Re: [WiX-users] Trouble running custom actions without VS installed

u referencing any assemblies that are not part of the .net BCL's? > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Tina Basinger wrote: > >> It is a managed custom action, that I've run through the MakeSfxCA tool. >> .NET is installed on the machine. >> >> -Tina >

Re: [WiX-users] Trouble running custom actions without VS installed

it with > /MT to embed the runtime in the dll. > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2kzt1wy3(VS.80).aspx) > > Installing VS.NET <http://vs.net/> would install both of these... It could > be some other > dependency as well. > > -Brooke > > -Original

[WiX-users] Trouble running custom actions without VS installed

Has anyone ever had trouble runnning custom actions when Visual Studio isn't installed on a machine? I have done everything I can think of to make these work, and I am still getting the following error in my install log. Any tips on things to check for as well as potential solutions would be grea

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action Failing

d a really good thread that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > > --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Tina Basinger wrote: > > > From: Tina Basinger > > Subject: [WiX-users] Custom Action Failing > > To: "Wix Group" > > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 10:06 AM &g

[WiX-users] Custom Action Failing

We've just upgraded our install to use Wix 3.0 and DTF's MakeSfxCA tool to package up our C# custom actions. The install works fine for me, but a colleague is getting an error (2896) calling one of the custom actions (full action log from the MSI log is below). As far as I can tell, this error ind

Re: [WiX-users] LGHT0216 Error

riginal Message----- > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 05:42 > To: Wix Group > Subject: [WiX-users] LGHT0216 Error > > I am recieiving several errors from Light.exe saying "error LGHT0216 : An > unexpected Win32 excep

[WiX-users] LGHT0216 Error

I am recieiving several errors from Light.exe saying "error LGHT0216 : An unexpected Win32 exception with error code 0x64D occurred: This installation package cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service. You must install a Windows service pack that contains a newer version of the Windows

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

Original Message- > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 11:02 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > > Just for kicks, I decided to change the name of my custom

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

;t see anything special noted about that name. Thanks! -Tina On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > OK, this isn't an issue with the merge module. I ended up pulling the > custom action back into the install, and it fails there as well. I

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

other custom actions divided across 2 custom action assemblies (yeah, yeah, i know too many), and this is the only one with issues... -Tina On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Any other ideas why the custom action might only fail when called from

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

Any other ideas why the custom action might only fail when called from a merge module? Thanks! -Tina On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > All of the code I included is defined in the merge module. Thus, any > modularization should occur across

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

another. Open the MSI or MSM in Orca to see > what the modularized IDs look like. > > > -Original Message- > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:05 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: R

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

at matches what's in the Target > column of CustomAction table, or in WiX that's that DllEntry attribute of > the CustomAction element. > > -Original Message- > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:34 AM > To: Gener

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

log. > > -Jason- > > -Original Message- > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:11 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA > > OK, so i've made s

Re: [WiX-users] Set the InstallExecuteSequence condition on a Custom Action from a Merge Module

Condition the custom actions based on a property within the merge module, defaulting the property value such that the custom actions run by default. Then the user can pass a different value on the command line for that property so that the condition will no longer be true and the custom actions wo

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

m action helper assembly? How do I deploy it so that it can be called from the custom actions? Thanks! -Tina On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Okay, i'll proceed with the first option to clean up some of our existing > custom actio

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

an 16. > > 3. Edit the headers for the SfxCA stub to reserve more space, and rebuild > it. Additional entrypoint slots will need to be defined in EntryPoints.def > and EntryPoints.h. > > -Jason- > > -Original Message- > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

wix3-sources.zip, in the src\dtf\Tools\MakeSfxCA directory. > > Or, if you can send me enough info / files to reproduce the error, I'll > look into it. > > -Jason- > > -Original Message- > From: Tina Basinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, Oct

[WiX-users] Debugging MakeSfxCA

Any tips on figuring out MakeSfxCA errors? I'm getting the following output when calling MakeSfxCA.exe from the command line. ... CA_Name=Fully_Qualified_CA_Name Modifying SfxCA.dll stub Error: Non-negative number required. Parameter name: index ---

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions from Merge Modules

ays. And yes, our install is obviously very poorly designed (not by me), but so far it's worked for us, and it's just going to take a bit more work than I thought to get it working with wix 3.0. Thanks for listening to me grumble... -Tina On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Bob Arnson &l

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Actions from Merge Modules

Maybe this is not supported any more. Should I be able to have the main installation code schedule a custom action that is defined within a merge module? Any thoughts? Thanks! -Tina On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Is there a trick to

[WiX-users] Upgrade from wix 1.0 to 3.0

We have some old wix code that is still built on Wix 1.0. What steps do i need to go through to upgrade this to Wix 3.0? Thanks! -Tina - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the co

Re: [WiX-users] ConfigureIIs skipping virtual directory

ault Web Site" would work, but I'd rather find a way to work around it without requiring the user to do an extra step. Thanks! -Tina On 3/19/07, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a situation where ConfigureIIs does not seem to be creating a Virtual Directory t

[WiX-users] ConfigureIIs skipping virtual directory

I have a situation where ConfigureIIs does not seem to be creating a Virtual Directory that I expect it to. It only happens when I am installing to a SharePoint web site that has another custom application installed to it as well. Can anyone offer any debugging tips on how to see what ConfigureI

[WiX-users] Control_first

How does Wix determine which control to set as control_first in the dialog table? Is there a way to override this? Thanks! -Tina - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and

[WiX-users] Searching for file in GAC

What's the best way to search if a file exists in the GAC? There was a bug in Windows Server 2003 SP1 that caused some interop files to be removed from the GAC. A windows update has since been released to fix this, and I want to make sure this windows update (or a later service pack) has been in

[WiX-users] Changing registry IDs across product versions

Can anyone tell me if it is okay to update the Id field in a Registry node across multiple versions of the product? In other words, if I have version 1 with component A that includes registry item with Id=A. In version 2, can I update the ID of the registry item to be Id=B while leaving everythi

[WiX-users] Configuring Users

I have a user node specified in my Wix code and it is set to create the user specified. It is creating a local user account. From what I know, the account is created during the ConfigureUsers custom action. When ConfigureUsers is done, can I use the new user that was created in a custom action

Re: [WiX-users] Anyone know why the wix-users archive has stoppedupdating since 2/10/06

I had opened an issue on this with SourceForge back in October, and i just checked and found that they have finally gotten an answer for me. They say: "The problem is caused by migration to a new version of the mailing list archiver. It should be fixed completely in 2 weeks. Now we uploaded sim

[WiX-users] Rollback Virtual Directory, WebSite, or Application Pool

Can anyone explain what the wix custom actions do in the case of a rollback, specifically for Virtual Directories, WebSites, and Application Pools. Thanks! -Tina - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join Sour

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrades... during RemoveExistingProducts action CA's don't have access to _any_ properties?

Two thoughts that I have.    1.  Your SetCAP_RestoreWebConfig custom action is sequenced at 265.  Has the TargetDir property been determined by Windows Installer at this point?  If it hasn't, then you're going to be getting a blank TargetDir value.  I"m not real sure of when that happens, but that

[WiX-users] Fwd: Maintaining File and Folder ACLs

Any thoughts anyone? Thanks!-Tina-- Forwarded message --From: Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Nov 9, 2006 3:28 PMSubject: Maintaining File and Folder ACLsTo: Wix Group <WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net>  I have a situation where I want to maintain the file and

[WiX-users] Maintaining File and Folder ACLs

I have a situation where I want to maintain the file and folder ACLs from a previous install during an upgrade.   So, if any custom ACLs have been added or removed after the initial install, the upgrade will let them be.   The existing install sets all of the file ALCs through the Permission elemen

[WiX-users] Merge Modules Read Main Install Property

I have a case where my merge modules need to tell if they are running in an upgrade, or a fresh install.  I have a property that is getting set in my main install to indicate that an upgrade is occurring.  I thought that I could then just use that property in my merge modules to condition actions t

[WiX-users] Define User Description fon User Element

Is there any way to define a description for a user account that is created using the User element in Wix?  I don't see an attribute for this on the User element, so does this mean I would have to write my own custom action to set the description after the user is created?   Thanks! -Tina

Re: [WiX-users] Web Application Pool

Thanks for the idea.  I don't think that will work because: a)  Version 1 of the install has already shipped, so my upgrade still won't have a registry key to look for b) Even if there was a registry key, it wouldn't guarantee that the install wouldn't be changing some settings that the user has cu

Re: [WiX-users] Fw: Re: Web Application Pool

t they were before it was reinstalled.    Does anyone have any other suggestions?   Thanks! -Tina     On 10/23/06, Tina Basinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message -From: "david adams" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Web Application

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Configuring Web Site

[EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Tina Basinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: [WiX-users] Configuring Web Site>Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:57:49 -0500>MIME-Version: 1.0>X-Originating-IP: 131.107.0.103>Received: from lists-o

Re: [WiX-users] Web Application Pool

he functionality / performance a "neighbor".Just my .02.David AdamsMSN MessengerID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Tina Basinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [WiX-users] Web Application Pool> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:21:03 -0500> MIM

[WiX-users] Web Application Pool

Is there any way to keep the Wix custom actions from createing or configure a web application pool (WebAppPool element) if it already exists?  Thanks!-Tina -- - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web servic

[WiX-users] Configuring Web Site

Can someone share some insight into the ConfigureIfExists attribute of the WebSite element?  I have this set to No, and have found that if after installing my web site, I edit the port number of it, and then upgrade my install, I get an error during the install saying "Failed to read IIsWebs table

Re: [WiX-users] Random Wix Questions

Bob Arnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Tina Basinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Random Wix QuestionsDate: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:05:33 -0700Tina Basinger wrote:>> For item 3 below, regarding determining if we are in an upgrade > or not, I have found th

Re: [WiX-users] Random Wix Questions

there any way to tell if a minor upgrade is being run?   Thanks! -Tina - Original Message -From: "Rob Mensching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "'Tina Basinger'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: RE: [WiX-users] Random Wix QuestionsD

[WiX-users] Terminal Services Awareness

I am trying to make our install "Terminal Services" compatible by setting our deferred custom actions to have the attribute TerminalServicesAware="Yes" (or in other words, set the msidbCustomActionTypeTSAware attribute).     However, in some cases, I am unsure whether the custom action should run u

[WiX-users] Creating a user description

I am trying to create a new user during my isntallation.  For this, I am using the element.  However, I don't see an attribute to define the user's description.  Is there any way to create a description for the user when the user is created? Thanks!-Tina -- __

[WiX-users] More Random Wix Questions

1.  Consider the following scenario: An install has installed a file, and later a user has customized the ACL's on that file.  Later the installation is upgraded, and the upgrade replaces that file.  Do the customized ACL's get preserved during the upgrade?  If they do not by default, is there a wa

Re: [WiX-users] Random Wix Questions

Mensching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "'Tina Basinger'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: RE: [WiX-users] Random Wix QuestionsDate: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:42:41 -0700 1.  For v2 and v3 look at the namespace on the Wix element.  WiX v1 was n

[WiX-users] Random Wix Questions

I have a few random wix questions below, that I wondered if anyone could help with.    Thanks!-Tina   1.    How do you determine if an existing Wix code file is written for Wix 1.0, 2.0, or 3.0? 2.   Is there any way to specify a default web page when creating a WebSite using the WebSite n