[WiX-users] Registry Entry befor Service Install

2007-08-23 Thread Trevor Clifton
Hello all, I am looking for the proper way to add registry values that are read by my service once my service is installed. This means that the values need to already be committed to the registry by the time the service is installed and runs for the first time. Then, when uninstall is run, I n

Re: [WiX-users] Vista & unknown publisher [OT]

2007-05-30 Thread Trevor Clifton
ovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:32 AM To: 'Trevor Clifton'; 'John Vottero'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Vista & unknown publisher [OT] Hi, a little bit OT, but interesting for me. Do I un

Re: [WiX-users] Vista & unknown publisher

2007-05-30 Thread Trevor Clifton
We had been with VeriSign but they upped their prices again this year so we shopped around. We bought our Class 3 from C.O.M.O.D.O. We have successfully used them to sign all our software (exe's), installers (msi's) and driver packages (cab's) that we upload to Microsoft for digital driver signing

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Version

2007-05-24 Thread Trevor Clifton
Darren, If Wix v2 was used to ship Office 2007, then it ought to be good enough to use for your application for the next couple of years. Besides, when the time comes that v3 becomes stable, the WiX folks have an upgrade path that will convert from v2 source to v3 (called wixcop) and that could

Re: [WiX-users] Variables

2007-05-22 Thread Trevor Clifton
Variables can also be set in the Candle Arguments with a -d such as this: Candle.exe "projectfile.wxs" -out "projectname.wixobj" -dIsWin64="no" Then, from within the xml, you reference the variable with the $(var. ) syntax such as this line: Or, yet another example

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional statement?

2007-05-16 Thread Trevor Clifton
You want the Condition element Which can also check a property such as my Build property This is how I declare the property that is checked in the condition. Check the docs to see what elements can have conditions: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/wix_x

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent installing on Windows 2000

2007-05-10 Thread Trevor Clifton
gets messy. (It depends on Windows Firewall, which is only present in those operating systems). On 5/10/07, Trevor Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do just the opposite and require it to be 2k or better. Here is my > "Condition" line to do that: > > > &g

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent installing on Windows 2000

2007-05-10 Thread Trevor Clifton
I do just the opposite and require it to be 2k or better. Here is my "Condition" line to do that: You would modify the condition to be > 500 instead of >= 500 to exclude the Win2k. Then you can also customize your Condition message as you wish. -Trevor -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[WiX-users] Persist ini file parameters for use during reinstall, repair

2007-05-09 Thread Trevor Clifton
I am trying to feed some parameters into the msi when it runs the first time. This part works just fine. ARPHELPLINK="http://www.MyCompany.com"; CUSTOMLOGO=1 IMAGE1=1 IMAGE 2=1 IMAGE 3=1 MANUFACTURER="MyCompany Inc." PRODUCTNAME=" Driver Name" I need help knowing what to do so that those paramet

Re: [WiX-users] Port monitor + printer driver

2007-04-10 Thread Trevor Clifton
DPInst.exe is the round about way of doing this when using WiX. Specifically, DIFxApp is the easies way to install drivers correctly using WiX. If you have a single .inf file that describes the port monitor and then describes the printer driver, then you need only one Component for the 2 driver

[WiX-users] Using Registered Sign in Name property

2007-03-09 Thread Trevor Clifton
just not in the Japanese codepage, so we leave it out for our Japanese installers. I see you've got Language set to 1033. Is the codepage set to 1252? Rob Trevor Clifton wrote: > An example of my code is the following where I want to use the R symbol in > the product name. > &

[WiX-users] Using Registered Sign in Name property

2007-03-08 Thread Trevor Clifton
An example of my code is the following where I want to use the R symbol in the product name. I have tried to replace the R with each of the following, but with no success: R - this turns into a ? in the MSI so I need to use the correct symbol ® - this result is displayed with the r underl