Re: [WiX-users] Removing registry entried during uninstall

2008-11-06 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/11/6 Vuchuru, Surekha (SBT US EXT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All, > > I am creating a registryentry with the following value for an exe during > installation. This value is not getting removed during uninstallation. > Please let me know if there are any changes that I need to make. > > Guid='

Re: [WiX-users] setupbld, bootstrappers and command line parameters (msicl)

2008-11-06 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/11/6 carlldev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Has anyone noticed that the wix bootstrappers can't take command line > parameters that have spaces in them? I have created a bootstrapper using > setupbld, and it works fine if run as it is. But try and feed in some > parameters like this: > setup.

Re: [WiX-users] Reading value from INIFile or Xml File

2008-11-06 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/11/6 Chandra Vuppala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Rob, > > Can we read xml file or INI file from wix, if yes can u send me code snipet > or sample. > > Thanks & Regards, > Chandrashekar vuppala Hi, it's not Rob here. I'm Sébastien, a duplicated bot that has inherited a limited part of Wix Rob'

Re: [WiX-users] Questions: how to keep the directory structure in the output?

2008-11-06 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/11/5 yu yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I want to keep the directory structure after the msi is installed. Could I > do that in wix 3.0? > > I read the history.txt of wix 3.0.4624.0 and find a new feature has been > added. The description is as below: > > Feature - Added an optional Re

Re: [WiX-users] Making a reg key to stay upon uninstall

2008-11-06 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/11/6 Sudripta Nandy (Sarangsoft Corporation) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, >In my setup program, I am creating a registry key. But, I need that > registry key to stay even when I uninstall the product. During creation of > the registry key, I am specifying Action as 'createkey', but, still

Re: [WiX-users] Autogen GUIDs for components

2008-11-05 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/11/4 Brownfield, Cory M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm using WiX version 3.0.4617.0. > > A component can have its GUID defined like this : Guid="*" if under a > standard directory. Here's a portion of the error message returned when > trying to install to a nonstandard location: > > "Since this

Re: [WiX-users] license agreement in silent installation

2008-11-04 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/11/4 Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >"=?UTF-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien_Mouren?=" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> 2008/10/31 Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > >> > Put in a custom action that forces a failure (type 19 IIRC) when the >> > license agreement propert

Re: [WiX-users] Installing the same files in 2 directories.

2008-11-04 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/11/3 Pally Sandher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I know there is a long-winded way of doing this which bloats my MSI by > having duplicates of the files in it but I was wondering if there's any > easier/cleaner way of achieving the same thing. > > Basically I have 2 directories which are set by Regis

Re: [WiX-users] license agreement in silent installation

2008-11-04 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/31 Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >"s zheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> We have a requirement that the license agreement needs to be displayed and >> accepts y/n when installing from command line using msiexec, or use options >> silmilar to LICE

Re: [WiX-users] WiX3 : Duplicate entries in Add/Remove Program files after upgrade

2008-10-31 Thread Sébastien Mouren
Le 31 octobre 2008 08:18, Guillaume Chassigneux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Hi, > > > > I am creating an upgrade package changing ProductVersion, ProductCode and > PackageCode each time I want to update my application. > > I have OnlyDetect = 'no' on the UpgradeVersion node. > > I also have set

Re: [WiX-users] license agreement in silent installation

2008-10-31 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/31 s zheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > We have a requirement that the license agreement needs to be displayed and > accepts y/n when installing from command line using msiexec, or use options > silmilar to LICENSE_AGREEMENT="yes" or EULA=1 > > to skip the typing of "y/n". > > Can anyon

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts created in ALLUSER mode invokes MSI

2008-10-31 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/31 Arun Kumar A V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks for your reply. > > Yes, I am infact doing the per-machine mode for creating the UnInstall > shortcut . But the problem with HKCU key is, it wouldnt let met do > Advertise="Yes". Without advertise, my uninstall shortcut will not be removed

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts created in ALLUSER mode invokes MSI0

2008-10-30 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/30 Arun Kumar A V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > The First link below, only talks about Uninstall shortcut for per-user mode, > this is what i followed to get to where iam now. > The Second link doesnt work. I did do extensive search on the mailing list > before posting it here again. > > An

Re: [WiX-users] uninstall per user product

2008-10-30 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/30 Jon Seanor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I might be am wrong, but surely any tool that performs cleanup in a > user's profile needs the user's login credentials in order to load their > profile. > How are you going to get those? > > msizap only removes the msi database side of the application (

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts created in ALLUSER mode invokes MSI installer

2008-10-30 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/30 Arun Kumar A V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > After turning on MSI logging, I found that my issue is more complicate. > > > The shortcut is created for a file installed in ALLUSER ( Per Machine) mode, > so I must set Advertise="yes" on the shortcut as shown below. This turns out > be the p

Re: [WiX-users] Working directory of a shortcut

2008-10-30 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/30 Geert Gerits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > > > How can I insert a network directory as working directory of a shortcut > in WIX ? (e.g. \\windows_network\working_directory) > > I'm using WiX 3.0.2211.0. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Best regards, > > Geert > I'm not sure it will wo

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade MSI but just one entry in the "Add and remove programs"

2008-10-30 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/30 Bob Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear guys, > > How to achieve an upgrade MSI which only has one entry in the "Add and remove > programs"? Right now, when I do a major upgrade, it adds a new program entry > in the "Add and remove programs". When I do a minor upgrade, I need the old > MS

Re: [WiX-users] StartMetabaseTransaction: Error 0x8007041d: failed to get IID_IIMSAdminBase object

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Andres Juarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Adding subject to this thread. > > Hi Sebastien, thanks for answering. > > By reading the event viewer log I would tend to think this is an IIS issue > and not an installer issue. > > I am not sure how can the installer be badly authored, all we are

Re: [WiX-users] Pyro and .Net Assemblies

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 INRO(Robert Inzinger) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > > I try to generate a path with pyro (3.0.4429.0). With "normal" files > there are no problems. If I try to generate a patch of a .Net Assembly I > get the following error: > > pyro.exe : error PYRO0130 : The primary key 'RUNT_SdConfig.dl

Re: [WiX-users] How to add a localization file to a WiX (VS2005) project?

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Bob Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Sébastien, > > Thank you for your reply! > > When I tried to add new item or existing item, no dialog > ever comes up. I think there is something wrong with my > VS2005 SP1 which I have been re-installing a few times on > this machine. No wonder I cannot

Re: [WiX-users] How to add a localization file to a WiX (VS2005) project?

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Bob Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi guys, > > I am looking for answer to this question too. Any idea on how to add a wxl > file to a wixproj? > > Thanks! > > rgrds, > Bob Lim Under VS Solution Explorer add a New element and choose a Wix Localization File Read these documentation chapters

Re: [WiX-users] fill combobox dynamically

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Egor Sinkevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All! > > We've WIX 3.0 based installation with database setup dialog. Database setup > dialog contains different settings like SQL server name, authorization > parameters and databases combo box. What we need is fill databases combo box > from

Re: [WiX-users] check prerequisite

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Egor Sinkevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All! > > We've WIX based installation and now we need check some prerequisite. E.g.: > .NET 2.0 > .NET 3.5 > IIS > MSMQ > > And so on. > What is the best way we can do it? > > Thanks! > Another prerequisite for using Wix is reading the documentati

Re: [WiX-users] (no subject)

2008-10-29 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/29 Andres Juarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi there. > > We are running a MSI in W2K3+Sp1, and we get the error below. > > Is anyone familiar with this error? > > > MSI (s) (00:B8) [16:37:35:138]: Executing op: > CustomActionSchedule(Action=ExecXmlFile,ActionType=11265,Source=BinaryData,Targe

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action

2008-10-28 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/28 Peter Vestergaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks for your reply. > What do you mean by sequence it. Place it in the sequential UI flow. >I placed my custom dialog between progress > and exit dialogs. > I follwed Pally's advise and did this: > > Value="MyCustomAction"">CHECKBOXVALUE = "

Re: [WiX-users] Simple question on settings permissions on folder

2008-10-28 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/28 Eitan Behar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I am setting permissions of a folder, but I would like to preserve the > default permissions and only append a user. The code below remove all > default permisions and set only the user I defined. > > How can I set permissions to a folder withou

Re: [WiX-users] Launch condition on patch not working

2008-10-28 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/27 cemiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > My situation is I want a launch condition to fire off if the product has yet > to be installed (it's a regsearch to look for any other related products). > If the product gets installed, I want to make it so the launch condition > doesn't fire off on pat

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Error

2008-10-28 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/28 Romeo Salayo Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > My objective was to create a short path of the INSTALLDIR after install files > to be used by other custom action to execute an executable. Your suggestion > will search registry during AppSearch and will not create a short path of > the INSTALLD

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action

2008-10-28 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/28 Peter Vestergaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi. > I have created a installer with a custom dialog appearing after the progress > dialog, just before the exit dialog(I am using the InstallDir dialog set). > The custom dialog contains a checkbox, and I would like to execute a custom > action

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut in Wix

2008-10-25 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi > > > > I would like to know how I can add build information in the shortcut > dynamically. > > Like In desktop the icon should show name as "My Product 6.0" . > > > > Thanks Use properties and eventually custom actions. But those have limits too. -

Re: [WiX-users] Problem disabling "Repair"

2008-10-24 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/24 Andy2k8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Ok I get your point.. > I have the following options now > 1.Use a element and condition it based on REINSTALL="ALL" > 2.Use a Type19 CA in the Install UI sequence and condition that based on > REINSTALL="ALL" I wasn't speaking about the Install UI Sequ

Re: [WiX-users] Problem disabling "Repair"

2008-10-24 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/24 Andy2k8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello there > > I have a strange problem with the type 19 CA that is used to exit the > installer if repair is chosen. > I run the following CA: > > > Installed AND NOT > (REMOVE="ALL") > > It works fine when i try to repair the installation. > But whe

Re: [WiX-users] Problem disabling "Repair"

2008-10-24 Thread Sébastien Mouren
to dril a hole ? :) Yes, because instead of your CustomAction you already have a StandardAction called LaunchConditions. It comes earlier in a "normal" setup and you only have to put your action element here. Your MSI must be heavier also but not by much. These are best practices. > S

Re: [WiX-users] Problem disabling "Repair"

2008-10-24 Thread Sébastien Mouren
Policy, but I'm not sure. > Sébastien Mouren wrote: >> >> 2008/10/24 Andy2k8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> I get the repair option when right clicked the msi file even though i set >>> ARPNOREPAIR property to 1.. >>> How do i get rid of

Re: [WiX-users] Problem disabling "Repair"

2008-10-24 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/24 Andy2k8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I get the repair option when right clicked the msi file even though i set > ARPNOREPAIR property to 1.. > How do i get rid of repair from the right click menu? Put a LaunchCondition testing the value of the REINSTALL property. Act accordingly. It won't d

Re: [WiX-users] Skip dialog during uninstall

2008-10-24 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/24 Sergey Abakumoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Howdy gang, > First of all, I have solved the original problem that I described in the > first post: > In my installer I should show licensing dialog at the end of installation. > If the product is removed, the licensing dialog should not be show

Re: [WiX-users] Product directory always created even when feature not installed - can this be disabled?

2008-10-24 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/23 Nic Barden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Sébastien, > > I do not want the directories created because, as I said - the other 2 > features do NOT add anything to the file system - they are just databases > that are installed to SQL. Therefore it seems a bit weird to have the Program > File

Re: [WiX-users] Product directory always created even when feature not installed - can this be disabled?

2008-10-23 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/23 Nic Barden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > I have a product with 3 features - 1 being the main app (which installs > directories and files into the "Program Files\MyCompany\MyProduct" > directory), and 2 features being supporting databases, which do not add > anything to the file s

Re: [WiX-users] Skip dialog during uninstall

2008-10-23 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/23 Brian Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't think that would work, as you'd need to expose a custom action entry > point for that EXE, and I'm guessing it doesn't have one. > Sorry but I fail to see what you can do with a vbscript and an exe in this precise case that you can't do with

Re: [WiX-users] Skip dialog during uninstall

2008-10-23 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/23 Sergey Abakumoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Sorry, I can't find any real example of such an action. Could you please > explain how to do that? > Use a element for your exe and a with a BinaryKey attribute to refer to it. --

Re: [WiX-users] Installing into ProfileDIR

2008-10-23 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/23 Nord, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > I have a need to install to a folder under the users profile (not > appdata or any common folder - just right in %USERPROFILE%) [I know this > is a bad thing to do but I have no option] > > I can't find a way to be able to do this and I need

Re: [WiX-users] Spurious advertised feature

2008-10-23 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/23 Philippe Duval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/10/23 Sébastien Mouren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> [snip] >> According to the pseudo-wxs you sent and the pseudo-log you describe, >> I would investigate your Customised UI or its source (Wix-Mondo if it >>

Re: [WiX-users] Spurious advertised feature

2008-10-23 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/23 Philippe Duval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi , > > I am having a puzzling issue with a wix (v3) project, whereby after > installing the product with all features, > then doing a maintenance setup and select 'Change' and removing one feature, > then the next time we do a 'Change' run again, a

Re: [WiX-users] override older files while upgrade

2008-10-23 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/23 Paul Elsner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > in our Company we have changed our versionnumber system. Now our new > files have a lower versionnumber than the older one and my msi don't > update such files. > How can I tell my installer that it should override all files? > thx I see two main

Re: [WiX-users] Installing shortcuts to "All Users" profile in a per-machine installation

2008-10-23 Thread Sébastien Mouren
ndows Server 2008 Software Logo > Specifications<http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=111723>don't > include ICEs 43 or 57... > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Sébastien Mouren < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 2008/10/22 Matt Siebert <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [WiX-users] Program Menu: How To Implement An Icon?

2008-10-22 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/22 Andrew Kendall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I've worked out how to a top-level Program Menu entry which contains a nested > list of shortcuts, viz: > > ... > > > Guid="{8597C461-16C4-4E8B-A97C-A4B80813C522}"> >NOT VersionNT64 > Name="Sav

Re: [WiX-users] Installing shortcuts to "All Users" profile in a per-machine installation

2008-10-22 Thread Sébastien Mouren
2008/10/22 Matt Siebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > I'm new to WiX and I'm trying to create a test install for a single file > with a shortcut in the "All Users" profile. > > The file I'm installing is going to %programfiles%\Company\Product and I > want to place a shortcut in %allusersprofi

Re: [WiX-users] Default Log Location

2008-10-20 Thread Sébastien Mouren
>2008/10/19 Sandeep Gautam (HCL Technologies Ltd) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I want to create one log file at my target directory. I don't want to give > any log related switch at command line. Is this possible to give log related > switch from else where. > > Regards > -Sandeep Your package

Re: [WiX-users] Possible to create an installation report?

2008-10-20 Thread Sébastien Mouren
>2008/10/19 Chris Mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Yes, but that isn't suitable for giving to a non-developer so I'd have to > write some kind of script to parse it to produce a report. > Perhaps you have a precise definition of the expected output. Otherwise, did you try Wilogutl.exe -see here: ht

Re: [WiX-users] Program dependencies on uninstall

2008-10-17 Thread Sébastien Mouren
ntly work; use SysinternalsSuite for that matter- between your resources, and I'll be able to help you. -Sébastien Mouren - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the co