Re: [WiX-users] Removing temp files from isolated storage

2009-01-05 Thread Ajay Bhandari
Pardon my ignorance, but how do I remove them? These files are not installed by application but are created when the application is used. -Ajay -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 9:01 PM To: General discussion for

[WiX-users] Removing temp files from isolated storage

2009-01-05 Thread Ajay Bhandari
Hi, I have an app that creates couple of files during its lifetime within machine isolate storage area. As part of application uninstall, we need to remove those files. Can this be achieved through some default properties & Remove File table or do I need to write a custom action? TIA,

[WiX-users] Reading custom record (column type = Formatted) from DTF custom action

2009-01-02 Thread Ajay Bhandari
atted string 'as-is'. It never gets resolved to the property value. My CA is sequenced after "InstallInitialize". Sadly, I couldn't find a sample/reference anywhere about this scenario. Appreciate if you can help me diagnose

[WiX-users] Deploying Sql Server Reports from WIX Installer

2008-12-30 Thread Ajay Bhandari
All, Looking for any samples/guidance on incorporating SSRS Reports deployment as part of installer. I understand this can be done by invoking "rs" command-line utility through CA but if someone has working sample, it will help me jumpstart quickly. Tha

[WiX-users] Removing temporary records from ListBox

2008-12-26 Thread Ajay Bhandari
); while (null != existingBackupFileRecord) { existingFilesView.Modify(ViewModifyMode.Delete, existingBackupFileRecord); existingBackupFileRecord = existingFilesView.Fetch(); } } Appre

Re: [WiX-users] Dynamic path for File Source element

2008-12-04 Thread ajay
ng runtime? And would that be automatically uninstalled? Thanks. Ajay Rob Mensching-2 wrote: > > Properties are a runtime (install/repair/uninstall) concept. You need a > build time concept. Take a look at Preprocessor and Binder variables > (WixVariable element). > > -----O

[WiX-users] Dynamic path for File Source element

2008-12-04 Thread ajay
path to be resolved to "\EN\Release Notes.pdf" or similar based on property value. ... Basically, the property name is not being resolved resulting in compile time error. Is there way to achieve this? Any help/guidance will be much appreciated. Thanks. Ajay --

[WiX-users] XmlFile element not using updated property value

2008-11-28 Thread ajay
l value of the property, not the value as updated by the user. What do I need to change so that the updated property is used? Is there some magic to the sequencing? Appreciate your help. Ajay -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/XmlFile-element-not-using-updated-property-value-tp

[WiX-users] Checking configuration of target machine during setup

2008-11-25 Thread ajay
I have requirement where I need to check the machine for minimum configuration (RAM, disk space, CPU etc) as part of setup and fail otherwise. Are there any standard launch conditions and extensions I can use or do I have to revert to WMI to gather this info? Any samples/guidance will be much

[WiX-users] DefineConstants and msbuild

2008-10-31 Thread ajay
Hi, I am trying to pass in some preprocessor properties from msbuild using the "DefineConstants" property defined in WixProj. a=val1;b=val2;c=val3 1. If I don't escape the ";", then following properties are passed to wixproj (note that b & c are new properties) DefineConstants=a=val1 b=

Re: [WiX-users] Invoking managed console application as Custom Action

2008-10-31 Thread ajay
I have tried few approaches (Binary Key, File Key & then type 50). None of them seem to work. I haven't seen any samples of managed (.NET) console app being invoked thru CA. Hence request from this group to confirm if windows installer even supports this feature or not? -Tha

[WiX-users] Invoking managed console application as Custom Action

2008-10-30 Thread ajay
are the alternatives? The managed app I am trying to invoke is vsdbcmd (cmd line tool that ships with VSTS DBPro and can be used to deploy/schema-compare databases). Thanks. Ajay -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Invoking-managed-console-application-as-Custom-Action

[WiX-users] Maintaining property values on uninstall

2008-05-09 Thread Ajay Kang
alled before & after costfinalize respectively per rules on MSDN. What else could I look into to troubleshoot this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Ajay - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference

[WiX-users] Rollback of XmlFile actions on uninstall

2007-08-15 Thread Ajay Kang
(Installed OR REMOVE=ALL) but that seems to defeat the purpose of using custom actions in the WIX library. Am I missing something here? Is there an alternative approach? Thanks, Ajay - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk