -p "$(TargetName).msp" -l &q

Re: [WiX-users] using torch.exe -ax to enable use of admin install msi target and update input parameter values

2008-09-14 Thread Robert O'Brien
$(Configuration)\$(TargetName).pcp" -p "$(TargetName).msp" -l "$(TargetName).log" & popd cmd /c echo end processing patch post-build event command lines -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Satu

Re: [WiX-users] what setting causes current wix build output to land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land

2008-09-13 Thread Robert O'Brien
land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land You should be able to add it anywhere inside the postbuild Target. What error did you get? Neil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien

Re: [WiX-users] getting working v1.0 -> v1.0 minor update using msp & msi solutions pulled together

2008-09-13 Thread Robert O'Brien
&Databases=3 And $Database1=3 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 9:39 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] getting working v1.0 -> v1.0 minor u

Re: [WiX-users] using torch.exe -ax to enable use of admin install msi target and update input parameter values

2008-09-12 Thread Robert O'Brien
o succeed? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:29 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] using torch.exe -ax to enable use of ad

Re: [WiX-users] what setting causes current wix build output to land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land

2008-09-12 Thread Robert O'Brien
does (or doesn't!) work. Neil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:43 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re:

[WiX-users] using torch.exe -ax to enable use of admin install msi target and update input parameter values

2008-09-12 Thread Robert O'Brien
The blog http://blogs.msdn.com/pmarcu/archive/2008/05/30/Patching-something-you-didnt-build-with-WiX-using-WiX-.aspx outlines using torch.exe -ax switch to enable use of admin install msi target and update input parameter values. When I try and do that using the torch command syntax: torch.exe

Re: [WiX-users] How to create only installer for 32 Bit and 64 bit OS

2008-09-11 Thread Robert O'Brien
Since I know that everything I'm installing is managed code anyCpu build output I enabled this with my service deliverable wix sources using the following syntax.

Re: [WiX-users] what setting causes current wix build output to land in bin\$(Configuration)\en-us versus bin\$(Configuration) where it always used to land

2008-09-11 Thread Robert O'Brien
to give you the full paths to the built MSIs after build, but a bit trickier prebuild). Neil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:27 PM To: 'General disc

[WiX-users] getting working v1.0 -> v1.0 minor update using msp & msi solutions pulled together

2008-09-11 Thread Robert O'Brien
Thanks for all the responses to my recent questions associated with getting working v1.0 -> v1.0 minor update using msp & msi solutions pulled together. At this point I believe I have what should be working sources and build output to carry out a minor upgrade using both the msp & msi approaches

Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to get current wix vs08 project extensions to output a patch msp?

2008-09-11 Thread Robert O'Brien
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 10:45 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to get current wix vs08 project extensions to output a patch msp? Robert O'Brien wrote

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