Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper Window Message

2013-03-15 Thread Yawar Khan
1. Add following in your script 2. Download source and look at the template of theme files at src\ext\BalExtension\wixstdba\Resources\ 3. Then look for // in .wxl file and edit the text. 4. I am still figuring out how to change the message for uninstall. -- View this message in cont

Re: [WiX-users] General disccussion

2013-02-28 Thread Yawar Khan
Better read this article for Burn custom UI http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2012/10/wix-bootstrapper-application.html -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/General-disccussion-tp7583983p7584027.html Sent from the wix-users mailing

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-18 Thread Yawar Khan
Read the heat documentation. Harvest a directory heat dir ".\My Files" -gg -sfrag -template:fragment -out directory.wxs You don't have to install msi to check the effect of Heat params. See generated "SCBUFragment.wxs" for details. Anything included in fragment file will be part of your installati

Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe

2013-02-12 Thread Yawar Khan
SET WIX="" SET WORKING="" *To harvest* "%WIX%/bin/heat.exe" dir "%WORKING%\..\exe\plugin" -cg pluginFiles -gg -scom -sreg -sfrag -srd -dr INSTALLLOCATION -var var.PluginProjectDir -out ..\Fragments\pluginFilesFragment.wxs [You may use/skip -sreg, -sfrag, -dr, -var according to your need] *Candle

Re: [WiX-users] Gracefully skip elevated packages for non-admin in bundle

2013-02-12 Thread Yawar Khan
filed at https://sourceforge.net/p/wix/feature-requests/723/ -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Gracefully-skip-elevated-packages-for-non-admin-in-bundle-tp7583426p7583496.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

[WiX-users] Gracefully skip elevated packages for non-admin in bundle

2013-02-07 Thread Yawar Khan
Hi, I am making a bundle with Burn which chained few packages. It is working fine for admin users but for non-admin I have few requirements. Some included packages require elevation but they are not necessary. So for non-admin I want to just skip them gracefully without asking for elevation. I tr

Re: [WiX-users] Heat-harvesting with subfolder in the -Source atribute

2013-02-07 Thread Yawar Khan
There are number of ways of achieving results results. 1) As told by Gabriel 2) Don't include -srd switch to harvest root directory as element. 3) use -var in Heat and -d in candle. e.g for 3 heat.exe dir "$(SolutionDir)MyProject\MyDirectory" -ag -sfrag -srd -var "var.MyProjectDir" -out $(ProjectD

Re: [WiX-users] Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) as prereq.

2013-02-07 Thread Yawar Khan
Although that was not required but unfortunately I have to *either *put them on remote location and include them as downloadable payload in setup to reduce the package size. *Or *to include them in the package by compressed="yes" -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wi

Re: [WiX-users] Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) asprereq.

2013-02-04 Thread Yawar Khan
Thanks for such a quick response but these options were already declined :( -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Office-XP-Primary-Interop-Assemblies-PIAs-as-prereq-tp7583350p7583354.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at N

Re: [WiX-users] Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) as prereq.

2013-02-04 Thread Yawar Khan
The requirement is to not include it in package to reduce the overall package size. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Office-XP-Primary-Interop-Assemblies-PIAs-as-prereq-tp7583350p7583352.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list arch

[WiX-users] Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) as prereq.

2013-02-04 Thread Yawar Khan
Hi, I have to install Office XP Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) as prerequisite. I am doing following. 1) Downloading the o2003PIA self extractor. 2)Execute it through and copy to temp folder. http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/3/a/83a40b5a-5050-4940-bcc4-7943e1e59590/O2003P

[WiX-users] Detect the existence of Word and .Net version greater or equal to 2.0

2013-02-01 Thread Yawar Khan
Hi My application requires Word and .Net. I am creating a wix bootstrap application to install .net if not not found. The basic criteria i found is to search through registry entries. the problem is both items may have many products, e.g. Word can have v11, v12, v14. and .net can have 2.0, 3.5, 4.

[WiX-users] Detect specific running application during installation with WIX.

2013-01-29 Thread Yawar Khan
Hi, Can anyone please help me to detect any running process through WIX and ask user to close it?Following code is detecting the installed application is running during "repair". But it was not working to detect Internet Explorer during "installation". Please also provide the po