Re: [WiX-users] Selectively uninstalling components during major upgrade

ate" placement of RemoveExistingProducts requires a > more strict observance of the component rules. > > -Original Message- > From: Sebastiaan Deckers [mailto:c...@pandion.im] > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 2:11 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer

Re: [WiX-users] Selectively uninstalling components during major upgrade

E" to your "REMOVE"-related condition you should achieve > what you are trying to do (not that it won't help with packages already > released, you will just have to recreate those entries when upgrading > already released packages). > > http://msdn.microsoft.co

[WiX-users] Selectively uninstalling components during major upgrade

Hi all, Is there a way to prevent removal of specific components when removal is part of a major upgrade, as opposed to just an uninstallation? My app creates certain registry entries at runtime (not the installer but the actual software). I would like to keep these during an upgrade while still

Re: [WiX-users] Executing a quoted file path

files that the NSIS uninstaller is going to remove, you might sometimes see disappearing files. Caveat emptor. Sebastiaan Sent from Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Sebastiaan Deckers wrote: > Hi all, > I'm making my WiX-based setup detect and uninstall

[WiX-users] Executing a quoted file path

Hi all, I'm making my WiX-based setup detect and uninstall a previous NSIS-based uninstaller. The path to this uninstaller is in a registry key which I can load into a property as follows: This registry value is a quoted string. For example: "C:\Program Files (x86)\MyApplication\Uninstall.exe"

Re: [WiX-users] Copy folder structure

I'm new to WiX but this is how I solved the problem of packaging hundreds of files in a directory: http://github.com/pandion/pandion/tree/master/Installer/WiX Heat will generate a huge WXS file that is then compiled and linked together with the rest of the setup as an argument to candle and light.

[WiX-users] BMP and JPEG

Hi all, While adding custom graphics using the WixUIBannerBmp and WixUIDialogBmp WixVariable's I noticed that this adds a lot of overhead to the MSI package. Some testing shows that the bitmaps are not compressed. I also found that both BMP and JPEG formats are supported, but not GIF or PNG. I did

[WiX-users] Skipping Finish dialog and inserting AdvancedWelcomeEulaDlg

Hi all, I am using WixUI_Minimal and would like the installer to skip the Finish screen, and launch my application immediately. Also I would like to know how the AdvancedWelcomeEulaDlg can be used instead of the default WelcomeEulaDlg. Ideally even replacing the Checkbox + Next button combo with a