Re: [WiX-users] I'm losing the digital signature during WiX build

I don't know why your project is getting rebuilt but you can simply sign the file in the postbuild event and then even if it is rebuilt the signed file will be picked up. Umesh -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/I-m-losing-the-digital-

Re: [WiX-users] .Net pre-requisite check when using Managed Bootstrapper application in Burn

Whole idea of bootstrapper for .NET is to load the prerquisite .NET libraries to make it possible to run managed applications. How can you have a managed application driving this bootstrapper? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Net-

Re: [WiX-users] InstallUtil.exe alternatives

A general solution to avoiding 'ugly DOS windows' is to use CAQuietExec from WixUtilExtension. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/InstallUtil-exe-alternatives-tp6349071p6350583.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble

Re: [WiX-users] [Wix-User] Where is custom action dll when uninstall

Yes. Your MSI is cached in a subdirectory of Windows. A user won't be accidentally deleting this. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Wix-User-Where-is-custom-action-dll-when-uninstall-tp6350245p6350535.html Sent from the wix-users maili

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with PathEdit and PushButton

Shouldn't your PathEdit control have Property=_BrowseProperty ? Look at how _BrowseProperty is used in the DirectoryCombo, DirectoryList and PathEdit. http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson8.php -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Pro

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2726: Action not found: WelcomeForm

Better late than never is right! Install logs do sometime show these error messages but as I have indicated earlier nothing is amiss. So we decided to ignore the benign error. Thanks for reassuring me that others have also seen this weird behavior. It may just be an undocumented bug in the Window

Re: [WiX-users] A question about how to use DirectoryRef

How have you defined the features? Feature element has a ConfigurableDirectory attribute that should be used if the user can change the default target directory. I think that you may have to define different features targeting these directories if each of these directories can be independently s

Re: [WiX-users] Files In Use Problem

When is REP scheduled? Is the agent installed in GAC? Depending upon answers to these you maybe running into a bug in Wiindows Installer. See if http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905238 is applicable in your case. Umesh -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] WiX force copy file.

I have faced this problem sometime back and I had tried several approaches based on what others had suggested. I will enumerate them here but I was not successful in solving this (Perhaps I was committing other errors). 1. Simulate installshield's 'always Overwrite' attribute. You can try giving

Re: [WiX-users] WiX force copy file.

Rule for unversioned files is that if a file is modified after creation then it will not be overwritten. This is with the rationale that if a user has modified it then it should be left undisturbed. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX

[WiX-users] FilesInUse in Upgrade scenario

Hi, Could someone suggest what can prevent a FilesInUse or MsiRMFilesInUse dialog from being shown during an upgrade? I posted this in a wrong subgroup so I am posting it again. Thanks Umesh -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/FilesIn

Re: [WiX-users] I want the next button to be disabled if "Entire feature will be unavailable" is selected in a feature tree.

My previous post seems to be mangled in the editor so without giving the markup I will just suggest the way to do it. You can do it by publishing property changes depending on the state of the selection tree in SelectionTree control and then later using those properties. This was suggested by Ni

Re: [WiX-users] I want the next button to be disabled if "Entire feature will be unavailable" is selected in a feature tree.

You can do it by publishing property changes depending on the state of the selection tree in SelectionTree control and then later using those properties. and then handling disable for the next button DisableButton = "1" DisableButto

[WiX-users] MajorUpgrade and overwriting unversioned (text) files.

Hi, Can someone explain how to achieve this? We have a Major Upgrade task which seemed to work with early schedulling of RemoveExistingProducts. But it started failing due to a bug in MSI where an assembly was being placed in GAC and used duing installation for a custom action. During upgrade th

Re: [WiX-users] Running a custom action with elevated privileges

I faced an identical situation. New version application has a bootstrapper to upgrade to a higher DotNet version. Older app crashed as it could not handle the upgrade of dotnet. I wrote an unmanaged program which stopped older application process and then launched the installer (with its boot

Re: [WiX-users] Running a custom action with elevated privileges

What access level are you using for OpenProcess() ? A simple PROCESS_TERMINATE is sufficient. If you are using PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS it will fail. I had experienced the same problems and after changing the dwDesiredAccess param it worked well. Umesh -- View this message in context: http://window

[WiX-users] CAQuietEXEc

Hi, I am converting the setup to conditionally build for 32 or 64 bit platform. Would the following code suffice to make sure that 64 bit WIXCA is used for 64 bit platform? Code snippet: . ... Similarly writing code for

Re: [WiX-users] Update property in deferred action

I think, if it is public (All caps as you have shown in your example) and secure it should be accessible. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Update-property-in-deferred-action-tp5997460p5997559.html Sent from the wix-users mailing l

Re: [WiX-users] bypass fileinuse

I remember using a Windows API to copy files at boot time if they are in use MoveFileEx (?). Otherwise, files to be copied are copied in a batch file which is run at boot time through runonce key. This was before MSI and WIX. MSi and WIX may have an easier and more acceptable way of doing it a

Re: [WiX-users] Using Remember Property pattern to remember DirectoryIds

How do we access it? Specifically, I would like to show the user in the UI - during upgrade - that the previous version is installed at "" location and upgrade will take place by placing newer version in the same directory. Thanks Umesh Rob Mensching-7 wrote: > > Hmm, I don't remember

[WiX-users] SameVersion Upgrade

Hi, I want to allow same version upgrades to take care of the fourth element in the version numbers. According to http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_majorupgrade.htm, I can use AllowSameVersionUpgrades attribute to do this. However, I am getting build errors as this element is not re

Re: [WiX-users] How to refer WIX properties within .wxs files

Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Umeshj [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: 18 November 2010 07:21 To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to refer WIX properties within .wxs files I have a similar problem. However, this solution does not seem to

Re: [WiX-users] How to refer WIX properties within .wxs files

I have a similar problem. However, this solution does not seem to work for me. I am trying to install an application to c:\PlatformSpecificProgramFilesFolder\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName] Here is the relevant directory structure ...

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action

Why are you copying this to the user's system? Just use it like this: refer to it with the id. This way it will stay with your MSI and uninstall will have access to it. Umesh sagar shinde wrote: > > Hi, > > I created one custom action dll file, > which is copied to destination computer.

Re: [WiX-users] FeatureSelection Dialog

Thanks Nick, It works now. Adding these property change events to the SelectionTree did it. Umesh -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/FeatureSelection-Dialog-tp5536563p5540932.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Na

Re: [WiX-users] Microsoft bootstrapper

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately this does not work. As you had suggested I created a bootstrapper file. Located it in c:\ Changed to the V3.5 of the framework directory and ran msbuild with the argument bootstrapper file. Here is the output. --- C:\>cd C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framew

[WiX-users] Microsoft bootstrapper

Hi, I know that this group has discussed bootstrapper related questions a number of times but I cannot find a solution to the following problem. I think it would help others who may want to use the bootstrapper with the Wix project so I am posting here. I am trying to use the Microsoft boot

Re: [WiX-users] FeatureSelection Dialog

There is a typo in the post which is not present in the actual code. This was a result of copy and paste. Markup should read as: " TabSkip="no" Default="yes" > NOT((&FeatureA=3) OR (&FeatureB=3)) (&FeatureA=3) OR (&FeatureB=3) 1 1 My

[WiX-users] FeatureSelection Dialog

Hi, In our feature selection dialog we are using SelectionTree control. The selection tree shows only two features: featureA and featureB. When no feature is selected the 'Next' button should not allow the user to continue further. It should be disabled. Here is the relevant markup for 'Next' b

Re: [WiX-users] Configurabble Install Directory

Sorry for the typos in ConfigurableDirectory. Umesh -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Configurabble-Install-Directory-tp5351039p5360604.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---

Re: [WiX-users] Configurabble Install Directory

Hi, Thanks for your response. Earlier I had tried .. I was setting "INSTALLDIR" property to the directory of my choice. Features w ... ..As both features were going to the same directory. I will try what you had suggested. Thanks. Umesh -- View th