Re: [WiX-users] how to auto-update like ClickOnce in WIX

2014-02-12 Thread Yu, Brian
more dots today. ___ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message- From: Yu, Brian [mailto:b...@easyscreen.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:39 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.; phildgwil...@gmail.com Su

Re: [WiX-users] how to auto-update like ClickOnce in WIX

2014-02-11 Thread Yu, Brian
web service passing your product code/upgrade code/version as needed to check for a higher version update or major upgrade and a way of asking the client if they want to download it. --- Phil Wilson On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Yu, Brian wrote: > Hello > > We want to w

Re: [WiX-users] how to auto-update like ClickOnce in WIX

2014-02-04 Thread Yu, Brian
ssing your product code/upgrade code/version as needed to check for a higher version update or major upgrade and a way of asking the client if they want to download it. --- Phil Wilson On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Yu, Brian wrote: > Hello > > We want to write installer

[WiX-users] how to auto-update like ClickOnce in WIX

2014-02-03 Thread Yu, Brian
Hello We want to write installers in WIX as it gives us lots of flexibility. But we also want the auto-update system that ClickOnce provide. We want the end client to see an icon at the bottom right informing them that there is a newer version available. Can WIX do this? I found this article but

[WiX-users] self registration of COM dlls

2010-11-24 Thread Yu, Brian
Can I ask how I am to do self registration of com dll? I've been using SelfRegCost='0' on the file element Even it's not advisable as seen below because it's quick and easy. http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/resons-avoiding-self-registration I remember trying to do it the proper way

Re: [WiX-users] MSI upgrade remove old registries

2010-10-19 Thread Yu, Brian
Hi Nick I've just found out about your book and I'll buy it soon Point1) I am using WIX to write registries, an example is provided ... ... And is then referenced in the pr

[WiX-users] MSI upgrade remove old registries

2010-10-15 Thread Yu, Brian
All, What I want to achieve: I'd like to do a major upgrade with old registry settings retained from previous installer. i.e. registry values previously installed by an older installer which later got updated I tried the following ways but still failed. Example: I have a previous ins

[WiX-users] Registry on 64bit XP vs Win7

2010-04-30 Thread Yu, Brian
Hi there I found by testing that in 64 bit XP, the registry path is somehow different It should be hklm/SOFTWARE but now becomes hklm/SOFTWARE/wow6432 How do I get WIX to selectively install into the right paths depending on whether it's XP or Win7 Brian _

[WiX-users] registrysearch

2010-03-16 Thread Yu, Brian
How do I check if a registry directory exists or not using registrysearch? Say I want PATHEXIST = true if HKLM\SOFTWARE\MyProduct\MyVersion exists PATHEXIST = false if HKLM\SOFTWARE\MyProduct Would this work? I tried but both returning blanks

[WiX-users] WIX Auto-Updates

2009-11-09 Thread Yu, Brian
Hi there Since ClickThrough is not ready yet, can anyone suggest what other alternatives are available? I googled some third party software that seem to handle auto upgrade but I'm not sure how well they work. http://www.catenalogic.com/products/updater/information http://www.autoupdateplus.com/

[WiX-users] WIX msi Auto-Updates

2009-10-27 Thread Yu, Brian
Hi there Since ClickThrough is not ready yet, can anyone suggest what other alternatives are available? I googled some third party software that seem to handle auto upgrade but I'm not sure how well they work. http://www.catenalogic.com/products/updater/information http://www.autoupdateplus.com/

[WiX-users] Install File Shortcut based on registry value

2009-08-21 Thread Yu, Brian
I want to install file shortcuts based on a value in registry, can it be done? If HKLM\software\myapp\myKey1 exists, then don't install shortcut If HKLM\software\myapp\myKey2 exists, then install shortcut How can I add conditions to components and features? Do I have to use custom actions?

[WiX-users] wix icon

2009-07-09 Thread Yu, Brian
Is there a way in WIX to add icon to the dialog boxes at Top left corner? Regards Brian _ This e-mail was sent to you by EASYSCREEN LIMITED (EASYSCREEN). We are incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (compan

Re: [WiX-users] Delete registry value

2009-07-02 Thread Yu, Brian
Regards Brian -Original Message- From: Alex Ivanoff [mailto:alex.ivan...@shavlik.com] Sent: 29 June 2009 22:33 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Delete registry value Is there a way to delete registry value? -

Re: [WiX-users] How does the WiX team generate wix.chm from wix.xsd?

2009-07-02 Thread Yu, Brian
If it helps, there's Adobe Robohelp Brian -Original Message- From: zett42 [mailto:sa...@gmx.de] Sent: 01 July 2009 16:40 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] How does the WiX team generate wix.chm from wix.xsd? I assume you have some nifty tool to do this? I like th

Re: [WiX-users] Third-party installation

2009-07-02 Thread Yu, Brian
Try using this http://dotnetinstaller.codeplex.com/ As far as I know, WIX doesn't support multiple msi's -Original Message- From: MacDiarmid, James D [mailto:james.macdiar...@eds.com] Sent: 01 July 2009 16:21 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] T

[WiX-users] wix uninstall dialog

2009-05-06 Thread Yu, Brian
Is it still the case where we cannot custom uninstallation? On 10/5/06, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Mendes da Costa wrote: > > I'm working on setting up an installer using WiX. When I uninstall > > my product, there's a dialog box displayed that just has a progress bar. >

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall password prompt

2009-05-05 Thread Yu, Brian
t: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall password prompt Have you considered solving this by Windows security policy management? (assuming you are deploying within an organization) -Original Message- From: Yu, Brian [mailto:b...@easyscreen.com] Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:10 AM To: General discu

[WiX-users] Uninstall password prompt

2009-04-30 Thread Yu, Brian
I want to the installer to prompt for passwords when user uninstalls, this prevents any joe bloggs uninstalling my software. Is this possible? Brian _ This e-mail was sent to you by EASYSCREEN LIMITED (EASYSCREEN). We are i

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

2009-04-09 Thread Yu, Brian
Hi there I am trying to get my installer to run dotnet2.exe and others as pre-requisites before running my msi. After some googling, the term I was looking for was bootstrapper / chaininstaller Is it still the case where WIX don't really support it? Even with using custom action? If so I'll try

Re: [WiX-users] WIX shortcuts for ALLUSERS

2009-03-10 Thread Yu, Brian
s] WIX shortcuts for ALLUSERS Yu, Brian wrote: > I managed it by adding > But I notice the HKCU registry does not get deployed on all users > > Is there a way to have this done? > No. A per-machine installation writes to per-machine locations, not the all users' per-user locati

Re: [WiX-users] WIX shortcuts for ALLUSERS

2009-03-09 Thread Yu, Brian
I managed it by adding But I notice the HKCU registry does not get deployed on all users Is there a way to have this done? -Original Message- From: Yu, Brian [mailto:b...@easyscreen.com] Sent: 09 March 2009 13:56 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX

[WiX-users] WIX shortcuts for ALLUSERS

2009-03-09 Thread Yu, Brian
How do I make sure shortcuts created will appear for all users? Not just the user who installs the application?

[WiX-users] Patch Installer Issue

2009-02-16 Thread Yu, Brian
I wrote an installer ABC.1.2.3.0.msi which installs the full product I then create ABC.1.2.3.1msi as a patch and to install it I have to run in command line msiexec /i "ABC.1.2.3.1.msi" REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus I put the above string in a ABC.cmd so that users can just run it by doub

Re: [WiX-users] Registry Manipulation

2009-02-16 Thread Yu, Brian
PROP" was assigned the default value "YetNotSet". Kind regards, Hans On Mon, February 9, 2009 14:33, Yu, Brian wrote: > Thanks for this, I'll give it a try. > > Is it possible to add a flag in the RegistryValue to say don't > write/create if value exi

Re: [WiX-users] Registry Manipulation

2009-02-09 Thread Yu, Brian
e.dk] Sent: 09 February 2009 13:09 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Registry Manipulation Hi Brian, what about something along the lines of: NOT (MYREGKEYPROP~="A-value" OR MYREGKEYPROP~="YetNotSet") Regards, Hans

[WiX-users] Registry Manipulation

2009-02-09 Thread Yu, Brian
Is it possible for wix to search for existing registry value and if it exists or equal to a certain value, then leave the registry untouched But if it does not exist, then create? Is it a combination of using RegistrySearch and RegistryKey? How would it work? Brian Yu

[WiX-users] msi logging

2008-12-18 Thread Yu, Brian
I got this from http://www.dalun.com/wix/06.26.2005.htm c:\WiX\msiexec /i product.msi /L*v log.txt Is this the only way to write out logging? I find it difficult to work out what the installer is doing, is there any way to change the logging level? Is there some sort of reference document we

[WiX-users] How do you skip overwriting existing registry value

2008-12-01 Thread Yu, Brian
My installer writes default values to the registry for a new install However, I'd like the installer to skip writing if it already exists as they are user created - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Deve

Re: [WiX-users] backuponinstall

2008-11-25 Thread Yu, Brian
ion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] backuponinstall Add the batch file as a Binary and run the custom action before InstallFiles. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: Yu, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 8:04 A

[WiX-users] backuponinstall

2008-11-24 Thread Yu, Brian
Hi there I am trying to backup all files under INSTALLDIR before installation M plan is to use custom action to run a bat file that does the copying. I tried running the bat file as is and deploying the bat file itself first The problem is that MSI InstallFiles action install all files be

[WiX-users] how to convert .reg to .wxs in wix 3.0

2008-11-18 Thread Yu, Brian
Bit of google and found the following wix 2.0 -> Tallow.exe -reg reg_file.reg Is there a way for wix 3 to do the same? http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg17985.htm l Brian Yu EasyScreen 155 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3TQ 0207 650 4410 ---

[WiX-users] wix loading from .reg

2008-10-04 Thread Yu, Brian
Hi there Is there a way to get WIX to load registry values from a .reg file? If I have to write registry entries for each line it'll take a long time I also tried using the heat, but as I passed in the file it just treats it as normal file. Brian -

Re: [WiX-users] running .reg file

2008-09-29 Thread Yu, Brian
AIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 September 2008 15:48 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] running .reg file No, for good reason. How would you reference count that content? What about rollback? Patching? -Original Message- From: Yu, Brian [mai

[WiX-users] running .reg file

2008-09-29 Thread Yu, Brian
Is there a method to simply include the .reg file and exec that on the client as part of the install? - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications wi

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Add Dialog to prompt for username and pwd

2008-09-26 Thread Yu, Brian
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: 15 September 2008 21:41 To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Add Dialog to prompt for username and pwd In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , "Yu, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Apologies. I

Re: [WiX-users] WIX Upgrade code

2008-09-15 Thread Yu, Brian
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WIX Upgrade code Yu, Brian wrote: > Minimum='2.2.40.499' IncludeMinimum='yes' Maximum='2.2.40.599' > IncludeMaximum='yes'/> > > > Minimum

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Add Dialog to prompt for username and pwd

2008-09-12 Thread Yu, Brian
Neil Neil Sleightholm X2 Systems Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Yu, Brian Sent: Fri 12/09/2008 02:08 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Add Dia

Re: [WiX-users] wix localisation

2008-09-12 Thread Yu, Brian
Please ignore this as I found a "language" code in package and product which I can use. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yu, Brian Sent: 12 September 2008 14:35 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject:

[WiX-users] wix localisation

2008-09-12 Thread Yu, Brian
Hi there I followed the tutorial and was trying to pass in different language settings. e.g. -cultures:nl-nl but it errors. Does it have to be -cultures:en-us for wix version 3.0.4318.0? "c:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\candle.exe" InstallProduct.wxs -ext WixComPlusExtension -ext

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Add Dialog to prompt for username and pwd

2008-09-12 Thread Yu, Brian
I am struggling to find a good example to follow to insert a dialog box to prompt for service account user name and password. Can anyone help? http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: 11 September 2008

[WiX-users] Wix Service - grant logon rights

2008-09-11 Thread Yu, Brian
How do u grant logon rights to services created by custom actions? Not Installed OR REINSTALL - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the cooles

[WiX-users] WIX Upgrade code

2008-09-11 Thread Yu, Brian
Hi there I've set up 3 msi. One base install(309) and 2 minor upgrades (499 and 599) I expect that 599.msi can only br run when 499 is previously patched. However, I am able to run 599.msi straight after installing 309.msi How do u specify this range? 309.wxs 4

Re: [WiX-users] does running upgrade msi orpatch msistill require additional command line switches?

2008-09-10 Thread Yu, Brian
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yu, Brian Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:13 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] does running upgrade msi or patch msistill require additional command line switches? I had the same

Re: [WiX-users] does running upgrade msi or patch msistill require additional command line switches?

2008-09-10 Thread Yu, Brian
I had the same issue and used the following custom actions But double clicking the new msi still fails to run as it complains there's already a version running. . other custom actions ... PATCHFOUND NEWERFOUND

[WiX-users] Patch msi does not remove old files

2008-09-08 Thread Yu, Brian
I ran dummy1.msi which updates what dummy.msi puts into installdir Dummy.msi deploy 50 files, dummy1.msi deploy 10 files to the same installdir However, the 40 files remains after running the below command. How can I get rid of the old files? msiexec /i dummy1.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Add Dialog to prompt for username and pwd

2008-09-08 Thread Yu, Brian
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: 05 September 2008 20:05 To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Add Dialog to prompt for username and pwd In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , "Yu, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I read section 8 of http://www.tramontana.

[WiX-users] Wix Add Dialog to prompt for username and pwd

2008-09-05 Thread Yu, Brian
I read section 8 of http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson8.php but there's no mention on how to write a dialog box that prompts for user name and password and use them to register COM+. Can anyone help? - This SF.Net emai

[WiX-users] Wix COM+

2008-08-28 Thread Yu, Brian
I use the following and it works in terms of putting the file in the right place but fails to create COM+. Please help The error I am getting is as follow: C:\wixdev\ERCalc2>"c:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\candle.exe" ERC alcManual.wxs ERCalcUI.wxs ERCalcCom.wxs ERCalcProduct.

[WiX-users] uninstall custom action

2008-07-08 Thread Yu, Brian
I am new to WIX and found myself supporting it. It's a great tool and I'm sure there are more fun to be had. My question is At Uninstall, I want the msi to create a machine.config file and populate with important registry settings I used xmltask to get it to populate an existing file I cr