Re: [WiX-users] QtExecDeferred and using a property in the cmd line

> 400 NOT (SKIPCONFIGUREIIS OR Installed) AND VersionNT > 400 in your case: Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] QtExecDeferred and using a property in the cmd line

Re: [WiX-users] Setting "List folder contents" permission on folder

with our changes. I can provide the files from our modified 3.0.4923 if you would like. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting "List folder contents" permission on f

[WiX-users] Getting the name of the currently executing CustomAction

eems silly; then again, it may be the only way. In review, I even answered this question once for someone else, using this method, so I fear I already know the answer... Thanks, -- Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Servi

Re: [WiX-users] IIS virtual web directory modification/settings

, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] IIS virtual web directory modification/settings From: John Trump To: tomtr...@artizan.com, General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset

Re: [WiX-users] Problem building a WIX project using devenv

Thanks! I figured as much about solution files, since they aren't even XML. :-) Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem building a WIX project using devenv From: Christ

Re: [WiX-users] Problem building a WIX project using devenv

Solutions and projects for VS 2005+ (and perhaps earlier; I skipped 2003) are well understood by msbuild. The project files use their own msbuild tasks. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re

Re: [WiX-users] Run a .bat file minimized?

n you can execute in immediate mode. Be sure to schedule RunBat_Cmd before RunBat and before InstallInitialize. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: [WiX-users] Run a .bat file minimized? From: T

Re: [WiX-users] IIS virtual web directory modification/settings

it in the near future. I noticed that a setting of "-" will clear the default documents (undocumented); it also looks like the default documents will get set (the code does not append them to any existing default documents), so you should have full control over the ordering. Thanks,

Re: [WiX-users] binary dependencies in binary stream

c question. Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] binary dependencies in binary stream From: Bob Arnson To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Date: 4/10/2009 6:0

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?

'm done with the current deployment and have time to clean up the code and submit it for inclusion). 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'

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?

Hopefully my earlier response will post shortly; this is absolutely correct for adding new sites, but does not take into account the fact that SiteId = "*" does, in fact, trigger a search for the existing site by description. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Interne

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?

omputed in the case of an add; it's probably time to fix the documentation. 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

Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package

Still probably safer to use a bootstrapper rather than a pseudo-nested install. Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Calling a external setup package From: Madden, William To: General

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?

L Schema 1.1 does finally surface, we will also have to wait for tools to support it. RELAX NG doesn't even cover this case (is it still supported?). Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] Registering votive in build\debug\x86 with VS 2005

ranslate to built-in MSBuild actions)? Trying to determine where the files are going just by looking at the project files is quite difficult; hopefully I'm missing something easy. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/

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?

e as I can. 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 of existing website using just the Name -> Description attribute value ve

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?

e.pbMDData to take place as a case sensitive Unicode comparison against the Description field. So, a hash of the description is not actually being used. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re

Re: [WiX-users] WriteMetabaseChanges: Error 0x80070057: failed to create web application: /Root/MyWebSite

Not that it necessarily helps, but 0x80070057 is Windows error 87: "The parameter is incorrect". I don't see anything obviously wrong with the WXS, but it is getting late... Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ O

Re: [WiX-users] Current executing action

. So, while it may seem redundant to have property ca1 which contains ca1, that's the way of Windows Installer. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: [WiX-users] Current executing action From:

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?

his attribute is absent then the web site will be located using the WebAddress element associated with the web site. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: [WiX-users] is it a bug that iis:WebSi

[WiX-users] Registering votive in build\debug\x86 with VS 2005

NVPATH_2005%" /setup /rootsuffix Exp echo. :End endlocal exit /b 0 --- SNIP --- I am starting up Visual Studio 2005 with the "/rootsuffix Exp" flag. Do I need to also copy the zip files to the ITEMTEMPLATESDIR / PROJECTTEMPLATESDIR as well? If that is the case, then I think

Re: [WiX-users] Error when trying to add LocalSystem to a group

STEM" (although they are case insensitive). The calls in the CA's are by user name, not by SID (although the latter can be). I can see where you might be confused, since the util:PermissionEx processing does turn LocalSystem into its associated SID. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior

Re: [WiX-users] Does anyone know how best to capture the registry changes made by RegAsm / RegTlib?

ecall how interesting it was to write a thunk to push an extra parameter onto the stack in VB (nothing like storing assembly in data structures). I will scour the web for a TLB utility that generates a reg file. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.a

[WiX-users] Does anyone know how best to capture the registry changes made by RegAsm / RegTlib?

. Thanks, -- Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

Thanks! I will have to see what each approach does to the MSI... Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks From: Neil Sleightholm To: tomtr...@artizan.com

Re: [WiX-users] OT: Windows Installer version number

ally the build number... Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] OT: Windows Installer version number From: Christopher Painter To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. D

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

since I'm not using any UI, I don't know if that is a problem. I'll try it and check the install log to see if it looks any different. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-

Re: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks

line parameters. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: [WiX-users] Installing to multiple disks From: JeroenRemie To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: 3/3/2009 3:58 AM > Hello, > > I

Re: [WiX-users] DLL failing to register on a SeflRegCost file

DllRegisterServer entry point to invoke self-registration 3) It captures the results in the mapped keys, translating them into WiX Of course, tallow may do the same thing; I've never used it. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Ori

Re: [WiX-users] Installer for an WebProject

base properties; the sad part is that things will most likely continue to function, we'll just open up a security hole. I suppose the remedy for that is human oversight. ;-) Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Messa

Re: [WiX-users] IIS Metabase properties - DefaultLogonDomain & NTAuthenticationProviders

abase property now. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: [WiX-users] IIS Metabase properties - DefaultLogonDomain & NTAuthenticationProviders From: troy hostetter To: General discussion fo

Re: [WiX-users] Re-ordered cab files

(). It should be possible to get a stable ordering based upon the ordering in the wxs / wixobj files. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Re-ordered cab files From: Gareth To: wix

Re: [WiX-users] WebApplication associated with WebDir

The fix is just in the compiler; the CA already handles the Application_ column. I will send along a patch (attached to a bug report), but it will end up including enhancements for extended log properties and default logon domain. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet

Re: [WiX-users] WebApplication associated with WebDir

Heh; here's the line from IIsCompiler.cs in ParseWebDirElement: row[5] = null; // TODO: why isn't there a way to supply this value? So, I've added code to supply the value; now to make sure the CA actually uses it. Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Interne

[WiX-users] WebApplication associated with WebDir

start the overhaul of the IIS extensions. Once I've got stuff minimally working, I may be able to own / co-own the IIS extension. Thanks, -- Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Creating VirtualDir within existing WebDir

eb elements - although one CAN create arbitrary paths and set arbitrary properties within the metabase, it doesn't make sense to do so. It would nice if one could be assured that they weren't going to end up with stranded metabase references because the file / directory was deleted (an

Re: [WiX-users] Question about including large number of "modified" files...

into a WXS file, and off we go. We are still working out some of the kinks in terms of nested information; forcing a separate component for each file and directory certainly helped. Hope that helps, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com

Re: [WiX-users] Re-ordered cab files

hough, since the WiX classes already the MSI functions neatly wrapped and there are numerous script examples using the COM classes, maybe directly modifying the MSI wouldn't be so bad. Just a thought. Anyone foresee any particular dangers of modifying the .wixobj? Thomas S. Trias Senior Develop

Re: [WiX-users] Metabase read immediately after AppSearch and Vista SP1

Yeah, I figured as much. Hopefully running the package with administrative privileges (keeping UAC in mind) will be sufficient. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Metabase

Re: [WiX-users] Metabase read immediately after AppSearch and Vista SP1

Sigh. If I schedule the action deferred, is there any good way to propagate the results to the directory setting? I don't think that there is... Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-

Re: [WiX-users] DTF - install, rollback and uninstall

While I knew that the Component_ column was a reference, I never realized that the trailing underscore was a naming convention that indicates a reference to another table. That is really good to know. Thanks! Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com

Re: [WiX-users] Metabase read immediately after AppSearch and Vista SP1

Ack; I was afraid of that. That has some definite consequences for my CA that reads the web-site directory and sets a property. Is it possible to have a CA run just after AppSearch with elevated privileges? Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http

Re: [WiX-users] Installing backed up scheduled tasks - Windows 2003

en-us/library/aa383614(VS.85).aspx). Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: [WiX-users] Installing backed up scheduled tasks - Windows 2003 From: MacDiarmid, James D To: General discussion for Wi

Re: [WiX-users] Passing data between deferred custom actions

As a delimiter, or for serializing .NET objects? Seems like a rather long delimiter. :-) Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Passing data between deferred custom actions From: Chad

Re: [WiX-users] Files in an MSI

That works; dark.exe can do it too. Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Files in an MSI From: Jim Williams To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'

Re: [WiX-users] DTF - install, rollback and uninstall

or components. Or I could be wrong. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] DTF - install, rollback and uninstall From: Neil Sleightholm To: General discussion for Windows Installe

Re: [WiX-users] What keeps borking my ICE validation by registering VBScript and JScript under HKCU?

Yeah, right up there with advertised COM components. Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] What keeps borking my ICE validation by registeringVBScript and JScript under HKCU? From

Re: [WiX-users] creating wix extensions

it into a full-blown extension. If you mentioned what you hope to accomplish with the extension and / or CA, that would definitely influence people's recommendations. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Me

Re: [WiX-users] Log file generation

AFAIK, MsiEnableLog is only useful if you have a bootstrapper that starts the installation; I'm guessing that this is useful when a bootsrapper uses ShellExecute to execute the MSI instead of starting an msiexec process with parameters. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Ar

Re: [WiX-users] Launch Conditions

If you don't use a CDATA section, you can also escape & < and > into their corresponding XML character entities: &, < and >. That's just general XML, not just a WiXism. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.co

Re: [WiX-users] Passing data between deferred custom actions

Use a different delimiter; the WiX CA's use EUR. I've been tempted to use XML (just because it makes reading the logs so much easier - probably overkill for anything short of serializing .NET objects)... Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.a

Re: [WiX-users] Feature request: extending PermissionEx element with inheritance option

Yan, Take a look at the mailing list posts from and related to Cody Cutrer's enhancements to PermissionEx. I will also build a patch from my latest efforts and attach it to issue tracker item 2612975. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artiza

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development

ism or the other. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development From: Richard To: tomtr...@artizan.com, General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Date

Re: [WiX-users] Attributes specify existing IIS website?

e prior to installation time, there is currently no built-in mechanism to find out at install time. While this is somewhat easily remedied with a script Custom Action, I am going to bite the bullet and provide on in C++ as part of the WiX IIS extensions. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Develop

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development

homas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ Original Message Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Dialog Development From: Richard To: chr...@deploymentengineering.com,General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Date: 2/12/20

Re: [WiX-users] Selecting log settings for IIS ...

So do we; I added several properties to the WebLog element along with changes to the Custom Action to apply them; I just haven't had achance to send in the code, yet. I will do so shortly. Thanks, Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artiza

Re: [WiX-users] How does one use a WebSite locator in order to set the file path for content?

ed to the found web site. Of course, if I had thought about that, it makes sense; having a ca attempt to update the MSI database is probably a really bad idea. I am going to add an entry point for a ca that returns the directory for a web site matching an IISWebSite entry. Thanks, Thoma

[WiX-users] How does one use a WebSite locator in order to set the file path for content?

well write a custom action that takes an arbitrary Windows Installer query and returns the result as text... Thanks, -- Thomas S. Trias Senior Developer Artizan Internet Services http://www.artizan.com/ -- Creat